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THE JUGGLER. Duriug tlio first term of his consulship, when Napoleon was unlimited master of die stute whkli yet boro tlie namo of republic, Josephine lived ut her Castle jlalmaison, where every evening Napo leon came to visit her. One day alio was dining quite olono at Malmaison, and while tho dessert was being served a man wai admitted. lie wll about 50 yean old. While juggle and magicians have a lively appearance, this man'i feature were deeply earnest jjo carried a little table, which he placed before Josephine, ami covered It with a worn clotlk After the' preparations he drew out three tin cups, with which be executed all kinds of jujlery. The balls quadrupled themselves under his lingers and formed all kinds of figures and grotesque forms, only to disupieui again In a twinkling. Like tho musical composers, the magician also has his overture U'foro he unfolds the panorama tithe eyes of the uudienco. After this be touched the magic eups with a Mick 0f elwiiy and said: "Maduino, you may express any wish and it bhall befullilled. I re"ret very much that you have tin ishe.l your meal, else 1 could have brought you dishes which were wanting on your table tiMlav the red feather of the Mediterranean, sardines oi lloynn or tbe little silver iish caught in the vicinity in which madam was borne for the great welfare of France. Madame, you may order whatever your heart wishes. 1j vou wish a shitless diamond or a grass ilv on tho heather, an Oriental ruby or a nightingale?" This man, who placed all tbe wealth of nature at Josephine's dis posal, seemed to wish that she might de cide upon the nightingale, for ho put his ear to tho cup and it almost seemed as it be heard the melting toties of tbe singer of spring. Josephine, whoso desires, however, were modest, and who pre ferred a bunch of Mowers to a diamond, selected neither a diamond nor a ruby nor a nightingale, but a rose. She had scarcely spoken tbe word when tbe jug gler upset tbe cup and showed the aston ished lookers on a rose, which bent gracefully on its stem and tilled tho room with sweet fragrance. "My goodness." said Josephine, "you have cut the pivttiiv.. i 1 1 our conser vatory, the rose which I intended giving Bonaparte to-morrow. It would have unfolded during tho night." "Beg pardon, inadamo," replied the juggler politely, "this rose lielongs to me and 1 have tho honor to present it ti the wife of the first consul; 1 would never dare to (ouch her (lowers and I have never U-en in her conservatory." Josephine sent a servant to investigate tbe truth of this assertion and was told that the rose which was destined for the first consul was unhurt. Incredulous .... n riil. slm i-nuld not hide her ad miration, and, in fact, it was impossible to embarrass the man who was so enter tabling and wonder creating. Ho mag ically drew out of his pocket a swarm ol singing birds which picked up the! crumbs; then he titled a tumbler with water and as quickly as ho would upset it numberless tlowers (lowed upon the iersons around, and Josephine imagined herself in her conservatory. When the wonders had reached tbeii highest degree Josephine reached for the pompadour, which was hanging on hei armchair, in order to give some gold pieces to the juggler. W hen tlio jugglei noticed this ho fell down at her feet, say ing: "Madame, you can reward mo a hundred times for this little pleasure that 1 have given you. but not iu money a uiercy, inadame, a mercy'." S "Whichr she asked. ) The wonderful man begged her then to eat one of tho apples which wero on her table, Josephine stretched out her J hand for one und placed her knife on it with the determination of a woman pre t pared for a surprise. Mother Evo surel ! did not reach for the apple with such I longing which caused such misery to bet a descendants as Josephine. She cut 1 through the npple and found insido a pe tition to tbe lirst consul "Madame." said tho juggler, "before i Tonisun unlucky one. who has mixed I in the quarrels of tho kings, and has t taken part in the wars against me repuo- I lie, I have fought in the Vendee with a f Cocarde, which is no more that of my . i ...i. il,n ivirtv which 1 t loumi v, unu I'"- J served was defeated I took flight, to live in a strango land. My country drove me nut", na n truth if. Branded like tain wandered about: div name is crossed from the list of citizens and put on tlie emicrnnt roll. A word from your lips, niadame, can make a Frenchman of mc c,m -n.l .rivo Kin liafk tO UlV OWI1. i You. tho adored wife of tbe first consul, i !... .1, ..,... ir, ivn mo back to my j --1; ----- . itnunlrff nnil to 111V OWD. S 'Bir cii.. cni.l to thoeuiurrant, "I will do as you wish. The consul shall read 5 Tmir nntitiiin mid 1 assure you that I will ' J I . - 5 iUornt-t-tliiliir I C.111 ill VOltr faVOr. Tlie juggler arose, put his cui into bis pocket, his table under his arm. bowed i deeply and disappeared. Josephine, inclined to lie superstitious I could not see the enemy of he- husband in this juggler. She believed in hi magical power, which would bo of use to the emperor, and made up her mind V to use all influence in her poer "!'" Napoleon to intercede for this man. The t following morning at 0 o'clock Bonaparte breakfasted in the dining room of the Palace Malmaison; they were getting his carriage ready i:i the court yard of the f palace when Josephine entered. "What did you do yesterday, dear Josephine,'" asked Bonaparte. "Wbo has f visited you?" . ... ! "I have been well entert.-uned: if you I will dine with me today I have a pieas- ' ant surprise in store for you. Uhienre- ; minds me. do have this name crossed I from the emigrant list." With lie j words she liauded him the petition of the magician. , . i "A Chonanf said Napoleon after he i had read tbe petition. "Oneof the fanat- i leal followers of ChareDte's and Laroche- " Jaquelin's; oneof the people who but . 