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The Weekly Expositor. J. A. MiiftiKX, JMIfior and Proprietor. BSOCKWAT CENTER, Mien. Jf Mauley is the white pasha and Is working his way northward toward liou lokoro and ('miurman, tho fa n of thu rahdl Is sealed. A tyrant of his kind aIll be deserted by his troop. at the first :lash of arms, and Stanley Is no mean gen iral. It may be resetted tor hint to corn jietc the work which Wolesley was una 9lo to nceompllsh and to avenge tho death Df Gordon. If this should prove to bo his lesllny, and If this wa his ob'e tlve point when ho lert England, how admira bly tho secret has been kept. There is aothing . Incredible in this conjecture. rhn nnpnlni of unLirlal Afii-n mm nf ' , ... . .. , tho most fertile populous sect ons of the vorld, to civilization aud trade, involved ! two prior condition the overthrow of Uie slave trade and he xtinctlon of M s lem intolerance of '.he foreigner. Tho hiahdl was a f r type of both. lie is not known to ha, e bn a lave trader him self, but he-was the a ly of the slave traders, and in ono inse a protector of their nefarious tragic, of the savage bigotry of the ancient Mo-lew he Is one of the few surviving representative-. He believes in destroying Giaours licence they are (liaours. Jt he lets them live, it is in order that he may sub.eit them to lndi:iiity and humiliate their teilglon in their persons The time has pa sed when j Civilized nations thought it their duty to ! . , . . ,,, mow , to war to propacate a religious lai'.h. f, . . . .... 1 Uut the time has not passed when spirited uatlons held it to be a solemn duty to res- cue their citizens from the dutches of barbarians. And if this is the errand on which Stanley Is bent, tills country, at all ... ii ... ,i. l . ,.(, I e ents. will w fh h m do.ispeed. The destruction wrought In Central Africa !v tho sluiri sionlpr within thn past live or s x ye.trs Is appallin.'. In re gions whero Livingstone, Jtanley and Carnercn saw large populatl n, no human inhabitant can now b: fouid. Most of them have been captured or slaughtered, and remr.ants of tr.bes hivo escaped into other district-9. Along threo hundred miles of tho Congo, between Nyangwe and Stanley Falls, the Arabs according to (ileerup and Lav; have depopnlated about l.r,00;) s,uare miles of territory. The numerous tvi'.t s whom Manley first I Faw have become slaves or in greatly de- j pleted numbers wander tlmegh the for- i . . , ., . . , ests Jar from the river. About 10, 00 ' sn are mile of the rolling prairies west of Tip. o Tib s home at Kasono have been utterly drained of their people. About -0,000 s..uare mil s on the western head waters of the Cong ) arc n- longer a prof itable feld for slave hunting. In tho rery region where Llvingfr:ie died and where his heart was buried, extending southeast from Lake Dniineclo, and em bracing about 15.000 siuare miles, the Arab, we are told ly Ciraud, have com pletely tavaged the country. And from all these centers of devastation the paths of the destroyers leadiug to the slave marls and flipping points ma- be raced by the bones of the victims who fall by tho way. It cannot be possible that the civilized world will much longer permit . . ,, this co.ossal crime of the century to add to Its murderous resulta without taking earnest measures lo put a stop to it. , . . , , ' A disgraceful scene to; k place nt Castle Garden a few days ago which deserves tho severest censure. Twohuudiedemlgraots from f-welcn had just landed from the steamer Hecla an.l were immediately Beloil upon' by the agents of rival railroad J r, ...... . lines. They wcr, pulled about and hauled and jostled as if they were so many cat le that needed prodding. Tholr railway or- ders uero torn out of their bauds by the railroad hirelings. Their ouggago was smashed and lost in the conuisioa. Fam- A , ilies were separated and subjected to all kinds or indignities, merely lecau e there had been a rjuarrel between t!io mombtirs of a railroad "pool" aiul each agent was trying to get the bulk of travel over his ,, ... , , . ,, . own iue. It is only a short time ago that , , , Representative Ford's Investigating com- niittee exposed tho abuses : Cas le (Jar- den, and it was thought and hoped that the publicity given to tho arrogance of transportation companies In their treat- nunt of emigrants, woul I check their ra- ,A , " i , pacity, but It