standing at the open eupboard door;
depict to ourselves the dog still
drooping his disappointed tail upon
the floor; the sought for bone still re
maining somewhere else? Ah, no,
my dear brethren; we are not so per
mitted to attempt to read the future.
Suffice it for us to glean from this
beautiful story its many lessons; suf
fice it for us U apply them, to study
t'uem as far as in us lies, and bearing
in mind the natural frailty of our na
ture, to avoid being widows; to shun
the patronymic of Hubbard; to have,
if our means afford it, more than one
cupboard in the house; and to keep
stores in them all. And, oh, dear
friends, keeping in recollection what
we nave learned tbis day, let us avoid
keeping dogs that are fond of bones.
But, brethren, if we do if Fato has
ordainod that we should do anything
of theso things, let us then go, as
Mother Hubbard did, straight, with
out curveting or prancing, to our cup
board, empty though it be; let us,
like her, accept the inevitable with
Toe following, says an JSnglisn pa- calm steadfastness; and should we,
t 1 ii - i a. i i i i . a. i
russY atom's.
I aaw a oow-hldt In the (nut,
A rutb-llf IHoo tha door;
laaweeamila-aiicli In mud,
And a bell-pood) al toe door.
I n boite-flj op the creek,
Aeat-nlpal berluod:
laohralout-burr, and beard
A btli-bark In (be wood,
iaawajack-plananffa board,
A car pnrj off (he track;
I aaw-duat off tbe floor.
And then a oarpot-lack.
I moDkey wrencb hat
From a fair Jady'i pal:
J rv a raule-aoaka a bin,
And botra-bead on lha plate.
I aaw a braDdy-imaihaglau,
1 aaw aaboutlnfl ar,
I heard the corn-llk In the Held,
And plg-lron crow-bar.
I aaw a pin-wbeel olTa poat,
And wbeel-wrlxbl In a aliop,
I aaw a tln-allng up on a bar
iMwaK'ncer-pop.
I aaw a houiwfly over a field,
I aaw an ox-roait, loo;
I aaw a abad-roe aud a clam-bike,
And aaw a cblcken-elaw.
I aaw a word-Dub from a bank,
I beard tbe waler-apout;
I aaw tobacco-api, and then
I beard an eye-bawl out.
I aaw a fence-rail at the din,
I beard a walat-baod play
A lovely etrain a sweet spit-toon
Ana men i went away.
1 Modern Sermon.
got there, the cupboard was
per, exhibits the method upon which
tbe average parson constructs fas de
Icclable discourse:
"Brethren, the words of my text
are
Old Mother HabbarJ, aha went to the cup
award.
To ft her poor dog a bona ;
mui cms ua
bare.
And ao tbe poor dog had none.1
"These beautiful words, dear
friends, carry with thorn a solemn
lesson. I propose this evening to I
analyze their meaning, and to at
tempt to apply it, lofty as it may be,
to our every day lito,
"Old Mother Iiubbard, she went to tbe eup-
uoara,
To get her poor dog bone,
"Mother Hubbard, you see, was old,
like her, ever bo left a hungry dog
and an empty cupboard, may future
chronicles be able to write also of us,
in tbe beautiful words of our text:
' And so the poor dog bod none."
Labor ts. Capital.
A Question of Modesty,
Providence (EC L) Dlnpatch l
It is strange how different civiliza
tion looks upon the same matter. In
Japan, for instance, men, women and
children bathe freely together with
out a vestige of clothing, and with
no thought or suggestion of inde
cency. Thero is, in the United
States even, a wide difference in the
views which women of different sec
tions entertain in respect to what
constitutes an insult from a man. It
is undeniable that, at the North, a
degree of contact and familiarity is
tolerated without a thought of im
propriety which, in the South is re
sented as an impertinence and inso
lence The recent tragedy at Bich
mond, Va., in which Chas. C. Curtis
was shot dead by John Poindexter,
is a case in point. The murdered
man had complimented Miss Isabella
Cottrell, Poindexter's sweetheart, on
her pretty foot, and had, as the
young lady declared, squeezed her
arm rather too warmly in helping
her into a carriage. With this as a
Popular Science.
