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f, i HOW SHE IROMED HIS SHIRT, I'm afruM you niny think liltn n dnnrtj-, . And mention It, Jo Ills (Horace, When I h'lt you tilt front embroidered, And the Jieck nml uleeve trimmed Itli laec But I Ironed It with sucli a filling As lu vrr ikwmcm! me before, Thotich rdlamidiwllilsMilrte, a full hundred, Anil mndc tliem for blm by the fcore. But tender! v bending o'er this one, I i-ald, "I5Ies bis beait," nnd "Sweet bovl" And, Mtiootlilng the lacu on tin- neckband, I lingered o minute to toy Willi the frill us It lay ou my flnfccr. And. though you may think I was soft, I prewted two quick klsc ujxm It, And laughingly held It aloft. I know wives don't usually do this, "When Ironing elilrts for their lords; They're more apt to Indulge In n tantrum Of spite o'er their Ironing boards. But list, and I'll tell you the secret, And you'll fympatblze with me, I know, As one noman will with another, If she the white feather will show. My little girl up to her graimny's Was stajlng the morning before, And while fche was rummaging, childlike, '.Midst fomo duds In an old bureau drawer, Bhe captured a plilrt which her papa, When he wns n baby, had worn, And lagged It to rig up her dolly; As It was wrinkled and torn. Returned home, (he paid: "Mamma, wash It," And fo, ns I did her behest, And thought bow my terrible giant AVIthln Its wee size had liceri pressed, Do you wonder I said "Mess lilt heart," as My fancy presented to view, A miniature phase of the monster Who now measures Just six feet two? Virginia 0. UMU. Sandorf's Revenge A SCQUETj TO MATIHA8 B.VNDOItF ANI DOOTOIt ANTEKIItTT. 12y Jules "Verne, ZUTHOn OP "jOUIINEY TO Till! CENTItB OF THIS ICAHTII, "TIM TO THE HOOK, "AltOO.NI Till! WOULD IN EIGHTY DAYS," " MIOnAKIj STItOOOlT," "TWENTY THOUSAND TjUAOUES UNUEll THE HKA," KTO. , ETO. TitmelatUm copyrtohtttX by a. IP. llanna, isss. CHAPTER XIV CONTINUED. Suddenly nt twonty-Bovcn minutes to nino, tho Doctor interrupted himself, mid said: "Cnrponais now leaving tho hospi tnl !" And n niinuto afterwards ho mldod: "Ho has just passed through tho gato of tho penitentiary 1" Tho tono with whiuh tho words woro pronounced hud n strungo effect on those nround him, The governor alono continued to shako his head. Then tho conversation for nnd ngninst Iionn again, each ono saying but a little nt i tinio, until nt flvo minutes to nino lh Doctor interrupted thorn for tho last time, " Carpono, is nt the front door." Almost immediately afterwards 0110 of the servants entered tho drawing-room nnd told tho governor that a man die-sod like a convict was waiting below nnd insisted on seeing him. "Let him eomo in I" replied tho gov cn r, whoso incredulity began to van iii'i in faeo of tho facta. " As nino o'clock struck, Cnrpona ap pended at tho door of tho drawing-room. WHmut appearing to seo nny of those pri'M-nt, nlthougli his eyes were wido open, ho walkod up to tho governor, ami, kneeling before him, said: "Hire, I ask you to pardon mo." The governor, absolutely dumb founded, as if ho himself was under nn hnlliii' nation, know not what to say. "V..i can pardon him," said thoDoo or Willi a smile; "ho will have no recol lection of nil this I" " I grant you your pardon 1" said tho governor, with all tho dignity of the Lung of all tho Spains. "And to that pardon, Sire," said Car pona, still bonding low, "will you add the cross of Isabella r" "I give it you I" Aud then Carpena made ns though to lako something from tho governor's hand nnd nttneh tho imaginary cross to his breast. Then he rose, and walking baokwnrd quitted tho room. This time tho whole company fol lowed him to tho front door. "I will go with him, 1 will mvi him go back to tho hospital," said the governor, tniKgUng with himself ns if loath to yield to the ovidenee of his senses. "Gome, then 1" said tho Doctor. And tho governor, Pierre Bathory, Doctor Autokirtt aud tho rest, followed after Oarponn as ho went along tho road towards tho town. Namir, who had watched him siuco he left the peniten tiary, glided along in the shadow and continued to watch. Tho night win rather dark. Tho Bpaniard walked along at a regular pace with no hesitation