BPKXKO KOSZS,
A detpor flash upon tho sir,
From roses in full bloom;
Mothinks tho Bummer looks this way,
And will bo on us soon.
Tho garden Muslins liko a girl
At joto's llrBt whisper swoet;
And delicnto tho rsro perfumos
That all our senses greet
If thoso spring roses throw such charms
Upon our daily wy,
What will it bo when summer opes
Tho portals of tho day.
And, coming through tho garden gates,
Laden with pcrfnmo laro,
Throws beauty over all tho eartli,
And fragranco ovory whore?
How beautiful tho roses seem,
Clasped in tho arms of spring I
Prized dearly both for what they aro.
And what wo know they'll bring.
A brighter blush of color raro,
An urn of sweetest scent,
Blno skies, gold rays, and green arcades,
In ono fair picturo blent.
E. li. CnnEsuonouan.
M. MEREDITH'S XURSE.
A beautiful, flnxen-haired boy, in
suit of brown vclvot,with collar and cuffs
of fino Irish point, Rtoodby tho window
of n largo hotel in Detroit, ruofully
watching tho weather.
"Can't I go out at all, TJnclo Hugh?"
lio suid, plaintively. "I'vo boon in tho
houso over ninco Saturday."
f Wot to-day, Nolly," ropliod a hand-
eomo young fellow, who was stand
ing with his back to tho flro and won
dering what his sister Ilolen did when
tho youngstors wore all sick. "You
know tho doctor said you'd havo to stay
in ; and if you got sick this timo your
mamma would novor lot you como away
with mo again
"Well," sighed tho boy, resting his
chin on ono delicato littlo hand, "I
shouldn't mind it if I onlv had soma
thing to play with. Oh, Undo llughl
thoro's such a lovely oxpress wagon
around tho corn or, with boxes and bags,
and barrels, and ovorythingl Thoro
aro four white horses, and a drivor with
a whip, and a hat that comes off and
on, and "
" Wondorful !" said TJnclo Hugh smil
ing. "Well, I'll go around and look at
ft, Nolly ; and, if it isn't too dear, " ho
niluod, putting on his hat and coat, "I'll
buy it for you."
"Tho child must havo something to
nimiso him," ho said, as ho stopped out
into tho hall.
lio startod off briskly; but thoro was
n turn in tho corridor, and as ho hurried
along, whistling under his breath, ho
ran right into a jfcung girl who was
coming tho other way with a trayful of
dishes.
A Olittlo startled cry and then a crash
onsued.
"I bog your pardon 1" Hugh ox
claimed, going down on his knees to
guther up tho broken china. "I am
very sorry."
"lio oaroful, sirl" she said, quietly;
for her momontary voxation had passed
away "Your coat is dragging in tho
Boup."
"Novor mind tho coatl" Hugh an
swered impulsivoly.
"Wait a moment," sho said; "I will
got a towol."
She cntorod, as sho spoko, a room
nearly opposite tho sceuo of tho catas
trophe. "How did you happon to lot thorn
full, Nnnoy?" said tho frotf ul voice of
a sick man, from within.
Hugh could not catch hor low tonod
reply, but sho came outein n moment,
domuro and practical.
"That is Mr. Moredith's room," Ilugh
obsorved "tho railroad man boon
sick for souio timo. Ilia nurso, I sup
pose. "
"You ncodn'tinind," said tho girl, gg
iiig down on her knees in business-
likoway. "I will clean up this muss."
"I am sorry to put you to so much
troublo," murmured Hugh, putting his
band in his pocket and drawing out a
ten-dollar bill. "Lot mo mako somo
nmonds for my awkwardness."
no put the money in hor hands, but
eho was bo much surprised that she
could not sneak, and when sho recover
ed horsolf Hugh had walked away, bo
ing anxious, no doubt to cscapo from
tho soono of his undoing.
"Well, upon my word!" sho ox
claimod, picking up tho money, whioh
had slipped through hor ttngora to tho
Hoar.
A frown and a Binilo seemod to Btrng
glo for tho mastery of horfaeo; but
presently sho broko into a soft laugh,
and tucking tho bill away into hor pock
et, sho began to clear away tho ro
niaindor of tho debris.