DEW.
provocation, Poindexter cowhided
Curtis and then shot him dead, and
tbe jury could not agree that Poin
dexter had committed a crime in
taking Curtis' life.
A New York girl, the other day,
invited her aunt from Savannah, who
::: I t t i
That labor and capital are insep- Zln'tTZIT,
u .ii ,. ,imir fw . rf.i shpestoro with her. Araminta, tbe
arable all must admit, after a careful
and attentive investigation. There
is no capital whero there is no labor.
and capital will not exist without
labor the one is but tbe antecedent
of the other: denrivoanr community
of tho one and you necessitate tho
expulsion of the other.
The laborer will not work where
there is no likelihood of a compensa-
there being no mention of others, we llon Ior B, wore, anu ino capitalist, ehocked
mar presume that she was alono: a "'"J'"'" um
Old SOllt&ry I lllvuo Iwl 1,110 viwtivu ui uuuuiugn,
Did I ueuumj'iiig ui jji uuiiofo biju iuu
widow a fViondless,
widow. Yet did sho despair?
ahe sit down and weep, or read a
novel, or wring hor hands I JSol she
went to the cupboard. And here ob
servo that she went to the cupboard.
She did not hop, or skip, or run, or
jump, or use any peripatetic artibco;
who solely and merely went to the
eupboard.
"Wo have seen that she was old
and lonely; and we now further see
that sho was poor. For, mark, tho
words aro 'Me cupboard. Not 'one of
lite cupboards,' or tho 'right-hand
cupboard, or tho 'loft-baud cup
board,' or tho ono iibovo, or the one
below, or tbe one under tho floor,
but just the cupboard. The one bum
bie littlo cupboard tho poor widow
possessed. And why did she go to
tuo cupboard I Was it to bring forth
golden goblots or glittering precious
tones, or costly apparol, or leasts,
or any other attributes of wealth?
It was to get her poor dog a bone! Not
only was tho widow poor, but hor
dog, the solo prop of ber age, was
poor too. We can imagine tbe scone.
Too poor dog crouching in the cor
oer, looking wistfully at tho solitary
cupboard, and tho widow going to
that cupboard iu hopo, in expect a
tion, may bo to open it, ulthough
vre aro not distinctly told that it was
not half open or ajar, to open it for
that poor dog.
"'But when she got there the cupboard waa
oar,
And ao Uie poor dog bad none.' "
' 'When she got thoro!' You see,
dear brethren, what porsovorance is.
You soo the beauty of persistence in
doing right. She got there. There
woro no turnings and twistings, no
slipping or slidings, no loaning to
the right or fultorings to tho loll.
With glorious simplicity wo aro told
ike got there.
"And how was hor noble effort
rewarded?
'"Tho cupboard was bare!' It
wan bare. 'I hero was to be found
neither apples uor oranges, nor
cheesecakes, nor peuny-ouns, nor
spread of commerce not only benefits
himself, but is furnishing funds for
tho man who labors.
In speaking of the capitalist, we
do not necessarily mean tbe bond
holder, tho banker or the millionaire;,
but tho furmer, tho merchant, the
miller, tho mechanic, etc. Each, a
they employ hands from time to time,
and furnish tho means for their com
pensation, aro capitalists.
I ho young man, who by industry
has accumulated funds enough to
work a few acres of land, and em
ploys help to till it, is a capitalist.
ao much has been said and done to
causo hatred and rivalry between
labor and capital, between working-
men and tbe men of means, that even
now a fooling of antipathy exists,
and what is tho result? Tho laborer
imagines his employer to bo a hard
master, not willing to compensato
him as ho should for his labors. Con
sequently strikes have been instituted
causing the waste of property, the
loss of life, and eventually throwing
many men out of employment, who
for years commandod tho confidence
and respect of their employers.
ouch wrongs have boon common,
and aro known in almost ovory city,
and they occur simply for tho want
of due appreciation of tho labor per-
lormod, and eonndenco in tho em
ployer. Our political organs in thoir strife
for powor bavo done much towards
irritating this fooling of enmity, in
presenting tho mutter in such u light
to the public, that the workingmon
have been taught to bolievo that tho
employer wos a tyrant, ondoavoring
to oppress them, while on the con
trary they have been liberal beyond
prudonco.
