TH”E SEEN" Tish};
sotiTH Suitwnpk. DECEMBER til.
A newlyldlscoverel Mexican flower is
quite i wonder, if reports be true. It is
said to be white in the morning, red at
noon and blue at night; and is further
ccdited/with emitting perfume only in
the middle of the day. It grows on it
two of i‘ic isthmus of Tchuantcpec. ..
Ty: London 1. mm? records the case of '3”
I girl'w‘io had attacks resembling dl'll- i
rluni tremens from the act of chewing
tealcnvcs. Sc-lrr‘r belicvex that many
persons could be cured of tlnir dyspep-
Iia and of pilpitation of the heart by
discontinuing the use of this favlrite
beverage.
{in agent for u parlor organ says it
pays to give an organ outright to some
farmer in a neighborhood where there
are no instruments. As soon as
furnu-r‘s'wifc (at‘lziiiiis: “Well, if that
isn‘t check! If that family can buy an
organ, we sliail certainly have one. and
\vc‘ll get a better one than they did..‘
From fifteen to twenty sales
sult.
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.Xruiiiinta llullingr-r. an old colored
Woman, his justllicd in \VlicclingAVext
Virgzma. at the ag- of nin -ty. She \\ as
icons ‘lcl‘tal'lll‘ be~s cook in that region
of c utility. and prepared the biz: dinner .
g. veu liifaycttc when he was cntcrtuincl
tiit‘:€. S‘sie also superintended Statedin»
tiers given tot‘lay, Webster and other
0 stables in llln"s pastShe t‘ \er claimed
to have bu‘n \ieuigi: \\':i~liin;: on's nurse
and was also
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ltris (“llllllly‘l that the material cont
. tuincxl in the t”hinc~c wall would build a
final: ar n id the World si\ feet huh and
tau fut thick. lts co»: was probably
cplul to that of all the “ammo miles of
railroad in the l‘nJIdét rte". .-\ nutiiu
that wou’d begin and coniplvte such a
stui (\ulDlH work as that rather than
ti :lit itwticntics from its b nindarii-s lacks
lb
l‘he l‘hincsu wail in an cvcrlrtslitig evpov
ne..t of the Chinese character.
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t‘ll‘llu‘iiis‘ for azuevsive .id\ :lllt‘rllu‘lll.
The appearance of e‘ “blizzar-lcd" train
i. t-_Ll‘ dcscrbed by‘the liistnnrck (lla-
k Itn
with her- tw . handsome engines pilling
an 1 snortinbr and glisteziin :, she was anl~
ruiel by a crowd of liismnrckurs: “ho
arw ever rca ly to applaud the. beautiful
cud pictures pie. inlcrcstin:
sight of a‘l was the ‘whitocapped snow
pfogv which cam-gins! ahead of thetrain.
The p‘ovv was loaded with several tons
of pure white material, and the engine
was agigantie lituving ic clc. of curious
shapes and UV‘Illl. i'e lu'.l i y. The drivw
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”.\“ th - ll’Jlll came in,
The most
wheelstlie boiler.t‘ne bell and the sin «kc '
stack were handsomely plated with ice
and so 1w, and the cab was a perfect lit~
tle crystal palate.“ "
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.\ lzid \vhoxgt‘ently brought his father‘s
“sch nn‘r safely into put at St. Johns,
ch Brunswick. unaided by any otlnr
person, is a youth whoshoulrl he dear to
the heart of Oliver Uptie and the editors
of young people‘s magazines It seems
that of the original crew of three who
were on the Vesscl'the mate was knocked “
overboard and lost. and the skipper left
the Schooner in a boat to s arch for the
i‘hifortunate sezinian. In so doing he was
lllliht‘lf separated from the ship“ and ,
obliged to make his w ay as bestrhe could
to land. Meanwhile the lid took the
rod ler, and in spite of In ad winds and
b any seas manigi-d to make a harbor.
More is material for an eaten lining talc,
rntitlcd: “The Boy Xu‘ ignlor; or,
Ah nc at Sea,“ which should have a wide
circulation.
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An English writer, discussing the low
condition of English agriculture, says:
"the great difficulty is to get men to i
work on n 5 file suited to their means.
At present the custom is mm for a
man who has the means to ‘ istice to
me nerve of land to try to work 300, and
so starve himself and the farm too.“
This, adds the New York Times, is
sound Selho and a great ccomnnieal
truth, for waste of labor is waste of
In may and material. and where there is
waste there is want and loss, which must
be paid for without any return. The
above remark is applicable to our own
circumstances, for, on the average it is
. positivcfnet that thousands of Ameri;
can farmers would be better of! were
they to cultivate well one-fourth as much
land ssthey now work in a poor and
protltless manner; «and so produce as
much from ten acres at is now made
from forty, and at one-third of the
cost. . ‘
’ By the application of gun cotton,
three immense and lo“ty chimneys be~
longing to the Kunhcini establishment.
