A MOTHER'S GOODBY.
lit dual h Ike wir tit rotir saolbar, mf aof,
Votl tiarrottiy a ntumi hi. I know;
Hut '.g mil iat nil I git juu utt uiJi.
adtite. Il i all Hint I bat to bcsitm.
ou lim u lu k lor rni.lo) mrnt. my bnri
H)r Id acrid ) m hr )rt iu U Irirdi
!lnl la all lla liui.iaiiuiia ami irutfttli )t
lllrel,
M) )iittr heart In the Sat lutir rntif.de.
Vuu will ft mi Iti the ftatr lirl a Ihlilr. any btitj
Il U the laaik ill all other llir heal;
Il ill Ira. Ii )' U In In, ll i:i help ynu la die,
.'lid !.! I II r (nr ill llir I leal.
I irtr .ni lu liml iu )oiir i radlr. my boy,
I hate laiik'M "U Ilia I" 'I llial I knra,
.ti.d a luiin til imr t HTinll nie lo lite,
I Mill litter 1 1 it a itig fur )ou.
Vmir f.iilirr I t .lining lo wish ).mi irwlh;
Oil, Ima um! ami Ii.k lour m will l:
II j I wlirnlar Imiiii tua writ ul your child.
less! ji,i ) o'ltb
Vim will ii on uiUr )uur father ainl fur.
I f mil ..u to luift rtt r wnnl I hate atd.
r or ll i-otma Inne a heart lllled aith luvr;
Ami. mi) ist. if in i. .er behold iri uu earlb.
III OM .. :. u meet us alsiter
Mold fi loi'.r right. Until fast lo Ihr right,
Wherever tear f.tirii tua) rmviti;
lib. forsake n.a the ar of saltation, uiy '"').
'I bal mi li-nrm-it from your mot tier al born a.
-Our uiiur.
A IHLKMMA.
Mr. tVrtr.uu Lamar wit mi tlie arm of
n 1 1i.ur in I In- hull f tin' hotel at N nr
l. rough and iilly swung In foot. Mr.
Lamar wna lmril. An extended ac
quaintance w ith thi Voting man force
me to oiiifina iii.ii lie wat not often af-
tin till in that wav. Wo know that no
limn can a-pire to ! of the highfat
( fashion witliout -nii-t .1 lit ly experiencing
tin j.nnH of thi distinguished ailment,
ainl vet Mr. Lamar una uiiqueatiouahly
nf the high.-! faahioii. The moat rtiraory
glauco would it'll you tliia. Any one
could see thut kit belonged to tho beat
people, thut he wua used to the beat
laiiplf, that only tin U-t i would
be U-urulilo to him. lint now he waa
genuinely bored.
Ludii- paaed -old one, who swept
up tln diiHt w ith traina, ami who creaked
a they nioifil, u if they wante.1 oiling;
yoiniK onra iii 1 i lc lit frm ki nml wiile,
HuwitoiI hula riut a hhailow over the
rli-ant . Thi'.v krpt ItaiiKiiiK ohii
the cluxa Juora Ullil K""'X out into the
lita.i- of ami bey. mil, with a litirtin
into I liH'in of hire jmraMila, or rouiiiiK
into tin-1 .'if the hall, with the rna
lima. .. .ilhini; of the iuraia
tit.lili'iily furleil ainl tne tniiiii; of little
Itii-la on the huril fliair. lie never
kUim i. nt tliriit. Hut they ill. I at him
awiftlr, ol liiiiely fmui uuilt-r their
h it l.riiii, out of theihailow. lie ha.Scil
iway, with rni.M.il rhiu ami iiululeutly
ilriM.M-tl eyt liila.
There wiia one girl alie ket oili to
lid fro ami na he liaikeilou the j;nnin.l
he coitl. 1 n the hem of her ln-s an.l
her fii-t. They were jiretty twl in yel
low hlio-, aiuall ami aiinteil. Mr.
I.ainnr foiiml hiniM-lf riniiiiiatinc- "Su
mm( the heml ia aa pretty aa the fe't.
lint it never i. There's a law of com-H-iisatiiix
whii'h ir-reiit.a that. Tho
lieail whiih lloiii,'a to thiwe fiit la
thirty five." Ami he l'ike. up. The
he.ul iiiati hi'.l thu f-t to M-rfirtioii.
Mr. Lamar felt that hetliilu't ltaik lairetl
any loiiK'-r. Kather, however, than
acritire tlna ilearly laiilKht ami enviable
lonilitiuii of In-iiik, ho turntil hia liat-k
on that eiirhantinx liea.1, ami aaunterej
into an U'ljoiiiim; r".iu. There woiihl
le no one to liak at there.
The r. i.tii wna empty, cool Jli.l dim. It
hail talk rhiiira ami taliliit ainl wriliiiK
ilenka, m a nn en walla uutl a K'at win
dow o)a-niii on the liali'niiy. Dntaide
there were ladiea of iiiiinten-atiti); ae
iltuiK iiinler a f.int of mraanla. lie
yuliil wen velvety aweeia of cloae crop
a'l turf, ilappled with i-liorl ahadowa
ahrinkiuK to the in-e root. Splinter of
liuMy Minhjjht rrept dowu the lajli of
the atately i lina and trembled on the
white drew of niii girl. Mr. L-
iu.tr felt lluit he miht "are npon thin
pro"ai't for on liitiiiitu.il. of tune and re
ii. am laired.
Hut (ate willed otherwise. Aa he en
tereil tho room In. .iw otiiethiiiK on th
Moor near the table, lie pii-ked it up. It
waa a baud nlaiiit an im h and a half
wide, covered with puckered yellow ri'e
lam. ami with one eml ruu lurougb
i lj-pof dull Mlver showing a inouoKraiu
in in;ill diamond. There waa a bunch
of narrower yellow riblaic laidea the
i l.iap, eai Li end tinihlieil with a little
lonneleaa filler lull. It appeared til
1.. uiiur from autue haiiiii rilamenta of
thread that the I wo en. I had once been
UUhed together, lie looked cuiiouhIv
ut hi find.
"What i .ill it Ih " he niiiM-d, tannK
at it.