Iho pust lew years havo boon
years of anxiety to the business
man, fraught with many uncertain-
tics. With unstable values and un
stable crodit, at every turn there was
a doubt. They were operating on a
marrin which was irrowinir nar-
ffiogorbroad, nor crockors, nor nuts, rower each year, and this does not
apply to ono particular class 01 busi
ness, but to every branch of indus
try. J ho days of large profits aro
over, and business men do not expoct
tho samo margin they have boon ac
customed to receive
If then tho manufacturers, the
wholesalers and retailors aro com
pelled to rccoivo much smaller
profits, should not tho laborer be
willing to bear a part of tbo burden,
and snare with them tho disad
vantage of small profits?
Ono of tbo hardest lessons wo havo
to learn is to livo according to tho
times and within our means. When
wo aro willing to do that, strife be
tween labor and capital will cease,
and ono will bo as indispensable to
the other as night is to day. Grocers
Criterion.
nor luciler matches. Tho cupboard
waa bare! There was hut ono, only
ono solitary cupboard in tho whole
of that cottngo, and that ono, tho
sole hopo of tho widow, and tho
glorious loadstar of tho poor dog,
waa bare! Had thero boou a leg of
mutton, a loin of lamb, a fillet of
veal, oven an ice from (iuntcr's, tho
eaao would havo been diiloront, tho
incident would havo been otherwise
But it was bare, my brethren, baro
as a bald head, bare as un intunt
born without a caul.
"Many of you will probably say,
wan all tho prido of worldly sophis
try 'Tho widow, no doubt, wont out
and bought a dog biscuit.' Ah, no!
Far removed from theso earthly
ideas, these mundane desires, poor
Mother Hubbard, tho widow, whom
many thoughtless" worldlings would
desniao, in that sho only usod ono
cupboard, perceived or I might
even say saw at onco the relentless
logic of the situation, and yielded to
it with all tho horoismof that nature
which had enabled her without devi
ation to reach the barren cupboard.
&he did not attempt, like the stiff
Becked scoffers of this generation, to
war against the inevitable; she did
not try, like tho so called men of
science, to explain what she did not
ejudorstaod. . Sho did nothing. 'The
poor dog had none!' And then, at
thin point, our information ceases.
But do we not know sufticicnt? Aro
wo not cognizant of enough?
" Who would dare to pierce the veil
that shrouds tho ulterior fute of old
Mother Hubbard, her poor dog, the
cupboard, or the bone that was not
there? Must we imagine her still
How to apply Ashes and fait.
Untouched ashes may bo applied
at tho rato of forty or fifty bushels
per acre upon land that is full of
weeds. Tho more vegetable matter
'there is in tho soil, the more ashes it
will bear. Salt may bo used at the
rate of 300 to 400 lbs. per acre. Saw.
dust is quito usoless until thoroughly
rotted. By mixture of liquid from
tho stables, it may servo as a useful
vehicle for this valuablo fertilizer.
