4·-·~ 4 ~ VOLUME V. .: ,,.. . VOLUME V. LLAKE PROVIDENCE, .EASiT CARREOLL PARISH, L.., SATURDAY, , 18 ·:i4tlP~~·WJ AT LAST. The years I let boes I knew you, Level Oh, the bills I eImbe sad came not to yed, Ah! who shall eader unto aus to make Us glad, Tic things wlch for and eo each ethers sake We might have bad? If yeou sn I had st msa played together, Love, Two speecless babies in the summer wesat-er Love. By one sweet brook which though It dried up Ao 8till maites h me a sweeter song to-day Then all I know. If handtis hea treug the myseiros gate way, Love, Of womanhbood, we bad Iert looked, and straightway, Lovre Had whispered to each other softly, ere It yet Was dawn, what now ia noonday heat sad fesa We both forget If all a this had given its completeness, Love, To every hour would it be added sweetness, SLove! Could I know sooner whether it were well Or ll With thee! One wish eslti meore surely tell, More swift ')!54 Ah: vainly thus I sit and dreams, Losing the precious present while I weer, Love, About the days in which you grew sad came To be So beautiful, and did not know 4he name Or sight of ae. But all lost things are in the sagels' keeping, Love; No past is dead for us, but only sleeping, Love; The years of Heaven will all earth's little pain Make goe, - Together there we can begin again In babyhood. -Boston Budget. THE DRUMMER'S STORY. A Thrilling Aooount of an In justice Done His Uncle. iorgtinal E was a voluble drummer from St. Louis; we were an ainter easted party of listeners in the smoking room of a Pullman __ -sleeper ea route for Chicago, and when he S 1 paulled out his wateh and re marked: "Good night, gen tlemen," we ' begged him to stay and tell just one more story. After a moment's heaitalaon our entertainer resumed his seat and remarked: "Well, gentlemen, my stock's about run out, and this is not a good tale to go to bed ear, but here goes: "In 1861, my uncle, Benjamin Rich eIy, was tried, found guilty and sen tenced to tlirty years in the pentten tiary. The alleged crime was muMer; the victim one of his farm hands. "Benjamin Richley was a wealthy farmer, and his farm was loetad is what is now a suburb of St. LouJit He was a widower with one daughtet who was, so to speak, the apple of the old man's eye. He had no other relations, or if he had, did not recognise them. The old gentleman was known to poe seas an ungovernsble temper when aroused, and was also noted as being an honorable, just man. "Adjoining the farm lived John liram, who had two sons, one named John, a weak-witted young man, and Reginald, an older brother, who lived, it was said, by his wits in the adjoining city. The younger brother was ooca tionally employed by my uncle to do odd jobs around the f was at such times a source of ~ worry to my energetic uncle, owing to his in dolent bhabits. "Beginald, the ne'er-do-well cap, fell in love with Lucy Rlicley, and of course when the old gentle~n beard of his wooing, he flew into e blh white heat passions and young man out of his Natnrally, a man like would get even eaually, one ever heard lIatof* solve. "The following day my au peding through the arden, . sitting in a fence corner idly nut wsth a stone. The Iraslble gea tleman again rew into a rge, and, upon reeeiving an impudent retort, reached for a hoe ling neat by, and I. -: his blind rage struck him repeatedly with the iron blade. The man ata gred back a step or two, sttered a strange ery, them dashed over the fence ad made for the cover f the woods snot far distnt. "A day pased, thea a wee, and a rain seach eaned for the 'aleag Jobs Hiram. No oe hadgeen himo slnce the day o@the trouble, and lso one had wlteases the little srmmmge.a My skctC~tsely repeated hi peletsh pee Iloe and personally exgred strenuous sorte to id the missri man. - "Two weeks had gone sad still no Joh. What had become of himt The neighborhoot was now theeegh aresed the pate were oe ised, and an ocnl ta**etatSson elowed. M y naele repeated his story in emeeatien with te dlsansst*nce* Them a retae at boldy and declared that ea jats mshicg bafLhsi dhiseSther aad barled the bey at a certaina spot, i alleged fact he woald ndanitahe to rwe. To st -antiate th two a spsesabl a, faramers wh lived teo u a n thI e Rlaley farm, swne that they had een m.y unole dfgging  his gardea at twelve o'cloeb a the jgiht folowlin thedy of John Utmn's disappearanes. They were reasrni fron the *Ity the mos was kIn g brightly and rm the highead they painy saw 's. Rimehiy dltglug in his grde- On his head was the wide brimeed bht the alway wora tagehr withtis ieassetiss Iladnrr stnewnt. hb .Ine.ar.