VICE-PRESIDENT
WM
SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
GEO. L SMITH.............
CLAUDE THAYER, 'I
W. H COOPER,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
L H BROWN,
>
WM. D. STILLWELL,
H. V. V. JOHNSON, ,
W. y D. JONES............................ CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Meets first and third Saturday each month.
i
■ SOME
THEY
KNOW.
MY FOOTSTOOL.
I
STORIES
' IN AN EGYPTIAN APARTMEN i HQQ g
AN AFFLICTED CITIZEN.
Interesibig Scene, In n InHlrlue |»u„ ,
Hrmlltlil 1“ "«•*»
H
liio City of L'ulro.
*
an A nK-rii'.Hi I’li) »iciau.
II.s rillful Story lai fed to Move Thl«
The
two
rooms
nenrent
ns
tsilonged
t
Egypt was tor aizes the iaii'l of mystery
Now York Butter.
|
e Very Hard Hearted Woman.
POETIC STORIES CONNECTED WITH it i "now the open door which gives us « El Azhar students, so Mnstiq,|la'’Sit|j0
“If you can spare me n few moments of
A prominent Eighth avenue hatter
He couhl «peak no English, but he im.
PLACES IN IOWA.
good view of
»«• the
• ••«■ life
•• of a people who were
was surpri. ingly made aware that a your time, madam,” he said, taking off a
“the iiticients” to Herodotus and others partej tlie information in Arabic tuow
On sunny noons iip>n the deck's smooth face,
very little tiling nt times causes a «rroat hat that had seen better days iu the dim
dragoman. Seeing that We w, re uiur,
I .inked arm in arm, how pleasant here to pace;
deal of commotion in this hustling and misty past, “I should like to explain Legend« Tliut *pe;*k Well l,»r the Morals whotu we call
Or o'er the stern reclining, watch below
ancieuts.
People
interested in the general scene than i,
world, lie was cozily seated in his why I am compelled to appear before you
of the Farly Western Settlers - The Birth
The foaming wake far w i<l«-ning as we go.
as
an
applicant
for
charity.
”
who
have
not
his red jugs, Mtutuphu left the Assinj,
palatial hut repository and carefully ,
of
tlie
“
Lone
Tree
’
—
Two
Incidenta
In
'
“
Proceed,
”
said
the
lady.
imide
it
a
study
On stormy night«, when wild north westers rave.
ware to its fate, and lighting a ciggrett,
engaged in scrutinizing the columns
“You have no objections, I presume, to
liave scarcely any
How proud a thing to tight with win I and wavcl
Which
Providence
Was
Credited.
t ited himself on tlie railing with a dis.
id The Evening Sun. when u gentle my leaning against this pillar of the porti-
The dripping sailor on the reeling mast
conception of tlie
man entered and asked to see some i to to rest myself?”
tugaged air, as much as to say: "Tw,,
The legends of the w,*>t are as sturdy, as in extraor<iinary pro
Exults to bear, and scorns to wish it past.
lints. The latest tiling in silk til< s was
more mini women! But it's notliingtu
dependent and as forcible as the men who gress made since
“None whatever.”
Where lies the land to which the ship would go!
shown to him. He tried one on. It
uie.”
He leaned his robust frame against one created them, anil for this reason, if no other, tlie key to t he old
Far, far ahead. Is all her seamen know;
did not exactly suit his fancy, how- ' of the posts, coughed behind his hand, and ' deserve more than pa&sing mention.
One of the students was evidently ao
And where the land she travels from! Away,
•st hieroglyphics
What
for instance, lx» more poetic
ever, and the iiroprietor placed several began:
______ could,
_
Far, far behind, is all that they can say.
discovered;
«seelie. His room contained piles of
was
■
,
”
which
was
others lie fore him, and was about l<i
"I have not always been reduced to this than the story of the "IxHie Tree,
— Arthur Hugh Clough.
but the record is
books and pamphlets, and almost noth
return the lirst one to its proper shelf necessity, madam. Iu happier days not | related to the writer not long ago by one of now so complete
ing else. ,I!is one rug was spread out
the
oldest
settiers
of
Eastern
Iowa?
The
when a “still, small voice” from its far distant I w:ia at the head of a success
and the facts so
close to tlie front in order to get the
ful business in a flourishing city. I had a J tale—or, tosjH'aK more properly, the legend— clearly pi'»ved
interior greatlv startled him.
light, mid placed upou it we saw hit
Hold on, sir. ' said the voice; “I’m good bank account. I was in the enjoy . is based on an oak tie,*, for many years the that even I ,.«• con
open inkstand, his pens and a page of
Dll. 8. A. BINION.
not done yet.” The astonishment de ment of excellent health, my domestic re I only one standing w ithin a radius of eight or servative school
My brother gave Ids work a llnal polish,
picted on the fact» of the hatter, as he lations were pleasant, and 1 was the recip nine miles How lid the tree come there/ books begin the “authentic history ” of As freshly copied manuscript When w,
and then viewed the valuable articles ap
! That the unsophisticated pioneers could not
syria with the reign of Sargon 3,800 years asked where lie was, Alustapha repliw|
dropped the tile and peered into it, ient of many civic offices. My troubles be
provingly before placing them in their softly
i explain, so thev resorted to invention, and
gan w ith the death of my grandfather.”
was
doublv
increased
by
what
he
saw,
that he liad gone down to tlie fountain
before (Jurist.
padded ease.
He pulled out a once red bandanna hand I gave currency co a story which will live
and he hastily jii!ii|xnl back and kerchief, wiped a corner of his eye and re i long after they have been forgotten. Early I Even at that lime there had been wars 10 wasli himself, so that lie coul>| KaV hi,
“Think they look well, little woman/” he
between Assyria aud Egypt which were prayers.
asked.
clutched the counter for support. sumed:
1
! in the year IW. so the report goes, soon
“1 think they do, indeed,” I aiiNWPred, in
His exclamations of surprise and ex-1 “He was a good man, and I was much at after the so-called Blackhaw k purchase had spoken of as anc ^nt Nut only are t he
Tlie second chamber belonged to a
.. ..