London Truth f "In Germany vast
3uantitics of beer and of wines ore
runk, but' neither are heady, and con
sequently there is hardly any drunken
ness, inns 1 won Id wean the oorer
clause from their tippling habit, instead
of seeking at once to convert them from
tipplers into total abstainers, for this,
sound and excellent as it mar be in the
ory, is ia practice impossible. n
niece, much to hor aged relative's hor
ror, projected her pretty foot and
anklo across the clerk's knee, had her
old boots removed and submitted, in
terestedly, holding her dress conve
niently out of the way, while the
clerk began encasing the fair ono's
nether extremities in a new and extra
long pair of fifteen dollar " high but
toners." The Savannah aunt was
beyond expression at her
niece's strange immodesty in exposing
ber stocking feet to male gazo, and
when the shoe-clerk, beginning at the
lower buttons, gradually progressed
in his upward work, Georgia modesty
and propriety could no longer enduro
the shocking spectacle, and down
came the sun umbrella on the shoo-
clerk's head with a whack, and her
fingers, tingling with shame, mado
busy with his hair. It was to no
purpose that Araminta explained that
Buch occurrences wero the " regular
thing" in New York. That is un
doubtedly the truth, and the reporter
who has been interviewing New York
belles, apropos of the bloody tragedy
at Richmond, doubtless correctly re
ports the views which prevail among
tho women of Gotham.
At the South, however, there is no
immediate prospect of the adoption
of the viows or the degree of free
dom from men which is tolerated in
New York and elsewhere in tbe
North. Nor can it be denied that
tho loosoness which many shoe
clerks, hack-drivers, car-conductors,
policemon and others exhibit at the
North in handling women is from
the Sou thorn standpoint vory shock
ing. Some of these fellows are in
sufferable They find a breastpin out
of plump, or u hairpin sticking a
sixteenth of an inch further out than
it should, or a lock of hair astray, or
a watch slipping out of a belt, or a
gather of a dress has started tho
stitching, or a flower in the hat
droops a trifle, or he shawl-pin
doesn't hung just so, and tbey insist
on fixing theso matters, and keep
fumbling and pawing and picking
away at a muy until attention is
drawn to tho performance and an
noyance is tho result. Ono of these
follows will put his hand under a
lady's elbow to lift her over a straw
on the walk or across a six-inch gut
terand, when going up a rise of two
or three steps, will insist on putting
his band upon waist and partially
lifting hor up. If ho helps hor into a
carriage, ho wants to lift hor in, and,
in assisting her to alight, he makes
her jump into his arms, wbero he
holds hor as long as he dares. Whilo
riding with her he always has his
band on the seat behind her, ready
to soizo hor waist every time thoro is
a jolt big enough to give him an ex
cuso for doing so iu fact, ho seems
to bo continually aching to paw, in
ono way or another, every lady into
whose company be is thrown. It may
not be improper botweon peoplo well
acquainted with each other, but it
doesn't look well, and ladies, whilo
they don't like to appear annoyed,
still foci so, and wish to be let alone.
Mr. George Dines, who has made ex
tensive experiments and observations on
the formation of dew, finds that the depth
of deposit in England in an evening
rareir exceeas a nunureutn part of an
inch, and that the average annual depth
of the dew deposit upon tbe surface of
the earth does not exceed an inch and
half.
TO STRAIGHTEN WABPEI) WOODS.
Of all the trials and vexations that be
set the beginner there are none more an
noying than the tendency of wood to
warp. He sends to his dealor for a small
assortment of fine woods, and expects to
receive them perfectly true and flat. Per
haps the woods are flat when they leave
the dealer, but in transit they are very
likely to twist out of shape, reaching
their destination badly warped. The ex
pressman may not be aware of the subtle
natnre 01 these woods, and in not a very
gentle manner lays the package on a
cold, damp floor. The dry wood sucks in
the moisture on one side, swells and
curls. It should not be a difficult mat
ter to cure this. If the wood is in a large
piece the convex or hollow side should
be steamed or moistened a little and then
laid upon a dry floor, holding it down
with a smooth, flat board upon which
weights are placed. When quite dry it
win De found to have regained its ongi
nal shape. If the wood is in small pieces
it can bo easily straightened by gently
steaming the convexed side over a
teakettle and then holding the other side
toward the heat until it becomes straight.
when it can be left in a press or under
weights tor a few hours. Almost any
warped woods will yield under this treat
ment. Lejjels Aews.
