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Doctor, asking of the bow torn by
Leila, and of the sidewalks plowed up
by grapesho!, the history of Pari be
aded, when just before reaching lb
triumphal rch tha Doctor stopped, and
pointing to one of those stately corner
Louse so grandly gronpsd around tha
square, La aaid to me:
"Do you see those four windows with
tha blinds closed, on that baloooy op
there? In tha first day of Aaguat Iart,
that terrible month of August, fall of
storm and disaster. I wa called there
lor a ease of apoplexy. They were tha
room of Colonel Jouve, a cuirassier of
tha first Empire, atabborn on tha sub
jects of glory and painousm, woo,
Boon aa tha war broke oat, moved to tha
Champs Eiyaeea, iota an apartment with
a balcony gness what for ? To be able
to witness the triumphant return of our
troops. Poor old man! The news of
Wiasemberg reached him aa be was leav
ing the dinner table, and hen be nad
the nana of Xapoleon at tha foot of the
bulletin of defeat, the apoplectic stroke
fell upon Lim Lie a thunderbolt
"I found the old cuiraasier atretcLod
on the carpet with blood vpoo kia face,
and motionless, aa if be had received a
blow from a heavy club npon hia Lead.
Standing erect he moat have been vary
tall; lying there, be aeemed of immense
size. Wish hia handsome feature, bia
beautiful teeth, and hie curly, snow
white hair, bia W years aeemed acarcely
CO. Kneeling at hia aide, and weeping
hatprtv via hia rrsoddsuzbter. sLe
looked like him, and the two beada there,
close together, aeemed like two fine
Greek medals, atrnck from the same die,
the one a little worn and effaced, the
other, clear and bright, with all the
blush of ita fresh imprint upon it
"The trief of the girl touched me
deeply; danghter and granddaughter of
eoldier. ber latner waa aaay erring on
MaeMahoa ' eta!!, and the tail form of
the venerable man lying before her waa
calling up in ber mind another picture
not lea terrible. I did my beat to re
assure ber, although I had lit Ue hope,
for at 80 j tar one hardly recovers from
euch things. For three daya my patient
remained in the aame motionleaa and
comatose state, and thereupon came the
news of lieiscnofftn. Yoa remember
how etrangely it came. Until evening
we all thought a great victory bad been
achieved. 20,000 Pruiaiana killed, the
Prince roval taken priaoner. I cannot
ay by what miracle, by what magnetic
current, a aort of echo of the national
joy reached the poor aufferer through
the torpor of bia peralysi. But that
evening aa I drew near bia bedside I
found him another man; bia eves were
almost bright, hia apeech almost clear;
be etniled twice and stammered:
"Victory!"
" 'Yea, Colonel, great victory,' and
aa I gave him the details of MacMahon'a
aptendid tuccess I could see hia features
relax and hia eyea light up. As I went
out I found the young girl etending
aeroas the door, pale aa death, and nob
bing. "'But be is saved! I exclaimed,
taking her hands.
"The poor child bad acarcely strength
enough to replv. The true history of
Betacboffen had just been posted; Mae
Mahoa retreating, the entire army crush
ed. We looked at one another in despair.
8he was thinking of ber father, and I
trembled for the poor old man I bad just
left lie could net resist this second
shock and yet what could be done?
Leave bin bis joy, and the illusions
which had brought him back to life
But for this the truth must not be told.
"'I will sot tell the truth then?' said
the heroic girl simply, aa aha rapidly
wiped away ber tears, and then with a
amile upon her face aha silently re
entered ber grandfather's room.
"It was a hard task aha undertook,
poor child! At first it worked pretty
well. The old gentleman's bead waa
weak, and he could be deceived like a
child. But aa bia health improved bis
ideee became clearer. We had to keep
him posted on the movements of the
army, and compose military bulletins. It
waa a pitiful sight to aee that lovely girl
bending day and night over the map of
German v, sticking in little flags, and try
ing to plan out glorious campaign.
Bazaine marching on Berlin, Proiasart in
Bavaria, McMbon on the Baltic. She
would ak my advice and I helped her
as best I could, but the grandfather
aided us mwt of all in this imaginary in
i vasion. lie bad conquered Germany so
many times under the first empire! He
knew every movement in advance. 'They
will go there now; this will be done next,'
and bia prophecies always came true,
and be was very proud of them.
