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TXrrrxTTTT IN THE SYIHIT. hi tlif T! tt 1 itn r. t'li vi-n. In iljf lu'i .nlmhl lit t!'t! Mate, Auil liiv lip your own arc tiniehln;; Can you loel ibsm, lilt If Kutol In the njilrlt I nm wciderim? "VVItlj vou In the foret.MHles "Where tl.-c ton-lilnlf.' nvcoleet music Sccm.s ns nothing to yuur iiiilua. In the spirit I nin ultli joii On tlic starlit. publly -t-Tiorc. Wiiitii wo timile tlie mered pledges To tie faithful evermore. In the spirit I nm with you 1 In ench hour of )ci7cet biles That has rv.T with Its briglitnes , Mii'.tc life one eternal kiss. In the spirit I am with you In ench hour tit trntlierlng srtr-f, j When we found In love's embraces All there Is of sweet relief. In the fplrlt I nm lingering With you iiinlcrnciith the trees. Where Ih? nliht-Hlnils seem to wkbper, 'It Is cold cuuuxh lo freeze!" In ilis.-pltlt I am iflth you When wi- hi'nr the old man shout, "Time for Indies to hi; M'Cpllig, And ior lovers to skip out!" In the spirit I ran lieur him Loudly Mvri.r and sl.un the door, A vou lold him, "We will eliecje It When oe'ie rsuilv not heforel" Gouilal.'.i ( likuijo Sun, MY LADY ALISON. "Rc patient, Alison. Try to look on the bright side of lifu and hope for llio best." Tho girl addressed laughed a sliort, navago laugh, that was not good to liear from those beautiful lips, She sat with tghtly clasped hands, her head thrown back against tlio trtnil: of a great oak, Unit swept it. mossy arms downward as if yearning to enfold Its deposed and beggared princess. There was a hard glitter in the half-shut Mack eyes as llicy roamed from Hod to shrub, from the fountains Hinging their diamond i pray high tip in the sunshine to the graceful Mutuary gleaming while through the dark green leaves. Not i nook nor a corner in the familiar grounds and tlio Mutely gray stone pal ace, standing like a crown in tlio midst of thorn, that did not possess its nsso c atlon duarorthan life. This had been her kingdom whom she had reigned haughty as a princess witli her equals, sweet and gracious to those beneath her in station, dangerously alluring to all; worshiped not only for her birth right of bounty and wealth, but for her father's name, that was wreathed in laurel wherev.tr patriotism and bravery are known and honored. One sliort year, and to-day tlio father slept in a dishonored grave, while his daughter iitolo through the gates of her heritage as a stranger might come to take a last look bcfoio going fur away to join Willi untrained hands in the world's rough itrugglo for bread. What wonder that the commonplace words of comfort lounded liku a mockery to (he proud sp rit torn by a storm of hitler, rebel I oua thoughts, that arraigned with im pious impartiality tlio justice of (iod mil man. The Al'sou Van Dant of one veur ago had given place to a cynical woman, returning hatred and scorn to tlio world tiiat had on -o come to wor iliip and went away lo revile. She im nvered her iriend's pit ful glance witli mi angry glint from the sombre eyes, iv li le the harsh laugh rang out again. "Good, substantial advice, equally practicable and original, but. unl'orlu nalelv.thoiM s a w do d.ll'orence between looking on the bright s do of life from distance and cr.per one ng it." She sat upright, and went on in a high, strained voice: "Jess.o Grojson, did It never occur to ou that God is on the aide ot wrong tint injuaticcr"' "Toatis! Spare me that horrified slate. Vou would make a beautiful Lady Macbeth. Hut 1 stem This is my an rostra! home; a monument to genera tions of generous and lion rablo men and women. How blamole ly my fath er upheld tho stainless name, thousands whom his groat heart benefitted could loll. Tlio Van Hants always used their power for the good of these less fnr lun.itn than themselves' with a proud uplifting of her head "which, as tlio world goo." she continued, bitterly, "-s the reason it was taken awav from their most woilhy representative, ami given to one who has not one redeem ing quality in lis vile nature." "ills intense love for his sou is a re deeming quill ty,1' sa'd genii i Jessie, always anxious'lo find good in every one. "Kyull Gillette idoliy.es his own am bit oils schemes in the future of the child. It is the oulv love of which he is capable," retorted Alison Vi.i Dant, K'ornt'ulh. "Vet. w hen ho cam.' to us Uvo years ago, asking only our friend jhipbocauso his father and