MEMORIES.
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THE SHELL COMB.
Many 'l,'ir ,n t,M? """d ci,y ot
EJinbtirjih. Kil l and a youth of twenty
. aj i,v sidcon twochairs drawn close
pt tiible iihii which burned a lamp
filhifrc.-iilmlf.
He was carving n comb from a nn
(in of tortoise shell: she. la-tweeu in
ftrval of unifies weeping, wus watch
ins bim-
Tue room was in an tipper flat of
rjinburtfh. where people lived one above
tbe other long before Americann learned
10 do). It was tidy and well funiish
rf, and there were plenty of books. In
the place of honor Htood the Bible, and
Scull's works and the poeinn of Bum
Hid the writings of the Ettrick Shepherd
were to I Nr" 011 '"w 8'u-''v?8- By
the fire n matronly young woman rocked
I cradle as she darned a stocking, and
near her a big man with broad shoulders
iJ rol liair and lieard wits eating a din
ner which had Uvn kept warm in a yel
low bowl. The young people did not
term to hf'd their presence. Every now
jnd then the Kr' nestled her head
iaiiist the youth's shoulder, and he,
without ceasing to work, rublied his
check against her hair.
"It is done," he said, "and the pretti
est piece of work I ever finished! Keep
it for my sake, lassie, until I come back
,nin; it's all the present I'm like to give
jon."
It's a li.i:i::y ".c '" siiid she. "Uh. it's
I bouny comb! Ljk at the thistles and
heather on it! They'll wonder where a
poor trill like me got a comb liko that.
It's worth two pound or three at the
Intft."
"I had the bit of tortoise shell, and it's
just the work, Nannie," said the youth;
"nd now the great folk have given up
combs, why, oor folk will follow.
You're nut like to wear it; hut for a
token you'll look at it whiles, and say,
I looked at Jock when he was doing it,'
wd you'll know every stroke of the tool
had love in it."
Oh, Jock!" cried the girl in a sudden
passion of grief. "Oh, Jx:k! 1 canna,
bear it. 1 just canna. Don't go, Jock!
Don't, oh. Jock!"
She sat down beside the table, threw
her anus across it, hid her face in them,
md sobbed wildly. The man who had
been eating his dinner arose1 at this und
stepped out into the middle of the room,
i great red bearded Hercules, with black
iiiiitli written all over him her brother-in-law,
Donald McCoy.
i thought the lass bud a bit more
(ense," said he. "If Jock was willing to
lit down and starve with the rest of the
comb makers that the quality taking to
hairpins has put out of work, she might
bare reason to bellow. But he is going
away to make a home for her in a new
country, where ivery man doesn't follow
his father's callin' as sheep follow the
one the other. He'll have a farm in no
time. Comb making is but a finuiky
trade anyhow for a big, strong lad. I'm
glad I whs not put to it. Change what
may, folk must call on the blacksmith.
Fashions can't hurt him. And who
hows but the wife and I may follow
when yon write how rich you and Jock
i! getting, and how fine it is over there
it America."
But Nannie could only sob:
"1 don't want Jcx'k to go! I don't want
Jock to go and leave me!"
Men think less of changingtheirdwell
lug places and beginning a new life than
oiuen do. The new country, the farm,
presented no attractions to Nannie. She
preferred the old idea of the rooms be
hind the coinbmuker's shop, among her
li friends in Edinburgh. But, alas!
uib making had ceased to be a trade by
hkha man could win his bread.
Jock Emliry sailed for America, and
Xannie remained behind with her sister
md brother-in-law. She waited for let
ters. One tamo that had been written on
rd the vessel on which Jock had sailed,
ud then no more no more or any clew
to him.
Nannie knew that he was true, and
ever doubted him.
"Jock is dead: Jock Embry is dead,"
w said, one day. The next she put a
ribbon on her bonnet. She wore
uen she crossed the ocean with her
er's family. The ruddy blacksmith
d saved enough to make a home in
wrica, though there were three chil
wen by this time, and Nannie would
Part from all she had in the world.
used to look over the side of th"
Jfcameraad think of Jock, and how, no
tt. he looked into the waters and
wight of her. f she could but have
wwn bow he died, and where, she
ttongkt she should have been happier:
"he felt that that could never bo.
4U Scottish folk believe a little in
" supernatural, and she prayed often
Be Jock's spirit, but in vain.
At last, her feet trod the shore that
had trod.len. the earth where, no
bt,his grave was made. It seemed
Nannie as though she had come
to find it
was pretty, and yet young-not 23
"d in this new home of hers many an
canght by her fair face. Her
wther-in-iaw lingered in the city, loth
t. aJ 't. making every excuse to stay,
iId friends turned up, as it seemed
"annie, every day. They dropped in
40 wening to chat of old timas, and
j?" d another said sweet things to
"e; ae cared for none of them.
5inU:r no time to go out
3 Donald the blacksmith said, so
rJPent it in New York, neat his
bot taking pleify of holiday, and
-f Heath, from the old place, as big
,V "TOwny as Donald himself, was
Nannie's side.
as well to do for a mechanic; he
. W ill Wking; he was in love with
Hoping to win her before Donald
ey tiis women folks and bairns
jT-he did bj, courting brUkly. He J
fcisjjejf very Anr, oijoa Afld j
twice and tliric. cofuforted w twi.t.
opinion tltat girls said no when they
meant yes. and that women were all
Idiots; bnt still Nannie refused him.
