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PENCILING FROM LIFE.
Shortly after marriage:
"Put your little tootsoy wootsics up
to mine, dear."
Fivo years later:
"Take them blamed old hoofs away,
can't you? Do you want to freczo a
follow?"
"Do you consider him a man of vo
racity?" "Ilch?"
"I say, do you consider him a man
of veracity?"
"Well, there's no tollin' what ho
niightdo if ho wasmad an' hada gun."
"My good brother," said tho preach
er to a sick man, "is Micro nothing you
regret; nothing you aro sorry for?"
"Yes yes,' "camo from tho invalid
in a whisper.
"What is it, my good brother?"
"Well. I was a blamed fool that I
didn't sell that gray colt beforo it
broko its log. I was ottered $200 for
it, too."
' "Ma, what do you think? There's
a rumor that Mr. Blicks is a married
man! Ain't that too bad?"
m ';Tush! Don't you believe it. If ho
isn t a bachelor there never was one,"
"Hut how do you know ho is?"
"Why, pshaw, child; anybody could
tell that by tho agonizing look that
comes over him wnonovcr ho sees a
baby."
"Hut I toll you he's a good man."
"I don't care if ho is,"l shan't vote
for him."
"Why?"
"Ho trios to put on airs."
"In what way?"
"Why, b'gosh, ho wears two stis
pendors 'n carries his tcrbackor in a
box, an' ho never thought o' chuckin'
his pants into his boots till ho wantod
tho nomination." q
"And so your wifo is very sick, is
sho?"
"Yes; sfib's dreadful sick."
"feonlinod to her bed?"
"No, but she's got so low 1 ain't got
much hopes of her."
"1 wouldn't bo alarmed as long as
sho can sit up."
"Hut you can't imagino now dread
ful bad she is. Why slie don't care a
whiffet anv more how sho looks, nor
what tho neighbors aro up to."
"Hotfioms a real bright little fol
low, but Tio doesn't look stout. Is ho
health', Mrs. Candish?"
"Well, no'um, I don't think ho is;
for you sco ho's sick right smart."
"What do you think is tho matter
with him?"
"Well, I dono, mum. 1'vo never
been able to make it out jist; bufrom
his symptoms when ho has a spoil, I
guess it must bo somethin' or othce
no's inhaled from his father."
An old man vho was dnnfiorously
sick gathered his grown-up children
nbout him, and proceeded to divhio his
property by tolling them what each
was to have.
While so engaged a boy about ton
years old camo into tho room, ond
said: o
"Futlier, let mo havo your frfaifo."
"Clear out of this, you consoted lib
tlo whiffet!" exclaimed tho sick man.
I'Don'tyou know bettor than to mix:
in and intorfcro wilii tho perceedin's
when you seo I'm busv disposal' of
my properly? Wait tillOyour turn
conies."
"I think," said one lady, in a con
versation on church manors, "that tho
proper way to say graco at tiio tablo i
to have a littlo child do it. There'
something about it Mike."
"1 can't say that I do," said anotiior.
"l ho child of co;:t)io cannot under
O stand it."
"Certainly not; but it can learn a
form and-repcat it as well as any one.'
"J lion why not teach it to a parrot
ami uo (iono wmi ltr
Tho other lady hado moro to say
"Yes, I supposo ho's thoO richest
man in tho burg, now, andj has pio on
uio tiiuio every meai, nut i knew him
in uis-corn-uread days."
"You did?"
weti. i did, that. Yes, sir, I know
mat man wnon no didn't own a dog
mill tlritin flin i.mcf tt
....... .uuai. Ul Ilia UlHlKWg Oil
of a gourd or a tincup."
"You don't say."
"L tio, ior a rectilinear cortfiinK-
Yos, sir, I know him when ho wouldn't
navo missed going to a circus for any
thing in thoj world, and when ho was
as poor as a patch of ground that has
oeen run in buckwheat for ton years."
"And I supposo ho feels grateful to
you ior it.'"'
"HimP No, sir; ho's loo pizen proud
In aiwi'i 1- ir inn 1 ' Y ',.,. 7 -.J
About Dress.
No observing person will contradict
tno statement thatthero is a moral in
lluonco in good clothes. Any school
teacher will tell vou that Ik m net in,
corrigible pupil is moro pliable, moro
nn r li i 111, mlm.. 1 . I . I
uuu uiuuieu in a nowjacK-
m ui, muuniioiv papor collar,
theroiuains of Sunday finery, has boon
Known to oiviuzo and hiiuianizo whilo
H remainod unsoilod; and a now bow
of ribbon on a girl who scarcely sii"-
uaivu n uiuiwiiiu ijuiuiiy has mado a
gentle, wonianiy monitor whilo tho
ribbon romainod bright. There aro
hundreds of touchers who would "bul
ly keep a stock of clothing as an aid
to discipline were it projior or feasible
to do MO.
