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DOING GOOD. Oausft smiles to Kllsten in the tearful eyes. Tike rainbows arching through the April skies; Ohl do some good, while lite ami hope remain. Assunge some anguish, soothe corroding pain. "S. B." In Youth's Companion. "JERRY." He was starving! Not hungry ns you or I might me, hod wo fasted for ten or twelve hours at a stretch, but literally dying for want of food. He lay back in thedlngy door way exhausted, half unconscious, his one friend clused to bis breast. His faco was Mrty and of a leaden hue, the Hjw a pale purple, and bis bands were as the claws of some untamed thing. Heavily fell the rain upon tbo darkening .street; the chill, bitter fog of the December night grew momentarily deeper, and through it the raindrops pushed their way sluggishly. Little .erry, lying in the comfortless slmdo of -the dull doorway, scarcely heeded how the moisture came that saturated tho wretched Tags that clothed bis frame. For two long days no food bad passed bis lips. Tho deadly fever that had seized on him a fortnight ago, whilst with him, bad killed the.senso of hunger, but yesterday it had left him, jti-t nt the break of dawn, and with iti going bad como a wild craving for food of some of any sort. Wearily bo bad lifted Lis tired little bead from the miserable pillow or damp sacking that supported it to ask in feeble tones for drink, for meat, to lind hini'-elt in that darksome cellar alone! It ws a horrible shock to tho child. He .bad lain unconscious, caught by tho fever's deadly clutch, whilst the woman with whom tin Im.l IIv.mI ever since be could rememlier .anything had succumbed to that same fever's influence, anil hud died and been buried. A miserable drunken creature, in a way kind to him when sober, brutal to him wlien gm .overno wered her, but as she was, tho only protector be knew. Whether sho was his 'mother, or whether fate bad just drifted him into her path the child uover know, but the sense that sho was lost to him forever filled him with nn awful dread. He knew it when no voice answered his in tho early gloom of that wi t4-r's morning, when bis parched tnmrue bad cried aloud witiiout resimnso. When he had dragged his worn limbs to tho nnllct. tfhero she used to lie and found sho was tiu longer there, weak as ho was ami crushed by this sudden knowledge, he hurried back to bis own bed, and with nervous, .feverish hands sought there for something that in his terrified bastohs could not llnd. Ho whistled in n sobbing fashion, and at last, languidly, a tiny .shaggy Eoft thing crept to him and sought his arms, and with the puppy, bis only and most passionutoly prized possession in his arms, ho groped his "way to the door and found himself upon the street just as the lirst faint streaks of dawn grow in the sullen east. That was yesterday. Ho bad met n slattern -on emerging from his lair and hud stayed her to ask eagerly, piteously: "Where is mum!" and she had nnswered: "Yo've the right to nsk y'rtvet After given 'er the fever as killed her. Get along wi' ye, yo young varmint." Ho got along, and all day, oppressed with tho weight of tho idea that ho had killed that woman, and oppressed, too, by the weakness that held him as its prey, lie sat in shuded doom nys or gaunt archways, hardly knowing that tho demon hunger was gnawing at him. Not heeding either, because hardly able to bear tho winnings of tho starving puppy ho .held to him with such a tenacious grasp. Hut as the next day broke ho know that Ue wanted food, nnd a sickening desiro for it aroo within him. Hut how to got iti In all that big, great city of Indou, who was there to givo meat to this poor, stricken Iambi Not one! It was nobody's business! Many men, .good men nnd true, were they sure ho was starving, could they see him, was his miser able cuso placed exactly Insneath their 1m Jievolent noses, would, 1 know, have given him sufficient to keep him in clover tho rest of his life. Hut then it takes so long to bring those miserable cases boueuth tho noses of the benevolent ones, that myriads die whilst the attempt is being made, uud only one out oi tho many is suved. It seemed to him ?.nt ho must hnvo do: o awhile, us uhen next bis dim eyes lookei. with discernment upon the world, the dark ness of night was falling. Tho rain, too, wu heavier, and through it tho lamps that lit the wretched by street where ho crouched shone -with n lurid light. Tho little dog was dead, but tho child did not know it. I nm always glad to think lie did not know that. Ho held it still fondly, convulsively clasped to his breast, nnd as the body was yet warm it did not dawn upon his dulled mind that lifo was gone from it. He sat quite still, his head drooping somewhat forward, nnd one could see that his face might liavo boen pretty but for tho stamp of death present and of misery, now neurly passed, that dlnflgured it. By and by, as be still sat there faint and eick because of the ravening and gnawing feeling within him, a young man enmo swing ing down tho dingy stroet a young man, gaunt to emaciation, w ith hollow cheeks and deep sot eyes, und altogether a faco sug gestive of fumitio. It was not a good faco! The devil had planted a lino here and tbero in it cynical curves round the thin lips, a mocking light in