We have mud that lie waa voiidk, and
came of the ln-it eople, ami with the
beat MMplo there ia alwayt a doubt aa to
whether they wear uch vulvar thinifaiu
atta kiliK or kihm-m auch uniuelitionable
tiiiuiciaa le". "Wiiij;, not li'fra aud
fit t.hliall move them," u the poet ifrace
full exprexM a it.
Lamar fitl tlumnht he would take it
to the oflli . but i urioMty cotupelli-d him
t.i tudy it. It illicit lie woru round the
neck; but Uo.lt Wit Uot loUK eiioUKh.
He drew the ver-l end together and
held it off froib lilin, eyi lnj; it dtlbioUalH
and ri-flit'tiiely pulliui; hia amall motia
t lie. oil, je. ,4 i-oiirM'. Now be
aaw. How deiiaehu'd been! A briicelet.
Holding it toetlier he puahed hia liatida
through it and it wutij; on hi wri-t.
I don't think 1 ever aaw a brai-elet
jiiat like that la-fore." he thought, inov
li.K it around and liaikiujf; at it with l.i
head on one ide.
Andtlieii.ua he lookei at it, came a
auddeu tl.i-h of wakening liicht, and for
a uioiueut he t.H atarinix at it iu
ttit.id horror aa it huiii; orer lm
writ. With the return of conation,
beaa he crumpled it up and cruahed it
into hia piaket. What should be do
with it? If he took it to the ofnc0 the
owner would never dare U claim it. If
he found otit who ahe waa he would
never dare to offer it.
Ha could imagine the scene. A lowly
and youthful la.ly iadiacoere-l walking
in the corridora. To her appean Mr.
Il.-rtrarn Lamar in full evetai, dreaa,
w-tli x white tonk in hia buttunhola.
'li.-u. oi.io.4 a i a a ii flu 111
pkit. Mr. Laiiur pret nta it to her,
ni'iruiuniikV "Voura, 1 Hieve," and
tatiiahea thnmb a trap diir.
Tl.e Lauiura were f.imoii f.r tbeir
fliTilrou attitude toward the. aex.
What "hould he do to apare her feelinjti
and l.u owl? And he turned the raua
of hi perturlattioo over in hia pa ket.
Jtlt then he heard a atep ontalde a
feminine tep. With a RUilty atart he
retreu-l :r .tu the table, fell into a
i b ur ai.d aeue l tne morning paper, ia
which he L.n-I bit head. Any oc
t Ai:.t thi fai t would of court lmaru7r
that be alumbere-1, and feel tbemaelwr'
a.' truu al
"Il U the. tin iinht Drrtram. aem d
with jruilty tremor. "She ha come to
limit for It," and he remained luotion
leaa.
rVi did ahe There Waa Iml the alight
fat vibrating rn.tle from her aileiit
fik'ure. Ilertraiu rat 1 1.1 the paar
t.lblie. a little hole tliroiiL-h tt with hi
llllk'eraml pia-a-l at her. Miewaaatulld
iui( in the uiairway a-epiiii atanit the
raiui. and ahe w the yoiuiK lavly with
the yellow alna a. hhr waa rharmmul v
pretty In Imht i!r of tnpel fl.tiiin
and a haae aturt of thin ailk made like a
boy . I'llder the tuitidow n collar waa
knotted a fnnr-in -hand ne ktie of w lute
pupie, aud ahout her ait waa woven
ilk la-It claped with a rllver S. She
Waa alowly aweepin the r.x.lli w ith a
Ioiik Elain e, only her head moving, hi t
tlKre rimily erect, her nrfht thiiiub iu
ber N It and her Ii ft hand haiu'uiK by
ber aide and lightly liu-.itit( a little
leather tholiK which wound atamt her
knucklea. Aa to her head-that lovelv
hea.1 w ith rnrotia brown hair curling up
cnnply IlllUer lli r aiillor hat. delicately
roiinile-1 cheeka and gravely poiitinit lipa
It wua an ItuiiKe of aoft, dt-licioila
la-auty. At her aide aat a little piiK do
on it haunchea, na-pui;; and rollinn iu
eyea.
She t-at a hurried glance at the
gentleman readmit the iaa-r aud walked
into the room looking intently abrnit the
iliair.
"What would ahe aay," thoiiKbt Iter
tram, aa ahe lataaed him In her aeari li
"if I were to lumaeiitlv ark her what
he waa looking for and Krtllantly offer to
help her tlnd it? Hut I'll Mutre her
that.'
She waa certainly Inuitlliif thtiroUKh
ly. She Moved aeveral of the ihuira,
drew up the lace curtaiiia and Itaiketl
under them and peered into all the cor
uera.
When ahe had aeurt lied everywhere
he RtraiK'hteniil heix-lf with a aih'h
threw one hint reluctant look aUtit the
room, and ratlin, lo the img, "(.'tune
aloiiK, deareat; it i-n't here," dt-utiil.
Uertraiu laid down the paer and
liajked after her. She apta.ared t.i him
to have a ainular aiaonut ut aaii froid
alao a very graivful back.
Mr. Lamar waa not laired thut after
noon. He waa coiiMiiiu d with pt-rplexi
ty. How could be return the lit trea
ure to the owner without taiiaiux her
viubiirriiaarneut, without uiakiiix tier hi
eueim lor lifef If it had been auyllnnir
elae bow delightfully he could have
broken the ice with it! Hut to break the
ice with that hiatoriu emblem- iiupuaai
ble!
"I muht give it to her tln evening,'
netuouglit. "ill wrap it up lu uaia-r
aud tie one of the ribboiia round it that
are on that handkerchief caw Millr gave
me. Then, if ahe aaka tne aa nf courx
4ie will what it ia, I'll aav cart-leaaly
Uh, nothing! J u-t a little trine I thiuk
belong to you. Don't hurry to oia-n it
Have you noticed what a beautiful night
it ia? Aud an I'll engage her ill alairle
itig coiiveraation. Hut if the cotivcraa
tion ia not aufllcieutly nbaorhing and ahe
begin to oh-u it 1 inuat rlee from the
wrath to rome. And wheu next 1 meet
ber, dying to apeak or even bow to her,
there will be a wall of ice raia-d la
tween ua. She will turn In-r profile to
ward me and become engnael in tl
U'autlea of th latn)caie. Such ia the
irony of fate."