"Unfortunately, rapidly as we gained
battles and captured cities, we never
went fast enough for him. The old man
waa insatiable! Each day, when I ar
rived, I learned of some new feat of
arms.
" 'Doctor we have taken Mayence,' the
poor girl would hurriedly aay to me with
a piteous smile, and through the half
open door I could hear a joyous voice
call out:
"'It is all right; all right! in a week
we will enter Berlin!'
" 'Just then the Prussians were but s
-week's march away from Paris. We
thought of taking him into the country;
but the condition of France would at
once have revealed all, aud I knew him
to be too weak and too benumbed by the
recent shock to bear the truth. So we
decided to remain.
" The first day of the investment how
well it comes back to me I went to
their rooms. Iwss moved aa we all
were then with heart pain which came
from the thought that the gates of Paria
were closed, that the battle was under
our walls, and that our suburbs had be
come our frontiers. I found the old
man seated on hia bed, jubilant and
proud.'
" 'Well,' he exclaimed, 'it has begun
at last that seige.'
"I looked at him in surprise.
" 'Mow, Colonol, do you kcow?'
"The young girl turned toward me:
" 'Oh, yes, doctor great news the
siege of Berlin haa commenced.'
"As she spoke she drew her needle
through the stuff, so calmly, so quietly!
How could sny one have doubted? lie
could not bear the guna on the forts. lie
could not aee the unfortunate city, so
defiant and so disturbed. All he could
see from bis bed waa a corner of the tri
umphal arch, and around him in hia
! wvm all I Kit brie-e-brae f the trtt
pire, well akuMe to susiaia to uxa-
enl
I "TortraiU of marshal, .of ttanoa. en-
graving of battle, the king of Borne i a
hia bahy areas, ana su iwiwnu, "
brass trophies, loaded with imperial
relics medals, bronze, and a rock of Ec
Helena under gla nd many minature
of one Une-eyed wooaa.tB tU coax ame.
with a yellow ore ana pusea aiervea.
And tne eideboarda, the king of Botne,
the mershale, the yellow ld seemed
all nigh-girdled and abort waisted. with
that quaint stiffness which waa graceful
LalbOG. Poor, brave Colonel! It was
this stmosotere of victories and con
quest, much more than all we could tell
him. which made lira believe so sincere
ly in the eiege of Berlin.
"From that day our military opera
tions beeame more simple. To take Ber
lin wa only an affair of time and pa
tience. Occasionally, when hoars bung
heavily for the old man. w read Lim a
letter from hi son, an imaginary one, of
course, for nothing entered Paria now,
and since Sedan the marshals aide-de-eamn
bad been imprisoned in a German
fortress. Can you fancy that poor child's
Aetvir. as. without news from ber
father, knowing him to be a prisoner,
and perhaps aa invalid, she had to make
him speak in joyous letters,a trifle short,
such aa a aoldier in the field might
write, as be advaiK-ed steadilv into the
enemv's country. Sometimes hex strength
would break down, aad then we we were
veeks without news. 1 he old Colonel
then would be anxious and wakefuL
ThM nn irk! t came a letter from Ger
mane, which she would gsjly read at
hia bedside, while ahe choked back ber
tears. He would listen religiously, smile
in a knowing wsy, approve and criticise,
and explain to us the passages that were
a little obscure. But where be came
out beat of all, was in the answers be
would send to his son: 'Never forget
that you are a Frenchman, be would say,
'and be generous to those poor people;
don't let the invasion weigh too heavily
upon them i and there were interminable
recommendatioos. saa loveiy uuie ser
mons, on respect to private property,
gentleness towarda Ladies, a true military
code for the use of the conquerors. And
he would add some general policticaJ
considerations aa to the conditions cf
peace which should be imposed npon the
vanquished indemnity for the war, and
nothing more. What could be the use
of taking their provinces? Can yon make
. . . SI . . .
any r ranee out oi irermanj; Aaa ue
would dictate it aa wiin sucn a ciear
voice, with so much candor in his words,
with such deep patriotic faith, that it
was impossible not to be moved and
touched as we sat by and listened.
