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TRENTC?7, GEORGIA.
Government is preparing
to introduce the postal money order sys
tem into the country.
It has been shown (hat the ratio of
prisoners in cities is two and o*'e-fourth
times as great as in the country at large.
The first petroleum spring in England
has just been discovered near North
wick. A brewer’s well has cea-cd giv
ing water, and yields a copious supply
of oil.
The Italian brigands prefer to capture
an Englishman if possible, and their
second choice is an American. They are
about the only ones any considerable
sum of money can be squeezed out of.
The Chinese Government has refused
an English firm permission to set up
cotton cleaning machinery in that coun
try. The decision is made that foreigners
have no right to start manufactories on
Chinese soil.
The Czar, as a memorial to his late
parents, has devoted $750,000 and an
estate worth §200,0)0 a year to the
foundation and maintenance of an in
stitution for the blind at Sit. Tetersburg,
to be called the Alexander-Marien In
stitute.
A few years ago the Argentine Re
pubic did not raise wheat enough for
home consumption. Last year it im
ported 7,000, UOO bushels. Immense
tracts of pasture are being converted into
farm land, and the country is becoming
a great gruin-growiug region.
They have just taken a census in the
Russ an Capital of St. Petersburg. 1
There are nearly a million of people j
there; but above the age of sixteen yoars
there arc four males to every three
females. The Cincinnati Enquirer says
it ought to be a good place to marry
one’s girls.
At the congress of the advocates of
cremation, recently held in \ ienna, tho
statement was brought out that there ;
exist at present throughout the world
fifty crematories, most of which are in
the United States, twenty in Italy, and
one each in Germany, (Gotha,) England,
France and Switzerland.
It has been asserted that the human
voice has been heard across the Strait of
Gibraltar, a distance of ten miles. At a
political meeting held near Portland,
Me., recently, sentences of the speech
made by one of the gentlemen speaking
in the open air are said to have been
plaimy heard a mile away.
The news that the Mikado of Ja'ian
has become addicted to alcohol, while
the Emperor of China is devoting most
of his time to opium smoking, is not sat
isfactory. Kalakaua is still playing
poker with disastrous results to his Na
tional Treasury. Really, observes the
Graphic, these remote potentates seem to
need the services of an all-round re
former.
The recent decree in France requiring
all resident foreigners to give an ac»
•ount of themselves to the Prefect of
Police, is aimed at the vast inllux of th«
lowest strata of society from all nations,
who are gradually making France an
asylum for the thieves, vagabonds and
outcasts of other countries. Moreover,
most of these foreign tramps come from
two nations which France most hates—
Germany and Italy.
The famous toad which was dug out
alive in England from a stratum of clay
belonging to the glacial period died at
the end of three days. A local surgeon
cut a slit across the membraue which
closed the toad’s mouth in order to feed
it, and the poor batrachian had not
enough vitality to bear the openftion.
Much interest is manifested in the toad,
which has been preserved in alcohol ir
the Greeuoc. Museum.
An article in the North China
upon Chinese benevolence shows that it
is very generally pract.sed. Whenevei
great floods or famine* occur great soup
kitchens are esta dished. There are so
cieties to provide coffins for tho e whe
cannot buy them, for gathering humau
bones which have become exposed and
giving them suitable burial, for distrib
uting plastrs and drugs, aud for pre
senting ‘‘virtue books.”
Mrs. Sorrenson, of Michigan, declares
the New York World, is a wojnan ol
resources. She refused to allow th<
laving of a railroad track past her hous<
at M nistee and sought to drive the work
men o'T at the mu'.zle of a revolver. Ai
the men proved to be proof against feai
of a bullet, Mrs. Sorrenson brought oul
a rocking-chair, placed it across the ties,
took her knitting and held the fort for s
whole night and day. Ccourse, then
was no chance of iririg out a Michigai
woman supplied with a rocking chaii
and knitting needles. So, after forty
eight hours delay, the fair obstructionist
was carried to piison, and the rails wen
laid.
Celebrations of the opening of rail
roads fifty years ago are some p easing
anniversaries remembered at the present
j time. There are people who recollect
1 the uncomfortable, noisy cars of that
I first epoch in railway traveling, when
frequent changing of cars and the old
system of sending on baggage without
| checks made the traveler uncomfortable
and anxious. Only the wealthy and
business men or immigrants traveled in
those days.
