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THE PICTURE OF PICTURES. In rrtbint toast Ilia poet ting Of fet I irtotsa; Ilia gamut itroka be wlldlj fllnfta To win our octtarj. He wrllea of mother'! whitened hair, Tbn wrinkles on br brow; Of other toei waltla tbera To greet us borne, I trow. Be neni a lay of aubtle bllaa Concerning one tbat'a twaol, Who'e wailing with true loe kIM H i Hp to fondly meet. I alng of ine tbit'i far abore, "Twill bungor'i longing 011 Tb" piaturn on tbx ooraar at A new fire dollar bill. Horace . Keller, in si Loun Migailn. TRAILING! THIEF. A Doteotivo'i Long Chate After a Fugitive Cuhler. From Mlnneaota Through Canada, En gland, Kranrt. "pain and Italy In Nwlt. rlaiid - A Clovor Kuto to Aold Extradition Proroedlnfa. While a murder li now and then committed without the murdorer be ing brought to justice, and while a pro portion of burglars, robber and em bezzler are bound to oscae arroat, from the nature of thing, an experi ence of twenty year In criminal work ha satisfied me that no criminal can escupo Justice If a clue be left to work on. If that clue It persistently followed. In March. 1K66, a man named Vine wood, of Vermont, with another named Adams, of Cincinnati, ostablishod a bank in a new town In Minnesota. The former was a bacholor fifty yean old, and the latter a young man of twenty three. Juit how thoy became eo quainted 1 have forgotten, but I be lieve thoy first mot in a bank in Cin cinnati In which Adams was employed u book-koopor. He had $10,000 in cash which a relative had left him, and Vincwood put in 40,000, and a bank with a capital of l&O.OUO was es tabllahod. After about a month, when evory thing waa running iimoothly, Vlnewood roturned to Vermont oo business, having tho moat perfect faith that all would go well In In- absence. On tho very day he left Adama re ceived deposits from citizen and from tho county treasurer aggregating $18, 000. Tho trustee of an institution llkowlae placed in bit vault for safe keeping ttfl.OOO worth of United States bonds. Up to tills date tho bank had loaned out about $3,000, and it had $10,000 on dopoait u Milwaukee and Chicago Vlnewood loft in tho morning. That game evening at eight o'clock Adama followed, having taken every dollar In tho bank ind the aocurltlea above mentioned. Ho loft on Sunday night, and of courso no one in town could uapeot any thing until time for the bunk to open on Monday. Then no ono know what had happened or what to do, and no ono had Vlnewood's ad dreii. It waa throe days beforo It was known for a fact that Adams had robbed tho bank and flod. It was ten days boforo Vlnowood put me on tho caao uml said: "I want this man run down If It takes ton yours and oosts mo my last cent Follow him day and night. Do not leave his trail for an hour. I will put $10,000 to your credit In a Now York bunk, and when that Is exhaust ed I will replace it" Vlnewood wiih ii man of deep fool ing, and the robbory had arouaed a sense of Indignation which could not rost until the robber had been fitly punished. 1 got sovoral cablnot pho tographs of Adams as a starter. They till allowed him with a mustache. It waa likely he would shave that off, and I got a Chicago artist to sketch his face aa it would appoiir without As he did not wear glasses he Would likely put t ln-iii on as a disguise. I had a sketch nuido with glasseajon his iioao uml with his straight, long hair cut pretty close As It was raven black he could not color 1U Ho had gone to Mllwuukoe and Chicago and checked out evory dollar of deposits, and in tho latter city ho had disposed of the securities for cash. He thus had nearly eighty thousand dollars with him, much of It In small bills. I vlelted every bank In Chicago, but could not tind that he had purchased drafts or exchange. At tho oxpreaa offices there was no record that ho had shipped any cash. When ho left the bank he only hud the aachol lu which he was carrying the money. He there fore had no change of clothing. After visiting aeven or olghl different hotels In Chicago I found where he had registered as "Hurt J. Smith, St. Paul." He hud iniulo but a slight at touipt to disguise his handwriting. He had remained at the hotel a part of the afternoon aud over night. In stead of purchasing a trunk ho had bought a new suit of clothes and taken hla old ones out and sold them second hand. The new suit was entirely of gni). while his old one was black. This made such a change in hla looka that remarks were made when he cam- to pay his bills. Two square from the hotel, on the way to the I.uko Shore Depot, was a barber shop. I reasoned that Adams would took to get rid of that mustache oefore he left Chicago, and after he had left the hotel I could only gueai which way he went, but I meant to rover all routes. The barber in the Brat chair in the shop had all the in formation wunted. Adams had come In thore with hi aaohel, complained at a sore lip, and had his mustache shaved off. He had in hla hand a folder of the Lake