3 short time ago followed the armies o the '. murder the scattered soldiers i f..-. u .i. .lrinir. Marec! Marec. , who comes from England w ha eey. t V - landed on our coast, nroha My , Pitt's shamel plan, brand.sh.ng t. torch light, over the still weltermg bat -fields of Franc Fox. my fr.end. las written me to be on my guard for th.s evil one. And how do you know him. "Where have you seen him. At this Jos. phine burst into tears. "iirdonotU.-vr:: dk; twii i-ii. i.j -ined a petition which you . traitors ima, CM 0 . . , J ... jn tti and should propose could no oe then they would in Paris, under my very eyes, have begun their wretched play, louche is right: these people are irr'e dii'iiialile." "I do not know him," replied Jos? phine; "do not get angry Tear up the M-tition and we will sH-u'k no more of it; If you knew how it came to mo," Josephine reined bow the petitioner came to In-run. I tlie whihUts he prixluccd. "And you open the door to such ico pie? Jugglers and magicians, who try to strew sand in tbe eyes of the first consul, becausethey could not deceive him! How childish you are, Josephine, to be blinded by magicians!" With these words ho approached the sideboard and took an apple from a bas ket. "See, in such an applo 1 found the peti tion. These are on my table everyday and accident led me to it." lionaparte shrugged his shoulders ami cut tbe apple. It concealed a similar pe tition, lionaparte showed Josephine tbe ingenuity witb which the kernels were taken out und tbe space tilled out with a rolled up paHr, "Tim man could not but succeed." he said, "you may nave wished as vou would. He was in league with the fruit erer, who shall serve you no longer. 1 shall rei-omiueiid your magician to Foucbe and At the mention of this name Josephine trembled The name of this blood thirsty person sulllced to arouse horror in an innocent ktsoii. Josephine knew uow that her charge was irrevocably lo.-.t. "Ah! Bonaparte, 1 pray you, do not have him taken hero und do not soil the innocence of my bouso." "With you? lie is here then?" "No, but he will come again; I hoed to entertain you with his artful tricks this evening." "Foucbe will find him." Without listening any more he tramp ed on the npple und its contents, which wero on the floor, to hurry back to Paris. Josephine's sorrow was indescriluible. For the lirst tiitie sho felt that there was a place in Napoleon's heart to which she bad no access. Sho instituted search in the vicinity of .Malinuison und went to all imaginable trouble to lind him. She wished to give him money and have him taken over the Ism. ulury line by one of her own K"iple. but all her trouble was fruitless. Dinner timo urrived and Jo sephine, worried with unpleasant thoughts, left the victuals untouched. But when dessert was served both folil ing doors opened iinil George Marec ap peared with his littlo table, his lino ebony sticks and tin cups. "Fly, sir, lly!" Josephino addressed him, "or you nro lost. You havo mur dered French soldiers und deserve death. 1 can protect you no longer in my house. The consul has probably given you up to Foucbe and vou nro helplessly lost. Tho magician, on whoso features were cast such a dismal look vesterday, looked auietlv at Josephine aim ueggeu ner io give It i it a quarter of an hour of her time. He set tlio table down and brought f.irili tlio cut) from his pocket. This time he offered neither rubies nor dia monds, mid neither did bo let tlowers rain, but there tumbled out littlo soldiers, footmen and riders. These." said he, "are tho Austnans, these Prussians and these Russians, und they all unfold on n level. Do you see their battalions, their squaJrons, divis ions? Do vou sco Me las on a horse? He is their leader, and tho horse on winch bo is mounted promised tho holy Nico- l.'IIW llll I'll lis of tlio French. There is tho French armv. Do you see the gen- pnil with a living plume? Ho stretches forth his hand and ull the armies attack each other. Do you hear tho thunder o tho cannons and the sound of the trum pets? lo vou seo the tri-colored Ua Do vou bear tho enthusiastic shoutof the reinirinir multitude: "Long live the re- nnlilicl Lou'' live Gen. iSonapartel 1 . .. . i 1. 1.. Anil all the soiuiers seemeu io iuuiuu- out of the cups ami K in order ready for the battle on the table, whero they pel- formed tbe movements which George Marec commanded. When the battle was won victorious ntid defeated re turned to his iocket, and tho magician nITered to show the wife of tlie lirst con- mil still moro wonderful things, tbe Egyptian expedition and tho battlo of the nvrauiKls. Jo'enhine could not enjoy the treat Believing the man exposed to danger, she said to him: "Take this money und Mart; j. who was more quiet and col- lontnil than vestertlay, Baid: I would not cull inv nrt for eold vesterday, much less will I today. Show mo a favor; open one of these apples." Josephine Oil coaud found t'jo follow ln? letter: "MadaMK: I have just delivered proof unto tlie lirst consul that this Marec, the honor tonpin-ar before you is not the murderer who has deserved the punishment of law. The one you protect is an honest man, who has taken part in the expedition of Amlieron and fought bravely, but emigrated rti.feat of tlie Royalists. He after tbe did not, lmU ..ver. CO to England, but to Germany and from there has brought with him iIip marionette plays, which will prob- i.i. ,,i vou very uiuc.L im- "" .,roc. is not'George, but Joes, and is in Fneland. where his actions are watched. 1 am glad to announce that your protege is crossed Irotu uie nsioi riuia.i..-.. "FOLCHE. i r..