Berlin. have been successfully destroyt d
to enable imp irtunt changes to be made
in the fuétory. 'l‘lie large~t of these was
' about 147““ high, and ten feet diame-
ter at thebise. In order that it should
fit I outward from the city. the charge of
gun cotton, about fifty-seven pounds,
was attached in portloisvto the side next
tae cit; and to the udjiicent Iides, and
all th C.- were exploded simultaneously
wgtli n magneto-electric apparatus. The .
chimney, instead of falling obliquely,
collapsed vertically, and on inspection
the four walls of the pedestal were
found t. have been driven outward: the
bricks were all detached from each
other. and needy all, entire, undtbe
Eds‘arirwu thrown u very little dis-
tunce. The ‘two other‘chimneyi. treated
slaiilufly; Eileen?" oip‘m‘tedfitbut is.
ob i-iuelyaway from the c ty. and one
of tin n. in telling, broke in two st
about themiddl- r. "s. _
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‘hnve u Nude—union composed of eight
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known that he has one every other
are the rc- .
The organ grinders of New York city
hnndrtd and eighty-two members. They
parcel out the city into routes, as news-
paper carriers and 'milkmen do, and
when amen dies or goes home to ltalv
his route is sold to the highest bidder,
The organ tunes are graded, according
to the routes, the classic organs taking
Fifth avenue, Murray Hill and other
high—toned localities, while the simple
' ,l and mire popular tunes are sent to the
humblcr sections of the city. The
grinders average $3 or $4 a day in pen.
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Here is something of n .Qieession for
John liull'to make. It appeared in the
london n‘t'ohe. and the vanity of the men
a‘ Harvard will be more than ever tick ied:
‘ \Vliatevcr many of us may think of
many American institutions, political, fi—
nancial. social. and so forth, there is run
department of life and learning in which
nobody who knows anything about the
matter can deny that the l nited States
stands. if not absolutely first, yet second
to no nation in the world—that is to s:
b >tli in the study and in the practicb of
law. And the reason will not be found
far to seek by readrrs of the speeches
that have distinguished the reunion of
the members of the Harvard Law thool
.\ss«sciation \lll‘lll‘: the celebration of the
.quarteiuniiilcnlat mew and ominous ad-
dition to the what-1‘33. of their ulm l WI
le‘ *. Tea hers and stiidents‘of law alike
\villbe well udx i~exl to procure a report
of the proceedings. to. which it is inipos~
sible within the limits of a short note to
do more than to seantiest justice.“
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An instrdment known as the the liar
rett»\clms telephone, invented by two.
residents of Houston,'l‘cxus,li-isjiist had . _ , . , ,
, sail, and in this.unprouusine~ condition
asuccessfnl trial at Huvestou. The test
consisted in talking ovcra \\ ire $3M miles
103‘31'; that being the distance to New Ur-
lcnus and rcturnJl‘he articu‘ation “as far , 1 .
I‘ll‘rl‘ distinvt and perfect than mer the i n m" h" e, .
,tlie mat~ died raving mid lu‘fore thcrc owes.
ordinary shurt circuits by the llcll tc‘e-
phone. The n‘ w inventi n ditl‘crs from
the lieildldisoa and .illollier telephones,
inasmuch as it combines the ctl‘evts of an
and ill ~ helix of a hand
ph inn-{auxing them to act simultaneous-
ly and in concert, with each other by
winding the coils in the same direction
and using: a carbon diaphragm with thrc ‘
‘arbon contacts, providing for the usenf
a larger amount of battery. The recent
te~t was made with three cells.
induction coil
sli-vrt distance it \ b‘tttery whatever is rcr
quirml. the automatic dynamocurrcnt
liviisgSiitlieicnt to articulate with great
disitnctness and stvadiiu-ss; The invl~n~
tors claim that th -_v c in talk from New
Yolk to Sun Frunlciseo with the sum
di~tinctness as for a distance of S») l -o
HY! miles.
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The Galveston l'l‘exns) News tclls this
story of buried treasure:
southeast
“Some eight
of K cmp, 0n Twelve
Mile l riirie, lives a family by the. name.
