PBZM OK. While the moonbeam bilRht ire pceploi ThruUKb lh ivy curiaiuml ptn Br iholr mcllo Mdiuuon action lutl o' n. In Hie lauti Will Hh ullvorf arT. Dretm on. narlm.l Whim ikon 'rtilwptng. Au.ci pure iuo envrn Around joiirol their watch art keepliif, 1'hroUKh tlx l ent nliclit 'ttioa dieaia un while joa mT- All to toon will come the wklD( from the (Imam ol clilldh.xxl'i ilp; Clouds li e fair hoiiz io bn akin, boon will mti Uir cminiui no At jruu wniil Wc'i r Bonn tlijf hurl will fetl the uh Of hat ul y rn kll. orcalm: ChnrMiod boima itwlr Iea be inking. Heroin Uil ntw eoulo tiling bilui; Ibeu (Jreain ou wdllo yux inar. Boon the honri of rh'ldhoad flylni, , Krim four mntlui.1 dream you'll awake, And tiieuml of oli end IfihiuK On yuur joiiUilul cam will tireti. Anff.im do; lodiy Yoa will try-but via Ilia trylnf 'ioflad llit blltn no one em kuuW For grlr.f ii living. J.iy U Gylug, lu thin wxiijr wuiid o.' wiM-i 'lheu lirctia on while vnu may. Uiruhlll Uttxit. ma smith's no. "Lioness, I wont you." "Yea, yos, Bob; I'm oomitig!" On the terrace of a ml urban villa a too J a boy. lie was thirteen yearn of age, por Laps, very chubby, with cheeks as red as apples, a square figure and brown eyos. With a proud sense of appropria tion, ho again shouted, "Lioness!" and from a French window of tho house rushod a littlo girl, somo four yoars younger than her playmate. She was curiously different in oppeuranco, tall for her ago, very thin and pale; her brown eyes wero too largo, and Lor eye brows too marked, for beauty. An im tnenso quantity of chestnut hair hud gained for her tho namo which Uob alone callod her of Lioness." How sho liked to hoar hlin cull hor that! How proud and happy sho felt whon he told her that some day sho would be his lit tle wife, and honored whon he ordered her to fetch and carry for him, to bait bis line, to field his balls! Mho ran now across the lawn to Lim, expecting the hoarty embrace with which he always met her. But something was wrong this morning, for liob's usually contented face looked uncommonly sulky. "I say, the mtslot has written to anntie, and I'm to go home." "Ohl"-withagasp. "When?" "To-morrow, first thing. Isn't it a bore?" Tho little girl did not answor. Bhe turned away, und forood back tho rising tears and swallowed the lump iu her throat, for Bob hated to seo hor cry. "Well," said Uob, "anyhow, lot'H go off and flub, us it's the last day." So off the children sturtod, down tho bot, dusty road, across tue Hold to tho little brook. "Lioness" carried tho rod and tho worms, and walked at a pace which suited Master Uob, aud was per fectly Luppy to do it for him. Hor heart was very sore about tho parting on the morrow, but, brave little soul, sho put the thought away from her as she listened to all tho tint), graud und splendid things that Uob would do wheu ho was man ana a soldier, -as an my peopie are." Soon tho two children wore sitting by the sido of the brook. Bob h;dd tho rod ; to fish was his part of tha work, to bait the hook and to tuko oil tho Ash "Liou ess." No talking was allowed, as it dis turbed tho fish, and so au hour or two went by. Perfect silence rolgnod.brokon only by an exclamation of joy whon a fish wus landed, or onu of impatioiieo on tho part of Uob when "Liouesu" did not do hor work fast enough. At lust, whon six or oight Bhiuiug Uttlo llsh wero fast ened togothor by a striug cuuningly in serted through thoir gills by "Lioness," she said: 'Uob, wo lunch early today, und undo will b back; so I must not bo too Into, or aunt will bo cross. I think I'd better go. What timo is it, plousc?" Bob looked at his watch and roportod. "It's about timo I went in, too; so come along;" aud, having wonud up his rod, the two children started to walk homo, Bob Carrying tho results of his sport, with which to astonish uny passer by tliey might chunco to moot and "Lioness" bearing tho rod aud tackle. As they crossed the field Bob re marked: "Oh, I oan't camo this nf lot noon! Auntie said I was to go with hor and some old wretch, so it's goodby now." "I woudor if wo shall over see each othor again?" said "Lioness," somewhat sentimentally. "Oh, I dare say wo shalll" "I don't kuow. You have novor born here boforo. You never spont your holi days with your auut till this summer. Then papa is coming back soon, and I shall go home; aud you havo novor boon thore iu all your life aud I dou't see how you ever should." "Well, when