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iwollaaleous Selections.
APACHE PETE.
Thar ain't no trnsting an Injun;
II.',s a ('IIt.iWasIIII I I5 (Us,
Ai when he.  a *at's ig oft lluthill' hadt,
ile'nsa Wilabltn 'tWia authlinu' Wtie.
And he,'ll lie and stral, and he'll alrcumvent
You outil t our sry eyes,
Ant hi. r his tot l ill a way that I,
As a Lthri.t: ll, s , ,do despisi .
The most oingrathftil, thankless wretch
'ltat Slv ersi lelher ee.!
Fiavrs Lis katon the liketsof ihim,
S hI' i never gets nouise Iruon nie.
These was little Pete, a 'Pacthe boy,
Witek we had around the IIIeaI1t
IISsLn in Ariasone, in 't,.
.And I've knowed that le'tsking seamlp,
Whe.n the tirs was a b'ria' alittle inn
Andl shl 'tin , it mighltl hI. Iree,
WT ause.y ICthUaiI a ruck or stumpl,
r ar hin hhbself up a tree,
Till a ;lr.aner chapl, which was hill of sin,
IraW.edl a Ihead oin the yllhtr lrat,
Ar .t Pete never felt the want of stales
'e readwl with, arter that.
They was little shot, andl we .eool'td 'em out
V, Ith our knives frsni the critter's eyes,
Whin niever qutirnhs a tderned lots,
efr (usses, nor grins. nor cries.
But he tales a stick, in a blindish war,
Aad dslrl ouate the callmp
And sltakes a trustl l;r his cussed trib,
Which we'd corraled in Uthe swamp.lll
Bit be didn't forgit ss, tlat r.'ltile snake!
I was woke in thie seadl of night
By the hvaums a reira', andi waltzi' round,
An eavrtian' mad with fright.
Which it were a stamp1k, andt the cattle broke,
Withl Iatinted, vellingK gInil
A whl.oping like ldevls, and that thar Pete
A bossin the little Job.
'1ma IlltRpad the crltters' nary a hoof
Nor IMa r as !efn b.hinfl,
And P'ete elevated the Greaser's ha'r,
Which wa kindler gsin' it bliad.
Wal, thar warn't no iestits out on the plains,
For tihe a*jtrs woulln't help,
And you dlosi't go Inujtirl-lightin on foot
If you h:pen to va lly your skelp.
But it shows how thel ornery varmiints act
If lou happeln It, irs tiheiir track;
They just lays f,r 'sLs, atind l ity lethelis you
Theminllllt sihu tsurn yer back.
Satisfactiou. Wal, no, I wouldln't .':
As y q'd feel you tal nmenh cause
To be satitnlit, in a rasn like this,
By killing a few oldt sqtaws.
Theta why I'm rilesl when I hear 'em say
That a Injun soul' as white
As a Christian gentleman's like mine,
In tGit A'mighty ' sglht.
Fpr I putll it fiar to a ltrnlml r:in,
As invitees me toi drink,
(Rum is nasy tap) and I sel to, him,
"'I'd like to know what you think ."
And he sIlilie a lit in a 7sous way,
And he didnln seem to take,
Whled his language were, 'Tala't much of a
'Tweet a bar and a rattlesnake.'
-J. J. Roche in .V. Y. Graphic.
ATIIIION Y I'UNER DIFFICULTIES.
-E~rnnmorot' ExwIlTON and i wereplay
mates int I ohod ; chums at college,
wherelme ere the terrors of the dons;
and bos°ni friends, when, at the close of
oun olltinate course, we entered on the
battle-field of lit. Exwinton was of old
Puritan de.scent, whence he inherited his
remarkable Christian name, and putting
the first syllables of his two names to
gether, his taiunds usually honored him
with the aouhjrpsat of "Old Double X."
Shortly after the completion of his studies,
he went to Etl.land on busintess for his
father; anti there, while ostensibly en
gaged in sterner duties, he found time for
that which, ever since the nightingales
sang to' the Eden roses, has, somehow or
other, erept into the lives of most people.
In shor, he wooed and won a pretty,
blue-eyed English girl, May Rawdon. A
sweet, itle May-blosotm she was ; fair
and gentle, yet full ol mischief. and gifted
with keen appreciation fir a frolic-Just
the one t, suit frank-hearted, lffectionate
Old Double X. May was protected by
the slightest shadow of guardianship,
that infirm, old aunt, almost in her do
tage; and when Exwinton offered the
homage of his brave, manly heart, little
May felt that to nestle under the wing of
a good man's love. was infinitely better
thin the lonely life she had hitherto led.
Money was scarce with the young couple;
and besides that, their feelings were in fr
vor of a quiet wedding; so they agree d
that whenever the event should come off,
It was to be the quietest of all possMbleaf.
fais: and there(re the Regliter-ofll
was to be the place where the marriage
vows were to be exchanged.
They were standing in the shadow of
the window enrtain one evening; Exwin
ton's arm. round the tiny waist of his lit
tle May; while the old aunt obliginly
dosed inher easychair by the
"Now, May," msaid Exwinton, "I atst
be la America by Christmas; and I can't
s wwbbtu my wife; soteill me where the
qlte dle is, and 'll get married to
marow."