In Xcw York State several hundred
foreigners change their names every
year, chiefly because they find that
I Americans cannot pronounce them. In
| looking over the City Directory, re
marks the New York Svn, one sees many
names which their possessors could sim
plify by merely dropping a few super
fluous letters out of them. It would be
to their advantage to do so, though they
have the star-spangled right to retain
I them if they please.
Father Schleyer, inventor of the new
language Volapuk, who recently died in
Germany, was a Catholic Priest and
pastor of a little church on the German
side of Lake Constance. He was a poet
and a linguist. In explaining how the
language was created, Father Schleyer
said: “One sleepless night the whole
framework of the new language flashed
out before him.” The language has now
beeu perfected for seven years, and there
are three periodicals published entirely
in Volapuk.
North Carolina can lay claim to the
Fresident’s earliest namesake, asserts the
New York C miner rial Advertiser. North
ampton, in that State, has a Grover
Cleveland, now a sturdy lad of twelve,
and whose fath r, upon going to Buf
falo, N. Y., for med cal treatment short
ly before his birth, heard a speech from
Mr. Cleveland, then almost to fortune
and to fame unknown, and was so im
pressed with it that he gave the speak
er's name to his next boy, prophesying
at the t me that he would be a President s
uamesake.
Hypnot'sm is, for the first time, oe
coming an instrument in the hands of
French justice. A shoemaker named
Piche.eau, living in the town of Paim
b ruf, had persistently denied a robbery
of §4O, of which he was accused. The
judge before whom he was tried went at
once to a professional hypnotize!’, who
had the man’s eyes blindfo ded, much as
if he was giving a public performance,
and at last discovered the stolen money
under an old stone wall. Thanks to the
hypnotizer the shoemaker was convicted
and sentenced to two years’ imprison
ment.
There is a droll incident, related of tho
state concert in the Austrian Ilofburg
which preceded the great dinner "iven
in honor of Emperor William of Gemlany.
It was a superb alTair, with all the chiet
Austrian singers, but when it was fin
ished there was not a sound of applause.
It is Austrian Court e.iquette th® the
guests begin the applause. William
had not known this, apparently, for ho
did not move a muscle. The result wa s
a chilling silence. The artists are much
piqued by this, and when Pauline Luc a
was afterward preseuted to William, and
he spoke of a hope for the pleasure of
hearing her in Berlin, the diva, with a
very saucy air and marked emphasis, re
plied that it was not at all likely that she
would ever go there.
There are to be no more big rafts. The
Chi'jnecto Post, publihed near Joggins,
Nova Scotia, announces that Mr. Leary
has instructed his agent, Angus McDon
ald, to sell the timber use i in frames,
and other materials on hand at tho Fin
ger Board, as he will buid no more rafts.
The ex-peuse of constructing and then of
breaking up the rafts, more than the
cost of transporting, renders the big raft
system moie expensive than vessels.
Nothing but Leary’s unconquerable grit
caused the last and only successful raft
to be built. The financial failure of the
experiment was assured long before, but
Air. 1 eary w r as de:ermined to build a
raft and tow it to New \ ork if it took
all his fortune to do it, and he is a man
of such iron-willed stubbornness as to
have carried out his pet scheme, after no
matter how many failures. Now that
he has succeeded he rests on his laurels
and is content.
The New York Graphic says: ‘‘There
is always some hing new in Paris, and
the latest novelty is worih the attention
of our own Government. A member of
the .Municipal Council proposes to estab
lish an asylum for rabid and hub tual
politicians. On the certificate of fifty
citizens, not more than half of whom
shall belong to any one political party,
that the man has become a confirmed nui
sance and neglects his family for purposes
of statesman-hip, the judge can order
him immured wiihin the asylum walls
until such times as he may have returned
to the wavs of ordinary people who are
not state-men or politic ans. The treat
ment to be pursued towards him during
his confinement is also noteworthy.
Endless doses of political oratory, politi
cal economy and politic al froth are to be
Administered to him until he becomes
fatigued and d sg isted, and is ready to
turn his attention to the dut.es of eve.y
day life.”
REUBEN JAMES.
Three ships of war had Preble when he left
| the Naples shore,
; '.nd the mighty king of Naples lent fiim
seven galleys more;
And never since the Argo floated in the mid
dle sea
Bach noble men and valiant have sailed in
company
As the men who went with Preble to the
siege of Tripoli. .