"All this time the siege was progress
ing; not that of Berlin, alas! We had to
pass through intense frosts, bombard
menU, epidemics, and then famine. But
thanks to our efforts and our care, and
the indefatigable and tender attentions
which his grandchild multiplied around
him, the old man wis not for a moment
troubled. To the end I waa able to pro
cure a little fresh meat aad white bread
for him; but only enough for him; and
you cannot fancy anything more touch
ing than those grandfather's breakfasts,
so innocently selfish the old colonel on
his bed smiling and cared for, with bis
napkin tied under bis chin, and near him
his grandchild, the pal or of privation on
her cheeks, guidirg his band, giving him
drink, helping him to eat all the good
forbidden fruit. And then strengthened
and animated by his repast in the com
fort of bia warm room, with the wild
winter wind outside, and the snow driv
ing against bis windows, the old cuiras
sier would relate his campaign in the
north, and for the hundredth time would
tell ns of that sinister retreat from Bns
sia, when there was only frozen biscuit
and horsefleeh to eat.
M 'Can yoa realise that, little girl? We
absolutely used to eat horseflesh!
"Yoa can imagine if ahe realized it!
For two months she had been eating
nothing else.
"But, day by day, as be became con
valescent, our task at the bedside became
harder and harder. The torpor of bia
limbs, and of his senses, which bad
served us so well, commenced to pass
away. Two or three time already the
furious charges from the Porte-Maillot
had caused him to start and listen like a
hound on the scent. We bad to inveut a
lost victory of Bazaine's under the walls
of Berlin, and salvos of artillery dis
charged from the Invalidea to celebrate
it
"One day when we had drawn his bed
to the window I think it waa the Thurs
day of Buzcnal he saw clearly enough
some volunteers massed on the avenue
of the Grand Army.
"What can those troops be?" be
atiked, and we heard him grumbling be
tween his tooth: "Poor form! very poor
form!" !
"Nothing further came of it; but we
realized that we must take great precau
tions. Unfortunately we were not cau
tious enough.
"One evening as I arrived.the girl met
me
much distressed. 'Ibey are to enter
to-morrow,' ahe said. Was her grand
father'a door open? Thinking it over
inoe, I can recall that he bad a strange
expression on bis countensnce that
night, lie bad probably overheard us.
Only we were speaking of the Prussians,
and the old man waa thinking of the
French, and of that triumphant entry
for which he had so long been waiting.
MacMahon riding down the avenue mid
floirer and music, and his . son by the
marshal's side, aud he, the old Colonel
on his balcony, in full uniform as a Lut
zen, saluting the battle-torn standard
and the eagles blackened by powder.
"Poor old Cotonel! lie fancied, no
doubt, that we wished to prevent him
from witnessing the display of our troops
to save him from too great emotion. And
so he spoke of it to no one. But the
next day at the very hour when the
Prussian battalions eauuonsiy entered
the long stretch which leads from the
Porte-Maillot to the Tuilltries, that win
dow up there wss softly opened, and the
Colonel appeared upon the balcony with
his helmet on and hia long sword, snd
all the time-stained uniform of aa old
cuirassier. I still wonder at the power
of will and strength of life whicb en
abled him thus to arise and put on hia
harness. But it is certain that there he
stood, erect behind the railing, wonder
ing to aee the wide avenues so deserted,
so silent, the blinds all draws, Paris aa
dumb aa a great pest-house, flags every
where, but auch strange ones, white with
a red cross, and no one there to welcome
our soldiers.
be believed himself
"P.at aa! Over there, behind the
triumphal arch, there waa a confused
black liae advancing into the
dawn. And then by degrees the spikes
on the helmet gliseaed.the little druau
of Jen rauled, and nnder ue area,
marked by the heavy tread of the sec
tions and the eianx aaorrs, uum loru
Sehabert triumphal march! Then amid
iK m, .artful aUesc of Ue aiuare one
terrible cry waa heard: To arma! lo
the Prussian! aad the for
rb!n of the advanced guard saw, up
there, oa that Ukosy, a taix, via-
hsirlrare away backward, stretch out
t.i imL asd fall anddenlr.
This time the ell loton wss aeea.
-TraciUed from the "Conies da
Lundi" of Alphonse Daalet, by Aaron
Vad.
The Oat-Deor Air.
