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POKTRT.
I i thaa lut nlgbt leaning orer tba fata-
Striped panta aud banfwl balr aid bjr alda
Too nilRbl know by ibe Hale round sap on
b pat.
Tbat he would a hloyole ride;
And job migUt have known, loo, by the gam
In hnrchenk,
' And bar fly-away bat, and tba rd
Little bead underneath, tbat bar mind (be
eon Id apeak
In eaaa tbere waa augbt to be aald.
Well, thara ibe itood wltb bermoatb full o
(am,
And eyummy-yom look In berryei,
wltb Iongae tbat wont on like a planing
mlll'ihum, Or a phoiograpb Id (or a prlio:
But 1 thoniibl aa 1 beard Mem n?banilng
- tbelr vow,
And ludulglnir. In JjOV'a happy d-ium,
I would tooner Uiie out to keep Hleiofltbe
eowa
Thau provide that young girl with leu ertam,
NKITIIEIt WISELY 0R HEM-.
HY KTHKMND BAY.
Mom Hie Portland fcvrnlug Telritram,
"No," oaid ClifforJ Fornwood, as Lo
knocked tho ashes from Lin eigur, and
dreamily watchod llio blno wroutbs of
moke curling above his handsome
hoad, "I havo no intentions of Retting
married, Gny. . Yon see ltuby West in
not the kind of a girl I would like to
marry. There, my dear follow, don't
look bo allocked and horrified ! I know I
have flirted ontragoously with hor, this
summer, but confound it! how could I
help it? She is what I cull tweet I There
are very few girls who can churm and
fascinate me in the way she docs! Home
how she makes me feel that if I could
hold hor in my arms alieaya, unci
never he denied tho privilcgo of pressing
my lips to hers whou I wished, I would
be content to dream on in this idle
fashion forever; but, you see, Kumlolpli,
tho summer is coming to an end, and I
mast leave her, for I am not ready to get
married yet, and if I wuh, ltuby would
not suit me God bless hor!" he added
softly, under his moustache.
The two young men wero sitting on
the piazza of the Suaviow Hotel, smok
ing their after-dinner cigar, und listen
ing -to the waves dashing continuously
against tho rooks below, for tho hotel
was sitnuted on a cliff.
Gay ltandolph looked ut his friend in
silent contempt.
"I am BHhumod of you, Clifford," he
said, reproachfully. "How can yon
talk so lightly of n girl liko Ruby West?
Hlie h one to bo reverenced and hon
ored, und not hold cheaply. My God!
wliut would I not givo to hold your.
piuco in nor ntioctions.
"What!" said Clifford, looking at his
frioud in surprise, "is it possible that
you cure for ltuby? Well, I'm sorry, old
follow, for you cun eusily boo that sho
has eyes for no ono but mo. I beliove,"
he added, reflectively, that I could
almost love her if shodidn't let mo seo so
plainly that I am all tho world to her.
Did yon ever notice how saucily she tries
to hide her blushoH when -"
"Blnsbes!" echoed a clear, merry
voice just beliiud them. "Who why,
Clifford, what do you know about
oiusnesr , ,
"Why, Rnby," cried Clifford, catching
both her hands and drawing her to his
side, with a little Hush on his own face,
"where did yon come from? Little
eavesdropper, wo might have boon talk
ing about you what theu?"
"Ah?" she answered, archly, "you
would not have said unyihing that you
would have cared for mo to hear would
he, Mr. ltandolph?" Hut Guy had
walked to the other end of tho piazza,
and was listening to tho waves.
She was still standing with hor hands
closely clasped in Cliffords, looking
down at him, with a world of tenderness
in the clear, sweet depths of hor dark
blue eyeB; a soft, warm color had come
into her cheeks, und her lips wero rod as
tho heart of a pomegranate. Sho was
only eighteen Bhy, tmsting, clinging,
innoeentl
Because Cliff. Fern wood had made love
to her in a tender, Indolent sort of way
this summer, she hud given him all the
jiriceless wealth of her affection, be
lieving, of course, that sometime he
would ask her to bo his wife. Sho had
not yet lived long enough in this Hellish,
deceitfol world, to know that no matter
what tender Words u mail may say to a
woman, hojiever really means them, un
less ho usks her, then and there, to marry
him, or gives ac reason for not doing
so. Girls should bo taught this, from
childhood, ana tliero would bo less
blighted hearts less horrible endings to
bountiful lives! ltuby was only one of
the many who "live to learn."