Stewart, Bainbridge, Hull, Decatur, how
1 their names ring out like gold!—
Lawrence, Porter, Trippe, Macdonough, and
a seAro as true and bold;
Every star that lights their banner tells the
i glory that they won;
But one common sailor’s glory is the splendor
j of the sun.
Reuben James was first to follow when De
| catur laid aboard
Of the lofty Turkish galley and in battle
j broke his sword.
I Then the pirate Captain smote him. till his
blood was running fast.
And they grappled, and they struggled, and
they fell beside the mast.
Close behind them Reuben battled, with a
dozen, undismayed,
j Till a bullet broke his sword arm, and be
1 dropped the useless blade.
, Then a swinging Turkish sabre clove his left
and brought him low,
Like a gallant bark, dismasted, at the mercy
of the foe.
Little mercy knows the corsair; high his
blade was rai-ed to slay,
When a richer prize allured him where De
catur struggling lay.
| “Help! ’ the Turkish leader shouted, and his
trusty comrade sprung.
And his scime ar like lightning o’er the
Yankee Captain swung.
Reuben James, disabled, armless, saw tne
sabre flash on high,
Saw Decatur shrink before it, heard the
pirate's taunting cry,
Saw, in half the time I tell it, how a sailor
brave and true
Still might show a bloody pirate what a dying
man can do.
Quick he struggled, stumbling, sliding in the
bloo 1 around his feet.
As the Turk a moment waited to make ven
geance doubly sweet.
Swift the sabre fell, but swifter bent the
sailor s head below,
And upon h s fenceless forehead Reuben
James received the blow!
So was saved our brave Decatur; so the
common sailor died;
So the love that moves the lowly lifts the
great to fa ne and pride,
Yet wo grudge him not his honors, for whom
love like this had birth,
For God never ranks His sailors by the
register of earth!
—Ja n»s J. Ilochc, in Boston Post.
MURIEL
“Muriel, Muriel "
The tone was sharp and authoritative,
and Madam Thorne’s smooth, white brow
contracted into a half lrown as she
leaned out of the window and repeated
her imperative summons.
A foam bubble spark.ir.g on the break
er’s brim—a butteruy poising in midair
—A thistledown careening on the breeze
—how shall I de-cr be the airy lightness,
the peifeet grace of Muriel’s motion as
she came dancing, floating up the broad
lawn and stood before the open window?
“Y\ ell, auntie?”
“Come in, Muriel; I wish lo have a
little s rious conversation with you.”
The limpid gray eyes shot one re
bellious bash from under their silken
lashes, and the tf h led mouth took an
unmistakable pout.
“Is it aoout i awyer Grant ;”
“)es, Muriel. That worthy gentle
man has magnanimously overlooked your
scornful receptiou of Ills avowal of love
and renews his offer of hand, heart and
foitune.”
“And if I refuse
“1 hen the mortgage which he'holds
on Buckdale Will be foreclosed immedi
ately and you and I will be homeless out
casts.”
“And so you propose to sell mo to
! Lawyer Grant.”
Even madam’s well-bred composure
was not quite proof against the bitter
scorn in the question, aud she flushed a
little as she rep led:
“Don’t be vulgar, child. Mr. Grant
offers you a home, riches aud an honor
able name.”
“An offer that I despise and reject.”
Madame Thorne’s snowy eyelids went
down, and her snowy hands went up, in
token of her horror.
j “lngrate! Traitor! I shelterei and
cared for yon in your infaucy, kept you
from the a m-hou-e; and now you Will
not make t. is trilling sacrifice save
my o d age from want.”
“Not to save your life, or mine!” The
gray eyes glistered now, aud the quick
biood bu ued like a crimson stain in
either g rlish cheek. ot for your
sake. Aunt Muriel nor to save the whole
world, would I thus degrade mysel .”
Mis. Thorne’s cold blue eyes fastened
thi msel es on Muriel s glowing face
with pitiless scorn.
“W ill you tell me, Muriel Vance, how
you propose to support yourself? You
have no money, no accomplishments
and no special aptitude, that 1 have yet
discovered, for making yourself useful
iu any way whatever.”
i It. Uriel gave a l.ttle sigh.
“I am a sad scapegrace, aunty—l
acknow edge it. But it is said that
there is a special Irovidence that
watches over fools. On that 1 p ace my
rel ance. lut there, I see that you are
angry, so I will say no more.”