in his stride, Tho governor and his guests were twenty paces behind him, with tho two warders who hud received ordors to keep him in light. Tho road as it approaches tho town, bonds round a small creek, forming tho eeoond harbor ou that side of the rock. On tho black, motionless water, dickered the reflection of two or three lights, They came from tho ports and lanterns of tho Ferrato, whoso hull looraod largo lu the darkness. As lie iv.uilied this spot, Oarpoua left (ho road and inclined to the right towards a heap of rooks which rose from the shore a dozen foot u way. Doubtles gesture from tho Doctor, numum by nny ono porhaps n simple njpwtlon of his will had obliged the Spaniard to leave tho path. Tho warders prepared to close tip bo us to send him back ; but the governor, Knowing iliut no eniNipo from that mdo wns possible, ordered them to leave him to himself. Howevor, Garpeim halted on one cf (ho rooks as if he luid l)ieu struck moJbuU-a, cuit.1 llxgd thoio by some ' ' II I I I - I , T fel rttetru CAItPENA BEFORE THE irresistible powor. Ho tried to lift his feet, to move his arms, but ho could not. Tho Doctor's will within him, nailed him to tho ground. Tho governor looked at him for a minuto or so ; then ho said to his guest: "Well, Doctor, whether ho is awnko or not, wo must giro in to tho evidence 1" "You aro convinced, qui to convinced ?" "Yes, quito convinced that thoro aro things wo must boliovo in like tho brutes I Now, Doctor Antekirtt, sug gest to him to go back to tho peniten tiary I Alfonso XIL commands it 1" Tho governor had hardly finished tho sentonoe boforo Carpena, without utter ing a sound, throw himsolf into tho water. Was it an accidont? Was it a voluntary act on his part ? Had somo fortuitous cirourastanco intervenoil to snatch him out of tho Doctor's powor? No ono could say. Immediately thoro was a goncral rush to tho rocks, and tho warders ran on to tho bench. Thoro Avns no traco of Car pena. Somo fishing-boats camo up, as did the boats from tho yacht. All was usolean. They did not oven find tho corpse, which tho ourront would carry out to sea. "Iam vory sorry, your Excellency," said tho Doctor, "that our experiment has had so tragical an end, which it was impossible to anticipate." "But how do you account for it?" askod tho governor. "The reason is, that in tho oxcrciso of this suggostivo power, of which you cannot dony tho effects, there aro inter mittauces. That man escaped mo for an instaut, undoubtedly, aud oithor from h;a being seized with vertigo or somo other causo, ho fell off tho rocks I It is a great pity, for wo havo lost such a splendid specimen!" " Wo havo lost a scamp nothing mora I ' said tho governor, philoso phically. And that was Carpoim's funeral oration I Tho Doctor nnd Piorro thon took leave of tho governor. They had to start boforo day-break for Autokirtta, aud they were profuse in their thanks to their host for tho hospitable woloomo ho had given them in tho Spanish colony. Tho governor Bhook tho Doctor's hand, wished him a pleasant journoy, nnd after promisiug to ooiuo and boo him, returned to his house. Perhaps it may bo said that Doctor Antekirtt had Munowhnt abused tho good faith of tho (lovemor of Ceuta. His conduct under tho circumstances is certainly open to criticism. Hut wo should not forgot tho work to which Count Sandorf had oonsecratod his life. "A thousand roads-ono ond!" Aud this was ono of tho thousaud roads ho had to take. A few minutes afterwards, ono of tho boats of the Forruto had taken them on board. Luigi was waiting for thorn as (hoy camo up tho sido. 'l'linf ,nii V" nu1.