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g WANDER BACK TO HOME. hl« the ua is to said Mr. Cuveu* 11 ; bather business." Km i iivciidiah looked up with a .... art. She «us buttoning Dobs pea, patiently following him about he frisked after the cat i * i* th * • bln,M * u u „ «I* go. JHÜKTte. ..vu» «•>>! *»J. rtftSffek*» * '""'J • ® 0 «*, . . way#, ouf gratia And elieer, **L** f ' u jw »«<■•> brilliant ehrotue, ■JrZ »far it.rough «Imy tear, fal »aider bark to ho».. Irieitiiahip wan»—onee real and trua tbair de»peat hue, W^Cr'll« »eilen gloo". H *'* ** bright raja Iro» . InUUiuod «hen [ R.W» »ander buek lo borne ,b» oorld should kindly greet ^^gKJTlvut.tep aa ne al rar . I iu re* elt" K'irlauda neatii our feet. • ^...ih'o.'glife'a highway, the lu-meutt brighter eeem, '»*„ >. *». rumbling, roam. wITkwt m in-mory boppy dream both to borne. lultrUotL 1 DOMESTIC CHRONICLE. ELL, my dear, dish, entering his wife's room, "l've scut that girl of yours • luomas . , -Tb«C «.id she. In a dismayed [ , *l*pu»e disiinctly enough, didn't e—discharged—Lucy!" •f hut for, James?" ' ' . .. „ •hsofence that a alL •letl .ary never could have been 1-1 pleaded Mrs. Cavendish,, >ffthe last button from it. Art apron In her perturbation. | , 1 .... »_ , 1 . „.„i,» I >Vk, couldn t .1» . hough? I just i bad I men there, that s alt. ; •What did »lie say, James?" ■ 1 told li»r she was halfen hour I . . n „,| »»Led her l»d with breakfast and «Wta tt »be meant by it, and sbe told •b. was doing the best sbs could ftWdn tdobelterU all theworUI ' « V01 ptkdrd U|K>n it. 'But JnnuM, the poor girl is nearly fun!" jfrpy • ••oner." "Poor Lucr! And you have dis- , the ... ,, j "T ' r ' „ „ .. „ ' Tkat » tou all over, said Mr. ^ttehth, angrily. I tmlfevs you'd fa anybody else's part against me. » 1 ii—.k 1 11 t k of "iras 1 di»chnrg»>l t. r lUbrr to have hw thing*ouuideof two hours or I'd fling m out Of the window." -te_ t I to do?" ^ uw ' , . , , t Kv » hi« M VI r» 1 avendish. who had by this KtM. th«8m»mlehiUI, • U «n* buttoning tier l*ootn wiili P "•» rapidity. "With one of my , pfemlnchr« coming on, and Willie k P.n down with lUe.Sk and J*** ,l, l «o h« » »"»"'1 ,0 » Tlut » a pretty question to ask, « Mr ( avendish, standing with his in his pockets. "One would sk you women were made of sugar ■It nowadays. My mother had of 1 children—ten—and did every m k*» •>! work for 'em herself year In 0 4 year out nnd bers you make  a rumpus Ink-aim« you happen |m> W left without n servant for wit four hours—Iseranse of course, BpfiÄ — to ■Ws." said she. Lucy was the Kgirl 1 hnveever had. Y ou should | [tbavR sent her out of the ho«, «n bü:,ÄÄ Pish.... pines nnd discharged your fe? ' H should snv you did perfectly | ft," returneii Cavendish. "If they ( «»red vou impertinently. Now i t M.ivcl! If there is nnythlng I • It U a scene. I'll go downstairs boil the coffee my sell-nny one make coffee—nnd you hurry down 1 the children as soon i«s you can. plenty of bread and butter cold-boiled ham, unyhow. No y ever star veil on that. r. Cavendish had "camped nut" «ddenl during his bachelor days, succeeded in preparing a remark - f good not of coffee. 1 he bread [butter nnd cold ham were not of their kind, but the children I «um bnmght ln A»d that ta what kept Lucy!" in »nt nrily cried Mrs. « avendish. Condensed milk la good enough ""* rwJ Mr - 'But JnnuM, the poor girl is nearly au with toothache this m«,m ; Hrsn 1 lielp that, ebe ho* no busi Lto answer me impudently. It Let the noids so much-lt was if ■*pt n ft Bob and Ethel declined to . <>n nny terme. . , .. 'hi i've 'em to It," enid the father, »tilg Ids hot coffee in prodlgloue »* "Healthy children have no I*" 1 '/'"' to lie dainty." , . hil lie caught up hie hat and ul |0nd inndo a bee-line lor the train* _L'nvendleh looked piteous} lgoH*»H'l nl the disordered table, the •cok'. 