THE WOI*Nl MAY Hi: llKAI.m HUT
TIU: JSCAK WILL 1UJUALN.
,«Y 1'KANCIS S. SMITH,
Oh. vp \\lx fro^si rri?j\m1 n-21utiou an- free.
Wutcli well ihc 101 ii»t iti i«»ns Unit .throng arouiul
hoe!
A clumietcr 1 nrni»hel uoVr lows ilic aiii—
The wnsmd may be healed, hiil, llie sear will ro
main.
'Tie truo thnt tho vilest forgiveness nifty earn—
The sorrowing lost to the fold may return
But sitd rccolh'clioii will bring with it pain—
The wound may he healed, but tho scar will re
xuaiu.
The misty bloom brushed from tlio cheek of tho
plum I
No more to its delicate surface can come
And the pure heart polluted ne'er freshens
ugain—
T?io wonnd may be healed, but the scar will re
main.
The slavo uf vile appetites, touched by re
morse.
May weep o'er his follies and alter his course
But still on life's tablet' his record is plain—
The wound may be healed, but tho scar will re
main.
Then shun ye tho tempter, seek ye tho
goal
Which promises peace to tho worM-wenry soul.
If ye sin ye will strive to forget it iu vain—
The wound nuiy be healed, but ibu seal' will ro
nwiin.
—Sew York 1 !". /.*///.
EMILY BAKER
A Leaf from a IU'lective's Diary.
The clerk addressed was about to
obey, when a sudden thought struck,
me, and I called him back.
"You need not trouble Mr. N
but if the janitor can be found ask him
to stop down tor a minute or two."
In less than two minutes the clerk
returned with the janitor—a broad
sliouldercd Irishman, whose answers to
my questions were given in such a
straightforward manner that I at once
exonerated him from all blame.
"You lock up after the clerks have all
gtmn home, you?" I inquired, look
ing (lie man in the eyes.
"Yes, sometimes Idoes, an' sometimes
I doesn't," was the laconic reply.
"When do you not?"
lien Mr. N—— worruks late o'
nights' as it lias been tho much o'late."
"Did you lockup last night?"
"Yls snr, wats more, I tried
dure afterward."
"At what time did you lock that
door and I pointed to the front en
trance.
"Well, as near as I can 'recollect,
about half-past siven."
"Are you sure you shot the bolt into
the socket
"Ay! I could swear that I locked
that dure an' left it locked."
"How about the windows—did you
fasten them as well?"
"Yis, every wan ov them."
"Very good, sir you mav go now, if
you like," and I turned to the Presi
dent.
On the night of January 10, 18——,
tho Clifton liank was entered by burg
lars, who made good their escape with rings, on a tray,
$30,000 in their possesion. As soon as
the robbery became known I repaired attached to them.
to the bank and sought the President, '-.Some of those rings have been in
to whom 1 presented my credentials our possession a number of days. Ah!
and made known my intentions of com- here is one received this morning,
niencing work at once. The old gen-j'January 12th—diamond setting—E.
tleman readily acquiesced, and together
we passed into the main office, where
several spruce-looking young men were
scratching away as unconcernedly as if
they had not been engaged in an ani
mated discussion of the robberv enlv a
minute before. I glanced at tliem ting, and passed it to my friend.
sharply, but saw nothing suspicious in "liy Jove, Tracy, that is the very
their looks, and concluded it would be ring you are in search of! Now let me
a waste of time to question them. see."
I examined the lock of the door And he went nearer the light,
opening upon the street, and found it "Yes, there can be no doubt about it.
had not been tampered with, although The stone fits into the setting nicely,
the first arrival had found the door and, now that 1
think of it, it is of the
ajar. 1 next turned my attention to a same size and quality ordem"
door opening upon the rear, and found
it securely locked, in which condition
it had been, so the President assured
rue, since the night before.
"Who has charge of the key of this
door?" I inquired.
"Mr. N the cashier, has one, and
our janitor the other."
"Can either of the gentlemen be
summoned
"Yes, both if needs be. Here, War
ren, run around to Mr. N.'s and tell
him that I wish to see him immedi
ately."
every
Now then, Mr. with yonr
permission, we will examine matters
below stairs."
The old gentleman conducted me to
the vault below. The heavy iron door
of the large vault in which" the bank
funds were stored, stood wide open,
affording a view of the interior, which
presented a scene of confusion
not un
familiar to my eyes. Books and papers tatinc voice
lay on the floor in every direction, "I8 Mr.
where they had been thrown after grat
ifying the curiosity of the burglars.