mine were warm school friends, he was so humble snd, at the same time, so uandidlv so Uv tons to please lus omplojer that ho would have dece.vod ti moro suspicious nature than my fath er's. WithMit gu lo himself, he did not look for it in others. Gradually this accomplished villain m insinuated hiin-K-lf into the confidence of his benefac tor thai he was allowed to assume mi itmlied control of tho business which the honore i name of Austin Van Dant had induced rich and poor to invest the r savings. Then, one terriblo day, tlio crash c.uue, w hen, amid the frenzied reproaches of those w ho had beuii ro Juo d to poverty through their trust in blm, the innocent ol.l man faced the unmerited nsgrueo long ouough to givo the m all he possessed; then, with a blessing for ills only child, ho died of a broken heart. Hut tlio man who had proad the net that entangled so many I, ved jospeeted and prosperous, having saved enough of his illgulMi gu ns to purchase tho home ho had made deso late Over the uolllit of my murdered father I oiuod h in. and, Idling my hand to heaven, pinjod that vcnKoaniM might eotno to him through tho child for whose sake ho acknowledged he had laid the Infamous scheme." She laughed In wild cmi tat on. "Ah! Hi all Gillette feared inn thou, and ho four, mo -tliu poor factory girl-yet. Tho iune of mi orphan girl never dies." Josjie Grot -on jdiuddoiod; but her il,V,lie.lJiliUUUlUl.llJi;UMilIJUaJJaa dweet eyes sparkled through a mist of smpathiztig tears; sparkled with a happy light that wounded wh.b it puzzled her .mgr. companion. "llarty jirayers are sometimes heard and answered, in God's way, not in ours." lieforo that dav's sun si pped boil nd the hills, already glided by its deelinmg rays, .Jess e reni 'inhcred her words as a prophecy. Now she turned that luminous glance upon Alison, and said, quietly: "Go on." A dusky rctl stained the perfect faco from throat to brow, and "tho slender hands were clasped together convul sively; then, with a defiant look, Alison obeyed. " 'Go on!" Have I not told you enough to prove that only wrong and injustice prosper in this world? No? Most steadfast .Sphinx, with a woman's countenance and heart of stone, will you compel me to rehearse the old story of Tinion? Friends grown cold; benefits forgotten! Rah! Vou know it all. Only yesterday the owner of tlio factory, John Jcssup, once my father's pensioner, cune to me and lold me, Alison Van Dant, Hint, as times were hard, he would bo obliged to cut down his force of help, but. owinir lo the intercession of Air. Gilloto 1 did not wait to hear the result. 1 commanded him to bo silent, and walked out of the place. How dare he insult me?" Jessie turned away to conceal a smile Hut the laughter rippled through her voice, a she exclaimed: "Oil. Queenie, Queenie! I can't im agine how your regal air ci uhcd poor little Jcssup. Zcnobla chained to the chariot wheels! Hut dont frown on me, dear. I am happy to-day for your sake." She stopped suddenly, colored, and gave herself a little shako of re proof. Hut Alison's glance had wan dered afar through thu gates to where wooded hill sloped down lo a noisy, tumbling brook. Across the fanciful rustic bridge a railroad si retched far away to the distant city. Dearer than all her memories, came one of a moon light stroll under those trees, a passion ate voice whispeiing tender love words into her willing ears. How quickly tho pain came back after tlio brief, ecstatic thrill of remembering. .She shrugged her shoulders at .Jessie. "Vou proliably imagine yourself one of Hogarth's angels rejoicing over the sorrows of men." "No!" replied Jessie, to herself. "Angels keep their promises, and I came near breaking mine. Oh, if I only dared toll her. I must say some thing, or 1 shall explode." She pluck ed a yellow-hearted daisy from the grass at her feet, ahd commenced in-duMriou-dy tearing it in pieces. "Alison," she faltered, giving a side wise, bright look at the girl, "Do did you ever hear from Howard Vance?" Alison buried her pale face in her hanil-i. "Hush!" she whispered, hoarsely, "lie bade me 'good by' to make a journey of one month. That was the week before our trouble came. Since then he has been as one dead. He is false. 