"Indeed; butyos won't," pouted May.
"I maotto be taken by storm in that
way. You Amerlicans are so grand since
yo got EngIlanl to pay the Alabama
as, that youea don't know but the Old
Country is oe of your own States. You
may come the Yankee dodge over Glad
ioa;, but you can't over me !" and May
tiesd her eirls wilifblly.
SBut just hear reason," said the young
Aican;' "My Engllsh rosebd, our
UlIe mth wasn't meantto talk pities.
u Ig) yea don't understand, b ; or
yes would know that it is much better to
oi nri sad be an American citizen,
thi to stay here to pay taxes for tbose
eme Alabama claims, whleh have been
so  yielded up to our aIresand
nm- 'tbeo sorem on the poinat," hbe
_ihlaughing, '"for you know itis not
" bh pOp~ t out of the family;
y- are not in t to a fteign
Wu r a grat re pled
;re.nI wat fo ma faithtaly two
 melnrmra s ; nny
•mbug ·w."
Vrlr oita
- die~
"' But what sort of an answer is that?"
s il Exwinton, lwnding down to look a"
the sweet fa1e; then catching the peni
tent exprcesiont of the ev*1es shyly rai-ed
to his, he exclaimed. " ~Well, I'11 take v+ou
at your word. Lady-bird, and the first
thing to-anorrnsw morning I'll go to this
ftuaon, I.. gis.ter-ofl.ce. lBut I have never
hall anlything to do with an English wed
dling. -u.lt tell me what I must do, and
where the ofth'e is?"
All the muischief danced back into May's
bright eyes as she disengaged herself
fromin the clasp of her lover's arms, and
cried teasingly as she tripped away up
the stairs:
"" No! I won't tell you a single word
you'll lave to fiald It all out yourself.
'i'ien as she reachedl a turn In the stairs
she Ilppedl over the banisters like a wick
edl little sprite as she was, and said coax
ingly, but with the most provoking air of
dleftince :
SNow. Ex. dear, you shall really have
me. provided you can get me; but if you
don't know the way to get me you must
go without me. I'm not going to show
you the way to woo. Or marry eithl r. I
thought you Americans were sharp
enolugh for anything!" And May disap.
l'aretl. leaving Exwinton more than ever
determined to secure his claim without
delay. The next morning after an unu
ually early breakfast he sallied forth from
his lodging in quest of the Register-offioe,
not by any means sure what English law
would require at his hands when he got
there. At a short disaanc from his resi
den-e he saw approaching a jolly British
sailor, of whom he resolved to make in
quiries, for he said to himself. "There's
just the one to feel Interested in such an
affair; he looks a dte, open-hearted ftel
low, sure to have a sweetheart of his own
somewhere." So accosting the gallant
tar. Exwinton said :
" My friend, can ou tell me the way to
the lRegister-oflce ?
"I'm a stranger here, sir; sorry I can't
tell you the way," replied Jack with a
broad grin; "wish I and my Sally Ann
was a goin' there ourselves this nmornin'
I;4:d mornin' sir. wish you lack I" Ex
winton walked a few paces, and observed
a stately-lohking lady of somewhat a vine
gar aspect. on the opposite side of the
street. A pair of blue spectacles main
tained a proud position on the bridge of
a high Roman nose, .nd her thin, firm
lips were evidently unaccustomed to
waste words on subjects of trivial impor
tance. "A strong-minded woman,"
thought our Caelebs, "sure to be well up
n the topography of the blessed place.
I'll ask her,"and crossing the street he
(racefully raised his hat asking if thae
ady could inform him where to find the
lesired spot.
"" Sirr" she exclaimed with an indig
lant glance, "and is it of me you ask
he way to the Register.oclee? Of me,
rho spend my life In the vain endeavor
0o teach tools wisdom? No, sir; I will
lot aid you in making one more slave to
)e ground down under the heel of dkespo
ismn. Sad enough is it to see persons of
mature ye'rs wacing themselves at
what they heathenishly call the altar of
hymen; but youa! Boy, I pity you. ani
ouunsel you at least to postpone your folly
until you are better aware of the abyss
nto which you are now so thoughtlessly
eady to plunge!"'
"" But. madam," replUed Exwinton, "'l- -
hough it may hbe folly on the part or a
ady to trust tie care of us, the rougher
part of creation, yet, lutay opinion, we,
it least, show wisdom in securing to our
elves the loving companionship of noble
Ind pure-hearted women ! And you
nay remember the words of Holy I tit,
lie that findeth a wife findetna a good
hing !'"
SYes. air," replied the spinster with
lignifled severity; "but your masculine I
eltishness has forgotten, apparently, that I
icripture nowhere says, ' That she who
Indeth a husband findeth a good thing!'
go In for the rights of woman, sir?" she (
leclaimed emp y, strklag her
arge "Sarah "camp" umbrella on the
avement; "the rights of woman, sir !
mnd I regret that you are about to drag n
laown another victim from the throne of r
tingle freedom to the dungeon of matrl- ,
nonial thralldom!"
"But I am American. madam, and I
relieve in no throne but this one, 'MT
seart shall be the throne for my queen,'
and with another grave and graceful I
aend Exwinton "went his way," nes yet
,nJolcing."
