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IIKTTElt THINGS.
Hotter to smell the violet cool, than sip
the glowing wine;
Hotter to hark a hidden brook, than
watch a diamond shine.
Hotter the love of gentlo heart, than
lieauty's favors proud ;
P.ctter tho rose's living seed, than roses
in a crowd.
Better to love in lonolinoss, than bask
in love all day ;
Better tho fountain in tho heart, than
tho fountain by the way.
Better lo fed by mother's hand, than
rat alone at will;
Better to trust in (Jod, than say, "My
goods my storehouse Jill."
lWter to be a little wise, than in knowl
edge to abound ;'
Better to teach a child, than toil to fill
Infection's round.
Better to sit at a master's feet, than
thrill a listenting state ;
Better suspect thou art proud, than bo
sure that thou are great.
Better to walk the realm unseen, than
watch the hour's event;
Better the "Well done!" at the last,
than tho air with shouting rent.
Better to have a quiet grief, than a hur
rying delight ;
Better tho twilight of tho dawn, than
the noonday burning bright.
Better a death when work is done.than
earin s most lavored birth;
Better a child in (Jod's great house,
than the king of all the earth.
A Texas Marriage.
A letter to the New York Sun from
Homo Creek, Coleman County, Tex
as Juno 12, says: Fifty miles from
r urt YV ortu our party found them
selves on one of the most tlelightf ul
stretches of prairie land in Western
'p ii i i - .
jn.-...t.. it, twin iiiru-e iias journey to
tho Twin jMonntnins, and, as we had
plenty of time to join Col. Holland's
party on their return, wo concluded
to accompany Capt. Hardy Parker,
of tho Jj.ihtte ranche, and three of
his friends, to what he termed ono
of the liveliest weddings that ever
"jostled tho State o' Texas."
"Who's to be married?" v.-as asked.
"Old Jaquette's daughter. We
call him 'Don' for short. Wc call
her 'lteenie;' and the chap that's
goiu' to get hero is old Uvalde's son
'Mig,' 'the blood, that saved her
from a pack of Mexican hounds up
tho valley of tho llio, Pecos about
six months ago. News of this wed
diu' has been going the rounds of
the frontier for some time, and it's
calculated that tho Twin Mountains
will be shaken up befoio it's over."
So wo set off. over the pampas,
through heavily timbered districts,
along small streams, on our waj to
the homo of Jaquette's 20,000 acres,
located in the shadow of the beauti
ful hills above named. At last wo
halted in front of the long low build
ing, the home of tho Jaquuette fam
ily, a distant relative of the original
Austin, ii was the largest land
holder in his time in Texas.
Our horses was cared for, and wo
were introduced to the Don. Ho
was 50 years of age; in looks ho seem
ed lint 155. Straight as an arrow,
cold as an ico-berg, black-eyed and
black-haired, he looked a lord and
master over all his people. The
wife was bent and grav, lut must
have been beautiful in her younger
years. Fully fifty young represen
tative Texas drovers were m tents
and in tho outbuildings waitin
for the morrow.
At 10 o'clock next day evcrvlhing
was prepared. Wo were shown into
; a large room of the house that look
ed more like a forest than a parlor.
We wero told to take refreshments
lightly before tho wedding cere
mony. Wc were then conducted to
the park or garden, a magnificent
grovo of cedar, pine, some orange,
and maple.
Guests from far and wido had ar
rived in wagons and on horseback.
Backwoods maidens nnd stalwart
cattle-keepers, in staid and gay col
ors, sun-bonnets and buckskins, were
chatting and gossiping under the
trees, the samo as chnrch audiences
in civilization. Fverybody seemed
to have clusters of ilowcrs, and for
a timo those rough and stnrdv men
of tho plains suffered their broad
sombreros to bo ornamented with
wreaths and their brows bound with
gay handkerchiefs by fair and gentlo
hands.
Iho relatives of the bride were on
one side of tho garden. Her cousins
were mounted on puro white horses.
Tho relatives of tho groom were on
the opposite, a noblo-looking body
of people. Fvon hero was to bo seen
the out-cropping of rudo frontier so
ciety. Both families were immensely
wealthy, and for a long time were
jealous rivals. Tho union of tho
two children was to unite two of tho
largest landed estates in Western Tex
as, and terminate further rivalry be
tween tho two families. Both houses,
therefore, kept a respectful distance,
and one vied with tho other in fron
tier dress and display.