1 ko the rest." She haled herself for the lovo that started into burning life at the mention of his name. And all the wh h Jes sie's heart, was sing ng: "He is com ing, coming to restore you all you have lost! Vour father's honorable name, your old home, and, more than all, your true lover's love!" She clasp ed both hands lightly over her breast, as if to s'ill tlio happy beating. "l'retty lady, don't c'y. Somebody scold on?" A flower soft hand patted Alison's cheek, and Uvo grieved blue eyes look ed baby pilv into hers. Jessie saw Alitson start, and look long at the beau tiful boy -a mass of golden curls es caping from a blue velvet cap, a suit of tlio same noli material selling oil' tho peachy complexion a household idol, dainty and sweet. "Flowers." murmured thu baby, soberly, evidently thinking thai this case needed extra comforting, and opening a crumpled pink p.lm, he dropped into Alison's lap three poor violet heads, withered and damp from llicir warm prison. There was a time when Alison Van Dant would have re ceived this expression of cherubic good will with a warm clasp and merry kiss, but now she suddenly ron and pushed the child from her' witli a force that made the dewy lips tremble and the blue eves lilt with big, frightened tears. Jessie tostilied Iter displeasure by kneeling and with pretty carewis winning back the sunshine. It is through him 1 have lost more than life -Its nil Gillette's child!" cried AlNon, storniily. Vou have lost something fairer than bouse and lands. Alison." said Jessie, sorrowfully. "1 remember a girl who was so g.-uorous and loving, so thoughtful of others in her high estate, that tlio poor and unfortunate loved to call her '.My Lady Alison.' When shall we see Iter again?" "When m. father ceases calling from his grave for ju-tice upon his murderer! ltyall Gillette, the old man who trusted his friend's son calls to you to clear his name from llio renroach of your own viiiiany. Take all my heritage, save my father's good name, and 1 will bless you!" Tho voutig man, wdio lounged down the walk toward thein, tossed his cigar away nonchalantly, and held out his arms to the eh. hi. "Como lo papa, darling." And the boy sprang gladlv to his embrace. Alli son walked rapidly through the gates out into the free, pure a r, untainted by tlio poison of tho serpent's presence. Hut Jessie placed herself directly m his path. "Heed her warning, Mr, for vour ow n 'tike. To-morrow will be too late!" He paused an Instant, startled in splto of himself by tho girl's air of stern con v ctiou; then, recovering himself, his thin lip curled in a cynical smile. "I really must inform the servants that my grounds are uotoKiu to all the factory-girls from the city Insane fao-tory-g'irls in particular!'1 Ho sot the child upon its feet, and sauntered slowly away, lighting another cigar as ho went. Jessie watched him exultantly. "What would you say, S.r 'iWtiifl'o, if ou knew tlio not of vour weaving Is closing around yourself? I enn't keep tlio MMuet longer! 1 oaunotl" "And vou need notl ' responded a manly voice, mid from a thicket neat by stepped a young man, who grasped both her outstretched hands, his hand some face glowing with happiness as her own. She gave an irrepressible cry of do light. "Howard Vance! Here at last. Oh. Alison, darling, how happy vou will be!" He gazed eagerly through the gates in tho direction Akson had gone. He remembered well llio mossy seat near the rustic bridge, at which" his heart told him she had paused for a last look. Across the bridgo glittering steel rails stretched far away in tho level rays of the sun, and fa nt ami shrill through tiie still air came tho whistlo of a loco motive. "Yes," lie said, answering llio girl's questioning look, "I cxpecteil to arrive on that tram. Hut I came a half hour ago by boat, and, hearing what way you had taken, came through the small gate behind the thicket, and played eavesdropper. 1 am no stranger to these grounds, as you know," he added, :idy. "How queer that wc should all meet here!" laughed Jessie. "And what a grand closing scene and tableau you might have made by rushing out, denouncing the villain, and restoring the rightful heiress to her place." "Vou came very near relieving mo of that roe," he" retorted, teasingly. "Which is ono more, added to count less other proofs, that a woman should never be entrusted with a secret. Hut," his faco darkening sudden y, "the ex posure will come, and to-morrow this wretch who thought to lay his v le plots so tlml no human eo could de tect lus a gene j-, and my innocent darling shall return to her own." "Vou staid away too long," said