"A Bwoot-faced gitl, that nurso,"
Hugh mused, whon ho was onco moro
installed in his room by tho lire, and
Nolly waH hoppy with his now oxpress
wagon. "It must bo nico to huvon
woman liko that about whon ono'Hsiok."
His thoughts wandered off then, and
ho lost himself in a bachelor's rovurio,
till Nolly camo and leaned against his
chair.
"Undo Hugh," tho boy said, languid
ly , "my head aches."
Hugh looked up in alarm, and took
tho child on his lap. His fuoo was hot
und Hushed, his liiw dry.
"If lin gets sick, 1 ho thought, unxious
y, "Union will bo frantic."
And ho rocked tho child into a rest
Jets slumber.
Tho doctor camo oiul wont, hut that
night Nolly Ktvw suddenly worse, and
Hugh wiu dUniuted.
Ji vm ) 1 o'dot'k when a wulUir brought
him anmo cruofcwl loo, and, as Jltiuh on
wind H ioor, to nww someone oiiiorKi!
from Mr Muroditli'n room - a ullgltt,
from r wurtMimcn roomit
womanly Hmui'i neatly elml in
wnurluK U(U nrm tuul u vnr
Hlu IIIhm nji.
viwu,
vry ww
lNuriil' iu wllwl. "Ouu ittpiuyiil
u)4ft() J"
"VW" '.MilttitfJ urns J mj'
eyes. "I'm a graduato of tho New
York Training School."
"I am clad of that 1" Hugh exclaimed
"Mr nephew is very sick, and I don't
know what to do. If yon havo timo
would you como in and look at him?"
Sho hesitated a moment.
"I don't think Mr. Meredith wii:
caro," ho urged. "I will mako it all
right with him."
"It isn't that" sho began.
1 'But my nophow is so sick I" Hugl
pleaded. "My sister would novor for
givo me, if any thing happened to him
Well, I will go, sho said, moving
across the hall. "Mr. Meredith does
not need mo to-night. Ho is bettor
and has gono to sleep."
Hugh led her into tho room whero
Nolly lay,!his fair hair tumbling over th
pillows, and his checks burning with
tho ilamo of a flerco fovcr.
"How long has ho been in this way?"
Blio asked, bending over lam, and tak
ing ono littlo hot hand in her own cool
fin gars.
"Only to-night. Do you think ho is
very sick i"
"I'm afraid so," sho answorod, as bIio
swept tho flaxen curls tondorly away
from tho child's forehead. "Poor littlo
follow 1"
"What can I do?" asked Hugh, mis
orably.
"I will stay with him," sho answered
with a faint smilo at Hugh s oxtrava
gant gratitude "lou had hotter go
and ho down."
"When tho doctor camo, ho was very
much surprised to findMior thoro.
bo you vc found a now pationt, Miss
Nancy V" ho said. "I'm glad you camo
in, for tho child will havo a hard timo
I'm afraid."
"I lmvo telegraphed for my sister,"
Hugh said, looking at Iter appealingly.
Do you think Mr. Meredith could
sparo you tin sho comes e it will only
bo two days."
"less I will stay." sho answered nui-
ofly; aud then, moved by somo kindly
instinct, sho added: "Don't bo alarm
ed. Ho is very sick, but I think ho
will get well again."
"I am glad you think so," Hugh an
swercd, huskily. "I--I am very fond
oi tho child.
lint .Nolly s mother did not como in
two days. A heavyattorm had broken
down tho tolegraph wires to tho west of
Detroit, and after tho tardy message
rcachnd her a snow blockado put a stop
to travel.
Moanwfiilo, tho child lay nt tho point
of death, and only tho skillful caro of
Mr. Morcdith's nurso sufficed to save
his life,
Hugh Ohvor novor forgot tho morn
ing sho came to him, with her swoet
oyes overflowing, and said :
"Ho will livo, sir; tho worst is
ovor. "
"It is von who harn Hhvnd his lifol"
cried Nolly's undo, seizing hor hands.
"lean not thank you, Miss Nancy, but
honor you for your patient fortitude
nnd I ndmiro you moro than any woman
ovor know I"
A sweet roso flush sufffised hor cheeks
and sho looked down. o
Perhaps ho may havo thought so bo-
foro, but it camo to Hugh very forcibly
tiion that in thoso long davs aud nights
of anxious watching ho had learned ta
caro a groat doal for tho sight of that
fair faco, with its soft, womanly smilo.