The inlhionctt of good clothes is not
confined to tho ragged, untrained ulo
ineiil of the coiuuiiiuily. A glovo or
hIioo without buttons, a dress with 11
braid iu ragged condition, hits thrown
nn able woman from her usual polsoof
calm and dignlliud solf-rullnneo Into
one of dlatruat mid liulpliManuaa, In.
deed, It U mi nonopWiii fust
Mint one mu.t be clothed In bar
inony with Miti limit, Mm place,
and Mm portion in ordur to bo t.uf.
forgetful.
Ily Mm Hiut law (Wii n woman lie
Milium buhlinl Miti urgiM)iuuuiMuf Imr
MUr. lluw iHHHi wtrry nwuy fruiu
an MMMiiiUJy uul lk rihiHbrttH(w uf
hii oUrnvRgAiitkur .fiwUiig ao-
lUIUH. niul UU liUtuwiwtteiiHM Ul lliO
wri' Mwvv (uo Human wu lliu
t waH w Mm nNMtiUau,
Law Mi !r of tigun ijaiipwl (eill-
play so manv yards of dry goods ar
ranged according to existing modes,
thoir dross scorning so entiroly ajiart
from themselves! A costunio beau
tiful in itself may disliguro or bo (lis
hgurcd by tho wearer. Thcro must
bo harmony, a fitness, between tho
clothing and tho clothed. And this
harmony depends upon a principle
that lies deeper than artistic qualities
oi material, color, or design. A wo
man may study to produce, and suc
ceed in producing, a costume porfect
in an its details, and were it as though
it were a part of herself, and yet givo
no sense of pleasure, bccauso'it is out
of harmony witli her position. Tho
first principle of being well dressed is
that tho cost shall not exceed tho le
gitimate sum afforded by tho provider,
wliethor that provider bo tho wearer,
or a husband or a father. If tho cost
of tho dress bo beyond tho sum that
can bo afforded without effort of self
denial in things of greater inii.ortanco
in tho family life, it cannot be, no
matter how artistic, a sourco of pleas
ure to tho weartr or those whom sho
drosses to please.
No husband can reioico in tho pos
session of a wifo who is dressed in such
a manner that ho knows the thought
sho will suggest to every friend is,
How can they afford it? No father
can rcjoico in tho consciousness of a
tylishly dressed daughter when ho
knows that his friends would havo a
higher respect for him and for his
faiuilv if I hey dressed in a manner
suited to their position hnaneially.
It is tho Christian duty of every moth
er to educato her daughters to this
litness of position, to tnuo and place;
and tins education must begin in,
childhood. What can bo more incon-
gruous than to seo a father witli hands
crimed and disligurod by his daily
labor, coat old and shabby, shoes
showing intimate acquaintance witli
tho cobbler, leading by tho hand a
tiny littlo ono clothed m a plush coat,
deep cott(-laciO!ollar, and head cov
ered by a monstrosity of velvet and
feathers? Hut tho baby is filled with
the senso of her lino clothes, and is
learning her first lesson, that the com
fort and pcaco of tho family & second
aryOo the stylo and cut ot her clothes.
It has not been an unmitigated bless
ing to tho laboring and poorer classes
ot our country that cheap grndos of
cxpensivo materials aro possible bfl
cause of tho mechanic arts. A thing
may be beautiful in itself thai; will not
bo beautiful, or even pleasing, whoa
not surrounded by haritioaiaus condi
tions. 0
A dress thnU all oihor conditions
being equaL would bo o delight in tho
parlor on u. reception day, eenis sac
ly out of plane on FourtcontU trvct,
with tho woaror's arms tilled wita
brown paper purcels, &ud the wearer's
fOoo druwu and hogc&rd hecauyo u bat
tin of buying tou dollars' worth of
goods for live dollars has licon going
on for hour. Wo know rhea wo
look ut tho wearer that tho costnmo
must answer for all occasions party,
church uud sirent. All tho laotuty
tluft could bo potion togethor wont to
purchase an outiit that is out of all
harmony with tho ivoaror's position in
lite. Instead of looking with pleas
ure, ye o givo a sigh for weak humanity
and its" lacfe ui ialtipeudoao, tai.
pass oo.
Whflo woroon re educated tft roal
izo tlu enormity oi the. sin of living
and d reusing hoy ond t'jeir incomo, tho
daily papers will record fowor cm
hezzLementa And mitusfl of trust funds.
Nine-tenths of the crimes of Mas orrtor
arcotraccoblo to too fnlso ideals untL
xtr.avairent notions of tho fomalo
membeiii of UJO fotoily. LQuisUarp
Union.
O C3 Intelliffeut rickets.