Jessie, reprovingly, trying to keep pace with his eager steps. "Do j ou not know that after I had resisted the first overpowering impulse lo fly to her in her trouble every hour seemed like years. Hut almost at the same moment the news of her trouble came I stumbled, by a miracle, upon a clow to this man's whole villainy. Anil only the certainty of being able, by untiring word, to bring to her an entire vindication of her father's honor and restore all she had lost, kept me to my vow never to feast my longing eyes up on her sweet face until 1 could bring back its old brightness. And 1 have sueeeedod, to-day my low. To-morrow, vengeance and restitution. There she is my darling!" He paused, uttering the last words in a half-whisper, devouring with his eyes tlio picture before him. On the rustic bridge a slight, drooping figure, walk ing slowly, tho sun shining on the crown of dusky, braided hair. She had taken oil' the broad straw hat, and held it listlessly in her downdrop ped hand. How Howard Vance longed to spring forward and clasp her in his arms. Hut he restaincd his impa tience, and followed slowly, exultant h . sure of the rapture that was to reward his weary waiting. "My love! My queen!" he murmured once more. "I will bring back tho old brightness to your face, and no shadow shall ever darken it again." The rumbling of the coming train grow louder, and around the curve the engine rushed, smoking and shrieking like some liorv demon dashing upon its prey. A wild scream, a man's cry, so agonized and despairing that it chilled the blood in the listJiicr's veins, sound ed from the gates. Thorn was a rush of hurrying feet, anil Kyall Gillette llew past hatless and livid; an an swering scream for Jessie, who stood fro .on to tho spot with horror. Hut Howard Vance saw as men see in their dying moments a sight that seared it self into heart and brain forever a tiny child standing between the glitter ing rails, tlio wind tosMng his shining hair under the blue vehet cap. the baby-red lips parted a smile of curios ity at the swift-coming messenger of dath. Then, too quick for his imploring cries and onward rush, the girlish form had qu ckeucd into life, leaped upon the track, and Hung the baby to safetv! Hut Alison, fair Alison! It is the way of life to br.ng us lav ishly the things for which we have vainly struggled when wo need them no longer. The long. lovo! rajs of the setting sun .shone upon the fruition of Alison's wildest dreams. The lover for whom sho had w a ted so long knelt clasping her still form to his breast, watching breathlessly for a sign of life. I lor enemv bent ovor her, pen itent, sobbing like a little child. The passengers on the fatal train stood with bared heads and wet eyes watching the brave young life go out. Tho heavy lashes Muttered, and I fted wide. "(iueenio!" whispered Howard, slow h and gently using tho oM familiar pet name. 'Stay with me, 1 have brought, vou justice and love. Stay with mo! There is much to live for!" "Just ce!' groaned tho penitent en om "Vou shall have it! Only forgive iiie aud live, Alison." v Jessie kissed the small, cold hand. "My Lady Alison." she whispered, softly; and Alison understood. The dark ejes rested a moment lov ingly on Howard's fac, thou wnudorcd from him, past Life with hor unavail ing gifts, smiled gloriously at some thing beyond, anil closed" forever. Kd-.a H.'Jaclsou, in the- Current. Wanted to Get Oil". "What's tho train stopped for?" asked a home hunter on a Flor.da rail road. "Waiting for a cow to cross tho track." somo one replied. "D dsho cross?" lio excitedly asked. Yes." "Hero conductor," he cried, "put mo otVhoro. I've been pokln' round in this state fur some time an' can't find a cow that's able to get up when she's down, so if you've Youml ono that's able to cross 'a railroad track I know that wo'vo struck the best part of the Mate. Let mo git oil' right horo," Arknnmw Traveler. Ho Was Fly, Too. Jakoy "Faddor, dore's u fly In dor ioup." Mr. Colm "Veil, oat all but dor fly before yon show it to dor waiter, don you can got some more," The Ham-tier. KENTUCKY MOONSHINERS. Danjiers I'neoiintiTPd by Deputy Man-lialrt Wlio re unt to Ar ret Tlicm. The deputyUnit.il S.ates marshals are busy in this district, composed cf the counties of Cl.vy, llarland. Hell, and Knox, wr.tca a llourbonville, Ky., correspondent of the Cncinnali En quirer. Tlmv have now in the jails of Whitney, Laurel, and