- ilavs later Josephine again lin rt,,r, ...I tlie lirst consul, with the result ,!.. i i . i.fiiiio of the magician was ex i (mm tbe emigrant list. Trans. r,i..T i . th. French for The Philadel phia i "" . Tin- MuMilito of Trliildnl. n.. r-iriilur room aiLni to mywu would have Uvn e-pialiy delightful, but tliat my pew-"" 'f ' u'-puted even in aaj-bL-ht bv u.!:"Uitr, who, for bloodthirsty ferocitv had ).reminen over the worst that 1 had ever met with elsewhere. I killed one li was at work uion me, and ex .mined hiei ihnmgh s glass. BcwW (. ith the Insvimt...:. "f Pi. hf'1 d7w act likenos ni tlie devil-a long black stn U for the bo.!v. n i ..-k f.sne k, horns on the bead and a U-"k for a mouth, spindle arms, and longer spindle leg, two pointed uig. and s tail. Line for hue there tlie figure was before me which, in tbe uuforgeth!e .u..u is driving tbe thief under th gal- low, snd I bad n-lancboly satuifacUon n identifying him. I bad Un warned to bi oo the lookout for scorpions, centipedes, jig gers ard land crabs, who would Lite me if 1 walked ilipperlesa over tbe floor in tbe dark. -, .i,. I nw-t with D'm. either there t ISO none, euner lueju . anTwhere; but the muvmito of Trinidad is enough by bimlf. For nialice, mockery and venom of to-a and trumpet be is witb- r.,1 match in the wr-Ul.-J. A. rrouoe. Sice is at once to uu treruuV.-s in Maine opened up by the Canadian Pacific. Million, of feet of .ril wood will be taken out this sum ' . n. al.ii Ped to Glasgow. Cam- d4antcoming to Maine to find raw m. UUiHV" Q . . - r..iAnM tenal for ww" ' f TENDING THE liABY. HOW THE ROSES PALE AND DIE CHEEK UPON THE MOTHER'S Th Jll l-un Julin Hud I'luytng and ltimiilug nlih III tlrlr-.-Uhig an lii luhl lino tli- Hall; Wurrir Thai fH iu Muny Wiiim-n Hr' a Imiii. How tbe mother s arms and back ache after caring lor this pink and white tyr anny, so helpless und yet so exacting Our homes are not all provided with cook, nursemaid und housemaid Not to disguise the fact, a majority of the little one are nurtured by the mother who comliines all these olllces in her own patient person If tlie domestic machin ery runs smoothly, in many homes, it is because the house mother is the pivot upon which km ing so many activ ities. It is of those homes without wealth, yet with refinement, that I write, where sums in uihlitionand subtraction, mostly subtraction, must lie done every week. It is here the babies gather The storks seem to be fond of these humble homes, for tbev never fowl them The hero isms of life are largely by the firesides. The ungels of the children see and tell the Father on high These mothers who have so much to do und bear, with a narrow income ut their disposal, need our sympathy john'h day ok boud fvn I believe the majority of men think tho care of a baby is child's play They come home from shop and ollice and see the rosebud fresh, in lis dainty white. and think what un easy time Kate has. wilh such a cherub to play with It surely cannot lie work to toss und rock and sing to this little man. with shining yes And yet the house mother looks tired. Tbe tears are uhnost ut the eyes. the mouth trembles, and John, stupidly kind, wonders what it is ull ubouL But his eyes ure oHned ut lust. He has tlie iulluenxa und must stay at home from the oliice. What jolly fun it will be to pluv ith that son und heir Kate shall go to her cousin's for the day U-o can see to the kitchen. And so tlie good wife departs, with many cautions und warnincs to John, us to colic, food und naps, the baby meanwhile crowing lus- ily as the mother gives It a good-uy caress Join, wonders wuy naiegrona old so fast, she is really fuding Poor woman, she has nol been out on a jaunt l;e this for months. The baby for the fust hulf hour Is an ongel What fun it is touunule nun about Now ho drops oil in a nap und John will read the pajier But just us io is deep in the leading urticle. oblivi ous to ba lies, lliero Is a moan, men a cry and John comes to his senses. How- bo cries, how red in tho face he getsl What docs possess the child? 11 o takes him on bis knee, ho rocks him, he turn bles him. und now at last he walks with him, but still be cries, bis littlo lips look ing so grieved. Leo comes in and in quires ttliout dinner .distress uiiij sees to that. By this time John is iu a nmfW iH-isiiiniliiiu. The "sweat the doctor ordered is his, in the order of na ture lie is tinul v summoned to a 'nicked un" dinner What a contrast it is to the inviting board of Kate. How does siie i;et time to attend to it? he asks lr u... I ,1.,., I.nl.o ..rinul In IIIUISIU IHIl UO" mo. -- - fact he yells lustily ut lust Leo puts her head into the door to inquire u lie nus bad his milk Zounds! John had for rotten it entirely. Kate bad charged him to warm it ut It The baby was hungry; the ioor little fellow was sulfer- inn from uny empty stomach. He got r '. ... ... i, ix milk und now is asleep, with a little shadow on his bright face. "KATK HAS THIS EVEKY DAY. John's conscience troubles him. He is ul way cross when he is hungry No u-iniilor i lie little colt cried. Now he takes up that urticle ugain. feeliiiu a lit- tie misused with lus dinner of "scriiis. He has loruotten all uliout the blessed heir when he bears a little moan. 1 lie dinner came too late, und a forenoon of crviiic. with no nourishment, will have its cnect. And now I no encruu cries Mercv. what u voicel He has the colic. He twists und wriggles und rolls John gives him catnip tea, und he is easy for a minute, then lietiegms ugain, anu iinuiij bo takes him up und murches up und down the house, singing ut tho top of his voice. "Mv heavenly home is bright and fatr." His back aches, man as he is, his arms are tired and his head buzzes like a machine. What does Hises8 the child lie certainly will cry himself to death After an hour und a half of this play the baby drois into un exhausted sleep, and John lays him down. Iledoesnot read hi. naner us he sits down. He has it w rong side up. but he says to himself. "Kate has this every day," und