. to a period I, "00 years
unqualified admiration, for 'fed was a capital
cited manner brought several clerks tached to him. His loss moved me deeply. been consummated, a young couple emi-
student of another disposition; thtaej.
workman, and had mended the pretty trinkets
and customers Io his side, whose as Then my only great-uncle died. To I oh « grated from New York state to the west. ' before Moses, hut hundreds of private citi travagant young man had three rngs;
very skillfully. “1 am sure Mr. Bailey will lx»
tonishment became equally as great as one’s only great-uncle, madam,” he con The man (Bill Brewster was his name) was zens wrote out circumstantial accounts of clot lies li ling from pegs upon hi, W;1|]^
their lives, which were laid in their tombs
pleased The owner herself would I mj puzzled
his. And no wonder. 'I’hc most di tinued in a broken voice, “brings a pang open hearted, hospitable and courageous, |
and are now read by scholars.
Among and lie possessed un extra pair of lemon
to detect where she damaged them.”
minutive mite of u man that ever ex that I trust you may never know.”
and his wife was a representative American
others, Dr. S. A. Billion, of New York, has colored slipjiei’s; in addition we .«iw
Ted smiled; then us he did not intend to
j woman of ihe middle class, industrious, kind
isted outside of Mother (Joose s Melo*
"What next?” inquired the lady.
given much time to a study of these per
take them i»ack to the shop until the return
diesor Swift’s Lilipulians was stand-I “The next affliction that befell me was a i and faithful. After their arrival in Iowa sonal sketches, and he has recently com eups mid saucers upon a shelf. Qulr
of his employer, which would not be till the
two books were visible, and these were
fire that destroyed the home of my wife« j the two young people went out “prospect
ingupright
in
tlie
hat,
which
was,
of
I piled the most interesting of them in a
morrow, lie deposited both the jeweled brace
put away in n corner; instead of lxxik>
aunt. She was a most estimable lady, ing” (looking for suitable land) every day,
course,
an
ordinary
one,
and
having
lets In iiis customary “non-burglar proof
work of rare interest. Some of them are
plenty of room to naive about therein. The loss was total, and there waa no in- i and finally reached a tract of fat prairie land very amusing, especially that of the Prince lie had Uowi rs; the whole place wni
safe,” as he jokingly called a small, strong,
eurance.
1
sympathized
deeply
with
her,
which
promised
to
yield
rich
crops.
Here
With the assistance of tin? customer
square ix>x which he had fitted with l<x?k and
Kamesis The original record looks to the adorned witli them; pots coutaininx
who had called for the headgear, the and she—she came to spend the winter i they decided to take up their abode; and th« uneducated like a set. of goose tnicks in plants in full bloom were standing on
key, padded inside and out, and covered with i
with me. She brought her whole family.” i woman, relieved of al! anxiety and worry,
I
little fellow was helped out, and tak
chintz to mutch our sofa. He made use of
yellow mud. but the English of it tells ihe floor round tlie walls of his largely
He paused as if to note the effect of this,
this as a footstool, saying that evil dispos,*»! |
ing his utand on the rim of the hat, bis coughed behind his hand again, and wiped j then and there gave birth to a sou, and at this story.
exposed abode, mid were also drawn up
the same moment—to commemorate ths
!
persons would be tlie less likel y to examine it,
elbow resting on the crown, he bado his eyes with lhe bandanna reminiscence
I
When very young he fell in love and was in two rows in tlie passageway outside,
evertt—an oak sapling sprang up, which was
and many a jest he had about placing gems ‘
the writer a pleasant “good evening.” | as before.
for awhile unhappy, but did not lose his where lie himself, sitting on a mat, was
| ever afterward called the ‘‘Lone Tree.” The
under my feet, and about me being a small I
appetite On the contrary he relieved his
He had been but iniiK’rfectly seen
“Well?”
I
sapling, in course of time, became a stout
person with a high mind, for 1 set my foot
while in the hat; therefore, ujxm look- I “Well, madam, 1 bore up as well as I oak tree, and stood for many years in its iso- | . mind by going to banquets where he met sewing. His blossoms were so guy that
Whereupon
u|>on gold, and the like nonsense. Dear old I caught in as nice a trap us could have been ing at him out of it, the reporter could
I several jolly fellows.
After his good involuntarily we smi!“d.
could until my boy—my eldest—the center lated position, a mystery to the uninitiated, ,
Tedl He was so clever at Iiis trade, and so ! devised for uii evil doer.
scarcely believe his eyes, for there of my fondest Lopes—excuse this emotion, an object of never ceasing curiosity to th« spirits were restored his beard grew ami he he smiled too, and gave us a salatn.
Then
he
glanced
at
me,
and
the
sight
of
trustworthy, that he always had more work !
Opposite tlie rooms of the studenti
stood a perfectly formed and. as he madam”------
old settlers, and a monument of interest to began to study the duties of a man. He
than he could got through. He was very , me, “picter of g<xxl behavior” that I was,
there was a large chamber almost en
“Certainly.”
subsequently proved, an intelligent
the student of American life and manners, learned that his corpse would have to lie
fond of me-his poor little crippled sister— 1 must have filled his soul with remorse, since
“1 bore up until my boy began to chew until a vandal cut it down, four or five years ilia mummy state 4,0UU years before the tirely filled with white bales, like small
little gentleman. No reporter could
would never allow me to sit too long at my through liis own act 1 was rendered power
resist the in finct to engage him in an tobacco. Then my health failed.”
ago, to obtain a supply of fire wood without . reviving gods would take him before cotton bales: in a niche lietwei n these
needle, and shared with me in every possible I j less to assist him. He whined, however:
the necessity of hauling it nine or ten miles.
| I Osiris. The mummy would need food high piles an old man kneeling at the
interview. It. was discovered that lio ; “You don’t look like a sickly man.”