~lswfth ulei .Lbh a ewore positively and a grave suspicioe was engendered through their state ment. "As for my ucle, he merely laughed these positive statements to scorn and gladly encouraged a thorough search b* of his garden which would prove the fallacy of the foul suspieion. "His suggestion was accepted promptly, and together with a party, R, Reginald leading the way, my uncle repaired to his garden and the search * began. "'Point to the spot where you saw me digging,' said my uncle. " 'Right there, sir,' answered both . the men at once, pointing toward a cluster of bushes about thirty feet Saway. " 'About ave minutes elapsed, when there was a frightened exe)amatlon from the diggers, and a hat was pro duced, later the badly decompesed re I mains of a man was brought to the surface. "My uncle gave just one look at the grewsome object then staggered back with a strange, gasping, hopeless cry, and said: u, "'My God, men, is it possible? and was ever afterward as one in a dream. "There were no doubts in the minds of any concerning the identity of John Hiram. His clothing, a cut across the face, a fractured skull and lastly a brass ring in the lobe of the right ear, which the deceased had been accns* tomed to wear, all went to prove that this was the missing man; that he had died from the effect of a blow adgin istered, and that he had afterwards been buried to conceal the crime. u "My uncle declared his innocence in a weak way, was found guilty and sen tenced to serve a term of thirty years. He confessed on the stand that from early childhood he had been a sleep walker; and that on the morning fol lowing the day of John Hiran'sdisap pearance he had found his coat and hat lying on the veranda. This, he said, was a strange circumstance,.as he in variably hung these articles of apparel on the ball rack. Therefore my uncle had become convinced that with a e trace of the anger still haunting his a brain and an uncomfortable suspicion a hanging over him, he had asen in the night, put his bat and ebat on aqd f sought the body of the man he had a killed and buried it in the garden. a "My uncle only lived one year of his a sentence and died praying forgiveness fa or his terrible sin. "Reginald Hiram went to the war and was shot before the battle of Shiloh, accsed~f being a spy. "One daay shsly after the elose of the war amas Ia dnlag in a hospital in St. Louis. The deposition he made e created quite a furore at the time. He was the missing John Hiram, and the I terrible revenge on my uncle had been a conoocted out of the wily braLt of the a older brother. I "On the day so memorabl.a to my runcle, and following the ehartisement i be had received. Jbhn Hiram had a sought the cover of the woods. There the two brothers met quite by aee dent. Reginald soon heard the injured a6 F MY UNCLE SASV ONS LOOE brother's story, and like a flash was Ssuggested the opportunity for revenge. SCommanding John to keep close under i cover of the woodanntilInightfali, when he would sagain return, the older brother returned to his home. "At ten o'clock the brothers repalire to a graveyard near by and disinterred the remains of a young man who had himself three days previously. the body in a bag Reginald ) pelled the frightened John to carry grewaaome load to a spot sear Mr. rhley garde There the body was dreed in John's clothes; the face me tilatedii sad the other details attended to carefully, including the hat anad cost which was borrowed from the ShonMse-farmboMaes had few looks sad bars in those days. John was given Smoney enough to carry him a distance I and his weak mind was duly impressed I with the horrible fate awaiting him if he ever returned or made known his whereabont So sternly bhed this fear fbeeon impressed on the poor fellow's mind that even in his dying moments I h ralasd himself on his elbow and gaesd aronad fearfully." There was a moment's paue, when Sthe drummer esasd talkWl , when one of the more orlonus said: S"Bat what beeame of bucy?" "Oh, yesa I had forgotten Lucty Lucy's my wife." Casares TAsara. Da't try to please eveirbody except The greaesmt man may be the Courtbship is to matrimony what pie is to ar bred. Moret as fni ytr to do too Love seat be t made t der." It int olyan le le r that is the When the skies are blus nobody els ahoIld be. TLe  a who sefas th py his jnt, debt is too eewaordi bt steal i any o men was e ~e saved for what he lad den naside o* a phurei. SIfope is tbdy3st in the b, eddtie. -nmstrolt ree) Pse FROM MISTRESS TO MAID. A Slavehelisra