_ of Godfrey. In “75 old inan Golfn y
look sick and died in a short time with
l ongfssinn ufthe lungs. The oldlziau
was in 'fine circumstances, had consider-
able szo‘k and a good deal of money. He
was in the h.bit of keeping his money
lllu‘ll d. and had it all buried at the tim:
l he was~ tnkcu sick.
miles
His wife being dead,
he told no one '\\‘ll"l‘x' he k-‘pt it except -
hisoldcst son. a boy seventeen y uirs of
3 age, and, as recent tlevclopm ~nts have
proved, this boy did not know where it
was all buried. Alt‘r the old man's
death, the in cmipany with his
uncle. repaired to the place where he
l knew the money was buried, and they
got up several thousand dollars. Many
of the old neighbors, and even his own
i cliildren,liavc always believed that there
inns mare money buried around the
i premises, and time and again have
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searched for it without finding anything.
The old home has been rented out from
year to year to various individuals. It
was rented this year to a man by the
name of Ashton, who moved the fence
, from around the plum orchard, and in
plowing in oats last Aprilhis plow stru. k
an old coffee-pot, which, upon investigw
,tion, proved to contain a quantity of
lgnld pieacs, estimated at: something
3 near one hundred. $.0 gold pieces,
Ashton kept this a secret from all except
a young man coming home with him
from town. One day when he was full
ofthe oil of gladness he told the. young
man he had, plenty of gold. and if he
would go with him he would show it to
him, which he did. Time passed on.
Aslitou,who wasamau of limited minus,
spent money the past fall rather reck-
lessly, and on last Thursday morning
the proof of the Godfreyfnrnily had.
connect-ad with all the circumstances,
caused the arrest of Ashton, who now is
under heavy bond, for the money he
found, which beyond all doubt is the
money old man Godfrey buried some
ten or tw'elve years ago."
Definitions of the Day.
Before the mast—The bowsprit.
\\'nsli~ uy-.«: ebruary tw nty~second.
A fish horn—t od~uver O‘L
A cold c..t«-—A cake of ice.
Lit out-The kcrosenc‘kindling ser.
vant.
A sign of prosperity-4.
A bird fancier The cat.
A tea-party—The Chinese.
A smoke~staek—-A package of cigar-
otter.
Highly incensed w'llhe smoking-car.
Tripped tip—The tips. .
A volume of smoke ~The history of
i’ittshurg. —I’ul‘k.
Home.
Home never seems more use ed and
pleasant-than after a separation from it
Di tnnce from it only enhances its
value—intensities it secredness.
There is no swam place in thin world
than home. All- life. love and hope
Ire bound. up in it.
y We may on by ourselves temporarily
E‘Icwhere, but our greatest joys will ever
cluster aroundnh. ame. -
John Howard Payne was right: ”fisl
“hone, sweet hemrl”-8&. Louis logo
: px-nts.
For .i
afonnd him and took him.
It lial but little furniture
a table, skins and coarse mats, and in the ~
THE NEW YEAR-
With what gifts will you make amends.
New Year, for the one that has flown!
Be and I won; the best of friends.
And he gave me much for my own.
Have you ought in your board I need.
Spirit to strengthen, soul to feed.
Heart Enlighten. day to illnme.
“'aste places to coax into bloom!
“'6 were sorry to let the Did Your go
Across the old world‘s outer rim;
“'e knew his ways, but we do not know
What the New Year brings with him.
“'8 remember all of the Old Year's smiles.
His moons that lighted us. miles and miles,
His summer woods, with their cool, sweet.
scents,
And all of his pleasant blandishntents:
Though he brought us many a wbund and
min.
Yet. in spite of his frosty atm sphere;
“7e long t ) summon him back again;
“'ill the New Year bring us a paua ~63?
7..“ —lIm-y‘ A. Prescott.
TIGERS AND CATNIP.
A sn i i'i‘rzn‘s yanx.
(In the days when there was no restric-
tion on the trade, t‘ai-tnin Hrinit-lrnt‘ the
schooner 'l‘ropie Bird-sailed from \Vhy- ;
duh, coast of Guinea. for Barbados. with
a cargo of slaves, as he had d me before;
but he had hardly crossed llm [light o:
lfcnin. when the schooner was struck bv
a white Squall and thrown on her luanf
ends All the white people on board
were on deck at the time. cxcept on:- pas~
St tiger. and with them there were a low
trusted slru es, who were employed in va
rious ways. The rest of the >1‘l\'l‘$ \vcrc
c~ntined below. The Schooner had but
0 0 small boat, which \\ as taken pos~cs~
sinn of by the I aptain. Mate, and four
bands. who luiltlt d h-r >0 di-enlv that
they were obliged to push off, ‘h-‘uving
scvcusonls, “bite and blnek. clinging t-
tlic \‘cht‘i‘s‘ b -ttom. Th. y had four tum.
afcw unions of palm oil. but no sail.
and no bread and Water. - -\ tarpaulin.