Shore road. After the mustache was off he had hla hair hlngled. and the change lu hla looks waa considerable. The barber had took ad him over pretty closely, ana had noticed a tear on huTaeok back of the right ear, as wall a a mole on the left cheek, which had been touched, out of the negative. I found no trao of him at the depot, hut I bought my ticket to Cleveland on theory. Nine time out of ten the criminal who skip from a tmall town goe to a city to hide. He Imagine that In the rush and confusion be will be paaaed by. Adam might atop In Toledo or Sen dusky, but I look my chance on that On reaching Cleveland I made in quiries of all the depot official, but BO one bod aeon him. 1 went to ell the hotel, but he wa not rtsgUfered. I vlaitod all the trunk aud clothing torea. but no ono remembered a per son of hla description. I wa In de spair, when It occurred to me to vllt the stoauilionl offlos At the second place whore I called I discovered that he had bought a ticket by tho Lake Superior Line for Port Huron. He bad waited around for several hours, and had mentioned to at least one per son that ho had relatives in Port Huron. He had no trunk, but while waiting had bought a now collar and necktie, and had also been shaved again. I went to Port Huron by rail, and there on a hotel register in Adams' hand writing I found tho naino of "Charlo M. Shaw, Cleve., Ohio." Inalde of three hours I discovered that he hud takon a Grand Trunk train to Hamil ton, Ont At Hamilton I did not havo logo out of the depot for Information. He had waited two or three hours and taken a train for Buffalo. Here he had got In the way of a baggage truck and had his foot hurt, and the row he raudo about it oaused several ofSclals to remembor blm. At Buffalo I oxpected to lose the trail and have a hard task to piok it up again, and I wa not disappointed. I wa there two day boforo I fouuu that Adams bad been drivon to boarding-house on Uppor Main street and had lain by for throe days with his lame foot. After Inquiring of half a hundred hackmen I finally found tho right one Adams had gono to this house on the recommendation of a boarder whom he mot on tho train. He pretended thore to live In New Hampshire, and to be returning home from his cuttle ranch in New Mexico. Ho furthor protondod to havo lost his trunk in u smash-up. and before leav ing ho bought one, and a lot of oloth ing. He now chnnged to a black felt hat and a tweed suit, and gave his name as "I M. Davis." No one in the houso knew whut train ho took, but I found tho expressman who handled his trunk and hud it oheoked for Harrls burg. At Hurrlsburg Adums waltod in the depot for throe hour, and then bought a ticket for Philadelphia. He ro malned thorn at tho lfttigham House two days, uml then dopurtod for Balti more. At Bultlmoro he went to a boarding houso for throe day, and it took mo a week to discover this, and to loarn thut he hud takon a stonmor for New York City, booking his numo a Henry Coming. I went to New York by truln, and thoro found ho had sailed for Liverpool. I was now two full weeks behind him. but more de termined thnn when the chaso begun. 1 picked up four days on him ut Liver pool, beoaiiso ho hud romuinod thero that long before going to London. Ho stayed two days only in London beforo going to Paris. I looked for him in tho latter city for five days before I got any trace, and then It was to learn that lie had departed for Bordouux. He was now truvellng as an American tourist, had Invested in a lino ward robe, und curried tho suchol In his trunk. Its contents woro scon by tho customs officers in Liverpool and Paris, but ho thnn protended to be an agent of tho Federal Uovurumont buy ing supplies. At Bordouux Adams took n snlllng ship for Oporto, Spain. Ho was only eight days ahead of mp when ho sailed, but when I reached Oporto by tho shortest route It wa to llnd that ho hud departed by iteamer for Naples. Ho remained there five days, and when I appeared uml picked up his trait he was only four days ahead, but had gono to Milan. I wns only two days behind him there, but he orossed into France, stopped two days in Lyons, wont on to Paris, nnd I was again a full week behind him. I felt that ho would now settle down, having dodged about until he was sutlsllod thut no one could truck him. I hud by this time become pretty well ucqualntod with his tastes and characteristics. Ho had of late been spending tho stolon funds quite freely, and at Lyons he picked up a woman who wont to Purls with him. I roturned to Lyons aud found who the girl wits. She was de scribed its u handsome and captivating Parisian who had come down In search of adventure, und It was known to sev eral that tho had made a conquost ol the American. After a patient search I found a girl who knew her well, and she explained: "She fell In lovo with tho American for his money. She will hang to him aa long it It lasts. She told mo her plana They are to go to Switzerland for a mouth, and will then return to Paris