the oyes, a matured expression of scorn towards tho world in generul. Ho looked as if ho wero nlways carrying on a bitter war fare with his kind. His clothes were threadbare, his hat shock ing. Beneath his nrm he hugged a handful of shabbv books as If his very soul (although ho would' have scorned a belief In one) was centered on them. As indeed it was. A student evidently; out at elbows, penniless. "Eh I what bavo we here!" said he, stopping abruptly tieforo the half inseusiblo lxy and poking him with his stick. "Another starve ling! Come, speak up, child; what alls you, Roused by this rude address and dreading all things, Jerry lifted bis dull eyes and turned a suppliant smile upon his questioner. It was a woeful littlo smile, entreating, im ploring nnd openly deprecating tho blow that he so plulnly expected. All his poor little life long, blows had been his portion. "Sol" said th evil looking young man with a sinister smilo, "starving, eh? I was right, then!" Ho stared at the child as if musing "Here, before one, lies a dis tinct atom of the vast mysterious whole. Here, too, lies a striking ex ample of tho absolute truthfulness of thot charming little fable so sweet to the well fed eood man's ear. The divine mercy! Hie everlasting love that -will not lot so much as ono sparrow fall to tho ground to which tho little ones are so specially dearl Hore, I say, is an admirablo illustration of it-a woodcut, let us say, an insignificant etching," with a glance at the miserably shrunken littlo frame of the child at bis feet. Ho laughed aloud ; a laugh that cut like a bit of cold, cruel steel into the heart of the cowering boy. as the blow coming now I "You'll ill If you don't sbarp," tho strange man after another prolonged glance at him, followed by a shrug. He thrust bis band into bis poet nd, hrZht .t ft.rn ronners and a klx penny bit. "Here, catch I" said he. chucking tut sixpeuca to the boy, who, by a BuperTiuman effort, caught It, and then turned a glance of passionate grati tude up to his unknown friend. "Don't," said tho latter, with his unpleasant laugh. "I expect I've done you the worst turn of any. It was a gross liberty on my part to seek to prolong your days. You will fling that sixpence Into the nearest gutter If you have a grain of sense; if not, niako it last for two days. It is more than I shall bavo to live upoii for that time." He paused and then said abruptly: "There's a shop round the cornor." Tho boy had dragged himself up by tho lintel of the door with a view to thanking him properly in spite of his contemptuous prohibition, but with his last words the youug man lluug himself round and into the middle of the passing crowd, carrying his eager, wild, accusing faco into tho turmoil of the great city. Jerry, still hugging to his breast the dead dog, moved slowly and pa nfully down the street, turned the corner and stopped at last before the lighted windows of the cook shop to which he had been directed. A de licious perfume came from tho 0eti door, the window, aglow with gas, showed dainties so coarse to you or me, but so delicate to the famished boy that ho almost fainted nt the sight of them. For a minute or two lie let bis gaze feast itself upon tho rich display and then slowly opened his dirty, emaciated littlo hand to look at the talisman that should give him his share of the good things he craved. His silver sixienco lay upon his palm, and tho child's oyes grew bright again, half conquering the death sleep that had so nearly closed them only now, as bo stared nt it. A whole, whole sixjiencol Alasl two other eyes behold that sixpenco at the samo moment. A great, rough, vil lainous looking creature, half boy, half man, peered over the child's shoulder, saw the coin, stooped yet n littlo nearer nsuhowk above its prey, and then the littlo dirty palm was empty, tho blessed life giving money gono! Poor Jerry I A sensation as of a deadly chill ran through him, nnd for a moment ho reeled heavily against tlie bars of tho win dow, lint after that it seemed to him that he thought no more of it, "ao gavo in, and though not conscious of the fact, quietly sur rendered himself to death. It was nil over. No hope, no life nothing was left! Perliajis, indeed, bo scarcely knew how things went with him for awhile, but instinct nt least led his dying footsteps back to the old horrible home tho loathsome cellar in tho squalid court. With faltering feet, with a dull stu pid despair upon his half dead littlo face, with tho now cold and' stiff puppy pressed to his heart, ho descended the stono steps, und liko a wild thing stricken sore, sought bis lair. Inside all was still, all was dark. A horti bio silence prevailed, a very blackness of darkness that might bo felt. Ho began to bo frightened, horribly frightened. Ho put tho dog down and pressed the palms of his hands tight tight against his eyeballs that he might not see tho grewsomo shapes of which the dre-id gloom seemed full. Teeming shapes that changed ever nnd ever, and drew nearer, and touched him as ho thought sometimes his hair, and now ah now his cheek. And then tho harsh racking cough thit had been his for n twelvemonth caught hlin and shook bis thin littlo frnmo so roughly in its rude grasp that ho hud to take down his hand3 from his eyes to press