Finally a trumpet sounded and tho
eyes of the hundred people present
wero tnrned toward tho mansion. A
procession came from the frontdoor,
such as these frontiersmen had prob
ably never seen iu all their lives.
Lirst came two ministers, Revs,
lhomas and Henriques,, who had
come 200 miles to perform tho mar
riage ceremonv. Pol !.;.
l)on .Taquette; by his side walked his
daughter the bride; then came tho
mother of the young Uvalde, and bv
hor side walked the groom, and be
hind them came tho grooms father
and tho bride s mother. A few more
ladie and gentlemen followed In
the centre of the garden was a beau
tiful bovser of evergreen, and be
neath this the marriage ceremony
was performed.
I was permitted to have a position
well up in front. I iirst noticed the
surpassing beauty of tho bride. She
was dark as her father, and her eyes
were luoiot with silver tears, thadow-
ed by heavy brows and lashes. Her
raven black hair hung iD curly ring
lets down her back, and two white
sprays of orange blossoms were worn
among them. Her dress was of
white satiu,trimmed with gold.reacli
ing just to her ankles: white satin
boots covered her small feet and a
necklace of pearls encircled her white
round neck. She stood about 5
feet 8 inches in height, yet looked
small beside tho tall and well-shaped
man wno was to be her husband. Ho
was dressed in a buckskin suit, rich
ly ornamented. The suit cauio from
the Cherokee country. He had long,
brown hair, sharp gray eyes, regular
features, and was a handsomo man.
standing G feet U inches and weigh
ing 2S0 pounds.
lhe procession ranged around tho
ministers in the form of a half circle
the bride and groom in the center.
They all stood on whito-haired hides,
specially tanned for tho occasion.
Before the ceremony tho father of
tho bride made a signal, and two
men came forward with a box and
placed it at the feet of tho younger
couple. That box contained 10.000
in gold. Tho groom's father also
made a signal, and another box of
10,000 in gold was brought for-
w-ard. Then followed the presenta
tion of titles and deeds of a vast es
tate, in all amounting to abont 5,000
acres of the best land in Western
Texas. After this tho minister mar
ried them in a simple stylo accord
ing to the forms and ceremonies of
tho Methodist Church.
The wedding ring was of heavy
gold, and in return the bride present
ed her husband with a breastpin.
When tho benediction was pro
nounced, the young Texan rangers
crowded out the old people, and
with their broad palms they shook
tho happy pair heartily by the hands.
"Make way," said the groom,
"give tho boys a chauce. Every ono
of you come forward, right here, I
want to see you all have a good
time."
Tho brawny arms of the cattle
drovers wero extended in joyouscon
gratulations, the music of tho violin,
banjo and tambourine struck up,
and in a few moments tho grove re
sembled a beautiful ball-room.
Among the company were four or
five beautiful octoroons in red dress
es, low-necked waists, red slippers,
black hair with red roses as their
only ornaments. They formed a set
witti as many wild-looking cattle
owners, and they danced a cotillion
with the case and grace of Mexican
dancers. In another group wero
several guitar-players, all women,
who were singing and playing. A
pretty young maiden and a lad were
executing a double "Texan iling,"
an uncouth, fantastic turn and twist,
that requires plenty of action and
strength in tho limbs. Bashful
young men retired and indulged in
a mustang race; others had a quoit
ing match, and still others threw
knives, jumped, ran, elevated heavy
weights and tho rest of tho men
stood aside and talked of the sports
of the chase, politics and the cattle
trade. Refreshments followed in
close order. Wine and whisky were
in boundless profusion. Songs wero
sung, and the violin, guitar, accorde
on, tambourine, and llute sounded
louder and louder.
The grove was tho scene of joy and
hila.ity at noon when tho horn was
sounded and the announcement for
dinner was made. Tho repast was
plain but substantial. All there was
to eat was spiled upon tho tables.
Fnough hail been prepared to feed
TjOO people. Two young oxen had
been roasted, and vegetables had
been provided in tho samo lavish
manner. The cellar was lilted with
wine, native and foreign, and tho
groom chuckled inwardly asho whis
pered to a friend that ho intended
to send them all homo with a bug in
their ear.