for tho fall and winter. Sho would want a week In Purls to got ready for the trip. By this time thoy are in S.vltzorland." I returned to Pari and at once et out for Switzerland, and In two days I waa full on their trail. They passed aa a bridal couple, aud the good look of the bride oaused every body to re member them. 1 knew that the long r ha was noarlug IU end, and at the ame time my unxlety became greater. If Adam had the aand to "kick," he had the money to tight off extradition. One afternoon I reached a hainlel under the ahadow of Mont Blanc to frhd that I had run tho fox to earth. Re wa there registered a "Harry Grafton and wife, New York. U. S. A." A I wa the only arrival by the tago, but few noticed me. Two hour later I found Adama alone with his cigar on the veranda, and, drawing up a chair, I bluntly asked: "Well, how much havo you go' leftf" "What do you mean. lrf" he de manded, but lu a voice betraying trep idation. "Adams, I have followed you over evory mile of your wanderings," 1 con tinued. "I am here to take you back to Mlnneaota for trial." "But I won't go. You oan't extradite) me for robbery." "But I can for murder. You killed Mr Vlnewood In oold-blood. and hla body waa discovered In the bonk," S. help me Heaven, 1 did not" "Then who did P" "Why. he had gone Ett before I left" "That U too thin. All the evldenoe point your way. Will you return without a sU'hu or will, vou furnish additional proof of your guilt by put ting mt' to trouble?" In an hour he agreed to go. To find hlmsolf charged with a murder of which he wa innocent overshadowed tbo robbery of which he wa guilty, and he wa roally anxlou to return and prove hi Innocence of the grave charge. He had pent about $3,000 of tho money; the ret wa safe and came back with u. He never made me the least trouble on the way, and It wa only when he found Vlnewood alive and understood the trick that ho grew wrathy. Ho had $7,000 of hi own money, and ha employed uch legal talent that the law wa twisted and turnod and the Jury wrestlod with un til he finally got clear. N. Y. Sun, UNDER A LION'S PAW. The Thrilling Kiporlanoa of a Wild Aol. in ,1 Hunter. "While trapping lion in the Hot tentot country for the Hamburg ani mal house," aid Lawrence J. Ray mond, a wild animal hunter, "I had opportunities for seeing the king of beasts at his best and for making close observations of his character. No two lions are alike, except In a few lead ing traits, any more than two mon aro alike. Evory lion is supposed to roar at night when abroad after prey, but not half of them do so. Whon you read of one charging into a camp you praiso his courage, but for every one such case I can bIiow ton whore the lion skulked about like a dog. You never find him twice alike. There are plenty of Instances where men have been seized by Hons and have lived to relate tho particulars, though no two agree as to tho sensations. I had been out one afternoon with some of the nutives to propare a bait In a rocky ravine. Wo had bull! a stout pon of rocks and logs and placod u calf as a bait Tho sun was uuarly down as we started for camp, and no one had the least suspicion of tie- presence of danger until a lion, which had boon couched beside a bush, prang out and knocked me down. "I can say without conceit thut I was fairly cool. It had come so suddenly thut I had not had timo to got 'rattled.' Had I moved my arm to got my pistol the beast would have loworod his head and seized my throat So long as I lay quiet he would reason that I was doad and givo his attention to tho natives. "All of a sudden I barkod out ike a dog. followod by a growl, and that beast jumpod twenty feet in his sur priso. Ho came down between me aud tho nutives and I turnod enough to sou that his tail was down and ho was scared. I uttered more barks and gVowls, but without moving a hand, and after making a circle clear around me tho lion suddenly bolted und went off with a scare that would last him a week." Cincinnati Enquirer. She Saw the Rainbow. An April afternoon it was, and there was a decided moisture In the air. But the lovers seemed impervious to the elemonts, as thoy hung oarelessly over tho fonco of tho bock yard, and said nothing to each other with great alert ness, for tho space of fifteen or twenty minutes. Whon at last tho young dam sel re-eutorod tho patornal dwelling tho domestic couundrum sho onooun tored was shot off in this summary fashion: "Where have you beon all this time. Mary Juno? Does It take you hulf an hour to shako tho crumbs out of a table oloth?" "No, mumma," demurely roplled the ingenious miss; "but I remained out to sue tho beautiful and charming rain beaux." Luther U. Kiggs, in St Louis Maguzinc. The celebrated Kong mountains o. Africa tire tihout to follow tho Mount ains of the Moon, which havo boon ex punged from the map, says the Phila delphia Times. These mountains woro supposed to be stretched across Africa for ten degrees of longitude, about two hundred miles north of the Gulf of