Ono of tho most efficient divisions in
tho Army of tho Potomac, as organic
cd by (ion. McCloilan in iho fall of
1861, was tliaOcommandcd oy Illonk
er, who camo at tho head of tho 1st
Gorman rilles of Now York, about
eight hundred strong; and becamo the
conShiandor of some twolvo thousand
men, nearly all of them Germans.
T.5L-f Mm nliililrnn nf flm itohtii'A Ltita
who snoko "half in Hebrew and hnfP
in tho speecli of Ashdod," theso Tuc
ton warriors hfrti a vaguo idea of tho
English lnnguage, and their style of
"challenging" was uajhue. As I was
going tho grand rounds witli a lady
and gentleman from Boston wo woro
"pass$l" through all tho pickots on
tho Leosburg turnpike on tho presen
tation of a free season ticket on a rail
road route, which was first shown by
an accident instead of tho legitimato
pass from headquarters, and af torward
to tost tho knowledge of tho sentries.
"Yali! dat isli goot forvart!" was tho
approviug vordict after each ostensi
ble careful examination of tho card.
Hen: Pcrlcy l'oore.
Jlidniglit Closing.
Tho law closing saloons at midnight
is already having its bad effects.
About G:30 A. Al. Sunday, Mr. Hen
Zccu staggered into his palatial
residence and his wife mot him hi the
hall.
"Well?" sho oiaculatod in a tonoesi
disgust and ironical inquiry.
'iuorn n, ho irurirlod.
"You aro a prettv looking spoctaclo,
nin'tyou?' $ho continued. "Uoupstnirs
and tro to bed
"Watsh 'at for.
mudjoar?" ho ro
oii to tho bail'
spouded, holding
Ister.
You'ro drunk, tiiat's what it's
for."
"Ain't neither."
"I'd liko to know what vou call it
then?"
"Why, in' love, h'iioMiIii', I 'aluiro
you. lah jiihIi bin waitlu up wlNhor
boysh, tor tdieu'f zhur luw-breiiklh'
blmlooiH wazer gout' tor shiittup at
midnight, tut' in' love, darned 'f Mm
Dun wo wazli In didn't do it. an' hIiuI
iimIi all up In liur, Mil juh whilo
'go," Merrhuitt Viiiitcr.
.NllllllKgM I'oImoiiuiu,
It In nut HMiuH'ftlly Lnutvii Mini nut
litg HIM jmiIauhuim, but Dr. I'ttlumr
wfiM4 iu Miti JHiWHM Jmrml nf
i'krwmu ilttiAiliug Mut uf a ImJy
wliu luMirlv iIImI fruiii uulliibr u milium
iikI w mt, aiuI In m)Iii& uia IhS
(uy (hut Mid link- iiIIhuU uf Mm ilrtiur
m tlilljwl In buili ik Hgiiuiiitl wmi
IIAItt AM) BEARD.
The IHrsntc Apronilnco In History awI Ro
ni.inrf. "Fair tresses man' Imperial race ensnntt?,
And benuly tlra5 us wi.h ft shicle lia r."
No subject within tho scope of hu
man science is really so unimportant,
as to general well "being, and yet, tho
question of tho hair and board, its cut
and color, has been more prolific ot
custom, rule and law, tb.in almost any
thing connected witli mankind.
Tho champions of long hair, and of
short hair, havo ranged themselves
under separate banners, shed each
others blood, disturbed whole com
munities, and made history for an
idea that could promote neither hap
piness nor contentment for either side.
Families havo been divided by it,
divorces have been granted in conse
quence of it, and legislators, in all
ages but our own, have enacted laws
to enforco compliance with f heir own
peculiar views iu this trivial matter.
Common sense eventually regulated
thoatfair and gavo to every person tiio
right outside of tho tyranny of fash
ion's whims to caro lor Mio oxterior of
his head ami to shape tho iriturai
covering of hi face according to indi
vidual sentiment.
Ecclesiastical governments, adopt
ing St. Paul's declaration tiiat "long
hair was an abomination unto a man,"
have niailo a vigorous war against tho
sinfulness of tho custom and fulmina
ted in opposition to it from tho pulpit
as barbarous, unclean and unholy;
but at tho same time they havo per
mitted, tolerated and sold immunity
from sins, ox special gratia, not of tho
hair or beard, but of tho heart and
mind and conscience of greater enor
mity and more worthy of denuncia
tion and suppression. ,
Woman's tiesses havo tuned t!;c
poet's lyre, nerved tho warrior s steel
and drawn woeful sighs from tho
depths. of tho lover's heart.
All other features are. to tho enthu
siastic lover, subordinate beauty, in
telligence and goodness are .nothing.
His life and hopes aro staked on her
voluptuous locks; ho awakens from
his dream of bliss only when, in ano
niont of curiosity, ho discover it is
false a chignon.