them to that side where the pain was most cruel ; but ho still kept his eyes fast closed lest ho should see those weird awful creatures dancing here und there 111 tho obscurity. Ho was cold so coldl Ho shivered and shook with terror, and with something else that last dread Icy chill that every moment crept closer and closer to his heart. And after nwhile he sat down und let himself fall quietly backwards until his poor tired head lay ujwn the damp pavement. Ho put out a feublo hand, and lluding the dead dog, me chanically drew it nearer to him. And then a wonderful thing happened. All at onco the cellar, it seemed to him, grew full of light. A light, strange, uwful, marvelous, such as vou and I bavo never yet seen. And in it stood One I A most gracious figure! Tall, a little bowed and clad in u long garment, than which no snow freshly fallen was ever half so white. And the fuco who shull tell tho di vine fairness of it? Littlo Jerry could not bavo described it then, but as he guzed on it ho knew all nt once tho fullest meaning of tho words "Love" and "Peace" and "Rest." And tho figure stooied and gathered to his breast the littlo frozen boy, and suddenly a soft delicious clow ran through his numbed veins. And Jerry let bis tired head fall gently back against that tender bosom. And heavier and heavier grew the weary limbs, and then sudclonly, oh, so light! and presently he felt himself lifted up ever up wards and carried away away. And never more did little Jerry know cold or hunger or fear or dispair, aud never again did darkness trouble him, for "There shall be no night there." Author of "Molly Huwn" in London Boci ety. A ltullwuy with an Arctic Terminus. As the train whirls out of Winnipeg tho stranger is reminded of the agitation that cost the Canadian government nearly $500,' 000. The money was sunk in the Hudson Bay railroad. The beginning of the line is plain to all, but tho Greenland terminus will never assumo more pulpable forra than shown on the blue prints of tho projectors. Mines and other western investments which caught the fancy of St. Louis investors were rich in virgin gold compared to tho prospects of a Hue carried ink) a country whero not oven din footnrints of the squatter are found. Yet money was forthcoming for the construction and bouds were floated on the London mar kot. whero the barren steppes were depicted as teeming with life aud lu.ids more prollilc than American bottoms. The terminals on tho Arctic ocean wero im nre-ssive both ill maznitud a 1 construction Thirty miles of the line wre built, nnd at tho clo&o of tho political campaign forces wero withdrawn. A cheap shed ot rougu uoarus sheathed with tarred paper, which flaps iu the wind like a signal of distress conceals tho only locomotive of this groat northern line, On the rusty rails stands a truin of flat cars, beautiful in fresh paint as they wero dellv- ered by tho builder. Tall woods fill the space between tbo cars and on the sides, and thero is an air of abandonment that would raise tears in theojesof the bondholders if they onlv saw this reverse of the bright dreams in which they indulged when they let their British guineas oscapo their grasp. St. Louis Republican. Neuralgia and the Nutmeg. Mr. (Jonld has been nulto free from bis old enemy, neuralgia, for three months past. It is interesting to note hero that just three months ago I suggested to Mr. Gould that tho only suro cure for neuralgia was 10 uicui a nutmeg and wear it hung around his neck. Almost, immodiatelv subsequent to my sug- rr Awl Inn Mr. Oould -was reported to bo in letter health and free from his old enemy. Since that timo ho has not had a return of tho trouble. What Is tbo natural inference? Of course tho money king will not acknowledgo his debt and thereby incur tuo rtfK oi an in Atrtmoat for nottv larceny, but the circum stantial vldeucrtUoverwuelming.--- Brooklyn Easl NATURE'S MARVEL MAJESTIC BEAUTY OF THE GRAND CANYON OF THE COLORADO. The Ijindprnpo Under tlio Slindowr of ttin Teaks of tlio San Francisco Mountain. A Stupendous Scene A Valley 0,000 l'cct Deep. The whole faco of tho land now shows tbnt this region was onco the scene of vio lent volcanic disturbance. One or more of the peaks of tho San Francisco mountains lisplny extinct craters., Tho ground In plas covered with senrire, and the upheavals scattered nbout bavo that distorted, broken, uncanny npicaranco resulting from some convulsion of nature. With an early start wo make good head way. Tho road all tho way from town lias been very good for a mountain district, with only one or two rocky or steep bills. Wo pass Red Button to our right and stop nt Bed Horse Spring, whero wo water our stock. This "spring" is simpry a hole dug in tho ground to catch the oozing or "seepage" thot flows from the San Francisco mountains. It was not long before tho guide pointed to nil nbrupt break in the long vista through tho forest free here as elsewhere from under brush and wo know that we wero Hearing our goal. In a few nioro minutes wo drove absolutely within a few yards of tho chasm. The walls of tho canvon were above us. Wo limped from tho wagon and scaled tho steep incline leading to it. Thero was no hint of tho glories that awaited us. Tho sceuo bursts upon tho eyo in nil its majestic beauty. Tho brain