found. under a uni, was llfigc‘tl for a
they heath-d for the shore lhcv had he
Ccntly left. The ecu was. still- running
high. and frequently came on board. The
sun beat down upon them with txr-
and all but one man and
was a sight of land. .\t last the surviv-
§ ors \ve:c cheered by the outline of a low
gshwrc. which they made a desperate cf
3 fort t . reach. and as night :lgalll ( loscd etch utlr~r and were only \viitiu' for n .
iiu they run under the shadow of ovlr ‘ ‘
‘hzuzging lt‘m-S. \\ .erc all \\:l~ :\ ltltll~ll »- .mneludul lu pu h the business and
the home of feve s and the allude of scr~
Mn N cry hand it was a low jun
toluc; an impenetrable undergrowth of
ferns. youngv palms. climbing vines. rut:
tnns. tin-thick leaved nuts, and tall gum
trees, woven tugvtlier. To penetrate it
was a hopeless task. and, aiter pihliinq
further on the nevt day. and Rossini:
mmy arms of what nppcare l to b: the
monlhofa river. t ey found a place to
land. 'l‘hvae they killed a numb r of
snakes. which 'hvy devo ll‘t'll. (‘11 this
spot thehe “a" another death. and the
State was the only survivor. lie. was re
duet-d to a shadow when some nativcs
with his boat.
to them a prize. to tln ir village, \l'ari,
- when- therc was :i in ssion sltlllun; Urn-c
there, he cr-uhl hardly trust his senses,
for he heard :i “live speakin,r lingl 4h.
and saw before him a comely English-
tVV-illlllll. the wrfe» widow. lo: she had
been bereft a fox days before —of a ms»
smnary. who had labor-ml in th.t, un-
. promising: held 'l‘li- lins‘ianurv h id
mn‘ ('niiicd oil by a tip r. anl his
‘w.do\v, hall crazed by her sudden :ird
terrible loss. \\u~
much for n shipwrecked mariner; but
his haggard fJCl‘. shrunken li nlh‘, and
in no condition to do
we bcgoni- looks nroisml her svznpi
'l he village was made up cf krnals and
Wig“ urns covered Will! u thatch 01 leave»
from such abml,-s, was :i l. w Collage of
wattle, by contrast neat and attractive.
a few stools.
part that might be called a kitchen.
w mdcn spoons, gourdsand the like h g
on the walls. l~Tut lllt,‘ l’hll‘lll of two place
“‘33 its ll nvcr garden rv—not native flow-
. era, but flowers that curricl the inissiam
my and his wife bar-k to where they had
spent theircni'ly days. and Wire grown
from Seeds they had bruught with them.
or Were sent out in letters from time to‘
time by" distant fricn'ls blossoming
beans. tufts of rocket andswcs-t \\'ilé;ani,
nodding Spl";|_\‘s nf rng;cd-sailor. and
spikvs of fox-g1 vc, becrlarkspnr. hiliv-
hocks ofman'y colors. and niarigods and
asters, all growing loge her. 1 ed clover.
beds of ruse-z and balsam shared the
ground with thn humbfer but no less val»
ued catnip, mutherwort and golden-rod;
h" what was intended for a porch. and
which was as like one as the missionary
could make it with the materials at‘hand.
It was these flowers. ob'ccts of love and
admiration. that softened the lot of the-
inisdounry and his wife. and ma lc them
forget many of the privations they hat
to bcir. And it was whiie sca‘ed on
this low porch, in the tool of the even-
ing, erroying his pipe-~his only indul—
gen. e ~thnt he was seiscd bv a beer and
carried off. Traces of tigers had been
seen in the flower garden. and sum 3 of
limbs, that they had seen one there: but
the alarm was never given in time for
the mis ionnry and his wifcro catch sight .
of the dreaded creature. The presence
of such a terrible fee, in the immediate
neignborhood sent a chill to every heart
for they were powerless to contend with
him. having only one shotgun. 1 here
was a constant (1.er that he would sud-
denly burst up in them; and when, with
a bound. he carried 0 l‘ the head of the
house. they were in ulyze‘d.
The mate said he would do what he
most before he had time to take it all in
the tiger again appeared, as he sit. on
the doirstep ruminnting.
thistxme did not come with glar ng eyes.
intent on his prey, but was epirith-ss and
evidently ill. Whether the miss ouarv
had not agreed with him or, in satisfy-
ing his voracsorts appetite, he had swal- l
lowed too many brass buttons. or, per-
haps, the missionary 5 false teeth. could
not be ascertained. Certainly the crea-
ture was moping, and for a long time
(no one caring to go out and drive him
off) he lay in o [art of the git-den he had
frequeutcd before, apparently munching
mmcthtng.