While they wero nt dinner, oppor
tunity was given to look at some of
tho presents. The groom had receiv
ed a fine Mexican saddle, a pair of
heavy pistols, a bridle made of plait
ed hair, a beautiful silver-mounted
rille, a plaited-hair lasso, silver
flask, long dagger, pair of high top
boots of alligator leather, set of rino
accoutrements, silver tobacco-box,
silver-plated spurs, and many other
articles that aro used by drovers and
hunters. Not a single article of
jewelry was given to him. The only
thing that approached household
goods was a magnificent pant her skin
to bo used as a robe. Tho bride re
ceived a magnificent little mustang of
fine proportions, cream -colored mano
and tail, and high bred; then she
had a beautiful saddle and bridle; a
cage of beautiful tropical birds; a
fine St. Bernard dog; a pair of twin
calves, as white and as beautiful as
tho driven snow; a pet fawn; a globe
of beautiful gold fish, that wero
brought all the way from New Or
leans by an agent of that city; to
gether with a variety of bracelets,
rings, car-drops, and two beautiful
coral necklaces, studded with dia
monds; a large gold cross, and a
diamond-studded watch and chain.
After dinner thero was a wild time.
Such examples of reckless riding
had rarely if ever been seen in this
section of Texas. Tho guests were
not intoxicated, but had imbibed
sufficient to make them reckless
enough to undertake anything. The
racing was exciting, yet fraught with
danger. The maidens applauded
and shouted at the top of their voices,
as the herders dashed by on their
fiery mustangs. Then thero was
more music and dancing, and thus
tho sport was continued until 4:
o'clock, when they departed, after
wishing the couple long life, happi
ness, and prosperity.
When the parents of the bride
were ready to depart, tho groom
mounted his horse, and tho young
wife vaulted into her own saddle by
the aid of the btrong arm of her hus
band, and the party rapidly galloped
away to their home, where the young
couple were to spend a week, and,
then return, to commence life in
earnest.
Spiritualistic Phenomena.
The persuasive spirit of KatieKing,
which so deeply influenced Mr. Wal
lace and other men of science and
note iu England, was unable to cope
with the the unsparing rigors of our
climate, and turned out to be a very
simple deception. Iho more recent
wonders of tho same kind also havo
been deprived of . theif- miraculous
character. Indeed, the grave trouble
with the phenomena has always beeu
their ludicrous character. There are,
however instances of singular re
sponses mado by tho "mediums" to
certain questions,evidences of knowl
edge of things peculiarly intimate
and personal, which are curious and
surprising, and for tho cxplanaMon
of which the key seems not to have
been found. These, however, may
fairly bo classed with all well-attested
phenomena of the night side of
nature. And as many other appar
ently inexplicable phenomena occur
ring at the samo timo and under the
same circumstances are attributed by
tho operators to spiritual agencies,
but prove to bo the result of exceed
ingly material forces, it is illogical
to assume that the rest can not have
a similar explanation. Many, fortu
nately require none. The poetry of
tho departed Shakspearo and tho
wisdom of tho translated Bacon or
Franklin are plainly duo to lunar
iuilnenccs not in heaven, but upon
earth. Consolation administered by
spry table legs, and assurances of
immortality proceeding from tam
bourines, happily do not cry for
explanation. They explain them
selves. Signor Biltz could give such
spirits odds and win the game.
Ono of tho recent avatars was that
of a woman who, being tied fast, was
in some manner waited upon by
mysterious agencies, which did what
no living person could do who could
not use arms, hands, feet or body.
As usual, the things were done be
hind a screen. Tho "spirits" aro not
content with their own invisibility.
The laws of tho spiritual world, it
seems, require that tho "medium"
through whom they manifest theni
selve should bo invisible also. If a
guitar is played, it must be in a box
or cabinet, or in the dark, or behind
a screen. Wliy the spirits of heavenly
light fear the light of earth, or the
spirits of just men made perfect are
unwilling to confront the gazo of
very unjust and imperfect men, doth
not appear. The medium can only
assure ns that it is part of the mys
tery. Doubtless there are many hon
est people who went to the exhibi
tions of the medium, paying money
at the door, and who came away
firmly convinced that they had wit
nessed supernatural phenomena. For
how could a woman with her hands
tied behind her back Iruui a guitar,
put a pail upon her head, drive a
nail into a board, blow a flageolet, or
tie a knot in a band around her neck?