-.,il Mm Tinntnr "According to your orders," said Luigi, "our boat wan near tho rooks and picked him up after his fall, and ho is under look and koy in tho foro-cabiu." " Ho has said nothing ?" asked Pierre. "How could he nay anything? Ho seems asleep and unoousolous of fns acts." "Good," answered the Doctor; "I willed that Carpena should fall from those rocks, aud ho fell I 1 willed that ho should s'oop, and ho sleeps I When I will that ho wakes, ho shall wake I And now, Luigi, up auohor aud away I" Tho sloam was up, nnd n fow minutes aftorwards the Ferrato was off, heading out to boa straight for Autokirtta. CHAPTER XV. BEVT.NTKUN TIMES I "Sovontoen timos ?" "Soyontoen times!" "Yes, tho red has passed sevonteen timos !" "Is it possible ?" "It may bo'.imponsiblo, but it is I" "And tho players are mad agaiust it Y' "More than 000.000 francs won by tho tank I" "Seventeen times! hevonteon timas!" "At rouletto or troute-eUquaranter" "At tixMitu-et-quawutiv" "It is fifteen years since anything like it !" "Fifteen youre, throe months, nud fuurUHiiwliQur&M ooolly remarked an old gtimbltr, iHilwnfing to Out honomblo chus of tho miul "Yus tjir, and a 00VEIIN0K OF CENTA. very strango thing it was in tho height of summer, on tho 10th of Juno, 1807 I know soraethina about it J" Such was tho conversation, or rather tho chorus of exclamation that was heard in tho vestibulo and peristylo of tho Cerclo des Etrangers at Monte Carlo, on tho evening of the 3rd of October, eight days after tho escapo of Carpena from tho Spanish penitentiary. Among tho crowd of gamblers mon and women of all nations, ages, nnd classes thoro was quito an uproar of enthusiasm. Thoy would willingly havo greotod tho rod as tho equal of tho horso that had carried off tho Epsom, Derby or tho Longclmmps Grand Prix. In fact, for tho peoplo that tho Old and Now Worlds daily pour into tho princi pality of Monaco, this sorios of seven teen had quito tho importanco of a political event affecting tho laws aud equilibrium of Europe. It will easily bo believed that tho red in its somewhat extraordinary obstinacy had made a good many victims, and that the winnings of tho bank had been con siderable. Nearly a million of francs, said some which meant that nearly tho whole of tho players had becomo infuri ated at the extraordinary series of passes. Uotween them, two foreigners had paid a largo part of what thoso gentlo men of tho board of green cloth call tho "devoino" one, very cool, vorv self- restrained, although tho emotions within him were traceable in his pallid face ; tho other with his features distorted, his hair in disorder, his look that of a madman or desperado aud theso had justdesconded tho steps of tho peristyle, and were s-trolliiig out under tho trees on tho tcrr.tee. " That makes moro than 100,000 francs that tho cursed series has cost us," said tho eldest. "You may as well say llft,000," paid tho younger, in tho tono of a eashior casting a column. "And now I havo only got 203,000 and hardly that," said tho first gambler. "Ono hundred and ninety-seven thousand," said tho other, in tho same tono. "Yes! of nearly two inillious that I onco hail, when you made mo como witli you 1" "Ono million soven hundred and seventy-five thousand francs 1" "And that in loss than two months!" "In ono month and sixteen days! ' "Sarcany!" exclaimed tho eldest, whom his companion's cooluoss seemod to exasperato as much as tho ironical precision with which ho rolled out tho cyphers. "Well. Silas?" Toronthal and Sarcany woro tho speakers. Since leaving llaguna, in tho short spnea of threo mouths they had reached tho verge of ruiu. Aftor dissi pating all that thoy had received as tho reward of their abominable treachery, Surcany had hunted his acoomphco out of Itagusn, taking Sava with them, and then had enticed him into gambling and every dissipation in which ho could squander his wealth. It is only just, however, to say that the old banker, daring speculator as ho was, had in days gone by more than once riskod his fortuno in hazardous adventures in which luck was his only guide. How could Toronthal resist ? Was ho not more thau ever in the power of tho Tripolitnu broker? Sometimes he revolted, but Sarcany had obtained an irrosistiblo ascendency over him, and tho wretched man fell so heavily that strength almost failed him to rise again, so that Sammy was not at all uneasy about the occasional fancies that Toron thal had to withdraw from his inlluonoo. The brutality of his retorts and the implacability of his logio soon brought Toronthal back beneath the yoke. In leaving Itagusa, under eircum slancas which will not havo been forgot ten, thoir first earo had been to put Sava in some safe place undor the charge of Namir. And now, in this retreat at