The next morning' the mate carefully
entwined thesnot, un~l saw that the
tiger had confined his attention to the
catnip bed Hem was u revelation, and
from it the mate was quick to draw 3'
oonclu ion. “Fate.“ said he to himself,
“love out i , cut of it freely..und always
turn to it w on ailing. A rat," he went,
on, “is udiminutive‘tiger; u tiger is u
monstrous cat: whether large or small,
cut or tiger. they have one taste in can»
mm; a love of catnip " ‘
Having reavuned thus. he set shout
turning his conclusions to account ntis
find that with the aid of cumin he might
The creature ’
3 Ahgrirnv
capture this troublesome tiger—«perhaps
many tigers, greatly to his profit. Ex:
ectly how it was to be done required
- more reflection. At last it came to him
that with the aid of the negrocs about
the mission. he (Ollld make u corral of
timber, with sidea so high and sloping
in~ that a tiger, once caught, could not
climb up and over the paiinrr. The work
was begun. and the corral when com-
p‘et'd. was to be planted thick with cat-
nIp. especially about the trap, which the
tiger \‘as expected to spring when
rolling- iu the savory bed. The widow
entered heartily into the scheme, the
negroe i were enctxuragcd ‘to work,
and in time the corral was made
and planted. It worked to a charm,
for the first night after ,it was
opened the old tiger (who had re.ov-
cred his vigor-i cane sunlling around,
and not finding a sprig of catnip in the
gard: u. followcd up the scent and struck
the trail. lint when he came, to the cor-
ral he was rather suspicious, for every
thing about it was new, and the ground
was coverel with fresh chips. There
wus plenty of Catnip within: he could
see that, and be c Mild find it. u:,nvhcre
else: and after many fcints he entered
stealth‘ly. touch d the spring as he
pushed on. and in a moon n: was secured.
lint the catching of the tiger was
3 nothing: com; art-d to the labor and aux:
i-ty n't lltltllg getting llllll into a cage
.whieh had to be made and Rentingr him
to Illill‘kt'l. .‘lC.ill\\'llllL‘11‘.‘ lind to be fed,
which duty was :lS ignrd to mic of the
negro-s, who scoured the co ntry for
kills, shores sul iackrrabhits; for he
.h‘nl no weapon with which to secure
large game. The e ige. rude beyond dc~
s iiptil-n. was bated with a shote and
liicivcd : p to the trap. which was lifted
iu~t high (11012ng for the tiger thungry
from fast'ng. to rush in and pounce on
the p ‘rkcr, when the door, with a slam.
dropped into its place:
Nothingeould b- liner. and the crip~
tnin .if a canoe inanu» d with forty pad-
divs, agreed to take the tige‘. with the
ice *~\‘a"y provision, to \\'hyd~ih. f r u
considerattun.
the tiger to a hung ‘ in London. th ‘ widow
haying freight. for the mute was “broke“
when the Tropic lit‘d went over.
your, :in e\cepti inaly line one, found a
renly marker, and the consignee. in re
lll Hit: the proceeds. ml‘cit: d other like
To meet the dilliculty of . _
‘ :ilmnl nation.
u. risignutn-nts.
proximityr i‘llfil‘Q. he agreed to keep
\Innclicslcr m’tlv. in stock at
\\'hy.inh, ’lhEs \\‘.l~ plca~ant news. and
when recciiml :it “all. the mate and the :
willow. who had licaunl- :i‘lut‘hcl lo
mivi marry to turn up and splice them
makH rcg'xlir ~h§pnient< of fig rs.
. y ‘ > l‘Ii‘m that time :lli went \\ell till the .
‘ gm, in \\lll(‘l1_llt) “lute mm c nild hope ,lmsiucss atltr‘irtcll the
attention (if .\liA
grimx. kin}: of
li-lukurc. the lettv king “ho ruled in
the \Vnri \lellli t. to lion: the mate to
hi: cnuut= v seal. which was not far from
.\b «inny. the capital. This was starting.
but ther.~ was nu help for it. alrl with a
be u y hurt the mate lc‘it the widow and
start: d on the crime}: He uni Kauknm
trav; led toward Almincy as rapidly as
circumslunies \voull admit. receiving
many alt ntions on the way. which l{:in«
kure :ipptopr'ut-ii l'! himself till they
drew near "to lllf‘il” tourney‘s cud. whm . _ _ _
‘ ‘ eith ~r makrnh improper) or h‘wlal, tun
lie evidently \\‘i~hcd th.t ll was over.
,\l Niki-hit. th'it‘ first inst. they \vore ' l _ ..