“Can't you help me/”
way the little duties uec*« ituLed by our hum 1
“I am aware of it, madam. My trouble
Scarcely less intere»tiiig is a bit of lengend- ' during these 4,000 years, and so surviving threshold was washing somethingiua
As It was i'ii|M>ssihie for me willingly to came to tlie store in the overcoat'
Lie menage, so he and 1 Jogged along very '
is one of—of nerves, madam—of nerves. ary talk current in the region of the Wyom- | I friends painted his breakfast, dinner and
large eartlienware tub of a pink tint
peaceably. We lodged in two rooms in u I look on while a fellow ureature sufit-red such ixx ket of the gentleman who had
supper on the walls of the tomb, enabling
ncl|K*d him out of the hat, and whom The doctors advise«! me to travel. I could ing Hills—a chain of mound like elevations i him to live cheaply during the interval by His body was bare from the waist up
quiet street on the outskirts of Bridgepool. , angui. ii as I knew he must be enduring, I
not follow their advice then, owing to busi located on the western shore of the Mississip- |
Our landlady was a kuidly old Issiy who had I used every effort to get tree, but vainly. He the spectators now strongly suspected
ward. and as lie bent over iiis task his
ness complications. In the troubles that pippi river, Ijetween the towns of Davenport simply looking at t hem.
known our parents long before either Ted or had tied me too firmly for that. He took to of having previously helped him in
The “Ritual of the Dead” is a minute short chest, witli all the ribs clearly
came upon me our stock of goods had run and Muscatine, la. These hills were once !
kicking again and began to swear horribly.
1 found ouraelves on this world’s stage.
to it.
I down to some extent. Then came the tariff U(»on a time the meeting place of thousands account of the examination before Osiris
visible, his long brown back with tlie
Having put away the bracelets safely, my : May 1 never again hear such language as 1
The little fellow's name proved to excitement, and”------
of Indians, and hundretis of their dead were One god examined the stomach, another vertebr» of tlie spine standing out, and
brother next parked up three or four watch« i wtis forced to listen to that afternoon.
be Hop o' My Thumb, a euphoneoiis , “What had that to do with it?”
His hands soon swelled, and 1 saw some
buried in gigantic mounds constructed on the lungs, a third the heart and so on, ami his lean, seesawing arms looked skeleton
he had been busy setting to rights, ami pru-
cognomen given to him IxT’mibe of his
“It was the final blow. We bad expected, the crests of the elevations When the white if all reported that these organs had not
par,sl to go to the shop in Ihidgepool which drops of blood trickle slowly down the paix-s,
like, while his head, supported un a
diminutive
size.
He
is
lUyearsof
age,
of
course,
to
mark
our
goods
up
and
real
settlers first ap|»eared they received a cold been abused the subject was then ¡mt -mall wizened tliroat, was adorned with
usually employed him. I watched inin put- i tin* rings he wore on his dirty fingers having
16
inches
in
hciglrt,
and
weighs
just
9
ize
handsomely,
but
”
------
through
a
catechism
as
to
the
way
he
welcome from the red men who wandered
ting ou hit overcoat, for the day was very j been forced into the flesh. The piercing air
suidi mi enormous bobbing turban, dark
txMJnds. Soouuftcr imparting this iu- , i “Well?”
through the country which was once their treated his parents, his servants, *ds wife,
Cold; but he seemed slow in his movement«, i which rutdied in freely through the wide
“We—we had no goods to mark up.”
formation
bo
was
conveyed
to
tbo
1
apTture
must
have
greatly
aggravate»!
bis
own,
but had been ceded to lhe United States his children ami even his mother in-law! green in line, that it resembled vegeta
and I thought lie was reluctant to leave mo
I
“
An«l
then?
”
tion of some sort—a colossal cabbage.
There was a devil or demon to act as prose
government by their chiefs.
alone, for, though 1 was generally active ' suffering. I know 1 was n»*iirly frozen. And iMM'ket of Ilu> gentleman who bcouglit
“And then I took to the-that is, I be
The savages curried vengeance in their tutor, and sometimes a whole board of Directly behind him, also on the tliresh-
enough, considering my infirmity, one of my . all this time the clock on the mantelpiece him in, and then, while waggishly
old, squatted a large gray baboon wlmse
bud spells wus now on me, when, ns ho knew, k' pl ticking off the moments tranquilly, aa wniggiiijf Ids small head, he informed gan to travel. Il was the doctor s advice. hearts and murder in their eyes, and many them to get up evidence ami frame in
Then I”—
a bold agriculturist, who had braved the dictnivnts.
1 found moving alxmt a pain and a d flirulty Chough to assure me that time eoul»i not be his interviewer tliut the owii'Tof the
countenance expressed a tixed misan
“
Well?
”
One
very
interesting
fact
shown
in
these
hardships of pioneer life to acquire some
iXK'ket, el<'., was Mr. Tbonius Foster,
for some days. It iiap|M*ned, too, that Mix hnirifl into a quicker pace by any considera
thropy.
“
Then
I
”
------
personal
histories
is
that
frauds
were
com
lion
of
human
distn-ss
laud for Ids family, never returned from his
Ills manager, who was ns "tine as silk.”
Brown, our landlady, bad g<»ne out for tho
Every now mid then tills creature
“Yes, then you”------
mon
in
embalming
tiie
«lead,
from
which
Imagine what two hours in such a situation
cornfield,
and
the
wailing
ami
lamentations
day - a very rare <x*eiirr«*iice.