"1 am going down on tho rocks,
Cliff." sho said eonxingly. "Won't you
come with me?"
"Of course, sweet!" said Clifford, with
an unconscious tenderness in his voice,
"You walk on und wait for 1110, und I
will join you as soon us 1 finish my
cigan"
Tho black mustache swept across tlie
boh nance, and then he released her, und
with a ruoiiint happiness lighting her
whole face, ltuby sprung down the steps
and hastened away in the' twilight
towards tho wave-washed . rocks. That
hour was, perhaps, tho happiest of her
life; yet "who kuows what a day may
bring forth?"
' Clifford Fornwood?" exclaimed Guy.
Turning fiercely. "You are a villuiu!
If it were anyone olso I should curse you!
Do you call yourself a man Do you
wrni Bucn a muck sin on yoiu con
science "
"O, for heaven's sako, my good fellow,
give us a rest!" interrupted Clifford
indolently, though his face grew a trifle
white. "I declare I am feeling rather
bad about this, myself! I don't exactly
ee how to get out of it, you know. Sho
the fact is, old follow', sho expects a
declaration, and to tell the truth, I hare
gone a little further with Ruby thun I
ever went with anyoue else. But
confonnd it; ltandolph, she is ac
tually tho tveetent little thing I ever
knew, and sometimes I fancied I tea in
earnest."
"Clifford," said Guy eagerly,' laving
his hand on his friend arm. "my dear
Clifford, try to fancy so still. (Jo down
on the roots, and ask her to marry you!"
"Do this ono, uusoltisu act, and God
will reward you. I love her myself,
Clifford, and if I thought I could make
her happy I would not ask this of yon;
bnt I would gladly give her up for the
sake of seeing that happiness in her eye
mlumtt. ' Oh, Clifford, will you not ask
her?"
Clifford azote, and threw away his
cigar.
"I can't do it, Gny," he said, gravely
picking up his cane. "Sho is a sweet
little thing, but I don't love her!"
Ho went awav in the Catherine dark
nesB, and in a few moments had thrown
himself on the rocks beside ltuby.
"Did I keep you waiting long, little
one? he asked, softly, taking her un re
sisting form in his arms as calmly as
though he had the right. "Were you
frightened here in the dusk?
She oluna to him with a littlo sob.
"I was not frightened, Cliff., only I
ave been thinking "
"Of what, darling?"
"That I should die if you ceased to
care for me Oh. Cliff., if you"
But Clifford hushed the warm lips
with tender Kisses.
"Darling," he began, tenderly smooth
ing the waving, brown tresses, "1 must
tell yon something that grieves me in
cxpressibly. 1 am going away; i am
going to leavo you ! I am poor I can
not marry for many years perhaps,
never! I will not bind you with any
promise, lor you can do better! May,
sweet; it cannot be such Miss is denied
mo I To-night, we roust part forever.
Will you try, darling, to think of me
once in a while? O, ltuby, I wish
could keen vou forever! Beloved. 1
must gol Will you kiss me once for the
last timer
Crushed and stunned as she was by
the cruel and unexpected termination of
tier happiness, poor ltuby hud not the
strength to refuse him. Mutely, like
one in a horrible dreum, she put hor
arms around his neck, and pressed her
cold lips to his once twico and then,
shrinking away, whispered hoarsely,
"Now, for God s sako, y!" And with a
lust caress, Clifford released hor and
strodo away in the darkness; and she was
left alone with her anguish, and tho
ceaseless dashing of tho waves
An hour later, she crept buck into
tho honso by tho sido-cutrance, and,
gaining her room, which was over the
piueza, sho loaned out the window, un
der tho. stars, to hear, onco more, the
voice of 'the man she had loved and
trusted so blindly.
"It is all over, ltandolph," ho was say
ing complacently, "I let hor down as
gontly us possible; and now, confound
1110, if I don't let 'summer flirtations'
alone, hereafter. If such a thing were
tumible., I should say I had been u littlo
bit burnt, myself; but"
"Clifford," suid Guy, rising haughtily,
"you aio an unprincipled villain, and we
can be friends no longer; I have dono
with yon!"
And thon Ruby crept, shivering, j
awuy from the window.
her room, reading. whon a servant
rushed in. exclaiming:
"0, ma'am, there has been an awful
accident, and Mr. Randolph was on the
train, Ihey are bringing him home
dead!"