And to Mis. Thome’s infinite disgust
she began caroling a wild, rythmic
melody, h r little slippered feet keeping
time, as she whirled down the long
piaz ain a perfect m lee of whirls, p r
o.iettes and impromptu ‘b us de jasnna
t no," till at la-t, with a grand flourish,
she stood before her aunt, flushed, pant
ing and smi ing.
“I danced away all my ill humor, dear
auntie ”
\ ] “ ncore! encore ” cried a wheezy,
cracked voice beh nd h-r. and uriel
turned to see ihe wrinkled face and leer
ing eyes of awyer rant,
j “A light heart makes light feet,” he
*aid. chuckl ng aud rubbing his withered
hands in ecstacv:” “eli, .Miss Muriel!”
hi t Muriel had fled to her room, a
•echwled little reireat m a rem >te wing
of the great rambling farmhouse.
TVlieu, alter an hour's patient watch
ing from her window she had seen her
antiquated lover d sappear down the
shaded path that led to the highway, she
prepared to go down to the parlor to
practice some new songs. But to her
dismay she found the door fast locked
and herself a prisoner.
That night, while she slept, a plate
containing food was placed in her room,
and with it a tiny slip of paper, hearing
these words:
You shall never leave this room until you
yield to my wishes. .Ml hiki. Thorne.
To which she returned this character
istic answer:
Without wishing to bo impertinent, I may
say that there is a fair prospect of my out iv
ing both of you. 1 defy you. until your
death shall release me. Muriel Vance.
For four d«ys she bore her captivity
admirably, Fke leaned from her win
dow and sang snatches of gay songs
when she was sure that her aunt was
where she could hear her. and affected
the utmost nonchalance when she saw
Mrs. Thorne and ) awyer Grant watch
ing her from the lawn. But on the after
noon of the fifth she began to give way,
and longed with all the intensity of her
nature for freedom.
the saw the shining river, free and
unfettered, winding between the feath
ery willows that lined its banks, and
could almost hear it as it gurgled over
its pebbly bed where the cool woodland
shadows lay thickest; and the words of
the bravura she was singing died in an
inarticulate sob, though her aunt was in
full view, strolling among the flower
beds on the lawn.
At last she wi| ed away her tears and
clinched her teeth firmly together.
“All’s fair in love and war,” she said
resolutely; “and a masterly strategy
must accomplish what resistance would
faii to do, even if it does involve some
deception.”
Fhe watched long and anxiously for
Lawyer Grant that night.
Finally, when the shadows of the
gloaming lay thickly among the trees,
she saw a tall lorm coming up the path
toward the front door.
Fhe leaned from the window and called
to him in a suppressed voice:
“Go to the kitchen porch and get the
long ladder you will find there. Climb
to the balcony under the window at the
back of tnis room; I wish to speak to
you.”
A few moments elapsed and Muriel
heard cautious footsteps on the balcony,
and then a light tap on the window.
Fhe gently opened it and stepped out.
Without raising her eyes she began in
a faltering voice:
“Lawyer Grant, when I requested
your presence heie I intended to propose
an elopement, trusting that an oppor
tunity of regaining my freedom might
occur. But 1 cannot do it. Not even to
regain my liberty will I sully my lips
with a lie. But, oh, sir, think of my
cruel punishment anu pity me. Think
of one who has always been free and un
trameled as the very birds condemned to
this captivity, and if you have a human
heart intercede with mv aunt. Think—”
but sobs and tears finished the prayer she
would have uttered, as she threw herself
at his feet.
The tall form came out of the shadows,
aud as the light from the room beyond
fell full upon him .Muriel started to her
feet in mute surprise.
It vvas a stranger’s face she gazed
upon—a face which invited confidence,
nevertheless. There was something about
the mischievous gray eyes, clouded ~ust
now with a slight shade of seriousness—
an expres -ion anout the finely-cut mouth,
which, though parted at that moment
with a smile of blended amu emeut and
pity, seemed to be irresistibly at
tractive.
“do not distress yourself, I beg,” said
he, as he gazed upon her agitated
countenance, “and believe me when 1
say that I will willingly afford you all
the assis ance in my power. But before
you accept my assistance let me explain
my pre ence in this hou e. My name is
d enner Kos more aud I came here to
night to see Lawyer Grant, relative to
ce ta n unclaimed e.-ffa es in Connaught,
Ireland. If one Michael \ ance, who
came to this country twenty years ago,
since deceased, died without heirs, the
property reverts to me, as next of kin.