"Fin somewhat under his size," said
“j”------
who was secured by a long loose cord,
of widowed women and fatherless children it would seem that many priests and un
“I don’t half like your lx*ing left alone so meant for lx»th of usl Two hours! 1 think Hop, "but nevertheless lu» treats tne
“Why don’t you go ahead?”
were echoed from one farm to the other al- dertakers <lid not have as strong a faith in ascended slowly to tlie top of the bales
long, for I may not be bark before ft,” said tlie poor wretch at the window fainted; but in all thiu;-s us his equal
We have
“Madam,” said tlie traveler, straighten- j
moRt every wr< k
One of these went out tlie judgment, as tlie common people did. and came down on tlie oilier side, lacing
Ted, ey«iig me dubiously
"Cousin Milly the horribh* dragging of his body on his poor uutny a lark together.'' This last re
ing
himself
up,
“
I
see
it
is
useless.
I
have
,
maimed hand rouse I him <lir»s*tly Trembling
one Sunday morning to collect his cattle, For instance, it would cost about .<1,000 to bis master.
He then looked deeply into
would come around if i asked her.”
mark
was
made
while
he
iidl<»d
a
liny
not
awakened
your
sympathies.
”
with cold and commiseration, I sat watching
He ascended one <4 the sloping lulls, not no properly embalm a crocodile (a-sacred aid
“Yea, and bring her baby, who would hin
tlie tub for several minutes, touched the
eigarvtle, and lie indeed looked amus
“
Not
n
cent
’
s
worth.
”
mal),
ami
so
these
ancient
frauds
would
him,
th**
tears
rolling
down
my
cheeks
(),
tiring the form of an Indian who was lying
der my work sadly
1 don’t hk.» babie« when
“Not even to t he extent of”—he suggest- ! concealed among tlie tall weeds growing on ' only embalm the head, ami for the rest of water carefully witli his small black
why hud I refused Ted’s kind proposal to send ing us In» leaned against the side of his
I’m busy (Ju away, Ted, you dear old fel
mid inspected the
manag.i's pocket and contentedly ed, with another laborious cough behind the summit. *1 he settler's foot never crossed * the body make an ingenious imitation out hand, withdrew
low I Don’t bother about me 1 shulli>e ail Cousin Mifly to me/ Why luul 1 i»t*en so
palm, mi l tln n returned gravely, und
No one present doubted his hand—"of a cold collation?”
captious about her dear little baby ? Better pulled away.
right.”
ttie threshold of his home again
He was of woo*I, reeds, corn husks, etc. Another
"No.”
the statement made by Mr. Foster that
! cruelly murdered by the hidden to.-, and his fact of interest is that tlie people were by tlie same rouudnbout way over the
“Well, by-by, little woman,” he nh id, stoop • loom full of babies, all <li«ng their worst
“I might have known it,” he exclaimed, body thrown in the waters,¡f the Mississippi. ( monogamists ami tlie social position of bah s, to resume bis position at the door-
Hop <>' My Thumb is the smallest
ing to UI m » me, "l’|j be home as soon u* I than----
But here 1 swooimm I, and fell, chair and all, known human 1» ing. and that his liko putt ing on his Imt and turning away. “In
His wife, growing anxious about Ins wei- I women was much higher than in the Egypt sill, looking as if lie could nut under
can. And, lh«MKie,” ho added, pausing in the
has pii.li.iblv never e\i |. (|, "He has telling my story, madam, 1 am usually in fare, at nooh rem out her little dnuxliter to of today. On the whole the record proves stand tlie folly of sueli unnecessary aud
diHirwuy, “be sure you don’t touch tho win on the rug before tlie cold grate, the (he hav
terrupted at the great-uncle part of it by
ing
di»*»l
out
long
since
gained
the
¡»ga
of
matin
ily,
”
said
Mr.
dow today
The sash line smip|Msi this niorn
haxteu Her father » return
Theehilil, inured the Egyptians of 4000 or 5000 R (J. to have silly toil.
.lust on the hour of 3 I I mm ' iiiuu conscious of
Fo.tcr. “und yet he weighs no more the offer of substantial sympathy. To th« to danger, undertook the ia»k, but had not been a splendid set of fellows aud mai.t«
ing. I must wnd a carpenter to see it. You
In another chamber» large very black
fact
that
you
permitted
me
to
proceed
un
a dull thud below, which 1 knew to I m » a than the average babe at birth.”
w ill remember /”
proceeded Im « lieu xhe uotii-ed a red inun ou one sorry that they died
negro, dresseilin pure white, was seated
til I became tangled up in the McKinley j
1 lay listening, but
1 promiM*d that I would, und my brother kiioci. at tin* street »loot-
At llii. sal ing lie lifted the utoni of bill, madam,” he added with bitter re I the hill, and. turning umuiid. one liehind
upon tlie floor, with iiis feet stretched
departed. I hoard him go dow n stairs and rather wondering vaguely what would hap
mimliii id from his portion in the proach in his tone, "I attribute this ig- | her En-ape reeiiied uiiporedde. but just at
A CREDULOUS OLD MAN.
out in front of him. Iiis hands placed
■hutlhe strwt d,s»r
\t first the unusual p'-u next, man taking any interest in things poeki'l and actually la id him out to
that moment a crevice large enough to eon ■
noble fail tux*. I have not. fallen in my own j
quiet of the house was rutin i ,lop:,*«sing, of' this life, frutn whn*h 1 M«*em»*«l hi a man
the reporter on the i .diu of Ins hand, esteem, madam, but my faith in human I real her o|>eiie.l in the si>le of the hill. She How the Late King of iirtviiibergSquau« stiffly on hia knees, Iiis eyes staring
but I soon bo<*aiiie too much engruNied in nvr to have floated away
tiered II1« Substaiic«».
straight before him. He was motionless:’
nought the refuge tliui providentially offered,
while
the
subjei-t
of
Ins
reniiirks
luiwed
natuixj has received a terrible shock.”