"Mr. Moreditli is getting quito woll
now isn't ho?" Hugh said, ono morn
ing, after his sister Ilolen had como.
Ul), yos! " Miss Tsanoy ropliod. ,uVe
aro going away noxt wook."
"Next week I Thon you will go with
limV"
"I oxpoct to."
Hugh walked toward tho window.
"Could nothing induco you to change
your plans (" Do said, anxiously. "Miss
Nanoy, will you como nnd tako caro ol
mo? I haven't much to oiler you, but
lovo you dearly, and thoro is nothing
I desiro bo much in all tho world as to
mako you my wifol"
Ho camo to nor suddenly, aud took
icr hands ho, tho aristocratio hoad ol
tho houso of Oliver, was asking Mr.
Morcdith's nurso to marry him.
"Hut you forget," sho faltered. "1 am
bo far bonoath you, Hugh 1"
"Abovo mo!" ho answorod. "My
swoot pationt darling 1 Oh, Nancy I
can you will you caro for mo
littlo?"
Thon sho looked up, nnd smiled nt him
through a mist of tears.
"I will, if I may," said sho, roguishly.
"You must ask papa."
"If you lovo mo," ho cried, clasping
her in his arms, "you aro initio already,
my dear ono 1 Hut whom must I ask j
Nanoy, do you know that you havonovot
told me your namo?"
"It is Morodith, sho said, looking
down '"Nanoy .Norton Meredith."
" What I Yon aro related to Mr. Mer
edith? You never told mo that."
"If you phase," sho replied, "I am
his daughter."
"His daughter! Oh, Nancy!"
"Don't look at mo so! Forgive mo,
Hugh I You mistook mo for a nursery
maid at first, you know.'
"Hut you said you wotb n graduate
of tho Training School!"
"So 1 am. A littlo training of that
sort will not hurt any woman. And it
struck mo as such a jokothot I kept il
nt) just for fun. Then afterward,
Hugh, whon I sawyouworo learning tc
caro for mo, and and I cared for you
bo 1 wanted to bo sure that you wen
not wooing mo for my fortuuo as hc
many mon havo done. Don't you sec,
dear?"
"I boo that I am tho luckiest follow
in tho world I" cried Hugh.
Ono of tlio iniwt peculiar commuiil
lien in Miulifguu U HI. Nulunu. Thongl
founded Iu 1H1H, population I nov
but 'JI'J. Tho urllulutf of uhooutloii
for (ho Nottltimiiiit U, in fuel, lint u m
cmiy pruvulu fur a Itounl of uv)i
InuUiiw, oaulUl!H (if Ulwl, tliri'O ittci
nnd limn wtuvMi. mIuhImI by ) jlu
Mull iucu Mild wumi'U wtbimUy. mr
iuyi Hi" iwly Ihiiiih wiwLei
lUlb I Mil. lb illWill iU&tttttfttf Mil!! I'-
duohir, Umm
IS lolSr'
THE MEN IN COMMAjp.
Imethlng About llio miliary Lenders
In Central Asia.
Cblcftgo later Ocean.
If tho present belligcrnnt enthusiasm
that exists in London nnd St. Peters
burg ends in war, certain Russian and
British officers who have already made
brilliant records against uncivilized
foes in tho east will havo an opportun
lty of showing what thoy nro cnpablo
of. doing when brought faco to lace
with tho arms and tactics of modern
warfaro and tho Generalship of mon
trained in thi host military schools of
r.urope.
Skobcleff nnd Katifmnnn aro dead,
but ono of tho bravest of tho transcau
casus Russian Generals who was in
spired by bkobelelFs Iifo is this sanio
General Komaroff, who has taken tho
Afghan bull by Mia horns at Ponjdeh.
Attached to the TJentral Asian com
mand of General Kaufraann, Komaroff
was placed in chargo of Bokhara,
around which ho subdued tho recalci
trant Turks, and fought sido by sido
with his warm friend, Skobclcff, in tho
most arduous fighting dono by
Russia in Western Turkestan. Though
not so picturesque a soldier in tho field
as tho hero of Plovnn, nor 60 capablo
of magnetizing his meiroy his person
al example, nevertheless ho has thoso
excellent qualities of a soldier whioh
consist of caution, determination, and
implicit obedienco to orders. If ho has
had any secret instructions to seizo Af
ghan Turkestan and tako Herat, Ko
maroff is just tho man who will
sparo no oiiorts to carry out tno pro
gramme.