DISEASE IN SEWEKS
In every house there is of tliiu refuse
material a large amount. On washing
day many gallons, often barrels, of water
in which our clothing has been washed.
and containing the filth that the skin has
thrown off during the week, must be dis
posed of. All through the week more or
less dishwater and dirty water from van
ous sources accumulates. As a rule it is
thrown into a drain which is, perhaps,
covered only with a board, and carried
only a few feet away, when it soaks into
the soil or spreads out on the ground
and evaporates into the air. If the soil
is pervious it may leak into it and some
of it eventually find its way into the well.
In the course of a short time these slops
nil the sou lull, a sort of fermentation
takes place, and as the air is more or less
excluded, most poisonous gases are de
generated. It is now positively known
that many diseases have their origin in
breathing these gases. It does not fol
low that they always cause disease, be
cause the genns may not always be pres
ent, but they frequently do. Diphthe
ria, that scourge of both city and coun
try, has been traced time and again in
the city to sewer gas passing into the
house. In the country, where less at
tention is given to tho cause of disease,
ward. Borne of the mosquitoes were lite III ecer. Hoard,
much larger than others, but, as I have
already stated, some of the worms were Up to three evenings ago, says the De
also larger than others." troit Free Press, such a thing as cheeker-
BEMEMES fob cabpet beetles, moths, AC J""" was never known in Mr. Grattan's
Francis Gregory Sanborn, Consulting ed J" LTihelon 3 ' have
torn in regard to the pest of all house- . "k",6!"??
' . tuui ma
East paid them a flying visit and asserted
yw auu uici cMfuiu Mint ine
en ma
I ITIlHlTKHm WHH I1I1L finiV nil tha awi , ii
may be glad to . t ' t , " JHL
simple remedies": " 'V"" V",
fertile brainmv. SS
I iK mo Buuircb uuu UlUUIfUL Air.
rlnun town nn,l
walked
Grattan
purchased
keepers: " At this season we are fre
quently besieged by inquiries in rela
tion to the ' carpet beetle,' moth, etc.
Many of our readers
know of the following
First Steep one quarte
Cayenne temer in a ga
add two drachms of strychnia powder
Strain and ponr this tea into a shallow checker.board, and when evening
vessel, such as a large tinned iron milk he Burpri8e(i h'i9 eooA ifn
nan. Before unrolling a new carpet set . i i'u.i ... , v"6i"K it
the roll on each end alternately in this .. WnlI Tirarfim 'ni :
a for ten minutes, or long tu.n hotn ' . - 7rl "b-T
enough to secure the saturation of its expect to beat you all to&mderTCi v
edges for at least an inch. After beating w0.t care.i J " uiers, nut you
an om carpet, roil ana ireai an us bcuuiu Of eonr nnt n.i ; t 1. l
and edges to the same bath. Let the car- r T' A llh 7.
f - ' i""M
pet dry thoroughly before tacking it to
the floor, in order to avoid the acci
dental poisoning of the tacker's fingers
by the liquid. It is perhaps unnecessary
to state that the residue of the liquid
should be thrown out where it will not
be drunk by any domestic animol, or if
preserved for future use, carefully
labelled "poison. This preparation
will not stein or disfigure carpets nor
corrode metals in contact with the carpet,
as will most preparations of corrosive
gublimate.
Second Ono pound of quassia chips,
one quarter of a pound of Cayenne pep
per, steei)ea in two gallons 01 water.
Strain ond use as above. This prepara
tion, although irritating to the human
skin, especially on cut surfaces, has the
advantage of not being poisonous. To
either of these teas from one quarter to
one-half more boiling water may be
added at the time of first using, if greater
depth of the liquid in the vessel be re
quired. When it is desirable to treat
carpets that are not to be taken up,
either of the above preparations may be
applied by means of any of the common
atomizers to every seam and margin with
good results, although a second, and
even third, application may be needed,
Legal Opinions.
An honest farmer once called upon the
late Roger M. bherman, the celebrated
lawyer, and told him that lie wanted an
opinion. He had beard a great deal about
the value of Mr. bherman s opinions, aud
how a ereat many people went to him to
cet an opinion, and John, though he
never had, nor was likely to have, a law
suit or other difficulty for a lawyer to
help him from thought he would have an
opinion" too.