Bsegatnr Who aesme seamstrees to nete ermsr servaet. There are two women in San Fran clasoo who ean tell a story of ups and downs that would astonish a novelist. One of them is a refined, well-eduoeted woman. She is a widow and she lives with her mother in a house that shows unmistakable signs of penury and want. She goes out to sew by the day, and she manages to make just enough money to keep the breath of life in her old mother and to purchase few poor com forts to warm the chill of aga Yet that woman was once the mistress-of a splendid hoe.e She dispensed the open handed hospitality of the old south and never knew what care and anxiety meant. Way back in the days before the war there was a rich Kentucky family named Montgomery. They lived on a beautiful plantation near St. Joseph, Mo. Mrs Montgomery had over fifty slaves. One of those was a mite of a roly poly black baby, whose parents were dead. Mrs MontgomY* had a little daughter just the age of the roly poly mite, and as soon as the children grew old enough the little black girl became the maid of the little white girL Life was very gay in those old days; there were lots of visitors to the beautiful plantation and little Miss Montgomery had nothing to do but grow and be happy. When she was thirteen yearsold her maid married a likely young fellow who belonged to a family in the neighborhood. He had only one name then. He was called btoL He used to come over to- the .Monugeaery plantation once a week to ade his we. Thnags went on smoothly for the young negroes for awhile. Their owners were friends, so they saw each other quite often. At the end of three years the woman had borne her husband three children. Then came the war. The Montgomery family suffered like all the rest of the south. They lost all their property, they were compelled to give up their home and finally all the slaves were gone. Miss Montgomery's maid and her three children went to St. Joe, and the woman went to work out by the day. She did not know where her has ad was. Early in" the beginning of the great struggle he had been sold to CoL Wilson, who went away with him she knew not where. So she sttuggled along as best she could, trying to gain a living for her children. Finally she drifted westward. She lived for several years in Salt Iake City. An the time she was trying to And out what had be come of her husband. She knew that he called himself Wilson, Bristol Wil son, after his new master, and she knew that CoL Wilson came to the coast. One day she heard that he was in San Franeiseo. She wrote to him. He was delighted to get a trace of his wife and family and at once seat for her. When she arrived she found that her husband had prospered in California At the close of the war his master mset him free and he managed to saccmulate quite a little sam of money. This was only a few years ago-some time in 188b--that the little slave girl and her husband met and found themselves free and prosperous. They bought a pretty little home on Guerrero street. and there they live to-day. They often wondered what had become of the Montgomerys, and Mrs. Wilson never forgot her young mistress. About two years ago Mrs. Wilson wanyed some sewing done. She ad vertised for a woman to come and sew by the day. Her old owner answered the advertisement. She was no longer the pretty, light-hearted Miss Mont gomery. She was married. Her name was Mrs Sweeney. She was wan and pale from overwork and anxiety, and the two women did not recognize each other. Mrs. Sweeney was surprised to find that the advertiser was a colored woman. but she worked steadily away and said nothing. One day Mrs Wilson was in a chatty mood, and the two women talked over the days before the war. Then the truth eame out. The Montgomerys had been rained by the war, and they had come west to try and recruit their shattered fortunes. They failed miserably. Mother ad daughter clung together and fought fate with faliling courage. Now the daughter i sewing by the day for the woman she once owned sad she is paid for the work by the man who was once the lCi4 slave of her friends--San iner. AN EXCITINij: T HUNT. Orsapte Deserlipt et t eI Sport (a theL Gemass* Valey. What a fiseld! Fifty riders, asnear as I can eount, and six, seven, eight, nine ladies moaunted. That's a good many. Will they be In the run? One of them will be for sure; see, yonder she goes, in a brown habit, on a on-gray mOMre. Wherever the mare can go herarnistres can ride her, and whatever turns them back trns plenty of good company back with them. Three or fer other