then he 1. a eood deal of thinking He is a Rcnsilile man. Ho has found out bow much ulav there Is in minding baby When Kate comes home rested and looking younger than sho has for years. with news und chut of her visit, very humble man receives her There is pity and admiration mingled In his glance. The baby receives his uttention ev?ry day after this, at odd momenta, when at home, he lakes him and becomes quite expert in tending bis son and heir Such is the mother's exiicrlcnce with her liaby Let us not allow, because of her treat love to her child, the roses to nale and die upon her cheek. "A Coun try I'arson" In (iood Housekeeping. As to Hand Shaking-. Ceorge Huiicroft is said to be particu lar to remove bis gloves before slutking hands The point is a good one. Just introduce the fashion of ungloving be fore shaking, und shaking will soon sub side. If there lie one pre eminently ai- Apreeable and distressing fashion in America, it is our universal and eternal hand shaking Its origin, we believe. runs back to our savage ancestors, who claslied hands in sign of peace instead of war is there any reason for swearing a treaty of neat e with every Tom. Ihck and Harrr of your acquaintance whom r.,n rluiiii tii meet in the street? Tlie cu-imii is a terrible fag on health. St Louis (ilol-.. niorrat lie Forgot to Fll Illnuclf. 5et.nik lb-u-m (at ber evening party.) v,i li,!c tot ue what dirtrait, ilr. bliiinrJ. (MJ fillj tll, Jirty ,iul Mr. UliManl-Oh, not at all, Mrs. Cyclon. I srn wijoyii'g iu)" bully, bull una nijseu triflf nervous. ' How sor 'I left my shooter at bouM." Tsxas Sift- 1 Ines. j One of the recwit applirations of electricity that promises to be of con siderable benefit to seagoing tneu is a lug fir regi.-tering the tabs of travel of Life'll fpeed Veasebk A PIN. Oh, I know s wrtsm woman who Is rwkonrj ith tin- itimi.1, But ulic ill' im- li hiiiori' terror tlian rsijlng II-.n oul.l. The liuli- i-i.ilU run up !! down my aplno )irn r't-r we mew, ThoK-li '' "vnis a Beullcen-slnrs su.l tlw's very trim mi l m-iil. And slwh.w a tlimiiianit virtues ami not on s- kiiiiwIisU-isl iu. But ! I the sort of vrin you couKI liken to a pin. Anil he prick vml, nn.l Iw sticks r"U, In a ay thai can't I Mlil When ) mi vk f. .r hut has hurt run, why, you ciuiuiit II. mI I lie Ih-siI. ButftetAII ou Kithdiieonifort and Mowperat-Ininiaitt- If amlkly iik you why, you really cant ix pUilu. A pin In meh a tiny tlilnn-of that there is no l mtit- Yet, wlm It's mleklnif la your Uiin, yours wreielii-l till il'soiitl Six-1 wonderfully ohm-nrlng when she rawts a prettv Rlrl Sli l al ii mir to tell her If bw 'bang" is out of curl. Ami hel soayniiatlietlei to her friend, who's iimi-li admired. Slip U often heiinl remarking, "Dear, you look so woru and tired!" And the I a careful critic, for on yetrday sos evi-d The new drew I wo airing with s woman's nat ural priil. And nli said, "Oh, how becoming;" and then Hoftly udili-d, "it la reullya misfortune that lbs bampi i aueh s ill." Then hc iwld, "If you had heard m yentereve, I'm mire, my frieud, Vmi ,,1.1,1 nv 1 am a clinmuion who kuowa how to defend." Aud she left luewlthlbefivllng-uuwt unph-aa. am, 1 aver That the whole world would deapliie m If nail not bii-u for ti.T. Whenever I encounter her. In such a namelena wnv Shu Hives me the lmpnnlon I am at my worst that dnv. And the hat tliat wan Imported (and tliat coat me Imlt A Kiilinell With Ju t once c'miif from ber round ys o- come a Ilowery uunuei. She la always iirlirht and amlling, sharp and thin- hit? for a thrust t dm not seem tu blunt her point, nor do she L'llther rust. Oh! I wish mime haplm aueelmen of inaniiiiiu would lionln To tidy up the world for me, by picking uplhla plu. -Ella Wheeler Wih-ox in The Outury, Whut lie Had In ITIi lluakvt ITo was one of those, long, thin, dried up fellows, with a iwreliment klu ami sliarp nm. am u MHi'ti none, who are niwoyi nr Im? into th inn it was on the Baucemo oin, ami a fellow enme un bonnl with a banket ami sat down iietir bhe. Thei-o wm soino tbiiiK very iinpoi'tnut in the basket, for the fellow kept tieerini; ill all the lime ana iiiok itiK to seo if the lid u aecuivly fiwtoiinl. 1'lin alinrn nowd man netiin v iiwi an in terest, ami lus curiiodty "H rising Dinner and holier, until w hen the feliuw had ieeiiel into the haiiket for th lif tieth time lie couliin l ttniiit it any longer. "I ties your punloii, nut you rs so in- tertNtnl in limt basket you really excite nie. What have yu Rot in Itr Tim follow nuked ut bun a moment. "I'll tell you, cei tuinly. You won't give it swnyf "I rIvo you my word." "tVell. it'i a inoiiciiroo." "A iiioni'uriMil And what is mongaroor "You don't know what a liiotienroo Ut A nioiiKnroo in nil niiiinal found in Africa that lives entirely on snakes." "And how sro you going to get snakes lor It. In out r Oh, you see I in taking It to my urotner, Tie's a confirmed drinker, "Iillt I lloll't Bl-e" ana -;- , , . . -.,,, II I'll, I" Hl", wtH - - going to' "But bow enn this animal livs on un- aginary snakes?" "fill, tins In nn imneinary monRaroo.- Then tke sharp nosed liinn went Into the- cabin and sat down opposite a girl wr.o is supposed to be In Saueelito for change of sir, .... ....... 1..., r,-ne dnvanllt nf th but comes over hero four days out of tbe week. Ban Francisco Chronicle. "lllslmli" ttberly'a t'onfldimee Iteslnrmb "HLshon" Oberly. the civil semen commis sioner, is one of the nut entortainiiig talk ers here, and tells some very funny stories. Here is one of them. Ho suys thai many years ago, when a young man, ho was elected to the assembly in Illinois. He. was fright ened when the time came for him to go to the capitol at Hpringlleld, for he was eon clous tliat he was not the iosseor of a "l- ishe.1 education. Ho feari-d that ne wouiu be pah'l hy tllB flashing of bright intellects nil around him. He Uik his sent on the lirst ,l v in four snd trembling, but hi five lulu utes he was put perfectly ut ensu, and was even innilo to think thut, ierluii, ue migiii y mm uf those who would "uliine." I nn was what wrought the great change iu uis mind: 'Mr. Sneaker." said one aswmbiyuiaa, H hero are no ink in the Inkstands." Yniuiir Olierly was niimziiL "Well," lis thought, "la this the klud of timber thoy ..nil lii-ref1 Up mho another awmlilyman, suice ia- numi. th country over. "Mr. Hiieuker " snld he, "there are luu, but it are froze in tho bottles." That was all young Oberly needeu w pui hbn s-rfi'tly at euse in the ltgiuiiurs.