Lank hair, among the ancient, tfd'
a sign of cowardice; nubuni hnir, or
light brown, evidenced great ;u!vupti
bility to the tender pa3iun, u vrcll us
rare'intrdligPDuo. industry and apouro
ful disjMisitiun! black liKir was nut
b'tably cfllcoruou, tho pisesstirs ot it
Doing' thought joalnun and qiirrwl
ho roc; rod hair, iu geunrai, e;w un.
aversion, murk of reprobation, even
before tho titoo of Judas. "As wichod
a a red ass" vui frcnlv applied touny
ono havins bright red hair. aod tm a
popular and opprobrious wiymgiind.
to'm&kotho tcntituont more hindiu,
ono of that patient tviho of quadru
ped a was mado to atoao for it every
year by boing thrown from u high.
WftU.
Tho Romans noor udoptod loner
hair, lator nations did, dooming it
cflominato and unbecoming, nJiko for
nchoiar, statedrun or warrior. A tow
of then may havo dono so, but it was
aftor tboy hart ceaaed to bo a ua-fcion ot
warriors and Ircoame aconted coartiotn.
Shaving, by tho Uonian yotjfchv, wo
event Ionkl Trwa,txt to, yuaa coo
mo need at al)out tho ,ge of tfl.
Ibo Franks woro looy hair, wttioh
vras tho distinguishing mark oi king
and noblos. An old histcirian re
marks: "Tho hair is nvor cut from
tho boads nf tho Fraoish King's sans:
it is parted oo Ibo fofelaoud nad falls
ciaally ou both sides. Thoy tpcioklo
thoir hair with pid-dasfc aitor plaiting
itinefljall bands, which tboy orDO
nionted ith jioarls toil pifctiiyita utttt
als." It Im lon Written In maio cm tlitt
Dionysius, tli& tyitot, wtui au fearful
of violence thej he Wduld uorojit no
ono to sliavo him, And that h sina'd
his beard oft' $ith hotcwQiffit shells.
This is, of course, an absurdity,
tho boat required toQingo woiitfl havo
burned tho shells; :uyl o, citiier the
tyrant rid himself of his cruard in soino
otlicr way, or did not sliavo at all;
probably Iho latter.
The greatest proiudico has existed
against tho wearing of tho beard and
the stylo of tiio hair. Archbishop Tail
forbade one of tho clorgy to officiate in
hiCuwn church because ho had grown
mustache Lord Jugtiun Knight
Hruco refused to hoar tho caustQof a
barrister booauso ho woro a beard,
and numerous instances might bo cited
to show the disfavor which flic wear
ing of a board has excited. Qco.l'.
UoJJ, A. M., in the Inylesule.
Children's Toys.
A reporter who was strolliiur tin
Second avenuo a few evenings ago hail
his attontion drawn to a number of
children in front of a snia II store.
Thoy woro eagerly scrutinizi'iar and
admiring a number of many-colored
wooden and rubber balls in tho win
dow. Tho writer, upon onlcring.
found a multitudinous assortment of
children's toys. The Halosnian and
proprietor, all in one, was askod which
assortment of toys pleased tho littlo
ones Mm most and mot with tho great
est demand, and replied with as much
seriousness as a man who did a million
dollars' worth of business in a your:
"That all depends upon tho season
of tho year, my friend. Just now tho
bouncing ball is iu heason. What is a
bouncing hall?" repeated tho man with
apparent amazeinont at the reporter s
ignorance of children's playthings.
Why, hero it is. Lot mo show you
how it Is worked, for I guess tho littlo
thing was not In voguo when you woro
young."
The vendor of flic so-ualled bouncing
ball, whloh hud tin India-rubber string
iittaehed to it, bounced if In nil dime
Uoiih, catching It Muluutilioally In liU
hand n It bouuuiid Imok. At Mm end
of Mm airing wiu aamull loop, through
whloh Mm operator' linger U lunurlml,
Miu leaving Mm liuml In u iio.ltUni In
bo oimiii mi a to rouulvu Mm lull
Jh mi Mill luuny of tbuo toy a?"
waa HktMl.
"TluHuunda." on mil Mih pruiiiil rw
ply. "Tliny ui ubuiili. Hlitl bin hi W
ilMlll)' nl. I'll HI) Kgttlll Iimvh lh
IniliH rubbur UmII, mIiUiIi u utt
fiHjghi H(Uf Lnmmum it U uul m HttUbj
Iw luili trliMluw ur tuMUny Ihmhm
ntii wwdu iMiituriuu I jo II , r,i you utiu
somotimes givo the youngsters a hard
knock. I've seen ninny of them with
I pretty good lumps on their faces from
their cllorts to catch tho ball as it re
bounds. "How do tho prices range?"
"All the way from one to fifteen
cents. Como around hero any day.