"Well, John, what can I ilo lor you t "
siiid Mr. S.. when John in his turn was
shown into his room.
"Why, lawyer," replied John, "I hap
pened to be in town, and having nothing
to do thought 1 would come and get your
opinion."
"State vour case. John. What's the
tne tirain ior slops is not always recog- matter 7"
nized as the source of diphtheria, but in- " Oh I nothing.
Manures.
It is now well understood by the
farmers of Now England that in or
dor to secure paying crops they must
uso such fertilizers as will secure
them. Thoro is but littlo land but
what will produce fruit, vegetables.
hay, groin, wood, etc., with the right
care and cultivation. The riough-
man in speaking on the subject of
manures,
says.
Trofessor Qninton declares his belief
that at some future age of the world man
will have attained such a complete mas
Wry over the forces of natnre as to be
able to communicate with his fellows
over long distances, and from country to
country, merely by the exercise of his
will power. Wlien this period arrives
our wife can halloo over the back fence
to Queen Victoria and ask her whether
she intends to have her new spring silk
made up with a Cainargo basque display
ing the vest, or a slurred front with bouf
fant black drapery or somehow that
war. And every man will be him mm
Atlantic cable. XorrMoirn Herald.
Mr. Oliver Ames is finishing an ele
gant cottage at Martha's Vineyard.
very many cases it has been proved to be
so beyond the slightest doubt. Herald
of Health.
SPECIFIC AGAINST HYDROPHOBIA.
Tha British-American Journal has
the following in connection with the
dread disease, hydrophobia, and its suc
cessful treatment: "Dr. Grzyvala, of
Krivoe Ozeroe, Podolia, for whose trust
worthiness Professor Gubler, of Paris,
vouches, declares that after a series of
crucial trials, which he describes at
length, he has found that, after having
had opportunities of treating at least one
hundred cases of men bitten by rabid
dogs, with tho Xanthium Untnosum. he
has never in any one of these cases failed
to ward off hydrophobia. He gives some
startling examples. During the Crimean
war a family of twelve persons had been
bitten by a hydrophobic wolf. Six of
them entered his words in the Hospital
01 Ulschanka, government of Podolia,
district of Iialta. They were treated
with infusion of the leaves of the
xanthium, and all recovered. The six
others, who were treated by the actual
cautery and the daily use of genesta
tinctona and other drugs, died with
hydrophobia in the course of twelve to
sixty days. He recounts many other
facts not less striking. For an adult,
the dose is sixty contigrammes of the
dry powder, repeated three times a day,
1 a: 1 l r 1 ri
uu i-uiiuuueu uiiring six weens. Kimi
dren under twelve take half that quan'
tity. The dose for animals is much
larger. A herd of thirty oxen had been
bitten by a mad wolf; eight had snc-
eumlwd with symptoms of hydrophobia.
The Commissary of Police came to Dr.
Grzyvala for his 'antirabic powder.'
He gave three ounces of the powder,
with bran, daily to each of the remaining
animals; none of them suffered from the
disease. These are examples of which
Dr. Grzyvala says he has a hundred
ftthers."
the genesis of the mosquito
A physician corresponding with the
iSeientijw American says: "For sev
eral years past I have noticed in warm
weather that my wooden cistern, which
is above ground, has been infested with
peculiar looking little red worms. I
have heard many others like myself com
plain of these worms, and I had taken it
for granted that they were a species of
earth worm. However, last sn miner I
procured a glass jar and sprinkled the
bottom of it with a very small quantity
of sand and clay. I then half filled the
jar with clear fresh water, and after put
ting a dozen of these worms in the jar I
tied a piece of cloth over the mouth and
placed it in a light, airy place. The
worms were from half to three-fourths of
an inch in length, of a bright red color,
and had rather a jointed appearance
about the body. They would crawl on
the bottom of the jar, swim through die
water by a rapid bending of the body
backward and forward, and occasionally
come up to the surface of the water and
float. Within twenty-four hours after
placing them in the jar I noticed that
they had all gone down to the bottom of
the vessel and had enveloped themselves
separately in a kind of temporary shell
made of earth and sand. In a few days
after this I saw one of these worms crawl
ont of his temporary house at the bottom
of the jar and swim to the surface of the
water. Here, after twisting about for a
few seconds, he ruptured a thia mem
brane thai enveloped his body, and
came out a full-fledged mosquito ready
for business. I noticed many of the
other worms going through the same
performance within a short while after-
I ain't got no lawsuit ;
I only want to get one of your opinions ;
they say they're very valuable."