"I canna marry you, Aleck," sho said.
for my heart is in the grave with Jock,
ana 1 11 never marry any Wn. but
wait until I meet him in heaven "
"The Bible tell you there is no mar
rying there," said Aleck.
"Ay, but there is meeting," Nannie
answered.
There was no need of telling him that
tr she had never cared for any one else
she would not huve liked him, or his
way of drinking too much whisky, aud
coming red faced and hot breathed to
his wooing.
Ho came thus on one Sabbath after
noon, when Nannie, after a fashion she
had. had twisted all her braids abnbt tl
comb Jock had carved for her.
"That is a pretty comb you wear,"
said ho it was only an excuse to put
out his hand and touch her lovely hair.
"A fine comb," said ha "Let mo look
at it."
Ho was fingering it as it set among
her braids, and to be rid of him she took
it out.
"It is the last gift my poor Jock gave
nie. Aleck." she said. "He carved it
See the fine work upon it He was cun
ning at his trade."
Aleck held the comb in his hand as she
K)ke, and in his intoxicated condition
Jock's name enraged him.
"To the dence with Jock ami his carv
ing!" said he, aud tossed the comb upon
the table violently.
Nannie tittered a cry. He had broken
it in halves.
Aleck was not sober enough to care for
the mischief he had done: but Nannie
cried over it all night, and to cwry one
who came her sister told the story of
how AlecS, in his tiiisy jeahunsy, had
broken 'Nannie's braw unnb, and it a
token of her sweetheart."
At last one said to her:
"She can get it mended. There's a
man I know of a cripple tlmUlocssuoh
work, ami he mends anything made of
shell or ivory, and he d'ies it well."
And then Nannie, with a little hope in
her heart, took her poor comlxand sought
out the shop.
It was toward sunset when sho reached
it, anil entered a tiny comer 4iop cut
from a larger one by a thotfty bIioo
niaker, that he might profit 1y leasing
it, and behind tho counter sat a man at
work, with a pair of crutches Waning
against his chair.
Nannio stood and watched hisolelicate
manipulation of a broken fan iLrsonie
time before she spoko. It remiiilnd her
of Jocks way of handling things. At
last she uttered a soft "If you pleaso,"
and he turned. He looked at her, she at
him.
"God be good to us!" Bhe gasped. "It
is Jock's wraith, or I'm besale myself!"
Then he urose.
"Na, Nannie, not my wraith, but just
all there is left of mo, my lass?' he said.
"You were living then and cared no
more for me," sho cried, "the while J
mourned yon!"
"I could not come back and hold you
to your promise to a strong man," he
said. "When the accident happened
that laid me on a hospital bed and made
nio rise up u cripple I said: 'I -will never
see her again. I could not g&re her tip
if I did, and it is my duty to do so. It
she thinks me dead she'll niotirn me and
forget mo and marry a betterman.'"
"You were cruel," said Nannie. "Oh,
Jock, what difference could a luirt make
to the woman that loved you but to
make her love you better?
She held out her hands to him and he
clasped her in his anus,
And so when Donald took his wife to
the far western farm Nannie stryed be
hind, for she had married Jtck mid was
the happiest little wnfe in all tae world.
Mary Kyle Dallas in Fireside-Compan-'on.
Siiviac of tlio C!i!nr3.
The Chinese in California lo noi i!p-
posit their saving irt our nanus, unu
leave their surplus enrnir.gs w.ui ua.iu
itiiie'.-epiKT fur rnfi'tv until lhc7 mo
ltadv to send tho money to Chine. Tho
storekeeiH?r thss not iiy tho tleprwtor
any interest; on tho contrary, ho charges
him a small nun for taking enro of. tho
m.nr TIim roKi'.lt is soino of tho Virin-
oipal merchants in iSi'.n Francisco bavo a
large amount ot money in meir mmu-.i
nil the time The danger of being rohlxd
is very slight, as all tho employes and
attaches of tho atoro sleep there, and
there is no f.r.ie, ('ay or night, but what
sonic ono to awai.o and moving about.
Tho money ii generally ko-)5 inaliro
proof safo or vault. San. Francisco Cor.
Chicago Herald.
Foriunea of tla ilnihschlliln.
It would seem that tho fortuno of the
UothsehUd dynasty is getting scattered by
the recent marriages of tho young people.
Now it to Mile. Alino who marries a bas
soon; the other day it was her elder sister
who married M. I-anilx-rt, of lirussels,
and her cousin. Mile. H. lene, who mar
ried a Dutch diplomat, Baron von Zuylcn;
not long ngo a Ullu. h Bothschili be
canio l'lii ceM i!o Wagrani. another
Duchess.0 Co Oramont, another siniplo
Mine. Ephrnssi aud another lady Eose
lierry. Tradition savs that tho old Baron
Jam. left a fortune of SM.OOU.OOO francs,
which was divided among his children,
four sons and a daughter, the Biu-oness
Nathaniel. Thus each inherited l.o.OCO,
000 francs, which have doubtless incrawri
and multiplied. The Argonaut.
An Astronomer In Commnnd.
Gen. Mitchel was at this time S3 years
old. He was of an extremely wiry
frame, and was jm messed of wonderful
endurance. His hair had lately grown
Krav, which made him look older than Iw
really was. He was accustomed to ride
a horse, whose gait was a pace. On thw
horse be was all over the camps at all
hours of the night and day. The guards
w ere never certain of his coming. I be
men soon learned of bis previous occupa
tin,, and called him "Old Stars. A
sentinel who had been reat.-dly twtj-1
while on dutv once remark. tliat lie
never could' look up without sc-iny
'Old Stars' coming along on bis screw
,in.mlUr."--Ur-of O. M. Mitchel. As
tronomer and (!i neral.