seems that it has only sharp- ened their greed. A m re summary method of bringing these railroads t a proper re- Bpect for law and decency ought to be ad. pted to protect innocent men. women and children from t!:eir rapacity. ' ,.,.., , t, , , luoiaio iciMiuii. xiov..,, ivu,.,.,.,, had no faith in the modern rystem of weather guessing, based on the so-called science of "planetary meteorology, " or the oppearanc? of f un spots. Some years ago while storm-bound at Davenp rt, t, -,iu, n.a rftf,na I , . . , . ' , ,, , being made to that subject, he said: "Oh, ! that is all liumoug; you might as well try ; to tell where the largest wave or tho greatest white cap will rise during a storm in mid-ocean, as to locate storms by observing the position of the planets or the fde of sun spots. It cannot be done; Look at It a minute. You single out a very small portion of the earth, which Is a very small portion of our universe, and say the movements of the heavenly bodies will produce such and such conditions of weather in a certain neighborhood, re gion, state, continent! The earth Isn't concerned more than any other planet. The vast extent of untold millions of miles li narrowed down, localized to an atom, as it were. No astronomical re search justifies any such thing. I have no patience with It. The German poyernmcnt will esk the reichstag to sanction the building of a num ber of men of-war. lily Brother-in-law's First Wife, FRONA W. COLVIX. My sister Aeries had ruado what I should call tbe grat miftuko of marrying a widower. Not that I bad any spite against pave, good look I nt: Henry Mavne, yet be was not tho tort of man that I could ever brine myself to ' love, honor and obey," If I were a woman, even if be bad never been married before. He was always wont to repeat tbe good quxll lles of his wife when he used to come to our house, before he was my brother-Io-law, and I don't know but I thought, at that time, that It was very couimcn Jb!o la him to pay such tribute to bis depart)! companion; but there camo a time hen r'lls constant allu sion to "Maggie" made m disgusted. I have often heard mr father say that It was never safe to marry a widow unless her first husb md bad been bung, and even then she was liable, to declare that banging was too good for number two; and toellecttbis remark. I vlll add r tie b t here, that In m , im . . . . .. ...' . . Wdoer unleash! first wife has eloped with some other man, and even iu that case, per hurts number two would get Informed that 'bo only thing lacalng to cause her to do likewise was a chance. Henry Mayne was holding a pre-emption next to our claim w hen we first nude bis ac quaintance, and about all we know of him was that he was an houest, industrious, I r.wperous fiirnur, was a wldo.vcr, with one child who wus staving with bts married sis ter hi Chicago, till his younger sister, Mamie, rhould finish ber education and come to keep houso for him, aud bring his little girl. He informed us that Mamie had made her home ,p,rtiy ultb him and partly with the other sister since the was fifteen, at which tlmo bey bad been left orphans. AVe 1,ad known Mr- M,Jn8 over, J"ear when It came time for him to make final . . , , . , proof of his claim. On a pre-emption ono cun mako proof tt ,ny lImCt ,fter vlDg on It 8lx months, within thirty-three months. Mr. Mayne had stayed the entire time, but now that the limit was reached he made bis Proof. 1 w nev,r more urprtsed In my life than when Agnes, having followed mo . , , ' . , ... .. , . one mornlug when 1 went out with the herd of cattle, Informal mo that Henrir was going farther eat to take a homestead an 1 timber- claim and she was going to be married to h m and go with him. I had no objection to tho in n, but I set before her the difficulties of a step-mother. I cousldcr the rearing of other people's children about as thankles) a task as anyone cau undertake. "But some one must tako care of her, an 1 I don't know but I win as capable of doing so as any one," urged Agnes. 'I never for a moment doubted that, mr jttie sister. You will be a model stepmother; but Hie question is, bow about the child, Will she prove a moJel atep-dauhtcri' "Henry Is good-uatured, and he always says bis Orst wife was a taint," replied Agnes BMk 4 60 1 tlmk the child ought to have a pleasant disposition. Father and mother ,,,,,, , . , , think it will be a good mate!), and I am twenty-rive, ynu know.' Well, to make a long story short, they were married and went to Kausas to take more land. I whs twentr-one pretty soon after, and as they knew I Intended taking claims when I Fhould have reached my majority, they wrote me to cmo there. They had been m irriel six months when I went Henry bad b.en after little B.