With a quick motion of the hand I
picked the stone from the floor, and
held it concealed in the palm of my
hand, while 1 perused the document,
more for the purpose of concealing the
exultation llelt at having gained so im
portant a clue, than for any other rea
son.
Having glanced at several other pa
pers similar to the one I had first picked
up, I began a thorough search of the
vault, which proved "fruitless but the
diamond in my possession was sufficient
on which to weave a network of circum
stantial evidence.
Having no further business at the
bank I took mv departure, and went di-
ment iu feomers street. The proprietor
of the store knew me, and intuitively
guessing my business, conducted me to
his private office.
"Well, Tracy, what's up?" he in
quired, when we had become seated.
"Nothing unusual," I replied. "You
have heard of the Clifton bank rob
bery, I presume."
"The Clifton bank? Ah! yes I did
hear some one remarking about it.
There was no account of it in the morn
ing papers."
"No, I believe not. The affair was
not discovered in time for the reporters
to get hold of it. Well, sir, the bank
lias been robbed to the tune of $30,000,
and I am engaged on the case."
"Hum! indeed! Hope you'll catch
the rascal, old boy. A dreadful state
of things exist in a small city like this,"
I stooped to pick up a crumpled doc
ument that lay at my feet, and as I did
so, the sparkle of a gem heretofore ting, "which was to be ready this after
conceaied by the paper, caught my eyes^
twisted uneasily iu
ami tlio little man
his chair. I
"Not so bad as you may imagine. 13e
calm, my friend the parlies that robbed
the Clifton bai will not be likely
to pay you a visit."
"Ah! I hone your surmises are cor
rect, but pray toil me your reasons for
thinking as yon do."'
"Certainly. In iho lirst place the
bank robbery is the work of one man,
With pleasure. Excuse 'e one
moment."
And my friend disappeared, return
ing a minute later, with a number of
which he placed on a
table, and began to examine the labels
"Jhiker.'
And he road the inscription.
1 took the ring from his hand and
examined it. It was a finely chased
ring of virgin gold, with the stone miss
ing. I lilted the diamond in the set-
What name did you say the party
gave
"linker—Emily Baker."
"Emily Baker! Then it was a lady
"I presume so at all eveuts, she
looked and acted like one."
'"When is she to call for the ring?"
To-morrow afternoon."
"I must see her when she calls, and
in order that I may play my cards to
better advantage, 1
shall enter your serv
ice as a clerk. What do you say
what you do, old boy there
sibly be some mistake."
"That is very true, and if such should
be the case you may rest assured that I
shall discover it iu time. Did I under
stand you to say that you had promised
to have the ring ready to-morrow after
noon
"No, sir I said nothing of the kind.
She said she would call for it to-morrow
afternoon, and I simply nodded as
sent."
"Then lay this ring aside and leave
the rest to me, I shall call again to
morrow: until then adieu!"
And I passed into the street.
I had thus far met with better suc
cess than I had anticipated, and was
nowise elated or thrown oil* mv guard,
for I knew that I had a sharper to deal
with, whom it would be a difficult mat
ter to outwit.
"During the day I visited several
places where "ye game of faro" was in
full blast, and picked several items of
interest, all of which tended to con
vince me that I was on the right scent.
Early next morning I repaired to my
friend's establishment, and was as
signed to a position behind the counter,
where, it is needless to say, I felt ill at
ease but years of training and patient
study had enabled me to act almost any
role to perfection, and it was not
long before the feeling of uneasiness
wore off.
The day dragged slowly along, for
trade was not very brisk, and the sales
men had but little to do besides read
ing the papers and yawning at each
other across the cases.
Pour clock Would the owner of
the ring ever come 1 asked myself
the question a hundred times, and" was
on the point of doing so again, when the
door slowly opened and a heavily veiled
figure glided in, approached the coun
ter, and inquired, iu a somewhat hesi-
"No, Madam, he is not," I replied.
"Can I do anything for you?"
"I dare say you can. I left a ring iu
charge of Mr. for a diamond set-
UOon.
1
You will please let me have it,
togethcr with the bill.
What name I inquired, bringing
out the tray containing the articles left
for repairs.
"Emily Baker."