Guinea. Captain Blngor, lately re turned from nearly two years of ex plorations In tho almost unknown re gion north of the'Oulf of Guinea, says there Is no such range as tho Kong mountains. A Winnipeg man, speaking of the sudden changes of the climate ot Man itoba, remarked that one day It waa so cold that tho mercury fell so sud denly that it knocked the bottom out of the thermometer; and the next day it rose no rapidly thut It sent the top ot the glass bang against the celling. Arkausaw Traveler. Our public schools are organized and maintained to tit tho child i wi the fulfillment of hla duty a a oltlxen. But duty U lounaea tm obligation, and obligation on justice Now, justice Is the basis of morality, and, joined with truth, gives us all that I known as religion. Society depeuoa (or it existence on truth and justice. Kdiii'ntlon must therefore embrace both, If civilized society Is to exist and clvll Ixed government to endure. We all have our weak points, but there are few of us who have not alio our strong points. Cod ha not over looked any one of us. There is no per sonality f rallied entirely out of weak nesses. We all have beon given our talents. It is these In which our main strength lie. Whatever of power and Influence whether for good or evil wo acquire over our follow, I by the use of our personality. And the atrength ot our personality I its gifts and grace & S. Ima The besetting sin of meet men I Impatience; unwillingness to wait until their experience bear fruit, or their thought has traversed the whole field f fact, before arriving at a final con elusion. This has always been the be act ting sin of men. They have con stituted themselves arbiter and sat In judgment on the universe when their knowledge included only a few facta and very small field. C'Arufiux ('nmm. i-aYwm -"o you believe In evolu tion?" Jarmiu (whol a man modUt) "No; I've seen too much of fashion." Larwin - What ha that to do with It?" Jarmin "We-u. fashion make fool ot ome. coward of many and monkeys of all. It' the last that shat ters my belief la evolution. " Ctncin Bti Commercial,. THE COWBOY IN THE EAST. The Indiana be flatbed and gashed d alappad and tlw and alaufbtered; He'd boot and ehoot the howling Cte. waoequoalos and n-ell und tottered; Be d bang and whang at every gang of robber and marauder, The borne ibkf tlrung on the Umb he hung, sod tout kept law sou oruor In every fight big lock ha ttrsck. and neer mat dltattor: In glen and den, 'mid bratea and men. he never IWIWl - "i-ni , No gaah or tlaah could erer dath against bit front torrMe, . . No foe could autnd hi red right hand that elugged ao acii-utlflc The rattlwuake he punched and crunched; he ovenurew me niton; He sought and fought an awful lot each beaB . . i i -i ...... uroiii mo u.fi mmm No acaror Jar could erer mar, no harm could ever get blm, But want of breath and apeedy death o'ertook all thing that met blm I Uut to the town be cam for fame, ha moted Into the city; He fell, ah welll I grieve to tell -the pity l-oh, the He'd hit and apllt hla head, and get a brulao at every creating, And the MRU man and the moving ran hla mangled form waa totting Wbene'er be croased the ttrrel hit feet with wheels uml tbinga wire tangled And bit frame became a bloody etaanie. all maimed anil 1 1 1 uss.1 1 and mangled ; He'd fall and aprawl right thro' it all. hla bunee all dialocated, Wltb moat of bit face atuck on the wrong place. and both of hla feel inltniated. And toon It came to paaa the gaa the big gas boom, exploded And he-ali me !-waa hit. you tee. be didn't know If ,-.. I. Ob. my : lu tbe iky be ehot aa high aa war con tractor t iKiumift. And bit v ..i ' I frame waa fnond, tbey claim, in nineteen different .-uintlea! -a W. hue In Yankee lllado. He Knew. A teacher was telling her little boys about temptation, aud thowing how it sometime came in the must attractive attire. She used aa an illustration the paw of a cat "Now," said the, "you have all seen the I iaw of a eat. It it at toft aa velvet, Itu't ill" "Yeaem," from the elaia. "And you have teen the paw of a dogf" "Yeaem." "Wall, although the cat's paw seems like velvet, there it, nevertheless, concealed in it SMMlBBlJI t lint hurts. What is it f No answer. "Tho dog liites,"sald the teacher, "when he is iu anger; hut what does the cat dor' "Scratches," replied tbe boy. "Correct," tuid the teacher, nodding her head approvingly. "Now, what has thecal got that tbe dog hasn't" "Whiskers," said a boy on the back seat, and the titter that ran around tbe class brought the lesson to an end. Young Catho lic, A Cautious Man. A man who hud been hurt by a fall out Kurt st ns t, the other dny, haxlan ambulance summoned, but by the time it arrived be bad regained much of his oervs, and before lie would permit them to lift him In, be in quired: "What will the charge bef "Nothing," be was assured. "Whatl Is it freer "It Is." "Well, that's fair enough, but look here, don't fool with ine! If you expect to make me buy a dollar's worth