Sunday particularly, and you will seo
a stieani of children going and coming
from hero that would do your heart
good."
"You seem to bo making n good liv
ing." was remarked.
"Yes, I havo lived hero for nearly
eighteen years, and havo been in no
other business than selling children's
toys iu all that time. I am not a mil
lionaire, but I have plenty, thank
goodness I please the young folks and
tliey ploat-o mo, ttod bless them! It
was through their patronage I bought
little house a few days ago, so that
I have mado up my mind that I will
cater to tho little oiies until I am called
away. 1 .tm busy all tho year round,
between kites, skipping-ropes, tops,
hoopli r, marbles, sleigliSQ'1"1' many
other kinds of toys lor Children.
Aiw York Mail ami Express.
"Tip-t'itt."
A very amusing game is now Iwing
extensively played in Loudon streets.
Tojplay it you require a heavy littlo
bidet wood sharpened at both ends.
Place your billet on tho ground, and
wait fill a stranger (if possible a re
sponsible and corpulent elderly gen
tleman) is within twenty yards of you.
Now striko your billet smartly on one
of tho pointed ends witli a stiek. This
will cause it tolly up iu tho air, and
you then propel it witli your stick in
tho direction of,ljio target (tho stran
ger's hed). " If your aim has
been true tho game is won. No points
aro scored for a miss, but credit is al
lowed for a bit auywlierC'on the hat,
body, or legs of tiio object. Kicoehet
hits may bo allowed. It is advisable
to secleet a new pitch as soon as the
game lias ber! won. This bctttm
tul sport is technically fcnowo 06 "tip
cut." It tuny bo plajod eoywtioro
and at any tiruo. It ia (Wmliarly suity
ablo to a wido and frequented
tlioroughfaro at about U or loin tho
morning. Owino; to tuo vmilaooo of
tiio polico tbcro is oo daagor tbatthotfO
eoi-agcd in tho pon will bo imy)-o
porl iotcrforcd with by malicious o
inquisitivo spcclatora, -Sl Jami-x'a
Uuzcttc.
Tlie Jlyutcrics ot tho JCobuyi
Tho mystorics of tho lobby wcw
partly nnvoilcd in Fchnmry, 1873,
whon Col. Irwin was forced, under
p-j.in of ioapriHonmcnt, to diyelovjo the
namcA of tboao among whom !?120,OUO
was divided. Col. Farnoy'a Wiwking
ton correspondent, HoFurliind, ixs
r.civcd $-o,0(A), which he remit tvd to
tho colonel. En-Mayor Banvtt rv
coived wov oral thousand doUa.iv, and
W. . Shaw, tho "Nastor" of oarro
spondonti. udmittcd tbkt ho hud re
ceived $15.0fV. His wcrvieaCH conrtid
eicd, according to hbiswom CTidenno,
in owrwionid ly aching raombxarv "hov
tbo thing luvkcd." lie swur-o ho
roodored no other sorvioo; ho bribed
oobudj; ho tried to lnQuoaco no-bad y.
(hxco1 in a wnilo when ho mot : lod
hig ttutcsoaMU ho wuuld k. himcasa
ally how it biuAod, and wwiild go
homo jad char go tho cooanojay vxy
S'",01) for it. Ho vu in favor cif aii
subsidies, ho usid, It&caotfO thoy
him a chtav3 Uj spcrulwto in tUiohtf.
Hat if thoy aJi wcro as fraitrod to him
as this moo bo uoald. woll aJTord noi to
8DCuollo. bolt mots noaccf ol uld nuro
in putting roxnunorativo ouuaadruiuip
to laaiiio.g statesmen, Jtem ftflcq
Ajare, n
That the Kutesitos ar for likely to
iOfftdo lodia is isiprobablo. I liM'e
nr (btolA, botpofOJ", that MjOy aroliy
flo mesa tfprrv to lie i approached,
lodgi, bcfau.'Qj, in ctt ot a dispute
witli us ii Europe, their proscnoo so
near to our Indian possessions would
obligo us to send troops to India in
stead of as was the case during tho
Turco-Uussiim war bringing Indian
troops Into tho Mediterranean. Hut
for tills I do not blamo thoni. Wo can
notdnsist Mint Central Asia should bo
given over to dirbnrisin iu order that
our position in India and in Europo
may bo strengthened. Tho Russians
had as good SJiglit to aniwc Turkostan
as wo had to mnko our numorous an
nexations in InQia. Wo are too apt
to viow everything through English
spectacles, and to imagine Mint other
powers will obligo us by doing tiio
same. Nor can wo isolato our posses
sions in all parts of tho world by per
petuating desorts on thoro frontiers.
Tho Russians no doubt wish to reacli
the ocean, but their objective point is
not India, but Persia. London Truth.
Story of a Silver Piece,
A roinarkablo story of a coin wns
related to a ro portor last night.