At To clock Mr. Lamar came nlwwlv
down the broad atair. looking aa band
Home na the young Dnuiyaiua, in hia
dreaa auit, hi ahiiiing ihirt boaom and a
white pink in hia buttonhole. The hull
waa full of moving flgnrea and a biazt
of light ami color.
Mr. Lamar waa too perturU-d to iniii
gle with the gay, loud voiced, laughing
crowd. He wiahed for aolitude and tli
rected hia atei toward the little writing
room. He had not wrapped the treuatiie
in paiNT, not tietl it with ribbon from
hi liaudkerchief cae. He had not tlone
anything with it. He did not dare. The
ight of it owner might umpire him to
the deaia-rate pitch of laddly offering it
to her or auggeat to him atuue cunning
way of returning it without la-t raying
the identity of the finder. With tli
idea in hi mind be carried it at ill iu hia
pocket in company with hia key.
The gaa iu the writing rami waa not
lit. Mr. Lamar went to the open win
dow. Juvt outaide it on the balcony
waa the young lady who bad worn the
yellow aboea. She waa reading and
rocking, her pug in her lap, and if ahe
waa pretty ia ber flannel morning tlrnw
word cannot describe her iu a uiUt of
tine black game cut ktjuare aruiiml ber
neck, and allowing her arum to the el
bow. Her akiu w a an white aud flaw
lea aa a blanched almond. There waa
the gleam of a gold pin from the ahadow
of her dark hair, and a jewel hanging
around ber neck roe and fell with her
quiet breath. A the read ahe abrwntly
pulled the pug ear, which lay with it
rye half open and ita head againat her
arm.
Lamar looked. She turned the page.
The pug, dmturlail. roe to ita fore paw,
gazed at her with an expreaaion of
idiotic folidueaa, and tried tu lick ber
chin. Sl- i avoided thi deuionatration
of affection by moving her chin from
aide to aide, keeping her eye atill on the
book. The pug continuing, ahe at ruck
it gently, observing:
"Don't, you bad. little, abominable
dog!"
"I ''K your pardon, aaid Lamar sud
denly from the window.
The lady ba ked up with rained eye
brow of polite iniuiry.
"I hare otnething of yonra," wid the
young man deratt-ly aud iu a low
tone.
"Yea? What ia it?"
"I I don't quite know. Or rather
Well-But I'm! I didn't like to leave
it at the office. 1 thought" He leaned
out of the window with hia cloned h-and
extended. "Here it ia."
She held out In-r hand, aud he ilr. .pj-d
it in. She looked and gave an exi lama
tion of joy that canned the pug to jump
to the ground.
"Oh, how glad 1 am! Thabka ao
Ba m il. Thanka awfully. I waa afraid
It waa loat. lan't that lucky?" aud ahe
looked affectionately at the returned
treaanre with her head on one aide.
There waa light enough to aeelier f.w '
distinctly. She did not exhibit a ain ;
f.f emliarTaiemrnt. not the ghot of a I
bluah. Lamar felt andden chill of ill j
appointment and diaapproljation. I
"You found It i Otherer ahe aaid. in-
dicatin the writing room, and hike-l
at him with frank, candid ryea. "Ye.
there' where it waa -mt."
"I I nppiad ao," aaid Laniar, with
a waa atuiie.
"I looked for it tn af thia momiiig
all over," ahe r..utu.ued. "under erery-
thing, but ;t waa gone.
"Yea.
the young mao. with
waa behind the paper the'd ak me
why I didn't give it to her then and
there, and what the dune would I aay?"
"I Valini thi tery much," ah weut
on, turning it over in her hand.
"I hoiild imagine at."
"Yoti ate. there ia only one like il.
There ia in ! a 'ingle duplicate any
where." a
Mie lia'ki-d Hiilliugty into hia face.
Lamar i.ir.-.l at her in atupefied horror.
" inly i. in did yon any?" he managed
to articulate tu a f.illit Voice.
"i Mily one." he re nted. maiding her
head. "It waa made to order."
There wu a moliient of ailt nee. La
tn.ir ma. I.- no comment, but emit muni
to atari- vacantly at her. He w.ia think
ing: "It iiiu-i have la-en an accident.
She can't ! a veteran of the war."
"When you have only one. and that
am h a pet," nlie continued, not noticing
hia alienee, you like to have everything
aa pretty a ible."
"Yea, yi-. Of cotirae, of courae,"
ejaculati-d Lamar, laughing idiotically.
"If you have only one, I expect it tunt
w aoinewhut of a treanre," he thought.
Then he a bb d laildly, but w ith the air
of confiding a piece of tiewa, "I have
two."
"Two?" aaid the young lady, with VI
raciotia interest. "What kind?"
Lamar looked akauceat her ill alarm
ed alienee. Waa ahe doubly afflicted?
She waa atrokuig the pug with the Up
of her flugera, and there waa nothing in
her placid expreaaion to niggeat mania
of any form.
"The aiime aa every laaly elat-'a," he an
iwcred with aoine hauteur. "Are the
(atiple in thia part of the country iu the
habit of managing with oner
"A a rule, they have only one; It ao
much lea bother. Though, to be sure,
I have a friend who haa let me aee
yea, eleven."
"She liiut la a ceUtiM'de," thought
Liiinar. "I ai in to lw eucountenng re
uiuikabte freak of nature. There i a
fortune waiting here for any one who
want lo atart a muaeum." Then he re
marked aloud, regarding her with hi
head oil one aide, a tolerant, fond auiile
uu hia lip, "There mu-t In quite an em
latrntaa d richeaae, especially when
you're walking.''
"They do get in the way." admitted
the young lady, "but uiit of theiu are
well trained."
"Very clever of them, I urn Mire," mur
mured Lamar, fet-img that he waa alanit
tt awtaui.
There waa another abort mlcnce, dor
ing which the girl continued to examine
her reatored treasure. 1'reaviitly ahe
(aid, iniiaiugly: " ace the thread are
broken. Shu ha broken them once -fore,
though I don't aee how ahe call !
ibly do it."
Ijimar onlv atureil and aWHlloWctl.