- New Vorklribune. "Humor" and "Foollllllll.,, A writer of humorous storh was stopping at a summer hotel where he was admired by two small boys who had read bis tale. A real live writer was evidently a curiosity to the youngsters. Finally, one of the liys plucked up courage to ieas vt uun. Are you jir. , wuu wriuw iwnn , tlie 1 The writer acknowledged his identity Wltn becoming modesty, and the hoy, after a mo ment's rcfln-tion, coiitinuwl nw iiivesuga tions: "How nun b do they pay you for oim of those stories!" "From IJO to l-V)," replied fJ wrrjr, kindly, and tbe youngxU-r seemotl buriwt In thought Huddeuly tlie quention came like shot from a gun: "Well, wouldn't they pay you more if your stories were not so fnolislif ' The writi-r was too tnken almi k to answer, but be bos been thinking over tbe matter ever since, snd vainly trying to draw the line between "humor'' and "foolishness." Har per's hazar. . Jealoo ol Ills rams, one can lie surprised when man refuses to share his hardly earned fame with another, no matter bow kindly his feelings toward that other may be. An aspiring young man, w ho had writ ten yards of erses for the paper pub- libhed in his native town, at ursi usco l.ia Initials. "J. II L." for signature. Later, however, he omitted the iniddlo L-tti-r. and a friend asked Ima tlie reason. "Can't you guess" asked the young poetaster. "Well, it may seem selfish, but I do want the credit of my own work" . . Vh shouldn't you have Itr Tlie young man looked ympathetlc- .. hu ,tuI,jj friend. , .... . MoJf - bet .'can-t you My aoa how it is? If I use only two of my initials people will soon associate mem with my name; but if I write 'J. B. L..' Russell Lowell will get all the credit that belongs to mer-Youth'i Companion. Was Koab's etlebrsted vewel U.htod Ij SJ arc Uunjir iUMoo ikaiva. SLAVE TltADE IN AFRICA BRUTAL TO BE BUSINESS THAT 6EEM3 ON THE INCREASE. Ttis Atroclllr of 8la March Drplctrd llh Painful OUllnetn The Flag of Ureal ilepuuiie I in iu iw Degrading ft. No one who understands how human life Is estimated by auvago peoples w ill doubt the shockisjg and n-volting ac counts of travelers regarding this phase the trallici and no one who knows hat an Arab s heart is made of win make any discount even for the ex aggeration of an orator, as he listens to the following citation rrom a speecn ue livered in London by Cardinal Lavige rio: US' INHUMANITY. The men who upicur the strongest, aud whose ecne is to lie feared, have icir hands tied, and sometimes tlieir feet. In such fashion that walking le ., i .. .La conics a torture to mom; aim vn men necks are placed yokes which attach ,'veral of tbciu together. They marcii all dav: at night, when they stop to rest, a few handfuls of raw 'sorgho are istributeil among the captives, I Ills u all their food. Next morning they must start again. But after tho first day or wo the fatigue, the sufferings and the rivations have weakened a great many. be women und the aged uro the lirst to lalt Then, in order to strike terror ito this miserable mass of human lieings, tlieir conductors, armed w ith a ckhIcii lmr to economizo iiowiier, ap- rt roach those who npiK-ar to lie the most exhausted und deal them a terrible blow on the iuiie of tho neck. The unfortun ate victims utter a cry, and fall to the ground in the convulsions of death. Tho lorrilied troop immediately resumes n inarch. Terror has imbued even tho weakest with new etrengtlu "Kaeh time some one breaks down the me horrible scene Is rcientod. At night, .... !.. . ..I on arriving ill ineir mining piace, ui-. the lirst days of such a life, u not less frightful sccno awaits them. The traf fickers in human llesli have ac(tureu try experience a knowledge of How iniicn their victims can endure. A giancosnos them those who will soon sink from weariness: then, to oconotliizo thoscuilty food which they distribute, they pass be hind these wretched beings and fell them with a single blow. Their corpses ro- inniii where they fall, when they are not iiNtK'iidod on Ibo branches of tlio neigh boring tn-es; and it Is closo io mom unu their companions are obliged to eat ami sleep. But what sleep! it may be easily imagined." SLAVERY ON TllB INCREASE. It is enough. Our hearts uro sick with sbiinrhter. Let tho witnesses stand down Is the smoko of this torment to go up for ever and ever? liemeinlior that these deeds of blood and dullness are no iso lated facts, no temiHirary misfortune no mere uissing accident of the lavage state. They are samples oi a sosiuuieu, accented and carefully organized system of cruelty and murder which iervades and penetrates every corner of this coii- tinenL Do not let it ui supposou unu this horror is over, that this day of tnbu laiion is ut nn end. This horror and this dnv are now. It is not even abating. Slavery Is on the Increase, Time, civiliza tion. Christianity are not really touching it. No fact in relation to the sluve trade is more appalling than this. Tbe fact of this Increase, lor a lime denied, then doubted, has at last been re luctantly admitted, even by the govern ment of Englaud. In a government blue book her inuiesty'i consul for the Somuli coast reports that "tho sluve trado has been very active or late, un mo