reels, tho facul ties are almost paralyzed In contemplating tho stupendous depths, the nwful chasms, tho amazing conglomeration of castellated butte, mountain, rocky pinnacle ot a thousand fantastic forms now unfolded to our viow. It looks ns if tho hand of an avenging God had swept the region In wrath. It is superb, fearful, fascinating, horrible! Tho vistn ex tending for immense distances iu every direc tion shows tho vnried, weird, uncanny, beau tiful forms of peak, cliff, and rocky crag l is- from tho depths of tho mighty gorge. They bavo a thousand shapes. Some nre like castles, somo reseiiiblo the ruins of colossal cathedrals. Somo are tw tsted and distorted so ns to resemble nothing but their twin brothers far otT in tho distunee. The bril liant nnd varied coloring vermilion, blue. gray, brown, yellow, wane ot rocK aim enn adds to tho splendor of tho sceno. Do we know how long tho canyon is? How wide it is? Wo do not want to know? Kot yet. nt ast. Its sublimity suffices. Wo bavo seen it before. Wo must bavo seen it before. But whero? In our dreams! A STUrKNDOUB SCENK. But tho sceno is so stupendous that wo can not lvly alouo upon tho eyo to take it in. Wo must call in tho aid of other faculties before we can even form a faint conception of tho immensity bofore us. Hore is a "sermon in stones" indeed I Tho viow Iwforo us presents a chasm more than twelvo milo-s wide, moro than ono nillo u depth and stretches for miles and miles to tho east nnd to tho west, Tho wall of tho can yon does not nt this point go sheer down to the bottom, but proceeds to it by n series of "lynches." Still it descends perpendicular!) or neniiy so to tho first bench K) m in hundreds of feet that wo grow dizzy when we look over and conteniplato it. Wo cannot see tho river immediately below us, partly from this circumstance, partly becauso tho view is obstructed by mnny gigantic forms of rock and earth. Far nwny to tho east vo catch u glimpso of a narrow whito thread which wo aro told is tho river. Through a powcrxui glass wo can seo it seething uud boiling over rapids, and at times wlien tho breeze dies away wo can hear tuo roar oi mo cascade, The distance, however, is so enormous that wo can hardly believe tho statement of the cuido that tho stream is hero a largo ono 60V' ernl hundred feet wide. Nearly opposite whero wo stand, on tho top of nu isolated butte, whoso foundation seems nlmost nt tho bottom of tho nbyss, is tho sand stone rock known as Heidelberg castlo. Miles away to tho northwest is nu inimenso forma tion so distant wo cannot determine its com position looking liko tho niins of n cathedral. Scattered throughout the length and breadth of tho gorgo as far r.s the eyo can reach, and isoluted for tho most part, nro gigantic iaks, crags and oven mesus. Horo and thero far to tho north we catch climnses of tho distant walls of tho canyon "on tho other side." Tin: or.oi.OGi.STs' statemknt. After tho first impression of tho lieholder one of nwe, of wonder, almost of horror tho thoutrht comes. "Hero has been somo mighty convulsion of nature that seems nl most as if it hud shuUen the earth to its cen ter." Wo enn scarcely credit tho statement of geologists that the river in its course for ages has cut this mighty gorge which has been widened by the combined agencies oi uorrosion and disintegration. The mechanical wear of streams ns porformed by tho aid cf hard mineral fragments carried along by tho current is enormous. "Tho element of veloc- itr." says Copt. Dutton, "is of doublo im Dortatico. Tho Colorado in this respect is an exceptional liver. Tho avcrago full in feet per milo through tho district of tho Knibab (tho Grand canyon) is 12.07." Tho samo authority observes: "Thoso who bavo long and carefully studied tho Grand canyon of the Colorado do not hesitate for u moment to rjronounco it by far tho most sublime of earthly spectacles. If ita sublimity consisted only in its dimensions it could be suOlciontly sot forth in a single sentence. It is more than 200 miles long, from 5 to 13 wide, and from 5,000 to 0,000 feet deop. Thero are in tlio world vulleys which aro longor and a fow which nro deeper. Thero aro vulleys llankod by summits loftier than the palisades of tho Knibab. Still tho Urand canyon lsuiesuunm est thing on earth. It is so not alone by virtue of its magnitude, but by virtue of tho wholo its ensemble. Thero is a trail, but a difficult ono, loading from a jiolnt iu this vicinity to tho bottom of the canyon, and guides can lo procured to conduct the tourist to it. One must havo n very steady bead, however, to accomplish tho feat, and bo a good strong climber besides. Somo idea of tho task may bo had from tho fact that the trip occupies throe days and thot tho difficulties of climbing are so great that nothing can bo transported but a small quun titv of food. The hardsbitw of such un un dcrtakiiiK aro therefore apparent. Very fow persons hnvo over attempted It, but among them havo been two ladies, uiion ono of whom, as I am informed, the cifoct of fur mounting such an incliuo has left nn indelible imnression. Sho has never been tho samo woman since. New York Times. Tying the Frisky T.aces. Returned travelers from country and sea sido hoUlj sjieak of the low bhoes worn by the ladies this summer. Tho ladies