"No'more old maids for me," thought
,ur hero irreverently as he went on a few
tepsm; and than, meeting a fair little wo
nan in a spotless widow's cap under a
annet of the latest Parisian style, he re
olved to venture a question onee more.
t'Madam, lam in searchof the Register
Ace; can you kindly inform me where to
Ind It ?"
"The Register of ,Births ad Deaths?
Yes, sir; go to the top of this street1take
the taurnog to the left, and half wary own
the strteet you will see the olee."
",Madam, pardon me. I wish for the
RePister of Mariaes."
-he widow applied a mmorni-ngeded
handkerchief toher eyes.
"Excuseame,ur; my feeligs-t sub
ctis too paInful; you might have oh
ervd by my dress that sch a question
SOh .' roaned.x ritean, meatally,
"'._Sami itealvel, beware of vid
ters!' Then marklung a polieeman
standinlg inn a attitude of portly import,
Same on the edge of the pavement, owr
peareveri Ameriana advanced towards
the gudian of thepubic peace, and put
the ofhrpeaa ques__o:
"-+ sc tor Marriages?' quoth
the l . Go down S. Lak's street,
•d tae the thaird turn to the rght
thatll bring you Int Mart met,
two doras on the left dde of the stree
the oaee."
Exwintoe walked a the way pointed
out,batfounad Martia street so arrow,
nd alto of s low an
left sgethef o w qtLey ae
ad getak rsthe more
had bem m t a eabeut his
-ap eeinmm; bat, IBa the ta
3oe o er hat, which
"odwe s sweet youth ins n
M.Ss , 5s to ebes had ofet late
s thlllt e ar herem with
I deam't maw, i~ t dr t t daoe
-- t swuin daa.; Pu
ifW~sL Ae
the otflee, pay a small fee, and give, in
wvriting. your own Iname and tithe lady's.
with the age, prfi,--ion. and re.sidence it.
ea,"h. 'ThibS I e!i' will remain: at thlle'
ofllice fr twenty-one clear days; after,
which you will be at liberty to coneludle
your bu-ine-s as soon as your lady ron
• nlts tio nale tihe (lday, iand I wiAlh o'li
muuch haplpines. Y.u purpose returning
to A neraa. I presume:Ui"
"'Oh ! ye- ;' replied Exwinton ; "the
Stars and Stripes for Ine ! I guess nothing
can beat our old flag."
Arrived at the Ib'gister-oflkie, Ex
winton answered a numul-r of questions
put! by a grave, thin functionary in a suit
of black:
"The lady's age?" said this sad-faced
individu dl.
"" Nineteen."
SAny profesion ?"
" Your own prolsion ?"
" Merchant."
"" Have you been married htf'ore !"
" ot that I amt aware of."
" llas the lad been married ?"
t guess not.
" Well." thought Exwinton, as he left
the oillkr. " I hope they know the way to
ask questions here. I wonder what May
will say to men for telling her age!"
An hour later he was in the cosy parlor
by the side of his lady love, and three
weeks later still May Rawdon became Mrs.
Exwinton. and left the old country she' so
well loved to become a citizen of the
Great lRepublic; and unler the' waving
folds of the Stars and Stripes, she never
regrets the day when she gave her hand
and heart to her noble Anilmrican lover;
nor does my dear friend, Ohl I)oubl's X.
regret having brought an English rose
bud to bloom in his American home. 1
often drop in of an evening, and spend a
ple'atsnt e'vening with Mr. and Mrs. Ex
wintton' and ;mny a hearty laugh have
we hai over tile " Adventures of an
American ('ahleis in Search of the Eng
lish Iegister-oflice."--Hea,'th and Hune.
A Wrong Beyond Reparation.
Oc' more the cruel unertaintv of cir
cumstantial evidence is exemplified, by
the following curious story in tie Frenchl
papers: In 1r2 two men, .named Bonnet
and Grataloup. returning froit the fair of
St. Symphonien, in the deptrtment of
thi Loire. were attacked by two mlein. and
so maltreated that IBon:et died a few days
afterwards. It was bh'lieved that tihe
object of the crime was to obtain posse5
sion of aconsiderable sumo, monev which
had been paid to Grataloup. but which he
had not in his possession when he was at
tacketd. A year elapse before the discov
cry of the criminals, when a rumor becanme
current in the neighborhood that iumiud.
an innkeeper, and l.iolnnel. a haakker,
were the culprits. Grataloup having
given countenance to this report. Dustul.
who bore an excellent character, com
menced a suit fotr lih.l. upon the trial of
which the question of his criminality was
neceesarily raisel. Gratalontp, against
whom the suit was bnrought, produced
two witnesses, one of whom swore that
he had met Dussud and Lionnel near the
s.ene of the outrage shortly b-,fore Its
commission, and the other contradicted
)ussud' s assertion that hlie did not leave his
house at all that evening. Other witness
es. however,.' ere called by Dussud, who
established the falsity of' this evidence,
and the two u.en were sub-ecquently sen
tenced to penal servitude for perjury.
The nephew of Grataloup also proved
that he received the money due to his
uncle in Dussud's pre-ence, who could
therefore have no reason to attempt the
murder for the sake of robbery. Desp.te
this and other favorable testimony, both
Duasud and Lionnel were found gullty of
attempted murder, and sentenced re-pee
rively to penal servitude (travau. ferces)
for ftiteen years and for life. Lionnel
died, but Dussud underwent the full term
of his sentence, and then returned to his
native village a broken-hearted man.