She held hi glance with a horrible, eerie
faacinutioii.
"You know ahe lovea to run to me,"
aha pruttleil on. "She run uwuy from
me tin uioruing, and when ahe came
lutck it w:u gone. She luiiat have crept
under the table aud Hot come out until
he had got it off."
"Who i ahe.''' u.ked Luinar iu a Iron-
bled voice.
She? Why, Holae-my pug. In't
he a la-auty? t'ome up here, Itolaj"
putting In-r knee. "I want to put your
ollar on. and allow thu getilleinati.
who waa kind enough to return it, how
pretty you look when you're all iln-rattl
up." She held the iian.l around the dog'
neck, nml turning to Lamar, aaid with
laughing art hueaa, "Nu t it beenming?"
Lamar aat dow n on the window Kill.
He took tin tlie moriiimr imia-r and l-iuu
to fan hiimu If w ith it. though the i veii-1
ing na.1 grow n uiiiniataaaiuy ftaii.-itt-r-
aldme Homier In .New lorg Journal.
He IMilu't Know Tliriu.
'Yea," aaid the prineipnl of the vonng In-
ilea' seminary lo the iiroud iMtrent, "ymi 1
ought lo be very happy, my dear air, to be
the father nf o large a (ainlly.all the mem-,
ner in wutcu aia-iir lo las aoiievoletl loon
auot her."
'I.rif.- family! Detoled!" ga.iied Ihr
old Kent lemnii In amaemettt. "What on
mnli do you menu, nia'aiuV
"Wht.yea, linleetl," aaid the principal.
beaming through her ithtssea, "No fewer
than It of Kale' brother have la-en here
thia w inter tu lake hrr lo the t heater, and
ae tell me ahe rxpecta the tall on w ll b
the blue eyea ngaiu tomorrow." Til lilla.
Woman' Haa.lr a,i.ll..
fif. .' 1 f
Wearied Kather They aay that no mai
ler bow one auffera aome one haa aufTrrrd
more. All the aame, they couldn't beat me
in thia bilainesa, for I hat walked thia
child the entire night for fully aix hoiira.
Mother (ealmlys-Yea, Henry dear. Hut
up you lived up near the pole, where
the night are aix month long! - I'urk.
It Wurkad.
Piucbcaab (excitedly)- What lu thunder
do you mean by publishing that obituary
notice of me I ain't dead, not by a haig
way.
The Kdilor (raluil) ) Well, well It dor
look that way, ilia-an't Mr You see. I sent
you more than 'J' Utter asking you to com
In and pay Mitiiettiing on Ihr It yeiV uh
tcnptioo )oii oar. I didn't get an) answer
or are anything of Jul, and I thought aure
you must la? dead. Vpnae ) oa ae-1 Ir, and
I'll print areir.u tiiiu freeof t l.argr. Thank.
That Jut the right change, (,'oine lu
again. Kireaida ( oniiaiiiiin.
raaloaa.
A bub rested upon I he whole village.
The Converted eaiiuitatl woman had re
turned Ut ber home t he erening previoua
and eaten hrr buslaiud and turee taildren.
hbe was not re!(-wl into boja-lea and
drfl.ilil saager
"I'oor Ih.iig " they laprrrd auiubtf '
themselves ' 9- r el iu ber new relation 1
waa ton great Tlo la the reartlon. '
Tbey told in sufsluH vniera one to an
other bow ahe Lad V 'ended 23 (o'clock
teaa within a tnontb d ahuddered aa tbey
thought of ber temptation. Truth.
Hrallalla.
Firat Artist I rsird a tDauiflmt
tribute lu u.y thr otbrr day ai the ex
blbitioo
brruod Artrft Wbal waa ll
F'.m Artiat You kuow ruy picture, "A
8torn at !''' Well, a n.ao and bl wif
taera lookmii It, and I beard tb sua
m). "Coma aas my dear, thai picturt
bum ox aa. broca.JO
I I - p aM l l
I'f. ' 1 1 '5i V- ,'n , , I married bride aud groom are quite a
' r 3' to '"r8''1 na "tlla '""'if they may
MaTjl 1 TtT rf ' " be carrying with them a the man who
" -pt ' J V' il i Vf Kot much buaiueaa on hi hand
'l't(llAlt'1 he can't tliink of anything elae. The
It J" lll ' ' 'a 4 u'u r'' "rV,'r r'r'l without a flaak
' t 'Qi i- of whiaky aeldom forget it. i'erhapl
a, Aaaiay ,v " ' T '(", that is beuauae the act of putting it into
.1 l l-l i -g 1'.. l l 1
FOUND ( X THE TU A I N'S
A MAN WHO FOR FIFTEEN YEARS Has
OEEEN picking up THINGS.
A few tleata freaa lha VilrHtMilt af Cliar
He fanfla hurrfrt I'nrialila 1'n.p-erty-
I talirrlUa llaail Ihe I !! nl nr.
gnllvit llelnnglitfa.
Whenever during the ibiylime a Xew
York. New HaMii and Hartford train
folia into the ir.ih. I Central .1. pot a toop
lioul. leretl. little iiinii. with k.-n gray
even and a la ard that d. n t trmi' wnli
aiifficient luturiaiice lo rupnte freipieut
trimmtug, tr..ll down to tl n,l of t,e
platform. When the train M.. mid
while the ni'-t laggard of the meui,-era
are atlll leiMirely alightim:, he uitu
lily on the rear platform of the last car
and proceed to literally "gn through"
the train. Nuni-time a nun h etntiil
uuuH'iiger w ho haa ailddelily ret'olle.-ted
tiiat he haa forgotten aotui I hllig rilli.
madly back into the train im.l .li oer
hia portable proja rty in the hand of the
little Inaii. Then, if he la of a nuxptcioii
diapitlon, he ,.'tart and cow l ut the
little man, mid aoliu tiiuea u.iiticc ii.i
him and imligmiutiy dt-maii.N to lie i,.l,l
what he i doing with "that."
Then a tired look conn- into the little
inaii a face ami be liill.llv evpl uim that
he la employed by tlieeoiiipant toM-ati h
incoming traina for article, left behind
by paavngera, whit h hecotiteya to the
lt property r.'.-tti, wln re the owuera
can alw'.iya gel p.io-eMoii of tli.-tu ,i, un
by furuiahllig pre-UlliptiteeideuceUiat
the thing la-long to tiiein.