After an interval I heard steps plodding
sewing t<* |* hv attention to that, and stitched
anil as noon uh »lie had I'oucenled herself tlie
The recent death of King Charles of lie seemed hardly to breathe.
to
every
one
present
with
the
air
of
a
He
thrust
one
baud
in
the
breast
of
what
away busily at some thing« I whn completing up the stairs, and a lou»l choery v»»i»*e, which
o;>eiimg closed, ami to her startled sight was W u.'temlierg has revived some very ugly
“What is he doing?” I said to the
Chestci field
A blight smile then b.id once lx*en a black cloth coat, waved a revealed a cavern of large dimeueioue. of
for a lady who was kind enough to praise my 1 recognized as that of our old friend, Mr
scandals, involv
drag» nnan.
illumined his handsome little face as tuajesHc farewell with the other, aud was which she was tile only oci'iqiaut.
needlework, preferring it, as many otlM»r« Joy, the carpenter, calle»! out;
ing two or three
"He? Oil, tie berry good tnan; he
iiuoting “A man's a man lor a' that,” gone.—Chicago Tribune.
“llulhia! Anylxsiv at imme?”
did, to machine stitch,si articles.
Not until (lie following evening did the Americans. These
I pray "
Coming to our room d»x)r, lie knocked, the Sd ot the |Hs*ket was buttoiusl :
J*reM»ntly I thought I heard a alight
crevice open again The girl, almost fam
men had obtained
then turned the handle, hut of course found over him anil the manager and mite Drift from the Wreck of Concord School. isbed by thia time, crept out of tier hiding such an extraor
In a chamber next to the negro two
noise down stairs, like lhe opi ning of « win
Rising Essayist—Now that you have place, and. swing that all danger was peat, dinary influence
took tlivir
their depart
departuiv.
u iv. — New York
dow, but as all remained quiet afterward, I it l»x'k«d. Being unable to s|»eak. I yet tried look
grave old Arabs were playing chess
read the manuscript can you not suggest ran home, where »lie related her strange over the old king
Evt ning Sun.
put it down to my imagination, and went on to groan, and m vie sum • inarticulate noises,
They were perched upon one of those
a title for the book—someth ing as felicitous atory to a nunilier of n.»ighi«>i s who hud met
but I could hardly hope the »»Id man li»*ard
tranquilly with niv work
that he ennobled
Cairo
settees which look like square
as
"Proverbial
Philosophy
”
or
“
Guesses
at
As for my
Getting % round the Law.
Alter «ome time I was startled to hear a them, as he was som«*wiiat deaf
at the cabin to solve tlie mvafery of her dis t hem, squamlvi^d
chicken coops. One often sees these
•tvp, stealthy, but distinctly audible, „n the , cuin|M«ni»Mi m misfortune, one would sup|s»st*
Tho “svcivry cf <’rnnd jury cham Trtith,” you know?
re ven in
as
appearance i»ulrequeiit asarcli failed tore- his
seats in tlie streets, placed for uiessea-
Distinguished Critic—Why don't you veal a cavern anywhere near where the girl
he woul.l gladly hav,» lmil«»d a prison as an
lauding uutsidu, whnu under the d»»or up
they directed, ami
ber is another legal fiction that is
call it "Robinson's Unrivaled Encyclopae had been so miraculously saved, but it would,
| gers and porters, and for some time 1
escape from such a plight as be was in. and
peared lheshu-low of smile one moving
filially lived en
easily penetruh I. An in: lance is as dia of Platitudes!”—Judge.
j took them for actual chicken coops, and
"Perhaps Mrs. Blown has returned,” was | so, no doubt, lie would, only lie had no ch,»ice I follows: A jik tiev «»!' sessions was cu
nevertheless, I m a dangerous thing to doubt tirely with them,
at that moment, having gone »»ff again in a
the thought in my mln I us I sat gazing at
won len d why they were al ways empty,
the veracity of thia tale in the preaenre of secluded in
his
rious
to
learn
bother
the
grand
jury
The
l
ie
of
the
Wedding.
lite door, but then I turned cold with fear, heavy swoon.
lhe few survivors of those stirring times, palace.
i Chickens might well have inhabited the
Then
in
a
noted
ease
had
been
unanimous
I
heard
the
<*arp
‘
nt.»r
go
d<»
vn
st
lira,
an
I
She (suddenly bursting into tears)—
for the handle wa« turned s»*fily, and a
one used by tlie chess players, for tlie
in their lindin of the indictment. Hurry, sup-pup-pu«« it should r rain to and popular taste has applied to the hill, Queen Olga and
■trange man hsikad in a young man, with hope« of relief »ho i away in tny breast. O
which will aoomr or later iw made famous the court officials
central court upon which all these cham
KIXO CHARLES,
He ask<*d me wliethcr I hr.d learned morrow.
a |*alhd, greasy, hwring far,*, ornamented by J»»y, Joy, why did you come to tin»ck me
by this story, the not very euphonic but very luterfeml, the |»ira»iti»M were driven away
bers opened was covered wi -ii a layer of
| roplitxl “No, hut I ' He (tenderly) Why, my dearest, you are significant
u thievish i«x>itiiig twist of hair on each side, tlmsl l w<» more hours prutmbly liefor» T»*d «•oncvrniii'r it
name of "Providence Hole."
and bir the real >,f his l,fe the king w.«
rubbish ami dirt several inches thick,
Shall 1 la» alive by then« cm midily find out for von from uot Miiperstitious?
while a limp cap of semi militar» cut was will I m * liorn»*'
Another and scarcely less interesting in
virtually
a
prisoner
in
lhe
royal
apart
My I mriik I an»l aching limits were on the rack
lr —» your town man," indicating i She X no, hut think how my hair would stance of providential intei-fereiice with the menu
which contained many of their feathers.
•tuck rakishly on the side of his bend.
1
.11 Ulf I ...........
I lay aud soblxsl miM*rai»ly. But a grand juror standing on the oppo look.—Munsey's Weekly.
I noticed these details mechanically as 1 ,'f
—Constance Fenlmore Woolson iu Har
affairs of m.-n has many tMHevers a..... ng
tlie
'Kthe
Kar! rnetiricli
Ei i,.,|riel, Alexander
Alexander was
v.», born
;,.,r
hark!