Tetuau, on the borders of Morocco, it would have been diftioult, if not impos sible, to find her. There, Sarcuny's pitiless cotupsuion undertook to break down the girl's resolution, and tour from her her ooiiMMit to the luHrrmgo. Unshaken in her repulsion aud strengthened by the reoolifutiou of Ptrre, Suvh hitherto had obstinately resisted. Hut could she always do o 1 In the numntiiue Sarcany never coated eaaiting his oojtipnniou to plunge into the follies of the gnniiug.table, although lit had lost his own fortuno in. a similar. war. In France, in Itdr, in Germanr, in tho trreat centres where cli me" k-"!U house in all its forms, on the Exchange, ou tho race-course, in the clubn of the great capitals, in tho watering-places ns in tho seasido towns, Silas Toronthal had followed ns Sarcany led, and had soon been reduced to n fow hundred thousands of francs. Whilo tho banker risked his own monoy, Sarcany risked tho banker's, and down tliis doubla slope both went to ruin nt double quick time. What gamblers call the "devcino had been dead against them, and it was not for want of trying every chanco that ottered. In short, their nmuscnient cost them tho best part of the millions rcoeived from tho possessions of Count Sandorf, nnd it had oven becomo neces sary to offer for salo tho house in tho Stradono at Itagusa. And so thoy had been nt Mon to Carlo for the last threo weeks, never leaving tho tables of tho club, trying tho most iufalliblo dodgC3, working out schemes that always went awry, studying tho rotation of tho cylinder of tho roulotto, when tho croupier's hand was tiring during his lost quarter hour of duty, loading to tho maximum numbers which obstinately rof usod to como, combining simple combinations with multiplo com binations, listening to tho advice of ruinod old stagers, becoming profes sional gamblers, trying, in fact, every imbecilo device, employing every stupid fetish which could cl-xss tho gambler between tho child who has no reason, and tho idiot who has for over lost it And not only did they risk their monoy, but they cnfcobled their intelligence by imagining absurd combinations, and they compromised their personal dignity by the familiarity which tho frequenting of the vory mixed assembly imposed upon all. In short, at tho close of tho evening, which would hereafter bo cele brated in tho annals of Monte Carlo, owing to thoir obstinacy in struggling against a series of soventeon rouges nt tronto-ot-quaranto, thoy had loft off with less than 200,000 francs between them. But if thoy wero nearly ruined, they had not yet lost their senses, and whilo thoy woro talking on tho terraco thoy noticed a gambler who had becomo sud denly derangod, and who was running through tho gardens shouting "It turns ! It goes on turning !" Tho unfortunato man imagined that ho had just put his monoy on tho coming number, and that tho cylinder in n movomont of fantastic gyration was turning, and doomed to turn for ages 1 Ho was mad I "Have you becomo calmor, Silas?" askod Sarcany, of his compauion. "Docs not that lunatio toach you to kcop cool 1 Wo havo not won, it is true, but tho luck will turn, and without our doing anything to mako it. Why try to better it ? It is dangerous, and besides, it is useless! You cannot chango tho run if it is bad, and you would not chango it when it is good! Wait then, and when tho luck turns, lot us bo bold and mako on r game whilo tho run lasts." TO BE CONTINUED. A Child-Woman. Poor littlo Carolino Terbass spent seventy-six years and seven months trying to reach :i woman's estate, and then gavo up tho vain endeavor and died. Up to her twelvth year, says The New York World, she was apparently like other girls; then sho suddenly stopped, never to grow again. Al though living somo years beyond the average of human life, tho girl never became a Woman, and when tho coro ner called to view her remains, she having died without medical atten dance, ho found tho body of a girl oi 11 topped by the head of maturity and tho faco of age. For many years Miss Terbass was a familiar figure on Fifth avonuo, in tho neighborhood of tho reservoir, and many people talked about tho child- woman who lived at tho