Recently, however, a man upon who&
uspicion had long rested has acknowl
edged upon his death-bed that he and
nother man (neither of those who were
convicted) were the real culprits. The
feeling of the district had always been
favorable to Dussud, and a strong appeal
has been made to the authorities for anew
trial, and for compeniation to the surviv
ing victim of a terrible judicial error.
Fashil, Fm sad Fret.
Fashion iz a goddess.
She is ov the maskuline, feminine and
nuter gender.
Men worship her in her maskuline form
-wimmin in her feminine form, and the
excentricks in her nuter gender.
She rules the world with a straw, and
makes all ner suppliants.
She enslaves the poor az well ax the
ritch, she kneels in sanktuarys, pomps in
cabins, and leers at the street korners.
She fits man's foot with a pinching
boot, throttlets him with a stubborn col
lar, and dies his mustash with darkness.
She trails the rich silks or wimmin
Sthe lthy sidewalks, leads oreeyed
with a string, and banishes help
ls dren to murey nurseryas, in the
care ov haithles hirlinsa
She ehesa the exeentrie with the clap
trap of freedom, and makes him serve her
in the habiliments ov the harlequin.
Yea, verily.
Fun is the soul's vent.
Fan Is whare the krudltys eskape,
where she kiks up her heels, and runs
snorting around the lounhaltered, and
Seager u s anesaped kanvlkI
Fun i safty-valv that lets the steam
preshme oph teb t bier, and keeps
oph from the surface ov unbottled lder;
n the eloer; i~k the mery twalethat
krseeps down tew the krnmer ov the par
son's eye, to stand la the sunlte, and see
what's goig en.
FIa is a sas a kolt, asu happy as
a irMdegroom, as silly as luv-lk ikool
Fun is the holy day wisdam or the
sag the pbool peolly, sa4 everybodys
ss i , the r irw n this world,te
jts so it Is what we han least spare.
r uIi mbi truiy
• kuhl--t er, a agem a hlsta,
a bile,sa a srlpo and a slver
Fret Is MkLhun, a dull lamet, ag b
let.
FL mhus a ya mlnasat lkl amol
oem, and a old man ackt is a rn a g.
re s agM dasa, wharshe iwhol
his seesa inmba isa do his owS tulh.
Pses has burat pe hols thra a~ma
u---thnl tahe - .tid*
tL~s~d~" -m ~mo
Farmer Woodsom's Trap.
Old Farmer Woodsomn was about as
Inmeatn an indivitlrlil as one wolld INw likely i
to meett in a lifetime. He never let anv- I
thing go to waste on his farm. anld Ihe wias
never known to give anything willingly
away. The village schoolhouse stn .d
about a quarter of a mile from his place.
and this was a source of great anxiety to
him, as the boys in going to and fromn
school, were often tempted to turn aside
and gather the truit fronm under an early
apple tree which grew on one side of his
garden. Now as oldV Wool-omnl always
collected the apples from off the ground
and mixed them with the sound ones, it
made him very angry to find the boy's
helping themselves. lie tried various
ways to drive off the youngsters, but
tley only laughed at him., and finally
growing ilder, frequently made ruid
tight excursions to the old tree. But at
last WoolIsom hit on a plan which s.eemed
to please him. So he at once set to work
to put it in execution. That evening at
duslk lie dug a large hole about six ftret
deep, making the sides very steep; from
this hole he laid a trongh through tnhe
yard to a large tank which stood at the
Ioor of the kitchen, and which was al
ways kept filled with water. lHe took
particular care to dig the hole directly
across the path which led under tilt. ap
ple tree, and covering it tip comletelyv
with leaves and grass. lying a long strip
of hickory across the middle. to which
he attachewd a stout twine. fastening the
other end of the cord to a I:rage tin di-h
which he hung on a nail at the kitchen
door. After smliling grimly to himself
over the completion of his work. lie re
turned to tithe house, and gave his wit .
strict injunctions to immediately pull out
the plug froml tihe tank the moment site
heard thle clatter of the falling tilt.
Biut alas. for Woodsom ! a pairot bright
veyes were watching him from behi.ul the ;
trunk of a neighboring tree, during the
whole operation, and no sooner was the
farmer's back tured than the owner of
those' eves darted toward tilhe village:L and
quickly returned with all the loys lihe
criud muster, all determined to see sonle
fuin.
" So ho Intended to give us a tumble
and a cold-water bath in tie.iargaint"
exclaimed Tom, one of the boys. "" Now
we'll see if we can't beat ilin at his own
game. lJust comne here anid help li i knot
this grass, arnd we'll astonish him."
In a short time the boys had the long'
grass which grew on each side of the pathl
securely knotted in several places directly
across the path. and then they went for
the apples, purposely making a great deal
of noise.