A
shout
from
tlie
taiek
garden!
per's,
site side of Ihe street. “Oh, no, you
Mt («»trifled with surpr I m , and fright, and I
K’wwl foil,» inhabiting the bottom lands of
'■
-'d. married
Olg.i
Nlcol iiewim
,.f the 'lar.
li ti, b
|»"i.
,r,.,e,| ()
^a xicnlajewm,
“What, the «licketis is all this/’’
A
Silver
Llnhig.
al»,, ootiewd that his long, dirtv n«*k was
must notes!; him,’’ rejoined lheunx- I
Cedar near it. .•.mHumn-e wilh the Iowa |''“"«'‘tTof < zar Xtclioliw >,f prlls„,. t,,',;
Again 1 hear»! the v,»i»*e of J,»y.
Renting lllbles.
wiihout tie or «x>liar, a shabby ( i o , k cunt I m *
Wifc - Horrors!
llusband, I've jlWt
jiist rivet
ions member of the court, “it would
In theenrlv
in
tne early .i
>1 iv»
iv« of Iowa tins
tlii. pnrt
t«rt of ,3. IM<>, and »m . .w|,.,| |,H f t)
'A '
It ap|M*ared that the carpenter, on trying be un indictable olfense for you to ask henni therv is a case uf smailpux iu the tb. territory was „.habited by a w.M, dre- | J"'*
ing but ton,si up to ins chin, and thul his
ivH
H
e co-»,reret«lwiU>.
The popular impresMion that every
—
...... j ..... muai.iwu oy n wild, tie»-
.........»•».>.
i
»»ur room ,l,xjr and finding it fastened, «on
dirtier hands s|*ort,sl more than one ring.
£.™,<’
*»■»••» li'-e-l on wb«! ,,'‘>n<«iiiz.inKtl,VI1e1vi;er,nn'n7nn<fw™i'I7 family ¡lossesaes a Bible as well as a dic
him, or for him to n il you.” “1 don’t fiat alsive us.
This IndHhlual, after darting a swift elude.I we were all out, but went round to pro|M»se to ask him. hut to gt l him to
llusband— Y es, 1 know about it. That’s 1 they could steal from t____
.
....................
>>>'ln«lrioiu
II iibernl ruler He formed „»from; tionary and a copy of Shakespeare, like
glau<\> round the ivm . ii », slipped In and luckml tlie back of the house "to have a l»K»k at that
tell yon, 1 ix plied, “I will pass over ail right. It’s the young mon who play« nMghbor«. Hone MMlinif was
W.< lhe
tk. favorite
.------- ‘»attachment to Richard M Jackson of many other popular inipreAsions, Beeins
the diH.i , suv nig
wind,-i which my t»r,»ilu»r ha»i s»*nt him to
the flûte. New York Weekly.
pursuit of the male pa lion of this coinmuni- j Ohio, v.ce consul nt >i uttgsrt, nmde him to be an erroneous one, for there is ia
and
<*
11
;ago
him
in
conversation,
and
"Slick! P vijksv wu | mv . don't be frightened! i men,I of »-»»urs«* not expecting to find it con
ty, amt many enterprising men saw the ‘ Ins render, erented him „ |,.iri)„ all(| |,e
town a firm that makes a business of
He had noticed, then you come up and call me asi *’o
I’m uot going to hurl von not a bit of it! , vert tsl into a mm trap
He Wished It
More.
| fruit« of tiieir tod destroyed for Uaut of live •towed princely gift» lln him
renting out Biiiles of an expensive and
But, you we-
Klop that!” lie gtowl.d, while knocking at the «tr,«*t d<M»r, that the and iy|>eat your question loud enough
Tangle—( hear that your next door ■ abK-k which disappeared al the most inop I
.Mr.
Jackson
mid
tliH
privilege,
with
for
him
to
h<
‘
ar.
”
for, as he approached me. I rt*v'ovvr«s| nnself parlor win,low was unfastened, and, think
neighbors have a very good organ. Du you portuue times
t'uane. B W.,';’ handsome kind, suitable to baud to a
Horae thieves in those davs cm“ke7‘f"s'J,y'
It
took
but
a
few
minutes
for
tne
to
lug it uiisaL*. r«.|H‘eially as Mrs Brown was
u little and gave« g<».»d loud scream.
bishop or fashionable clergyman on the
know bow many stops it has?
I expected n>> in. re> «h.11 thev bad the mi. „77
J ?
'»rk, «nd Mr. liomdd Hen
lie had used his privilege as our old engage tho rural grand juror in con
Quick us thought he had his hand over my out,
'
Brunson—Only about three a day, and I fortune to fail into the hands of the settlers
do. Of St.John. ,\ B, were introduced occasion of a christening, wedding or
friend
and
hers
to
^et
through
and
fasten
it
versation
ix'
yarding
the
crop
projqx'ets
mouth, holding mv chin and in mm * in such a
those are not very loug ones.—Light.
and When one briulit June morning in the temlXe"/1 " h ’
funeral in the family. If on the occa
Hcvor,lj,,K
1
N<* doubt the Chief ot his nvighborho<xl lor an “Argus”
manner that 1 was nearly »uff,x-.ited. then he Rd.*re coming npslai’i-s
year IMO nine of them «ere caught by a de- t n tarkeis, those
,wil,(||e,| , ||e q|(1 sion of these religious episodes in the
had enter,si the house by that wsi
gav e me a shake, say lug
item, and then tho magistrate beck
Mixing the Webster« Ip.
la> hni nt ot outraged farmer, thev prepared
family tne high church dignitary should
It was not long Is-fore help came, and the oned nto full oil a few uml repeated
w77ta,""‘f""-'
',"r"r "”dr nmth
“If you du that again I’ll |*ay you out, you
¡¿aker (member of the Chicago literary themseiies 1.» m.-t »lentil with bold faces,
“hleh^t V"P
"‘'""f-'a'ion«. In
was broken o ( m » ii , when ,»ur misery was his part of the play.
turn to the blank leaves between the
little fool! There she is going to lie nice d»M,r
*
•octet)
Daniel Webster was noted for U m
Tlie gang was eonducted to a huge oak tree
I date say, since pi isons were first
couhi tata
that’ he Old and New Testaments he would find
ami quiet now, ain’t she!