Hut a moro rora&rkablo soldier than
Komaroff is Joseph Vladiniirovitch
Gourko, who, although born in 1828,
still retains enough vitality to -justify
tho U.ar m placing him at tho ncad or
tho Russian army in Central Asia.
Gourka has a military record second
in brillinuco to that of no other officer
in tho Czar's army. Ho floured in tho
Crimean war, in tho Polish campaign
of lou.l, and in lo7G was mado a Laou
tenant General of ft division. When
tho Russo-Turko war broko out ho was
instructed to co ahead through Tur
key without regard to tho mam army,
so as to spread alarm throughout tho
dominions of tho Sultan. How well
ho did his work no ono knows better
than tho Turks themselves. His rapid
passago over tho Balkans was a feat
which has been compared to Hanni
bal's or Nnpoleonis passajro of tho
Alps, nnd his retreat to tho Schipka
pass after ho had struck terror to Con
stantinoplo, was a masterpiece of strat
egy.
On tho British sido General Sir Fred
erick Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of
tho Madras Annv, most resembles
Gourko in his qualities of dash, brav
cry and swift-sighted schemes of strat
egy. His famous inarch in boptcmuor,
1880, 320 miles in twenty-throo days,
aud nlways harassed by tho enemy,
from Knbal to Kandahar, tho siego of
which ho raised on tho day aftor his
arrival by defeating tho army of Af
gliaudab, was a feat which will bear
favorablo comparison with Gourko's
passage of tho Balkans. "When Greek
meets Greek," etc., and if Roberts
should over bo pitted against Gourko,
tho world would probably hear of somo
very oxtrnordiuary lighting and taoti
cal maneuvering. General Sir Donald
Stewart, who will tako chief command
of tho Indian army of tho Indus, is a
lino old soldier, who has seen great
service, not only in European wars,
but iu tho Indian mutiny of 1857, and
insubsoquout encountors with turbu
lent hill tribes in Assam nnd around
Peshawar. Other good soldiers with a
arjro oxperienco of Asiatic warfaro,
who aro likely to bo sturdy henchmen
to Gonoral Stewart, aro General Jon
kins, Goncrnl Ross, General Pliayre,
General Sir Horbort Macpherson and
General Hugh Gough, all of whom
mndo their mark iu tho last Afghan
war. ino Ameer luniseii has Had
donty of oxperienco in warfare, and if
o ventures into tho arena of strifo ho
will bo by no moans tho least pictur
esquo leader fli tho held.
Tho Cause of Dyspepsia.
Chicago HeraM.
"Oh, I'm used up with tho dyspep
sia," doclarod tv sour-visaged, discon
tented-looking man of an acquaint
ance as ho loaned against a bar chew
ing a nutritious toothpick. "I'm only
ono oi thousands, ' no luuieu, witn a
heavy sigh, "who havo been made dys
poptics in American by tho adultera
tions of food. No ono can talk climato
or cookery to mo. It is tho adultera
tion of food that croato3 dyspepsia.
Why, bless you, tno American ooouing
is on tho average tho best in tho world,
but it is almost inipossiblo to got any
thing pure to cook.
"Alum is mixed with yoast powder,
baking powders aro adulterated with
chalk aud sugar, syrup and honoy nro
oxtonslvoly doctored. Tho Hrst threo
nro adulterated with glucose, which is
manuiaeturcd by troating starch or
Woody liber, with sulphurio acid. It is
novor advortised- glucoso isu't I can
tell you, and it isn't easy to find. A
largo dealer told ino the other day
that ho didn't believe ho'd had any
fcuulno molasses in his store for years,
never buy any honey unloss I get It
from an intnmto friend. Mdk is weak
ened with water and colored witli a
preparation mado iu tho oast. It is not
generally known, either, but it Is ti
fact, that tho milk of farrow cows Is
unlit for food, being tilled with tin
ell'eto excretory nittter. And butter
faugh! It U not only adulterated, but
counterfeited, l-'ut cheese U mado
from skimmed milk mixed with lard
aud tulluw o skillfully iu to defy do
leotlou. 1 win at uu exhibit of butter
mid choose Iu the titto of Now York
nwhIU) ago where tho ilrt nita wu
awarded (o it elioeo vvhloli tho malum,
with prlilo iiuiiiI you, with piitle af
tenvnid ulllrmod to ho a luamiltiuiutud
nrllulo.