Ho was shown a silver half-dollar,
coined in looa, on which was engrav
ed: "S. T. Simons to S. Parker Cor
nell." Mr. Cornell Is a man of 'JO
years, and says tho ccn was given to
him when an infant, and Mint ho kept
it until lie was 10 years old, when ho
grow eager for something, liko all
boys at that ago, and spent tho keep
sake. Ho docs not romombor where ho
spent it or what ho purchased, but
recollects tho time. Ho never saw or
heard of his coin again until yester
day, when it was paid to lilm by Mm
bookkeeper of tho firm with which ho
Is employed. There is no telling
where the niece has beuu iu all these
years, but it is singular that It should tit
last find its way back to Mr. Cornell.
Mr. Cornell prizes Miu coin very
highly, mid, tin ho regards W recovery
na phenomenal, lnu withdrawn It from
oliuulalloii. "No money will buy It,"
ho any. -Louuvitla lUtrhr-JutiriMil,
1 u v Ut Illt'Ultll U NpOlltft',
Iteinovn Miu auiid by blinking; wiiah
Mm iiMigii ill Imt water, mid pre n
dry u ptualblii. 'Hum piano m buiii
uf dilute iniirmtlu imfil for ludf mi
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The (icnitis of Success.
Tho Americans, as n class, have
reached their positioirns morohnnts,
farmers, bankorsOneiJhanies, and in
ventors from a race of men who
struggled with privation at the start.
Thoy havo met tho rocks and bills
of Now England, the forest and tho
Indians of tho West, tho undeveloped
world, from other worlds apart, and
conquering these havo gained tho
courago of success, for failure brings
weakness and victory brings an added
strength.
It is tho same oven story with tho
banker or tho peasant. "Wo value
most what costs us most;" wo own
longest what we earn with hardest ef
fort, and retain tho most of what wo
study deepest. Tho rule is proved by
the prudtMit savor of money or tho
spendthrift of time. Whilo ono bred
to luxury has little need of toil, an
other born with fortune will waste no
ellort for it, and all bred in climates of
even beat and pleasure mav sleep and
rest and live iu idleness. So exertiotr
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h iiiu ncvoiopcr oi mum nun uooy.
Vory manv Americans are born poor,
and thoy fcol tho cold and know what
hunger "means.
Tho same hard exercise that athletes
use to make a grand physique, mental
ly applied, makes a strong mind.
i!ho same close drill in thought that
Timers and gymnasts practice bodily
will harden every inind-inuyele, every
faculty, encourago every energy, and
deepen every plan and purpose
Thought to tho mind of thinkers is liko
colons to tho baud of workers, tho
hardening libro-inaker that uach pro
duces. The accident of-poverty is tho ge
nius of sue-i'ss. Vrho rich rarely in
vent anytb'ug; tho poor and thought
ful givo a lifoJtp active energy. Taken
as a class wo navo Qtll started poor.
As tho farmers among the rocks of
Now lCngliuid luU tho bills and hind
ranees of broken lands and stony
liohh so flio Western landowners were
met by an arBiy of trees and a navy
of tutTialie, and Iho railroads encoun
tered opiH&ition fftno dOiorls and riv
013. lakca oud mountains. So iu ovor
(K)a)iog theso oluifU'los be iu0)ntig,ns
tho kcoucjo tuo o till mottle oo devel
oped. D
Tho history of roilmadond bridges,
wad or tbo struggles aoJ progress of
th$ir projector, is tuo loxvgtDy mi'0
than jlxco t, but wo nil woll knofp
and deeply rcaJko Uxwt thoir impwivo
monl a,ad dovolopmotit hath bma beoa
the roinrrol of tho oootury. Tho elo
qacxvt. wordsof Vain Dyke in HMO miKt
bountifully drew tho ciaphie pictura:
"Who ahwil iitop thia W'ouw worJr,
which 'w uprcuding blcuwo and prv
penty around uiiT Whu hhuil daro ft)
y, 'than f-u- uhadt thou gv and uo
further' F Who nhidl dictto to it orftor
doing ao mqch? Sltt'it it nvff pan SO
and reut in inWioiw cwaioF Sa ft6f
r! It shay aot ho atoyed. It ahall
Hpcred onward to triumph; itahaJl twlil'
link af ley liak to Lho grct chain that
biadu mthind trierothot; it tfajdj apoi.'d
onwiMrd, wtill unvajtfU tbr(wuj,b thi
aroysca of the wwintaio, over tho
dwptau of tho v alloy, till tb.adroa bor.O,
whnwo bvwola aro b'ra. '((OKU' wbc!b
tuitriU i-uoth forth ymnio,' eod 'Wlioso
, .,.1. :-H.ll ..lc, 1 ..ball lin I, I
ri?lll SS-TLfc itaiinlW n
tudos of uxe IVuy a)uoVaiUi9 start-
lioV tho bwo Indian frtttn lis wild ro
trcai, and oro hsous rrmohiug tho goid
cn ibrw of tho "far-off Poeilio, thoro
to bo wobviixsi by thf fflad shouts ofQ
America frcacoOO at tho glorious
Mont wbici ban conqfioreiMiino and
dbtaouOj and Bound tftom by if?aror
nfaofthi to older homes and sister
A few ioventions camo from men in
nnsy e'l'cuinstances, but by far tho
greater growth is irom tno ytriiggiinos
classes. Tho roinark of tho loiirnciti
and eloquent English advocate, Lord
Krskine, that ho never cut loose from
embarrassment and ploadod from the
heart until ono day whon reduced to
actual want ho felt his oJvldrou tug
actum wma nu tuit ma uiuiiuun iug-
ging at his coat skirt, sayin)"Fnther,
give us bread," is tho true sentiment
of inspiration to Amorieans. Thoir
families havo boon pleading for broad
and intensified thoir energy. This is
tho stimulus to the woodman's arm as
ho hows down tho wilderness; tho mo
tivo of tiio engineer as lie climbs the
steep ascent of tho Rocky Mountain
railway, or burns tho midnight lamp
iu experiments with electric light.