Molehill vs. Mocstais. -There a
position on the part of a few mwUlls to
magnify the little incident which occurred at
the postofflce last Tuesday evening. Lart
wwt we referred to CoL Crocker a a thief.
We were wrong. He ao armtl in IUiikhs
for arson and jompcJ his baiL Ho met us
in the portoaice and tn-tked us down.
While down. weeS,'lain.,i that wer. m
error, and be aiologu!ed ami Mjd brush
the dirt off our cl..the That", all there was
to it-one of the trifling incident, of eery
day life-and that da who are ek.ng to
.-ill nmken'.thins ty it
tinm-Wroit Fm
Pre
TMB DEADLY MORPHINE GUN.
Bow It Tranilurm. Women Into runrii
snd IVoru.
It Ii the olervatton of tboM emineDt In
medicine aud the law mm when a woman
tarts down hill he brau a mau Id Ihi
race to l!i depths of deKradalion, aud ouf
01 l at siirrnt
things wtierehy
h uiaf wiu tlis
vicious victory la
the use of opium.
Once a slave of ths
drutt he lives only
to get and Use It.
For lu iossesioQ
he stands rriuly
to sacrltiee any
thlnu and every
thliiK Decency,
honor and houeniy
are mile ihism left
far behind on Ilia
dowuwnrd couism,
and when she i.
not stupid with
the uarcotlc she
M0LL1I WILLIAMS.
exist, simply as a liar, thief and worse.
Tbi. wiut hhowo with Khockinit emphasis .
the other day at San Francisco, where Cor
ouer Oarwood had gathered a Jury to bold
an Impiest on the Issly of Frank Soto It
won nipiiosed that one Mollis William,
wa. responsible for his death, but she
assembled an array of female witnesses to
prove otherwise. It developed that Soto
was in Mollie's room with a lot of depraved
women, and while there tilled a hypodermic
syringe with a solution of morphine and
injected It In his arm. This i. what i.
called by "Hoods'' "taking a shot." The
syringe, known to the Initiate as a "gun,''
went merrily around, and all those present
forced the deadly stutf into their system.
Annie Wilson. Little Johnson, Dora Hayes.
Mollie Williams and a girl called Irene
all look shots
Then they got ready to go out again to
the saloons and streets In search of men
who would give tlieui more money with
which to buy more morphine. They were
used to the drug the William, woman
has taken it tor seventeen years anil it
ouly "braced them up " Hot Soto was In
comparison an amateur. He had "fired
in" an overdose, aud lay on the lied stupid
They tried to rouse him, hut could not.
He died In a few hours.
As the testimony was to the effect that
Che shot was self administered, aud that
Mollie Williams simply used the gun on
herself, she was discharged, and departed
to the slums in company with her ghastly
crew of witnesses
Itallu-r Ankwiinl.
There weir two pretty sisters who
had married, one an eminent lawyer,
the other a distinguished library man.
Literary man dies, ami leaves younger
sister a widow.
Some veai's roll away, and the widow
lavs aside her weed. Now, then, it
happens that a certain author und
critic lias tM'casiou mi a broiling day
iiisuinmer to call on the eminent law
yer, husband of the elder sister, lie
liuds the lawyer pleading and swelter
ing in a crowded court, sees that the
lawyer issiitl'eriiigdreadfully from the.
heat, pittes him, rejoices that he him
self is not a lawyer, and goes for a
fool saunter under the shelicringtrees
of a fashionable park and garden.
Among the ice eating, fanning
crowd there, he meets the younger of
the two sisters, und for a moment
thinks he is talking to the elder.
Oh, .Mr. ," says the lady,
"how dreadfully hot it is here!"
'Yes, madam," replies our luckless
critic, "it is hot hero; but 1 can assure
you the heat of this place isn't a cir
cumstance when compared with the
heat of tho place where your poor dear
husband is siiU'ering today."
A horror stricken expression conies
over the face of the lady, she rises
from her chair, and tlounccs indig
nantly away. Now lork ledger.
The Dcriiy of Iteveu:;e.
I low surprising it would be to any
Nineteenth century man who should
read tho l'salms for the first time at
the age of rolloction, to note how la
vid (or whoever did that terrible curs
ing) wus in continual collision with
"enemies!" The word occurs ninety
.i .... i . i -
four times in llie loo isaims; uiiriv
tlve times joined with tho possessive
pronoun "mine." Can we conceive
of Tennyson and Urowning. not to
speak of Charles Weslev and Whit-,
tier, giving enemies such a place in
their hymns? (Jueen Victoria has a
good deal larger frontier than David,
and may Is' ollieially supposed to have
enemies all over the globe; 'out even
when we sing "Ciod Stive the IJueeii"
we are content to wish their "knavish
tricks" frustrated and their "silitics"
confounded, and do not want to take
their little s and dash thein
against the stones. Hut not only may
wo congratulate ourselves on the
waning of the dread passions of hatred
ami revenge; we may also, I feel sure,
rejoice in t lie positive development of
the converse sentiments of benevo
lence and sympathy. The enthusiasm
of humanity is a truly modern pas
sion. Frances Tower Cohbe in Fo
rum. Sairil Ii) lU-
About 4,(MI0 anecdotes have lieen
published under the above title, in
which dogs have figured in proserviii''
human life. We had a dog once noted
for saving things, but there wasn't a
life among them. Ho kept the things
lie saved under the summer kitchen,
and his hiding place wasn't discovered
for a long time; not, indeed, until it
became necessary to tear up the kitch
en floor to find a good place, to deposit
some chloride of lime during a chol
era season; then we found what had
been "saved by a dog."