'Do j mi Knuvv wiiai (;! u tan at ,
b'yf WdI). )uuwu lliu advuiiutimunl.
(lift Utl (Ulll I kHI dUlMMt II u m
imiiliidi lutiUul tti iiittinifMuiu
01 ulmww l inn Hull Hsvaif Mhal
I ruin r aim iuf v wii u w owat nai
lufwuif Two rv tudn ut t
water iymps, confections and jelllei
aro flavored with such stuff. Of course
a few persons uso cenulno fruit flavors
Tho sourness of lemon syrup and limo
juico strengthened with sulphuric acid.
Landy is composed largely ol glucoso
and flour. Mighty littlo puro sugar
goes into it. Manufacturers claim tno
substitute which is mado from cora is
not objectionable. Candy is adultcra
ted with various substances. Somo
terra alba is used, andQtho coloring
matter Is often hichlv objoctlonabla
"Tea is adulterated with willow,
oak, birch, elm, and other leaves, and
spent tea leaves; also, with poisonous
colorings. Giound coffeo sold in
packages is often quito a counterfeit.
Among tho other coffeo adulterations,
besides tho old stand-by, chicory, aro
dried liver, beans, peas, all kinds of
crain, tan bark and sawdust. Spices
are mixed largely with inert sub
stances, and then injurious matter has
to bo added to givo them fictitious
strength.
"Thirty-two deadly poisons nro
known to bo used in tho adulteration
of wines, and whisky is oven treated
worso. Tho popular lacer beer is
adulterated also to an alarming extent,
for it is drank freely by so many un
dcr belief that it is healthful and can
not bo meddled with as aro alcoholic
beverages. Even drugs tho very
drujrs usod for adulterations aro
themselves adulterated Paris green
for instance, beintr ono.
"It is impossible to cstimato the
amount of poison pcoplo take into their
systems daily.
Gods of tho Heathen.
F. E. nodae, in ITewTork Mcrcnrr-
About six months since a ministerial
friend of mino called my attention to
God. I thoucht for a timo tho name
souniled familiar, and whon ho asked
mo if I had not heard of tho God of
Abraham. Isaac aud Jacob, I remem
bored that I had. My brother Isaac
had often civen mo considerable infor
mation about him at times when ho
was sittinff around tho houso with a
corn on his too and had notning elso
to do. From tho manner in which Iko
conncctod his namo with damns and
such things I havo been led to suppose
Isaac's God was a miller. I never
heard Abraham and Jacob say very
much about their gods, as they be
longed to church and never had much
to do witli them oxcept on Sunday. 1
thought about tho subject until I bo-
gan to feel a friendly interest in it,
and last week 1 read up on gods to an
extent that seems to mo to qualify mo
for a learned thesis or something on
this subject.
I find that cods wcro quite common
as far back as tho days of Adam, from
which I am led to infer that tho Yan
kees aro not entitled to tho honor of in
venting them. Tho Chineso havo gods
three or four thousand years old, and
there is not n gray hair or & wrinklo
in their heads. Ono would naturally
think that a god threo thousand years
old would bo pretty well worn and a
littlo bit out of style, but the Chineso
claim that warmed-over goda, original
ly mado of firo clay, and freshly var
nishod aro just as good as now. Pco
plo who havo always laid a god of
thoir own a sort of privato god laid
away whero it will always bo handy
in caso of an emergency say they
would not bo without one for four dol
lars. Thoy maintain that a privato
god is much moro attontivo and punc
tual in attending to business than a
pifblio god, which is very much over
worked in tho busy seasons, particu
larly during political campaigns and
tna chilblain soason.