corner of l-orty-lirt street. Nobody could guess hor age, for there was not a light streak in tho dark tresses which sho could nearly walk upon, they being four feot long, while sho was only four feet threo inches in heicht. Tho kindly faco was somewhat sharp and aquilino, but it had few of tho wrinkles belonging to hor great age. Somotinies pooplo a block away heard hor shrieks and won dored. They did not know how nmr velously sensitive hor skin was, which caused her to cry out when simply touched nnd to yell when washed. Threo sistors had grown to tall and lino-looking women, whilo littlo Caro line halted at eloven's milo stone; one of them, Mrs. Louisa llarnuiu, was innrried, but none of them was unfaith ful to her sistorly trust. They cared tenderly for tho bright-wittcd littlo freak, and whon over a year ago her ories made something of a nuisance, thoy moved to a less thickly populated neighborhood in East Seventy-fifth streot. - For about a year tho sonsitivo noss extended to tho nails, which Caro lino has not allowed to bo touched. Lately sho has been somewhat dement ed, aud she died suddenlv boforo the faniilv nhvsieian could be called. Cor- onor Mes.s'einer took tho case, thoro bo ng undoubtedly groti, medical interest in it, and performed an autopsy in tho prosenoe of Dr. Manning and Dr. F. C. Anthes. Heyond tho uncut too and linger nails and certain organio pecu liarities, ho found the perfectly formod body of an apparent girl of 11. Tho spine was straight, and thoro was no outward deformity. At tho request of the family he made no examination of tho brain. "Who giveth this woman nway?" iskcd the Rural Amorlonn clergyman in n wedding service "I could," eme tho volco of n young nmn from tho lery, "but I'd uovor bo so mean." The Workingnmn's Friend. "For my part," said Lord Mauuilay, In discussing tho ten-hour bill in the house of commons, "I have not tho smallest doubt that if wo and our an cestors had, during tho last three cen turies worked just as hard on Sundays as on the week da, wo should havo at this moment a poorer people and a less civilized people than wo are, that thoro would havo been less production than there has been, that tho wages of the laborer would have been lower than the' are, and that some other nation would havo been now making cotton and woolen s lull's and cutlery for tho whole world." The Sabbath is a necessity for the best interest of tho working classes. Suppose tho day to bo abstracted from the world, and how sad to this import ant portion of the community would be the result. Think of the labor thus going on in ono monotonous and con tinuous and eternal cycle, limbs forever on tho rack, lingers forever playing, the eye-balls forover straining, tho brow forever sweating, tho feot forever plod ding, the brain forever throbbing, tho shoulders forever stooping, tho loins forever aching, and tho mind forever scheming. Think of tho beauty it would ell'ace, of the nierry-heartcdness it would exhaust, of aspirations it would crush, of the sickness it would breed, of tho projects it would wreck, of tho groans it would extort, of lives it would im molate, of the cheerless graves it would ircmaturely dig. Hunk of what toil njr and moiling thero would be, what sweating and fretting, grinding and hewing, weaving anil spinning, sowing and gathering, mowing and reaping, raising anil building, uiggmganu plant- I ry ,,,i1nnll,,r. i,,it cfn,-itwr cft-tt.l,,rr liQf lllHUUlltll ...... .VS.1U-, O.UMH and struggling, in tho garden and in the field, in the grancry and on tho farm, in tho factory and tho mill, in tho warehouse and in tho shop, on tho mountain and in the ditch, on tho roadsido and in woods, in tho city and in the country, on tho sea and on tho shore, on tho earth in days of brightest sunlight and in day of gloom, and no day of rest! Now, m contrast with this stato of tilings, think of the blessing which tho Sabbath brings with it to the class wo aro describing. How do they rejoice when tho cares and perplexities of tho week aro ended, so that thoy may with draw themselves for a littlo while from life's busy scene. Tho day of rest dawns upon them with benignant lus tre. It rescues them