of church fair tick ets at tbe other end of the route you'll gat badly leftl"-Detroit Free Press. A Bait Drawing. mm -Life A Sudden Kits. "How much it cannel coal, Mr. Littleton?" "I think it's eighteen dollars. Just wait a minute." He goes over to the Ixxikkeeper. "Has Elkius paid his bid yetl" "No, sir." "Ah. Mr. Elklns, 1 find cannel coal has gone up to tweuty-four dollars." Harper's MBA No Effect on Iba Family. Eausonice Poeeyboy, what do you think of young 8keekl Poseylioy Not much. His father waa In ap, you know. Kausouiee Indeed! I should never have thought it, from the appearuncs of the fam ily. Burlington Free l"resa. Took Her by surprise. "I have sometimes thought" began Mr. Porridge, w hereat Mist Itaslily gave an ex clamation of amazement, aud then remarked apologetically: "It may be. Of course 1 liuve no knowledge of what you may have done lief ore I liocame acquaiuted with you." -lUchiuoud Dispatch Nuthliig to Fear. I July I ii tie hoy, isn't that your mother -ailing you I Uttle Boy Ysm. "Why don't you answer her, theuf "Pop's sway." New York Weekly. A Uark Night Vou kin harp about er moonlight At n i,' at ev'r ye please, 'Bout It'a shimmer an' its thadders A plavlu' inongti the I But ea' give ma a pitch dark ulght. With black clouda In the aky What' ye want lo know my paaaosf Well-1 klnglv the why. It waa Jet' on men an tvenin' I 'uiemtiertweu the weather, We'a cumin' home from atugin' school A kH of ut together An' tomebody waa next to aie, But SS needn't aak ma who. And lu the dark be 'jcld my hand. An' kep' on hoklis' too. Someonn' 'at made me ao happy I can't ferget the ulght. As' 1 know he wouldn't hv aald It tt i be moon 'd ban aainln' bright Bo Jea' harp about yer moonlight Aa much aa cr'r ye please, 'Bout lu thlmmer an' Its thadders A-'lyln' niongat lb tree- But Je' gtte me a pilch dark night With clouda a rolltp' grand. As' my tweeUteart wai kin' by my akta A-noMla' of my hand. Cincinnati Enquuvr Jawktns "Want Softlclgh to join our literary club? Why. I don't be lieve he ever read any thing but Mother Coone and the book of eti quette in his life." Hogg - - Ah. but then he has such a high forehead, you know, and wear his eyeglass with such a very intellectual air!" -Judge. I've brought back that ring I took yesterday on approval." he said to the jeweler. "What wa the trouble; Hdn't it fltr No." he said, sadly. I thought welt, that Is well, you ee. bought it for a certain Anger, but she wouldn't wear It on that. o Tvs com back with it ' '-Wrg.'flj' WttUw. MEXICO'S WHITE HOUSE. The sMBMraitl Vitr of Msrble Onea Oa, eup.'d by Mailmllian. President Dial ha moved hi official reeidenos out to the Castle of Chapultepec. which become once more - for tho first time since the un lucky Maximilian and his charming wife lived there-the "White House'' of Mexico. Chapultopec Is one of the loveliest spots lmuglnable. It Is unique In Itsolf as oil as in lU narao Tho Hill of tho Crasshopper." Moutezumu made his summer house hero, and an under passage still In ex istence, was made, by his direction to a point In the valley below, so that the Axtec chieftain could do as he pleased. Under tho old cypress trees In the par the conqueror Cortoz pitched hla tent uftcr the colohratod Noche Trlste," or night of sorrow, when the Aztecs fell upon the Spaniards and massacred them. Here Maximilian and the un foi tunuto Carlotta made love as they promenaded the mugiiillcent marble terraces which were built by order of the "Austrian Crund Duko." Hero tho American army fougiit a bloody but doclsUo battle -one which has mud the quoor word Chapultepec fa miliar to American oars. One might rolato numborloss historical incidents connected with the spot which abounds in momorios. It space permitted, but tho placo itself demands somo descrip tion. Imagine a park of 1,000 acres, cov ered with a denso growth of cypress, many of the trees 500 or GOO yours old. The gray Spunish moss festooned from limb to limb udds to tho plcturosque nesa of tho scone. In tho center of this park which is surrounded by massive walls on three sides, tho old mpioduct forming the barrier on the fourth rises a precipitous mound, il sucli a term will express the idea. This, mound is composed principally of rock, and is probably 200 feot In height. Thoro is but one road to tho top. the summit being uooosstblo. except by this singlo route Upon tho vory nKx stands tho castle completely OOfwriflg tho spnto. so that no matter from which direction you look, thoro Is a sheer descent of nearly one hundred tout Tho castlo wus built In sections, und presents no singular feuture of architoeturo. except a pocul lur double statr-caso that ooms to have no supports. Whon Maximilian lirsl saw tho stair-caso ho remarked to the urchiloct that ho would not trust his own weight upon it; whoroupon tho designer, with His Majesty's emis sion, brought a regiment of soldier and marched them up and down the stairway ton abreast, thus demonstrat ing its strength. The stair-case Is the