I'm grown up I'll come and find you; aud, remembor, you havo promised never to marry anyone but me, and I promise" magnanimously "that if I don t seo anyone I IikJ hotter, 1 11 marry you whon I'm !30." "But I shall be quite old 26-by by that time." "Woll, if I'm 30, you won't be too old for me: and if I do marry anyone else before that, I'll tell you what, "I'll lot- you know." By this time the children' bad walked down tho road. Passing before a stile, Bob said : "This is my noarest way over the fields; ao good byj" aud kissing his com panion the boy jumped over tho stile and ran home whistling. And the girl? Bhe stood her two hands clasped together, until his whistling had died away in the distance, when climb ing tho stile she threw herself upon the grass nnder the hedge, and, buryiug her face in the hair he admired, and which . once, when it had caught tire from bend ing over the candle, ho had put it out with his bands, sobbed as if her heart would break. n Some three mils from a hustling town of world-wide fame as a great market from which English goods are sent to every land, stood a large country house. It was called OakQold, and was the house of Alice Markham, Bob'e "Lion ess." Here she lived with her father, many miles from the small country town where years before she had speut her happy tammrr holidays. it was a warm summer afternoon, and Alice waa gathering a nosegay to give her white dresa aomeoolor, in honor of Jawn-tennu party to which she and her fattier were going. Ik would not hate born easy to trace any likeness between this tall aud lovely girl and the wild, overgrown child of some ton summer earlier. Her hoir, thon a mass of confusion, was now gathered low against the white neck, in what the society papers of tho time callod a llebi knot. The brown eyes and marked eyebrows, whioh had been too large for a child eight years old lent a great charm to the bright com plexion of a maidon of eightcon. "Yes, Alico was lovely not merely pretty; and if hor outward oppearauce 1 . . .1 . - 1 1 . ........ .. n was cuangeu more wero umei uin-uus to no noted also. "Who would dare "fag" that stately maiden? who could imagine those w.U shaped white hands handling worms and Aul.9 Kn (Iw.tr mirrht ffflthor roses, but would scarcely bait a lino. Thoro had bcon timos when she hod blushod at tho re mombronce of hor childish promise; but uer j no nuu uecn a bouiuwuii muumu nousono. That one summer still stood nnt in tirilliitnt. Rolnra ainonflf her many nuiot holidays. No, she might smile . . .... i. ..a now st tue memory oi uer pro-urno, uui sho hud neither forgotten thut nor her boy lover Uob Smith and. whilo sho told herself that it was very silly, she Lnnnf tl.nt alin Wlllllll liko to 800 SffSiU n uu n " - the horo of that summer at Murrlolds. Alico had hardly arranged nor nosegay of roses, ond was choosing ono littlo bud for hor father, whou his voioe from the .Irnivinn Wllllil Iklmll.W tolll hOT it WSS time to bo going; and a fow niiuutos later she was icatoil in a low pony car riage, driviug a pair of light chestnuts, whilo hor father, a handsome old man, sat by bar sido. "Utf.innr T met Mr. Foster in town to day, and ho wishes to introduoo us to two young olllcor quartered ui jasv lla ima iiKknil them over to day. and ho and his wifo find thom very ploas- .i . i i . nr. ant young louows. uui 01 ooursu air. and Mrs. Foster huvo not many amuse ments to offer young mon." "Nor have wo, papa." "Well, we might ask thom to come out Saturday and play tennis. Ask some girl to mako tho fourth." "Yes, papa, I'll ask Grace Foster;' and Alioo wond-irod what the two young officers might bo like. Alice drew up at tier nosunauou, oni, while she crossod tho garden to meet Mrs. V,ufr alia anannml tllB Orowd of ffirls and young mon who were gathered round 1 1 ' 1 i I.rinn. Il.nm tijiv AvaB urnn. WoI in tim fi'w who watclieJ tho three enorgetio gamos of tennis that wero being .!,., I Imt ulm iliil nnt mnkfl nnt elfur- 'lutvu, WUW ..v.. y "in her mind which wero the two young olllcors. Then nor attention was uii-riuii!..l hv miiir friends, to whom sho gove a gracious bow or friondly nod, ac cording to thoir sex or to her degroo of intimacy witu tuom. At last sno was again at nooriy to l,.li II. n uHHnmtilml CUesU. and sho f.iiin.l l.i.r nLlnntion caucht 1)7 OUO of the lawu tonuis players. A not sorve whioa lus opponent lanoa io iuko ni traded hor, und she looked at