These were precisely the questions
which Mr. W. Irving Bishop under
took to answer. That such things
could be done by spirits he did not
propose to question. Ho would only
show that they could be done by
men and women also. If he could
do this, tho "sapornalnral" element
would vanish, and tho medium would
bo compelled to prove that they wero
not done by her clever self behind
the screen. If, again, sho could not
prove this, she must be considered
an exposed "humbug," and "spirit
ualism" would have severely suflered,
as wdicn poor Katie Xing yielded to
tho pitiless confession of Mrs. Some
body in Philadelphia. Mr. Irving
Bishop did what he promised. In
company with a committee of well
known citizens of New York of high
character, lie appeared upon the plat
form at Chickering Hall. Ho was
placed in a chair, and his hands wero
tied closely to a ring in a post behind
him, and his neck was tied to another,
as if ho wero about to undergo the
punishment of tho garroto. His feet
Avere also tied together with a rope,
the end of which was held by a spec
tator. A tambourine was then laid
upon his lap, with several bells, and,
like tho medium, ho was then hidden
by a curtain drawn before him. In
stantly the tambourine sounded, tho
bells rang, and both tambourine and
bells came flying over tho curtain,
which was at onco withdrawn, and
Mr. Bishop was fouud closely tied.
It was obviously mysterious, and
probably tho work of spirits. Per
haps Plato and Galileo wero thus
illustrating tho immortality of the
soul.
A board
with a nail and hammer
by his side, tho curtain
was placed
was drawn, and instantly hammering
was heard. Iho curtain was pulled
back; Mr. Bishop was Med close, and
tho spirits had hammered tho nail
fast into tho board. A pail was placed
upon his lap, tho curtain drawn to
supply tho proper spiritual condi
tions, and tho next moment he was
seen with the pail, like a night-cap,
upon his head. A doll was cut from
paper, a guitar was played, water
was drunk from a tumbler on his
knee, while his feet wero held fast
and his neck tied close to a ring bo
hind him. All was done behind a
screen, and if it was not spirits, what
was it? It is the question which very
honest and intelligent and scientific
men havo asked. No man bound in
this manner could possibly do these
things. But they aro done. No hu
man collusion is possible. What does
them? "My hands," auswered Mr.
Bishop. And forthwith, bound as
he was, and in full view of tho audi
ence, ho repeated what he had done
behind the curtain, and showed that
jit was duo to suppleness, agility,
I great quickness, and self possession.
J Alas for Plato and Galileo! Snper-
naturalism? Spiritual agencies? Does
the courteous reader recall the con
cluding words of Dr. Brownson's
Charles Eltrrnxl, "And Elizabeth
will yon tell me nothing of her?
Pardon me: I have planted wild
flowers upon her grave and watered
them with my tears." Harper's Mag
azine for August.
Opposed to Slang.
The "Reform Club" is the tittle of
a new society in this city, organized
by young ladies for the purpose of
discouraging tho use of "slang
phrases" in conversation. At a re
cent meeting, while a member was
addressing tho society, sho inad
vertantly made use of tho expression
"awful nice," and was called to
order by a sister member for trans
gressing tho rules.
"In what way havo I transgress
ed ?" asked the speaker, blushing
deeply.
"You said it would be "awful nice'
to admit young gentlemen to our do
liberations," replied the other.
"Well, wouldn't it be?" returned
tho speaker; "you know you said
yourself, no longer ago than yester
day, that"
"Yes, I know; but you said 'awful
nice.' That's slang."
"Well," said the speaker tartly,
"if yon arc going to bo so awful
nice about it, perhaps it is; but I
wouldn't say anything if I wero you.
Didn't j-on tell Patsio Brimover, this
morning, to pull down her basque?"
"No, I didn't." retorted tho other,
her face growing crimson; "and Pat
sio Brimover will say I didn't. Sho
won't go back on me."
"This is a nice racket you arc giv
ing us," cried tho president, after
rapping both speakers to order.
"Hot us talk, what is the object of
this society?"
"To discourage slang," cried a
dozen voices.
"K-rect," said tho president, "go
on with tho funeral."