horsewomen may follow the houands, and the rest of them mean to go by the road with earriages But them come two that don't. Oar friend, the sport ing baker from Batavia, has broughbt his little girls over today, ad, bless me, if be hlas't put them both on horse back l-They are childe, obviously; but I am told they ride with adash aad skill hat m very saree amag adult Tbe master is jggig oRrroaded byhla bhols, sad the feld i stsrtIng. A srene. ridrs are from the valley, hale t them farmers, sad as may mae amfe tibuaty eitis Bufalo is ortsixzer seven stroa. loeboter sad , _ semi mine riders between them; eds a man, nmed tmhere is a Mbb andul of New Yesrers. Cme alsg! Itl s masrefa to ride in t trrm t 61 the sh than ti mear; sad it i safer, bmesides blung lress nded. Tbhee go the bulds on the trail, at a prety goad pee. from the start. Aroubeuetbrowagh thsrehsrd there's sgPod pae; those rails make pleasant Aa ur-bardn ence, l1mar-boarded from dto end. Mo chIse of panels until usmehe y baes one, and no tnme to wait ir that. The gronad is gfid, thaoSu and oaks Jewe ow the othev a !re-foot board feane in this valley without touching it Teaof usin this feld. Not a crowd; just a company. Into the road at that corner, I think; it looka like a gate there. Chained? Then off here to the left Give kim time. Over now! Acrossthe road. What, not do it? Now again-there! that was more like it. A lady down! But she's up. again. Not hurt And so on, and so on, for about iaon miles, when, if Pilate holds out well and doesn't come to any grief, the erx hilarated reader finds himself in com pany with a dozen other men in a meadow on the Genesee fs, close by a bend in the river. The hounds are panting and horses are streaming with sweat. It is fun to watch the field come strag gling in from variortdirections, singly and in twos and th'ede. Some were outrun; some t lost. The least delay in a draghunt is fatal, for after the hounds once get well started the scent keeps getting fresher,and there are no checks to speak of to give the field a chance to catch up. Once out of earshot of the hounds the rider is out of the race, and the best he ean hope to do is to find the pack again at the finish. Presently the ear riages come streaming ascoss the fields from the road, and within half an hour after the finish the crowd is reasonably complete again. When the horses have had snaMeient breathing space, the whole assemblage moves in scattering procession through several gdjolning fields and wood lots and se a cover drawn. The cover is a swampy-looking wood lot, thickly grown up with underbrush. The master and hounds go in and quickly disappear, and the whip posts himself at a distant corner. But very soon they come into hearing. They have found, and are telling about it A rider's uplifted arm warns bacek the field. The cry is coming towards us. The hounds will come out yonder, and we are not to get there first and head them off. There's the fox! There he goes! And look! the pack after him, all together, scudding over that green knoll for dtar life. That's a sight worth coming After them now, Pilatel No, not that wheat field, but around it Ymsi der scuds our friend, the Batavia fnan cier, galloping ahead to open a gate for his little girls. Let us go that way, Pilate, and-Jeminy! That was one of the little girls that went by! Through a gate, across a railroad, over a board fence, through a w~oi (fence), up a hill (fence), across a feal with the hounds in sight and a fox iis expectation. Then (fense) down a steep gully, turn at the bottom of it. sad up presently to a baffled pack sniinag at a hole ia the ground. The fuo has gIt to earth and will d to elbase apsther day. ' We are his debt. ors, for he has given as a pretty good bunting picture and a run that was fun whileit lastel. It has not been long in the telling, but the afternoon is gone, and there is only about time enough left to get back to the Home stead library, and discourse there a lit tie while and swap experiences before separating. -Edward 8. Martin, in Harper's Weekly. THE CAR HORSE. s lastellJgee 1 e Nlot to e Ganged 3B Appear5sees. The patient ear horse, trudging along the street with his jangling ball, does not seem to be a very intelligent ani mal, and few people credit him with any ideas above oats The truth is, however, that these horses are really very bright as a rule, and, speaking comparatively, know their business as well as the man who has the reins. A writer who was interested in the subject stood on the front platform of a car and asked ths driver about the mat ter. 