Old W.odsom soon became aware that
,0omle* one was at the apple tree. s(o ihe
softly opened the door, and waited for the
springing of the trap; but, of course, he'
listened in vain. Iinally, getting impa
tient. he started on a run for the boys.
phoutilng and gesticulating violently. But
the young rascals laid no attention to his
cries, which only exasperated him tlhe
more.
lie had at tirst taken a roundabout
coulrse, intending to head thet boys off. but
lie now came on at full tilt down tllve.ry
path which led into the trap. Woodaomn
was no light-weig'ht-he had turned the
scale at two hundred and twenty pounds
two years before, and he had, if anytlhing.
;ained in flesh since then, so it was about
as hard for him to stop suddenly as it is
for a locomotive on a down grade.
His foot caught in the knotted grass, .
and over he went, turning a complete
somersault, disappearing with a crash
through the coverng of the trap; down
name the tin dish at the door, and out i
rushed Mrs. Woodsom, who, remember
ing her husband's admonition. quickly
pulled the plug from the tank, and a flood
of water rushed down the trough into the
raD.
Old Woodsom had sat In a state of in
tense amazement just where he lhad landed
in the bottom of the hole, swearing softly
to himself and cursing the boys and his
own stupidity. But when he felt the cold
water rush In a torrent down upon him,
he quickly came to himself and essayed to
make his exit from his uncomfortable
quarters, but in vain. He had been par
ticular. In digging the excavation, to 1
guard against this very thing; he could
lust grasp the surface of the routnd at
the edge of the trap, but to hold on and
draw up his Immense weight by mere
muscular force was an utter impossibility.
So he yelled at the top of his voice for his
wife, who, hearing his piteous cries for
help, came to his rescue, and with the
help of Betsey, the hired girl, and a stout
fence-rall, finally managed to land him on
terra firma, but not before he had been
completely soaked. When he stood at
last on solid ground, he was a very thank
ful but restfallen man. The boys, after
getinlg his appearance with a hearty
augh, suddenly disappeard In the diree
ionof the village. -The next mornldng
Woodsom refilled the trap with more solid
material than water, but be did not hear
the last of that confounded trap for many
years after.-N. Y. Wcskly.
Patning a Jead Ear.
A few days riace one of our esteemed
eitizens, whose garden comes to within a
few feet of the Boston and Maine cut, was
surprised to see half a dozen men solemn
ydiggga long, deep hole in his pars
-e rushed out of the house, and asked
them what they were doing, and what
they meant by digging up his garden.
"Planting a dead man," was the sol
emn reply, and they kept on with their
work.
"Planting a dead man! i Pd llketoknow
what right y6ou have to bury your dead
men in my garden."
"Don't kLpow anything about it," re
plied the man. '"Thie boss told us toplant
this deadl man here, and we are golg to
do It !"
"Where is your bss?" asked our
Miend.
"Over there," amid one of them pelat.
to a man sdin some distance of,
 to him our frend goeC ad aasks him
by what autoty he used his ardea for
Fer a moumnt "boss" looked su
opremely anehd, but bsoon took in
the iudsin, sad latrmed our ltrge
Mtend that "panting a dead man" was
Jd epmof weed ha the gound, to
wb-1b tle eof drrick a attached.
T- New York Mil tells s that aalb.
Sver betel is to be kpt this mes at
one of the water plae " by the witow
of Mr. who did last surer a
mw end impved pla." It is uakldd
ofet the Mail to keep this I rmath
ad eof gl oa e wte all to tege.e
A wUeemt wman newer hears I o
uii ma. sumalr. Al oifd sema
A Capital Maxim.
IAITY MARY WORT LEY MoNTAGI: relate'.
tillhe llo illg story.: "*One day. as anll
I anciect kilc , ol Tartary was rhling w itsl
his 1, emers of State, the'y met a dlervise
I crying aloud, "To him that will give me
at hundred dilar.s, (small pieces of money.)
I will give ": piece of good :.dvike.' 'he
kilc. :mttra:tethlb this strangedelaratione .
stole.ed, and said to tihe dervise. • What
advice is this that you offer for a hucndreel
dilare?' "Sire,' replied the dervise, I
'halil te most thankful to tell you as soon
as you order the money to be paid me.'
T"h'e king, expecting to hear socmething
extcraorlinary. ordered the dinars to be
given to the dervise at once ; on receiving
whicll. he aild. 'Sire, my advice i.s begin
nothing without considering what the end
may be.'
'" The ollicers of State, smiling at what
they thought ridiculous advice, looked at
the king, who they expected would be so
enragew at this incilt as to"order the dekr
vise to cie severely punished. rThe king,.
s".'ilng their amut.Ncment and surprise, said,
SI :ce nothing to laugh at in the advice of
thllis drvise; but, on the contrary, I am
lwper-atded that if it were more frelqnently
Ipractictd, men would escape many calam
ities'. Inderd, so convinced all I of the'
wisdom of this maxim, that I shall have
it engraved on my plate and written on
tile walls of my palace. so that it may be
ever before me.' The king, having
t hlj:ked the dervise,proceeded towards his
palace; and on his arrival he ordered tl:e
chief Bev to see that the maxim was en
iraved on his plate and on the walls of
his palace.
"'Sotue time after this occurrence, one I
of timhe nobles of the court, a proud, ambi
tiouis man, resolved to destroy the king
a•id place himself on the throne. In order
tee accolnmpli.h this bad purpose, hie secured 4
tihe confidence of one of the kit g's sur
geinc. to whom he gavea poloedrl lancet.