loin oi Sept. (1BS8), dipt. Gissing captured three dhows and brought two hundred and four slave to Aden." The consul ut Zanzilwr writes (September, 1888) to the Murtpiii of Salisbury! "There la a mnrke.1 Increase in tho slave trafllo curried on under the protection of tlio French flag." The consul further state! that dhows carrying French colors wero constantly and regularly leaving for the Comoro Islands, Mnyotta and Madagascar, loaueu with slaves. In Juno, 1888, Brig. Uen. Hogg, duting from the Aden residency, wrote to tho Bombay government: "I have the honor to bring to tho notice of government that I have from time to time received reports of tho activity of the iluve trade from tho neighborhood of the Oulf of Tajourra. and I doom it my duty to Inform government of this fact with a view to such action being taken as may be divined advisable." From "Slavery In Africa," hy Professor Henry Drummond in Seribnor's. Ha Didn't Get It. London cabmen have many tempta tions to Impose upon their "fures," und It U hardly to be wondered at that they sometimes cntc.li a tartar In the attempt. Tho ntitlio? of "i tio riiuoso nher In Winners" says that a largo part of their undue gain is derived from timid women, who find It difhVult to withstand their bluster. Still, even a woman limy rcliel upon occasion. A ludy who once guvo a cabman an extra sixpence after pnyl'"K bis proper fare, found that ho was not disposed to be grateful. "Well. inum. " said lie, ungraciously, "I'll take the money, but I don't thank vou for it." "You haven't it yet," suld she, alert, ly withdrawing the sixpence, and he never did have it. Th llarmatlan or Withering Wind The namo of IiarinatUn has been mvixi a neriodical wind which blows from the interior of Africa toward the Atlantic owan during the three months of Deceuilier. January and rebruary It ;ts in with a fog or dry haze which sometimes conceals the sun for whole weeks together. Every plant, bit of grass and leaf In It! course is withered asthouirli it had been seared by lieut from a furnace; often within an hour after it begins to blow green gruss is I dry enough to burn like paper. Even tl.o liunlened natives lose ail oi me skin on exposed pari during the prev aleiu of this withering wind. at, Louis Republic. Ths Cbanflnf MtylM. Ethel Don't you know, dear, that tlod last vein's bonnet of yours Is very iiiifiodiioiiable this year 1 The fashion! r hamre so. Maud-Yi. and It Is so nice for you tlmt thev do cliange. The same fash h,na eoine back every three or four years, and now your bonnet U laJn.-Harper's Baiar. AT THE CLOVER CLUB. Bill Nys Mlif s wm-Ii. hut Hsys Noth Ing Ilr llrirrrla. T 1 now sn his tollClll fnct, tnli-lii-lnil hy tin-linn of n-Miin h, acriKitiin and irvptot:i-aiii, llint nlii-ii Ueuios tlieties went ou to the lunch iinil nw-tii-iil for wivks with his iiiinitli full of lihli, striving to outls'lUiw the billows ami )- t tly clinging to the titivuit of his (lixiiiime, even whilu the loud hoom of the breakers enugbt up hi shrill re mark and burl-l them into smee, he was not prepuriuit to iimkeaiiiiiiprwiiiiuiMinthe hitnryof Ins time, as we have Uvn tiniKht lle wns niiiiply relmimliiK a si-ivh which he mmI to deliver st Ih Clover eluh, of l'hila dclpliiu. People wlm bnva formed the Idea that riiilinlclphia i not given to sociability and a chivi-fiil liitiin-lianK of thought are unfa liulliir with the methiNlHiif the Clover dull, rHeiully unilcr tho administration of Mom I'lirni'll lliimlv. For Ihe liifiiriiiiitiiin of those who may read lii. ni.HW. vol have not hml the pleasure of ail.bx.linr this suiii-ful nigiiiiiuition, let in,. Niy that it i a eutiiiiiof the club to in vite .'iniiieiil HtntiwiiH'ii, l'ls, JuiIk"1, "' Iti., hihI other freaks to com to ils stimuli dinners and iimke snvIu-. The club a.its in tho ilelivery of tluno sieehi'S, il.liiig llmuulits of its own as the orator pro iiiils, aud also milking UiHiurii s reHriiiiin tlm in-rMiiiiil clmriictei Ht ies of the spisikcr, ah h iiimcH Cii iiIci to iiiveii iimaiwiiinpii f mm wlm t lie was alKiut to nay, The onlv way to i-ak sun-ewtuuy ai a Clover club dinner, 1 believe, i to avom ij linr what you were aliout In sny. 1 hud the pluasure of iioiuiiik a converm- simie witu the l lover ciuu on i mv ituKixtlislililllll lllivtilig. Iliad been led to U.li.iva tluit the air of refinement whli sHiple notice aUiut me wherever I go would entitle mo to tho rwvt and kind cousldera. tioii of tho eluh. Kveii shoulil that fall, How mur. I thouL'ht that no oim could help adiuir- Ing my unwavering eonlldeiire in inyscu, n.iiil,l,'niwlilch is all the more heroic and jHiiiHuworthy on my lrt, Uvuuso it bus not Utm slisred ny tin1 gcnerni piuiuu, . no great honor to imlorse a ipulnr man, but It Is i-ertainly meritorious In any one to show n.iitl,l..iue iii one w ho needs it very much. Hut the Clover club is notciiwli ucteu wnu . vlr to the buililiiilt UP alul fostering of rhetorlcid industries. It i built uin tho moral theory that a mail w ho Hvks publicly ilmn ml fur the pdillcation of tho uililicH-e. Tlila in a i.imint anil extroiiwly occentrlc hlea. tlmii'iallv it Is otls'rwise. Public skurs mi.iw.i mill enlov themselves, while the audi cih-c, though largely In the majority, has to suffer. If the nitunUini of the Clover club do lint like the tenili'iicics of a ieech, they Mig n,a m the mxiikui- some other line of UioimhL Thev do not do so offensively, They approach him in a courteous way, so as to avoid giving him dn. Peiiiu they sing eleven or twelve verses In refsivnee to tho Derby Pain, a Ubls delicacy of which the ..liil.i. iviMiiomitiilv foud. or iu some other adroit way they intimate to him that the pliiuuro of the audience should be consulted U foi-e that of the sicukcr. I iliil licit know that, i had always U'fore selllxhly revele.1 ill tho womlerfiU cadence ol my owu