1 fire, the general desolation room. Her headache was hagdunlly working Itself up to tn« nnd^P*me moment of deepera'I®"' children nboTe etnire were .f, r *'" tor breakout) Bob WH w» 1 "^ 1 1 kit ni Uia hl« »hoe in the cedar pail of water; htbel was feuding the kitten the can of condensed milk "Ma," piped up Ho»., "there's a tramp at the kitchen winder!" Äsr tran,p - "Oh, Miles, i Mrs. Cavendish, ua the milk?" haven't that, mum," said Miles. I ne lows lost, an' it an't meself is going to truck her through the swamps un' bogs. If tho master wants his cow took cure of he's got to [my me a dollar a week more wages." "Got to. Miles?', "Vis'ml" boldly retorted the man. 1 an t to be put upon no longer. Dr. Miller's man-" "Very well," suid Mrs. Cavendish; "you may go!" "Mu'iu!" echoed the servant. "You are discharged," said Mrs. Cavendish, firmly—"at once!" Miles slunk away and disapjienred. Mrs. Cavendish went up to her room, und after ministering us well 11 » she could to the poor little victim ; of menait s she threw hersell on the bed with a wet towel bound uround her head and despair in her heart. "There's one comfort." said Mrs. Cavendish, gloomily smiling, "if lie discharged Lucy, I have sent away a ^V,"* > ., , , „ Mr. Cavendish had an unusuallv busy duy in the city. As he wusliur rying toward the depot in the alter i noon lie remembered that his mis a from am ho snitl "Youhave brought astounded , , , »»«« Mr. *£**»» to" 0 ".'*®** 1 ' [ Ujpriicv bureau wa* vet unfulfilled. "Confound it!" said Mr. Cavendish to himself. "However, to-morrow will do just as well. Mv mother did "? »f'P nl ttl | At the station no buggy was m waiting "1 wonder what that lazy villian i» about?'' said Mr. Cavendish, a dark frown upon his gathering | Lrow. "He may think he's got a »miß place of it, but 111 teach him u trjfW witb ." ; WfM , n A ithea lodge ■ everything was dmorgani I was pultläg the feathers peacock's tail; Bob was galloping ^ oun<| the Urn-yard on the back of p OI||KV t(w j K „ lv< | -We re bnvmg such fun, pa!" he cried. "I'ounce hasn't Imen fad. cjiuM ! couldn't find the kev of tho ' ont bin, and the cow is lost. Such fun!" izsd. Ethel out of the "Where is Mifr.7" roared the fir ; "Where is Mifr.7" roared the fir jfrpy in "Mn's discharged him." rled "What for?" " 'l aue, be talked saucy to h*r. _ j n staring «t't h» I* iii.v and the peacock, he , the boy nod the girl. the j -Ethel " Mud he. "lot that bird go. as ' Holwrt. get off the pony at once and |»to\hehouse." j. lbr | olwved reluctantly, Hubert ly witli alacrity. .. , . ..«•.> V» uot com nan», chirped the the V outh-^'«impi»uv.|mTmost car - T " V<)U And'mu * in bed . headache and them'» no one to his them anv »upper Hooray!" le, ^ Mr liivendlsh hurried into the house The parlor was undusted, h"«»-. w „ n , wilted in the • - , #h#» tin* ltiu! diediotol ^* ol XitberT dud«» Through , h# open door was visible tltedfntap room, with fa»t at I Un. bfe-- m>I sn.ntmi.^ i j. , of ftll lhil , And there. In the midst 01 a ims (oHonity, sat Mrs llorgoyns. l' 1 » ter from the west, to whom • frequently boasted to tne | of the wife's housekeeping Ç m mts. nnd a *'"•/. „* ^1;.. 0 nce. years ago, had ** ' ■ old, »west beau of Ins Pv J ' |m> was most anxious tlm . j shoubl appear pleasant in 1 those two women. ;' n "10 however, i» «.«-».-7»»--« jrfnte. nnd hastened ujwUiim to wm r foor Mrs. ' f^^^Rndeavor | u . r forehead In cologne «n i„g «0 'üsirarrsii „tonn? Mil.-sgone -I discharged hlm.' | uU)t . "You tmid 1 wnsperfectiy ju« ( Hn f,j 0 | n doing so ,f l,c * . .> inpnt l y to me And hedid *o. I "Butwhatainlto ' 0 . ( ..p^cfeely thequestion I askeiij „ tll i» morning , „„»hlmr further Mr Cavendish had nothl g tn „.y for himself, H« '•M • x kind of nn anathema lW c.n his closed lip» ,, tlint | "Do you know, he s is company down-stn . hut until this montent I hate - ^, n „„able to leave bid • ^ "Mv dear," he said, coii. ^ bor p ,,ttlng h'« ttr "?, " , 1 „che so .-^„liJcr, "does your 1* * Stave." slowly cd, served AL. in- * „ ( iiwD. "th»» I've been a tool "Oh, James! . . gurb n .-iwish 1 hndn t flo rt n jsrnoÄC. ,c iSfÄ" l ' ï '" r '"' 1 ' * A qÔwn-otelM With you nowifyou j istv 'r 0001,1 IT Ih »Mi «" nl uow " th ' Ch "' ' w < stKjSïïSS»'. 