The tares! of all orophylartica is active
exercise in the open air. Air us part of
oar daOy food and by tar tne most un
gorunt tart. A man can live on seven
seals a week, aad survive the warceat
summer day with seven draughts cf
fresh water, bat his supply of gaaeou
nourishment L to be renewed at least
fourteen thousand time in twecty-four
boor. Every breath we draw is
draught of freah oxygen, every emission
of bre-ilb is aa evacuation of gaseous
recrecuxU. The purity of o-r blood
depVnl etieiy on the parity of the air
we breathe, for in the laboratory of the
lungs the aunostberie air ia brought into
meua at each respiration with the
fluids of the venous snd arterial systems,
which absorb it and circulate it through
the whole body ; in other words, if a man
breathes the TUiated atmosphere of a fac
tory all day, and of a close bedroom all
night, his life Wood is tainted fourteen
thousand times in the course of the
twenty-four boars, with foal vapors,
dost and noxious cxtslatior.s. We need
sot wonder, then, that ill ventilated
dwellings aggravate the evils of so many
diseases, or that pure air should be al
most a panacea. Hunters and herders
who Lreathe the pure air of South Amer
ican pampas, subsist for years on a diet
which would endanger the life of a city
dweller in a single month. It has been
repeatedly observed that individuals
who attained to aa exireme old age were
renerallT poor peasant whose avoca
tions required daily labor in the cpen
air, though their habits differed in al
most ereryrther respect; also, that the
average duration of life in various coun
tries of the Old World depends not so
much on climate pecularitiea or their re
spective decree of culture, as on the
chief occupation of the inhabitants; the
starved Hindoo outlives the well-fed
Parsee merchant, the unkempt Bulga
rian eniov an average longevity of forty-
two year to the West Austrian citizen a
thirty-five. Popular Science Monthly.
The XatheUe Gait,
We have imported the latest fashion in
gait from the London esthetics, a lan
guid, willowy, weary wabble, which is
now all the rage in that city, which may
be pretty enough in a garden where a
girl studies a new blown rose with a
spirit of aaaUerableness.but in oar pub
be avenues, andimnmed by the mellow
light of a drawing room and the rich
coloring of arUstio hangings, it is
awfully absurd and comical. How can
. sm a
it be described? ine ooay aeems u
work on a central wire; the head is bent
forward, the elbows pressed to the aides
at acute angles, the neck is rigid, the
noae tamed up and consequently the
chin, the hands hang down, and the feet
jerk. Two teeters are required to begin
this amble, wtocn is compared 10 uie
kangaroo. A physician tells me that the
gait is more dangerous to the health
than tight lacing, as it may bring on
curvature of the spine, imbecility, etc,
Stronjr. rirl msy survive it, but weakly
ones will almost inevitably become in
valids and die early who practice this
hideous attempt at gracefulness. The
writer cannot forget asking a pretty girl
not long aince to walk with her, and be
ing surprised to find ahe had one gait for
the house and another for the street.
She drew .her arm very close to ber
hips, stuck out her hear, bent ber body
forward and made aprance which waa
half polka step and half the stately min
uet; while ner nanda bung down in aix-
buttoned gloves as though bfeleas, and
ahe couldn't carry anything to save her
soul. The mental judgment waa that
he waa idiotic; but no, reader, she is
not idiodic,she only follow the craze in
fashion, whatever it may happen to be.
( Boston Budget
Edwaru ltlle.ee m Earizf.
I saw to-dav on a farm a new force in
operation that may rejuvenate the Soith
and restore prosperity to the deserted
farms of New England."
"Do yoa refer to ensilaged
"Yea. Mr. Mills, who is the discoverer
of this new force, which I believe will
take tha place of other feed lor catue in
just the aame way that kerosene waa sub-
stitated lor wbais oil, naa oereiopm u
in a more perfect way than any other
But any man who attempts to de
fine what the term ensilage means wul
run the risk of being conaidered a most
fit subject for an insane asylum. But
having aeen 120 cattle and 12 horses thst
had been fed for nearly eight month on
the product of I3j; acre of bind, with
on It four quarts per day of ordinary mid
dlings. I think it become rather difficult
to limit one's conception as to what this
new force may do in restoring exnausted
soils or developing power of production
ia place that have not yet beea touched.
The need of the South is succulent food
in the Ion?, hot. dry summer thst makes
the great cotton crop; the need of the
East is succulent food during ibe long
winter when peatarage ia not to be bad.