Speechless with horror, Ruby stag
gered dowu sUirs and entered the parlor;
Clifford was there alone. With a glad
cry he sprang forward, and caught her
in his arms. "Oh Ruby, my darling!"
he'eried, "you are free at lust, ut lust!"
With a cry of horror, she hurled him
from her. "My God!" Bhe (rasped. "I
did not know till this moment how I de
test you! how I loathe you!"
And then, even as she spoke, sho saw
her husband's face in the doorway palo
and sad, but ohl bo tender and forgiving
-and with a loyful cry she flung her-1
self into his arms.
"O, Guy," she sobbod, I "I love yon!
I love you! I did not know how deurly.
until I thought I had lost yon!"
"It was all a mistake, my durling I
came on the other train !" was all Guy
said, for he was thanking God that, at
lust, his wife was all his own.
nfpent
Xervous Depression.
"Good hoavons! Hampton, who is
tli at beautiful woman? There the one
with bronze hair, standing under tho
chandelier!
The speaker was Clifford Feruwood
the placo, a brilliant ball-room ut a
fashionable rosort tho time, five yeurs
alter the night wo last saw Ulillord.
"What! exclaimed his companion
laughing, "is it possiblo yon don t know
nor Jiut I forgot--you havo just at-
nvoa. vuy, my iear leiiow, tnut is
Ruby w ost or, at leust, it used to be
but she was married about six months
ago to Guy Randolph. She don't euro
anything for him, though married him
for his money, you know. Shall I intro
ducewhy, good hoavons! Fenrwood
what is tho mutter? You uro as white as
a sheet!
"It is nothing," suid Clifford, with a
strong effort at self-control. "Tho name
startled me for a moment. I should like
to lie presented. "
And tho two young men mado their
way to tho tall, beautiful woman, laugh
ing and jesting with a dozen admirers
Sho looked up carelessly to uckuowlodgo
tho introduction, but at tho sound of
well-remombered voice tho hot blood
rushed to hor choeks, and then died out,
leaving it deadly white. Five Years!
and she hud notforgotton yet!
Like one in u dream, she gave him her
hand, and bo clasped it with a pressure
that at any other moment sho would
havo resented; but iiiBt then she wus so
stunned and bewildorod, sho scarcely
noticed it; und Clifford, tuking her
silence us an acceptance of his mute
caross, secretly congratulated himself.
Ho had novcr qui to forgotten shy,
sweet, Ruby West, und now, that sho had
developed into such a royally, bril
liantly, beautiful woman, sho possessed
a more powerful and irresistablo fusei na
tion tor him thun ever before. Looking
into her intense, dark blue, almost black
eyes, ho felt the old, wild longing to
tako her in his arms and hold her against
his heart to strain her to him, and
firess passionate kisses on tho lips that
mil onco been his nlono. Ah! what a
fool ho had been to relinquish that sweot
privilege! Alas! for Clifford's "might
huvo been!" ' 4
Ktibv was now a wife the wife of (in v
Randolph.
"I do not love you, Guy," sho hud
said, w hen ho asked her, "Neither do I
love any ono else! If, knowing this.
you still wish me, and think I cifn muke
you happy, I will marry you, aud bo
true and faithful wife!"
And us Guy did wish her, and did
think she could mako him happy, she
nad married 111111.
Aud now, when she wus just beginning
to think herself happy, her ohl love,
"liko a ghost from the tomb," stood be
fore her, and sho felt that "tho work of
yeurs w as shattered by that ono glance of
his eye.
Sho regained her brilliant spirits;
laughed, danced, aud flirted but all
with that horn bio uncertainty in her
heart; tho uncertainty us to whether she
cared most for her iimband, or for
Clifford Fernitood.'
Guv bad returned to the city, leaving
his wife with soino friends at the hotel,
and she did not expect his return for a
month! Was it any wonder that her
heart grew sick within heras she thought
of a month's dangerous coinpaniouhii
with tho man who had once been so dear
to her?
She hated herself for such thoughts,
but they would come forcing fhemselves
upon her, and she could not help it.
The days slipped by, and people began
to talk of Clifford Fernwood's infataution
for Guy Randolph's beautiful wife; he
was ber constant attendant, and to do
her slightest wish seemed his greatest
pleasure.