from everything painful in tho inferiority of their allot ment lor a season, anil reminds them that, whatever bo tho depression of their civil cond tion, thoy may still be tho Lord's frecdinen. They visit tho same sanctuary, and join in tho same songs ot praise w.th thoso on whom they fell llioniolves in a measure de- londent. They enjoy tho happiness of domestic intercourse. Thus passes tho day, and they riso the next morning with a peaceful bosom and an invigor ated frame, sustained by a feeling of self-respect and braced by a feeling of contentment, to resume tho duties ot their proper calling. Unquestionably, therefore, the Sabbath is the working man's friend, and to deprive hiin of it would be to rob him of one of the rich est boons that heaven has conferred upon him. Presbyterian Encyclopedia. Mountain Cuts. A party of men while out fishing stopped at the house of old Zob Foster nnd asked to bo served with dinnor. "Wo have not succeeded in catching any fish," said one of the men, "and if you have any on hand cook them for us. Old Foster redec-fed for ft mometit and replied: "I hates tor diserp'int di'in uder goncrinen, but I reckons dat I'll hafter. How would some d' do linos' mountain cats suit ycr?" ' Are thoy anything liko a channol cat?" Oh, no, sah, not or tall. Better don any channel cats ycr ebor seed, but da comes sorter high, deso mountain cats docs." "All right, cook them." "Do bes' way ter cook 'cm, sah, is tor stow 'em, take out all do bones and den fry 'em." "Go ahead, I tell you." "Dat's whut I'so gwino ter do. ,Ics' wants tor lot ycr know datyor'Il haf ter pav putty well or dollar cr piece." "All right." Tho dinner was served. Tho gontlo nien agreed that thoy had never liefore eaten such excellent fish ami thoy made the old negro proniiso that ho would, when sent for. como to town and cook for the lllue Wood Club. Just us tho gentlemen arose from tho meal aftor having paid old Foster who at onco retired to tho kitchen a boy camo in and boiran to cry. "What's tho matter Hub?" "Pap'll wimp mo of I tells yor." "We won't let him whip you." "Wall, vor ouhtor gin mo somo inonov too,' fur ono o' dem cats whut vor eat wuz mine." . . . . .... ... "Uiii you caicu iir "No. sah. but I found it in do big road wunst an' it follered mo home. It had do soro eyes an' lnur put some grease on 'em an' da got woll." Tito mon "gagged" and with simul taneous impulse, rushed into tho kitchen. Tho old man was not thero, but thoy found tho heads nud skins of two cats, as thoy wero driving toward homo, just as thoy wero passing under a blu 11', old Foster poked his head from behind i rock, high abovo tho road, and called: "Say, down dar, whtit's ycr hurry?" Tho" wagon was stonpod and ono of the men seized a gun. The head disap peared, but tho volco was not silent: "Said yor wanted mountain cats an' ycr got 'ein. llof o' dem cuts wuz raised up on do mountain or long timo or go. Gonerinen nius' bo gitten hard tar pleasu dose days. Oh, I know alt o' vor. Yor 'longs ter the Stato Central Dimoerntie Committee. Got erhoad o' da dimocraU one time. shu. Dribe on, gonerinen. Kaiu't talk tor yor no longer. Got ter go back nn' fry somo bass for some ' Publican friou's o mine. Say. leuuue know when dat olub wants somo cats. I'so got my oyo ou or yallot ono dat yor ken lioah squawl er mile." Arkamaw Traveler, Laconic Courtship. Negro courtship in tho country is very brief, A young man meets a young woman in the road. "Ih?" "HowdyP" They pass on without saying anything I moro. Several days afterward they meet again. "Hv," says tho man. "Howdy?" "Whut ycr trable 'boutdis white man's country so much fur?" "Nobody's "bizness how much I trab les 'bout. " "Wind's yer name, honey?" "Doan ycr call mo honey," sho in dingtiantly exclaims. "What'll yer do?" "Mash ycr black mouf fur ver. dat's what'll do." "Yer wouldn, hit mc, cz good er fricn' tor ycr ez I is," "Ain' no fricn' o' mine. Huh, I doan know yer from a crow." "Docs ycr want ter know mo?" "Ain't hankerin'." "My name is Mr. Moso Smith. What s yerso'f's entitlement an' er dress?" "Miss May Buck." "W'y, how ycr do sister Buck?" "Toler'blo. I thanks ycr, brudcr Smith." "Whar gcr residencin' at