Both are supplied in ensilage, jit.
Mills, who haa perfected this modern
miracle, differs in his theory from the
French scientists who here not been suc
cessful. At the Atlanta exhibition one
hundred tons of the corn fodder, cow
peas, and other green food will be fed to
cattle, sheep, bogs and mules during the
three months of the exhibition, to show
the farmers of the South of whet great
benefit the discovery is."
Secretary Blaine is informed that the
French defegatioa to the Torktowa cen
tennial will consist of no more than ten
gentlemen descen.lants of Lafayette,
De Kochnmbeea and other of oar allies
ia 1781.
"For a mosnent
Hew te lift ! SaaaseT.
fVfcl u a tmrt of drink, and drink a
part of food; both sustain the eo4aat
change of the body, and are iiecessary
lor its nuiatenanc. Man may have
l. tha LU to mannfao-
two -j -r- .
tare beverage from various ves table
tnbstaaeea, and so have, originated the
habit of taking fluids, which are never
ti nuiii to nuMv-h the thirst only.
Some are takea for their aroma and for
stimulating (fleets, as vines aad spirit ;
others, aa beer for their sustaining and
astufrirg properties; others, aa some
fruit "aad vegetable juices for their re
freshing qualities.
xr 1 t h Ohm former, that is-Sririts.
vises, aad beer alcoholic drinks; their
com posi Uoa w cannot bere enter upon,
ht ilr m4 iriin tb svstem.if taken
ia aay undue quantity, is not healthful.
Aj regards the hot season, alcoholic bey
eragea require the greatest care in their
w and to take only such wine as are
really of a eooliagBtendepcy. When vi
tality nag very mucn. u is poami-io so
gin a sadden stimulus to the nervou
system by taking a small quantity of
Jin irr anirita nth cold Water, which
will rally aa exhausted person suddenly,
A k)n Kim ia evert his enenries for
for recovery, but to drink successfully
any quantity oi wines or spinia in nu
vesper vm cumi mp w w
e.ie on the chance that the pistol will
rrA hVkt nr tha rODS vill not hanif. To
increase in summer the beat of the body, j
wbKb alcobol doe?, is an imuonai Ten-
rare.
s fr twvr ia concerned, the taking
of it is by many thought a necessity, with
the thermometer at 90 degree. More
beer and more beer is called for, while
each g!aa makes the daw hotter for him
who takea it Beer should only be taken
in the cool of the evening, and it msv
fooevhat restore the Lagging strength
after the labor of the day. It is better
to avoid it as much as possible during
the day. We hsve now many areated
drinks, fruit snd lime juices, mineral
witpra and iced lemonades, all refreahinz
and abating the iriuenoeof excessive
heat from witnout
Whatever these may do to cool us they
cannot do away with the results of dry,
parched op food, which occasions thirst
in an undue degree.
Tn Imii ilrink down, in fact, we must
keep food op to its proper standard.
A very cooling drink is made of light
clarets, with slices of pineapple, the
peela of encumber, a lemon slice or two,
a little nutmeg and white sugar; this is
not at every one' door, but such mix-
ttiMi n Kb anil ant made with cheaper
materials, and at the comer of our streets
a good trade is done in them.
Bice water, barley water, oatmeai wa
tor with lemnn and an ear. should be
ready in every house where children are.
These are surely better man coiaiea,
which ia often riven, or milk, that can
not always be trusted.
Small pieces oi ice are Tery reiresmng
now and then for strong, healthy per-
Vina il&n m. drink of vater mixed with
vinegar and molasses is thirst quenching
. f
tor wora peopie, or a mwx vi icuiuu
dipped into white sugar. Cool the blood
without disturbing the digestion and dis
tending the intestines and yoa will get
through the day.
A small icecream now and then ia
refreshing, butscontinnnal use of it in
inltry weatber msy bave wery evu con
sequences.
The humane custom to erect here and
there a drinking fountain is in the high
est degree praiseworthy; it will cool
manv a narched tonime. Eat the Water
in such fountains must not be of an in-
deaerible taste and a tepid temperature.
Brurht and clear it should sparkle, re
freshing tmly.
The principal needs or tne, until now
aNuVva tt In at va kaaM aWi SlTll 1 fin V
Lsvavr le vi ua v u ascraa a
though the first place ought to have been
elaimed by air, Food and Health.