There wen; a couple of kittens, a
cat, two or throe ruts and a chicken,
all very dead; a large assortment of
bones, "the remnants of an ottoman,
for the theft of which the best hired
girl we ever had was discharged; a to
mato can, a couple of teaspoons, a
, .a, i. i.i
torn volume oi itoyies games, nu oiu
hoopskirt. a canary bird, a nutmeg
grater, a plaster of Paris pigeon and a
cook book. It is rawly that there is so
much saved by a dog, for they nr.:
generally improvident. Texas Sift
iugs. A Curlona Theory.
The following novel statement, in regard
to pulmonary consumption are attributed to
Dr. P. H. Kretzrfhmar, of Brooklyn: First,
if there are many children in a family, those
born after the sixth or .fur the seventh are
.it to develop pulmonary consumption; leo
oud, if the children In a largo family are
born at khort intervals, lay one year, the
youuger one. .re apt to develop pulmonary
consumption; third, if the offspring of
b'althv parents, burn under condition,
named' .hove, ewajw the .Unease, their chil
dren are pt to develop puioiooary consump
tion. Herald of Health.
Professor Jw -II has constructed a
machine on the g-n- rul principles of the
tvj writer, for facilitating convcr-ation
with deaf mutes.
The industry of extracting oil from
cedar boo;lis ii growing to large proper-
m
tioui in ilaine. j
AN ENGLISH SWANERY,
Row the Itr.iHKul IlinU An Rr4 W
Kraml ml Abbot bury.
A very curious sight does tlw marshy short
t AboUhiirv present In the brtvdlng season.
Theu the ground is dotted Rilli hosts, . mir
of swan, to each, one covering the riigt, the
other sitting or standing, a snow lut senti
nel beside his mate. The awaits do not breed
Until they are 3 yi'ars old. they are strictly
monogumous, and the loiilu turd tnUs liii
full share in the Incubation. The units,
formed of dry rels, are of great site, and
re made Uhhi gray tiissocks among the
t..icrs, the wiioW Itreiiling ground, moist with
runnel, of the water, beuij; so freely inter
otcd by narrow allies of sound turf that
the visitor I) enabled to iiesst them Vosuly;
nor docs his approach di-turb the cpmiiiinity
of thn birds, though, if niolcxttsl during the
breediu,; season, or while the tirnod is young,
the swim is a bird that Mill defend himself,
and still more his ITpriiig, with ciui,leralile
valor. They Uy from lite to eight very
large thick shelled white eggs, and the pet toil
of incubation is six week
The swuu Is not indigenous to tho British
isle, hut is supposed to have ticeti lutnsluced
from Eastern Kuropeor Asia many reuturin
back. Our climate, however, suits them
well, and at Allthury they have flourished
exceedingly. The iiunilier there now isalsmt
SOU; formerly more were kept, a. iiidiiv as
I..VXI; wlule furttier hack, again, tradition
gives the number as 7,000 or M.OtHi. u winter
time many sorts of w ild birds put in an ap
pearand, when the sooty plumage of innu
merable coots forms a striking contrast with
the snowy whiteness of the swuns. Some
yean back a black swan, that rara arts in
tcrris, kept the white ones company for
while, but none knew whence it camo or
whither It went There are also hopjiers, or
will swans, a smaller ieciea.
Wild ccics are, srhaM, always smaller
than tame, though generally more beautiful,
but this dis-s not seem to be the cae with the
swan, as M, li.iillon, king's counselor and
bailiff of Walwii, at M"iitreiiil sur-Mer, re
marks: "The abundance and the choice of
food augmented the bulk of the tame swan,
but its form has lot none of its elegance; it
has preserved the -amo grail's and the same
freedom in all Ms motions; its majestic port
is ever adniiri-i). I doiiht whether even all
these qualities are found to equal extent in
the wild bird." At Ablsiislairy, however,
the swam are not fed; they llmi I ample pro
vision for themselves in tho alg.ii and other
marsh plants w hich grow on the luiuksof the
Flirt.
The grace and pow or with w hich the swan
moves in what we may cull his native ele
ment are delightful. On land he hag been
couple.! withtheilisiuoiuiiiil dragoon to illus
trate the extreme of aw kwardness, and it
must bo confessed that his gait is more un
gainly; hut all'Xit he is superb. According
to that ken observer and eminent natural
let, Ituffon, the sw an prescutM the tlnest uat
Dr.il model for the art of navigation. "Ill
raised neck and round swelling In-east exhibit
the prow of a ship cleaving the naves; its
broad belly represents tho keel; its Issly,
pressed down liofore, riv-s hohiud into the
item. The tail is a genuine rudder. Its feet
re broad oars, and its wings, half opened to
the wind and gently Inll.Med, are the sails
which iiuicl the animated machine." Corn
bill Magaiina
Mlrtmrl Ansel.i Wus Slow
Probably one of the liveliest parties which
ever visited Europe from this country iu
the one composed of meiuls'rs of the old Owl
club, of this city. Those who composed it
were Tom Kirkwissl, Fre i Stanley, Harry
Billings, Scott. I.inn and Ileverly Chambers.
PiMir Chamtiers and I.inn have died since.
This little party was given a grand banquet
t the Owl chili's rooms on tho eve of their
departure, and were mude to lie in flowers
tnd bathe in wine.