Q l ‘ g quite fresh and recently klzlld.
met by :i delezation headed by li‘lllllil,
the ch cf of tint se tint). who sought to
do honor to the mate and Sll<x\\’ pr vper
rvspct‘t for Knnkore. .\t \Vhylmn. the
ne\t \tntifn, th -v w re invited to a bar
bcmiv- w: pi;r ruuslt‘d under a gum tree.
w th side di~lxcs of )n' s. rliirk‘s steak
-u dc'ica y at that llixtanm- from the
coast , and to-stvd ('\\‘is: the loading
llt‘it‘g (l Alll‘ bv maidensdrvssml in parrot
f -ti:c s. .\t llnch fit, the ln~t stat utt
b-fu‘e rca li'n;,r .\b mey. .they wore
irvr't‘ml t» :1 our ti Tiit‘, which was
(Ln ,glit \lllillfllls‘ by Liv travel rs, but
lilies. and shi- gaw- him fail and gnr- ti cy lal hut Htl- time for retlm‘tion.
meats and the medic ll\' be needed
for they were hit ri--d on to AbO'ncy,
where they \vcrc ma lc to pass in and out
of thc si\ gatz‘sof the capital and th n
The niissi :n, rennucd but one rig cu up to th‘ three prince of the ‘xinr. to
see. possih‘y. their high. red-clay walls.
stuck over with >k iii and xnarrow«
bones.
.\t last they reached the léing‘s coun
try -c:i‘.. aul {mud him on a throne of
sknl‘s his Prime Minister, .‘likcnno.
startling on one sale, and on the Ullil‘l‘
(‘hoplmL the p :irlii‘ executioner, with
his-broad ave over his shoulder. ”The
l\' tug: frowt-cd and seowl'cd when the pur-
ty drew near. impatiently waved his
hand for the drums, nun lilnsfs,('(\\V
bells. and yells to ecu-c their noise. t ok
a suizzof ni-ilufu. handed the gourd back
to the cupbearor, and stared at the
main as though he Would look him out
of countennm e.
'l licse r-rcl minarics over. he told the
mate’thzit he hnl sent for him to build
a corral awl put it in Working order. for
he. the King, intended to go into the
bus'ncss 0ft ateliing and shipping tigers.
twhile honeysuckles and we idbines (run;' This was unpleasant news to )1 kenno,
the Prime Minis-tor. who saw that the
Catching cf tigers so near the capital
would be attended with more or less
trouble to 1].,1,‘ and he at'ouce suggested
that it would take timcto build a corral.
while the ‘~ ing. by eonfiseatiug the one
at \\’:iri. which had been run without a
license. could have the advantage of
what had already been done. and at once
’derive a revenue from the enterprise.
The Kin: saw the point. c mmendod the
wisdom of his ~crvant. ordc:.ed the mute
and all who were asssncuitcl with him
'the negrocs had sn d. with trembling to «nit the country, and appointed Stan-
'bi a eonimlssionzr to go to “"ari and
run the t‘o‘Tttl on the King‘s account.
The mateaceom'raned by Kankore and
Stanbi. started at once for the coast: and
when they reached “'ari he told the
‘ widow to pack their kit, whilehe gave
, attention to pulli m up and rooting out
every vmtiuc of catnip—clearing up, he
said. which satisfied Steubi. so long as no
iniurywas doneto the corral. It was
wlth a 1191\‘5' heart that the widow at
’ lust turned from the spot that had been
so interwoven with her life. and having
‘could to drive of! the monster: but 211- plucked a few sprigs of raggedvsai-or. a
bit of rocket. and a primrose or two,
i with the mate she stepped on board the
canoe that was to take them to “‘hydah.
, where their passage was engaged on
board u vessel up for Ba bados. for they
wanted to be beyond the reach of the
;, Kin: as soon as possible.
After waiting aurasonable time. King
asked for returns rrom his tiger
enterprise, and when told that no tic-er
, hadbeen caught he ordered the head of
' Stamhi to be out off, and Baraka, nebief
' of equal note, was sent to Wari in his
. place. He, too,‘ was beheaded. for not
1 eomiu ' up to time. Other chiefs were
jse-it down with lik-rcsults, and st ll the
i London demand for tigers could not be
: fille 1: prices thereup n be run to go up
.and soon they reached the old quota
tions.
i \t llarba ion the mute and the wit! \w
1 were united and opened a. suilors‘ board
in -honse. wh-ro . cumin Ben ‘.indscy,
3 the skipptr heard them to] their adven;
Etures in uin a. as here limited—Nee
‘ Yer}: Brains; Port. '
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English 'hurch members: give lo! thu
half a cent a week to foreign missions,
‘ and American: nut. more than a cent, ac
,cording-to Dr. Domhestcr. -
'l‘hcr-r a trader‘eonsignl-d '
l‘nhouiey, who ordered ‘
: of hundreds,
bread. sour milk. mutt -n, Chickens and ,
: game.