-:ying, 'If you will bleed the king with I
tics :lancet, I will give you ten thousand
pieces of gold, and when I ascend the
throne you shall be my vizier.' This
base surgeon. dazzh.tl by such brilliant
prop'eects, wickedly assented to the pro
*"Al opportunity of effecting his evil
dleignl soon occurred. The king sent for
thic Imai to hbleed hlim. lie put the pol
-,ned Iancet into a sidet 1eket, and alt- i
ecned into the king's presence. The arm i
was tied, and the fatal lancet was about
to be pluingedl into the vein, when sudden
ly the suirgeotn's eye read this maxim at
:h,' bottom of the basin. ' Begin nothing
without consideirilng what tihe end may
be.' lie inmnediately paused, as he I
tholght within himself. 'If I bleed the
kinc, with this lance't he will die, and I i
lhall be seized and put to a cruel death.
'lhen of what use will all the gold in the
world be to me?' Then, returnimng the
iancet to his pocket, he drew forth an
other. The king, observing this, and per
ce'iving that he was mucnh embarrassed.
;aked why he ehanted his lancet so sud
de.nly. lhe stated that tihet' point was
broken; but the king. ldoubting his state
mment. commanded him to show it. This
so agitated hhlm. that the king felt assured
all was not right, lie said. 'There is
treachery ic thi ! Tell me instantly what c
it means, or your head shall be severed
from your holy!' The surgeon, trem- d
t)ling with fear. promised to relate all to I
thel king, if he would only pardon his I
guilt. The king consented, and the sur
geon related the whole matter, acknowl- c
edging that had it not been for the words c
in the basin, he should have used the fatal c
lancet.
'l The kilfg summoned his court, andt
oerdered thie traitor to be executed. Then,
turning to his oftficers of State, he said. j
'You now see that the advice of the der
vi-e, at which you laughed, is most valu
able: it has saved my life. Search out
this dervise, that I may amply reward him
for his wise maxim."
The Holy Plares.
TaE old quarrel respecting the rights
of the Latin and Greek monks at the Holy
Places has been once more revived, and
though a final settlement may be reached
tlhere is little hope that such a result will
be accomplished. The memories a-soda- 1
ted with the Holy Places are full of sol. I
dccnc interest for every religious mind.
and. notwithstanding the efforts of the I
Turkish government to preserve peace
on what should be a common meeting (
ground for all Christians, angry contro
versies are constantly arising and not un
frequently sanguine conflicts. These dif
ticulties have been, too, turned Into causes I
of rupture between nations, and have led
in our own day to a longand bloody war.
The Hol Places, strictly describedl,are
a group of sacred spots in Palestine, of
which the Church of the Holy epuleher, I
in Jerualem, is the cepter. They are
supposed to comprise the sites of the
clmief events of our Lord's birth, passion.
death and burial; and the Garden of
Gethiemane, the Las )Supper room, the
stable in which Christ was born, the
Church of the Ascension, and the tomb
of the Vir in. The Church iof the Sepal
cher sn within the modern city, in
the Latin qarter. Under tbertdome
is the Sedpeher, which iso oblong form.
It is surmounted by a rieh cllingl or
ted with gold, silver and pr marblu e.
A circular hall urrodthe place be
neath the domewIt whek am ommeeted
oratories for 8yria, Co t sad Muaron
Ites. In tbe bodyof the ehureh are sep
uate placs o" worhp for the Latin.
Oreekand Armeian C rs . Oppo
site the entrance is the Stone of Unction,
which is shown as theatenae on whieh our
Lord's body was annointed befr eaentomb
ment; and above i an elevatlion, ap
proched by stepr, the oal Mount
al on which now stands a rich
dom-ed building, floored with
splendidmarble, in the rypt of widehb s
the envity supposed to have been formed
by the ereetion of them crs. Namberless
pilgrims from all parts the world are
constantly vibitingl Jerualem to do hom
age atthee sancred spots. The Ottoman
authorht msntaia the estabibshments,
but the smad Relah governments
exercse an exeeptioaal control
tively over the Ltln and Greek ch
and corvents.
Bethlehem, the ps o Christ's sad
SlDavi rs ,where the latest con
fiet, taken lae, Is whoily populated
rounding are the feelar scenesl so fw
imta mentined la te Bmbls. The
I meese mbry,te onlypbi teldm.
Iole et ilhc huh s tshe cave
Iw ist ted ours Lady's
nativity. The caeant resembles a be
tress, and was sl by the Empess
Helena over fifteen centuries ia; It was
dstroyd by the Turks I. Uan It Is
which like sand in cemasetn wthh
Church of the Holy Sep&elro f etr
li subMsd mugL , Oreeks
end Armeniaes. e e-nry has a
ese -aes t the edifies Ie dev.
t I" rpeses. -Th ekhur in in the
a m a eW
rwdIe
covers the central point of the earth.
T'here a lon. intricate passage descenlds
to the crypt. Iltow which, it is also said,
the lllc.~si i Virgin was delivered. The
manger stands in a low re ces cut in the,
rock a few feet fronl this star.-N. 1.
Herald.
NMI4CELLANEOCS PARAG RAPHS.
('crxpLcItix~u-Medi-al evidence.