mehsliou" Hkowhegun voice, for getting that tho aiubenee hml rights. I enjoyed it very much, for I was down at tho foot of tho bible having fun with Dr. Ikdloo, und I knew that at thta rate, with a hundred guests to lie gently scared half to death ill thnt wnv, I would not be reached before Friday, and 1 thought that Ieould get sway Iwforo that tl mo. It wasatthissiipreiiie l it, when saturated with a souu.lng ,.r iM-uritv and congratulating myself on the wonderful way hi which Mr. Multby'i ,in. .nil hlted me. that the president of the club, oliserving Hint I had my mouth full of lee which 1 did not know what to do with, Introduced me to the brilliant assemblage. I felt emharnuwwl and was aUiiit to suy so, I believe, when ox-Oovernor Ihinn, who was spiKilnU-dsnd nvkvisltho sirtfollo as gover nor of Idaho solely by reason of his great turners as a eonvurnutlonlut, said something to mo which did not Uiir uism wliot I was about to say myself. While I was thinking of a bon mot which would wlK) (Inventor Uu'"i irom me laeeoi tbe earth, such as a reference to him as lluiiny, and a request thut 1 niigni os per- Itted to lay my um m uw uip unu uo .1. 111... tlm! Mr giMMi cry, or mieuum , - Jeroiiio, a Keutleiiiiin from New York, who Is ft) yiwrs of age, suld something which was highly enjoyable, nui wnii-u, iia;i ti P. ik'hiltnw. Col. McCaull sud Col W.-t'lura loin In the same lime, suenieu io onen up an entirely new mis oi iiiougu irum ' .'. ... I I 4..1I...H Ml.ut I hull lllll'l 11111 wiuiiun. I wiwalMiuttuailiiilnhaeraturt reuuse io Mr. Jerome, when I happened to remen.lier bis greutcr age and resolved not to do so, My attention was also at this time attracted i.uiim anuiiilsor music. It was a Tyrolean 3 . . . .1... ll...l.u n...i ui.i.-h air, and reiernn "i - ...ma to have a wild fuw'innliou for the gen- .l,.,,.,i of the club, and when sucn voices as !.. ..f Wavne llaeVrngli, UelL lloroie v..ri..r nifnilii It is well worth tnlng U Phil- ai'ehihia and sitting up Ull long after V ,vl,.li to hear. Mi. I decided not IO spwilt Willie lliese wen known vocalist were engaged in song, as they were ew-ored, tney ouugcu uy siiikiuk "Miirvlmid. mv Maryland," with lmirovliia- tions by the great Impresario, Mr. Jerome. I then stood on uie tansr leg annuo pm, triiil to recall what I bad suld, which bud reminded the auditors ot inese songs, uui i ivmlil not. In all my reiuarss so iar, ai though I had lieenon my una twenty miiiuusi , t Imdcaiufully svoldiil saying any thing that would call forth an attack of this kind. I had used no liwgiuigs wuicu wwiim naturally provoke such men as CoL Taylor nrC.,1 Mi-t'lure to song, t on mv feet aUOUl weiiiy nuuuuw, but during that time lean say truthfully i,t I mud nothing which I tow regret, People afterward sike of my Impressive ,ui,..r and snid I also used rare discretion In avoiding m many unp:eanaui icuiurc. which are ait to stir up iu loBiieg si sum They named whole eniuninsot iiunKswnicn I...I ilm evaderl. and every one said that if I bad erred at all it was in tue airecuoii oi ,i.-.rvatnim. All tbe nieiius rsoi wis ciuu who expivtHrd any opinion alsiul ll saiu tiiai tliey were in favor of printing my remark! with a rubU-r staiiip. Thi-rs can t no more comfortable sensa tion, I fancy, than to I a guest at one of these annual iIIiiihts, w Ith the sirwMial recog nizanw of the presidsnt in your j-K-ki-t bind ! ki.nuilf not to call uimn you Uir a siow h ml rertifylii that you have previously hod a fair and lniiartial trial on the charge that you were a good after dinner ieakr and tliat you have proved sn ohbL-UiU Nye io hew York orld. Milk front Heal. A inbstatice having all the essential qualities of silk lias been tnade from wild heinu of J man. The plant grows on moors and hillsides, and could be cnltivated. The fiber is stron4 and glossy, and several silk factories are sail to have found it to be in no way inferiof to silk. w VorV Jonmal. Tlie last ship to touch at Pitcairn Isl and, the bark frith of Clyde, report! that thcie are 117 souls on the island, 1 males and 73 females, and 83 or tnem are children. They all knew about the lential election in this country, and jok a lively interest in tbe outside world. They keep tbe Sabbath on Sat urday. A GLIMPSE OF GOULD. SOMETHING ABOUT HI3 PCRSONAL HABITS AND RELATIONS. Row He Sometimes l'U All Ihe Tra ditions CoiiceriiliMt lllin iratllilile. tinier Abine I eraonnl llalilti Ills Two Hons tieorge tlould's Wife. Meeting a friend who has grown more than middle sg.il iu the railway service between Ohio, Itnltiniore and New York, I said to dm: "In not tlould hi aliout as good shape as lie ever wf' "Oh, ym," suld my friend, whom I hare known since almtit 1H.0, "hs Is the most powerful factor iu the way of siieculution this country has wen. Hut he docs not do anything while ahrnnd. However, they will never lone til Jir rear of blm wherever ne may Ui. And tlould gets nearly all his had repu tation among the nicciilutors and ppimoters ho tried to client him, ami having failed, turn round and lute at mm, as me snase gnawed the Hie. I will give you an lustum-e of that which hupieiied under my own eye, hen no peinoti w tis In the room tint tlould and myself. I had U-en severely prejudiced Igiiiimt him, and would not have dared to go and sen him but for the intervention of a very ipiiet chap by the name of Ouppy, horn liould found In IheKrle railroad wuen bo went there. Ouppy was a wor, broken down, spine and chest crippled man, who never had the leant reason to supHiiw mm Oniild would treat him like a human being; but (lould found that under his ilineaxcd ex terior was a bright and llery mind, circum stantial in its correctness and completeness and reliable as well as brave. It is strange Unit these powerful men in our finances are often found out the lirst hy the humble and broken down men, who ore senmtlve about frlctuWiip and often get tho imwt of it. "Ho came to me once and told me that op ponents ot mine who had succeeded to the Krie railroad would break me down. Bald he: 'You have the right and logic on your side, but they have got tlie Now York city press and prevailing courts ot justice aim the big lawyers, and they will mash you to pieces. The only mail who can save you Is Jay Omild.' 