It was no limited, "Conk', tourist" party,
tnd each man took his "roll" with him, baut
upon seeing the Old World thoroughly. They
bad their own secial guide, everywhere. In
Rome they engaged the most cxRrt courier
sud took in all of the celebrated urt galleries,
u ono of these tho courier paused in front of
n old painting and said, impressively, as he
pointed ot the cruras: "That is by Michael
Atigelo. Itt;ok lino nine years to paint it.1'
The boys regarded it Intently. "You don't
mean to tell ma that it took Mike nine years,
to paint that,1' said Stanley, finally. "Ittook
Michael Angelo that time to paint it," said
the guide, "Well," said Fred, "I'll lay 1U0 to
1 that Hunk Milligan could have iaiuted it
In three days." The courier said he had never
beard of him. "Never heard of Hank Milli
gan I" exclaimed Stanley. "Well, he may
not be know n here in Rome, hut overy one In
Chicago knows him. He's a sign painter."
If the guide, had not been Retting extra huge
pay he would have quit tho party iu disgust,
s he really loved urt. Chicago liurald.
"Cheer, Hoys, Cheer."
Many of the songs of the late Dr. Charles
Maekay obtained a opularity such us the
works of other verse writers of his age never
secured. The two famous songs, "There's a
good time coming, Isiys," and "Cheer, boys,
cheer" songs which are known wherever
the English language is spoken were written
by Dr. Maekay. The second of these hot
connected with its popularity a very curious
story, and one which is well worth recalling.
During the Indian mutiny Nana Sahib found
the song or, perha, we should rat her say,
the melody to w hich it was set of great una
in encouraging his tnmi when in action.
Stranger still, heorder.1 the band to strike
up this air while his unhappy victims wer
being slaughtered in the assembly rooms be
fore being thrown into the well atCawiqiore.
It can hardly lw wondered that the author,
u he himself tells us in his memoirs, from
that time never eared to recull his composi
tion. The world at large, however, ignores,
or more probably has never realized the sin
ister associations attached to "Cheer, boys,
cheer," and to this day the tune is a fvorit
one with the passengers ou the emigrant
hips that leave Liverpool for America or
the colonies. Montreal Star.
How the Lark Hints.
The lark ascends until it looks no larger
than a nddge and can with difficulty be seen
with the unaided eye, and yet every note
will be clearly audible to persons whoir.
fully half a mile from the nest over which
the bird utters its song. Moreover, It nevur
cease, to ting for a moment, a feat which
teems to be wonderful to us human beings,
who find that a song of six or seven milium
In length, though intcrs)iersei with rest, and
pauses, i. more than trying. Eveu a prac
ticed public speaker, though h can pause at
the end of each sentence, find, the applause
Of the audience a wc sunn relief. Miareover,
the speaker aud singer need to use no exer
tion save exercising th' ir voice Yet tht
bird will pMir out a continuous song of nearly
twenty ii.inute iu length, and all th. tuna
has to support itself in the air by th. eoo
Itant ua. at lie wing. Oood Worsta,
..t n. Sleek.
An old ludy from way back region
eame to the city to do sonio "trading."
As she looked around the elegant store
with vague wonder a dandy Door walk
er approached her.
"What can I do for you today, mad
am?"
"I wanter to g' to the place where
you sell dry goods."
"It is right here, madam. What
kind of dry goods do you wautT
"Dried apples, mister."
And for once a floorwalker waj non
plussed. Detroit Free l'resa.
He Was Capable.
First Passenger Can you tell m
the timet
Second Passenger Yes. sir (contin
ue to look at tba Tie). Jawalaft
Circular.
baovs Finsr letter.
II llr.ike I'p an lulerrsilnf Curd I'arly
n. I Turnt.1 a lirnimiirr's Course,
The smoking room of the I'ulhiiaii
car held a merry company on Saturday
evening, ami none was inure hilarious
than the heavily imi-taelic.l drummer,
who told stories, played cards and
laughed loudly with icon, .est than
any. "lie's a case," whispered a gray
headed passenger, nodding toward thp
lea Icr of the fun.
"Another gitmef" asked a player, as
the train drew near an Important city.
"No," ausAered the drummer. "I'va
got to get olT hero after mail. I tele
graphed ahead to have it brought ti
the depot."
As the train started after the halt he
re-entered t ie ear, holding a half doen
letters lu his hand. There was ono
willihis linn's card on tho envelope,
hut he diil not open it llrst as he set
tled himself in a comer of the compart
ment. Another was from a leading
customer, but the cover remained tin
torn. He sliullled the package until he
camo to a little sipiare envelope, stst
marked iu an Interior town and ad
dressed in a girlish hand.
Quickly came oil the wrapper, and
an intricately folded epistle, appeared.
Rapidly his eo read the llrst page.
"Dear husband," it began, and tender
words of alTectioti followed. "I am so
lonesome," it went ou, "and miss you
so much."
"I can't bo running homo every few
days," thought tho reader. A shade
of determination to attend to business
Instead of yielding to his inclination;
passed through his mind, and he read
on, "llaby wants you, too, and here is
her letter asking if you won't come
home next Sunday,"
What was this that followed I Thn
tracings of the sheet were not distinctly
aeeu in the jarring light. Ah, now lu
sees it the outline of a chubby hand;
the pen marks have been drawn around
the tiny lingers, and as the father looks
he can almost distinguish the pink palm
ns it lay on the 'iHr. Dimples are In
the knuckles and delicate wrinkles
mark the Joints of the dainty lingers.