'They know a lot," was the driver's answer to the question. "and under stand just what's wanted of them. When the horses hear the bell rung by the conductor they know it means to stop, and they stop at the right corner without my using the reins at all I never have to put on the brake unless there's a grade of some kind or the ear has good headway. The horses know that when the bell is rung twice they are to start, and they need no word from m to make them go ahead. They look out for pasengers, too, and when they see a lady waving her hand they come to a standstill, without my both ering in the least; but they don't stop for men, as a rule, because the men do not make any motion. Bores that have been on ears some time are up to all the trieks, and you can trust them. Here's an instance now," con t;nued the driver. 'That lady waiting just ahead is on the wrong aorner, 'cause we ean't stop the care so as to block the cross street Now watch thbe The writer did as he was told The horses noticed the woman waving, but thldy kept right on until the street was rosed, tad then they slowed up, witlout any word or sign from the drrer •Th ee," sad the driver, triamphat. ly, as heturnd the brake in order to stop the eara, "dea't you see the horses know what they arem doing? Both of thema have been a the iae some time, and they deon't give the drivers say trauble at iall. They know just where the n who wtater them ase stationed aloar the roume; sad while oe Is drinkimg the other never intereres, be eMase he knows his tUrn is coiiag right away. They're smart tLhey are, eeiIf they ain't saythinbut rhce rther kavestigation poved tMhat what the drivetra mid was w After that one ea ls snaintearest the bugr mses..* asb- pin**.=.. •.as.e--wsy an ose on lesms e in adveane? I have heggage. Hotel Clerk-If the hotel shold ber down the baggage medl be destroyed. Weundesstaadea bsaleshasi.-Jud BEly?" hinqm edA gentlmna of kin lrv servant. "It is ull mo the hot. torn, sir. but thpe'. nges on tiw te ald Biddy OF GENERAL IINTEREST. -8amuel Warner, of Fermshan town ship, near Mifinagto, Pa., trade bh partially double-headed calf to a as named Boyer, from Snyder county, to a two-yearold colt and some bool money. The calf liad three harn, three eye and trto sets of nostrils, and war as lively a a cricket Boyer in tends to exhibit the freak. -Persons is Bombay, India, are per suaded that thes will be considerable prott in making a varied display at the world's fair. They propose to send oes twelve elephants, so that visitors eas take rides "ia bowdah with mahout"; to give exhibitions f suttee, cremation jugglery, nautch, wrestling, etc., and to sell tes at teapeastesesg They expec to sell a milliosteups. -A wine mes~hane in Cadis, whoe reputation is unbapeachabie, make the astounding dislosure that an imitation brandy ci sherry is furnished in ina mense qulatitits to "one of the largest mail steamship companies in the world' at the low price of. four and one-hats pence per bottle. This beverage, whih is unfit to drink, is sold to passengers at twelve times its cost -Some Australian blacks, who were imported for show purposes and are de tained at San Francisco, ass wonder fully clever with the boomerang. One of their most interesting performances is the throwing of the boomerang so as to describe the figure & One line cro~ses the other as quick as a flash and the boomerang goes whistling through space, and inally comes back, after having proceeded many yards itp movements are faster than that of a flying fish, and it strikes at the end ed its journey with tremendous force. -The mountaineer peasants of north ern Italy and the Tyrol are unusua_ among the immigrants to this country, but one now and then encounters then upon the streets of New York, where they are easily recognised by their greatatature, sturdy legs and shoulders hard suunbrowned features, and felt hats creased in imitations of Koesuth's head gear, and ornamented with the scimitar lilS e-it feather. Their footgear *ie, in _ve, being coarse-legged painted toes, and higi su4an article of sp Oes a asn man would dare vesture eat with in a region of diicull footing. -Hindoostan is about twenty-five times as large as the state of New Yoar and theSaharadesert has almoexactly the number of sqare miles a thewhole of the United States The MeditWL raeam sea would aut the United I-tae in tw acrossr its greatestbreadthjansk lag as open eas tear.iIw York 1 Van, oouver. Great Britat and Ireland have e-out the same number of square rmtle Arizona. Madagascar is