'Then,' said I, 'I will not be saved, for I don't want to know Jsy Oould.' hut my quiet friend talked the matter all ovor again from the outset, and the conse quence was that, against my desire and pur pose, I found myself ons svsning calling on Jay Oould. That lirst evening be U(iset all mv trailitinus. I bad leameu so mucu auainst blm from what I had read and beard tliat I was charmed to find him aliout tlie the easiest man to understand I had ever known. I will tell you directly or at an other time why he gets along; It Is because he is so simple and not because he is so dex terous." "Is Mr. Oould a man of any gratitudof" "Yes, It is vory seldom that any person dues him a kindness but be fools it and warms to an opportunity to ropay it. I may also say that be Is a vindictive man. He duos not seek an enemy out and does not re sent mere mercantile opposition, but persons who lay for him and huiniliute bliu be re inemtiepi; ami he has got a good long memory for them. Whoever picks up Oould for a man without mental trait aud memory, undertakes ons of the greatest contests of this life. litis not a person to do a dirty thing, but be uiulcrstauus this business of finance and everybody wbo Is in it. And hs acquires bis information about them in generul from bow they U-have to himself, when hs bos given theiua fair and equal op"irtuiiity, either as opponents, wayfarer! or friends." "Ilus Oould any suffering tinder publlo abuse, luch as newspaper abusol" " He kecia a calm exterior and affects not to lie troubled by what Is said against him, but I think that all the sains it gives bliu suffering. As I said before, be is like most other men, and Is not exceptional to the themes ot the successful men of the time. but be never (wears uur uaes epithets nor severely discusses any private character. That Is why he Is often taken by schemer and visitors to be an overrated man. He takes no delight in being considered a smart person. As to bis other habits, be never drinks, and he never smoked but one cigar In his life. He told me when that happened; It was after he alul his associates bad beaten old Commodore Vunderhilt, who desired to capture ths Erie railroad. Tbey were somewhere in Jersey City, I think, and all the rest of them were playing billiards and smoking elgam, and Gould was offered a cigar, and feeling socialile be tried to smoxe it, and It mads him so sick that b has never made the effort any more." " In he a domestic man r "Entirely so. His strong bold is his fam ily. He Is far from being the man be was once considered, without higher associates and opimrtunitlos from persons who were much less abused tnan ninweu, ana auo run. But Mr. Oould has never lost bis head aUiut soclul recognition. Those who meet biin find a man plain and quiet, and lu my judgment there is something very lovely aooui nun, u you go to seek private and family character there. If you go after blm for a sensation, or to pick hli eyi-s out, you may find tliat be knows how to defend ins nesi use me eagie.- "Are bis sons persons ol capacity r "Yes. thev are smart boys, and Just the op posite from what you would exwct In this day of very rich men's sons. They are eco nomical, and nave serveu ineir apprenin ship to the niecliauical part of the railroad business, such as telegraphing and type writing, snd they are now prune icm in ineir father's business of finance. Ed Oould, I think, Is a cleverer fellow in his wits than Oeorge Oould, the eldest son. The father is working him Into uireciorsnips siowiy, so tliat be can pick up tbe flnanciol business. It Is a iKipular mistake, however, to suppose tliat Jay Oould dictates telegraph dispatches to either of bis sons, liouia oas a very re markable character of literary ability. I supMMe there is no man connected with our finance who can write as rapidly as be does, and you can never road anything between tlie lines when be signs a tolegrsph dispatch. Those who search through bis tommunli-a-tions to them to see If they can find out what be Is alut are Invariably disappointed." "In Oeorge Oould happily marrleur "Yes. It may not be generally understood, hut Oeorge Oould married the first girl be ever fell in love with, and that was why bis father and mother hastened to appreciate bis choice. He met his wife, warmed to ber, fol lowed her and married ber. They have a lovely child, and she hi a very accomplished ' ' . .. ...... il....t.C woman. There is snotner ihhuuim ut wmu sppreelotion of brightness and talent, ' Oeorgn's wife was a lody wbo nun la ber liv ing, through both necessity and cleverness, upon tlie stage. The parents hove nothing of the prig about them." "Oath" in Ciaciiiuatl Enquirer. la 14,000 Ysars tlie Kaiih Will flop. Marshall Wheeler claim! to have duv eovi red a third principal motion of tlie earth and the other planet, which lie says is more Important than tlie dis coveries of Newton or Galileo. After a study of fifty yean be ba! learned that every 20,903 yean tlie earth changes its north and south poles on account of the magnetism of the eartk The mn so strongly attract! one of the poles and repels the otlief that in every 20,903 years the earth be comes so heavily charged that It turns 90 degs. Tlie speaker said that about 8,000 yean ago the world made this turn. Sun Francisco Chronicle. The white ties worn by New York waiters are In most cases funiuhed by the house, and when the waiters are not ua duty the Ue! an left with lbs bead waiter.