1,,lp "' ; to no . ul the was tn« r *'" "^ Who with the dinner?" ventured Mr. Cav endish. "She is too young. Besides she has had no experience. But Jumes-" "Yes, Julia." "Open confession is good for the soul, ' said Mrs. Cavendish. "Lucy came back to me about two hours ago. Hhesnid you had sent her away, hut that she could not bear to leave me ut such a time. She is getting dinner down stairs now." "She's a trump," cried Mr. Caven dish. Scarcely hud he introduced his wile to the Indies in the parlor than the foldiug doors of the back room slid open, revealing 11 bright fire and a well-sprcud table, di-corn ted with spring flowers—daffodils, tulips, and a few purple spikes of lilac. A pair of ducks hud lieen roasted in the best und most tempting style. There were sweetbreads und ducken salad by way of entrees; a delicious steam pudding sent forth its (x-rfume from the kitchen, and Luc was just bring ing in the tomato so Mr. Cavendish hooded good-hu moredly towurd lier. She courteeied res|Hstfully. "You needn't worry about the horse and cow, sir," sliesnid.iu a low voice, "l'eter Frink from the Low farm is coming to attend to them," While the family were discussing the steam pudding and prune pie, Lucy *lip]>ed into the parlor, und, to use her own terms, "strai the disorder there, and t pression taken by the visitors was one of neatness and comlort. Mr. Cavendish drew a long breath as lie watched the retreating foot steps of his company toward the road that led to the train. "Julia," said he, turning to his wife, "I've como to the conclusion that times liuve chanced since my mother did the work for ten children without nny servant." "I quite ugree with you," said Mrs. Cavendish. "And I was entirely wrong when I sent Lucy uway; and vou are aalte right when you discharged Mile* Henceforward, my dear, we'll try to mingle a little common sense with our housekeeping. Eh—shall we?" And Mrs. Cavendish smiled ns she assented.—Helen Forrest Craves in l'hiludelphia Saturday Night. glitened up the last in ' m a of he ests crow how the crow over Cases of Absent-mindedness. The greatest absent-minded man has put in another appearance in Se attle. His first appearance here was in the form of a young man who hur. rled home to change his clothes pre »oratory to going out foracall upon n _ vounK " lB(!y friond . While disrobing he discovered two letters left there by the i post man during bis absence, an« as he read he forgot himself and me clmnically cruwled into bed. This time lie appears in the form of a mce ly dressed gentleman riding in a street He was readinga paper and as the conductor passed through the car asking: "Fares, please,' he went through the usual search in aU his pockets and fishing outa nick- le, which 1» handed never once removing hisej es from the interesting article lie was rending. New pasitonger» boarded the car, but the reader was not disturbed, and as the f°nductorpa«€dthrough the car nakmg but extremely absent-minded man i „whanlnillv ' dovs down into bis ,.o. ket. and", without taking his eyes !,ff the paper, handed the conductor notlie {! n Vkle. No tellinghow often this operation would be repeated it a | «mnllhoy on the other side of the car lmd not laughed and said: "Mn. sse that man who in rending five cents every time the con qu'etor comes iiroiind." The gentlemnn folded up his paper, nn ,| during tlie rest oflns trip he sat i» deep cognition—Seattle I ress. , ^ one of tlle n)en who took a trip to Prince Albert.«settlementup Saskatchewan river, in the deod of winter. The cold was, of ^ m i-Idle of Decern tier, they set out up on thli „.arch through the frozen wilderness. One of .the servants de posited a sack, the contents of which Ltttted suspiciously, |in the sleigh ( . on ,„i n it,g tho supply of forn fff „ Iook here,"called ono of the travel ers, "don'tput those tentpefjabestdo th# onU , fhevwili poke their pointa through the bag, knock aw hois in ^ gmin.Hcke, and the«U, be a | pak ." "1 hose mn 1 t tent 1 » egs, imid the man, rather scornfully, tiny beefsteaks." And so they we "' c " b ^ nlttrc h.