K iox about forty pr toners, most of them charged with "mooiishining." Two of thorn are charged with manufacturing and utter ing counterfeit coin. They are Sherman Freeman and Huck H'din. Tho arrest of these men will illustrate tho methods w hich the deputy marshals must pursue lo accomplish "their purpose. Hotfi men lived in Clay county, but many miles apart, though partners in the manufacture of tho "queer." Freeman 1 veil on Otter creek, a lonely place, as all these mountain creek localities are. Dipuly John lingers took w.th linn four men, well armed. After a long ride liiey arrived at night within live hundred yards of Freeman's cabin. There the horses were left, and tho of ficers went on foot the remainder of the distance, so a.s not to alarm the game. lleaehing the door. Rogers I; nocked. A voice answered "Who s there?" A civil reply was g.ven, when the door was opened. Rogers and h s deputies slopped in and getting ttic drop on the men commanded them to hold up their hands, which they did. Rogers was known to Freeman, who rccogni.i'd his vo.ee, and it was well he did The men were in bed with pistol bv their side-'. Freeman had been no tified to leave llio place by a written notice nailed to his gate-post, ami w:us given tun days to get out, at the end of which tune the gang was to carry out the r threat of lvmov.ng him. Tho time expired tho n'glit that the mar shal arrived, and Freeman was ready for the attack. The ollieers came near having a desperate light by mistake. This is Freeman s story, but thu ollicers had got "the drop" on the men, or it might base been a dillerent story. Huck Holin was arrested at tho head of Goose creek, aboin twenty miles away, on the same n glit. He is a school teacher. The men were placed in jail at Harboursville. Thev wore d scov- eivd by the pa inent to a boy, l- Free man, for services rendered, of a ooun ti rfe.t silver dollar, which he was un able to get ehanired. A Un.icd Mates marshal dare not go into any of thus mounted .settlement.-, to make an arrest unarmed, lie generally starts out so as to reach Ins destination by night, approaches the olli'iiiler's stopping place ste.dthih'. and irets the drop" on him. That is the first and must essential Hung to lie done. When it is done, and the man throws up his hands the jig is up. On llio road to prison the prisoner is informed of the charge against him. To go through, the turunda of reading a war rant to a man on Otter creel; before he is disarmed would b the death-warrant of the foolhardy ollicor. The deputies have" arduous and dan gerous duties to perform, but they per lotm them wilk a.s much consideration as possible under the circumstances. Nevertheless I 'nolo Sam's processes often bring grief and distress to many poor, wretched fainilcs in the Kentucky mountains It is not alone tiio man who ill city makes wlti:;v that is ar rested, but" if a poor devil sells a little to a neighbor he is l.able to information and removal to Louisville or (Jo iugtoii for tr.al. lie may be the on'y scanty support of a largo familv, but Unco Sam is inexhorable. and lie must get out oil' bed and leave his wife and children and travel with tho marshal, no matter what the weather. Should tho marshal be len cut to the prisoner, that is his lookout, and few of them are will ng to take the desperate risks. Tlii'se mountaineers if thev have the chance, had rather tight and take tho rskof being killed titan to bo taken away from home for months, perhaps for years. For these rude men love home, poor and ihstituto a'l it may be, and it seems that the poorer it is tlio more desperately the- will light for it. Uncle Sam is an energet.cally of tho prohib.tiouists. They should never favor the abolition of the internal revenue system as applied to tho manu facture of liitox cants nor waste their time light. ng for a constitutional amend ment proh'ib ting their manufacture. If the prohibitionists will forbid the sale, and the government tax tlio legit -mate manufacture and punish the il legitimate, the manufacture will soon cease. Howard, who is under indict ment for lite shooting of Col. Hugh Rogers in H.irlau county, is among ttto moonshine'' prisoners in tho ja.l at Harboursville. Ho was spoken to about the shooting. II s replies show ed him to bo full of cunn.iig. His little, keen icstless eyes did not rest full on the visitor. Tiieir glances were fur.tive and sti-pic otis. lie