\ pi, ter of g«»ud elided.
'
1 replied that 1 h id heard two ver diction.
on lhe tanks of the Csdnr river, whree nine
built,
there
never
was
«culprit
who
walk»s|
behavior, I culls her.
them devoid of genealogical records, to
sions “One, that they were unani
Livewnyte (another member)—Yea, sir; branches invited the settlers to finish their The king. Purse
j.ui mm,< meekly than did theonewho
Talking thus, he gagg,si me dexterously into
1
the consternation of the family. A de
inous, und another that they .stood aud also tor his dictionary.—Judge.
work of ven..»ance.
Ilia man afmy th»
intend,si t-» rob my lirother.
with some of mt work, whin, how. v.-r, w*»s had
1
mm teen to four,”
other wll9 MippUcj w(th H imnipen necktie
posit is demanded when the Bible i»
Ibex -av th'* p • *r fellow’s hands will never
pieasanu-r than his haiid ugh, that grimy
A IIary Joke.
ami arrangements were male to rend them
’ You're ri *lit the first time,” broke
hired, and a charge of two dollars a
hand! ou my mouth, and lheii, produciug Is»
' right again, amputation uiav Is* uwessary,
She- What a peculiar hate there h about to kingdom new at the aauw instant. The
night is tue regular price.—New York
Well, all I can in the bucolic grand juror, “we were
a’im* cord from fa» («<;. »t, in a minute or as rryMi|«e|as is getting m
signal was given.
I Ih ic. stroke of light-
the moon to night!
Suu.
.
........ ,'*""’N Form., IUh11„
is, I freely forgive him (or the suffering, unanimous ulxml it, und don't you
two | was- pA>r hitle feeble thing! bouud
He Harvard
Yes. it’s a freshmoon, king and a deafening r»ar of tliiimler fol Of k? .7 "|IU
forget
it
”
1
have
not
Albany
Ar-
rv
"'"
1
vellsus
lhe
city
mental
and
I
mm
I
i
I
v
,
he
caused
me.
hand and f,M*t hi m v chair
lowed
the
command
win,
h
to
end
the
you sec.—Munsey*« Weekly.
Authors’ Words.
I was in Issl fora (ortuight. but eventually
lie grinned al me as he reuiMi kvsl;
.T'whom^^,■T^,?J,'^‘H,h,i;
earthly existence of nine human le>ing<
A statistician in Paris has the patience
“Mow, you know, ducky. I wouldn't have got all right again. ih»ar l’<a| viy> | «m *
Eight bodies danghsl in the air. The ninth hvXt t‘?,7t
Il eat'lu «I ^lu*tM4'li«'« h» Y'tij’ur,
A (.'<»!>««-irntloua Youth.
of HraxdhasX
Any
to count the number of words employed
Ml v«d \ <»u «o if sou'd ba l Mie srm*e to h««|» brick, but that may be ins imrtiaiitv
was lying on the ground, «aval bv the light H'tre.1 to the leual representative .7 .
A 111..Il u. arm r a I : .l full <>f black
by the most celebrate«] writers. The
quirt 1 never could at*ear to I«* rough to the how, mv (<*»?*• vol provi-d t » bea very rff.M*-
ning.
whi.'h
bail
ripi.it
the
branch
on
which
I. . this hour no one know« about it hair uml a lip lull of white bristles
ladles -never! But time is short, ami you tive safe
works of Corneille do n»t contain more
he
was
banging
from
the
trunk
of
th.
tree.
but you. Ted and myself -True Flag
u.tiivctorl the i:tt< ution < f u dealer in
might have lx*eu hard lu (su »made; so, |s*r
than 7,000 different words, and those of
It was a uiirx le, f.w tu. „.nn, after recover
'ii„-s » .stenla) llesaiil
Tlutwtho
hapa, it’s the l«»st wav after all.”
Moliere 8,000. Shakespeare, the most
ing from hp.tnp.r, pr»v„| nu tanoceneeto
Ct»"«*|»etM(< riti* lam.
.
"'''
‘
•rn.nent
nlfiee,
,,
‘
While ■(teakmg thus the fiq |mnt r»a»cai
latest lad. The man lu;s bleached his
the mtisfncti.m ,f tlie "vigilanta.” The
fertile and varied of English authors,
\ “mutual atlmirata»u •M lHy"of a new mustache.
kept running his ryes around our neat little
The bleach is not applied
eight thieves |»11 met lieur fate. Imt provi
wrote all his tragedies and couvtiics
room i lead Uimlain in hi« |pone«, and at kind ha* Ife-vu MartvMl m ne ci? y with goxi b) htiiitlivisM'is. hut is sold in kittles
«renter tins year with 15.1)00 words) Voltaire and Goethe
dem. interfered
m a way «•«
Uial whim
cuuld not
not )>•
I. tliau for anv tear , r .
;.................. ••• -
that moment a suspicion dai ted into my ■UtXW« «Uli Willi
to the privdt'gcel u.dupph.dat b r...
. > ar previous except iu l»aai
Oneu|pla'at...a
mimdentood to «nt. the |¡f,of tbe
employ 20.000. “Paradise LW’ oul/
niiud that be ha,I come with the object of luvtula'n». A (<*
;»• N mv iited it a» a j<tke, <11 the blca.'il 1. >?l lui'ii a I.cita» ltd
Mealing «ome of Fed s work fs*rbaj*a the but tear« kvpt it up. fliHling it to ( m a ¿^4 mustache mt » a lovely blonde or obi
contains 8.000, ami the Old Testament
The trw ma>le famoua by this incident
jew vied brava'lets wiiivti then were under tuv thin«
Dw plan 1« u» ««liMerre each other, 'gold tint.