Jiy Goali.
This wonderful man continues to en
large his operations, and Vanderbilt
finds him an advancing and restless rival.
The latter went to Europe, as it waa sup
posed, to avoid tot if ring" in the tele
graph case, but si the lawyer adjourned
it, was eventually obiigeU to appear in
court He now finds that Gould new
route to the ereat West (ria New Jersey
Central and Wabash) threatens to be
come the most dangerous opposition of
whst are called the ' anderbUt stocks.
Gould's schemes are laid with such
depth and precision that they at once
awaken admiration. He is certainly the
most wonderful railroad operator in the
world. Look at thia last combination
and its origin. Three years sgo be ssw
New Jersey Central snd Wnbasb selling
for a mere song. The former waa quoted
at eight and the latter at two. He at
once aaw that thevimight be connected
and form a tronk line, and he bought
the stock of each until be became the
msster. As the Wabash connect with
St. Louis it became important to con
verge the product of the West on thst
point To to this requires a mastery of
the Iowa roads, which he also acquired.
The result is thst St. Louis, instead of
Chicago, mav yet become a great grain
depot, and the latter must, in thst ease,
suffer an immense loss of trade. To con
nect Wabash and New Jersey Central a
line must be built from Scranton to
Buffalo, and this is already aurveyed and
put under contract In this manner two
once worthless road are made immense
ly valuable, and Gould makes 312,000,
000. As the Vanderbilt line terminate
in Chicago. Gould' new trunk line may
strike them a severe blow. lie will make
every effort to have the grain trade, and
his success is almost assured by the fact
that hi Iowa system enables shipper to
save three cents a bushel. Vanderbilt
feel the thorn ia hi side, Let what can
he do? He is in the hands of a bitter and
relentless rival, whose genius is truly
Napoleonic. Gould has long been de
termined to bring down the grandeur ef
the Vanderbilt dynasty, and it now looks
a though bia purpose might be success
ful. Should he live five years longer
what a revolution in railway matters will
be accomplished. Rochester Demo
crat A small boy eould not abut the jack
knife which was given him to play with,
and put it in hi pocket It cut him.
Hia mother, when he took off his clothes
aaw the eut and asked him if he waa not
afraid he would bleed to death. "No."
aaid be, "I drank some water, and it did
not leak, so I was all right"
The aUllrwas! Bell Bepe.
Tb the early daya of the railroad in
this country the locomotive engineer was
the master of the train. He ran it ac
cording to bis judgment, and the con
ductor had very bttle voice la the mat
ter. Collecting fares, superintending
the loading and unloading of freightnd
ahontina- "All aboard T were all that the
conductor waa expected to do. The
Erie railway was then the New York and
Erie railroad. There was no rail con
nection with Jeisey City in l&ti Boat
carried passengers from New York to
Piermont to the Hudson, which waa then
the eastern terminus of the road,
Turner's, 47 miles from New York, waa
aa fir west as the railroad waa in opera
tion. One of the pioneer conductors of
tni line was the late tapt Ay re, lie
ran the only train then called for be
tween the two terminal points. It was
made up of freight and passenger cars
The idea of the engineer, without any
knowledge of what was going on back of
the locomotive, hsving his way as to how
the train waa to be tun, did not strike
the Captain a being according to the
oroprittT of things. He frequently
encountered a fraction passenger who
insisted on riding without psying his
fare. As there waa no way of signaling
the engineer, and the passenger could
not be thrown from tbe tram wnile in
motion, the conductor in such cases had
no choice but to let him ride until a reg
ular stop was made. Captain Ay res
finally determined to institute a new
svstem in the running of trains. He
procured a stout twine, sufficiently long
to reach from the locomotive to tbe rear
car. To the end of this string next the
engineer he fastened a stick of wood. He
ran this cord back over the cars to the
lavt one. He informed the engineer, who
was a German, nimed Abe Hammil, that
if he desired to have the train stopped he
would pull the string and raise the stick,
sud would expect the signal to be obeyed.
Hamail looked upon this innovation as
a direct blow at his authority, and when
the train left Piermont he cut the atick
loose. At Turner's he told Captain
Ay res that he proposed to rnn the train
himself, without interference from any
conductor. The next day the captain
rigged up hia atring and atick of wood
again.