-cca In stead of waiting till Mamie ha 1 graduated, as he at first intruded, and It was just as I feared, she was a little terror. "I can't see where the chill takes that evil tcmier from," said Henry, a lew rnlnuies aftrr I arrived, when Beoca threw herself on the floor and kicked and screamed und then held her tnaili till she was b'ack In tho facj because I would not allow her to pound my watcl1 wilb a hammer. "I am sure Agues ,'"r it iu saying that I never dls- play temper, and as for the chill s mother wellf Mt5l9 tamo tha newe8t b ao Rn- gel of any worn m I ever saw. I may say, she wos the voiy host persou I ever met." I glanced at Agnes There was an cxpres- 8iou 0I1 Ler fare wh!cll calweil me to bcllcvc ,he had hci.rd "Magjie's" praises sung often, but she looked very mucli c.ii'ianased when o w ho.v uunovel 1 whs at hearing her Juaand praise auoiher to the dlaparageiaent ,t ., , , 4' 'he was better than Agnes sbo must have hwQ ,llfiic,t.Illly KOOl, uot to uecd ias. ies suld for t.tr soul," I remarked, nettled. Henry glanced rirst at me and theo at Agnes. l not '"'!''n any comparison," he "ld' YT,htM obX thftt 1 " Jlous for mv sister, eveu If 'she was not for herself, At supper I praised Agues' biscuits. They xttre madj of sour cicam and I considered them deliclou. Then, too, I knew the must have remembered my partiality to that kind and made them expressly to please ma. "Kathcr too rich to be lL'bt enough," ob- , . . , . ,, , . ' " served her husband. "Maggie made tho 1Iffhtest biscuts x CVer tAW j tUInki Agnts looked at ma Imploringly, so I said nothing, though X awfully longed to. I wus disgusted at his overlooking the perfections of my excellent sister and constantly whin- Kut tLo ,rrfmer Mrs. Mayue. If he thought so much of her, whv had he not been truo lo berrnemorv aa(1 remDOll a wldowert It seemed to mo It would have been more to the point to have bestowed a meed of praise upon tho living wife occasionally, Instead of constantly csntlng about tho vlrtua of her i JtUVtlLTJ!! ? stay I never heard a slnglo compliment paid to Agnes by her husband, and If I tried to mike up tbe deficiency myself, "Maggie" was fciWaya lugged In, and her goodness extolled till I was tick and disgusted. I would have called him to order on the subject had It not bcen th" OQ tna Dr" n,ut oI mJ arrival Agnes bad made me promiso not to, and "IIe do" not men anything offensive. It i right enough for Lira to love and admire bl, fir,t wlfc j ,m iure lf 1 btl bcen t flfJt wife it would have been a pleasant reflection that, lf my husband survived me, he would till admire me and remember my virtues, even If he rounded again," was tbe way iho excused him. "Stuff and nonsense I A man or woman ought never to mention a fir at companion In way to causo jealousy on the part of the second for if you were like the majority of human beings, you'd be perfectly green with Jealousy by this time. I'll venture to say. now, If you bad been Mrs. Mayne No. 1, and Henry had extolled you to 'Maggie,' suppos ing her to have been Mrs. Mayne the second, to the extent he hat her to you, she would have flown Into a rage, and pulled every hair out of his bead long ago." When I had been with them about ten days Mamie came home from school. "You'll And Mamie somewhat giddy," Henry remarked to Agnes as he was prepar ing to drive to the station to meet his sister. "She was always so. la spite of Maggie's wise counsel and good example to her." 1 devoutly hoped that, giddy or not, the would not join In the refrain wheu Henry chanted the former Mrs. Mnyne'a praises; for, bard as tbe struggled against the feeling and tried to hido it, 1 taw that this tort or' thing was making Agues' Ufa miserable. I Wat prepared to deteat Miss Mamie, but was agree ably disappointed la her. She was a spirited brunette, whose only tendency to giddiness at least all I could discover was a habit of laughing unrestrainedly and using tchool-glrl tlang. "How awfully much Becca Is growing to look like you," the said to Henry ono day when the had been there nearly a week. "Do you think