Clifford felt sure that she still loved
him, and in his heart, he cursed poor
. , , . .
uot tor BiamiiDg uetweeu them
Tho chief part of the cure lies with
the patient. Change, exercise, fresh air,
diet, tonic all these togother will not
cure any one who gives up and gives
way. The aim of tho patient must be to
disregard and even dofy his sensations,
impressions, languor or whatever form
his sufferings may take, and just go on as
usual, doing all he can to forget self,
Nervous poople often rally wonderfully
undor pleasant excitement, sometimes
even under trial. They surprise then
friends by their activity and endurance.
and accomplish the otherwise impossible.
.Let us illustrate our meaning in one or
two particulars. Suppose a patient bo
severely depressed that ttiat be can hard
ly be persuaded to move; he must be
gin ho must try.
Ao brooding over troubles and watch
ing for symptoms. Giving up is fuud:
resolution and hope gam the victory,
with the help of Providence. And even
as to fears, forebodings, and so forth,
the same direction, in substance, will
apply. A ludy told the writer that, aftor
a period of acute suffering from various
apprehensions, she one duy said to her
self: "Now I have long boon fearing ull
sorts of things, and they do not come; I
have had all munner of distress, and
dreaded what has never yet happened.
Nothing that I have been so alarmed
abont has really occurred. I will allow
these tormenting fears no longer." And
sho resolutely dismissed her apprehen
sums. Sho strove against and in tiino
overcame, her gloomy and groundless
loreoodings, and now lives to encourage
others, to preach hope and cheerfulness
and trust.
Not a few of the habits of modern lifo
strain tho system considerably; hurry
unit excitement are fur too prevulent.
"Tuking things coolly" should be at
least endeavored by those who may have
mucu in tueir worn calculated to btimu
luto tho mind or feolings. Excess of nnv
kind is constantly the parent of norvous
depression So, too, are exciting amuse
ments, such us gambling. Too much
novel-reuding is un an unsuspected, but
oiton very powerful contributing cause.
Overwork, ulas I is one which it in not so
easy to remedy as to denounce.
Llitle to i'm u, and 111 ,ny to keep,
Often strums the nerves und brain too
beovily. A good hobby is often a won
derful relief to tho overtaxed mind. Too
little exercise ond too much tea ruin the
nerves of many a woman. Men often
try thoirs by indulging too freoly in the
use of tobacco. Young men, und above
ull, growing lads are very unwiso if they
employ tobacco at all. Their elder's
huvo more excuse; but the vigor of
youth cunnot require it, und cortuiuly
win not pront by it. Xho diubolicul
cruelty of frightening young children is
almost certain to sow tho seeds of nor
yous weakness; so does harsh treatment
in later childhood. And over-driving
ami nurrussing young ladies aud girls,
w hether at books or work, all tend in the
sume direction. Competitive examina
tions have to answer for.somo cises of
enfeebled nerves.
Simple habits, moderation in all
things, cheerful amusomonts or pas
times, and reasonable coro, will go far to
revent uervousiiess. Rut when, through
iguorunco, iudiseivtiou, hereditary tend
ency, or atliiction, it has been developed,
the suiterer will do wen to givo heed to
tho foregoing hints, hud take for his
motto, "Hope on, hope over."
The Duchesne Lake Stfpent.
Additional proof of the presence of a
large serpent in Duchosne ukc, as pre
viously reported, comes to hand, and
there is little doubt but thj day is not
far distant wiiuu the marina monster will
be caught "dead or alive,) as warrants
sometimes read. Andref Moore is s
farmer living in Eurdley township, near
ly opposite the Ouio, wMch is not a
great distance from the Chats falls. In
his . employ is a boy turned McNeil,
whose parents live on the Ontario or
south side of the river. On Tuesday
evening of last week the boy started to
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poume across uie river, wuicu is auoui
lalf a mile wide at that point, in a canoe.
He had got a little mora than a third of
the way across when, Mr. Moore, who
had taken a stroll down the shore, saw
something in the water mnkmg after
the canoe. It wus the serpent; so ho
volled with ull hit might to tho
boy, whose attention was at once at
tracted. The lad knew that something
was wrong, for he sa Mr. Moore ges
ticulating wildly on tho shore, while his
shouts were pluinly heard. The boy
Ri iLPiNO of FAsr Locomotives. An
engine built to muke the ninety miles
between New York city and Philadelphia
in ninety minutes did its work easily and
has now been sent across the water as a
specimen of American handiwork. But
the New York Times observes that it is
not so great u novelty as severul other
engines now building in American work-
hops, lhns, at tho Grant works they
uro constructing un engiue with two sets
of driving wheels, one vertically over the
other, the upper set being intended to
act on tho lower as they act upon the
track. In Concord, N. H., a locomotive
with a flat boiler two feet, by seven by
tweivo, witii tue nre-box 111 tho middle,
is now neuriy completed. The idea is to
bring a larger portion of the boiler over
tho fire box and thus increase tho stcuin.