I have wriiten to Giant repeatedly, but
failing to get a satisfactory reply, came
over to see if I con d not find more
definite infoimat on regarding the heirs
of this .Michael \ ance, who had the
honor of being sixteenth cousin to my
step mother— God red her soul!”
“Michael Van e.” cried Muriel, her
embarra sment lost in surprise. “Why,
that was my father’s name.”
“And his birthplace 1”
“Kiliaroy, Ireland.”
“Accept my congratulation,” sa : d
Llossmoie; “for you are not only the
most beautiful young lady in America,
but ihe ric lest heiress in Ireland. And
I h >pe,”hecont nued, as he saw the rosy
flush upon her cheek, “that since you
have deprived me of my inheritance, you
wid at least grant me the liberty of a
kinsman’s kis-. By my faith, it would
be cheap as the price of the nossmore es
tates even. 1 assure you it is a national
custom.”
Mur.el’s refusal was accompanied with
a laugh of mirthful incredulity that was
so irresistibly contagious that the
blended tones of merriment reached the
two plotters below.
We pass over madame’s incredulous
scorn and final belief, Lawyer Grant’s
gratitude at escaping the cow hiding he
so richly de-e ved anti the details of the
courtship between Rossmore and Muriel.
But when the sumachs burned like
fiery torches in the woodland glades she
loved so well, and hie ories and maples
shone golden in the uplands, Muriel, bet
claim io the ossmore estates duly rec
ogni ed. became Mrs. Fenner Rossmore.
And I am bound as a veracious chroni
cler to record the fact that neither party
ever regretted it.
A Sarea-tie Host.
A hotel in Nantucket has some original
rules for warning guests in “ca e of
tire”: “ \otify the cleric at once he will
be asleep in room No. .2, iust ba< k of
the o ce. Notify the proprieior. Not fy
the night watchman, lie will be asleep,
as usual, somewhe e on the premises.
Leturn to your room and throw your
tra-h and stuff out of the window; you
can repack them on the piazza or in the
back yard. Now try and discover where
the fire is. Ia ninety-nine times out of
a hundred it will be in some neighbor
ing building, not ours. Don’t forget to
shriek all the time. It will be very
soothing to nervous people.— New York
Post.
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
This will be a silken season.
i ady Wilde is tall and stately
lowa has ten women county school
superintendents.
Dr. J. C. Ayer’s widow is said to be
worth $25,00J,000.
Combination both of stuffs and colors
will rule this winter.
Sarah W. Trabrue, of Illinois, invented
a baling press for hay.
A young lady of New York citv keeps
humming birds for pets.
Weeping water, Neb., has a voting
ladies’ silver cornet band.
A harmonious effect is only attainable
by having the colors differ in tones.
Wellesley girls have been provided
with an imported Venetian gondola.
The new brocades are richer in effect
than any silks heretofore produced.
The newest silver belts are either in
basket pattern or else thick coils of silver
rope.
’Thick black chenille-like seams are
seen on the backs of some of the ncw T
gloves.
Cloth jackets differ from those of last
year mainly in being longer and even all
around.
Alary I. Booth, of Harper's Bazar, is
known around Irankim Square as the
Duchess.
> Ike tournure continues to d’miaish in
size, and many extremists have discarded
it altogether.
Pretty smocked blouses of surah,
China silk or soft wool of any becoming
shade are worn.
Pretty tea jackets are made of Benga
line in delicate tints, and are smocked
very deeply at the belt.
Many tea gowns are in the directoire
style, and a good part or them have an
ostrich .eather trimmin°\
’1 he political parties in Fan Francisco
have decided to nominate six women on
the Fchool Board ticket.
Laris now ordains for walking a
jacket of lion-colored cloth with revers
aud facings of ecru moire.
A vvavy fringe of white Th bet goat
hair is used to trim long wraps for car
riage and other dressy wear.
Fenimore Cooper’s only daughter still
lives at the novelist’s home at Cooper
town, on Otsego Lake, N. Y.
tors. Gildersleeve Longstreet has made
her mark as one of the keenest observers
of social conditions of her day r .
Deep red and yellow overlaying bur
nished go d wilt be the lead, ng color note
of the new pottery this season.