aol Naw I think tho more and more resembles her tainted mother every day." Mamie looked puzz'ed a moment then burst out laughing. "Faucy the Madonna with a turn-up nose!" the exclaimed. "I don't understand you," tali Henry. "Didn't I understand you to tay the looked like the Virgin! You said 'her saluted mother.' " 'I meant her natural, not ber spirited mother." "Well, I reckon you wouldn't try to make Mag out a talntl If you would, wBat would you call Agnes?" eho asked, with a frankness that teemed to anuoy ber brother. "Agnes It a good woman, too," he replied, gravely. "I should think to!" exclaimed Mamie. "Why, If you bad made remarks about tho pancakes to Mag as you did to Agnes this morning, she would have thrown the whole plateful Into your face. So would I, for that matter. I shouldn't have been surprised to hear you call hei a saint, but I think you must be losing your memory If you Imagine Mag to have possessed any such thing as salntllness. My goodness,how the used to rake you over the coals 1' rattled on the young lady, greatly to my umusemcut and Henry's discomfiture. "I should think you'd miss something out of your life If Agnes Is always like she Is since I'vo been here, Never a day went over but you and Mag bad a quarrel when I was at your houso during ber life time." "I was entirely at fault," be said with a very red embarrassed countenance. "I hare tried to be very different with Agnes." "Well," laughed Mamie, It does me good to hear a man acknowledge that bo Is at fault about anything, but I can't say I entirely agree with you in this case. Now, there was that time she hit you over tbe head with tho skillet because you Insisted upon bur wearing heavy shoes lu wet weather. I don't really thluk " "Mnggle Is dead, you must remember," broke lu Henry. "Would It not be well to let her rest peacefully In ber grave?" This tamo thought bad sometimes occurred to me, during my stay there, when he .bad been constantly dragging her name Into the conversation lu most uncalled for places. "I know it's customary to eay nothing but good of tho dead," replied saucy Mamie, "but IcouMu't help calling these things to mind when you Intimated that Mag was of an an gelic disposition." 1 tould hate embraced Mist Mam'e for these utterances. However they may bavo wounded ber brother's feelings, they Mere bulm to in; nc. I will even admit that they were impudent au I irreverent, but I thought they were deserved, and they had the good effect to save mc from the annoyance of bear ing anything more about the "departed an gel" for tome days. Ono morning when Henry had gone to town, I tat In the aittlng-room rending. Agnet was combing Mecca's hair, and Mamie was Idly turning over the books and looking through them. "What an odd creature you are I" she ex claimed, suddenly turning to Agnes, "Heie, you've got Msg's picture next to Henrj't In your Bible," "That was hers. Henry gave It tome a few days after we were married with a request that I leave It just as K was," rep led Agnes. "What did be give !t lo you for If bo wanted to keep it undisturbed) To be ag gravating?' Inquired Mamie, Indignantly. "Jf ever I have a hucbnnd, sou cau'bet your basic shekel no oili.-r womau's picture will have a plac j next his request or no request. What excuse did he hayc the check to nuke for such a refi!iett, onbow?'' "He said he should alwuys Iovj me next to to his tirst wife, and he guve mo tho Bible because it was hers, aod I w as tho only person he felt willing should have It," explained Ag nes, embarrassed. "And von d dn't throw It at his bead? ' In quire! Mamie, wonderlngly. "Well, I must say you are a shall I say salut or simi leton, Mr. Harletii ' she a-iked, turning to me. "Both," I said, half Impatiently. Agnea' submission annoyed me. "I don't sec what makes Henry to ridicu lous about bis (irit wife," Mamie said, after Agnes had quitted the room. "1 can see that It hurts Agnes to tuvo him always making out that Mug was superior to her; but she wasn't, by a long way. When they were first married she did seem real good, though no one could ever convince mamma that her goodness wus siccere. She always declared the was a byocrile, but she and Henry got along all right till obi Dame Flgeontrot that's Msg's mother put lu her appearance. I'll never forget what a spectacle the was the first time the camo to tee them. They were over at our house and she camo