The little funk engines of tho elevated
railroads have &iven such satisfactory
erformunccs that pluns have been pre
pared for building others of the suite
type with four, Bix, eight and even twelre
driving wheel-, calculated for the
heaviest work. The advantage claimed
for them is that, m proportion to their
weight, they show largo adhesive powers.
In general there is a noticeable tendency
to increase tho size not only of engines
but cars us well. f Chicago Tribune.
quickly caught sight of a durk object in
the water, muking toward him. but still
some fifty yards awuy. He did not wuit
to have an interview with the murine
monster, but started for deur life. Mr.
Moore stood on tht shore breathlessly
watching the result. Tho boy made the
canoe speed through the water at a rapid
rate, but the ser-ient was also making
admirable tiino. It was a question dur
ing the first minute or so whethor the
boy would escnpo, and Mr. Moore the
only spectator to tho exciting chase, was
greatly relieved when he saw that the
serpent was not gaining any upon the
boy, and he shouted words of encour
agement over the water. Tho lad.
although frightened, did not lose his
presence of mind, but kept to his work
with tho energy of despair almost, fooling
that it was a ruce for life, although it is
doubtful whether the serpent would
have attucked him even if it had got
close enough. The race continued for
several hundred yards, when the serpent
gave up the chase and disappeared under
the water. The boy kept rowing with
all his might until he reached the shore,
when he sprang out of the canoe and
sank exhausted on the sands.
It is useless to tell Mr. Moore or the
boy McNeil that never they saw the large
lake serpent, while their atlidavits would
bo indorsed by five of the men em
ployed in working tho phosphate mine of
McLean & Co., in tho same township,
who interviewed the monster whilo re
turning from a fishing expedition a few
weeks ago. After ten on tho duy stated
Mr. Williams, tho foreman, who was
one of those who saw the serpent on a
former occasion, end four of the men
went over to I't! island (known as
twelve-milo island, becauso, it is about
that distance from Alymer) to fish. They
were returning about 7:30, whon one of
thorn jokingly remarked, "Look at that
serpent," pointing toward the east, whore
what appeared to bo a crookod limb was
bobbing in tho slightly ruffled water.
They only saw it for an instant, when it
was gone. Ihe men resumed their row
ing, none of them thinking for a moment
that it was really the serpunt they had
seen in the gathering twilight. The
object was about two hundred yards
awuy when seen, and they had not
rowed the thirty-foot bout a great dis
tanco before one of tho men shouted.
Look at the big fish!" as something
cumo to the surfuco of tho water just a
foot or two from tho end of his oar,
which ho raised with the intention of
striking at it, when, to his horror, as
.well us that of the other parties in the
boat, he saw that it was the monster ser
pent. Ibis man s name is Derwin. The
men could do nothing for a moment or
two but look as the serpent arose to the
surfuce and swam rapidly away. The
men hail nothing in the bout that thev
could have ussailod the monster with ex
cept the heavy oars, so they wisely
allowed it to depart in peuco, rowing
ashore ufter watching it go westwurd, in
the direction of the Chuts fulls. The
men though taken by surprise and
naturally somewhat frightened, suw tho
serpent clearly. Mr. Williams stated to
Mr. II. McLean, warden of tho county of
Ottawa, in whose employ ho is, and who
is our iuformunt of what is now told,
that the serpent wus durk in color with
body about the size of an ordinary tele
graph pole, the head being somewhat
smaller. It made considerable commo
tion in tho water while swimming. Ho
uugt! mai 11 was twelve icet or more in
length, although only some four or live
feet of tho back part of the bodv was
risible. The number w ho have seen the
Duchesne lukoserpont. steadily increases.
aud some of these fine days we hopo to
hear of its capture. It might bo men
tioned that tho shores on either side of
the broadening river or lake between
Little Island and tho Quio for about
seven miles has virtually no settlers,
honco a serpent would havo the shores
mostly to lUelf. Trails of what is sup
posed to bo tho the big serpent of tho
lake have recently been seen on the
sandy shores of Moore's Island, five
miles this side of tho Quio. Ottawa
Free Prei.i.