-8nn I ran dsco Argona ut. —— _ The Dog and the Bad Egg. It seems that there are dog own , 1|r|#nd man - B " lelon.ons consump ^ of ^ H ow to break him of the habit is the question. Here is one suggestion. An egg-eating dog ' ;ST'Ä"Ä ™ »S j K < J bp a , uU gallon of decom Ä'irwÄ J5?m; p»« Sorniin." Jo lot doç fiÄKrsrÄ-JSÄ "' ber of to to 's I to she in feet an has that of to CORVUS AMERICANOS ! vAUiovs enow <ju khtiosh IN so ls VTION. Th® Crow In Bclentlflc Deep Wnter—Shall He he Kxterinlnated T —Crow Diet Their tirent BooeU—Where They Came From. (Special Washington Letter., HE English sparrow liaving been disposed of scientifically, no bird now excites so P . 1 » t lw . much interest at Washington, with tiie exception of the American eagle, as the common crow— poor corvus Ameri canus ! It is being mule the subject of a methodical scien tific investigation by the Department of Agriculture, and Uncle Jerry ltusk and his secretary, Mr. LaDow,an-understood to be deeply interested spectators. Professor Walter B. Barrows is con ducting the investigation, and in good time will furnish his conclusions for a bulletin, to be issued by the department. There is much more to be learned about the crow tlian appears at a casual glance. It is only since the establishment of the division of "economic ornithology" in the Department of Agriculture, that birds have been properly looked after, and their real value or detriment to the agriculturist ascertained. They are now weighed in the scientific balance, and if the beam kicks in their favor, so much the better for their future enjoyment of life and pursuit of happiness. Among the important points regarding the crow, which need to be settl'd, are the fallow ing : „ , Will crows eat com if they can find notiiing they like better ? Is it worth while for fanners to try and kill crows by soaking the corn in poison? Can a crow swallow seed-corn if it is first rolled in tar and ashes? Will spraying com with a Riley nozzle with an emulsion of soap and kerosene kill the com or the crow ? Is it too late in the nineteenth century to resort to the use of scare crows ? In other words, will crows scare worth a cent at this lato day of universal pro gress and enlightenment? Can more lie said in favor of the crow than against it? I» it better for the agricultural inter ests of the country to exterminate the crow ? And if the crow is to be exterminated, how shall the extermination be accomp And if the crow is to be exterminated, how shall the extermination be accomp lished? Is the crow rapacious, graminivorous, insectivorous, young-and-tender-chicken ivorous, and omnifarious all at once and the same time? If so, why so? Does the crow ever say "rats" or eat mice? At the season of nullification will the crow destroy the eggs and young of other birds? Does the crow drop the seeds of rhus toxicodendron, or poison ivy, broadcast over the land ? What about the crows' roosting places? Where are they situated? Will it be worth while for the Census Bureau to list of the roosts and the num It is of for or fro There fossor has crow and sand, tall So of It a in a b of is doç pnwure a ber of roosters? How about the national conventions they are said to hold ? hs there anything of a sensational nature in their proceed ings? Is it true that crows are so wicked as to indulge in prize* fight»? Do crows, in some l'art» of the world, drill after the manner of our State mi litia ? If they do, why do they? How far will a crow fly to get its breakfast? Is sand to be recommended as an aid to digestion in view of the fact that a crow always gulps down a mouthful of clear sand just before.going to lied? How many horse-power is the crow's digestive apparatus ? m n in of is sciKXTtFtc nrr.R watts. Is it a fact that a crow can digest mince pie, hnsh, caramels, lobster salad, hot biscuits, tough beef steaks, strong