PERSIANS AT 1103112.
FEATURES OF ORIENTAL MAN-
NERS AND CUSTOMS.
h
A Nation Imbuedfiv'lth Poetry‘Pro.
ducts of the \‘ino— Rice
and Sour luilk as \‘iands
—-\'aried Eatables.
”Wolf von Schirbraud writes as follows
in the New York Umume‘rciul Adm Him 1':
The home life of the modern Persian is
not so dull and devoid of intellectual
pleasur‘és as the low slate of education
and of general knowledge would lead
one to suppose.
s iciety of his womnnkind of every spe-
cies, and while he. undoubtedly is their
tyrant and headmaster, he is, on the
whole an intelligent one to his wives,
sceghnys (temporary wivcsl nnri slaves.
They play on the Persian lute and dance
to him. and tell him stories of the utter
minable, wildly imaginative sort. in the
true Slichere/ndc style. B at what do
lights the average Persian more than
anythingy el<e is the reudingol pol~try « it
oozes out of them on c.ery occn~ion.
Even the speech of the common drudge
is impregnated with it. Thus.- then.
the \vcll-tordo Persian will assemble his
friends and relatives in the l. mini lman‘s
npartment«tho' Turkidi se.aiiilék- and
then some clever mirla (learned man or
scribeL'or else an original port, will re
cite page upon page from l’crdn’s grcit
nnt iordl poets‘, from Finlusi and Ilgellzil.
lidtiin and Saudi, but especially from
“title. thz~ great singer of love and wine. '
u.terlarded ;tlxe left and igllnii‘il the Ame-lean light .
i infantry. the pride of his heart. and be- :
tint: det rmined :0 bring thc2r "eyes to ~
These recitatinns will be.
with ( onvcrsations about poetry. ru—
munce. the national legendary lore. Hr
o:ie-:tal literature and science in general.
The ghalyau sl’ersiun water pipe , tilln-d
\vltli fragrant l~pahan or Sh r.z l«=btll c».
travels lll‘ atiwhile int‘c Santly around:
and servants bring in «li>ll after dish Cf
sweetmcats. sherbet or tea.
A great deal has been said abort I‘er—
sian wine. To a non-l‘crsiit palate, 110“"
; over. only the Shira' \v he seems \vurthy
The Z
(‘lsll\lglilll=’ll{ reached London safely. the L
‘ none.
of praise That, to be sure. has u must
da-lin-atc and line flavor, comparable to
other. .\s for the rest of thrir
liquor, date brandy. known even in the
Guys (If Moliutnlned. is not bad. lint
their raw spir ., eal'cal “:irrack." is an
And yr: of tlii<. like llll‘
m~~dcrn Turk of his
“tnadique,” the I‘msian w.ll consunn-
largwgttantilies. l uckily for lllt“l‘lIHllll\'-
nzds, the climate of central l'vrsiamakvs i
th-- bad ellects of thv-se deep potatinns
, not nearly so prom-unced as wou'd be’
the case lll der si'nilar circumstanceshere.
and tell tal < noses and other facial signs
of hard drinking are exceedingly rare.
In their dirt the Persians: are very
dainty. at least 5» far as the quantity
they cut and the material chosen from i~
(‘oih erm-d; and this drspitethe fact tli zt
a Persian m‘al comists of scores, o‘ten
of dl>ht‘S. 'llice. soup.
fresh or dried fruit furn the staple of
their dailv fare. 13. cf is twilgll all over
' Persia. while mutton is excellent. of ex-
- qui~ite flavor and very iuiey and tender.
.‘lutton, then. with eli'cken. composes
their [neat div t Ham.- nf almost every
kind is eschewui. it being consideret
“'hen eaten at all it must be
There
nr ~ three kinds of bread. That common
ly used in towns is mliw-d naan~ stir/ck
llll‘t‘ 3.
: tw'neat bread». while in the country they
c it bir 0 bread 5 nazme dfuoux‘v a and a mix-
ture of both called naane dchati l pcnsfints‘
brezull. Although tlcre is a great deal
‘ of game in l‘ersiu,>uch as 'lll0;l52tll{~\.“‘lld
pigeon. p :r:riel::c. snipe. clinmnis.
lniountizu shecgn. an elie.
a: gali
of sport. and k. ls much game. very ii!»
tlc of it is ions-.mrd. The >liuli. fol-
lowiug ll)“ bent (-f h as economy nl mind.