A member rose to explain that she
had been fined at tho last meeting
for saying "awful nice" herself, but
she hadn't the "stamps to pay it now
would settle, however, in the
sweet by and by."
"That'll bo all right," said the
president, "pay when von get the
ducats."
Another member asked if a young
lady could say "old splendid" with
out subjecting herself to a fine.
"You bet she can't," said the
president, who was tho original
founder of the society, and therefore
appealed to when any nice question
was to be decided.
"Then," said tho speaker, "I move
that Nellie Pew come down with the
dust, for I heard her say that her
beau was 'just old splendid.'"
Nellie's face was in a blaze as
she
cried :
"Well, if my bean was such an old
hair-pin as your feller is, I wouldn't
say it."
"Shoot tho chinning," cried tho
president.
But the confusion was too great to
be delayed. Nellie's blood was up;
some sided with her and others
against her, and amid the babel that
followed could bo heard such excla
mations as 'dry up,' 'nice blackberry
yon are, 'wipe oil' your ohin,' 'hire a
hall,' etc., when a motion to adjourn
was carried 'by a large majority.'
Gambling at Monaco.
A correspondent of tho Eondon
Times, speaking of tho gambling at
Monaco, says: Wo beg respectfully
to call your attention to one of the
greatest evils that alllict our coast
towns, and ono the consequences of
which arc felt over tho wholo world.
Wo refer to tho gaming tables at Mo
naco. As we speak in tho general in
terest of public morality, we trust it
will please yon to read this letter,
and that you will share our just anx
iety for tho future. During the last
three years twenty ruined gamesters
havo destroyed themselves cither at
Nice or in the environs; and even at
Monaco itself, within a short timo,
four deaths have been the result of
gambling. Many foreigners, bring
ing with them largo sums of money,
are every winter obliged to leave the
place after having lost all they pos
sessed. Tho Court of Assiz in tho
Maritime of Alps has, so to speak, no
session in which the prisoners do not
plead, in extenuation of their offences,
tho losses they havo suffered at Mo
naco. The Correctional Tribunal at
Nice has condemned in the courso
of tho last few years many persons
who, unable to pay their hotel bills
after they had lost everything at
Monaco, had become sharpers and
thieves. Tho precautions taken by
tho iiroprietors of tho tables aro
strong confirmation of what wo say.
No inhabitants owing allegiance to
Monaco aro admitted to tho fables.
This prohibition extends in tho case
of Government servants to tho casino
itself. Information can bo easily
obtained from tho foreign consuls in
the neighborhood showing how many
people in high social positions havo
been reduced to distress by these
gaming tables, and compelled to havo
recourse to tho assistance of tho con
suls in discharging their debts and
getting tho means of returning to
their homes. The play at Monaco
tends to a kind of life which is a
complete negation of all divine and
human laws. We may especially call
your attention to the looseness of
habits displayed in open day in our
promenades. In tho object wo aro
pursuing we know the difficulties that
surround ns; but, confident in tho
righteousness of tho cause iu which
we are engaged, and full of hope for
your assistance, wo do not hesitato
in our task, for we know it is for the
moral welfaro of society.
j A sequel to the recent excitement
. in laid The earthquake in Greece.
Doni Pedro.
There came an energetic ring at
the door-liell the other morning, and
wo descended the stairs and grappled
the door-knob. A middle-aged man
with sinister countenance and ginis
ter breath, stood befors ns.
"I am Dom Tedro, Emperor of
Brazil," ho said.
"Ah!" we replied, how's tho Em
press?" "Never mind tho Empress," he
rejoined; "just give your undivided
attention to tho Emperor for a few
minutes. You see, since leaviug
Brazil I've become a little short up
for means, and am making an effort
to raise the wind ."as the Americans
say. I am selling tho Centennial
spelling-book. I met a party down
town who said you wero an editor,
and needed a spelling-book badly,
and "
"What else did ho tell you?" wo
interrupted.
"Ho said you had a wife who was
orthographically shaky, and eleven
child ren who should each have ono
of my books by all means."
"Anything else?"
"Well, yes. He said that you
wore old clothes and pretended to be
poor, but that you in reality wero a
foreign prince, with gold enough to
sink a canal boat, and that if ap
proached by royalty you would un
bosom yourself, and, as the Ameri
cans say, 'come down'."