about a, iarge a New Hampshire,Masesahusetts Vermont, Coaanetets,New York,Penn sylvania, New Jersey, Virginia aad Nort.Casblisn mebalsed. The area of England proper ae that of the state ao Iowa sn almost identical. --Ineountries where the priee of pine apples are much higher than here, the fruit Isappreelated at something nesars its true merit. Pineapple juice hoe medicinal properties ct the highest or der. In throat diseases and even is diphtheria it has seldom failed to give relief, and as sa anti-dyspeptic it is in. valuable. The unpleasant taste victime of diiigestion experience on rising in the morning can be got lid of by the persistent use of this remedy, and as i1 goes at once to the root of the trouble and removes the cause, the cnre is a permanent one. Any dyspeptic who has not tried the pineapple should lose ac time in taking the advice of one wrgg has -The smooth raised edge running about the face of modern coias and in closaing the device as a frame incleos a picture not only adds a great deal to the beauty of the pleoe, but serves a double utilitarian purpose, first' to protect the design from wear, and second to afford a horizontal surface so that coins may be piled up vertically one on top of an other without danger of toppling over. As soon as the raised edge is worn from a coin it loses its clear besuty of desigfa and fast degenerates into a mere char aerless disk of metal Owing to thbe long rest which metallic ecrreney had in this eduntry during the reign of greenbacklr and shinpasters United States colns are remarkably clear uat and well preserved. Even coins minted before the war retaln part of the mill ing. -Four men only have held the full title of lieutenant-generalln the United States army. These were Washington, Grunt, Bhsrman and Sheridan Win feld Seott was a lieutenant-general by brevet only, from June, 1841, .to Novem ber, 18L At the time when some ap prehension was felt lest we shoald have a wIar with France Ge Washingto was given eommad of the army, with rank of Ileutenant-genersl, July 5, 15, and held the rank until his death, D acmber 14 1179. By set of congres Greant wuas made lieutenasnt-general Maceh 11, 164, holdaing the commissron natil July 1 , 1MB, when he received the higher rank of general of ths army, and Gea. Sherman sseeded to thBd rank of lieutenstt-genera. When Gen. Grant beame president Matek 4 18in, Sherman succeded to the rank of general usd GeOn Sheridan to that o~ _iseaut-geseral On the retirement of 6haemsa Novebaar 1, 1855, the scm mand of the army feltoGen. Sheridan, bt st the highe irank of general, siaes tbat, by eongramelocal enactmeat lapsed whe Sherman rethed. How ever, the rlk was bestowed upo Sheiha duriag his lst illness bj speesl set of sosree~ ipley.--e.e that woman talking t Masesiy? Shenad I are enagede da-5m saged, yoa Iditot why SklpIe-I kno It-but we are en ped tote dlvcrcae.-Pnek. "Wlhren t a baby Is var an *b~ b1 a ) t )ik. my other nes smnat thti bhi neame is aentM.. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. --Jobs L Blair, of BlalUsvfe, N. J., is reported to be worth all the way a from gO,mo,s o to 10,O, ,6N. He has t ewer sold a share of stook in ayk euter- 1 piuse with which he has been associat ed, sad has money invested in scores of I rsalrods, some of which he absolutely v controlas. / I -Rey. Samuel Wakefiel l', D.D., L.L I D., anad wife, of Latrobe, Ys., are a J very remarkable couple. He is 4 years R old sad his wife is but a few years hie s junior. They were married seventy-one years ago and have ten children living. I No death has occurred in the family for I sixty-one years. I --apt. Thomas J. Spencer, late of a the United States army, and now em ptoyed in thepension offe at Washing- 1 ton had as varied an experience during I tQ& war, probably, as any other union soldier. He was present in forty-five battles, was esptured three thm, sand _a escaped twice, aad saw the inside of l seven confederate periso ns -Some people are too trusting for this world. At a recent trial the a onr eretsr a plea o~ "rot when one of the jury put on his bat ' Mad staeu4 for the doeý., The judge called back and inf d him that a he 4 or leave natil the case was tried. "'fTried!" cried the juror, "why, a he acknowledges that be Is not gullty!" -A shrewd scheme to make tardy subscribers pay up has been invented c by a western editor. Whenever a delin- I quent subscriber is mentioned in his c paper, the name s inaverted. Here is an example: "noor aqor and his wife are spending a few days in Chicago." As all the readers know