the server. "Who is that very handsome young man, Graeio?" sho asked of a girl stand- intf by uor. Tho young lady, who was two yeavs younger than Alice, dovoutly believed that her frieud was tho most beautiful, tho cloverost und tho noblest woniau who hud ever trodden tho earth. "I'll oik my aunt," sho repliod, and hastening to Mrs. Foster, had usked the question oud was back with tho unswer before sho could bo prevented. "Ilo is a Mr. Smythe, quartered st East Tort, ond that othor playing with him is Mr. Smith, another of thom." "Mr. Smith! Uun it bo Uob?" thought Alico; and sho turnod bur attent ions from thohundsoiuotoiiuis-pluyor to hii brother officer. Tho latter was a well made though lather heavy man. "I am sure Uob's hair was not so rod as that!" said Alice to horself. This was rather hard ou Mr. Smith, as his hair was not really rod, ouly iuuliuiug to that hue. His oomplexiou was per haps too ruddy for beauty, though his whole face was oxprossivo of ono quality rmA tinflirrt "Well," soliloquized Alico, ' 'Smith1 is rather a common name, bo why should it bo Bob! Certainly this man is just nu like Bob as I sm uuliko now what I waa then ; but I dnro say it is uot he." With this idea Alice oontoatod horself, and turned to look ut Mr. Smith's part ner. What she could see of his face pleased her large brown oyes, well-cut nose, firm moath and ohin. All tlis Alice saw and uotod at a glance. Iu a fow minutes more tho game of tenuis was brokou up, ami Mrs. Foster odvuncing, introduced Mm two voiiniT mon to Miss Markhum. and with her uioco Oracio to make tho fan r Hi afliit thom off to ulav. It fell to Alice's lot to be the psrtnor of Mr. tsiuytuo, ana a merry gamo mey had. After it was ovor the four sat and watched thoir successors on the cround, chatting merrily. Uracio did not speak much, and tho two young men devoted themselves mainly to the entertainment of her friend. Very lovely Alice looked as she talked und laughed with hor new acquaintances. Before tho party broke up Mr. Mark ham invited Mr. Suiytho aud Mr. Smith to come to his house on the following Saturday for lawn tennis, and persuaded Graoio's aunt to allow her neioo to make the fourth. As Miss Markham drove her father homo sho was vory silent. Just as she was leaving the Browns, she hoard Mr, Smythe address Mr. Smith as "Bob." and somehow she was very aorrv. Of course there might bo two Bob Smiths in the world, and until this afternoon she wonld havo boon very glad to meet any one of thut name, particularly if he were a soldier aud about the right age. Then why was she not glad t have met thia young man, who beside fulfilling these conditions, waa a perfect gontlo mau, looked vory good-natured, aud, as she said to herself, altogether "nice?" Yet aomohow she was disappointed. In the meantime Mr. Smith's dog cart waa bowling along the straight, dusty road toward the East Fort. Its cccupauta did not speak to each other for somo time, but paffod away at their cigars in ailenco. At last Bob Smith, takiug his cigar from his month, said: "Awfully nice, that girl, lotorr" "Very- "Ontv dauchtor of that rich old chap. Markham." "Iss," "Lucky dog, you, Io get her for a partner instead of the little iohoolgirl." "The littlo schoolgirl, as you call her, is a very pretty little thing." "Yes; but Miss Markham is a very lovely Kirl. I wondor whut her name is? Lilly, I'll bot. "Alice." MIa Anvnn Irnnw?" "Heard her father Cill her by that nima " Silence again foil on the air and lasted ... I I 11 . IV. -A. 1.V--A. nntil they wore in sight 01 too bastion whon Mr. Smythe said: "You'll drive over In the dog cart Sat ...1 T .n.,,.nn l!nll?" ..... .... l nanus, i win. i say, viuior, wu you fall iu love with that young la iyf tl.inlr T .l.nll " "Don't be snch on oss! Can t you see a protty girl without talking such non- il .niinn T almn't: vhr should 1? Here we are!" and he jumped from tho dog cart, turning to give an oruor to his man. , Saturday came at IbbI. Anyone who had ..,o.l.u.v;l'lliii rrl-nntilKT rIVOn 1)V Alice to hor guests, und wutchod their demeanor na Kiev recoivod it. would but havo remarked how gracefully sho played her part of hostess, and considored that the two young men behavod liko any other gentlemen on being received by a young and pretty girl. But thoso three could each have told a difforont talo. To each of them tho singlo hand shuko, tho few ordinary words of wolcome, had in them something