Mrs Barrows, wife of the editor of the
G rid can Register, is considered the most
expert stenographer in the country.
An order of merit for women who
distinguish -elves in anyway has
been created by the Mikado of Japan.
Coat sleeves arc still favored for thick
fabrics, but they are fuller at the top
than formerly aud have elaborate cutis.
The newest evening tints are wheat
color, primrose, magnolia, a u.ine,
Malmaison pink, tourterelle and ani
ande.
The Empire gown gains more and
more a foothold and is like to be largely
worn for house and evening toilets this
winter.
A light and dark neutral color, with
just enough of a blight one to accent
the costume, is both stylish and pic
turesque.
Vernon Lee, the young English wo
man upon whom the mantle of George
Eliot is supposed to have lahen, is only
twenty-five.
Dressy bonnets are of white cloth
covered with iuteilaced gold braid, the
trimmings and strings being of black
velvet ribbon.
There seems to be an inclination to re
turn to the old time fashion of wearing
diadems of feathers, flowers or leaves
upon the hair.
Persian designs are conspicuous in
many of the new woolens, appearing as
borders and al-o small set patterns over
the entire fabric.
The Empress of Austria owns twenty
pet horses and twice as many dogs, to
whose proper entertainment she person
ally sees every day.
Elizabeth tuart Phelps's first literary
i venture was a story written when she
was thirteen years old, and published in
the Youth's Companion.
Wh te muslin yoke slips are worn up
to three years old, alter which ca-hmere
is a favorite stuff for girls’ gowns, both
in dark and light colors.
A new fa-hion h s fuund its way into
bridal entertainments, and that is the
sprinkling of the bride and gioom with
rose petals instead of rice.
Ornamenting letter and note paper hj
hand is becoming a very remunerative
branch of industry in 7ew 1 ork as well
as in London, Pads and \ ienua.
The Duchess of Connaught passed a
very satislactory examination in the St.
John Ambulance (lass for ladies, at
Poona, and was awarded a certificate.
Miss Adah liehan, the actress, is men
tioned by M. \itu. of the 1 aris Figaro
as a person “whose stature and rare
beauty are those of a Scandinavian
divinity.”
At the new play at the Paris
the leading Indy weais a dress in which
the “to rnu e,” “strapotin,” or “nuage,”
as they call it. the bustle in our tongue,
is absolutely lacking.
It is said that Dr. Margaret Crompton,
who has ust been elected a delegate
fiom Pittsburg to the Pennsylvania
Medical toriety, is the t rat woman in
the nited states to receive such a com
mission.
An embroidered cot quilt or rug is the
nicest sort ot christening gift, aod a
very charming one can be made of any
soft, light stuff, with a pattern of short
stemmed daisies in outline aud knot
stitch scattered over it.
A -Ft. lou s hair-dresser says that
bald headed women are far more numer
ous ihm people suspect, and that the
tendency to lo e their 1 air is more
marked among society women than
among -hop girls and working women.
Princess Mary, of ( ambndge, is re
nowned for her unappeasable appetite.
Fome gentleman recently announced his
intention to offer her a couple of canvas
back ducks. “ h," said a friend, “-he
would make short work of those. Offer
her a couple o i wild turkeys.”
LOVE LIGHT.
All thro’ the house I can hear her voice,
Sunshine, my Sunshine,
Scattering gladness, bidding rejoice,
My’fair Sunshine.
In my lady’s chamber away up-stairs,
Sunshine, my Sunshine,
She is chanting snatches of carolling airs,
My fair Sunshine,
She is laughing now in the children’s glee
Sunshine, my Sunshine,
Blithely the echoes float In to me;
My fair Sunshine.
in white she flashes adown the stair,
Sunshine, my Sunshine;
Her quick, light foot patters there.
My fair Sunshine.
A moment her face shines in at the door,
Sunshine, my Sunshine,
And tho room turns light, it is dark no more
My fair Sunshine.
With a white hand waved and a kiss air
blown,
Sunshine, My Sunshine,
She has passed and vanished, my love, my
own,
M} r fair Sunshine.
—Archibald Mac Meehan in Youth's Com.
panion.
HUMOR OF THE DAY
In everybody’s mouth—Teeth.
The glazier generally has a pane in his
chest.
The dressmaker’s draper should be
quick at figures.
Working like ahorse—A lawyer draw
ing a conversation.