also speak of them. Tho laces would untie, nnd who was to tlo them but tho escorts. In this way many a "board walk" proinenado was pro longed and mutual happiness resulted. Some of the dudes, however, complain that they licracked their heavily kturched waUtcotuU in Dttooping down to gallantly tie tho frisky f llU-JSI -NuW xorx nun. THE OLD TIME RIVER DOGS. A Veteran Captnlu Itcgrets the Tanieness ot Modern Xnvlgntlon. "Steambontlng ain't what it used to lx," said a veteran captain, and, as he brooded over tho days when every trip of a iwat was characterized by somo stirring event which made indelible Impressions on tho officers, passengers nnd crew, his faco assumed a mel ancholy cast, "Nowadays steamers ply up and down the Mississippi iu regular old seven-nnd-six style, with nothing but sociability among passengers to relievo tiresome mo notony. "In tho palmy days of Cnpt. James Leo. Sr., with whom I served on more than ono boat, wo never hail any such quiet and order as now reigns. I do not mean that the times weie tough or outlawry on board tho steam ers prevailed, but thero was excitement something to keep us interested. Tho cap tain nlways took charge of everything of that sort, fully protecting his passengers. "One was when ho commanded a steamer in the Memphis and Vicksburg trado. At tho latter jioint three tough passengers got aboard, all heavily armed, and one of whom bad killed n man only two or three days bo fore. Although boisterous, they kicked up no disturbance until the boat was about to land at Memphis. Then they Ikx-uiuo engaged in a squabble with the clerk, a sickly, con sumptive looking young man, about some trivial item. Tlwcnptain watched the progress of tho row until he thought it had gone far enough, when bo quietly appeared on tho scene and suggested that they do their quarreling where they got their whis- V. This nettled tho rowdies, who turned their attention to tho new comer, stating that thoy would rniso a row whenever it pleased them. Of course tho captain objected and there was n Unlit, Souuiini himself ho knocked down tho first man to reach him, nnd wns preparing to receive the murderer when tho third, with a long knife, made lor him iu tho rear. Seeing te.o danger the clerk ized a heavy iron jiokernnd dealt the would bo assassin a heavy blor across the head, nocking him senseless. This about di-posed of nil save the murderer, aud he and the cap tain clinched. liotli were powerful nnd pluckv. Thev struggled out to tho cabin stairway and rolled dow n, Cnpt. Lee on top. "Bv this time the Inmt hud landed mid me first innto whs nshoro. Pcrceivimr the light he ran uliourd, jerked off" his coat nnd hat, threw them on tho deck and nlmost danced for lev as ho exclaimed: 'Let him go, cap tain; this is my light.' Ho sniled in, and the i-juitiiiii allowed him to tnko charge. The wo men foiicht und fell, the mute undorneain. Cnpt. Leo reached down and placed ins ubstituto on top, but his nntugonlst soon floored him ncniii. Two or three times the positions were reversed by tho captain's iu terferenco, and always with tho same result, until tbinlly the police arrived and nrrestod tho cause of the trouble. As ho inarched nwn) ho boastiuglv said: " I've got tho worst of it, but it took the whole Ihut. Content me one at the time und I'll lick the entire crew 1' But he inatel lie looked as if lie lind been drawn through u sntisnirn mill. Cnpt. Leo took him aft, washed nnd condoled with him and gave him u stimulant. When tho power ot speech tin ned the williim but insufficient substi- ute remarked: 'Cnntnhi. I owe you an upol v. That was not my flaht,' Tho mnii who lid him ui uud was arrested received a heavy line i.nd short imprisonment sentence from tho court." Cunt. Ip. Sr.. Is now In his oightloth year, takes life easy and leaves tho lighting to his worthy son, who follows In the footsteps oi his venerable and respected sire when It be comes necessary to hold his own. Memphis rpjenl. MUeliler or Owning a Horse. How many people nro thero in the worl who nro sensible enough to jot down ns ono of their rensons for devout grntitudo in lire the fact that they havo never hud money enough to le nblo to afford a horso and ear- iacel Not that thero is any harm in Having u neighbor who is burdened with one, espe cially when, onco in n while, ho takes you n line drive. Still, it is always n wise thing to bo on one's iruard ULralnst such a neighbor, and to keep per)etiialiy on tho lips the prayer: "Lend us not into temptation." Tho fntul temptation or n Horse s lour legs is 10 leail a man to forget that bo hns two of his own, which, if kept in serviceable order, ran curry him, body, mind nnd soul, into u thousand nluees into w liich tbo horse's legs 'kuld never tnko hint over fences and through woods and upland pastures, along the rockveoursosof leaping mountain brooks, liich nbove the clouds on summits ot risguu outlook, and over the ridges of precipitous lifTs. springing sheer from tho ocean, surges thunderim: and foaming at their base. Now, the mischief ot owning a horso is that ono so so u becomes his slavo, uud Is forced to tro morely whero tho brute, un uitheticul beast, cun travel. No mutter how dusty tho highway, or how delightful it would lw to strike across country, sun straight along the dusty