special. So, too, the talk over the tennis, tho "chaff" over the afternoon toa, the stroll round tho gar den, tho conversation at dinner, thn fow words on the terrace, whon Miss Mark ham, her father and their gnosis stood and admirod the' rising moon oil ordi nary and commonplace to an outsider woro fraught with inner moaning to three of the aotors. A month went by; ono or the othor or both of the young mon wore constantly atOukflold. Very raroly did either of them see Alico alone, and even when they did, what passed was exactly tho same as when othors were presont. Yet each knew well whsn thoy had boon alono with her, and she kuow woll when sho had boon alone with oach of thom. During that month, by tacit consent, tho two young mon nover moutionrd Alioo to each other, and excoptiDg onoo, when they callod after that first Satur day, they never went toOakfield together again, though tboy met each othor thoro and drovo baok togothor several timos. So a month wont by. Alice had nover liked to ask or find out in any way whothor the now Bob Smith of hor acquaiutanco and her boy friend of that namo woro ono und tho same. Her promiso stood in her way, for even now she could not ask, "Aro you the man whom, whon I was a child, I promised to mairy?" But as tho mouths slipped by, sho grew more and moro afraid ho was hor formor playmate. Sho had now no fresh rouscn for suppos ing so far from it; but sho had begun to boliovo that he must bo porhaps bo n.nuo aim un lmna ha nas not. This uncertainty made hor a littlo shy with Mr. Smitu, and siiynesi lent n cuarm iu hor manner and a softness to her words which fairly intoxicatod poor Bob. And yet the brilliant blush, the downcast eyes, tho slight tremor rouud the mouth with which sho hailod tho outranoo of one of tho two wero not for Bob. But bo ,.u inn nuii'li oocnoied in noticing and dwelling on tho little stammer and pretty liynoss witu wuicu sno niien greuio i some chuueo remiiru 01 ins io seo uow he received his friend. On Tuesday, exactly ft month after tho lawutonuis party at Mrs. Fosters, tho two yonug men woro out riding. That thoro was somothiug special in this rido both of them know. It had boon sol omuly arraiigod that morning; aud both felt thut thcro was something wuion would havo to bo said beforo it was over, i.m.1 vet tliev had ri.ldon uow for nearly au hour, and but little, and that very uu- . . i i l. importaut, conversation nan passeu ue tween them. But, as thoy rode down a lane with steep banks of sandstono ou either sido slightly oovorod with grass, a road so bad that both mon should huvo boon ocoupiod in holding up thoir horses, Victor Smythe broke silenoo: "I say, Bob, old ohap, do you romem berwhat you said this day month whou we wore driving home from Foster's, thut you mount to fall in luvo with Alioo Markham? Because if you aro playing ut falling iu lovo, I wish you'd stop." "But I'm not, Victor, old follow; and I'm Tory glad you have spoken at last. You are such a reticent ch ip that I daren't speak first about it; but I havo seen plainly ouougli lately how it is. We both love hor, and we both want to havo hor. Now, in the old days we should ha7e hud to fight, and ono of us would have been killod, aud then tho othor could have married her; but things ars different now, so we'll do the same with a difference We'll toss up, and the ono that wius tho toss shall nave the first chance, a week from to-day, all clear shall make love, ask her, aud be either the happy man or a miserable sinner this day week; if sho says 'No,' thon tho other shall ask hor. What do you say? But, Vic, whichever it is; dou't lot's sacrifice a fiiondship of Vtars for tho sake of any girl, howovor lovely I Of course I am not to you what yon are to mo; you aren't a lonoly beggar liko mo, but" Somehow the horses were noar to goiher, and the two men graspod hands tightly; thon Victor said: "You are right, Bob. It's an idea to tnaa-nn in Riioli a matter: bnt I think it's :.--'." ... . ' -i .1 M Y on crvx. anu a sovoroiKu aowjivf"; nuu u d tl '1 hi lirJ-liirrMarkbam; but te beg red that gentleman not to influence hi daughter, but allow him to plead his own cause. And Alice? That week taught her that, if Bob Smith was her boy lover, nho would not fill her childish promise. For the first three days, when she entered the hall after being out, sJie glanoed at the table for the card with "Victor B. Smythe" npon it; but it was sever there. After the fourth day Aliee devoted herself to her garden, and went for no more drives in her pretty pony carriage. She know she had already broken her childish promiro, that alio bad a ready c. : ..' i.