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
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