There is considerable difl'eronco of
opinion as to tuo merits oi tno various
kinds of cods. Thoso Chineso aro
peculiarly fond of a littlo two by seven
wooden cou inai can uo carncu
iround in tho overcoat pocket, where
it can bo reached in nn instant in caso
of a flood or earthquake, tho owner of
such a god whips him out of his
pocket liko a self-cocking revolver,
and sets it between himself and all
danger. It is said that a fellow can
And gods enough to start a Chineso
licavon with, along somo of tho river
banks in China. Thoy havo been
washed ashore after their proprietors
wcro drowned in a freshot. It must
bo very humiliating to a man to sco
his god floating around him and leav
ing him to drown, in spito of all his
supplications. It must look as if a
man had got hold of an ungrateful
and soliish ono-horso god that is
caroloss and slovenly in looking after
his business.
Tho Aztocs or mound-builders gods
woro plain clay, isy making tnoir
bonds hollow and attaching stems to
thoir stomachs, thoy could oo roadily
utilized as tobacco pipes, aud thoso
who havo smoked them say thoy aro
just as good as any othor plain, barn
yard stylo of pipe. An Azteo god was
novor nn orumary kiiui oi n iciiow.
Ho was not considered first-class un
loss ho had seven lingers or toes, or a
pretty good-sized tail, and ho would
not stand the climatu unloss ho was
well baked. Thero aro ruins of sov
oral cod-hakerios in various parts of
Mexico and Central America.
Tho Persians, Greeks and Romans
of tho oldon timo would not fool with
common gods. Thoy mndo thoir dei
ties in a binss foundry, nnd claimod
that uo gcii was genuino unless ho
would turn groon under an acid tost
and boro tho government stamp, I
lmvo a god myself. Ho wns given mo
by a Japanese lecturer who oamo this
way lust fall; but ho Is evidently a
very poor god. All 1 havo over boon
able o get him to do Is to hold down
papers on my dok,
l'rtstour, tho ItoiioIi noleutht, has
boon urging experiment to luuorlulu
If animals uuu livo on absolutely puro
food. Jlu i inulliiud U the belief that
the prosonoo of tin) uuimiiuii uiitiruutu
hi lliu iligosUvti organs i ttuiual ta
iliHtr jinr uwruun If thu truth
ol liili IbtKiry sliull La dsumntrttlul.
wti may Iu thu (mum tt inUwtuu.
uhuiU livlltitg uf itriu In tWU m
UMMUIlt Uf llwt4ll! lliUnwUf iUlMMH.Bt
Mti Uivliutd Ua ml-im uii Oi ultl
iiiakjA lU'wtt iMiuUittNiy. imw
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m wuit. lilf lBij ml i
TTOTY DOLLARS.
"I must havo one," said Cathio Hart
ford.
Cathie was sitting at the breakfast
tablo.
"Must is for tho Queen," said Mr,
Hartford, reaching out for another muf
fin.
"Now, undo, please!" implorod
Cathie.
"How many hats havo you got al
ready ?" inexorable demanded Mr,
Hartford.
"Nothing that is suitable for this oc
custom " responded Cathie. "Ladies
dress so elegantly for Mrs. Harto-Will-oughby's
morning concerts. And Mad
am Persiana has tho loveliest opera that
sho will lot mo have for twenty dollars
only half price, uncle, dear; because
Miss Hyde, for whom it was made, has
gone into mourning and decided not to
tako it!"
"Indeed," said UncloHnrtfort.
"Dear uncle, you'll give mo twenty
dollars!"
"I'll givo you nothing of tho sort,"
aaid Undo nnrtford, decidedly.
Cathio cried a littlo when her undo
had gono to his office.
"Mean old thine I" said sho. anostro-
phizjng tho portrait of hor gfand-unclo,
which hung stiff and simpering above
the mantle. "With all your oceans of
money to grudgomoa poor twenty dol
lars for a dress hat! And Paul Atherton
is to bo there, and Roso St. Felix will
havo him all to horsolf and and "
And a now gush of tears followed this
dismal foreboding.
Hend you twenty dollars, Mrs. Ap-
Boll ? "What do you want mo to lend you
twenty dollars for?"
Paul Atherton was looking very kind
ly down upon tho pale, pinched littlo
widow in hor rusty crape and worn bom
bazine, nnd Mrs. Apsoll took courago
to reply:
' It s interest money that I owo on tho
mortgago my poor Herbert gavo Mr.