When Charlie that ia what the other
employee ulanit the tli t t all him, al
though lie ha another intuit w inch ap
pcar oil the p.ll roll of the com I urn -lirl
la-gau tin work, In la-ar.l .:.'(
tinged with gray, and hewani't a bit
atoop alioitldere I. That wa l" teiri.
ago. All tliete yara. from ():Jli in the
morning until ii..ii at uu'it each day, l:e
ha la-en picking up thing that cur.-n
paiaeiiger have forgotten tu la'.ie with
tin in when they h it the tram.
ll would make iiny m ill atooji nhoiil
dere.1 to If Olltllllllllly liMikfllg fol
thing that long. Hut hi eye are a
keen an ever, and hia houeaty ia atlll pnaif
against all temptation. If that were
imt lhecae, he could have retinal with
a Ming littlo i .i..:.,l l-'roui the K kel
taaik Hil l pill'-' an I "w.t la" that he
haa louud wln'c piirnnug hia unique oc
cupation he could have sh.s enough
into hi OWII pi ket to fend, f bllll quite
independent.
Them are no blank In hi daily nr
orda. Never a day gia by that he
di an t find aollictliiug that aomelaiily
ha forgotten. Ke pick up fewer thing
on Suudaa tii. in on any other day. !
cauae oil Sunday travel i comparatne
ly light, and paenger are apt to lie
li-aa preOiVllpiiil w ith btl-iilleaa carentid
therefore not ao likely to forget tbing.
On aolue ila hia liat of article found
on the inc. iir.n j train i quite u forini
ilnblo one.
Thi, for iiiHt.uice, i what he turned
into the loat proH-rty riNiin on Aug. 17:
Thirteen umbrella, two rim: (one plain
gold and one with diamonds), one over
coat, one package of legal ia-r. one
aatchel, Olie lady'a Jacket, i I e lerbf
hut, one valise, one t u one cune, one
package of uuderwear, one mackiutia.li
and one aM-ketlaaik.
And thia i what he found uu Aug.
Seven uuibtvlla. one parasol, one ahawl.
one overcoat, one Jaiir of slnaa, one pack
age containing a auit of clothe, one pair
0f aju-tuclc. one purae. one flaak
of
whiakv and one amelling lajltle.
When the article are taken to the bait
property room, they are labeled with the
date on which they are found and the
number of the train. Nearly all the r
tide that have any intrinsic value are
redeemed. The reat are ainiply atore.1
away for the gnawing tooth of time to
prey upon,
Charlie ia of the opinion, and surely
he may be regarded aa an c Xpert . :i the
ubject, that everybody i liable lo for
get oluethitig at aome time or other.
Umbrella are the article that are moat
frequently left la-bind un the train by
traveler. The man who could devlae
an infallible ayntem by which the owner
of an umbrella would always la aure to
remember it would reap a fortune.
Charlie haa tried hi own wit at it, but
waa forced to give It up.
He hat come to the concluainn that a
tate of ecatatic hnppineaa, equally with
one of intenat preocciiwttion, I apt to
produce forgetfulne of portable projr
erty. He ha diacovered that newly
liUi pocKi'l immetiiately after taking a
nip haa been o ofteu repeated thut it
belong to the category of uncouaciou
cerebration.
It is not an Infrequent thing for a man
to leave a atovepipe hat on the rack and
walk out of the car with a little skull
cap on. lint when he get into the
streets the amall buy are aure to bout,
"Shoot the liatT or "Where did you get
that hat?" Then he discover the nua
taks that he ha made, but the fact that
he U never grateful to the amall boy
for reminding him of it and never re
ward thetn must la. regarded aa evi
dence of that perversity mhcritent in
human nature which ao often riixzle
the philiavipher.
Charlie ia of the opinion that aome
taHiple would forget their own inothera-in-law
if they had half a chance. Tin I
is one man wleate umbrella he haa picked
up iu the train ao often that he haa lost
track of the niiinls r of tune. And yet
that aame limn ha told him frequently
that he never have the bouse with hi
umbrella that hia wife d'a-an t aay to
him, "Now, dear, ! sure you don't for
get your umbrella."
Women, ao Charlie ha found, ore
ven more apt to leave thing behind
them in the car than men. New York
H.-rald.
A 1 00,000 I'lmaH till uf Murk.
A tine quarry company of iJedford.
Ind., haa autpprd the largeat single
block of atone ever quarried and ahipped
in the '"luted State. The bl.sk waa IS
feet t inchea long. A feet 3 incite high
and feet i I IK hea wide, containing -ViO
ruble feet, and weighed 1.ixaj pound.
The rsr on w hu h It waa lnpi-d had to
b ordered stasciallr for it. and was the 1
car that waa built for the ptirpfiae of
itflinsporting the thirty-fit cannon set.t
by tb government to the Pacific cit a
few motUh since. Th (ton is perfect,
not baring s f!w or defsct. Indisospo
Ls Journal.
THT CHaftCE OF A RHINOCEROS.
u
lumii litiil W riea lie I airhra
Ii
ltlil nr autrll ul a Human living.
Wiani A-lor ( hntiler, the Intrepid
join. 2 Amen. an Nnurial and ruplorrr
w host- evasbi ion w.i rrMirteil, a few wt-ek
ago, strauiltsl nenr Mount Ki-iua. in rat
rru reiiiral Alnni, wrote tlh.br date of
July '.'I to the liiiil.in ii 1.1 a follima roil
crnillig Ihr habit of the rhinmt ros:
We have, al least In thi part of the
world, found I Ii.1 rhiitia-ero. male or fe
male, small or b.g. I.. I e a mis-t ilaiiget..'!
aiillii il. I hat e .l in. e man. hud allot iter
arriiiiisly ...n..l..l. and mm l.ieiiteiianl
von lb.iiin-1 is I ing crrn-i lo liu- ciist en
route for Kurt'i-. -. i tl or 1 1 n from setcre
Injiirn r. -cei nl Iroin v small fetnalr rlil
U.Hr. In the iiti a t liarging rhino is,
not to lie I. an .1 I llie m IV il.slge or slosil
him, but iii long fctits or tin. k bul) 1 is
an.-! lo r stoi t I
The theory thut the thino charge In. in a
motlveot lit Ir- cuiiiMitv i uoi wort. i con
anlerlng were tl ih.i fur Hie fact that it
Tiiiti w ran m -.ii liu i t hi: ahi
might lead so m,. HH.ple to ilisregatd the
brute' rush Mr carat an has lieeti charged,
first and iat, aome i) 1 1 uiea. Not bing ever
bapprurd III Ihr open llur three acclili tita
occurred lu thick bush or long gras. Why
the auitnal charge almost intariably at
Ight or auirll of bumaiilty I do not pretend
to aay. llul I do aay that w hru be rvacbea
a human la-nig he endeavors lo kill hllu.