"Emily Baker," I mused, picking up
several rings and examining them. "It
does not appear to be among these.
Ah! I recollect what has become of it,"
and I replaced the tray, and took from
the glass case a small box, removed the
lid and exposed the ring to view.
"Is that your ring, madam?"
"It is. Why has it not been attended
to?"
"Simply because the original stone
has been recovered, aud presuming
we have waited until we could hear
from you."
"The original has been recovered! I
do not understand you," and her voice
sounded strangely masculine. "Pray
tell me where it was found."
"Certainly. It was found where you
lost it—in the vault of the Clifton
bank!" and I reached across the counter,
aud with the quickness of thought tore
the vail from the face of no less a per
sonage than the cashier of the Clifton
bank!
He saw that it was all up with him
and quietly submitted to the hand
cuffing process, but when I took him
before the chief he broke down and
begged piteously to be let off for the
sake of his wife and child.
When on trial, he confessed that he
had stolen the bank's funds to liquidate
gan.bl in it debts, and having missed the
A MinpiMiig incident.
She was a busy woman, getting ready
to go away for tho summer, tuul time
was precious, but she must buy before
H]le
l,iur
and he is not a professional burglar. *2. ^9 stepped mto a large dry
In the second place, that man cares establishment on Washington
more for greenbacks than he does for »nd went to the corset counter,
gold ornaments, and would not plunder ^10 hidies who ere there to sell cor
your place for all there is in it. In seta were all busy, but finally one con
this vcrv same party owned
a
fact, this very same
diamond, but threw it away rather than
carry it with him. It is very pretty, is
it not?"
And I held up the stone to him.
The jeweler took it, examined it
closely, and returned it to me. with the
remark: "ft is, as you say, a very
pretty stone, and, I might add, very
valuable for a gem of its size. That is
yonr clue, presume?"
"l'es the only clue I happen to pos
sess. Now, then, I am auxions to find
the ring to which this stone belongs,
and you will please allow me to see the
rings that have beeL left here for re
setting since the robbery."
uew
corsets, 1. D.,
eluded to stop gossiping long enough to
ask what she wanted.
"A pair of corsets, please, P. D.,
size 22," humbly answered the littlo
woman, glad at last that her presence
had become known.
Tho saleslady languidly turned over
the stock iu intervals of her continued
gossip, and at last produced a 1'. D.
pair.
"Yes, but that's size 23."
22 down
and get
Well, we haven't got any
here. Here, aoy, go upstairs
some P. D. corsets, sizes 21, 22 and 23,
several cf each."
The busy woman, after waiting for
the boy until she nearly fell oil the
stool through weariness, went over to
the bustle counter, the shir! counter
and the sack counter to while the time
away, and by and by returned to the
corset counter.
"Has tho boy come back ye!
"No, lie has not."
"When is he likely to
(meekly.)
"When he is ready,"
ically.)
return
toploft-
The afternoon wore awav.
at last returns with four pair of corsets
which he deposited on the counter, re
lnarkiiig that there was not any sii'.e 22
upstairs, and the saleslady iookod at
the busy woman with aglaneo in which
triumph was strangely mingled with
indifference.
"Oh," gasped the would-be customer,
"how 1 wish I had known that a half an
hour ago. need not then have wasted
all this time."
Thi- boy
Slowly, oh, so slowly, the dignified
saleslady turned to the counter, opened
a box and disclosed a "P. 1., size*22."'
"WThv. did the bov bring that?"
"No."
"Did you have ii here all the time?"
"Yes."
"Hut, why did you not give it to nie
when you knew I was in such a
hurry?"
"We don't serve our customers with
electricity," remarked the saleslady as.
with a crushing manner and aspect and
tone aheturned away
however, after a
I am perfectly willing, but take care hack and deliver the package and the
change, after which she resumed her I
sadly interrupted gossip, while the busy
woman made rapid transit out of the
store.—Boston Herald.
may pos-
Thumlrr-Stones.
In 1730 Mahndel presented a paper
to the French Academy of Inscriptions
on the so-called "thunder-stones," and
also presented a series of plates which
showed that these were stone imple
ments, which must have been used at
an early period iu human history.
In 1778 Buffon, in his Epoques de la
Nature, intimated his belief that "thun
der-stones" were made by early races of
men but he did not press this view,
and the reason for his reserve was
obvious enough: He had already one
quarrel with the theologians on his
hands, which had cost him dear—pub
lic retraction and humiliation his
declaration, therefore, attracted no
notice.— Popular Science Monthly.