" cut. John, about what
" Oh I anything, sir. take your pick and
choose.
Mr. Sherman, seeing the notions of his
client on the matter on hand, took his
pen, and writing a few words folded them
up and banded them to John, who care
fully placed the paper in bis pocket.
" What's to pay, sir.'"
"Four and six-pence, Yankee money
seventy-nve cents.
When John returned home the next
morning he found his wife, who pretty
much took the lead of his business mat
ters, anxiously discussing with bis chief
larm servant, the propriety 01 getting in
a large quantity of oats on that day,
which bad been out the one previous, or
of undertaking some other labor.
John was appealed to to settle the
question, but he could not decide. At
length, he said : "1 tell you what, Polly,
I've been to a lawyer and got an opinion
that cost me four and six pence. There it
is read her out ; it's a lawyer's writing,
and I can't make head or tale of it ! "
John, by the way, could not read the
plainest print, but Polly, who was some
thing of a scholar, opened the paper and
read as follows : "Never put oft till to
morrow what can be done to-day."
" Enough said ! "cried John, "V.iem oats
must be got in." And they were "got in,"
and tbe same night such a storm came on
as otherwise would have ruined them en
tirely. Exchange.
Found at Last.
They sat down and he claimed the first
move, bhe at once objected, but when
he began to grow red in the face she
yielded, and ho led off. At the fourth
move she took a man and chuckled as
she raked him in.
I don't see anything to irrin nt i,
sneered, as he moved a man backwards
Here I you can t move that unt
she called out.
I can't, eh ? Perhaps I never nli
checkers before you were born 1 "
She saw a chance to jump two more
men and gave in the point, but & ai.
moved, she cried out :
Put them men right back the t tv
concluded not to move backward vm
if Hoyle does permit it ! "
She gave m again, but uhnn i,
jumped a man, her nose grew red, and she
cried ont :
" I didn't mean to move there: T wn
thinking of the social 1 "
Can t help the social. Martha w
must go by Hoyle."
in about two minutes she jumped twn
men, and went into the king-row, shout
ings :
One would think by your childish
actions that you never played a game be
fore ! " he growled.
" I know enough to beat you I "
" You do, eh ? Some folks are awfnl
smart."
" And some folks ain't 1 " she snaimed
as her king captured another man.
"What in thunder are you iumninir
that way for?" . 0
A king can jump anyway ! '
" No, he can't I "
" Yes he can ! "
" Don't talk back to me. Martha Grat
tan 1 I was playing checkers when you
were in your cradle ! "
I don t care I I can jiunn two men
whichever way I move ! "
He looked down on the board, and
saw that such was the case, and roared
ont:
" You've moved twice to my once 1 "
"I haven't!"
" I'll take my oath you have ! I can't
play against such black-leg practices 1 "
" Who's a black-leg? You not only
cheated, but you tried to lie out of it 1
.Board and checkers fell between thera.
He could get on his hat quicker than she
could find her bonnet, and that was the
only reason why he got out of the house
first. A Woodward avenue grocer found
him sitting on a basket of cranberries at
the door as he was closing up for the
night, and asked him if he was waiting
for his wife to come along.
" Well, not exactly; I stopped here to
feel in my pocket for the key of the barn.
I shall sleep on the hay to-night and see
if it won't cure this cold in my head ! "
Tou Can Let tio.