In the case which occurred the rhino on
one occasion mat or Lieutenant von
llohurl -uot only struck hia victim repeat-
fitly, but tntinp'.ed upon b m. Iu the one
which ended fatally he threw the man quite
JU ft el In the air, and thru, alter smash. ng
evrral lames, tlnahrti after anol ber Hutu
and waa only prevented from killing him
by a lucky wiucbrslrr shot, which broke
bla ahnuldrr. While Uianhing through
buab or long grass sharp hsikout should be
krpt. for the ta-itsta are htiiidreil In nuni
hrr. I'lileaa siiild.lily awakennl they do
uot want one of their approach by snort Ing.
and the soft isrth denilena their btaif Israt.
I ctiii'idrr t hem fully as dangerous as either
buffalo or elephant.
Ct-ttrrallnw.
Fh waa one of those tall, inlrlleetual
creatureswbii had never kept hoiist la-fore,
hhr had la-en iiiirliinil in luxury ami pnv
tectetl from Ihr rmh iie-s of the world and
the Janllor.
Thus it happened that she contemplated
her aervaut wiWl a Imik of displeasure, not
lo ny severity.
"Von do nol deny "
Thr d..iin-llr shis.k ber brad.
"No," sheauswrred with acrrbliy.
The mist rr sighed.
"I don't know"
Mir mused.
"a hat to do w ll h you."
Thr face of the menial lighted with pity,
"1'iair thing." ahe murmured, "I will
tell you. You turn the wringer while I
rtlise the dollies.'
A aiiulM-iiiu stole Into the nmrtmeul nt
that moment and lighted her head with an
aureola. Detroit New-Tribune.
Anuther Labor anng Intentliin.
eM
o
r.
Dualy Hlnalea Kt-r lb' low of heaven!
Weary, what ynu gol there
Wrary Walker Jut awlpetl Via from a
dago down in the village. Grenlrat acbem
I'vealruck yet only have lo use yer leg
lo ateer by, and ye can go to sleep mono
along I'urk.
Aired Hrr K nun lad.
8b waa a Vsr graduate and didn't
know a little bit alaitlt housekeeping wbrn
ahe married her last bran and arttled down
to domestic life.
ll.r flint order at the grocer waa
Crusher, but thai giasl man w a used to all
aorta of ieople and could interpret Yaaaar a
really na plain Knglish.
"I want IM pound of paralyxcd sugar,"
b said, with a busities air.
"Yea'm. Anything else'"
"Two ran of condemned milk."
"Ye'ni." Hraetdown "pulvrrlxed aug ,"
"condenaed in Ik."
"Anything more, mi'iml"
"A bag of fresh aalt-be aura that It I
freab."
"Ye'm. What next,"
"A pound of deaerrated colflsb."
"Yea'm." He wrote glibly "dtwlccated
"Nothing more ma'am Here' aome nice
bnrae radish Just lu."
"No," ahe aaid, wltb a aad wobble to ber
lie ii bla voice; "ll would lie of no use, aa w
don't keep a horse."
Thru the gns-er aat down on a kit of
mackerel and funned himnelf with a patent
waahlaaird. Va-sr bad taken th cake
Irtnll Free 1'rraa.
Ila Knew Ulna.
Here (a a little story against Cbaunrey
I )e i-. the fninoua Amerieati raiaiiitrtir:
The genial Kenllemaii haddmpird In to aee
a friend nt hi private residence, and when
be left nn liiipusitivr lad. who hail breu
dating in the next paiui. asked eagi-rlr.
"Who is thai man, pnjin' ' "lie the gen- j
tlemaii your una her and I were talking
about thia morning.'' wa the reply "Mr.
lie l-w, the greatest story teller I ever
beard."
A few day later thr visitor tame again.
The hoy waa standing on the front atrpa,
and aa Mr. m-sw rang the 111 he said to
him
"I know you."
Mr. Ies-r i fond of children, and pat
ting the lutle fellow on the Lea observed
encouragingly: ' IIojoii indeed) Well, who
am I ' '
"Von are the g. til. loan," aaid tbe little
boy, "that nils Ihr h ggest whopper my
pa ever beard." I It-llila.
Te t-te of Markaew.
AaiCortlliig to Sir Henry Halford, '
tb
grvr.l old man of -hooting. ' blue nr gray
are tbe best shooting rte That la wbr tb
boota atr so un es.f id. ,n rte w itb a very
nU I"1!"1 pronounced a great advaa- .
lage. ItniwD eyea arldoiu corns In.
rsrrrl tr .ii(ll. k rrlsrmaa.
Uutb Prinnesa Louise and PrUtf Bv
Ulc rKl trlcicir, but. say an cooounly
swrsgrapbrr, tbey are not good riders.
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lilANCCS Or TR1CK3 THE BRAIN
MAS PLAYED ON MORTALS.
Ptttvrluirnu Simi. ty iitriur Whlrb
U rv I rtirl In 1 1trlr 1 rrtimnl ami tr
ullrtl ty - nnll v Prmlure! Iijr
right.
It Is a.ti.1 I bat some ;1) tears ago a long
w.ssleii bov.r milling a . lam pattja-r'
r.'tlin. might seen inside the north
aisle of Westminster abla-y. For two
li.lt s it was sis-e. t it In .11 1 notice by the
In my s.ple who lsited the minater.