denied the shooting in an argumentative way by explaining that his clothing did not suit the diserinlio.i i:or li;s foot the size of the man who was seen going up to Rogers' window; that, in fact, the crime was conunitt-d bv another, whose father-in-law, being on tho grand juff, prevented his indicinieitt. That man, he said, had gone to North Car ol. na. Howard is of med uui size, slight built, with li:ht, th n hair. Ho is restless and nervous. He can not stand still, an. I Ins altitudes, as he slot's himself continuously while walking, aro those of the thoroughbred mountain bully, to whom an open Meld and a fair light would be nn absurd exposure of his valuable person. The trial of this until in H.irlau county, in tlio midst of his fiieuds and relations, w here conviction is out of the question, is an illustration of the argument in favor of granting llio commonwealth a change of venue in crim nal cases. Modern 1'roverbd. "M" A joko that once was funny is like a shirt bosom that onci3 was white. A man w ho works for nothing generally just about earns his salary. - The man w ho wants to bo an angol usually has the dtvslro reciprocated on tho part of lus neighbors. -If you agroe with anyone man iimjii everything, you may sot it down that either you or he is an Itubo cile. t.ijnn L'iuo'ii. Tho Virtue ofKconoiuy. ,7:.m.'3 Russell Lowed, in his Alumni oration at the 2'Aith anniversary of Har vard university, refers lovingly to the good old limes wheu ,iidustr.ous, hard vcrk ng parents, in ord.u' to secure tho means of giv ng their sons a liberal ed ucation, would st ra n every nerve and practice tbo Mrictes; economy in every thing. Suvs h : "We come back hither from the ex poriences of a richer life a.s the son who has prospered return ng to the house hold of his youth lo luid in it very homeliness a puese. if not of deeper, certainly of fonder emotion, than any splendor could stir. 'Dear old mother,' wo sav, 'how charming you are in your plain'cap and tho drab silk that has been turned again since we saw you! Vou wore constantly forced to remind us that you could not all'ord to give us this and" that which some other boys had, but your discipline and diet were wholesome, and you sent us forth into the world w-th the sound con-.titittioin i and healthy appetites that are bred of simple fare. It is goon ior us 10 com memorate this homespun past of ours, good in these days of reckless and swaggering prosperity, to rem ml our selves how poor our fathers were, and that we celebrate them because for themselves and their children they choose wisdom and understanding and the tilings that are of God rather than any other riche-." These obsorvat ons are suggestive, and, well coiisidere l. could not fail of good inlliience throughout our hind. "These t.m ;s are out of joint," and we shall see no change for the better, so long as the paramount aim of the great mass is lo accumulate wealth, that they may grat fy their desire for material" coinfot'is and make a b gshow in the world It is a great mistake to suppose that there is tiny solid happi ness in all this nor i3 one's Mamling in society improved by extravagance, either in dre.-s or habitation. More over, the example is bud, and often leads to appalling wret -hedncss. Not very long ago. a man who could count bis'ono hundred thousand dollars was reckoned uncommonly wealthj-. Now, the well-to-do man in the city --especially if ho have a "fashionable1' and ambitious wife is discontented and un happy if h i cannot ape his mill.ouaire neighbor (who, by som freak of for tune has "struck "oil." perhaps by spec ulation or marryiug a rich wite) and live in a mansion costing from tifly thousand to an sum sliort of a million dollars! No sensible person, however, is envious of such a display: and even the dady laborer, who earns his one and two dollars a day. is better oil", if lie only knew it. than his neighbor, who spends his thousands in unsatis factory luxury every o.ir. 1 1 'ushingtoii ilatcUct. in Tlte Height of Great Men. A correspondent inqii res of us if there is any truth in the general b diet' that the leaders of any pa-iieular aire are large men, "oris it meroly oiipcr stit on?" There is a modicum of truth in it. While there aro nuiiurou.