Hartford, tho banker. And if it isn't
paid promptly, I'm afraid ho'll fore
close; and nil tho hvincl mado for my
self and tho children is by keoping
boarders in that littlo houso. I havo
hoped nil along 'lo mho tho monoy with
out troubling you, but my best boarders
left mo last month, nnd tho rooms nro
vacant yet, and "
Mr. Atherton put his hand into Lib
pocket at onco. o
"Jso moro apologies, I beg," said ho.
"If I can't spare a littlo monoy to Her
bert Apsoll s widow, 1 ought to lio cash
iered, nero's a twenty-dollar bill I'vo
rather been keeping it for good luck, on
account ol tho Maltese cross drawn m
red ink on it, butl can afford to transfer
tho balanco of luck to vour account, I
think!"
nd Mrs. Apsoll went immediately
tho tears of gratitudo bedewing her
poor, littlo oyes to No. i'llth av
enue, whero Cathie Hartford was yet
bewailing her afllicticm.
What is it liruco, said Cathio to tho
pink-ribboned parlor maid.
Undo Hartford would not consent to
a man in plain livery, although Cnthid
had declared, over and ovor ngain, it
was quito essential to their stand in so
cioty. n
"Ploaso, miss, it's n pgrson ns insists
on seing you, it Mr. Hartlord isn t in.
person to pay somo monoy, miss. "
Cnthio roused up ut this and went
out into tho vestibule, whore Mrs. Ap
soll was meokly waiting.
"Its twenty dollars, miss," said Mrs.
ipsell, that I owo Mr. Hartmau your
father "
"Undo," corrected Cathie, rather
etiflly.
"Uncle begging your pardon for
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interest on a mortgage on houso m
Hoopor street; aud if you'll kindly
givo it to him "
"(J, certainly, certainly," said Cathio,
and Mrs. Apsell went away.
"Now," cried our disconsolnto young
damsel, "I'lj have that dress hat at
Madam Porsiana's or I'll know tho rea
son why. Undo won't know tho money
has been paid in, and next week, whon
my quarterly allowanco comes in, I'll
mnko it all straight."
Miss Cathio Hartford appeared at
Mrs. Harto "Willoughby's in a superb
whito velvet hat, trimmed with snowy
ostrich tips and silver wheat, tipped
with crystal dowdrops, and Mr. Ather
ton thought ho had nover seen so pret
ty and fascinating n littlo creature in
all his life.
"I do boliovo," said Mr Atherton,
"I'm falling in lovo with that littlo girl."
Ho wont homo to his liotol. Mrs.
Apsoll wns sitting in tho reception
room wnitingto sco him.
"Hello I" said Mr. Athorton.
"Ho's going to forecloso, sir," sobbed
tho widow. "Mr. Hartford is going to
forecloso."
"But ho can't forecloso if tho intorest
is paid up to tho time," remonstrated
Atherton.
"I don't know how that it is, sir,"
whimpered Mrs. Apsoll. I novor did
understand law mattors, but "
"Did you pay thattwonty dollars?"
"I paid it into Miss Hnrtford's own
hand. Dir."
"I'll go nnd boo about it mysolf," said
Mr, Atherton, "Oo homo, Mrs. Apsoll,
I will tako tho conduct of this matter
into my own ohargo."
llulf nu hour later Mr. Atherton pre
minted himself at tho ntlleo of liurpagon
Hartford, in Liberty street.
"How'd this ulHint Widow Apsoll's
niurtjrtgeVH tdd hn. "I hour you're
tiltttiit to funwlu!).
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quarter's bill. The merchant gave him
in change a twenty-dollar bill with a
red Malteso cross sketched upon its
face.
"Tho deucol" cried Atherton. How
camo you by that lucky bill, Mr. Smo
koybridgo?" Let me sco," said Mr. Smokoy
bridgo. "My wifo took it in from ono
M. Achilla Persiana."
"Can you givo his address?"
"Oh, certainly. His wifo is tho fash
ionable milliner on street."
And to M. Persina's our hero went
resolved to soe what Mrs. Apsoll had
dono with tho money ho had given hor
in good faith.
M. Persiana was obliging enough in n
flowery, Frendi way. He had received
tho monoy from Aurelio, his wife.