there to see them. Sho w at the hardest looking specimen of the human raca 1 ever l:ild my eyes on. Sho wore a black dress sewn wdh white thread a pair of shoes that certainly never bad been blacked, aud they were laced with wrapping twine twisted and double I. Iter dress camu to ber shoe tops In front and reached the floor behind ber. But ber looks were, the best part of her. She was a Jezebel, let me tell you. "Henry would have given anything to have kept us from finding out about her at home, but it was the talk of the neighborhood what a disagreeable old woman she was, and of course it reaehed our -ears. Henry still held up lor Mag, declaring sho was not at all like the rest or ber folks till one day mamma gave him her opinion, that It wot possible, jet hardly probable, that a dove could bs reared In a hawk's nest. You see we had heard about how the old lady was ao aggravating, and let Mag up to so much roeauness that Henry bad been obliged to ask his mothcr lo law to leave; she had refused to do ao, he had Insisted, and when he went outside to work, Mag and her mother locked the door on him and kept him out till he agiecd to main tain tbe old lady In a bouse of ber own. lie not only had to provide for ber, but for all the rest of the family who made It a point to stay either at bit house or at old Mrs. Pigeon trol't all the time. "Mamma died about a year before Mag, and I lived with them part of tbe time, and I mutt tay I can't tee how Henry can forget the abuao be suffered at thit woman's bauds. She wst the poorest cook tnd the most lov enly housekeeper I ever taw, yet I have oeard him brag about her being perfect In both re spects to Agnet tinea I've been here. It's mora than I can do to hold my tongue, It ag gravates me ao to bear him." "It Is natural," I rcpllcJ "to think and peak only good of tho dead, though 1 am like yourself, I cannot tee tbe justice In It. I presume the tragic manner of her death af fected him greatly, and I have noticed In such Instances a tendency to endow the dead with only good forget all faults and fallings." "He told you about her being drownded. then?" the laqulred. "Yes." "I presume be didn't toll you how It came about, did he?" "He tald the wit going to her mother'! on horseback, and when crossing a brldgo across a deep, narrow creek the bridge gave way." "Oh, yet; that's all true. But ber own stubbornness brought it about. Becca was only three weeks old at the time, and It bad bceu raining all day; ao when Mag took a notion to go to her mother's In tbe evening, Henry didn't want to take the baby, nor her cither Into the damp air. He told her tho bridge was rotten and they would have to go four miles around to the other bridge too long a journey for either herself or the child on a stormy night Well, the flew Into a rage when the found he wat not to bo over-persuaded, and raved aud stormed and pro nounced all mauncr of Imprecation! upon tho baby for ever having come into tbe world to bother ber, and finally telling me to mind It went out doors. Pretty soon we beard the sound of a galloping horae and Henry ran out and taw ber riding away towards her moth er'! Ho followed la hot haste, hoping to reach ber before she got to tbe bridge, but she beat blm by a few rods and rode right on, though I could hear blm screaming to ber not to venture clear to tho houso. Tbe horse got out all right but It was too late when at last they got Mag's bod. She was dead. "Wheu the tidings were carried to Dame Pigeon trot, the wanted to have Henry arrest ed because the declared It was all bit fault. She pretended to take It awfully to heart, though the and Mag always quarreled and fougbt to before Mag was married that she couldn't stay at home. She finally contented herself bt carrying away everything there was In tbe bouse, and even raised a row be cause she couldn't find Mai's Hue shoes. 