Then the little pleading face and sweet
blue eyes, with the mother's brown ones
bending over, eomo before him and his
own till with dreamy tears for those
most dear to him on earth. It is thn
aweetest picturo man can eoneeivo and
portrays the truest and best love possi
ble to human evHrience.
"Hurry up," comes from the card
tablo. "Don't spoon over your girl's
picturo all night."
"Go on with your game, hoys," says
the drummer, half laughing, "Hero is
tho best hand ft man ever held," and
lie shows the party a quick gliinpso of
the rude outline.
Somehow the game dragged after
that, and when a few moments after
the drummer started to leave thn com
partment, some one asked, as If by In
tuition, "Going homer
"Yes," was sho answer. "I can
catch a train In that direction at the
next station."
llaby's llrst letter had proved a pow
erf ul one. Detroit Free Press.
A llllnd Spot In the F.yft.
It is remarkable that, although tho
optio nerve is of all parts of tho eye the
most sensitive to light, yet should nn
object fall ou It as we look around us
and some object must always bo thrown
on it it Is invisible tons; unci in our
Held of vision there is in reality a gnp,
though in ordinary sight the surround
ing edges of this gap draw up together,
and so fill It. Hut by closing ono eye,
by practice one may actually force the
object which is rellected on to the optic
nerve to disappear completely from
the Held of vision. Hernsteiu tells us
that even the sun itself can bo mudo to
disappear If It fall exactly on the blind
spot where tho optio nerve enters the
eye. This may account for the faet
that some people can close ono eyo and
tare the summer sun without wincing,
Chambers' Journal.
Indiieiirn .if Sunlit Courtesies.
The small, sweet courtesies are in
potent in their iutliicnco upou our dally
life, softoning its usperities, rounding
its angles and Insensibly couiM'llihg
Imitation. For who could be churlish,
or even cold and indifferent, when sur
rounded by an atmosphere of genial
warmth? Tho little everyday mid all
day thought for others is not hard to
some gracious natures imbued with the
rare virtue of self forgetfulness; but to
those who long for the admiration of
their fellow creatures, the practice of
the small, sweet courtesies can be roc
'Oiumcndod as an unfailing means of
gaining thtit approbation. Mr. Drown
ing expresses it thus:
Twos her thinking of others made you thluk
of bur.
Jlarpor'a Weekly.
At Naples a marble statue of the pa
triot Mario Pa gu l xecuted by Achllle
d'Uisi for the commune of Hrien.a,
was standing ready iu the workshop,
packed U he sent to Ibien.a, when
some boys in the shop kindled some
wis 1 b make a lire to warm them
selves. They left the workshop with
out extinguishing the lire, and the
Humes spread to the sawdust laid for
the statue to slide on when removed,
und in a short lime the li''tire, all hut
the head, wus burned und reduced to
chalk. The statue weighed live tons,
aud was valued ut l.'i.oou fruhes.
The Art .if Cmnpliini-nlliig.
It is a rare ncconqiliOiincnt in man or
woman to bo able gracefully to make
compliments. The diflicully lies in tin
fact that honest praise or approval always
loses by U-ing 'a little coox.il or H'ttisl."
The briefest expression w hich l ars tin
air of sincerity is Is-tter than the most
elaborate etTusioii and profusion of com
pliinentary phr:ts-s, w hich by daily use
have almost lost their sen-. One nts-d
not be rude to be true; but if, on the
other hand, he is too elTiisive he forfeits
his Isst claim to credit.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Our Oldest Canal.
The oldmt canal in America is for sale.
It is called the 1'iiimi canal, and extends
from the N-huGkill river, near lb-ailing,
Pa., to the Su-oii. hanna at Middletown
The route was lirst surveyed iu llCti. but
the canal was tint completed until 1BJ7.
It is eighty-nine mil.-s in length and cost
43.000.000. CbicaL'O .New..
THE MuCKINQ BiPD.
There Is no other bird sings half Ilk. UuUl
From Kdi n's howrrs u hew,
Out to the world, will, wavering pluniNjri
riiy, I
With the unhiiii) twain, that ,Ml day I
Theriweit imrs.ifili w.
It is lint nll.i Iiiurtlf or lark.
Oh, a iliviin r hird!
In in. nil tiffed (ure..t, meet IMlh ulghl au4
dew,
Auil sun klrcd meiidiiw s, w lieu th. aprlnil
g.n-s Ihronuh,
Its i nn e Is i i er heard. j
Its niu! In hreaks w here roses hluw, j
NN here hone siiekh s ream; 1
Thn wind !!e .eft annuel It, and the rain I
Df tearful April purls in ihuiii, I
Nor dumps Us dull li) hnllie, !
Whence cnnietli It and guriu It? I
Horn (nr lh null's delight.
No hint that flits tlinnigli glories of ths'
.l.iwn, :
Or heui. u ir l cniiiK, ihiivu deepening twl-
light draw n,
Ciiu limn, i "s heart ii..tet i-ll .-lit.
-Mark A. CuiidUr In Atluntu I eiuilmtlon
L.rgf. la.tili.w n.-rs.
There Is only one landed proprietor
in F.nglaiid Miesed of inure than l)ll,
i):li) acres in one county, there lining
three In Ireland and no less than four
teen iu Scotland. In I'.uglaiid the
Duke of NorthuiulH'rlaii'l is proprietor
of lSu'.t'iltt acres iu Northumberland.
In Ireland Mr. Kichard litirridge is
proprietor of H'.O, I..? acres in Galway,
tlio Manpiis of Coiivughaui 1 '.". Hi
acres in Donegal and the Marquis of
Sligo I I" .' in Mayo.