Hearts may be honest, but they are
alwa s on the beat.
r lhe rising generation*--Folks getting
up in the morning.
Why is a doctor never seasick?—He is
used to see sickness.
Sometim s in a trade a man kicks
when there is nothing to boot.
The woman question—which women
are opposed to—“ How otd are you?”
It is not generally known that the
wheels of a vehicle are tired as the horse.
A pig was never known to wash, but
a great many people have seen the pig
iron.
In a question of life and death there
are two side;* to take—Tnis side and
that side.
It is now believed that Venus rose
from the sea to allow the hired girl to
ma.\e the bed of the ocean. —Detroit Free
Pres .
“Ah,” said the fly, as it crawled
around the bottle, “I have passed
through the hateuing age, the creeping
age, and now I am in tne mucilage”—
tnen it stuck.
Customer (to waiter) —‘ Some cheese,
please.” Water — ‘Beg pardon, sir;
very sorry, sir; cheese out, sir.” Cus
tomer — “That so? Wheu ddyou expect
it back?” — Life.
The title of a book which lies before
us—“ Twenty Thousand Leagues «. nder
the Fea” —suggests that the submar.ne
development of the national game has
assumed the character of a era e.
“Dad can tell the time without look
ing at his watch,” sa.d little Johnnie.
“When I ask him in the morning he
says it is time to get up, and when I ask
him at night he says it is time to go to
bed.”—-vc w York bun.
“How are you getting along ” asked
one cyclone ol another. “About ninety
miles an hour. now’s vour.-elf ” “O,
I manage to keep things moving,” an
swered Cy. No. 1, and bio-w a town inte
the lake.— Detroit Free Press.
It is said to be dangerous to attend
church wheu there is a “great guu” iu
the pulpit, a “m.nor cauon” in the
read ng desk, when the bi-hop “charges
the clergy” and when the choir “mur
ders an anthem.” —Detroit Free Press.
There was confusion in the faces of
George and Matilda, who sat in intimate
proximity ou the sofa, as Harry enteied;
Matilda was the first to recover her self
possession. Fhe said—“We are engaged
in a little game at cards.” Harry—
“ And a mighty close game, too, oh?’’—
Bo ton Transcript.
Robert J. Burdette re ently received a
notLication at Livingston, Mon., that a
dead registered letter awaited his order*
at Washington. He sent the following
reply: “if the letter referied to isn't s<s
dead that it is o. ens ve you might send
then mains to Burlington, lowa, where
I claim the mummy in about a
month.” —New York Post.
“Miss Maud,” he said, “I have come
iu this evening to ask you a question,
and I have brought aring with me. Now,
before yuu try it on 1 want to tell you
that if you feel inclined to be a sister to
me I will have to take it l ack, as my
father ob ects to my sister wearing such
large diamonds.” Aud Maud said she
would keep the ring.— Jeweler's Weekly.
A f ino Compliment —Husband: “Pro
fessor Widehead pa d you a very fine
compl ment after dinner last night, my
dear. ” Wife “Oh, d d he? V hat did
he say?” Husband: “He said that you
weieu’t handsome, but you were one of
the most intelligent women he ever met.”
Wife: “Professor Wh it s-his name ha*
received his last invitation from me.-
Time.
Millionaire Flood’s (lo’d.
Flood’s estate is valued by good
judges at slo,M<>o,o<)o. At the height
of the bonan a excitement, when shares
on the leading mines brought $.-00 and
paid SSO a month di ibend, Flood’s
wealth was rated at $10,000,000, but
then came the great shrinkage in Corn
stock values, which cut down the for
tune of ail the mining millionaires fully
one-half, and Flood's losses by th*
Nevada Bank wheat deal were fuliy s•">,-
00 *,OOO. The | roperty will probably be
equally divided be.ween the wife, son
and daughter. The latter was always
Fh-od’s favorite, and at one time she
posses-ed in her own right $",(.00,000
in real estate and * ove-nment bonds.
She gave much of this to help her lather
out oi his embarrassment a year ago, but
still owns about $2,ii00,(.(,0. ounj*
Flood isßhrewd, but h is no stability,and
the old man never trusied him in ftuj
large deals.— Bm f raud co Alta.
A report comes irom Tos Angeles.
Cal , of the disco ery of an ancient tem
ple on San Cleminto Island, just off the
coast.