1 expect tbe thought Sister Call lo or I bid them back, but they wouldn't bavo done either of ut any good, as wo both wear number three and hers wero sixes, though I heard Henry tell Agnet last week that Mag wore twos and a half. "Wheu 'Mother Plgeoutrot' found Callie snd I were to take charge of the child, sho was in a fine rage. She wanted Henry to let ber keep It, aud pay hev four doliara a week for doing so. He wouldn't d It, aud tho only snows herself oace a ve.ir since SUo pre tends to come to sec Bcc-ea, but really to get a few dollars from Henry. I heard the and her son were out west some placo holding claims." Not loug after this bit of Information was given me, Madame Pigcontrot appeared at Henry's In all the glory of a Mother Hubbard made of curtain calico, a pair of plowshoes, her balr done iu a kuot tbe tlzo of a walnut, underneath a brown walking bat trimmed In green. Sho role a lean, patient-looking broncho and affected the manners of a man. She Insisted that now, since Henry was mar ried again, she should be Intrusted with the care of Becca aol be paid twelve dollars a mouth for ber "keep"' as sho termed IL Wheu Henry refused to complf with her de mand, the heaped upou h m, and Agnes like wise, epithcta which were neither well-chosen nor elegant, and rode away shaking her fist at iier cx-son-ln-law and consigning his tout lo the shades below. Ho could scarcely look any of ut In the face for a week tr so, and, from that day to this, I have never beard bis first wife's name tats his lips. la litre LI id. How They Got Their Wives. Recently tbero wni a gathering of young married .couples, and the con versation turned on the manner in which the wives had secured their hus bands. One had paved tho way to tho altar by making a face at the fated ono becuuso she thought. he had stared at her impudently. lie admired her met tle and sought an introduction. An other had mado the acqua ntanco of tho man who is now her husband by accidentally sousing him w.th a pan of ilisli water, which sho tossed out of tho kitchen window into an alloy just in time lo catch him its ho was passing. Tho ono that was, however, voted to bo tho most novel was the experience of a young man connected with the niuni c pal government. The latter was in tho habit of passing, on his way homo the residence of a young lady who is now his better half, and one evening, out of a spirit of mischief, sho "acci dentally on purpose'7 turned the hose on him. Ho faced about, blushed vio lently, and stammered a "thank you" in response to her roguish smilo, and from that moment he knew ho was fated. Louisville I'osl. The Precocious Boston Girl The talk ono hears from young chil dren on Boston streets sometimes is amazing in the worldly knowledge it reveals. Hurrying down Cambridge Street yesterday to catch a car for over Iho bridge, n groupe of thrco littlo girls hardly ruoro than babieswere burring on aheaJ. "yes," said ono, I play with her. and I think eho's real nice, even if her father and mother arc divorced. That makes it awful bad for the family, you know, and makes folks talk about them, but sho ain't to blame." The air of worldly complac ency with which the trio regarded the situation would have done credit to their elders; but it is impossible not to question what will bo the result by and by a help or a misfortune. Bosto i Advertiser. Ho Had Important Business. "Oh, papa," sho said with a blush. "Young Mr. Chestnut, who owns so many coal mines in Pennsylvania, is coming again this evening, and says he wants to see you on somo impor tant business.'' "All right, my dear," responded the old man, chucking her playfully under tho chin. 1 guess I know what tho young man wants." That evening Mr. Chestnut camo to the point at once: "Mr. Hendricks." he said, boldly, "1 want to ask you if you have laid In your winter' o stock of coaL" Aetf York Sun. STORY OF A TOY BANK. It Telia of a Man' Love for Ilia Hen factor. . Silting in the office of one of Boston's prosperous lumber merchants the othor afternoon, enjoying a friendly chat. I noticed on the desk a small toy bank. My curiositv beiug excited, 1 remarked to tho merchant: "Keeping that littlo box in the oflico to drop pennies in for the son aud heir. I suppose?" Oh, no," was the reply. "That toy has quite a history; and although it may bo used in the future for the purpose you speak of, it never has up to the present time, for it only camo Into my posession yestcrdav." Still curious. I inquired as to the nature of the "history" alluded to, and finding the merchant rather unwilling to tell it, I politely pressed him for particulars. "Well, you seem to bo determined to get it out of me, anyway, so Til tell you the whole story of how the littlo bank came into my possession, for it is so refreshing to ba abio to speak of a genuinely honorable man in this age of shams aud impostors. "It was in 1831, and I was in the employ of a largo firm