ScitE-The lawyer's bill fotr tc.s.
I'xcnERTtIx-Th'le vertdict of a jury.
HIIAnD I.t-The new ocean cable.
('AL.uMITy ls mnlt's true tuchstone.
'ICT'I' REs FOR TII e MILLioN--Dinner
plates.
ViVI.ECTIrt --A'wife cutting her hlits
,tnd utip.
S.I''rrE (CrsT,,Man-Oranlge and ban
anRa pel. .
O)e t.oni.,i-T'he black republic of San
l)omingo. I
A WE-.I.-KNOWN C'L'B-IOl'I.E-The po.
live station.
WIiENx is charity like a I'e? When it
begins to hum.
IT shouldl always ae t esible to pay I
your doctor's bill.
i annAC says that the straightest line in
politics is a curve.
T'il article chiefly sold at our laniy
f.irs-The visitor.
T'I. LAw or .IrRIE:--Many are called,
but few are chosen.
Oh'T West little colored children are
called charcoal sketches.
TnE way to treat a man of doubtful
crediit is to take a note of him.
W'AITING for "something to turn up"
always costs morte than it brings.
WAl.l. Si REFE OrITwARltY-Ile died in
debt and the hopes of a financial resurrec
tion.
THERE is a wealthy old fellow in Pekin
whom the Americans there call a China
Astor.
A REA:n in New .ersey has been called
on to take out a license because it is al
ways bruin.
WiVv is the French carom game of bil
liards like a pawnbroker's shop? Because
it has three halls.
.lossr., who was kept awake all night
withl the' tooth-ache, says that he passed a
night of mourning.
ISN'T it inconsistent to speak of the
•" apple of your eye." when everybody
knows tlhey're a pMir?
ISr.TRnoT. Minn.. a'.vertises for "a large I
nuu. wr of marriageable girls." New I
England papers please copy.
Exl:cusios parties are being organized
in Sul Francs'o to visit the Fiji and
other islands in the South Pacific.
Trn ladies are wearing what is known
as the snow hall veil. It is of black lace.
dott, d with white, and is very becoming.
JMvs says that his sweetheart Is like a
melon ls'eause her "old man" has locked
he.r up and she cantelope. This is.melan
choly.
Tia rstl flag Is symbolical of volu
tion. Even the peai fdl auctionese, flings
it to the May breeze while knockin , down
our furniture.
TilE latest verdict recorded was upon a
rentleman who expired in a fit of inebria
tion. The jury returned : "Death by
hanging-round a grog-shop."
To harmonize discordant natures, and
out of conflicting individualities to de
velop a happy home, is one of the great
est triumphs that woman can achieve.
C'KaREao-sPENAL-MIINGITIA is a tough I
wonl for telegraph operators to get hold I
of on the wires. A Sioux City lightning
Jerker wrote it out " Carabo Spencer s 1
Menagerie."
Ta T was an unhappy editor who wrote I
that " white pique costumes are now pop
ular" and was gravely informed by the I
proof next morning that " white pine I
coffins are not popular."
IT s1 an unparalelled mercy to be pre
served from corruption in the midst of
eneral infection. It Is far better to be
nnocent than penitent; to prevent the
malady than Invent the remedy.
DaMoxOLOGY and witchcraft are regu
larly studied, now, by servant women. A
lady says that her new parlor-maid often
forgets to lay the cloth, so absorbed is she
in learning how to play the Evil One.
A Goon Rsasox-Luey: "Mamma.
Charlie says he would like to be a clergy
man ?" Mamma: "Tell me dear, wy
you would like tobe a clergyman?" Cha- I
lie: "Why, then I could talk as much
as I like in church !"
No BrLI..-If a person has, by negll- 4
gence or default of a railway company,
sustained incaleulable injuries, can he re
cover ? No doubt of it; and, sure, the
law in this poiat, if it does not, ought, by
all means, t+extend to Ireland.
-oxu crulous person suggest.as a
preventive of bak defaleations, that can
didates for clerkahip abould hav their
heads phrenoloeally eamined. Pshaw i
It ais the accounts andnot the noddles of
cashiers, that should be examined.
Tan Way O-r or irr.-Emy: "Can
you say your letters, Georgey 'Geor
gey~: "Oh yes, Emmy-there is ABD
U C!" Emmy: "WLml,don't you know
any more?" Oeorgey: "Oh yes! I
know lots more; but I haven't got them
here, so I can't show them to you."
Ax exchange has the followlng o.eer
vation: "We always get mad whenwe
walk along a street aboaut o'elock, aad
pasIng a shaded porch where a young
man It bidding his beloved a good nighlt,
to hear the gil exelm in aloud whsper
'"Oh, stop, George, you haven't shaved.'
AmaY ,NorTlHGS-A provinial contem
poary. that ms to he asukiug trm a
anarls: "The latest femiaae fashiMon of
wearing the front hair i known as the
skye terrler style." Of cours the angels
derive their fashions from the skyes.
A raMnLY in Vermont, on resuming -
tereurse with the tervl world aer
the winter's seclusion amid Ink b
snowdrfts. are horrised to Sl that they
have for several weeks been wednklg ti
Sabbath In seonl jr ita ad
Mooday b iholy .