-, exeepiiuiis. it seems to be a fact that greaf poets essayists, scholars and philosophical thinkers are, as a rule, sm.ill while great general--, orators nod politicians --those who arc engrossed m doing rather than thinking are. as a rule, above the average si.e of man. There is a reason for it; those who possess the most vitality are apt to make the biggest noise in the' world. Washington was a large man; so were Cortcz.Charleniugsie and Well ngton; so were Webster. Clay. Tom Corwin, Tom Marshall. Lin coln. Chase, Summer: so are Gladstone, Hismnrek, Ferry. Cleveland. James (J. Hlaine and General Sherman. When men who have won distinction aro not tall, they generally make it up in breadth. " like Rotiaparle, Stephen A. Douglass and Sheridan. The thinkers of the world have gen erally been small; as Ceoro, Aristotle, Haeo'n, Ales'iinder, Hope, Alexander Hamilton and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Tho members of the senate, ever since that body was established, have b-en. it is allazcil. about an inch taller than tho average height of American men. Suc cessful American editors have generally been tali men, averaging s x feet high and over two hundred pounds. a tlio elder Hennett. Thurlow' Weed. James Watson Webb, Horace Greeley, WJhitr F. Storv, Murat Ualstiad. .Joseph Me dill, Wilitolaw Reed. Joseph l'ulil.er. and Charles A. Dana all lino spec. mens of full grown men. Great orators are almost always large mon, ami uch specimens as Joseph Cook, Henry Ward H echo:-. Colonel Robert G. lugersoll, Mr. Mood'., Ro-coe Conkling and DeWitt C. Till mage are familiar' to the eve of tho present gener ation of Americans. These orators are not only alike in weighing -' pounds apiece. "but thev further resemble each other in possessing a keen sense of both humor and pathos, and in being coarse gra ned-of Hie earth, earthly, if thev had not been oarse of texture they would have died young, and if they were not largo thev would have lacked tlio phvsioal strcug'th to surpass in the sharp 'compel. lion of the r t ine. In New York it is proxerb'al that the "rent merchants out ligh their clerks. Wushtnyton 1'ont. A Gymnasium. What is a gymnasium? It is a room filled with appliances and implements of all sorts to build upnitiscle. Do you know how these gymnasiums are con ducted? You pay an admission price, and ar.' free to on'er. Von litid a big dumbbell nnd you squirm and struggle t il you lift it. ' You take a turn at the rowing maehino and the bars If any thing else Is there you try it. What Is the result? Next iuoruing you aroore and lame; your mi sclej. were not espial to the strain. You are d'SguMod w ith the ex-rcino. aud don't go to the gym nasium any more. This exercising in a blind, purposeless way is not product Ira of any good. You might as well turn a boy loose in an apothecary's shop and say: 'Thtm, Johnny, there' your medicine; now got well." Ho wsuhl get wo'l luto tlie grave, Win. buiikic AN OLD-FASHIONED CUSTOM. lMsnsmit Fontttre of tlie IIousc y nrnilim of Our Aticostot-s. The old fashioned custom, whenever a new hou-e was bo.lt. of celebrating the occasion w th what wan called a rousing house-warming grow out of a h.artj' recognition of th" fa :t that, even after architect, carpanter. maso.). an 1 decorator had done their best, tho house was still no fit place for human beings to 1 vc in till all the rooms in it had been set aglow, not merely with fires in every chininey-phve, but with faces rad'ant with happiness and hearts throbbing w.th love and cordiality. Till that was done thu building wai felt to be a mere atl'air of I r.ck. mortar, lum ber, and nad3. and no more like a true abode than :i dead body is like a living, loving man or woman. It is a pity that so many of these old eus outs have been given up, for they served to emphasize from tho outset, and in n picturo.vpio way, never afterward to be forgotten, ideas that always ought to remain fresh ind warm in the in" ml. L'ke ehri-.ten-ing the bab. this chr -.'eirng tlie house was a religious act of dedicating it to a high ami beautiful cud. The man is a poor chin I of a fellow who. having a homo, however humble, doet not feel that one of the happiest of all life's privileges is that of playing the host in it. So far as the house goes, it ought tr enable bin to sympathize w.th what must he the highest blesse J-nos-s oil' deity itself. True, .t is not the wide, glorious universe, with its starry heavens, mountain-, veas lakes, and groves but st.ll. though a small thing, it is his own, and gives him something royal to bestow on others a warm wel