"Abe," said he, "this thing's got to be
settled one wsy or the other to-day. If
that stick of wood is not 'on the eni of
this cord when we get to Turner's you've
got to lick me or I'll lick yoa."
The stick was not on the string when
the train reached Turner's. The Captain
palled off his coat, and told Hammil to
get off his engine. Hammil declined to
get off. Captain Ayres climbed to the
engineer's place. Hammil started to
jump off on the opposite side. The con
ductor bit him under the ear, and saved
him the trouble of jumping. That set
tled forever the question of authority on
railroad trains. Hammil abdicated as
autocrat of the pioneer Erie train, and
the twine and stick of wood manipulated
by the conductor controlled its manage
ment Tbat waa the origin of the bell
rope, now one of the most important at
tachments of railroad trains. The idea
was quickly adopted by the few roads
then in operation, and the bell or gong
in time took the place of the stick of
wood to signal the engineer. Captain
Ayres continued a 'conductor on tliis
road under its different managers until
he was superannuated and retired on a
pension a year ago. He died a few
months ago in Owego at the age of 78
years.
Here Formality.
Inquiry was yesterday made for Mr.
VanderbUt at the offices in the Union
depot by a man who seemed to have
slept all night nnder a stairway and
breakfasted upon nothing. When told
that tbe railway king lived in New York
he asked for the Vice-President of the
Central Road. The Vice-President being
out of town, he asked for the General
Manager. This officer wss also absent,
and the stranger continued:
"Perhaps tbe Assistant Superinten
dent could see to the business. Is he
around?"
"No, sir; he won't be in until to-morrow."
"Could I SCO the General Ticket
Agent?"
"His office is up town?"
The man walked to and fro in an
absent-minded manner for a minute and
then asked:
"Would it do any good for me to ask
von for a pass to Chicago?"
" "No, sir.
"Or half way there?"
"No, sir."
"Is there the least possible chance for
me to get a pass?"
"No, sir."
"Would I stand any show to beat a
conductor?"
"Not a show."
"How wonld the top of a freight train
work?"
"You'd be put off at once."
"Well, it's all right My style of rid
ing is alwara on the trucks anyhow, and
I only called out of mere formality.
Please give my respects to all the of
ficials, and say that I deeply regret their
absence. Tra la."
Tea minutes later he was inspecting the
running gear of the coaches on the Pacific
express, and if he didn't make the trip
last night it was not his fault Detroit
Free Press.
A good antidote to the mining fever
may possibly be found by some person
who contemplate exchanging a comfort
able borne for they know not what, in
tbe following paragraph frum the San
Francisco Bulletin: There are not less
than 2000 prospectors in the mountains
of California at the present time. Most
of them have been prospecting for ten or
twenty years. They are all poor. With
few exceptions they were poor and "hard
up" all the time. They do not average
fifty cents a day the year round, and no
men work harder or more hour a day.
They live on the coarsest and cheapest
food, with no luxuries, and wear the
cheapest clothing. But they toil on
month after month, and year after year,
hopefully and courageously, infatuated
and driven forward with the belief that
they will "strike it rich " one of these
dsys, and then they will have a reat and
a g'ood time "down at the Bay" or at the
old home "in the States."
There is no disgnise which can long
conceal love where it truly exists.
The Fly.
Much baa been aaid of the fly of tha
mod bnt few wnt tlmitt kin. l .
UbJ-headed.
Hence we aay a word. It U of no nas
anymore to deny the horrible truth. Al
though aa beautiful as peri ia other
ways, our tresses on top havs ueenmbed
to the inclemency of the weather aad
our maanve brow is slowly creeping
over toward the back af nnr n..L 8
P
tore makes all things even. If s man k
possessed oi sncb ravwhmg beauty and
auch winning wavs thai kia .. .
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becoms dangerous, she makes him bali
utaucu.
That is our fix.
When we have our hal on an.1 on .v..
sein a down tha atiwt with )..
------ wuej
glide of ours, everyone ask who that
noble looking Apolio with the deep and
melancholy eye is, bat when we are at
UH Viiiwv aiui uui in uuijg up OB thd
French walnnt aidhnar1 an1 V.
i Me gag
cones softly in through the rosewood
inuiters and iignte up tne snellsc polish
on our intellectual dome, we are ant
Pretty.