ExcurKiou ol a Draft,
The following history of the travels
of a draft is from a pamphlet issued by
the Waso (Tex.) State Bank:
A firm doing business in Louisville,
Ivy., made a draft on a firm in Bal
linger, Tex. The Louisville firm de
posited it for collection with its bank
they, having a correspondent in St.
Louis who took their items at par, sent
it there. St. Louis, having the same
facilities in Kansas City, sent it there.
Kansas City, enjoying the blessing of
having a correspondent in Galveston
willing to work for nothing, sent it
there. Galveston, having considerable
business with Dallas, where most of the
banks enjoy the same privilege, sent it
there. Dallas rends to Mexia, Mexia
sends to Waco, Waco sends to Temple,
and Temple to Ballinger. Think of it—
what a delightful trio! But it arrives
after maturity. The"firm failed. Draft
protested $8 protest fees eight banks
out postage, stationary, time and
labor.
To Miiko lee- Water Last.
A useful attribute of paper not gen
erally known is for preserving ice in a
pitcher of water. Fill the pitcher with
ice and water, and set it on the center
of a piece of paper then gather the
paper up together at the top and place
the ends tightly together, placing a
strong rubber band around the coil to
hold, it close, so as to eiclude the air.
A pitcher of ice-water treated in this
manner has been known to stand over
night with scarcely a perceptible melt
ing of the ice.—Itehoboth Sunday
Herald.
The Young Idea*
Fannie's mamma is a great hand to
borrow of her next door neighbor. One
day Fannie went into the neighbor's
for a visit, but found them all ready to
go away to stay a week.
"Is 'oo all doin' at once?"
"Yes, baby and all."
"Why," she said, in an aggrieved
tone, "how tan oo'? My mamma will
want to bor' 'tings."—Detroit .Free
Press.
N'"™' Ti*M
stone of hia ring a short time after the Each vessel, says Lieut. Bradley A.
robbery, and fearing that it might lead Fislte, in the May Forum, will clear
to his detection, had attempted to have for aclion as soon as the other is dis
it replaced as we have shown. eerned, perhaps five miles away. Each
will probably slow down at first, in
Sheconde-cended, modern naval war.
while, to come
In 1723 Jussien addressed the French facts, questionable before that time, as
Academy on the
Thunder-Stones.'
"Origin and Uses of
He showed that re
cent travelers from various parts of the
world had brought a number of weapons
and other implements of stone to
Prance, aud that they were essentially
similar to what in Eiirope hud been
known as "thunder-stonfls a year later
this fact was clinched into the scientific
mind of France by the Jesuit Lafitau,
who published a work showing the
similarity between the customs of
aborigines then existing in other lauds
and those of the early inhabitants of
Europe. So begau, in these works of
Jussleu and Lafitau, the science of com
parative ethnography.
of tho
F,,t,,re-
order to gain time for preparation, and
especially for getting the steam pres
sure up to the highest point. Forced
draft will at once be started, and the
subdued roar of the air driven through
Hie furnaces, to accelerato combustion,
[ind the whir of the dynamos will be
added to the clang of the gunbreach
blocks, as they are swung open to admit
the projectile to the breach, the hum of
the ammunition- hoists raising powder
and shell to the decks, and the quiet,
firm orders of authority.
On deck the gatling guns and revolv
ing cannon and the rapid-fire guns in
the tops are got
noiselessly
iuto readi­
ness the Captain takes his place iu the
armored conning tower with tho chief
quartermaster and his aid the executive
officer assumes charge of the battery,
and remains near at- hand to take the
Captain's place in case of his death or
disability the range finders are got iu
position, and the ojlicer in charge be
gins to report from time to time tho
distance of the enemy, now drawing
closer.
Probably not a shot will be fired until
this distance is reduced to 2,000 yards,
and probably both ships will keep
pointed toward each other until that
time. But now what will the contest
ants do? It has been held that both
will advance steadily toward each other
—each commander hoping that some
I false move on the part of his adversary
will enable him to rush forward, dis
charge his bow torpedo at 508 yards,
and perhaps follow it up with his ram
find end the fight at once—until they
have approached so close, say 500 yards,
that niether dare to swerve lest ho him
self be rammed so that the ships will
at length collide end on, and may both
sink!