come., the coziest scat by tho fire, the best cheer ho can command ou llio table, and a daintj-. springy, inviting bed to sleep iu. No wonder, then, the word hospitality has in all ages se cured itself such a fond, nestling phi'-o in the human breast, for never is man or woman seen lo more advantage than under the respect of truly cordial host or hostess. Now, there is a great deal of this kind of hospitality in the world, and no end of the happiest recollec tions of a long lifetime aro bound up with delightful experiences of hours, days, and weeks ..pout in just this sun ny atmosphere. Hut, ought not so es sentially generous an idea as this of hospitality to have still wider and more generous int rpr-'tation put on it'.' No doubt it is a fine tiling to make :v guest welcome to the liro-ide. table, armchair, and sleeping room, but is not a great deal more than tins essential in p'eturing the full characteristics of tho ideal host aud hostess? The cssent al mark of hospitality is, of course, a quick and delicate perception of iie wants of the guest, together witli delight in minis tering to them. If he is 'uingiT, feed him; if cold, warm him; if s "cpj. speed him lo bed. Hut how about entertain ing his ideas and sentiments, as well as his senses, and giving tlieso, likewise, a generous welcome? The host or hoste.-s that knows how to bring Ihos-w liner and shyer v .-Wants out. and smilo upon aud cheer them as thej- begin ti Mow. will not such a one warm and c hih'ratc the spirits of tlie sojourner un der their root as no mere hl.-ty.ing lire place, can? Indeed, liilnister.ng deli cately to the senses of the welcomed gnosl. what is th s at best but a kind of preliminary for making him comfort able and setting at his case; while this highest and royaiist form of hospitality only begins when a bright, siinnj' wel come is extended to the wisest, will est. sweetest, and most charming elements in a man's m nd ami heart? Perhaps he ha no great nn-asum of any of those. Well, then, to bring out tlio best he has in him and help him to set it in the best light. More than one of the wisest and greatest of men have put on record that they never jet met anyone in lilo from whom they "could not ioarii something. Now. what clear comfort for any poor fool of a fellow I ke llio most of us t,i have been the guest of ono of these Ne.vtons or Hacons and to have scon the line smile of satifact on light up his wonderful face at our uoi ".ally tolling him something new- and interesting. Wo would remember tho fact years af ter we had forgotten who' er the bed he gave us was hard or soft r the steak tender or tough. Indeed, .i can bo de pended on that no homo ever gets tho best kind of houso-wann'ng till it has become a place which friends long to Hook because they feel that an atmos phere prevades it in which they talk, better, laugh more cheerfully. revel more freely in their richest soiitttnenU than they can anywhere else, l or a welcome after this fashion they wil for sake the downiest of couohe, and tho most delicate of viands and go gladly the fare is scantier, tho hospiia'.iiv toward thought and feeling I . t II I.l ton Herald. Women who Wear Tight Shops. "Women who pose as models have, as a rule, poorly shaped feet." said an artist to a reporter. "If there feet aro not poorly shaped they aro apt to bo out of proport on by being loo small. Tho reason is obvious Women aro am bitious to havo small fool and hands and at an eatlv age thev begin to wear light shoes the result is that their feet are cramped and do not grow with the other members of th" body. Of course there are some profc slonal mod els who began carl v in lb'' and never crumped ..their feet with "iit shoos. Thev have correct proportio s. I speak generally of the mass of .-onion who become models after they aro 18 years old. Women imagine If they have small feet and hands they havo all that is necessary to givo thorn tv shapely appearance. A worso mistake was never made. Women who aro largo should naturally have feet in pro portion; from an nrtistio point of view they look better. Hut you cannot make them think so. "A crusade ought to bo waged against wearing tight shoes. The tight shoe in the lirst place cramps tha tos till to gether, until they lose shape and become frescoed with corns. The foot doesn t get the free circulation of blood in it that it should have ami falU behind Hi growth. "At w York Mail press.