only one of its kind in existence, and Is built of white inarb o and brass. The terraces at Chapultepec aro one of the sights of Mexico. They aro floored with white marble, with brass balustrades, mid lighted by electricity. Tho uppor terrace extouds tho entire distance around tho cast e und is twon- ty-fottr feet broad. Lovely ilttle flower gardens are located at frequent inter vals, and hero aro blooming gorani ums, fucliitis, heliotrope and mignon ette, making tho air rich with perfume und adding to the brightness of the scene Tho furnishing of the castle for the reception of President Din, bus been very elaborate. The privato apart ments aro in the northwest wing. Kach room is frescoed appropriate. y. The chess room has a chess board in the center of the ceiling, with the bishop-, kings nnd quuens in a merry dance about It, tho pawns furnishing appropriate music from the four cor ners of the room. The private rceo tion parlor of tho President's wife it "done up" in pink silk with plush and brocade hangings to match. Evory wall In tho entire suit of rooms is cov ered with silk brocade lnstend of pa per. Tho bedroom occupied by the President and his wife was decorated und furnished ut an expense of I30.0OU The dining room hits u seating cupneity that is limited to thirty persons. The magnificent solid silver thut once be longed lo tho Emperor Maximilian I; to bo used, but the china and glassware are not lu keeping with the royal mag nificence of tlie silver; one of the soup tureens requiro four meu to curry it, when tilled. Presi out Diuz Is greatly loved by his followers, aud he will doubtless make tho castle of Chupultepuc quite as bril liant us it was in tho days when the Austrian and Kmpress Carlotta drove their light gruy horses nnd golden slate chariot up the hill and mnde the castle ring from alcovo and gtillery, from garrison to the entrance gntes with guyety. Mine Diaz is a most brilliant woman and c n otitertain roy ally, should she take the notion. All Mex co has its eyes upon her. and it remains with her to add immeasurably to tho gayetios of tho capital. Cor. Omaha Heo. According to the Buffalo Adver tiser, a Paris dressmaker thus explained the system on which goods aro sold to America s: ' Ze Boston lady, oh! she Is very easy; wo sell her zo thing that ze Kugllsh ladies have bought. Ze New Yorlt lady we soli her ze thing that ze English ladies have not bought, and which we offer to ze lady from Lyons, from Marseilles, what will you? Or to some New York ladies we sell ze fan ciful thing, as dress for ze chatoati, and zey call It r.o street dress, figure that to yourself! But to zo Chicago lady we sell ze thing xat ze English ludy will not loo.;s affright, and at which te Now York lady scream. Ah. we know zora all!" A young man at a recent fire threu iway a pall of water because It was to. hot to do any good. No ono can have a true idnt nf j right until he doe iu any genuine I reverence for it till he ha done it often and with cost, any peace tneffa b:e in it tilt he does it always and with ilaerity.-J. Martineau. That discipline which corrects the baseness of worldly passions, fortifies the heart with virtues principle, en lightens the mind with useful knowl I edge snd furnishes It with enjoyment ; from within Itsolf. Is of more conse ! quence to real felicity than all the pro vision we oaa make of the good of 1 'o.-tuno. Blair. SLOW BUT OBLIGING. A Veaael Captain Who Bunt Hla Boat to suit Kvsrjr Body. "Leave have their time to fall," but oountry conveyances, run by private enterprise, apparently do not have their time to start A little steamer that plies between two port on Lake Cham plain is obligingly lax In this respect. Two travelers who recently boarded it, In the hope of reaching their destina tion before nightfall, aaked the captain what time ho Intended to start. "Well, I ought to start In half an hour," he returned, "but you see there U a fair here, and folk aro late about gettln' down to tho boat" "Then you don't have a regular time for going?" "Oh yes, five o'clock' the hour; but then, you see, we have to show some consideration for folks that don't got here." Half an hour passed, during which the boat lay bobbing up and down, to the misery of passenger addicted to qualms, and tho whUtle at Intervals shrieked in frantic discordance. Five o'clock came, and tho captain gave the order to move, whon a woman's voice pied up from among the passengers: "Can't you wait just a minute for Warren? Ho said ho should bo here." "Now you know I can't!" remon strated tho soft-hoarted captain. "I can't make all those folks wait for him. Besides. 