Madame summoned to tho conclave, re
ferred to her books and immediately in
formed them that sho had taken the
bill from Miss Cathenno Hartford, on
Thursday, February 8.
From Catherino Hartford I And Mrs.
Ansell had solemnlv rlndniWI tlinf. dm
had herself paid it into Miss Hartford's
hands.
"I'll sen this to thn cnrl " bu1 Trr.
Atherton. comnressincr his linn n. littlo?
and ho called on Cathio Hartford.
Lxcuso mo if I ask what may soem
somo rather impertinent questions,"
said he.
"Ask what you please." said Cnthio
all smiles.
"You bouaht a dress hat last Tues
day?" o
"Certainly," said wondering Cathio.
"You paid for it with a twcntv-dollar
bill?"
"Yes."
"With this bill?"
Ho held it uu. Cathio colored scar
let. r
"And you received this bill from
Mrs. Ansell to bo bv von criven to vonr
undo in part payment of n sum of in
torest duo to nun i X must beg for an
answer."
Cathio began to cry. ,
"I I meant no harm." said sho.
"My quarter's allowanco is duo next
week and "
"That will do " said Mr. Athortnn.
"A thousand pardons for annoying you."
And ho wont away, and Cathio Hart
ford never saw him moro.
Sho had cot hor dress bonnet, but
sho had lost her lover.
Pounding of the Pugilist.
Saturday Itoviow.
That thero aro groat and grevious ob
jections to it no ono need dispute; but
tho objections aro not by any means
such ns aro popularly entertained by
thoso persons who cry out most loudly
against it. Nothing can for instance,
bo moro absurd than to supposo that the
physical pain or "torture" suffered by
pugilists in tho ring is materially grout-
or than that endured by men who on-
gago in other sovero fcodily competi
tions. When ono man is pitted against
anothor in any prolonged trial of
strongth and endurance, combined with
skill, tho evil which ho fears, and which
eventually makes him or his opponent
succumb, is purely and simply th& feel- c
ing of utter exhaustion by which ho i3
procluded from continuing ho struggle.
Compared with this deadly sensation,
which for tho timo prostrates all pow
ers of tho body, all minor pains and
griofs sink into quito a subordinate
place. Compared with it tho &pur and
tho whip feel liko fleo bites to a raco
horse, tho blisters of Iho rowing
man becomo an insignificant mat
ter, and in liko manner tho hard
knocks received by tho fighting man
nro regarded with fear, not becauso of
tho mere pain thoy cause, but because
of tho fact that thoy tako out of him bo
much of his remaining force. No ono
of courso likes to bo smitten on tho
noso or in tho mouth. Tho sensation is
unpleasant even to tho most hardened
pugilist; for tho theory that familiarity
breeds contempt is hardly moro trim of
tho fighter and his wounds that it Ts of
tho storied eels and their sufferings
while undergoing the process of flaying.
But to supposo that n pugilist strikes
his flag, or moro proporly speaking,
throws up his spongo, becauso ho finds
that his noso is becoming soro, or be
causo ho feels a pain in his ribs, is to
mistnko altogether tho wholo character
of a contest of strength between two
highly trained Englishmen. The
"punishment" rocoived in tho ring dif
fers in kind, but not in essence, from
tho punishment sufl'orcd by a running
man, whon after "doing nil ho knows"
ho fools his strength ebbing away, and
falls back out of the raco bocauso nature
refuses him tho forco necessary to re
tain tho lend. Tho best judges as to
tho "inhumanity" of a fight, ns far as
tho principals oro concerned, must suro
ly bo tho principals themselves; and
not ono of them will say that thoy seo
any moro inhumanity in it than in a
long distance raco.
And He Kissed Her.
A fashionablo society girl married a
man who lived in a country town, and
as sho really loved her husband sho
wanted to do all sho could to plcaso
him. Ono day alio told him sho waa
going to mako some nico homo-mado
cider for him, and whon ho camo homo
hIio had about two bushels of littlo hard
apples piled up iu tho kitchen.
"Why, Maudo," ho exclaimed when
ho saw thoni, "what havo you got thoro?
"Apples, darliug," ulio ropliod with
smiling face,
"Whoro did you got thorn?"
"UoiiKlit thoni, of omirso, lovo."
"Ilut what did you got suoh hard ones
fur?"
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