The various inventions of the past
few years—rapid-firing guns, high ex
plosives, torpedoes, submarine boats,
dynamite guns, and range finders the
increased power and perfection of steam
and electric machinery tho improvc
ments in powder and in steel for pro
jeciiles and for armor—have not revo
lutionized naval science so much as
they have broadened it. The princi
pie* of strategy remain tho same, and
::o does the necessity for the seaman's
skill. Engineers construct, inventors
invent, experiment are tried, sham bat
ties are fought, and heated discussions
agitate the naval mind but the only
thing that can determine the real con
dition of modern naval warfare is a
High Flying.
The most remarkable balloon ascen
sion on record was made in 1704 by
Blot and Gay-Lussac, of Paris. By
this enterprise they endowed science
with a series of new and important
they carried with them a complete set
of suitable apparatus, and, moreover,
au
unsurpassed knowledge of observa-
lion and experiment. Tliev ascended
to a height of 12,000 feet, and observed
that at 8,000 or 0,000 feet the animals
they had taken with them in order to
observe the effect of the rarefied air aud
cold upon them, did not appear to suffer
any inconvenience.
In the meantime the pulses of tha
two experimenters were much acceler
ated that of Gay-Lussac, otherwise
always slow, sixty-two beats per minute,
was eighty and that of Blot, naturally
rapid, seventy-nine beats per minute,
was 111.
At a height of ll,000jfeet alpigeon was
liberated it dropped down, whirling
through the air as if it had been a stone.
The air was too thin and too rarefied to
enable it to fly,
Three weeks later Gay-Lussac went
up alone and attained a height of 22,
Q.00 feet (four and one-sixth miles), or
2,000 feet higher than the top of Chim
borazo Mountain. The barometer was
only 13 inches high the thermometer
18 degrees Fahrenheit below the freez
ing point, while at the surface of tho
ground it was 80 degrees. He left the
court-yard of the Conservatoire des
Arts et Metiers, in Paris, aud, after an
aerial voyage of six hours, descended
near Bouen, 100 miles distant.
The result of this ascension on Gay
Lussac's health was very injurious, par
tially by want of air for respiration,
combined with sudden cold, but chiefly
by the absence of the accustomed press
ure. At the extreme height of 22,000
feet his face and neck were swollen
enormously, his eyes protruded from
his head, blood ran from his lungs by
Vomiting in short, his system received
a shock from which he never fully re
covered during the rest of his life.
New York Ledger.
(S.vmpatliy Thrown Away.
It is seldom that the New York street
Mrchin fails to get amusement out of
anything where he sees the chance.
Some youngsters saw au opportunity
recently in the union of the following
elements: A pair of trousers, an old
jacket and vest, a hat and some straw.
The straw was put in the other ele
ments, and the whole, when completed,
made a very fair specimen of the genus
"tramp." The boys carried the figure
around to a neighboring church, and
placed it in a position which was skill
fully intended to give the impression to
passers-by of a fellow-being in agony.
Then they hid to watch developments!
says the New Ybrk Times. A lady and
gentleman passed the church, "Oil,
look at that poor fellow, John! He
seems to be ill," remarked the lady.
The small boys didn't say anything, but
{kept their eyes on "John." "John,"
.who
Avas
a courtly cavalier of the olden
days, benevolently went up and touched
the figure, saying, What's the matter
with you, my man He did not wait
to get an answer, but left suddenly, and
his departure was punctuated by various
cat calls and scoffing remarks.
Many persons passed the figure, and
many, overcome by emotions of pity,
went up and spoke words of kind en
couragement to it. patted it on the
(shoulder, shook it, and then went away
quickly, accompanied by cries of "Git
de ambulance fur de man, boss! Call
der oop! He's McGinty's brother, bossl"
and various other expressions of Amer
icanized Anglo-Saxon tluifc were more
or less forcibly understood by tho?e who
heard them.
The urchins kept it up until one of
their number suggested carrying the
figure to the park and "make a
Onward and Upward*
One hundred years have elapsed
since the first and last census taken in
the United States. It is interesting and
pertinent to glance at the interim. The
first census—that of 1700—showed a
total population in the thirteen States
and the Territories on each side of the
Ohio liiver, of 3.021,320. In the
Northwest Territory the population was
so small that no return was made. The
great Central States of the Union had
not even been explored. The census
of the present year will show a popula
tion approximating 70,000,000.