highway must the half suffocated victim go. Ho has no legs of his own. Thoy have gono to tho dogs, like his classical studies, through shoer luck of uso: and nil the flno machinery connected with them deop breathing lungs nnd stoui boatiiur heart havo suffered tho same coi- laiiso. Boston Herald. Work of tlm School Teacher. Who of our public servants work tho hardest? Is thero any doubt it Is tho school teacher? And of theso school teachers a largo pro- nortion nre women underpaid, overworked, aclnc women. Tho law says when a soldier, a policeman, a fireman reaches a speclllod ago ho shall bo retired on half pay. Was thero over a eenerul who planned such compreheti- iivo compass, such far reaching oeratlons us thoso which occupy tho timo .mil attention of our school teachers? Was there ever a toilce- man given so precious a charge as thut given to our school teachers! A school toucher! What does thut mean! It means the manor woman who plants tho aeed, who molds tho clay, who turns tho iwitch. who steers tho bark, who outlines tho map of existence for tho Iwys of toduy, the men of to-morrow, rutiont, careiui, siuui ous, apprehensive, anxious all tho time, these nre tho conditions of tho faithful school teacher, and if our public schools aro an insti tution of which tho country boasts, und of which our statesmen nro proud, to whoso bruin, hand and endeavor is it duel Yet of nil our publio servant thoy aro tho jMorcst tiald. Thoy hnvo long hours, foul air, con stant irritation. Jo Howard's Letter. They Tell Their Own Story. A recently returned traveler, who crossed tho ocean on a vessel which cnrrlod 1,000 ier- sons all told, looked carefully at tho Iwuts and lifo saving apparatus and found thnt thero were occon .iiodntions for 000. Tho figures tell their own story and tell it with striking force, too. New York Tribune. Secret of a Happy Life. A man who was very sad onco heard two boys laughing. Ho asked them: "What makes you so happy!" "Happy!" said tho elder, "Why, I makes Jim glad and gets glad myself." CurUtwn Advocate- RESCUE THE BUILDINGS. A PLEA FOR THE CONVERSION OF DEPRAVED STRUCTURES. What nn Obsorvnnt Artist Sy Coneern- Itig New York's Had Architecture. Houses Tlint Ar Morn! Sins and Streets Tiutt Aro Monstrosities. "Wicked." "Wicked?" Yes. Worse than than that. Positively Immoral." I don't see it exactly in that light." "Of course you don't. That is liecnuso you ore n reiKirtor, and to you any house Is a good house so long ns the rooms nro clean, com fortnblo and well furnished. Now if you were nu nrtist you would very soon discover the depravity of New York architecture. Look ut Unit house across tho street." square plain front this house had, with n nnrrow, grassless plot on either side ot tno broad steps. So far this house wns ns tnornl a dwelling as the most orthodox and straight laced nrtist could bavo desired. Tho windows wero large uud tho interior was concealed by broad curtains of n dark green material. There wns nothing sinful about the windows. The wickedness was shown iu tho roof, which was gabled and otherwise distorted out of all emblaticeot Christian form. "What do you think of thntl'' asked tho artist. "That is somowhat faulty." "Somewhat? Why, dear boy, It not only breaks all the commandments ut once, but positively grinds the stone into sand for its mortar. If that house is not a mortal sin 1 nm no theologian. But that is not all. Iiook along that line of abandoned structures. Ob- icrve the rascally contour of the roof. 1 hero is no grace, strength, evenness or plctiiresquo unovenness in that line. It is not even bad enough to bo good. It lacks tho graphic vil lainy of a band of Texas train robbers, which pleases the eyo uud interests tho Intelligence, however pained tho heart may bo. It only presents the liold nnd witless prosinoss of n collection of stole beer drinkers in nn east ido txilico court on a Monday morning. Such depravity is disgusting." Aren t you a littlo ham on our architec ture I" A MOHAl. MONSTHOSITV, "I Is not our architecture. It is not any ono else's architecture. It is not architecture at all. We can't bo too hard on such an in decent exhibition of criminal taste. Iu every largo Kuropeuu capital there is asymmetry in the styles of architecture. It is divided into tho old, tho renaissance and tho modern usually, ami tho buildings are grouiod to gether in an honest nnd virtuous way. Such buildings are models. 1 hey are patterns nnd lo tho world good. Tnko Boston, and parts at Washington. There you llnd architec tural rectitude. But in Now York all tho rimes iu tho artistic calendar aro exempli fied with n diabolical plenitude that must warm the cockles of tho old boy's heart every time his mind reverts to tho subject. Fifth nveiiuo is a moral monstrosity. Broadway is nu example of abandoned wickedness that ought to make a Christian shudder to con template, und tho side streets from Tenth dreet to tho llnrlem river contain rampant crimo enough to keep tho hangman busy until tho morning nfter tho crack of doom. You never looked at it iu that light, did yon?'' "No, not oxnctly." "Well, that is not tho worst of it. Tho ef fect of living among sins so generously dis played and universally condoned must be ier ulcious In tho extreme. It stands to reason that a