over the way as book-keeper, occasionally transacting lnmber sales in the city. I had been on a visit to East Boston 'one after noon, making a sale of lumber, when on returning to tho ferry, I readied the landing just as tho boat departed. I walked around tho warf, and noticed, seated on ono of the beeches, a young fellow evidently in great pain, for he was moaning and holding his head be tween his hands. "A number of persons kept passing and repassing him whilo waiting for tho next boat, but no one seemed to notico him. I, however, thought there must bo something the matter, and when I reached tho spot again whero he was seated I asked him the cause of his apparant pain. "He told mo that he had a short time beforo met with what ho had thought to bo a tr fling accident up iu tho railroad freight yard. Ho was a brakeman. and during tho shifting of somo cars had been slightly squoezod between them, but had not taken much notico of it for a while. Soon after, however, he folt very bail, and was now on his way to his lodging, bejng unable to keep on with his work. Ilo said he was a stranger in Boston, and had no homo further thau a room in a lodging-houso. and not a friend who could do anything for him. "Feeling sure the poor follow was hurt much more than he thought him self to b, I offered my help when the boat came into the slip, and walked with him lo tho cabin. On arriving at the city side I found he had grown much worse, but with my help he man aged to walk to Hanover street "1 now began to feel quite alarmed for him, but by cheerful persuasion ho managed to walk ns far as the police station, whero ho entered, and I spoke to the Captain explaining, under what circumstances I had found him, and suggosted the ambulance to convey him to tho hospital "Tho Captain, however, thought that as ho had been able to get so far, ho could get on a horse car. and by that means reach tho hospital. 1 felt that I ought not to leave him. and finding that ho had not a cent about him. I placed him in a horso car and accompanied him to tho hospital, where ho was admitted in a very weaK condition. 'When I parted from him I gave 1:1 til somo money, and he prom sod to write or call upon mo as soon as he was able, which ho hoped would bo bo foro long, and ns ho thanked me for my kindness, with tears in his eyes. I was Indeed a proud man. and felt well repaid for my trouble in looking after In ni. "Some thrco weeks after when tho little incident had gone from my mind, I received a letter from him stating that ho should bo able to leavo Iho hospital in a few days, and that he would call upon me at my home; and one evening shortly after ho did so. "After thanking me for my kindness again, bo told me ho had been injured much more than ho thought, his skull being somewhat crushed, besides in jury to other portions of bis body, and during our conversation I found that bo was penniless, lu as quiet a man ner cs possible I pressed upon him a few dollars to help him along. He re luctantly accepted my offer, and on parting told me that I should bear from him again when he would repay what be insisted should be a loan and not a gift. "This occurred, ns 1 said, in 1881, and I had never seen or heard of him slnco that tlmo until yesterday. it appears from the story ho has told rue that after visiting me he se cured employment to take charge of a (Car-load of cattle to the west,' where ho remained at work for some time. Ho afterward came to New York, remain ing thcro n year or two. While in that city business called him on two occasions to Boston, and each time whilo hero he had tried hard to find mo. Ho had gono to my residence, but found I had left the city, ns I had moved out into the country after my marriage, and I had not given him the address tf the lirni in whose employ I bad been at the lime. So he had lo return to Now York without seeing mo. "During the present year he re moved from New York to Boston, and. still kept up the search for mo, all his endeavors proving fruitless until tbe other day, whilo passing along this street. lm was attracted by the name-' of tho company with which I was formerly associated. There, that is the sign, straight across the street. "The name of tho firm came to Lis mind as that of tbe ouo I had told him I worked for. and he at once entered tho counting-room, made Inquiries, giving such a description of roe as he could best