The commercial progress of the
country has been equally rapid. It has
kept step with the vast increase iu pop
ulation and the amazing growth of the
cities. At the birth of the nation the
manufacturing interests were of little
importance but since then there has
been an amazing expansion in every de
partment of industry.
llailroad development has kept pace
with the increase of population and ex
pansion of commerce. The first lino
constructed in the United States was
the (Juincy .Railroad, in 1820. The
second was the Mauch Chunk L'ailroad,
in Pennsylvania, in 1827. The rapid
growth of the railroad system of the
country since that time presents a
striking evidence of the activity and
enterprise of the people avid tho civil
progress of the nation. Tho number of
miles of railroad now in operation is
about 125,000.
The first line of telegraph was erected
in 184i. between Washington and Balti
more. Erom this small beginning a
vast system of telegraphic lines has
been constructed, by means of which
all the great centers of trade and popu
lation in the world have been brought
into instantaneous communication.
The entire country is in the full
swing of progressive developemeiit and
it is destined to accomplish still more
wonderful remits and achieve still
greater triumphs in the future.
Testing Silver Iollar.s.
From every fresh lot of silver dollars
made a few are sent to the government
assaver at Washington for testing.
Weighing is but a matter of scales, but
it is decreed that the dollar, for in
stance, must be exactly nine-tenths sil
ver, tho remaining tenth being copper,
and a variation of not more than one
and one-half grains in the quantity of
the noble metal is allowed. First, tho
silver dollar has to be rolled out thin iu
a machine, because when the coin is
made the silver iu it has a tendency to
go toward the middle, so that the metal
on the outside is not so fine as
within. But the assayer must discover
the average fineness of the piece in
order to ascertain just how much silver
there is altogether in it, and he does
this in a very curious vriiy.
He passes the thin strip of metal into
which the dollar has beeu rolled
through a little contrivance operated
by a crank that is turned by tho hand.
The strip comes out punched as full of
holes as it can be, while hundreds of
small circular disks about the size of
a gold quarter fall out of the holes thus
made into a tiny box below. Next the
disks are taken out of tho drawer aud
mixed up a few of them are taken from
the lot and they, representing the aver
age of silver, are subjected to chemical
analysis.
Our Ul^rary
Lionesses.
Penman—By the way, old man, who's
that pretty little girl iu blue talking to
Prof. Winterby?
Quills—That's the author of the new
book on the "Philosophy of the Un
known.
Penman—And who's the old maid
in spectacles?
Quills—What! Don't you know her
Why, she wrote the novel that every
body is talking about—"Geraldine, or
the Confessions of a Young Girl."—
Boston Post.
Not Much of a Job.
/'"Why, helloa, Bill," said a man stop
ping au acquaintance ou the street.
What are you doing
"Nothing at all."
"Have you been out of work
since I saw vou
"Yes."
"What, haven't worked at all''
"Let me see. Oh, yes, I took
census of St. Louis, but that didn't
amount to anything." Ar leans aw
Traveler.
Betting on
The recent attempt I,
get up
a
son
the
IMfs W.'Hiuu*.
The proprietor of a shooting-box in
the west of Ireland, having been driven
home in a regular downpour, and pcr
eeping that his Jehu was almost in
rags, sympathetically said:
Pat, my poor lellow, vou must be
wet through and through
"Faith, then, no, your honor," replod
Pat. "I'm wet only to the skin but,
please goodness, l'ii bo wet inside as
soon as your honor can get out the
spirits!"—New York Ledger.
Editor—Mr. Scribbler, I wish vou
would get up a little department head
ed "Children's Sayings" aud fill it full
of the brightest little mots you cau
pick up.
Mr. Scribbler—Yery sorrv, sir, but
my children are all awav on a visit
aud—
Ihen collect the bright things you
hear said by other people's children."
I-—I never hear other people's
children say anything worth printing
—Good Neivs.
Wauls V.H.
Little Dot—Oh, mamma, the organ
grinders monkey is at the window, an'
he has a litle round box in his hand
Mamma-Well, my pet, what do you
think he wants?
Little Dot (after a glance at the
organ.g„nder)-I doss he wants to boi*
row same soap.—New York Weekly.
fight between
and a puma reminds w°
reeding in oUr old °fa'l
Nevada. There were«}mnS
tain lions prowling an?"1'7
cide
I or murder." The idea was seized, and
the poor agonized figure was hurried
from the church steps and borne off into
the surrounding darkness with a yell
that made a nervous old lady who was
standing on tho street corner shiver and
exclaim to her aged companion,
"Laudy! look at those boys a tormentin*
that poor man."