An Oyster Yarn.
I never found anything but onoe here
in exoess of my expectations, or even ap
proaching them, and that was the New
York oysters. I had just then come
on from California, where oysters are
very small and unimportant, not to say
insignificant, and I had often eaten a
hundred at a time, and had always felt as
if I could eat more if 1 had them. So,
when I arrived at the Metropolitan Hotel
I ordered my dinner to be bronght to my
room, and told the waiter to bring with
my dinner a strong cup of coffee and a
hundred raw oysters. He looked at me
a moment and then said :
" Did I understand you to say a hun
dred oysters ?"
"Yes;" I answered "raw, on the
half shell, with vinegar ; no lemons ;
and as soon as you can, for I am very
hungry."
" Ahem 1 Miss, did you want a hun
dred ?"
" Yes, I do. What are you waiting
for? Must I pay for them in advance?
I want nice, large ones."
" No, no, miss. All right; you shall
have them," and he went out; I con
tinued my writing and forgot all about
my dinner till be knocked and came in
with my dinner on a tray, but no oys
ters.
Si TT ll nit T .,
now is misf sam 1. "mere are
no oysters.
"Dey's coinin'. miss! dev's comin
and the door opened and in filed three
more sons of Africa's burning sands,
eacu witn a big tray of oysters on the
half -shell. I was staggered, but only
for a moment, for I saw the waiters were
grinning, so. I calmly directed them to
place one tray on a chair, one on a wash
stand, and one on the bed, and I said:
"They are very small, aren't they?"
"Oh! no, miss, de bery largest we'so
got."
"Very well," said I; "you can go. If
I want you any more I'll ring."
When they got out into the hall one
said to the other:
" Fore God, Jo, if she eats all them
oysters, she's a dead woman."
I did not feel hungry any longer. I
drank my coffee and look at the oysters,
every one of them as big as my hand,
and thoy all seemed looking at me with
meir Horrible white faces and out of
thoir ono diabolical eye, until I could
not have eaten one any more than I could
have carved up a live baby. They leered
at me and seemed to dure me to attack
them. Our California oysters are small,
and with no more individual character
about them than gruins of rice
but those detestable creatures were iu
stinet with evil intentions, and I dared
not swallow one for fear of tho disturb
unce ho might ruise in my interior, so I
set about getting rid of them, for I was
never going to give up beutou before
those wuiters. I hung a dress over the
keyhole after I locked the door, and just
uuuimti uijr wiiuiow iounu a un water
snout thut hod a sniull hole in it. I cure.
fully enlurged it, und thenslid every one
of those beustly creatures 'down ono by
ono, 102 of them, they ull the time
eying me with that cold, pasty look of
maiignuv. vt non the lust one was out
of sight 1 stopped trembling and finished
my dinner in peace, und then rung for
the waiters. You should have seen their
faces! One of the waiters asked if I
would have some more. Mov he never
' ' MPPJ Amerlc.
We number DOW ft no
million people. AhiaA
could be sustained, without mi
the area of a single fam
to their number, by merely b?,
product up to teivb&
reasonably good agriculteranrt0'
there might remain for export t- tht
quantity we now send aKd
tie hungry in foreign lands. No 1
divided by the cur i " l0(fer
nation is now united by lnd I'''
interest and of commoi speech S?
the iron band of eighty-fiV8 , 'ld k
miles of railway, and is j'et onfv 1 ?fl
ning to feel the vital J.! 7 be8
eur of a truly national existence
may be the future of this Ua i."
yet conceive. Texas alone comprise.
much territory as the German 1 "
England, and Wales combined T1"'
has now about two million people
in tir rin,in,in,. "Pie with.
w uuMA lull 1(16 A
Germany. Enirlanil
about 67,000,000. The good
equal m area to the good land hwLU
many and Greut Britain . v 0
braska and Iowa combined morT'o
eqnal France in urea and posses.
fertile land. Only twenty-five0'9
John Brown and his comnl??.4?0
deemed Kansas from slavery hLT
was then indicated on ont 'm
part of "the Great American
ami Iowa had scarcely become state
Their population may now be 2 500
France 37 000,009. The great mfi
section of eastern Tennessee, north.
Georgia, western Carolina and souther!