Tliis is tho restless, active onoi'gy born
with those who are born to labor;
children of tho samo ancestry; lioirs of
tho samo inheritance; rewarded by tho
sumo applause and honored for the
name pluck that iekj bright jowuls
from the earth's noli mines, or shapes
rude wood and metals into palace
cars, cradles grain or plies a shuttle
with tho fruits of gonuis, whore ono
man by invention does what a hundred
could noyordo by plodding, and what
a h u nil red would never havo attempt
ed hut for a reward of victory, tho
aim and watchword of Americans.
The American gonuis springs from
our own soil, and has a native value.
It is a growth ot our own ulimato, a
reward of our own creation, a force
prompting our own increasing and
oonipeting activity, unknown, unused,
and not needed elsewhere. lis mark
is original, its progress universal, and
"every Mino tho sun rises iu America
it seems to udd many millions to the
wealth of Mm nation," as woll as a
useful Invention that shall either les
sen labor or Iiieroaso happiness. J'
W. Jhnovnn, in The Current,
KniiHiiH Sheep.
Sheep there woro, indeed; thousands
uf them, objects of unfailing concern
to Mm gentlemen and delight to tho
Indies.
What la Mint stone wallP" asked,
Olio afternoon, u lady alttiug ou tho
piazza with huropora-glasj.
"That Mono wall, iniuliiin, anmvored
n Harvard graduate, politely, "la tho
linep coining ii to tho corral."
To mm tliu ahi'iMi go Iu ami out,
night mul morning, wiu a never-full-lug
nmuaiimiiiit. rniiiiiiMiium the Indie
wmuloiiitl down lo MioiiorruUnt un
sot lo aau Mm hertUoolini In, mid )iui
would Iiiivm iippnod Miitiii lo be wall.
lug for it fourth of-diily irouiilou
Willi biiuueia, (rum Mil) o4iririiii Willi
a'ii,tff,:i':Lciril,;;.iil:,frii!
tho distnnco. If two liords nppcareil
at onco from opposito directions, tho
ono with Iambs had tho "right of
way," and Sly, tho sliccp-dog not
tho only commander who lias controll
ed troops bv sitting down in front of
them would hold tho other herd in
check till tho lambs woro safely
housed. Tho lambs born on tho prairio
during tho day frisked back at night
to the corral beside their motliors, a
lamb four hours oldjbcingablc to walk
a milo.
Whon sliearing-timo came, Mioy
went into the sheds oxpocting to sco
tho thick wool fall in locks bonoath
the shears, liko tiio jgpldcn curls of
their own darlings: great was tho
amazement to seo tho whole woolly
llcece taken off much as if it had been
an overcoat, looking still, if it wcro
rolled up iu a ball, liko a vorltablo
sheep, and often quite as largo as tho
shorn and diminished creaturo that
had onco been part of it. Ono vory
hot day thoy braved the heat thein-
taolves for the sako of going out on tho
pniinu 10 see now snoop Keep cooi. in
stead of scattering along the crcok,
seeking singly the shade of tho bushos
or tho tall trees only to bo found
near the crock, thoy huddlo togothor
iu tho middle of the sunny Hold moru
closely than ever, hang thoir heads in
tho shadow of each other's bodies, and
remain motionless for hours. Not a
single head is to bo seen as you ap
proach tho herd; only n broad level
field of woolly backs, supported by a
small forest of littlo legs. Alice Well"
iwjton Rollins,
for June.
in Harper's Magazine
Tills, That and Tho Other.