what this means, the shamed subscriber hastens to have his name appear right side up. -An affecting incident was witnessed at a concert in Vienna. A lady had i I just performed a plece on the piano, I composed by a resident of the city, and was enthusiastically applauded. She bowed repeatedly, and then rushed off the stage, to return presently, leading the composer forward. He kissed his hand when the fresh applause greeted him and pointedtothe lady, intimating that to her the credit was dnae He could not see the audience, for be is blind. -A well-dressed stranger, aooompan led by a boy, entered a hast store in Frankfort, Germany, and ptter a time the man was fltted to a bst Looking in the glass he slid to the youngster: "How do I look in this hat?" "Like a o thief!" promptly responded the lad. The man angrily darted toward him, 4 but the lad fled from the store, pursued by the man. The shopkeeper thought 1 it all very funny until their long abl Bence made him realise thathehad been robbed. -Russell Sage has for some rs a been in the habit of giving ve dollas once a year to a friend of his boyhood days This year, when the pensioner made his annual visit, Mr. Sags s unable to and five dollars in his 4Q J bills, and was on the poinat of pe g his old friend of, when the latter e claimed: "But I am in more desperate need of money than ever before, Mr. Sage. Why not give ma one of those ten-dollar bills?" "Well, I never thought of that," replied Mr. Sage, in a matter-of-fact way; "here, you take this ten-dollars and give me a receipt for two years." "A LITTLE NONSENSE." -Mrs. .L--"Bridget wants to gol the plumbra' picnic to-morrow." Mr. M.-"Heavesi. I thought plumbers had one perpetual picnlc" -Lucle-"Ned made a ringingspeeeh last night, mommer." Mommer-"Um - -um?" Luele-"Yes. He asked me to be his wife."-Jewelers' Cireular. -Young Mrs. Fitts-"Are these pool rooms some sort of bathing arrange ment, dear?" Mr. Fltts-"No. They only clean a fellow's pokets."-Indan spolls Journal. S-They Are No Suckers. He asied them "speektes beauties," am He asbed till day was one; His tackle east a fortu sad He never casht a o -Detroit Free Press -Van Arndt-"She told me it was her first year out." Maid Maraisn-"Why, 1 she's been out four seasona" Van A "Ahb, well, she counts four seasons to the year, I suppose."-Kate Field's Wmhington. -"I see that O'Orgran has got him s cost of ar-rms sance he was app'lnted dep'ty sherlf." "The dhirty aristoorat WanMes he was glad enough to go out in his shirt-sleeves wid the restof us." Chsicago News -May (dbdastnfully)-"No; I don't think I ever could love a man." Frank (brightening up)-"Tbat's onlyaother proof of the dmilariuty of our tuaste, darung. I don't believe I ever eould, eithb."-N. Y. eralnd. -Phyidaas (to patis-t)-"Yor eqe is a very serious oe, ad I think a eon aultstio hsd better be held." Patient (too ill to eare about aything)-"Very well, doctor, have as m y soomapies uas yo Iike."-e--rmsest' Magasla s -A miitary captain, desIrous of ln spiring a suller with patlrotis sentI -ets asked him the followinag goe tic: "What weqId yo tbhak tl o raw s tmnner wavsag over the dsk d battle?" "I sheeA thinka thawind wan blowig," was the ma's reply.- i -"I hbard your father pe savy hberal vlew,"msideueyoutht anoth. e "ae raid that If yloa ppardsrauit,d. 1 he wanted you to play ahms* "Yes I "Thats sinle enoegh. He gives seamy afd wire the m .ta it Mubak  tsect oad.d"-Washla ton Star. -Thr1' e- l Blmarrs had a S6i a tmeraps ian wbl , he pridsd htmstl f oddealt a mes aurpemes am old 1 emsa bully emplpedt alingr raek with hds favarites. After givia her a eatrty sseldtl to whlsk she realied only by the westloqeaC·e repsested courtesies, he was w alieway, when the -omean ealled after "Rhmy a d, tbhebag's rnaso' hesr. Wemta we a,nid as to dts esktr * aa. wi it"-whieh he did dirthwbt, when the eunlpet - wa ith pk mhsemi HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES. -The nicest thing with which to scour knives, is a large cork dipped In water, then in bath brick. It in far better than a rag.-Detroit Free Press. *-For fruit sausage the simplest way is to take sirup, especially raspberry sirun, and thin it with cold water, or let it come to a boil after thinning it, then add a teaspoonful of cornstarch dissolved in water, and let boil, while stirring for a few minutes. This ybu serve hot -N. Y. Tribune. -Lentil Hash.-Take equal qsnti ties of mashed brown lentils add mold Graham gem crumbs, mixed well' t gether, salt to taste, and heat in a stewpan the bottom of which  oivered with boiling water. Thin creat may be used instead of water if prefeired. Good Health. -Custard Pudding.