until must do oiiornto who lives iu a structure which has robbed the grnvo of tho Sixteenth century for its roof, stolen its stoop from tho tomb of the Seventeenth century, robbed the archives ot tho lost century for its windows, nnd purloined Its cornices from tho notebook of a dlpsomatilacnl builder in tho lust stages of mania a potu. Can you lw. sur prised when such a man rolw n bank, murdors his wife, runs for a political office or commits somo other social error? No, sir; our alleged irchitecturo is a fruitful causo of crime, a national curso, n socinl pest, and the sootier n law is enacted punishing such crimes as so verely as thoy deservo, tho bolter it will bo for tlds country. What wo need Is n homo missionary society for tho salvation of do pruved buildings, with a mission house on Fifth uvenuuo, opposite at. I'utrlCK's cuuio- rul. whero the chief offenders tuny hnvo un opportunity close at hand to mend thtir ways and lie saved leroro a solsnilo .nemesis avenges their crimes against a patient and outraged lature." Now York Mail and Lxpress. Tlin I-'oimI of the Aristocracy. Some startling revelations hnvo rocontly been published ill Boris as to tho mnteriuls of French cookery, nnd especially oi rartstnti butter. A corresjioiidoiit sends tho following story, of which lie guarantees tho accuracy, is to o not dissimilar state or things lit Loudon: I hamieti to know a mnn who makes a liv ing by collecting tho rnncid butter und dirty butter scrapings from the butler shops, uud then retailing them to West-end confection ersl Tho other day I met hint wheeling a truck load of the lonthsomo looking stuff along tho Boyswuter road. "Hullo!" exclaimed I, "wlint lit tho iiamo or goodness havo you got there?" for really I could not toll from tho look of it, it wus so dirty and discolored, while tho hteuch It gavo out, when I went up to it, was somotiitng fearful. "Oh," bo replied, with quite a business air, "it's offal." "But. what kind of offal I It smells nlmost bad enough to knock you down I" "Why, butter offul." "Indeedl Do you mind telling mo what you'ro going to do with it?" "Make It Into lunqw, nnu tuon wko it rounu to thu confectioners." "Tho confectioners! What do thoy want it for? It would poison a dog." "Perhntw so." resiwnded my friend, with something very liko a grin; "but, nono tho loss, it don't iKiisou tno aristocracy." "What do you mean?" "Why, that It's used in tho pastry fal-do- lals they're so fond of." "But not us it is, burely?" "Oh, no! tlioy flrst purify it somo way." Chicago Times. A Itullwny Station Neur Athens. At tho Kuy littlo white and green railway (totlon of Klousis a knot of Albanians awaited tho truin, und no sooner did wo stop thou ono of them, n grnybeard, with a solemn air, adjustod a pair of great iron spectacles unoii his nose, und received tho handful of nowsiHiticrs which tho train had brought. Tho others crowded round him, babbllpg timidly; but the moment tho Hhectvas tin folded, and tho scholar hemmed, mere was silence and every ono listened earnestly for tho war nows of tho day. It was n pretty picture; nnd I tarried for a moment to hear their comments liofore going among the white houses, with their red roofs nnd green shutters, and tho squab hut which represent tho two dualities of buildings at weusis. But tho auditors listened In respectful meuco, and tho tonelefcs bell having tinkled Its warn ing, the iiiuil train went on iu wuy to Corinth. Temple Uir, , THE COST OF FINE PIANOS. An Alleged 850,000 Investment lric nf Wealthy Men's Instrument. The one subject of which piano dealers ami piano manufacturers and workmen in piano factories havo lieen talking for tho past teir days, Is tho piano said to be for Mr. Henry G. Marquand, with Ave figures following th dollar mark in tho invoice thus: ?W,0j0. No such prlco as fiC,0.V) was over paid for a piano liofore, but no prophet will venture to say that no ono will over pay so much again. "What do you think about such a planol said a reporter to an uptown music dealer. "Had vou arrived at tho ago of maturity before tho war of tho rebellion liegon," said I tho dealer, "and lind you been of a cynical llsposition nt that timo, you would havo been interested, not to say astounded, nt tho largo sums of money paid ns liicomo taxes by men In this town, It gavo ono notoiiety to pay a large im ome tax, and no ono was debarred from twying as good a tax as ho chose, i'er- hops a piano could bo built with that sum, but it would havo to bo inlaid with gold and hnvo tho monogram set in diamonds before tho bill could honestly call for half as much as that." "What, then, do tho elegant pianos of tho men of great wenlth cost!" "Ordinarily from $1,500 to ?2,000. Mrs. Jay Gould bought ono recently that cost $2, 500. It was nu upright grand nnd just as line nn Instrument in everything thnt goes to make n piano ns ever left tho factory ot ono of the best known makers iu the city. C. P. Huntington has recently purchased a piano. His cost f 2,000, while Judge Hilton, nnother millionaire, got ono not long ago for which ho paid n littlo more than $2,200, I lieliovo. Now, these instruments were tho very bcs4 tho workmen could produce. The builders knew, of course, that it would help them to ell lino pianos to other families if such pcoplo as these