Some years ago, as a Mississippi steam
boat came to a river landing, a tall, un
gainly, gawkish looking fellow, leaning
against a wood pilo, attracted the atten
tion of the passengers, one of whom, a
talkative and conspicuous person, re
marked to nis mends that he was going
to nave some fun out of that fellow.
Drawing a savage-looking bowie knife,
he said :
So, old fellow. I ve found vou at
last. You're the man that stole a dog of
mine, and 1 ve sworn to get square with
you. l ve been looking for you for a
year.
lhe gawky lazily opened his eyes in
wondering amazement at first, as though
he didn't understand it. Then catching
signt of the laughing passengers looking
on from the deck, he took in the situ
ation. By the time "smarty" had
finished telling him how long he had
been looking for him, be had taken out
of his pocket a fist like a sledge hammer
on the end of the arm of a wind-mill.
He swung it once and knocked the man
who had been looking for him plump
inio tne river, men resuming his place
against the woodpile, he raised his eyes
to the deck, and with a very lazy drawl
inquired :
' Is there anybody else on this boat
looking for me?"
Simple pity ain't much better to a per
son than an insult; but to pity him with
a five dollar bill is bizzness. J. Bil
lings. ,
It is a bad plan to " make no " the btda
mmediately after breakfast. Th aleen.
ing apartments in the house should be
aired every day. Beds should be cnened
every morning to tbe sua and to the at
mosphere. Do not be m too much haste
to get the chambers in order. Let the
sheets and blankeia be spread over sepa
rata ciiaira, me mairesses lifted apart, and
the pure morning air be allowed to got
into vry nook and cranny ef the room
before the beds are made. Ttettor tn an.
dure a little delay in getting the house in 1
wi uiau ions m oeaiUU
Few will read this incident without a
tear for the hero who so courageously
gave the fatal order.
Private fisher had remained through
all his trials stout, fresh and hearty, in
teresting in appearance, and so gentle
mannered and uncomplaining that we all
loved him.
Supported on his crutches, he hod
walked up and down his ward in the hos
pital for the hrst time since he was
wounded, and seemed almost restored.
That same night he turned over and
uttered an exclamation of pain.
following the nurse to. his bed, and
turning down the covering, a small jet
of blood spurted up. The sharp edge of
the splintered bone must have severed an
artery.
1 instantly put my finger on the littte
orifice and awaited the surgeon. He
soon came, took a long look and shook
his head.
The explanation was easy. Tho artery
was imbedded in the fleshy part of the
thigh, and could not be taken up. No
earthly power could save him.
There was no object in detaining vr.
. lie required his time ana nis
strength, and long I sat by the man, un
conscious himself that any serious
trouble was apprehended.
The hardest trial of my dnty was laid
upon me, the necessity 0 telling a man
in the prime of life and fullness of
strength that there was no hope for him.
It was done at last, and the verdict re
ceived patiently and courageously, some
directions given by which his mother
wonld be informed of his death, and then
he turned his questioning eyes upon my
face.
" How long can I live ? "
" Only as long as I keep my finger
upon this artery." A pause ensued.
God alone knew what thoughts hurried
through that heart and brain, called so
unexpectedly from all earthly hopes and
ties.
He broke the silence at last.
"You can let go"
But I could not, not if my own life
had trembled in the balance. Hot tears
rushed to my eyes, a struggling sound
to my ears, and a deathly coldness to my
lips.
The pang of obeying him was spared
me, and for the first and last time during
the trials that surrounded me for fonr
years I fainted away.
A good story is told of a colored minis
ter of Ballard County who was brought on
trial before bis church on tee charge of
stealing bacon. After a number of wit
nesses bad been examined, the deacon"
retired, and soon after returned the fol
lowing verdict : "The Rev. Moses Bledso
ant ackwitted of de sinuations that ne
actual did stole tbe pork, and twas 1 not
showed dat somebody else miten't hive
been wearin bis clox ; but de broder is
hereby fectionatelv warned dat in
1 future he must be more keerfuU"
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