"That isn't all ho told, is it?"
"No ho also informed me that
you had wine in your cellar that war?
mado in the lime of the first Crusade,
and that you would invite me in and
fill mo so full of pound -cake and the
juice of tho ancient grape that I
would bo compelled to get into one
of your most luxurious bods and
remain over night."
"Then you arc tho Emperor cf
Brazil, aro yon?''
"I am the simor. quire, bona fide
Emperor of Brazil."
"Well, Pedro, as you came along
.the fence there, did you notice a
section of it that swings on hinges?"
"Wh', of course I did. You mean
the gate, I suppose. How do you
expect I got into the yard?"
"We thought perhaps that as 3011
were an Emperor, you spurned to
walk through an ordinary gate, and
crawled under the fence. Now, Pe
dro, old boy, let's sco if you can get
through that gate again without
knocking any of tho paint off the
posts."
Ho started slowly down the path,
but stopped presently, and by the
movement of his lips wo judged that
tie was indulging in silent anathemas.
We quietly picked up a brick, and
lie moved on again and was soon out
of sight. That is tho only way to
deal with Centennial spelling-book
emperors. Franklin (Ky.) Patriot.
Mutually Caring lor ICach Other.
The Oakland (Cal.) Transcript gives
the following pleasant story: "There
has lived in this city for the past few
years a quiet, modest gentleman, by
the name of Peter Miller. He has
resided in this State twenty years,
worked in the mines, and part of tho
timo at his trade, carpentering.
Years ago ho commenced to send
home to his widowed mother, living
in Michigan, what lie could afford to
spare from his earnings. Being a
bachelor, he could not brook the
idea of having tho idol of his heart
toil in her declining years, conse
quently ho sent her money from
timo to timo, making no entry of it,
but presuming his worthy relative
would use it as she deemed proper.
After years of absence his mother
kept writing for him to return, but
like other old Califormans ho was
proud, and did not desire to go
back until he had sufficient to 'show'
that he was from the golden State,
Timo works changes, so it did with
Peter; ho found himself about a
month ago without labor-' strapped,'
to uso tho common term and the
surroundings neither pleasant nor
satisfactory. Ho was unwell, and
the friends of his youth back in the
Wolverino districts. Ho wrote to
his mother that he could not con
ceal his pride auy longer, and stated
the situation; if ho had money ho
would return, but ho had to make
it. Monday last ho received a check
for 8500, and in the letter was stated
that the money he had been sending
homo for years had been invested in
real estate, and that ho had better
come back and take charge of his prop
erty, which is worth over $10,000.
Banting has- beeu out-done in llio
art of reducing tho too ponderous
frame to reasonable proportions, a
doctor in Delawaro having found a
remedy for obesity which requires
no change of diet. Ho says tho Sar
gossa or Gulf weed, which is cast up
in largo quantities all along our
coast.is a safo cure for too greaty adi
posity. A tea is made of the weed,
which should bo carefully washed
before steeping, and is drank ad lihi
tnn. The doctor tried it on himself,
taking no other drinks, and in a few
weeks was relieved of an uncomfor
ablo corpulence. Those stouter per
sons for whom ho prescribed it lost
from twelve to thirty pounds within
a few weeks' time
Tun Eyklasiiks and Eykjikows.
In Circassia and Georgia, Persia and
India, ono of the mother's earliest
cares is to promote the growth of her
children's eyelashes by tipping and
removing the fine gossamer like points
with a pair of scissors when they aro
asleep, by repeating this every six
weeks, they become, in time, long,
close, finely curved, and of a sleeky
gloss. Tho practice never fails to
produce tho desired effect, and it is
particularly useful, when, owing to
inflammation of tho 03-es, tho lashes
havo beeu thinned and stunted.
Only His iraolti
A Main street drug store hired a
new soda fountain boy the other day.
and after- the boy hal beerrihstructed.
how to work the aparatns, the pro
prietor added:
"Now, you see this faucet up bere?
"Well, thero is- brandy- behind thatv
and wlien a man comes in and winks
and" says ho'll take a little ho-hunr
in his, you will know that be moans
brandy."