0
days, and one off dav i1(1
fall hopes to make
,li!-
"fall" was a heavy1"
CaP^
tended to break the lio
night a varmint was ca,','
way that he was rfmnlvf!,'
not a bit injured, if"
l'
and as savage as a nJ?*f
had an awful time
Ketti,
,aj
camp and caged up \v°
11111
selling him for a good °a,c
after about a week n'l«
«i.h th.
his heels you ever saw
was gaunt, wild-eyed'
awkward, and he didl.-t
twelve pounds at the most
heard about our lion,
anj
mm over he said:
te
"Boys here seems to be
it.Y
an
inside of five minutes'"
You could have heard us 1
yell a mile awav, but tl
served a very serious faco1.
Anybody kin holler
talks. Gentlemen, I'U j.,"
even up that my dog lick i'8
We jumped ou to him aw",
under that, pioposituin
offered to make it §2uo \yp
faster. After tho slake.,
v-e^
about fixing for the ti^i,|
a natural sink near by a'o^t
a circus tent, but as we li«j
enclose it wo had to
g(.f
our lion's neck and .-end
for a chain to ho him.
]'v
forked sticks and blankets',,
out r_ the cage and cl.aiV ed
stake iu the centre of this y
but wasn't he ripping ililu|
over and over-he stood ou
howled and screamed, and
would have gone widiisi rtae
for a thousand dollars.
The light wa, set for
there were 400 men there.
in the morning everything
and the master of cerea,
nounced:
"Gentlemen, the bet is tha
dog licics that 'ere lion iu five
The owner of the dog adva
the canine under his arm, a
screamed. The dug was iim
and then, wonderful to ro!:
gave him one look and tnn:.i
dug ran him five times
rink, biting at his heels,
scared half to death, tli=
twisted his head out of the co
through the crowd, and dust
cedars. The dog ran him on
and then came back as if no
happened.
"Gentlemen, the dog wins!
the referee, aud the stakes
I over.
I We offered the man a Iran
lars to explain how it was
I replied:
I "I couldn't do it for a
'cause I don't know.
All
that every
thing gets out oi !r
And not one of ns could
satisfied as to why that ragi
turned coward the way he
Sun.
Our Mistakes About Kadi
Not one man in ten tho
those with whom he associat
rc-ally are. If the prayei
were granted, and we could
selves as others see ns, on
mates would in all probaliii
more erroneous than they are
truth is that we regard
through a variety of leases,
which is correct. Passion
judice, love and hate, beuevcl
envy, spectacle our eyoi an
prevent us from observing
Many whom we deem the
human clay are merely potm
si ill greater number of th
down iu our "black book"are
off from heaven, and pei'diai
nearer, than the censors vlw
them. We habitually uude
overvalue each other and in
character the shrewdest of
and then make true appr.
virtues aud defects of
closest intimates. If we
selves as the world sees us,
would despise themselves wit
cient cause, and not a few If
with pride for which there*
honest foundation.
all
It is not just or fair to loot
acter from a
stand-pointof
selection. A man's pr 'tue
prepossessing, and yet l'b
agreeable. We once sav ay
whose timidity was a sta
his companions, leap into tu
and save a from drmv'1.
his tormentors stood panic-f
the bank. The merchant
curt answers in his counting,
be a tender husband and W
kind lieli er of the desomte
pres-ed. On the other li
good-humored person, v.ho
and sunshine in public, ma.''
thing as hard as the retntn
in the place where the
be. (Such anomalies a"
There is this comfort
those whose misjudgment
low mortals leau to the
such mistakes go to thc-in1
ever
1
great account.
He who thinks bettei
1
bors than they deserve
pc 1
for the standard W
man
ig'ment is guided is the
It is
his own heart,
believe all men
tlie
base—01''
Fe«'i
words, like themselves,
are evii.
Public men are seUlow
fairly judged—at least
However pure, they
calumny. However
c°'.
sure to find eulogists.
tlietn justice but the
while alive, either from
New York Ledger.
B'
"How do you reck0"
age in this country „j
the census enunaeratoi.
small fraction over, ^'a,.
see aud my husband is
tion over in this famay-
ATLAS held up the
stated how muck be got