1 to d him when I saw him on the fair-ground that ho must he hero at fl vo sAur'." Well, whistle just once more!" And he did. He whistled not once, but seven times, filling tho intervals of silence with protestittlona of his inabil ity to disnppo nt tho many for tho one. At length he announced, desperately, and yot regretfully: "Well, I'm going now! Nobody can't blame me! I've wnitcd longer'n I could have been oxpected to." So with ono parting shriek the little boat moved out into tho lake, tho oblig ing captain still shading his eyes, and scanning the shore for a possible glimpse of the recreant Warren. Youth's Companion. , . m a w AN HISTORIC SPOT. Tlie Htepa or the Old I reaaury Building In New York City. The choice of the Treasury building as a favorite place for popular demon strations of one kind and another, by the way. seems now to bo in universal ravor. Prestige is lent to the locality, no doubt, by the colossal statue of Washington, placed on tho front steps a few years ago by the Chamber of Commerce. But it wus not always so. In former years the old Merchants' Ex change, now the Custom House, had precedence on such I iisions. More thnn ono distinguished statesman made "the greatest effort of his life" on tho steps of that now quite venernblo-look-ing edifice. It was there that Daniel Webster, some forty years ago or more, made his famous Bpeech on the Now England llshery question, which was agitating the public mind, promising hhs fellow-citizens that the Administra tion (of which he was then a part) would "stand by tho fisherman, hook, bob nnd sinker." It was there also that the Hungarian patriot, Kossuth, made his first public appeal for "material aid" in his coun try's struggle with Austria, It was thero, likowise, that "the Little (limit," Stephen A. Douglass, deliver, d one nf his fiercest phillipics against tho then slave-holding power, which wus seeking to extend the "peculiar institu tion" into free territory acquired by the Mexican war. A few years later Mr. Lincoln's great finance minister, Mr. Chase, from tho same placo, mado his iipH'nl to our merchant princes for financial aid to enable the Covornmont '.o defend the constitution and maintain the Union. But that was ubout tho lust of the greut orators und the groat orations on the Custom House portico. During the war there wero many memorable occusions of the kind, but the scene was shifted to the more convenient hito granite building ut the corner of Nassau street, and there it will probably i-eniain an long as it is overshadowed by the uugtist figure of the Father of his Country. A. T. Lilt, r. Women in Poultry Culture. It is a gratifying fact that the poultry industry is uttractitij; muny women to it Our poultry associations havo many lady ltier.i'jers. und many have won prizes at our exhibitions. Woman, by her gentleness and large stock of pa tience, is best fitted to care for the flocks. Many a woman suffering from the Ill-effects of close confinement in doors is recovering her health and L'heerfitlness in this interesting and ft Uteri n occupation. Tho time is com ing when hosts of women of America will vie with their French sisters in .ontrolling tho poultry culture nf the land. Woman has assorted herself and has forced an acknowledgement of her Utility. Not a profession, tr.do or call ing exists in which women are not in cluded. Chicago hits even its women blacksmith. Every place is open to woman. She is embracing it and suc cess for her is sure: for in any business where attention to detail in small things is an imperative demand woman excels man. .tmtnVaw loultry Journal. There are two rival jewelry stores on Greenwich street in New York, the proprietors of which bear the same name. The elder, being jealous of his younger rival, has displayed this sign in his show window: "This concern was established in 1858. when-(the younger rival) was eight weeks old, etc. We do business on our o vn repu tation " r Virtue win eaten a well as vie by contact; and the public stock of honest, m.ltllv nrinrlnU ill A. 11- j r- 1 1 uuny ac cumulate. Burke. Cowardice asks. Is it safe? Ex pediency asks. Ia asks. Is it popular? But conscience aulru fj I. .1.-1.. a " ngutr -A ceremony is the Invention of wise men to keep fools at a dUtance. o rood breeding 1 an expedient to make fool and wise men equal Man eharoM ih J.ki, ui m. "vWU,iui nit prom and loss account m VT.. w... . -. uuv me creojl he takes to himself. This Is true In moral as we 1 aa tk. ...i-i - www tat x, IV ( LaaU , world. -Puck. 1 THE ORIGINAL OBJECTOR. John Uremuiar, Una of the rirtt tj ol tha llllnola Lag ialatu,.. In the early history of IUnol( IU southern counties again and . sleeted to the Legislature a man 55 tin. suggestive name of Grammar. -S uch a name ono naturully amoeiai education, culture and somo degtvT?! refinement but John Grammar, whslt long period of service in the luu? Iglluture terminated more than kIw a century ago. could neither read n write, while his manner correipoB!! with his rough, plonosr urroundUuT He was elected to the first TerrluX Legislature ot Illinois In 1812, but fortunately. In the then new. unsettle state of tbe country, thl honor jZS him without a suit of clothes fit f0 lawmaker-elect to appear In. uu( whatever may have been lacking L John Grammar's make-up, he waa cer. talnly not deficient in a peculiar kind