Everythiiig- worKect aH- right until
about noon yesterday. Several men
dropped in, said "ho-hum," got'triewr
brandy and- soda, and tho boy savr
no- cloud in his horizon. At noon
tho brandy bottle was empty, the
drug store man at his dinner,. and-ib .
didn't do- any good to "ho-bum""
around that fountain. Along came a
man who had perspired till all the
color in his suspenders could be seen
on his linen coat, and as- he stoodT
before the fountain, waiting his turn,
he winked at the boy. lie had a
habit of wiuking his left eye; and' he
winked at tho fountain as much as .
he did at the boy. The lad however -called
out:
"Haven't any brandy left have to
take sy nip!"
The man was a good man; His
winked again in his amazement, and
the boy replied::
"Didn't I tell yon wo liadh'tany
Uraudv loft? D'ye s'poso I'd lie
about it ?"
"My my son, you you shouldn't
should u"l " stammered tho gooP
inun as all looked at. him, and lo! in
in's enharrassnieiit he winked' again.
"Can t make brandy out of sarsau
parilla and pineapple syrup?" yelletT
the boy. "I tell yon you've got to
tako plain soda till tho boss comes
back!"
"I I didn't want any braudy,."
gasped the man.
"Well, we don't keep anything
stronger in tho fountain, and I
couldn't tell whisky from arnica if I
was lo look on the shelves!" growled
the boy. "You'll find what you want
in the saloon around the corner."
Tho winker winked all around the
crowd, tried to explain his position,,
and then hustled out and boarded" a
street car.
A
Tradition of Saratoga
Lake.
Thero is an Indian suporstition?
attached to this lake which probably
had its source in its remarkable lone
liness and tranquillity. Tho Mo
hawks believed that its stillness waw
sacred to tho Great Spirit, and' that
if a human voice uttered a sound
upon its waters, tho canoe of the
offenders would instantly sink. A
story is told of and English woman,
in the early days of tho first settlers,
who had occasion to cross this lako
with a party of Indians, who, before
embarking, warned her most impres
sively of the sjM'U.. It was-a silent,
breathless day, and the canoe shot
over the surface of tho lake like aa
arrow. About half a mile from the
shore, near the eenter of the lake
the woman wishing to convince tho
Indians of the erroneousness of their
superstition, uttered a loud cry. Tha
countenances of the Indians fell in
stantly to the deepest gloom. After
a minute's pause, however, they re
doubled their exertions, and in
frowning silence drove the light bark
swiftly over tlie waters. They reach
ed the shore in safety, and drew up
the canoe, when ths woman- rallied
the chief of his credulity. "The
Great Spirit is merciful," answered
tho scornful Mohawk; "he knows
that a white woman ean. not hold her
toni
;ue !"'
Alphabet ot Irovcrl)s.
A grain of prudence is worth, a
ponud' of craft.
Boasters are cousins to liars.
Confession of a fault makes half
amends.
Denying a-fault doubles it
Envy shooteth at others and ronn
deth herself.
Foolish tear donftles danger.
God reaches us good things bj
our own hands.
He has hard work who- has noth
ing to do.
It costs more tto' revenge wrongs
than to bear them.
Knavery is the worst trade.
Eearning makes a man fit company
for himselL
Modesty is a guard Id' virtue.
Not to hear conscience is tho way
to silence it.
One hour today is worth two to-morrow.
Proud looks make foul work in
fair faces.
(met conscience gires quietsleep.
Richest is he that wants least.
Small faults indulged are little
thieves.
The boughs that bear most bang
lowest.
Upright walking is sure walking.
Virtue and happiness, are near
akin.
Wise men make more opportuni
ties than they find.
You never lose by doing a good
turn.
The CuAirio?. William Sexton,
the champion billiard player, was.ten
years ago, a bootblack in Burling
ton, Yt. His sister is now a waiter
at tho Americau House in that city.
His sudden rise to fame and honor
reminds ono of Mark Twain's bitter
repiniugs at hisslothfulness inyontb.
If I had been an early riser," he says,
"where might I be now?" Keeping
store, no doubt, and respected by all.
Gen. Stark, vico president of the
N. P. railroad, came up from San
Francisco on tho Dakota to Tacoma,
and will remain about two weeks.
His decision in regard to the build
ing of the branch road to the Puyal
lup coal mines will be final, and it is
anticipated that ho will report favor-
I ably upon the matter.
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