had their make of instruments. Tho choicest woods, senumed to tho exact dot, were used in tho cases; extra quality clothi worth f 18 a yard, where tho ordinnry stuff used W worth from $5 to $10, wont to tho ac tions; tho ivory was selected from perhaps a hundred different tusks, nnd so on from tho casters under tho legs to tho varnish on top, everything was tho best. Tho monosrama were worked out iu gold or antique metal, or some other oxensive stuff, and when the in struments wero set up in the parlors of tho purchasers there was a richness to tho tones that would enchant any one. And tho tono was there to remain ; such nn instrument will last wonderfully. But, nfter nil, you can get just as good on Instrument, ono with pre cisely the samo tones and ono thnt will last just as well, for less than half tho money paid by Mr, Gould." New1 York Sun. Com pi I men t In it Young Hero. I saw Blanche Roosevelt lift n mnn from a dusty business street into a half heaven ot gratified eoniplnceticy once by a few words and a soft and mellow look from bo r big bluo ycs. It was on Park row, and sho had just, jiepped into her carriage wlien a sturdy young follow saw an old woman pauso aud stagger in front of a ten in of horses, Sho wns on crutches. We all saw her. Thero ivas no real danger. No ono moved for a moment, and wo stood staring at her with ;ho stolidity bornot tho muggy bent, when tho iturdy young man jumped forward, took her in his arms, and curried her quietly to tho walk. Then ho colored, nnd looked ashamed. The woman thanked him awkwardly with a trembling lip, and ho nodded half surlily and itnrted on, but buforo ho lind gono n dozen iteps Blaticho Roosevelt, Jumped from tho :nniugo nearly bowling ino over theroby and running up to tho red faced youth sol zed ano of Ida hands and gnvo it an ocstntlo lit tlo squeeze. Ho turned nnd found a woman's fnce looking into his. It was a wonderfully sxpressivo face. Tho eyes spoko volumes. Ho looked into them and soemed trnusllxod. Miss Roosevelt smiled, and said, in a sottt voice, ns though whispering to a boby: "You'ro n good fellow, you aro a good, fellow." Then sho dashed back into tho carriage' while the man's chest swelled out, and ha itood looking after her, breathing in veritabla gulps. "He'll lw aghast with delight for a woolc," 1 laid us I closed tho carriago door. "Do you know what ho is?" said tho girl, peeping bock nt him as ho stood jicerhig hotly ifter her. "Ho's n hero if ho does turn In bis toos." Blakoly Hull In Tho Argonaut. The Hotels of London. In London there nro a number of strictly first class hotels, liko tho Metropolo and the Victorln, for oxamplo; but they nre jatron Ized almost exclusively by Americans. Enc lislittion prefer tho very small hotels, nlmost liko our boarding houses, oxcept that meals ire served in tho rooms. I havo stopped at several of .theso ot Clnridgo's and nt Ed wards' tho famous resorts of royalty, and I havo always lieen a'iioyod by the obtrusive and overwhelming character of tho attend ance. You nrrlvo, and tho doors nro thrown DjKiii with n grand flourish, the servants greet you with unontui rovorenco; ono qi mora brings you tho inovltnblo "jug" of hot water, and you proceed to wash your bauds. Per haps iu the courso of that operation you pass Into another room for an instant, ami, on your return, with your hands still covered tvith soap, you llnd that tho jug, water ana all, havo mysteriously disappeared, and you aro obliged to begin over ngaln. Indeed, I havo found this unceasing servico very dis agreeable. Mrs. Frank Leslio's Letter. Cure or Whooping Couch. Tho author has found that fumigation with sulphurous acid will frequently succeed in Immediately arresting whooping cough. His methods consist In having the child d.-essted in entirely clenn clothes in tho morning and removed from tho apartment; then, in th (looping room, as woll as tho other rooms oc- :up!ed by tho patient, his bed clothing, clothos, toys and ovorythlng which is wosh ablo should bo bung up; then sulphur should bo burned In thu rooms nt the rate of twenty- Qvo grammes for each cubic moter of spaco, and tho rooms should remain closed and sub jected to the fumos of the sulphur for five? hours. Thou everything should bo aired, and at night the child should bo put to bed in bis room, which is thus completely disinfected. Nothing else is requisite, and even In rebel lious cases the effect of this disinfected at mosphere will bo found to bo oiTectivo. "A. V. C.," Archives of Pediatrics; Massachusetts Medical Journal. A YuuUuo Drummer In Canada. Thoro ore a good many people In Montreal who don't liko the notoriety given to that city as the refugo of crooked citizens of tho United State The other day, as n well known and esteemed commercial traveler from this city was walking in ft stroet In Montreal carrying ft handbag, ho was spotted by a nuiulK'r of boys, who at once began la lug a burlesque on "Yaukoo Doodle," begin ning "Yankee Boodle caino to town, a'ridbi. on a pony." New York Tribune. i . I Mr. Hpnrgoon tests tho readinossrof I to pupils by sending them into tho pulpitwith a. nouled envelope containing a text. From that text the pupil is supposed to preach. In Mono, Col., marble U found that Is seudV transparent and looks like whito glass. v4 1 "fi