A Gaaxar physilIst has
that tobaooo bys b"s
with the moecul r ng
with daevelopuat ol eenets.
the blood a oatl,=
o-rhy their eges.
A Eaisas diatrict ashel wa
viagd and maddresed
Mouth, Powder Faesani
all tse oblest ind o- o
misaeinemo school boy
where Dig Month at
alai was .barsiei a rlee.
mark: "Ught s much
noa tay tobo hars
A MasseemV
Fancy Work.
T'nrna has always been an outcry, from
a certain branch of the Gradgrinds. as to
the folly and idleness of fancy-work, so
carld, and the total depravity of the same
in any relation to art.
We confess that we have never been al
together able to agree with those earnest
souls who cry havoc and let loose the
dlogs of war ulan the poor little prey; for
to our thinkng fancy-work is by no means
at all times an unworthy occupation, and,
moreover, those employed upon it being
usually those whose time hangs heavily
on their hands, we must believe that any
work for them is better than no work at
all.
Certain it is that fancy-work is often a
great delight, anti answers a craving other
wise unappeased, for with almost every
one there us a desire to create the beantiful;
and if nature has not been impartial in
her gifts of genius, of eye, anti hand for
the execution of outline and color and
form-if it is not }given to every one to
draw and paint, and carveand model-the
unassuming bit of fancy-work may afford
opportunity of seeing delicate . hapes and
tints grow beneath the touch, and give to
the worker a degree of satisfaction which,
if it h,' not the highest there is, is still
valuable.
The idea of saving that because a person
c ennot do all that is de.irable. that person
shall be debarred from doing even what is
pos sible-that if she cannot paint flowers
in water--olors, for Instance, she shall not
work flowers in iloses, is, with all defer
ence to those that differ, simply absurd.
One might as well say that nobody should
sing a lullaby that could not sing a cava
tina-that nobody should write ballads
wecause there are Illads. One star diflhrs
fro.. another in glory, we are told; and
if tAis star's particular influence is shed
upon fancy-work, we do not know why
the fancy-work should be ignored because
that star's influence is shed upon some
thing better still.
Of course the day of embroidering pink
eyed and impossible poodles asleep in
impossible meadows is over: and though
some may attribute its abolition, In a
degree, to the hue and cry against fancy
work in general, we prefer to consider it
due to the universal improvement in the
public taste which has taken place with
added culture, education, and intercourse
with the world at large. Nowadays de
signers of real merit are employed upon
nearly all the designs for Berlin wool;
and those who do not see anything lovely
in a baby's blanket lying over him like a
laplul of blossoms, or do not think an un
sightly chair is bettered by a tidy whose
vines and leaves are crocheted as whitely
and froatily as winter stamps them on the
pane, or do not prefer to have a cumbrous
and ungainly wooden mantel-shelf cover
ed and fringed by a lambrequin whose
foliated outlines mingle in graceful ara
besque-those who choose rather the plain
blanket, the ugly chair, the naked shelf,
before the same objects decorated into
chee, fulness and comeliness, have, to say
the least, a very singular taste themselves.
-Harper's la:zar.
The Darie ('al.
Tna United Statesexploring expedition
under Commodore Selfridge, in search of
such a depression in the Isthmus Cordil
lera as would render the construction of
an interoceanic ship canal practicable,
seems at last to have met with success.
Previous surveys, instituted to discover a
lower point between Caledonia Bay and
the Gulf of San Blas than that existing
between Panama and Aspinwall, had
yielded none but negative results. But
the last exploration of the divide between
the Atrato and the Rio Napipi has been
more satisfactory. Setting out from the
Pacifie side, Commodore Selfridge fol
lowed the Napipi to its tributary, the Da
guado; then passing up that river to the
divide, to a point where in crossing he
struck a tributary of the Atr.uto, and
thence down to the main river, a route
was discovered navigable to the Atlantic
for the largest ships at all seasos of the
year. According to the New York Her
ald's correspofident, who accompanied the
expedition, the entire length of the canal
required for ships of the deepest draught
will be only twenty-elght miles, twenty
two of which run through an almost level
plane, leaving six miles of rock cutting
through the dividing ridge, includlng a
tunnel of three miles In length.
The great geographical riddle which
has so long puzzled the world appears
thus in a fair way of being solved. The
expense, which Commodore Selfidge
computes at P$0,000.000, is, of course, no
trifle, and it will probably be much great
er when we consider the solid mas of
dolomitic rock and the eolesal tunaeling
which the oonetructlos the work re.
quires. But the necessity of removing
t mighty barrier whlIh the hand of the
Crestor his piled up betweena the two
great oceans iancreases every year. In
view  f the extraordinary deWlomsmt t
Clifornia and Oregns, ad the idll.
swelling tide of emito west over
transcontinental sIlway lae, wel las
our commercial rdelations wth Chia ad
Japan, the want of a short water comma
nication becomes dally more imqperative.
A work which a Spanish Governor Ge
era of Panama once told Charles V. "'
-vereMn on the earth was rh enoh to
,att w" will, therefore, a rm he
not omy undertaken but carrli
Amerlean capital and enterprise. iu
we should not be surpred tl the
generation whcl has sean tAhe
able laid, the Sue Ca nal -
Oausgo IaferOaews.
An engi, -
have
us