Inenitis tbat tbe fly with gentle
tread and seductive song, come and
prospects around on our bump of self
enteem. and tickles ns and mate...
mad.
When we got where forbearance cease
he a Ti'rttip va hanl nff ami .1.
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places where he was, while he goes over
. - i. - :!. i 1 i .
j lub iuuwuu uiu auicaer as US. Al
ter he has waded around in the carmine
ink awhile he goes back to the bump of
spirituality and makes some red marks
over it.
Having laid off his claim under tha
new mining law, be proceeds to sink
on it
If we write anything bitter these da ra
il we say aught of our fellowman that
is disagreeable or unjust, and for which
we afterward get licked, it is because at
times we get exasperated and are not re
sponsible. if tbe ny were large and weighed 200
pounds, and came in here and told us
that if we didn't take back what we had
said about him he would knock out
the window with our remains and let us
fall a hundred feet into the busy street,
it wouldn't worry as so much, 'because
then we could strangle him with one
hand while we wrote a column editorial
on Conkling with the 'other. We do
that frequently. But a little fragile
insect with no home and no parents,
and only four or five million brothers
and sisters, gains our confidence, and
then tickles our scalp, till we have to
write with a sheet of Ur roofing over our
head.
Then he comes in and helps ns read
onr proof. We don't want him to help,
but he insists on making corrections and
putting punctuations in the rrong place,
and putting full stops where t!iey knock
the sense all out of the paragraphs.
If the fly could be removed from our
pathway, we would march along in our
journey to tbe tomb in a way Uiat
would be the envy and admiration of the
civilized world. Aa it is we feel tbat
we are not making a very handsome
record.
Theolory for tbildrra.
What shall we teach our children to
believe in order tbat, when tb?y grow
np, they may find that later experience
shall not alter what they have learned
when they were young ? We must teach
them tbat beyond and above what they
aee and feel and touch there is something
greater and better which they cannot cee
or feel or touch. Goodness, kindness,
modesty, courage, unselfishness these
are the best things in the world. It is
true that goodness and courage have no
bands that we can clasp, yet they are
certainly there in the midst of our work
and our play; and this goodness which,
except in outward acts, we cannot see, is
omething which existed long before we
were born. It is from this tbat we bave
all the pleasant things in the world.
The flowers, the sunshine, the moonlight
all these are given to ns by some great
... . t t i
Kindness and gooanees wnicn we nave
never seen at all; and this goodness
which is everywhere is that great power
out of which all things come. And we
call this great power by the name of
God; and because God is much
above ns and is so good to
ns, we call him also by the name
which is the most dear to ns and the
most above ns of all names on earth we
call him our Father. When the father
of his children goes away from home,
still his children know thst he is some
where, though they cannot see him; and
they know what they can do to please
him. So it is with the great Unseen
Father of ns all. Let ns then teach our
children that God is goodness and love.
Let us teach them that the rules wnicn
He has laid down for the government of
this world are His will and wish for us.
Dean Stanley.
Ikrj "Only Wanted See to Him."
Many veara a?o. dnrine my residence
in Boxbury, and before my wife had
learned to refuse me to any and all who
might call while I waa resting for my
evening's work, two ladies called, and
wished very much to tee me.
My wife said, "Mr. Gougbis resting.
"We will keep him but a minute. We
came from out of town, and very much
wish to see him."
So I was called, and came into the
room half asleep, and in not a very good
humor. There were two large ladies
seated on the sofa, who looked at me,
and then very complacently smiled cn
each otber.
"Ladies, did yoa wish to see me?
"Yes; we called on purpose to see
bat do you want?
"Oh, we do not want anything. We
live in Hingham, and we've heard you
gjtt n.n j WM mn Jcxbsry snd
we found out where yoa lived, and we
don't want anything, bat we thought we
would like to see how yoa looked in the
daytime, for we never seen you except
in the evening."
"Is that all?"
"Yes, that's all we wanted."
"Good afternoon, ladies."
And I went back to my room with my
rest completely broken by the curiosity
that desired to see how I looked in the
daytime, John B. Goughs "Sunshine
and Shadow."
A young Japanese couple are about to
be married in Boston. The expectant
groom is a student, aad the bride was
bis playmate in bis native Land.