-. iwmrf-nnJ anroly not given "c . 'u,i. B i.i I TJ.,t wl.orn was lib? Bol Smith had never raentionod bis friond, and sho could uot ask. The week went by, and Alios as she dressed on Tndsday morning, only kuew that it was a week aioce Victor had been at Oiktield. She did not know what was before her on this dsy. Bob Smith had been there the evening before; but though ho had triod, somehow ho fui od to pluck up his courago and tell her that be loved her. Tliis morning, hiring a hansom, ho drova out to the Mark hams', uud was shown into Alice s morn ing room, whero she was sitting, endear oiing to road, but, oh, failing utterly! Thon and thore, in a simple, nunly wov, Bob told her of his love and asked her to be his wifo. Astonished and horrifiod-and, oh, so very sorry-poor Alice only murmured "Oh, no oh, I can't! ' Bob stood up. "Please don't cry; I'm so sorry 1 Tt ilnen not matter. If UVlUC.u - , vou are quite suro you can t, you can t, but are you quits sure?" ho asked, ho wiutfully; thun, as she inunagoa to iook . . . . . I . i r. rv nf I 1A up, ne saw in uer iuuu uiuuiui.ih truth. 1 tuinK l Know, no nam, in" over her as sho half roolined on the sofa. "Don't be unhappy; it u on come right. And he's tho best chap id tho world!" ,. ,. . He raised her hand to his lips, pressed ;i vai,..,i nut. nf tha house. and inmpincr inVi tlm liinsnm. buriod his faco in his bunds, sobbing like a child. Alios, springing irom iuo k,u intn tim r,ir.in nd. throwinc herself npon a grassy bank, cried as if hor heart wonld break, rri.a monk vaa un. Aootlior hiiisora passed poor Bob somo two minutes after he had loft tho house, but the ocoupunt of each, buried as he was in his own thoughts, did nol notico the other. As Viotor Smythe drove np to tho Mark hams' door, he saw a white form among tho trees, which, with true lovor's in stinct, he knew to bo his lady lovo s. Dismissing his hansom, he warned soiuy fnurnr.l lior nvnr tho crass. Porhaps she wos asloop or horrible thought hurt. Yes, for she wus sobbing droudfnlly. "Alico Miss Markham what has hap pened?" She turnod; he was bending over hor. Thoro was something written on his faco, something on hers, and neither was astonished that he dropped down ny uer and that sue inado room lor uim. "Now toll me what is tho matter, lie said. Poor Alice. Sho had no mother, no friend near her, except this one, who wanted to hear, and Bhe felt as if she must toll some one. So, as well as sue could, she bejan. "Mr. Smith a panso ana a urigut flush followed. T Itnnw " from hor svDJMthctio com panion; "ho has been hero aud you have rotusod lum.' The nuestion was naked in a half glad, half anxious tone. "Yes," sobbed Alice. "TVinr Hub! But don't err so." he said ; "you know other girls have refused ither men beforo this. Of nnnme: lint I always wanted to seo him uud to say 'yes' when ho usked m. A puzzlod bok oaino iuto Victor's eyes. ""What? Did you kuow him before? I don't understand!" bho looked up. Sho conld tell him; ho was not Bob, and would only laugh ut it all. Sho talked fast. "I know it is vory silly, and yoz will laugh at the story; but years ago I was staying ono summer in Yorkshire with uu aunt and uncle of mine. Next door lived un old ludy, a Mrs. Smith, and her nephew, Bob Smith, cams to spend his Bitnimer holidays witu her. Why are you looking liko that, us if you know about it?" "Never mind. Go on, please." Alica droppod hor ojes, and, looking ut tho grass, wont on:' "Well, wo were allowed to play to gothor, and I I likod him very much; I don't kuow why for I think hf rather bnlliod mo but I did; and ono day" sho spoke low somehow, even after all thoso years, to toll any ono of her prom iso mado her foel Bhy "I promised that I would marry him, aud he promised" she laughed a littlo hysterical laugh "that wheu ho was 30, if ho hud not seen any ono he liked better, lie would m.trry me; and though I don't know that it was Mr. Smith, I thought it might be, aud it bothered mo." A ringing, happy laugh from her companion auswered her. ' I knew you'd laugh," she said, hum bly. "And you did not quite like to break your promiso and you promised that? Why, Lioness, what a brute I was to muke you!'' "You! What?" Alice's eyes