Then complaint- w ere ma. I to the police
..tin . r nt tb" d s.r that the smell Ktl'in;
from the Isslv c. .nt un. -.1 in the Is. waa
not only disagreeable to pji-sn. ar It, but
that it wa a disgrace to allow it to re
lualli there. A atr. iig aense of duty, sat I
one of the ciiinpl.ittiaiit, ini'li'. him
to draw at'.ntioti to the scandal. The
policeman at once called a verger, who
found on itnpitry that the Ih.i waa
empty and had in ver l-eii nvil lo con
ceal a corpse. However, he had the ImiX
rem. .vi . I, and in tin way pri vented the
recurrence of the horrid aniell of which
Vlaitnr to the al.liev had c..li.lalll".l.
A -till more curiotia case of tlie way
in which the imagination may usurp the
scire of sun 11 and sight i n-cordol of a
hoapital patient. Two I'aria medical
men interested III thia allbj.i t tif freak
and deliiHioti of thu imagination told
the patient that in order to cure him
laih his leg would need be amputated.
The man waa thiniili rstruck. I'ntil that
moment he had imagined huuaelf to be
improving in health.
"Oh!giaa tlia-tor." he exclaimed ill
accent of terror, "you have made aouio
uiiatitkt'. There I nothing w rong with
mt'. If my leg are cut off, what will
my lir wife and children do to get
their tlailv bread?"
"I nui very aorry, my gotal fellow
reljiided olio nf the medical men, "but
your life dept-nda upon the operation."
The patient wa whia-h-d into the oper
ating theater, aud there, without chlo
roforming the llllitl, the doctor pretend
ed tu prim-. 1 with the amputation.
"Ah." said the openitor, with an a-
liinietl igh nf relief, "there'aonelegoff
"Oh. holy Yirgin Mary, the jwin is
fright full I am dying, shrieked the pa
tient.
Then the operator hurriedly "ampu
tated" the nccolid leg. The patient faint
ed. When he came to, the tlta'tor were
horrified to find that ho had become in
aane. Ho actuallv la lievol huuaelf to
bo legleaa. Two month after the pro
tendttl operation hedii-l. I'p to hi last
momenta he la-lievetl that hia lower limbs
had gone. In thia case there waa no sus
picion of hypnotism. It wa simply a
phaao exaggerated, no doubt of mad
neaa produced by uu imagination too
cruelly played with by the medical men.
Few more striking instances of the
force of imagination have lai n giveu
than that in which a German physician
tried an experiment on thin criminal
coiideiiiuitl to diiitli. To complete the
Illusion he entered thu large cell in
which for the ptirate the pnaoticr were
placed, aci'ompiiiiiiil by the governor
aud other tifticlal of the jaiL
"Now, gentlemen," said the governor,
addreaaing tho condemned men, "the
einTtr has dis-rced that each of you
are to be executed iu different wnva.
You, ," ho puraued, ii.blrem.ing the
11 rat criminal, "are condemned to swal
low a done of hisoii, while you,
turning to the next, "will lay blul t,o
death, ami you," aja-akiiig to tho laat
man, who wn trembling violently,
"will din from an injivtion of poion in
the arm.
Each criminal waa placed in a chair,
pinioned ami blindfolded. Then said the
governor, ha.king at his watch:
"Now, doctor, you may la-giu,"
The physician solemnly poured into a
cup an evil tasting but harnileaa liquid
and held it to the lintt prisoner month.
The man clinched hi teeth and refused
to drink the poiaon,
"Kill me!" he crietL "Murder me lu
any way but thia!" Before ha could
peak again the jailers seised hint and
forced the liquid dowu his throat
"He will be dead In two minutes,"
whispered the doctor to the governor.
The criminal heard the remark and
gave a blood curdling shriek. When
th doctor turned round, he saw that
tb man apparently fainted. He turned
to th next crimiual, who tremblingly
awaited his fate. He clinched his teeth,
recovered himself and met the doctor's
Inquiry, "Are you ready T wltb th
"Yea" of a stoic. His arm was then
pierced with a lancet, though no vein
was opened.
"You sea bow phlo ha has become,"
said the doctor in the man's hearing.
"Ha is losing blood rapidly." Th phy
sician went on deacribing the symptoms
and at length prouounced the word,
"Now he's dying!" For a moment the
prisoner shuddered violently. Then he
became still. The doctor looked at th
criminal, bent hi ear to the man's heart,
and then to his dismay found that b
bad actually expired.
ThU nnlooked for result, although it
merely anticipated by a day the actual
banging of th criminal, at one cauaed
th experiments to be suspended, lly
this time the firt prisoner had recov
ered, as though from a bad dream, but
th third man waa beard slowly mur
muring th Lord's I'rayerere he received
lb "poiaonoti" Injection, lis gave a
mad cry of joy when lis learned that his
death would not occur until the morrow.
Another remarkable but has deadly
trick played by the imagination ia often
DoteaL Many tasiple conceive an aver
sion for some particular flower, -rf urn
or color
One man, noted for this idio
syncrasy, hated green color. He bad a
notion how it origtiaicl no one can tell
that green wa daugeroua to him. Ac
cordingly he wns rarely sble to go out
Into th country except at night. Mil
lion. f'ut sf aa Italdeanla,
Dr. Thresh, the medical ofacer for th
county of Em-x. having obtained full
return of the late epidemic of infltienxa,
estimates that no less than W) persons
df I under tne immediate attack, and
that no fewer than 1. 4'iodfaths occurred
in the county from its direct or indirect
influence. T' monetary In f.r th
two months during which tbs epidemic
prevailed h state at no leas than .?,
vt), on the basis of th bat of wage of
fV in Its calculated at twelve shillings a
week. He add: "I am. however, afraid
I that hr. 1 the county suffered from an
epidemic among rattle, causing in th
timsthe kam number of deaths and In
dicating th ssm pecuniary loss, th
alarm pr--laced would bav been greater
aad uor permanent." ' "
THE COLORS OF THE EARTH.
linn
llir, Intel Ilia Haiti Thai
Oat
I'la.irl l,itr lit III Hoa.
oTae w..i.lerfiil illfl'i-rence Is tween th
siiin- l.md-c.ipe iii w inter and in summer
is a oil. ll..lii. li..n familiar lo ill dweller
in the teuiH rate tolii-a. The two great
el. un nts of change are the presemn ,f
sno'.v i:i w inter uiid of l-avea and gras
in 1.111111111 r ll we could liaik st our
glol- from tin- m. sin, the variation in
I's a-s ct due to tcl-onal rh.iligi ii would
'rh.ipa U- even more striking than it
apjs-ars to those utsiii ita surface.