of energy, and to overcome th one obstacle that tood betwaj. him and his entrance up()D public life he, with the aid of hl staj. wart boys, gathered a large quantity J hazelnuts, and took them on a on. journey to the Ohio saline, where th were exchanged for a kind of blue cloth, called "strouding," that wai chiefly used by tho Indians for breech clout Immediately upon Grammars return with his hard-earned purchase the neighbor women were called upon to assist In making the new garments, but to tho disappointment of all cernod, tho discovery was mad Out the pattern waa provoklngly scant The amateur tallorosses measured the cloth first lengthwise, then crosswise, and finally cornorwlse, but in no way could enough be found for a coat and pants, loons. There was no timo to repair the mischiot, so tho women, presuma bly at tho suggestion of Grammar, whose subsequent history proved him to bo lull of expedients, finally decided to make what in its day was called a "bob-tall" coat, to be wo: n over a lone pair of leggins." the latter also made from the strouding. Accordingly, with coat shortened be low, and leggins, which correspond to pantaloons, shortened above, and un dergarments made from the skim ol wild animals. Grammar first appeared at Kaskaskla, tho original capital 0f Illinois. Whatevor Ue relative impor tance Illinois capital city in 1812, lb hotel accommodations must have been extremely limited, as the honorable members of tlie Legist iture were all compelled to sleep In one room. True, both branchos of the Legislature at the period referred to contained a total of but twelve members; nevertheless twelve persons In one sleeping room must have made a night's rest any thing but refreshing. John Grammar, while unable to read and write, was nevertheless the pos sessor of much native shrewdness, and soon developed into a genuine politi cian with a burning desire to continue In public Ufa This desire he chose to gratify by remaining in the Legislature as long as possible But to remain in the Legislature the one thing needful above all else was to retain favor with his constituents. To retain this favor John Grammar early in his legislative career adopted the plan of opposing every new measure proposed. He ehrewdly reasoned that if the measure passed and became a popular law no ono would take the trouble to inquire who opposed it If, however, the measure after its passage became for any reason unpopular the people would be sure to find out what members sup ported it and refuse longer to give them their suffrages. In the event of a bill failing to pass and subsequently finding favor with his constituents, Grammar, wheu a oandldate for re-election, ex cused himself by saying that had ha known their wishes in the matter his vote would have been cost in support of the measure instead of against it; finally he promised, if re-elected, to give the matter his hearty indorsement should it again como up for considera tion. This general plan of opposing all new measures In a llttlo timo came to be the usual practice of many legis lators, but tho originator of this method, hence the first "objector." was John Grammar. - Chicago Tribune Cjlor of the Human Eye An oculist who has made the human eye a study for thirty years, and who has examined many famous mon's eyes, declared the othor dny that the "thor oughbred Amorican" oye was steel blue In color. "Would you say that blackcyed and browneyed men aro deficient in intel lect "Not that, to be sure, since history has afforded somo example of able men whose eyes possessed this pigment. But undeniable, among tho peoplo of higher civilization eyes grow lighter in bu. and there are to-day far more blue-eyed persons than thore were a century af ifyou will beat pains to inquire the col or of the eyes of Bismarck, Gladstone. Huxley, Virchow, Buchner, Renan-ln fact any of the living great as well m (ha ......... ..I .1... ,ln,l U'hO in If l nil U I 111 J UI 1 1 u w. .... distinguished themselves you learn that most of them have or sill bad eye of blue or gray. It seemed tome that the pigment la In the way; that obscures the object presented to the visual organs, and that tho aspiring mind seeking the greatest light cm0 It off. Philadelphia Press -A San Francis'co milkman ta possessor of a horse whose hide i cov ered with a thick mass of curly hair, about three Inches in lnC When seen from a short distance, uw hide presents a woolly appearance, and the animal looks as though ntu had given him the skin of h' through mistake. To Bargain Baatfl Proprietor-W must do tomething m the goods r . Clerk-Yea, tbey are going slow would yon suggest! , Proprietor-Mark them 10 per cent W and label them "damaged remnanta, they'll ba closed out today. -Omaha won A Blat to tbo Wk Quest How does it happen, landlord, v your houae it full thla summer, wb" rival hasn't hardly a soull Summer Hotel Landlord Oh, yoe T guest found out that there werart af anorln hi bouse, and thoy cma orsr iathoak. Burluurtoo Fro Pre