Virginia has been hemmed in bv tl
enrso of Slavery, and is yet almost ,
wealth in minerals, in timber and hi
fertile valleys of almost unequal
climate for health and vigor. This sec
tion is almost equal to the Austrian em
pire in its urea, and more than equal in
resources. It has a sparso population of
only one or two millions. Tho Austrian
empire has over 37,000,000. The healthy
uplund country of Geortna. Alv,0.
and the Caroliuas vast ureas of fa,t,u
woodland, which can be linn!. t-
the hundred thousand acres at a half dof
lar, or two shillings, an acre, on
sheep and cotton thrive emmlW .n
These sections aro being slowly occupied
j iiuuii'io, mi won lor unmi.
grants who can bring them to nse. In ,
few short yeurs sheep, fed mainly upon
the kernel of the cotton seed and upon
the grasses that follow the cotton, will
send to market from the samn fioi.i.
alternately occupied, as much wool u
cotton. This warm section is more than
equal to Italy in area; it hus perhapj
2,000,000 people. Italy contains 27,(KJj .
000. The fertile lands of the Shenandoah
valley in Virginia, and along the Poto
mac in Maryland, more than equal Bel
gium. They muy contuin half a million
of people. Belgium hus more than
0,000,000. In the consideration of thii
problem of productive capacity, there
are other factors of the greatest im
portance. Whnt are the burdens to be
borno by our people compared to others?
What is the mortgage on this land that
we possess? Fortnightly Jieviev.
A Trnnk of Evil Omen.
Atastoroon Baronne street, iust
know the internal pang he inflicted unon n(JJ'ninff Orunewald Hall, is a lady's
1.--AT I afll I.L.lKn.. t A I. ft .,
me; but I replied calmly
"Not now. I think too many ut onco
migm oe nurtiui. t'lulaUvlpliia Frets,
The Good anil Had Boy.
A One-Uorsk Minister. A Methodist
parsou, the . Key. Stanley, "got away
with Bishop Tuttlo, as tbey say out
West, during his recent trip in the Mis
soula valley. It-seems that tho 1mv. Mr,
Stewart, of Missoula, was driving the
clerical party (consisting of Bishop lut
tie, tne liov. lillotson and himself) in
his own one horse ahay, and while en
routo met the Key. SUnley driving two
horses. The bishop, who is always ready
for a joke, sang out: "I aay, Stanley,
how is it t ut you Methodist pre hers
manage to drive two horses, while ws
Episcopalians have to put up with one?"
"1'erhaps you are one-hone ur'etfhers"
said the ready-witted SUnley, and the
Droceanion nmr.l An ami.1 l,j.rtf ahnnia
Om lovely morning, she was sitting ia of laughter, in which the bishop joined.
Exr-Essivu mioes. Heautiful feet re
quire tine adorniug. There aro boots
in New York City for Sl'Jo a pair.
They are imported from Paris, and the
cloth is a mixture of gold or silver
thread or silk. They aro lined with the
finest kid, and the buttons are gems.
Ihey ure usually purchased by those
who "toil not, neither do they spin."
and silk stockings at $73 a pair uro
worn with them. A paif of boots made
iot aiiuic ix) ti iso uarey to wea: in op
era ere of light blue satin, soft and
thick, with blue silk lacings, tied with
lovely tassels, lined with brilliant car
dinal kid, aud horizontally with inch
wido ribbons of gold braid. The feet
niay well be huudsome now, for there
is everything to mako them so. Innu
merable shops, filled with the finest
goods, fancy silk aud satin boots and
slippers, opera ties, patent leather and
kid shoes; lemon-colored, old gold, lav
ender and oriental satins, heels four
inches high, and insteps that form a
royal arch, and fuithiul pedicure, who
steps to the front with his salves and
instruments when nature becomes ob
streperous. . .
n. 1 r ,, . ,
vuiiio, ooys, 1 win ton you a
story. How your eyes dance! You
lovo to hear me talk. You are crood
boys. Well, 1 will toll yon about
Ooorgo and James. They both
wanted an apple. So James got up
one uarK night, llo left bis nice,
It 1 w - - '
warm ecu. Jie went to Farmer
Jones s orchard. Ho stole his ap
pies. James was a very bad boy. I
see by your bright faces that you
think so too. James did not fall
and break bis neck when ho slid
down tho spout; a great stono wall
uid not fall on him when ho climbed
over I'armer Jones's wall; Farmer
Jones h groat dog did not seize James
in Ins cruel jaws and hold him till
tho tanner cauio out; and tho farmer
aid not come out and talk to James
of the sin of stealing apples, whilo
1110 uog cue wed James's leir and then
horsowhip him afterward; and the
apples did not make James sick, and
he did not pino awuy on a sick bed.