Bays all that it has to say with 5,(M-
You cant liud us many
Mill Han.iaig -al lea»l it «as two vear,
yearscr
>
fZuX"
oi
”
*
1
’
feet. U >th tlus lir.UL.it tle re came to me a »Uh a vi,
a» to what m
l*»x'»‘tuuig in
• d th. -tr..
tai- here related ha. ben *,» »hippwl tornii 'n bn t>7 |,;\-,
red niustucbew now as were worn six
h'ul '**" words.—Cor. Baltimore American.
and
firm rewohe to save u»y t*r<<ih»r such a k*» if Jrvw an I wh »? <''inl-uuiitouM of
months ago. for the bleach i< bci-om-
a irm.urvl tog"n»i ani ,14 the old settlers of !”S" ''re“»“ > Ä^
1 puaNbh could; av, even though 1 had to »tvl«’ IwM '•••( <>lY <«,»ch <>(h<r'« attia<‘t)on*—« r
Taught a Less«»».
lb. VK-.mty, which i. no lons-er th. bulina
mg |iopular.
Dennis ure tnnted in
end mt* torture I w u, | t, »t tqteak
I ^»t my lack • ( litf 1 u O'Alton« ait» titen ««
The folly of flirwng with l#We
placa of desjetnd.ww. but a vernante Eden
Chaaigrtl, at>«i at II.«» m« nthiy inertinxi at ilio same way, und nun with dark
teeth hard and watched the man
IDs wan
inhabit»,! by mteinmt aud prtnperoiu tarin- MB bag. to„ther " „ '7'' Y',r|L »»'I WA».
young men is cruelly plain to a girl who
dering glance« «uoii reverted to me.
each uther'« it u«' tach fuemtar I »ring« a hair and light nnistaclxw ate incivas-
Rtudioene—Tom. you are a laay fellow
works in a local dry goods store, where
tlu blench is injurious
J-unuU of A meri- Trofei ‘MpiJS
ha.«
Vote« ar»» ingever.v day.
“lx»ok here, dear, if I ksMten thu cloth a •ketch of a <irv«B»
Why don't you apply yourself to eonre eau roik-L<up.
every clerk ha® read a letter she wrute
bit and you take breetb, w<U you s|»eak to me then taken «• to who «hall too them ami to the hair, and the only way to n»-
thing*
10 yvorceater young man, who gave •
er
nicely! Only don't ecruatu
again
It make« arinevi with th,» guide t** an arti«tic ami »tvl- store lhe original color is to sliiive the
Ihm ble«.
Olkwu«-That Is just what I am doing.
me quite oar you « U> l»eai you «cream ami hhoimtuaw« girl can l»ni ,fe*/Unr« to high musUu'he otl and let it grow out
fictitious name ami addreea. The en
You Lave often told me that a fellow ought
rWtaopbw-,V.,Ur. I don't believe uir
can t do you no g «si ” How well I knew
Il ta lumi t<* J*hx-t a bleached to devote himself towhat he ran do beet. man has a doub,«.
jvwn ni«ker* bv vuth, r having fag»»«,
a gtwai Ag.uu
velope contained the firin name in the
carty out tin* alea or. if Un ,
that, in a back room in aau vlsti ven 1... i A
f-dx. Al -V.TV
ALL
Where lie« the land to which the uh ip would got
Far, far ahead, is all her seamen know;
And where the land she travels from* Away.
Far, far behind, is all that they can say
I
GOOD EGYHI i AN
Mb uaruiv «by DIBh u> ar
the cloth. “Tell me now. poj>v, your broth
er’s got gome vallybles here, am t he/”
I shook my head.
“Oh, But he has, so you needn't jog your
noddie* like that. B «tier t« 1 mo where he’s
put them. Il will gave lot« of time and be
more pleasant for you.”
But I only shook my L**ad the more.
“Did you ever see deb stubfe»run,-ssf’ mut
tered the fellow, tying up my mouth again.
“I am afeord I shall have to make you Mx.*ak
directly. But 1 never like to lie unkind to tlie
ladies, unless they drive me to it O never!”
»Saying this, he Iwgan an examination of
the apartment, proceeding in what, as 1 suj>-
pose, would be described by a “professional1*
as the “best style»;” any way, his movements
wereeharacterizisl bv extraordinary celerity
U ithin a few minutes he hud gone to the liot-
tom of every drawer and l»ox in the nxmi,
and also turned out the sofa i*edstaud where
Ted slept at night. A pretty litter he made
of it all I But lie had not yet discovered the
secret of my footstool. Can any one imagine I
what 1 endured as 1 sat there, helpless as a ,
poor little Chinese “joBs,” the cold perspira
tion of fear on my forehead, «’bile 1 asked
myself: ‘ What will the fellow do next/”
He turned round while proceeding with his
m-arch, and looking at m<- said;
"Hallo, Poppet, liow pale yon are! Ain’t
going to faint, arc you? (J don’t faint, for 1
I
shall want you to talk to m»* a bit. i’ll open j
the window and give you a mouthful of fresh
air. This room is precious close.”
He went to the window — the window which I
dear Ted had (■aulioned me not to touch that
morning unfastened the catch and would
have let down the upper part, but he was
saved the trouble, for, the cord being broken,
down quick as a shot came the window, and,
as luck would have it, caught his right tin
gers light between tile upper and middle
frames.
The pain and the shock must have been
dreadful, the window- Irame Iwung a wide and
very heavy one. He uttered a howl, then
kicked frantically; but all was in vain
There he stocsl, with both hands held aloft,
AT
HOME
IN
A
POCKET.
A Veritable Lfviir; Liliputian l'ancrv«*« a
corner, and when it waa sent back un-
<>a»ined the letter had to go the rounJ*_-
i