wero full of a vory sweet surprise. "Yes, Lioness. You soo I know the name that Bob Smith oallod yoa by, though you have not told it to mo. I remember it all now, though, being a man and not a faithful woman, I had for gotten all about it. My name is Victor Robert Smythe. My father thought the name 'Smith' common and changed it for 'Smythe,' and at homo I was always called Victer, to distinguish me from my father. But auntie would always call herself 'Smith,' and sai l it was a groat i.ir..nl..linn .in ll.i J... .11 liuin.w.iuu vil tun UCIII via KUVurOur S m fnr tha cmA non f " - " " www, va .MW hlllil Ofttl nin 'I!nl na f,itl.a .l andfuthor had been called before mo. oil, Lioness, now," he whispered, tak- j her two littlo hands in his big ones, our boy lover Bob has come, and he :syouto redeem your words. What ismy Lioness say?" k.'herewas no need for words. Bob, is Victor, got his answer without them 1 was well satisfied. in the comse of all the bannv nnn- so that was talked during the next iir, "poor Bob" was mentioned more This did not refer cither tn it. amytue the "And I really did 'fag' on," Viotor said presoutlr, "and make those hands bait my line? How I must have wanted kicking! Well, we'll have fair division of labor henceforth. You f etched and carried then, and I'm to foto'a and carry ... ii.;. .;... - irvui mia uiiuute. "hour tli.in .-iT.i. Bob Smith tho boy or Y msn "Put me downl Do. please: some nn. will see." 'Then will you promise and I know rou'U keep a promise-witness the way you 11 aci'ji m y m nnlea SCO. vou said ios iuiuu"" - I you .aid yon would year, .go-will you promise to bo very good and a way. to do jost what I like, and novor to do anything for yourself?" "No, I won't." ,L . "Then here you are, and I won t put you down." But ho did, for oil that. A few minute. Juter Alice .aid, look inir up grsoefnllv into her lover', faoe: "What will papa say? Did you osk him?" , . . . .,, "Oh, I'll make that all right with PF-a. n .tl.t .lid makolt: so "all right" that throo month. later Alice be- camo Mrs. V. . orauue. i.'., .i,o i.nn.lunmnst nresent wuicu X1UIU , I I Alice recoivod slipped a card on whitli was written, "With the host wishes of K. Smith." And on the happy day the man who stood by Victor Smytuo, he who aotod the part of "host man, was- Bob Smithy . Mr. Smith's Large Family. 1 1 . .nii.ii nf ilm Smith family, in II V IB Ull"H w- "- ' - " . n..in,., p.n ic T.i-ooklvn. the other day, Mr. Bobert Smith mado tho following address of welcome : r .iii nnt " ho said, whou tho an- plauso had subsided, "occupy your timo with any preliminary remurks. You aro aware 01 mo occusiuu unubo ,.. I, n liinna tha ilaVS of tllO (1 tingnished founders of our family, Adam and Evo Smith, the world has known our illustrious namo. we neeu noi gt nnaiia mir own kith and kin for cx .mnim ni nil ii.nt in pond. bad. and iu difforont in life, iuomsiory 01 uui i"- ily is the history of the world. v nti f' .In Q.nltli killo.l ln'a innooont and n n- ..... I (J . . suspecting young brother, Abel amitu. n... r..m v ran.ir.14 verfl iirHi. Diaiuoi win. Lu. I,. in from. Three crund old specimens of our raco should be forever before our oyes Abraham Smith, Isaao Smith, ond Jacob Smith. I neod not dwell upon the more remote branches of t io f.im r tnnnn winch ll.san Dlllliu ue- Innivnjl & Tl .1 it will hn Hiiflicicnt for me briefly to mention tho renown won by mir nnarurflll annflstnr. S.imDHOn Smith. and the obloqny brought upon ua by .1 in ua Iscuriot Hllllin. LUIBBOS. iuuro iviii a tifim in mir history when a blot seemed about to mar tho face of our escutcheon. I refer to that dark period ivl.on "nnli Smith, havilicr rCHCUCd tUO mnmWs of his family from a disastrous freshet, sent his three sons, Sliem Smith, Ham Smith, uud Japhat Smith, out to battle with the world, it was nam Smith who so nearly brouaht us to dis frnien. Hnnni.1 Inl his namo with a "y," To this day ho has followers, but they nriv fortunately, fow. Look buci al your glorious uucestors, my kinsmou und learn from them wisdom und iirud ence. Look ut Ananias and Sapphira Smith, aud let not your tongues be furred with falsehood. Look at Lot Smith and his unfortunate wifo, und ..... never look bade when you navo a goou thing ahead. Think of Mose.i Smith, und havo faith thut you will bo rescued from ueril. even thoucrh there is no Queen's daughter to take you out of tho bulrushes, iiooic at Junu smitu