Talking of tortures reminds mo that
sobjb of our niodern tortures nro be
coming vory much modified of lato
years. Take tho photographing busi
imss for instance. "Tho old method of
torture was to fix your bond in a visu
patterned after tho ancient thumb
sorow. This lixed you so that you
couldn't help yourself and enabled you
to gaze at tho camera witli a sort of
cast-iron stare. You wcro thon re
quested to rivet your gazo on that
part of'Oio wall that contained a card
reading: "Wo do a casli business
only," and Mq operator would place
his open watcli in tho palm of his
hand uniny, "Assunio a pleasing ex
pression, please," as ho whipped off
the brass cap from tho camora. From
tlO'B on camo an eternity. During
Mint otornity your nose itched, you
frit a tiekling behind tho ear, your
fv8 twitched, you wantod to snooze,
you troro sure your stonoy glare was
rltpidly feezing on your face, and
iKlforo tho brass cap was roplacod 3011
avA afl uncontrollable desiro tjVoU a
flild Indian war whoop at thoiop of
Pvour voice.
Now all uiat is changed. Tho
Opprator lots you sit iu a chair and
a cionO' any expression that suits you.
lis gives a rubber bulb ono quick
squeeze and the camera winks jovial
ly at you and tho thing is done. It is
astonislfflig Mm progress that has been
mado in jiliotograpliy. In Nuw York
tho other day 1 saw a dotuotivo's cam
era that would tako a plcturo on tho
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Li MllUUL Willi WIU L.UMUUV Ul H JI.H.UI BI1UU
P11 wt oiV not unlikoa pistol only witli
less noise, and took a i&Vituro comploto
111 every partiuular in the iniiiiitesimal
part of a second. Tho Soovillo Opti
cal Company, of Now York, manu
factures them in the shape of a sort of
haud-satchul box Miat is warranted
not lo rai.su anyone's suspicions, ns to
what it is. Tho ono i saw bolongod to
Mr. Wilson, editor of tho Philadel
phia Photographor, who was thon ou
liis way to Now Orleans, and intendod
to take characteristic stroot scenes
with it on tho fly.
Tho dontist's business is nnothor oc
cupation of torture second only to
that of tho old-time photographor.
Tho improvements in that art of lato
yoars aro also wondorful. A friond of
mino who belongs to tho craft has just
v , . rj ,, , , , .. ; ' ,7.
Rjut ill a now hydraulic ohair that will
(lo much to placo M10 wrotoh who sits
in It still further in tho dontist's pow
er. A lovor moved by tho fool rAlsos
or lowors tho anxious seat and anoth
er lovor tilts it to any anglo roquired.
A cord that dangles at bis good right
hand contains 11 couple of electric
wires which can bo attachod to two,
instruments of torture. Tho ono is a
littlo olootrio lump nnd mirror that
goos into tho mouth and illuminates
it liko a brilliant ball room. Tho next
is a sort of electric pen which beat tho
metal into tho cavity of a tooth. It
works literally liko lightning. Tho
next thing ought to bo nn oleotrio
tootli oxtractor a lightning jorkor, as
it woro. -I
Tho following yarn was sent in tho
other day imont a gubernatorial oloc
tion of auld lang syno: Brother 0.
promised Brother P, to voto for a cor
tain candidate, but on election dav, to
tho disgust of Hrothor P., Hrothcr O.
sold his voto to the opposition, In a
fow days thoroafter Hrothor P., notic
ing Hrothcr O. passing ou tho opposito
sido of tho village street with his head
loworcd and seemingly in a modita
tivo mood, accosted him by saying:
"Good morning, Hrothor O. How
much did vou got for your voto tho
other day?"
Brother p. raised his head, turuod
about, and looking at Hrothor P. with
au air of injured innocence, said:
"Now thon, Brother P., is that tho
way ono Christian brother should talk
to another?" Detroit Free Press.
Treatment of Beggars in England.
For an able-bodied man to bo caught
a third Mum begging was considered a
crime deserving death, ucoordlng to
mi old law in England, which remain
ed In force for sixty years. Tho poor
man might not change liis maslor itt
his will or wander from place to placo.
If out of employment, preferring 16 be
Idle, ho might uo demanded for work
by any inuaiur of Mm "craft" to which
ho belonged, mul compelled lo work
whether iio would or no. If MHgkt
bogging once, being neither aginl mot
Infirm, lie wan whipped nt tho cart's
tall, If caught w aiuioiid M4 kU mu'
wanellt ur borud Mi mux h with m kot
iron. If caught a third Mw, Mug
Miuroliy iirovod to 1m ui m hum ym
tht narlft, tiui to ilvN mimmi k Ut UU
own hurt RHll lo (ktU ul wtW Im
tiMuroil (Ulkvtk M M f!u.