Ill tact. We .. in. ! line lose sight of th
Very iiiiN.rt.iiit part which vegetation
plat in giving color to what might be
called th" Co.iiiti iiaiicn of the planet.
It is not the highest forma of plants
that altt ay produce the greatest effect
in till way. Snuenf the moat atnking
so ties iin the earth owe their charac
teristic feat urea totuoiuus aud lichen.
The famous "crinisiin cliff" of (ireen
laud, which extend for mil.' northward
from Cape York, derive their splendid
C lor from the growth of red lichen
which cover llntr face.
The cliffs rise l. twn u 1,700 and 8.O0O
feet straight from the water' edge, and
bt'iug couis.ms of gray gr.imte their
as t would lm entirely different from
what it ia but for the presence of th
lichen.
Coming to leaa magnificent, but not
less beautiful scenes, th rocky pass
Called the ( iold. ll (late in the Yellow
stone National park owe it rich color
and ita name to the yellow lichen cover
ing ita lofty walla, and thr lielest ribabl
hues of tho great Imt spring terrace
arise mainly from the preaeiiceof minute
plants tlotiril.iiug in the water thai over
flows them.
Considered as a whole, the vegetation
of a planet may giv it a characteriatio
aspect as viewed from space. Matiybav
thought that the rod color of Mar may
be due to the existenc of red Instead of
grt n vegetation there.
That it broad expanse of forest and
prairie land cause th earth to reflect a
considerable tpiuutity of green light to
it neighlair is indicated by th fact
that at the time of th new moon a
greenish tint has been detected over
spreading that part of the lunar urfac
which is then illuminated ouly by light
from th earth. Youth's Companion.
Haaqne la a Laaelr Toagae Still.
Th qneation, Who are th Basques?
that mysterious people who give tbeir
name to th bay of Biscay. Is always
cropping up, and Professor von dor Ua
beletitx hit recently endeavored to show
thut the Ilaaqtie language la-longs to the
African llt-rbt-r family of svh for ex
ample, the Kabyle and Taureg. His ev
idence, however, only amounts to a few
culture words being Identical in th
ltuatpie ami Ik-rla-r languagi-s and cer
tain analogies In the law of phonetic
change. Moreover, he aastimes that the
Masque and Iberians were the same peo
ple. Out, as Cunon Isaac Taylor point out,
the Iberian totigue, according to our
highest authorities, waa different from
the Ihiaqup, mid the French Basques are
a different race from tho ripauiali
liaaqties, who are a feebler Iple of tht
Ila-rian tyi-. If we aaaiima that th
Daaqtie conquered the Iberians, we can
account for tho r'fcmblanccs noticed by
rrofi-saor Von der Uabelelitx, btsranao
the IlN'riau of llt.rla-r origin in acquir
ing tho language of their Conqueror
would retain their own phonetic, ten
dency and also aome culture word in
both languages. As Canon Taylor re
mark, we may still believe that th
Iiaaqtiu language is allied to the Ural-Altaic-
type. London (Jlobe.
The Hanger f Male bra.
We wonder how our allocator man
aged to get along at all before th in
vention of matches; they are so indis
penaably handy that we keep tbem in
very room in tli house; the "meu
folka" carry thetn iu their Isa ket. leav
them hanging in their "other clothes"
iu a doxen closets iu all portions of th
house; we have a handful resting witliiu
reach while we sba-p, they are dropped
ber and tin re aa we attempt to hsndta
them; if it is light and we readily see
them, they are picked up, otherwise they
are left till a more convenient season
which generally doe not come, simply
because tbey are forgotten, being "only
a match ' w can get plenty more for a
halfpenny, and time is too valuable to b
wasted over so insignificant a triflo.
Yet this "insignificant trifle" tajsaeaaea
the latent power to destroy the finest
mansion, and with it Uvea of sweetness
and beauty which th word can rawly
afford to spare. The cause of th con
flagration may not always b revealed,
for tb fire demon frequently covert or
destroys his track moat effectually.
Out bow often is it appareut that only a
simple match that insignificant trifle
could bav wrought tbe mini Family
Doctor.
'aaa Iter Dasfblsr I Tif bl.
An indignant mother who saw her 19-
year-old daughter clad in gorgeous
tights practicing a somersault has noti
fied th polic of a peculiar stat of
things, tjh say not ouly her daughter
bnt a numlier of other girls of that sg
kav been rugagnd to form a theatrical
combination. The damsels, it ap
pears, meet for rehearsals in barns and
are under th instruction of a con pi of
men. They intend to niaks a tonr of
the small town of th state. AH wear
tights, it sta-ms, and this one girl's msm
ma was shiM-ked st ber daughter's ap
pearance. Tbe police are looking for
the men who are training the tender
maidens to feel at home m the sktrtles
coatume. Reading (To.) Dispatch.
Aad MepSI-la astir.
Some years ago, when Irving was play
ing "Faust" at tbe Lyceum, in the part
of Mephistopheke, lie descended through
a traisbair in a cloud of flame. hue
doing so the trsp jammed for enm rea
son, and a voice from th "gods" Im
mediately called out: "Hurrah, boyif
IfeU's fulll There's no room for osT
Mephlsto was forced to smile. Ban
Francisco Argonaut
Na lalrrea Eala.
Tbia cirtivrraatlon occtimd betwara twe
little Iliddefitnl boy this werk:
"What did you get fur CbrUtmaaf" asked
one.
"1 got a dollar." aaid lbs other, "but
father borrowed It of ids before aooatia."
iilddefurd Journal.
Wkal Saawal Ulna.
Arthur No; ber father didn't kick ras
out
Jack I alarays said bs wss too mack of
a soaa to do s thing lias that,
"That waao't It; b wsan'l raaa aoouga."
-Brook Irs Lit.
fatooualy ummriLg aj- "If ttu knew
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