i Cheers J I mean the great original John who lived so lonir in the wilder ness. When you aro in grevious dauger thiuk of Jonah Smith, who was eaten by a whale, ltemomber Paul Smith. Tlirso werasomo of tho founders of our family. Hear, hoar ! Tho latter shows wo have not degenerated. My feelings will not allow mo to do more than refer to the first great soldier of our namo, Ciesar Smith : nur to tho first creat r:oet. W. Shakspoare Smith; nor to tho founder of our own great laud of liberty, George Washington niuitii. uueen.j iinnK of your ancestors, my relations, and keep vouriwmi unsullied. Rather let vour bones bo laid iu tho cold aud wormy oartli than disgrace such names us Well ington Smith, Napoleon Smith, Lafay ette Smith, Garibaldi Smith. Wher ever meu aro raised above tho level of tho brute tho nume of Smith is known. Applause J Hie Hunter aud tho Bouncer. Thero is something very childliko Bnd touching in the letter of apology to Miss Maggie Cline, the ballad singer at Harry Miuer's theater iu tho Bowery, which Johu Morris, "monntaiucor, hunter and trapper iu Cascade, Siscuo ami Blue mountains," as ho describes himself, has addressed to our contemporary, tho New Yoik Sun. "I went iuto Harry Miner's theater," ho says, "and was much amuaed iu it. Miss Maggie was on tho stage singing. Sho looked to mo actually as if sho was a quoen. I was greatly delighted with tho looks of tho woman, und her voice was so musical that it overpowered my ignorance, so that I didn't think in coming in I had actually paid enough, uud so I tore up a pioco of paper and wrapped up 23 cents into it, and I hove it onto tho stage across the congregation, not thinking I was doing any harm at all. The big bouncer snatched mo right out where 1 was a sot ting, and shoved mo ahead of him till I wa3 outside, without listening to what I bad to to say." The letter is as racy and expressive as tho generosity of the writer whioh met with such a cruol reward, lie is evidently now fillsd with awo at the decorum required by a Bowery "congre gation." Tho huDtcr wont iu like a lion, and cams out like a lamb nnder the pas toral guidacoe of "the big bouncer." Indeed, thero is a flavor of mountain lamb in his playfulness, as well as of prairie hen ia the expression "snatched me where I was a setting." Thore was a delicacy in his wrapping the quarter of a dollar in paper before ho "hove" it over the heads of the congregation, remind ing one of the old fashion in handing a physician his fee. Indeed, Maggie's voice had acted like a lonio medioine upon him and stimulated his generous blood. But ha will give no quarter in future even to a queou of song. How was poor John, who for twelve years had had no pillow for his musical head bnt a "Winchester rifle and thirty rounds," to know the severe etiquette of the Bowery stage, which will not tolerate an ajsthetio rapture which ia expressed by the cash value of tho song instead of by the choicest boquet of flowers A bunch of lilies of the valley or mountain violet, would have woa a smile from the high-toned nightingale whoso salary renders her impervious to .mall change. Vr, if John had only written a few lines, informing Mis. Clinethatbe was "ho might have been more favorably ia' oliuod to receivo hi. admiration hap. an invitation to nppo,1' abrupt and metallic waa n0or j ? note of admiration compare l ,..,ck which Fred Gobhardt dlt 'L to '& Langtry. John a realism, which .'' Miss Clino seem "actuullr . minds one of the .ailor whoiio Tv" were so overwrought at tha n.,. cl,D8i of the stage ruffian in the bon$Rtv innocent beauty who was doino L ht back hair beforo the mirror thft .r leapod upon the stago, fuiuV astonished tragedian, and pultj V arm protoctingly around tho Iudv'. . J roquobted to be "darned" and hav. . i timbora ahiveroj if she should be t whilo ho was orouud. Brooklyn fcagle' EDUCATIONAL KCTI3. Of Virginia'. W87 schools, over inn aro colored. Lincoln Institute io Philadelphia ilt. bo horoa ter used as a training ihoul "J Indian children. lor An attempt to substitute Roman f. Gothio text in German book. 0f stnrf, in the St. Louis schools has failed Brooklyn public schools ore fo ha. $75,000 worth of books to establish th! free school system for tho coming ye&, A measure to secure to the teaeuencf tho Baltimore pnblio schools a tenure of ten years lias failed, chiefly, it i atte ed, through tho opposition of the p0l:. tioiuns. v Rutherford