remember, but was again unsuccessful, for no one of the clorks could give him information, I having left there several years ago to enter the firm of which I am now a partner. "Singularly enough the gentlemau who up to a about a yoar ago bad filled the position I formerly occupied is now holding tbe same post for our firm, and his resemblance to myself is a striking one, we bo ng, in fact, cous ins. The senior of t(io clerks over the way saw from a description given a likeness of my bookkeeper, and al though ho ho did not think he had boon with the firm iu the year mentioned, ho advised tho young man to step over to our oflico and inquire for him. , He came over, and the resemblance was so strong that he could hardly bo convinced that he had not found tho friend he said he had boen searching for dur ng tho last six years. "In tho course of their conversation my cousin asked him if he remember ed whero the house was situated whet ho paid a visit to mo. and on his men tioning tho street, and knowing that I had formerly resided there, saw at once that I was the man he was looking for, and told him to come in yesterday, when I should bo iu the oflico. "Yesterday ho came, and had I nol been acquainted of tho caso by my bookkeeper tho recognition would still havo been mutual. Ilo was de lighted to find me, and with tears in his o es thanked mo again and again for tho little act of kindness I had per formed years before, and to which ho, said bo attributed his success since that time. "He had boon working in New York, and the first dollar ho had ever man aged to save ho placed In that lit tle toy, ho having bought it for the purpose, and had added to his store until he had the amount I had given him, with interest. "From that t ni3 he had been searching for me, but up to the dav he had seen the namo of tho firm when accidentally passing along this street, be had not been able to get tho slight est clew to my whereabouts. "Two or threo years ago he married, was now nt work in Boston, and tho little bank he produced from his pock et contained tho sum 1 had loaned him, which he had sacredly preserved for the sole purpose of repaying me. Many a time his wifo bad asked him why he kept the little toy so carefully, and what the contents were for, but ho had kept the secret even from her, and now that ho had found me he hop ed that I would not refuse to accept it Seeing my reluctance, ho said ho was in constant work, had a good home and a loving wife, and ho would not feel tho payment; and ho could not bo satisfied without returning to mo what he claimed had bcen tho means of giving him his start in life, and could not feel happy unless I allowed him to completo the work ho had for the past six years tried hard to accom plish. "As you seo. I have accepted tho lit tle toy, and I feel as proud as if I had been presented with some testimonial of respect by my employes. "That is the storv of tho littlo toy bank." Boston Globe. Children's Imitativenes3 Illus trated. Not long since there was a wedding up town, and quito a number of chil dren, who aro in tho family, wero pres ent Tho oflioiatng clergyman mado the ceremony a very brief ouo, and the children caught it all, and now not an hour passes that the ceremony is not gono through witii by tho littlo ones. On one occasion the two to bo married wero pronounced man and wifo in a very short timo, when the miniature clergyman astonished the family by saying: "It's so hot in here, we'll have to go iu tha hall to pray." aud they followed him to the cooler spot whero they finished the services. Indianapolis Journal. Remedial Nose-Blacking. Somo learned professors are discuss ing in a period. cal tho subject of snow blindness and sunburn. Tho former has not much interest at the present moment, because just now wo have no now on the ground and are not likely to bavo any for somo lime. Yet it i interesting to learn, in view of future necessities, that the surest, if not In deed tho only, preventive of snow blindness is to blacken the nose. Didn't Want Anything to Eat. Lady (angrily to tramp' at the back door): "You can't get anything to eat here." Tramp (politely): "I beg your pardon, madam. I don't want anything to cat I have just eaten a good dinner at the house qf your neigh bor, but if you could give me a small cup of coffeo and a cigarette you would placo mo under many obligations. Wushi i ffion f!i i i;. )