-Take one pint of milk, stir into it gradually one table qpoogal of flour, the yolks of six eggs i~ ght, sugar to taste, a flavoring gLred orange peel. Finally, mix L~I a teaspoonful of melted butter Wihct must not be hot), and pour into ktb't ddiskh. Bake in a moderately obt oven--Boston Budget. S- Bnanas Fried.-Split th ananas oneh lengthwise, or if they are quite small leave them whole. Roll in flor, ana fry in hot, not brown, butter-one or two tablespoonfuls will be sufficient Turn carefully that they may be evenly colored; and when of a rich bronze take them up with a split spoon, lay on a hot dish, and serve with powdered sugar.- Good Hoaekekesing. -Eeoalloped Oystersr-Take crualbd crackers (not too fine); drain the liquor from a quart of oysters, being very caremil to remove all bits of shell, but ter a deep dish, cover the bottom with rackers, then a layer of oysters, asa soned with salt and pepper and bits of batter in plenty, fnishing with the erackers covered with bits of butter; pour over the whole the oyster liquor added to one pint of log water. Place it in a hot oven, bake half an hour, add another pint of hot water and half a pint of milk, in whieh a small lamp of butter has been melted. Bake another half hoar, and, to pre vent browning too much, cover with a tin or sheet-iron lid.-Detroit Free Press. -Lemon Pie.-Line the ple-pan, prick It with a fork, and bake the crest in a hot oven. When lightly browned, re move frem the oven and set aside to cooL The juice of two lemons, the grated rind of one, the yolks of fie eggs, and five tablespooofuls of granu lated sugar are beste with the egg beater for fifteen mlans et to cook in a doable boler, OP , .jan e. pan set inside of amother boiling water. When th 'e away to coL *, "St the. ita tm at reseerin 9 e06u fre t messurea; .444 the Bold Idail iag s t whit4 ora Freu e +Iot~t gMsld * el w shey a lightly and, baam tno dawk tome. i When bakeh rptped with meringe made by uasig WAs stiffened egg white with a speofRgI of powdered sueagar, a4s retarn to the oven anntil deliletel b rwae-N. Y. Ob. server. QR5EN EYES. Orbs ofr the Pmierad u she mrase ahe Calderon, Crewutan pther spanelsh writers pray s thbe 1 -tee rraeld hue, in 'whto~ . sk f inteds by LongfellOw 1C- '! l;Alt dent," where he uspeaks O the t l and greenpeýd Gaditesi." perhaps theipoets detot intend to b.e "ipreclse in their definition of o aeys s their words mightainply. Gtreen l of many shades, sad poetical praise of emerald eyes may pb s be best interpreted by S w bof ia's beautiful lines in "Felled": "0p1s, awsrate have grown into, Iks Ape's Idesig May: 0 fervia eyelids, let1ag through Those eyes me gransest of things blMe. The bluest of thaei gray." So much praise of green eyee is some what curious when one recollects that the color s so leatimately associated with ealousythhe "grfeen-eyed men ster"oflaIgo But this is onlyapart oif the coutradetorloss of the symbol "m of this chamleon-ike color. Green is the color of lovers, and at the same time the olor of jealousy and of e kle nes, and, it we may believe Chaueer, it a also, the colori of avarice In the "Bomaant of bthe Bose" he thus do scribes this unlovely personage: **Psll eae mem oyti was sbe eek. Ast also poem as ar leak." But whatever may be the acolor of avarice, the belief In groon as a sym bol ofdekloeses is very general. Chauc or's tallad, "Agalnst Women Uncon slant," has for bards. the line: "in steed of blue, thus may ye wear all green." and "green, forsaken elean," is a fabmiibe ars g, or, as it is often more laborately pu: 'easeess forsaken; Yellw's foewrsra; Ua's as eeder That mus be wera." --Chambers' Journam.l A VsaGmr nod Oneq Alwny at this season of the year does red, bright red, aake its appear sac A welem visitor, to with its bLrtali wrmth and lusury, ) pretty gIir ia apretty red gown always takes on a addtbonal chare There bis a toauh ef diablerl, a. t of aedeulty about a red eown whieh elings to no ther. Ona stormy winter night, or a drar.y, relay November afternoon, there i a wne gladdening sight to mageeisueas tse thioher'al ooo-r endS, l , m1ns ofe an attra&tie woman Ptl~owma w l e bevry much taieg orer hoes. w Er th auk mu. ia hb eade of S0tICaL~d, sarah, cash mape s 4de 4 It is made wUB~~~itth sidrk we left sais of #se"-~l 88 sIgIg op, sad the persatth@lumd b thus ospuee is trled witrh heteutm honda dof -d, bau orts ftribbos. Tb. sleas and -yoke say of rriuPan A MR& aY·ithhth rWASd~i MMMA~ii