college, North Carolina matriculated 278 studeuts during tha year juBt euded. Ovor 2000 indigent, have been educated thcro gratuitous? since its existence. ' Nebraska has set aside 2,413,148 acres of land for publio schools. The stats university at Lincoln has an average at tendance of 300 students. A now school of modioine will be opened in the stats next year. Of 1010 girls examined for a(imiii0n to the normal college in Now York thia year, 904, or 95 per cent, were success ful. The percentage of successes among tho boys who nppiiod for admission to tho city colloge was 82. Tho now Indiau institute at Oxford will furnish, when completed, a com plete courso of instruction in the dead and living lunguuges of Indiu, with all tho necessary studies to fib and equip one for life aud success in that country. It is hoped that native Indians will take advantage of it, as well as English stu dents. Ilnxloy, Tyndall and somo 470 mom bora of the British Association for the Advanood Sciences will meet in Mon treal in August of next yoar, the Caua diun Governmott having appropriated $30,000 for their entertainment. The American society for the Advancement of Scionco is asked to hold its session at Philadelphia next year, so that tho for eign contingent of wiBO men may be shipped thcro after the Montreal session. A euro for rheumatism an English doctor has found in total abstinence from food. Uo declares that many cases of acute articular rheumatism have Wn cured by fasting from four to eight days, whilo chronic rhoumutism was also alle viated. No medicines were given, but patients could havo cold water and 1cm onado iu moderation. The doctor states that rheumatism is only a phaso of indi gestion, and thereforo can be cured by giving comploto nud continued rest to ull the digestivo organs. Somo 2,000,000 children aro being taught in the Japancso public schools ou the A.moricon and Euglish systems. Be sides the schools under government coi trol thore aro a grout many priva'o edu cational enterprises scattered about the country. With a view of training young men for sneei.il professions, there ara also schools ond colleges iu connection with tho various departments, as ulsoa school of foreign languages, medicine, truncation, etc. Separuto institutions are established ior mo uuueuiuu ui girls, aud are meeting with good snccesf. Judge Laughliu of St. Louis, in re nnntlv hnnorublv discharging a school principal, against whom a charge of as sault und buttery hud been enfered for punishing a refractory boy, aged ten yeurs, said: "Whipping hurts budhoyi only a short whilo. Tho sentiment against this is productive of positive in- jury. Tour years oi expenuutu u . administration or criminal iuw cuuv.u. mo that the boys who becoma criunnals are tho boys who don t get wuippeu, and whon it is romemberod that a large percentage of the bolder crimes known to tho law is committed by youths rang ing in age from fourteen to twenty yoari, tho question arises: Is it better to whip first or imprison afterwards? Boys M from infancy are allowed to follow IM ,; t i.; nn,n vi'nimi inclinations go from bad to worse and unrestrained to thoir almost certain and ultimate ruu. Helpful IHuts. i i ? . 1, Traallfld CiSill ijamp emmneyu uu -. . , f. . xi. . nnan nf tha tei Dy uoiuing mem uvei w . kettle when the water is boiling funons iy. . v ... .... . -1 .l.nniwl DUO 101 it is said mat a ciovo , , will preserve it from molding, and w any essential oil will answer thowm purpose. . ... ii.- f.,i tnr iuvalia' They are excellent boiled bput hwrnu utes and eaten hot fifteen minutes before breakfast. . For macaroni with cheeso.or w rarebit, cheese which is too ur, Wblopybou8od;when.usgrst melted, aua a vory - moisten it. , i.:t, lmveloat Pale blue stocKings, wu . their color, can have it restored are dipped into hot water in wtiicn v,i.- i,a iiAn noured na U1UU U1UDIUQ Uua " " 1 lump, of alum dissolved. There were nineroueh-looking fello and a real bright, sensitive boy on chaineane in an Alabama town. boy attracted a great deal of atrfnwy on account of bisyoutu.u.-- -- nocence. An Indiana inuj. , him a. .he passed' along tto jWJ stopped and spoke to him. "Jthl verr roneu manner, w--- ... -rir n looked up r lady', face, and his eyes fiUed ' tears, a. he turned to obey. the exprew came thundering 0?httt wuuuui a wuru u "j - .nghM himself in front of it, and was n i i l into a snapeieu mass. in boy the