coffee, ice cream, chalk and slate pen cils, pickles nnd olives, without detri ment to its health ? Is the crow a wise and sagacious bird ? Can a crow be taught to speak En glish, or peradventure, German? There are many more interesting ques tions which can lx* asked about the crow, of which it will be difficult to " 's nny one answer in our present state of knowledge. It is too much to expect that the Depart ment of Agriculture will dispose of all of these queries to the satisfaction of everybody, for there are some quidnuncs who" indulge in quiddities. It will be seen at a glance, however, that there is work enough to last a long while and make quite a respectable volume when it is completed. I learn that it is probably a fact that in some parts of the country crows do Numerous observations to pull up corn, that effect from intelligent farmers and boys have lieen received in Washington. It seems that a crow seldom eats hard com ; it is sensible enough to prefer the Boft corn which has remained in the ground until the first one or two tender blades have appeared. Farmers should tie careful, therefore, and always plant hard com which has not lieen soaked. After the blade appeau» it will be a good •atoli the com fields for a plan, also, to ■ week or two with a shot-gym in hand. It is known that the dreadful dotonntion of exploding powder has a demoralizing ef ed feet upon a whole army of crovs. Even an empty gun in the 1 lands of a woman has held a score at bay. Try it. It appears to be a well-established fact that crows eat mice, as well os cats, hares, clams, eggs, chickens, young birds, frogs, beetles, and all manner of insects. The mice disposed of by a well-trained crow would doubtless destroy more com, if permitted to live, tlian the crows them selves. Tliis is one score mark in favor of the crow. Crows seem to take a fancy to bright thingB. Beetles with wings of blue, gold, and scarlet are 'favorite arti cles of diet. The stomach of a crow re cently examined at the Department of Agriculture in Washington contained the tough and horny heads of fifteen of these beetles. Another stomach had the lower tooth of a cat, the bones of lizards and frogs, a pearl, the bones of a rabbit, and enough sand to make a small stained-glass window. It is quite appalling when one contem plates the probabilities and possibilities regarding the crow family. There is an enormous roost of these black fowls near Washington, on the Government reserva tion surrounding Arlington and the Na tional cemetery. It is safe to say that from three to five hundred thousand crows occupy this roost—twice the pop ulation of Washington City with its 60.000 black folks. Professor C. Hart Merriam says this roost is one of the three- largest in the land. It is a littled odd that it has been established within sight of the Con gress of the United States, as if for the purpose of observation. The crow sinister bird. Thousands of these crows a I- :i »3 (jAyn 1 1 ' I ♦. If ^ dl f. to >r^g *L cemetcrv. higher fly over the city of Washington every cal morning due east, to the shores of the ular Chesaiieake, where they feast all day on over the molluscan wash of the sea and return green at night to rest in the funeral shades of A Arlington. Thev start at early sunrise, room It is no wonder, therefore, that they have upon escaped the notice of the professional said "Washington correspondent. " A flight that of thirtv or fortv rnUes a day is nothing for a crow. Cold w ave or hot, blizzard or fog. rain or shine, the journey to and by fro is made as regular as clockwork, seat, There is also a large roost near Baltimore. 