de presson' or casion?" "Ober on do Jones plan, ation." "Wall, I'll drap 6ber dar somo timo an' see ycr. Good-bye." Tho next Sunday lie calls on Miss Buck. They greet each other cordially, and after a few rambling remarks, Mr. Smith says: "Look heah, why doan ycr cit mar ried?" "Case nobody wont hab me." "Uh, iir, I knows bettor den dat" "Ef ycr know'd whut made ycr ax mo?" "Jis ter seo of yer'd tell do trufer bout it." "Wall. I did." "Didn't." "Did." I Knows somebody dat'll malr yer." "Doan know whar yer'll fine him." "I does." "Whar?" "Bight heah." "Who, yeso'f?" "Dat's me." "Ycr's foolish." "Dat niout bo, but I lubs ycr." "Oh, go on' quit yer foolishness.' "I'so in 'arncst." "Sho miff?" "Dat's whut I said." 'Didn' think yer wanted mc." "But 1 docs. Whut yor say?" "I'so ergrceible." They are married. Arkansaw Trave ler. Dosing a Horse. Michael is the name of a good-natur ed Hibernian who has the caro of the horses owned by a well-known resident of Euclid avenue. Not lonsrairo one of his charges fell sick and refused to eat. Michael is a linn believer in the virtues of home remedies, and has a profound contempt for the average horse doctor. llo knew exactly what to give tho ani mal, but the hitter steadily and firmly refused to bo dosed. Over and over again did tho patient Irishman try to coax tho norso into swallowing tho me dicinal powders, but tho beast resisted every ellort. J hen Michael set his wits to work to circumvent tho horso. At last a brilliant scheme flashed upon' him; ho would procure a tube, fill it with the powder, insert it in the boast's mouth, and blow it down his throat. Tho rest of the story shall bo told in Michael's own words. "J found a long tin tube in the kitchen, d'jo mind, an' I poured in a big doso of tliim midicin' powders, an' holdin' ono hand over tho lower ind to kapo the sthufl' from spil lin I went out to tho shtablo au' ap proached tho harsc. Wid somo diffi culty I got the lower ind of the tubo in his mouth, and thin put my lips to tho upper ind. 1 drew in a good long breath for a big blow, an' was just ago in' to let lly a terrible pull", whin holy murther of Moses! that bloody basto gave a cough! Whoop! Tho dirty shtufi" filled my eyes, an' nose, an' throat; an' blinded, an' strangled, an' choked mc. It got down into my stomach, an' I was tho sickest Irishman you over la d your two oyes on! You "bet your life, tho next tinio Miko Murphy blows down a tubo into a horse's mouth somo ono ilso will find tho breath." Cleveland Sun. Ceylon Tea. China may bo proud of her Pokoo and may sot aside her choicest Bohea for tho cultivated throats of mandarins, but ovonts seem to hint, saj-s The Lon don Telegraph, that it is no longer her destiny to fill the breakfast urns of "foreign devils" with thoso sun-dried leaves that have for so long formed her staple trade. In Assam, to tho south, and further down yet in Hindoostan, where the black Dcccan soil dips away in noblo terraces, to the teeming plains of the Madras lowlands thoro aro districts where tho tea shrub can be, and is, as well and successfully cultivat ed as it ever was besido the canals and willow trees ul tho Celestial kingdom. Ceylon, again, a littlo thrown back by hor short crop, now finds sho can grow good tea, and, what is equally im portant, can dry and euro it to tho curious and difl'erent tastes of Europe. The industry is rising rapidly within tho limits of that brightest jewel of tho English crown, nnd tho island hillsides, whoro the diseased-swopt piles of cotl'eo bushos stood n jear or two ago, havo ) now put on a now livery of verdure and prosperity, and tho "Hush" of now leaves which marks tho commencement of eaoh season finds a counterpart, wo must hope, in tho cash account of En glishmen who havo been down to tho very bottom of tho woll of despondency till this new enterprise rescued thorn. This Ceylon tea is not a mere fancy article ft is good storlmg "stutl"," commanding a high price in opon mar ket, of recognized strength, cured with tho best knowledgo of modern times as regards tho best samples, at least packed judiciously in woll choson wood, and to bo had for tho asking in a steady aud constant stream. J