In Scotland the Duke of Argyll is
proprietor of lliS,:il."i acres in Argyll;
the Karl of llreadalbane, "111. Kill acres
in Perth and Sdl.lW acres iu Argyll;
Mr. Fvau Hail io, of Docbfour, 111, I IS
acres in Inverness; tho Duke of Hue
clench, J.Vl.TrJ acres in Dumfries and
lOMo'l in Kovburg; Mr. Donald Cum
emu, of Locheil, 10',1,.'71 acres iu In
verness; the F.arl of Dalhoiisie, Hill.t'iU'J
acres iu Forfar; the Duke of Fife, loll,
cu'll acres in Aberdeen; the Duke of
Hamilton, lii'.'.'.MO acres in Hute; Sir
George Macpherson Grant, to:!,;!?'.'
acres iu Inverness; Sir James Mat he
son, 4llli,070 acres hi Unss; the Duke
of Uiehinond, I.V.),'.).2 acres in HatilT;
Sir Charles Koss, 110,1 15 acres in lloss;
tlio Karl of Sealleld, ltlO..M acres in
Inverness.
Last, but not least, the Duke of
Sutherland, with no less than 1,178, 151
acres In Sutherland, so that his grace
Is s.ssessed of very nearly the whole
county, the total area of which is 1.2U7,
8J(J acres. London Tit-Hits.
Japanese Mirror.
Sonio Japanese mirrors are supposed
to issoss it inagid quality, which has
rendered them objects of superstitious
rcvereiieo for centuries, and, ill fact,
it lias even puv.lod modem science not
a little. When a strong beam of light
Is so rellected from one of them as to
bo thrown upon a screen there appears
upon the screen an imago iu delicate
tracery K-rfectly reproducing the pat
tern engraved in relict on tho back of
tho mirror, which of course is alto
gether hidden from the light. Inas
much lis .the face of the mirror presents
it surface that is perfectly smooth ap
parently the reason for this phenome
non is dilllcult to llnd. Its cause, how
ever, is simple enough. The prelimi
nary operation of polishing the face
consists in scoring the cast disk with a
harp tool in every direction.
The thicker portions, where tho or
liauientatiou in relief is on the back,
offer more resistance and the result Is a
corresponding inequality of the pol
ished surface. This inequality Is not
siilllcieiitly marked to be visible to the
naked eye, but it is enough to turn the
rays of light, and thus the pattern of
thoengravingoii the back is reproduced
on tho screen In the manner described.
These so called magiu mirrors are ao
highly valued that they sell from ten
to twenty times the price paid for or
dinary ones. Washington Star.
Indians of Welsh i!xl ruction.
The three tribes ou tho Fort Hcr-
thold reservation are included iu the
(lino tribes in tho United States that
have never been at war against the
government. Of these three the Man
dans are the smallest, numbering n lit
tle over 200, smallpox having almost
destroyed them about 1851 Hut they
are tho most interesting. There is a
story to the effect that they are descend
ed from some Welshmen, who hailed
west from Wales In the Kleveiith cen
tury and wero never heard of after
ward. .
Tho story Is that this party reached
the mouth of the Mississippi and worked
their wiiy up that river. Uf course
take no stock iu this story, but It Is a
remarkable fact that many of their
words resemble tho Welsh language,
and they are of a much lighter coin
tili'xion than Indians usually are.
There are full blooded Indiana almost
wliito among tlieiii. St. Paul Globo.
The Hk.iplsys of Itussla.
The Skoptsys, a religious body In
Russia, believe in self mutilation, but
will not submit to amputation, al
though knowing that a life may be
saved thereby. They are expert danc
er". Hesides dancing and yelling for
hours without intermission, they add a
midnight acrobatic performance to their
ceremony, many of the tricks and con
tortious being dilllcult lu tho extreme,
St. Louis Republic.
Holiest? an Kssmitial Character.
It may bo that honesty Is not a Chris
tian grace, but it Is a moral quality
which is essential to all Christian char
acter. It may not constitute the Chris
tian, but ho is a sorry Christian who la
without it. Kvidently there is a grow
ing demand for this homely but valu
able quality, the absence of which l
bringing reproach on so many names
and wrecking so ninny Institutions.-
A .MIlluallMic Mrri.msta-.
Hostetter McGinnis-It is mean of
you to lw always abusing your friend
Jones behind his back.
Gus Do Smith I can't see it that
way. If I abuse him to bis face ho
will pound the life out of me. Texas
Sittings.
A citizen of Muneio, Intl., k.sossos
tlio flag that was wrap"l about the
body of General Nathaniel Lyon, the
first northern general to lose his life iu
the civil war, when ha was carried off
the Held.
I uy I'liungli,
Julian Mitchell, Hie stage manager,
was rehearsing a n.uipar.y of variety
people who had wax.-j ambition and
planned to go forth into the flowery
fields of polite f.irce. Among them was
a knockabout team, one of whom wa
cast to play a gilded youth who figures
prominently in the piece. His ideas con
cerning the proper 1" rforiimiice of the
role tv-reMipreiiiely weird, and (meatier
ikmiii Julian overheard the followingcon
Venation between Hie portray of the
modern swell and hi-i partner:
"Say, Hilly, I ain't got no u-o for these
dood pans. I can't gi t no conception uv
Yin."
"I'omo oi f. Culf shootiu's dead easy,"
"I'.ver Uy it,"
"Sutinly. ivelcey ain't ill it with me
when it comes to wearin dr.s props,"
"Well, tlio -.Mine's a dead hard one for
me."