1 occupied by hundreds of thousands of quest crows, which have been studied by a pro- of fossor in Johns Hopkins University, who der has published his observations in the was transactions of that institution. Great bers crow roosts are numerous all over the ance country. They may be found on the sion islands" in the Susquehanna in Pennsyl- and vania. in central Kentucky, in Dakota, to and Nebraska, and on an island in the I Mississippi near St. Louis. Crows do not always roost on trees, Sometimes they pass the night on the sand, camping "out, and again they seek der, tall marsh grass. It is said they roost in a large flocks for the purpose of self-pro tection. Not long since those at Wash- to ington roosted outside of the Govern ment reservation. There they were mo lested at night by black men with guns, Now they have moved inside the leser- the vation where gunning is not permitted, So they are really wards of the Govern ment at present. They have less fear of dead men in the National cemetery, than they have of predaceous Africans armed with blunderbusses. Crows have the happy faculty of eating anything which fanev dictates, without harm. The seed of the poison ivy is a favorite with them. After the outside of the berry which con tains the seed has been digested and as similated, the seeds themselves are cast from the mouth in the shape of a pellet The same is true of the fur of mice, etc. It is this remarkable peculiarity on the part of the crow which spreads or plants the ivv-vine all over the land. The"late Kev. E. P. Roe called ivy the "vine bewitched," because it seems to sprout up everywhere without cause. He little suspected that the crow was the Manv other seeds are dropped I hear mow boost nr armnctox cemetcrv. a all on as planter. in the same way by the crow, that in the South he is a great destroyer of pecan nuts. Thus far he does not ap pear to have discovered peanuts. What is the origin of the crow? Did he emigrate from Europe at the time or before the era of Christopher Columbus ? There is little real information upon this The crow is not even men a ? En to point as yet. tinned by Magillivray in his work on the " Rapacious Binls of Great Britain. " Evi dently Magillivray. who was a friend of Audubon, did not regard the crow as ra pacious in Great Britain, in his charming work, the " Natural His tory of Sol bourne. " does not mention the crow. The truth is the crow was never seen at Selbourne. It is not an inhabi tant of Great Britain. In that country the bird which most resembles the Amer ican crow is called a rook. And the rook is a religious bird in England, always hovering about cathedral towers, as I have seen it at Lincoln and York, and calling out, "Hurry up your prayers! Bishop, Bishop, vespere !" etc. FtTLLER-WALEEB. Gilbert White, all of be is and it that do to Lord Randolph Churchill lias stirred up the British Tories with a sharp stick in consequence of the government s treat nt of Parnell, and he evidently fore the downfall of the Tory power. Senator Blair threatens to leave the Re publican partv if it fails to adopt his ed ucation bill. Curiously, the number of Republican opponents of the bill is con stantly i ncreasing. _. The monument to Henry W. Grady, to be erected at Atlanta, Ga., will be de signed by Alexander Doyle, the sculptor, of New York city. It will he bronze, nine and one-half feet in height. and hard the the plant good for a in. sees It of ef Keep Books. The advice which Daniel Webster gave to a neighbor of his, in the fol lowing anecdote, might be followed with advantage by many people. Indeed the reader will be likely to think that it might have been follow ed to very good advantage by Mr. Webster himself. On one occasion a man presented Mr. Webster a bill for payment. "Why, Mr. N-said the states man, "it seems to me that I have paid that bill." Mr. N-protested that it lmd not been paid, and Mr. Webster told him to call in a lew days and be would attend to the matter. Alter the man had gone Mr. Websteraskedhis clerk to look over a quantity of bills and see if lie could find a receipt for the amount. To his surprise two re ceipts were iound, indicating that the bill had been paid twice. In due time Air. N at the dinner hour, as it chanced, and Air. Webster invited him in to dine. After the meal was over they proceeded to the business in hand. Air. N-, do you keep