and he was not laid away in tho
cold ground tho next Sundav: ami
he did not give the minister a chanco
to preach on tho sin of stealinjr an.
on. yo; james was n bad bov
ir ui:. .i .u. . ., . J
" Du uuwu iuo spout without so
much as blistering his hands; he
jumped over old Jones s wall (that
wus me wny tne bad boy spoke of
1 110 good man) and when the do'
came he rocked him into tho stable
110 nncd himself full of apples; he
tilled his pocket and his hat, also,
ihen he went down and slept liko a
ug- 1 no goon boy would not do
such a thing. Oh, no; ho usked his
papa for somo apples, and his dear
papa bought him a coot s worth of
wormy ones; tho good George only
eat one. That night ho dreamed ho
was a crook neck squash; he thought
uio circus procession, with all the el
ophauts, was walking over his abdo.
men. He lay in bed one week, and
(.l,.l I.A.I .11
"'co nine hooks about nico
little loys who never could have
lived, and little girls that nobody
wants to sco. The moral of this
story, boys, is this: Once in a great
while a bad boy has an unaccount
able run of good luck, and a good
boy vice versa. Boston Transcript.
sole leather Saratoga trunk, of the
largest size, which, altliouL'h en.
tirely inotl'oiisivo in itself, and per
haps as negative a combination of
solo leather, steel springs and linen
linings as the avonii'o receptacle for
feminine raiment, is nevertheless, by
association, not without its history.
This trunk was mado upon the
order of a vcrv handsome vountr
woman, who called at the store and
gave specific directions as to its in
terior arrangements. She appeared
to bo in alliuent circumstances, and
did not object to the price charged,
which was 8100. Tho money was
paid and tho trunk sent home, itl
owner proving to bo Miss Jlessi
Moore, a young womnn of pro
nounced beauty.
It appears that Miss Bessie Moon
found that tho trunk was not en
tirely to her satisfaction, and sold it
back to tho Btore at a liberal dis
count. She subsequently left tb
city for Jefferson, Texas, in company
with a miscreant named AboJtoths-
child, from Cincinnati. Ho usod bcr
money, and with placid deviltry put
a pistol to her forehead and blew
out her brains. Tho body lay for
two weeks undiscovered, and was
identified by a gentleman of this
city who happened to be in Jefferson
at tho time.
Singularly enough, this gentleman
subsequently committed suicide. Ale
itothschild was arrested in Cincin
nati when in tho act of committing
suicide, and was sent back to Jeffer
son. Texas, for trial, whero he now
lies in jail, every influence being
used to deluy the trial.
Ibe trunk was sold to a rcntleman
who had it thorou'Milv repaired. Be
fore this gentleman had paid for tba
trunk ho also committed suicide. It
is now for sale, and, of course, is con
sidered a prize, inasmuch as no one
who has had anything to do with it,
excepting the maker, has not died
by violence. ew Orleans limes.
Young man. don't try to forget your
identity and become somebody else; for
tba other chap ia almost sure to be an
inferior person.
ihk iRoo Tiudk im Illinois. A
citizen of Ufaa, in this State, is in his
mira year of frog farming, and his first
crop is now being marketed. He has an
acre and a qnarter devoted to the frog
luuuoirj. me ainu grown is the "(Joa
Iin frog." much larger than the common
sort. He intends to fnrnish Chicago, St.
Loais and Cincinnati with frogs, and is
conn.ient or aaccess in his business.
f Illinois Special.
A Bonaparte AIarkiaoe. Ibe vehe
ment opposition offered by the Bona
parte family to the engagement con
tracted some months ago by Prince
Kolnnd Bonaparte and Mile. Blunc,
principal heiress to the enormous for
tune amassed bv the late hitrh uriest
of rouge-et-noir at Monaco, has proved
fruitless, and the wedding day of the
happy pair is fixed for the 1st of October
next. The mother of the future Prin
cess has caused a splendid villa to be
erected for the young conple in the
Casino of Florence, whether they will
repair at the conclusion of their honey
moon. Prince Roland holds a commis
sion in the Republican army as t?nb-
ueutenant of Artillery, and, being to
tally destitute of private means, hu
hitherto contrived to live upon his pay.
By his marriage he will become tb
wealthiest scion of the house of Bona-
rarte.