"Nix. All ye got to do is to remem
ber you're a gent what's wearin gent'i
clothes mid lettergol" New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The I'lelil f.ir the Inventor.
Ill the realm of machinery and manu
facture tin' inventor is yet but entering
upon his infancy. Many millions of dol
lars have been reaped and are to be ac
cumulated by tho inventor in machinery
who mnlcrstuiiil the complicated needs
of humanity. The central idea in this
work is to reduce labor, expense and
time to the lowe d point, and so to econo
mize in the use i if material that th'TO
will bo no aliMiluto waste. To enter
upon this t'nM of invention one cannot
trust to accident and happy luck, but he
must lirst thoroughly acquaint himself
with the laws of dynamics and mechan
ics', so that he can appreciate an im
provement when it is suggested to bit
mind. George K. Walsh in New York
Enoch.
Worth a Dollar Drop.
Century old liqiiorisrarely heard of these
days, mid when Its age and ipiality are
established It In sure to bring a large price.
A workman lit Heading, I 'a., learned this
too late the oi her day and now regrets hi.
rash action While engaged In tearing
down a building he found iu the cellar a
peculiar looking llask, which was very
sin lent, was made of solid silver, and when
cleaned did not appear to !? any the worse
for its long tiiii ial la-neath the ground, uu
one side was nu engraving of the original
Independence hall, and on the other ap
peared mold Knglish letters. "Ye Whiskey
1'lio.ke Josmli NMmlliorsi. inenasa
was full of a thick, oily iile.tauce, and Ilia
Under, not knowing what it was, poured It
out. From the few drops remaining ao
expert pronounced the Hind whisky, and
declared that every drop of it would have
been worth a gold dollar to theowuur had
he known Its value.
Criminal Cases In r.i.gliiml.
Justice in the llniish isles may be slow.
but it gets there sooner or later. Seven
years ago a warrant was Issued against an
Knglish puncher for threatening to shoot
two police olliccrs '1 he other day he was
sentenced for that olTi'use to a tumuli's Im
prisonment, with hard labor .Two other
sentences of recent date are worthy of
Hutu. An I'.nglish tramp, arrested and
brought la-fore the Justice of the I'et worth
police court (or the crime of 'dainaglng
one cut clover liy sleeping on It, was
lined by the justice, with the alternative of
going to jail for eight days In another
case, at the Uroinsgrove petty sessions,
where a woman was charged with stealing
some apples, it was alleged against her
tl i ut tlie steins of the fruit "lilted" the
trees from which they were .aid to hava
been stolen.
How a Coiinlerteller Was Caught.
K. T Wallace recently Journeyed from
Seattle to Son Francisco and started Into
well the volume of cola at the western
metropolis. Iledo
voted some time
to the manufac
ture of half dol
lars, mid after ao
c u in ii I a 1 1 n g a
large stm-k he
.ought means to
put them in circu
lation. Hut he
proved a poor,
judge of human
nature when he
made a coiilldaut
' rWvJHf
of Henry I). Kox,
a conductor on the
Suitor streut cur T WALLACE,
line. Kox apparently entered Intoaschemt
for "shoving the queer" and made an ap
pointment for the next evening. He didn't
keep the engagement himself, but sent
.ome olliccrs In his place. They haled
Wallace away to prison, and found ou hi.
person a lot of bogus coin. At the fellow'
room they discovered many tools of the
counterfeiter's trade, and it looKsaathotigb
the man from Seattle would spend tht
next few years iu close retirement.
Tho Poirur of the Hhoo.
If von nio coin abroad, turn a deaf
ear to tho travelers who know it ell and
assure you that wise virgins and tlirifty
take old boots to wear on the steamer.
Never for ono moment believe ia that
delusion, for it is a delusion of the basest
sort Have you a single spark of vanity?
Thou carry your most irresistible shis-s,
and put thorn on, too, for never will they
be displayed to better advantage. When
the stormy winds do blow and whisk
your sailor skirts about, don't you think
a smart pair of patent leathers is going
to do a great deal of execution ujwn sus
ceptible hearts a you take your morn
ing stroll along tho hurricane di-ck ortha
jibboom or those other delightful prome
nades which people take on shipboard!
With earls and dukes always crossing, it
is a chance not to be lost. New York
World.
Wbeii .Male. Increase.
Professor W. K. Hrooks has discover
ed that a favorable environment tendi
to nroriuce nn'excess of female among
both animals und plants, und unfavor
able conditions an excess of tho op
posite sex. If this be true, and the
professor has demonstrated that it is,
a race or species which Is on the brink
of extinction will have an excess of
males among it. numbers. St. Louhi
Republic.
A genius in tho begging line has made
bis apiiearauce in New York. He is
dressed like a respectable 'longshoreman,
is careful to keep himself neat and clean,
and always carries bunch of cottoa
and two dimes about with him. He
stuffs the cotton in one cheek, assume
an expression of inteuse misery, put the
dimes in the hand that ia not engaged in
rubbing his swollen cheek, and asks the
first benevolent looking man he meet
for a nickel to complete the sum of S3
ccnta necessary to have a tooth ex
tracted. The grapple plant of tho Kalahari dea
ert ia aaid to be a real vegetable curiosi
ty. In iU general appearance it looka
more like a star fish than a plant, and
each ray or arm ia tipped with barba,
which, when fastened to the wool of
aheap, haTB to ba cut out, that being tiu
only way of rwnovlna them.
tv jrizs. Jts. s