books?" Air, Websterinquired. "No," was the reply. "I thought so," said Air. Webster. Now I advise you to keep books. II you had kept books you would have known that I had receipted this bill," —showing him one. Air. N-was greatly surprised and mortified and apologized as best he could for his mistake. "Yes, it is always a good plan to keep books," continued Air. Webster, showing him a second receipt. Then, knowing Air. N-to be an honest man, and not wishing to an noy him. he suggested that perhaps receipted bills had been presented, but really left unpaid, and insisted hould take the inon ailed, just :i that Air. N ey.—Youth's Companion. A School Girl's Fight. In order to keep pace with the pro gressive spirit of the times, the two higher classes of the Women's AledL cal collie gently indulged in a reg ular college fight. The dispute arose over the ownership of a beautiful green cushion. A young lady entered the lecture room with the cushion. Shethrewit upon the bench, and, Bitting upon it, said to her companion: "Oh, my, but that is comfortable. Soonaftershe missed the seat, and, followed by her comrades, walked up to a senior, who by this time was enjoying the soft seat, and demanded her property. Ott 1 receiving a negative answer to her re quest the plucky junior grabbed hold of the cushion and pulled it from un der the senior. In an instant there was a regular tug of war. The mem bers of each class came to the assist ance ot their comrades. Each divi sion held on to the cushion, pulling and wrestling, and finally both came to blows. I The wildest excitement prevailed, when the proiessor, accompanied by some gentlemen, entered the lecture room. The professor shouted for or der, but without avail. He then took a hand in the tight and captured the cushion, which he bore off in triumph to his desk. When quiet had been completely restored the owner of the cushion quietly stepped down to the desk of the professor and returned to her place with the prize which she, not figuratively, but literally, sat upon, —Philadelphia Times, as the the to He the Why Barons Become Waiters. The titled foreigner who lias lost all his money is in most cases a Ger man or a Frenchman. They drift to this couhtry. They have no trade, if they do they will not work at it, nnd as the position of waiter comparatively easy one it possesses lor them many attractions. First, on working in a hotel or club they usually obtain about the same food the persons they serve. Then they are, in a great mnny instances, en abled to sleep where they work. In most first class hotels they come in contact with congenial people. When dines he is usually in good hu mor, aud when he finds his waiter an intelligent man he generally conde scends to talk to him. Some of the representative families of Europe have connections who hold positions as waiters in this country. Thev are frightfully incompetent, not" knowing the first thing nbout serving guests.—Philadelphia Times. is B as ap Did or ? this a man the Evi of ra His the rook as I and ATROOPER'3 life. Then mount and away. Let the coward flr light . To be lazy all day and safe all night, lur joy is n charger flushed with loam. And theearth is our bed and the saddle our home. , , , We have gathered again the red laurel of war; We have followed the traitors fast and far. But some «he rose gayly this morn with th« Lie bleeding and pale on the field they hare won. But whether we fight, or whether we fnll Bv saber strokcor rifle ball. l'iie hearts 01 the free will remember yet. And our country—our country will never for get. K. W. Raymond. stirred stick treat fore Re ed of con to de bronze, A Reasonable Request, "I have only one last request to nake,"said the dying man, ns be pain ully raised bis head from the pillow d surveyed the weeping group Around his bedside. "What is it, my good friend? nslc-. "Anything you Ul id the clergyman. Ask will be done." "Theu see that the newspapers lon't refer to me as 'another old landmark gone.' ''—Lippincott's