. his hit upon a plan, however. to make;
. the chase pay him ve'y well.
Being a
great Nimrod, he will at the close of a
. >ucces~fnl hunt send by special messen-
. v
$0.3
several hundred of hare. argeli.
snipeor partridge to ofliccrs of his house~
hold or to dlflllllal'lt.‘< of State. who in
every (use are expected to pay. in the
shape of "pishkish" :prcsenti. about a
hundred times the market value of the
which in tlic total
quite a snugr little ndd.tioii to the royal
revenues.
The two l‘crsian national dishes are,
Called tehillaw and pilluw. Boiled rice
‘ forms the chief ingredient and basis of
each. In pillaw th-y use more butter
. lghve, :1 fl arfliil \tu‘l . dried fruit of all
kinds. smallishrcd~ or Squares of meat,
cte.. withkntl‘roa, sugar. ctc.. often coat
in;r the whole surface. Like the Japan-
ese, the Persians excel in boiling: rice.
grains standing out separately in the huge .
dish. 30s dc the rice of tihilm is of
prime quality. , Rice boiled in milk and
afterward ‘sph‘cu «calicd shcsr—berindil
is also a favorite dish of theirs. But ash
«soup; is the criteri in of fashionable l‘er~
sian cookery. It is not very palatable to
our Western taste. They use broth in
8 due ens-s, but generally make theirs
sour and .as thick as much, pddinglinic
or lemon fuice to it for flavoring 'pur-
poses. The greatest Pcrsi'in delicacy isa
paste nude of rice flour and bestrcwel
with sugar and pistachios. It is cal cd
yakh l dzll‘ bchisht (telly from heaven),bu
is insipid despite its'grand none, and
would hardly be eaten by e\ en a raven<
ous schoolboy here. Sour milk (mast)
they are particularly fond of so much so
that the Persian theologians make it
great point of assuring the believers
that Mohammed expr ssl included never
failing brooks of sour milk among the
delights of the Moslcm parades, and
when a Persian grandee, for some years
diplomatically employed at European
courts, -*ssured the Shah that sour milk
did not form a daily attraction on the
tables of western potentntcs, his Majesty
could not evp css sutliciently his aston.
Ishment and dissust at the fact. “What,"
he said, “a mighty to march and not
sour milk every day? Pshaw, that sur—
passes belief E"
“any things. on the other hand. which
we look upon as delicacies the l‘crsi in
holds as of no account. Thus. their de-
licious it ed drinks called sherb' t, Some
evcellmt baked meat pies and t.n es
they in ike very little 0 . Trutiles, tailed
“tnmbnl—e-zmnine“ tea th boils‘, are
verv common in some parts of Persia If
the average western stomach refused to
be e attained with the p-oducts of their
culinary art. at least. their skill and the
- reat number of their dishes deserve
mention. Of pillaws alone more than
em varieties exist, and no man in Persia
would dare to—call himself a co :k if he
did not have at lend: a menu of 500
dishes at h 8 fingers‘ ends. And of these
a score at least appear every' day on the
table of a man of moderate means. ‘
wealthy Persian is very hospitable, and
will regain his poorer riends and the
host a“ his bangers-on year in and your
out with an endless succession of dis? es,
never expecting any return whatever f0
this generosity.
The fisherman‘s favorite musical instru-
ment is castanct. '
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A species of surge brush—An ugumont
. between two professors.
The Persian enjoys the '
soiil—lveniruibin; '
liecr. hart-and 1
wild hour. and wnle the l’c:\i:i'i is fond ‘
rottslitutes i
The’
Lafayettes Amerlcnism.
Lafayette identified himself so thor-
oughly with those for whose indepen-
dence he fought that, referrin to the
revolution, he always spoke of himself a
an American. One 'evening in 1824,
while visiting Boston, Mrs. Josiah Quin-
cy said to him:
‘ ‘The A merican corkndc was blur. k and
white was it not, General?“
“Yes, madam.“ he replied; “it was
black at first. but when the French came
and joined us we added the white in
compliment to them."
At the siege of Yorktown, in the us-
sanlt which hastened the >urrender of
Cornwallis. Lafayette and his .‘meri-
can division captured one redoub! some
minutes before: the French carried the
‘ redouht assigned to them.
“You don‘t remember me. General?”
. cri . l an old sold‘er. ressinu llltt)li"ll the .
k P a a Two little girls. in che~tnut curls,
icroud assembled at the Note house to
, welcome I ufayctte on his arrival in Bos-
: ton. The General looked at him keenly,
holding the hand of the old man, who
‘ added:
“I was close to you when we stormed
. our rednubt at Yorktown—I was ju~t be-
]: hind t‘uptain Smith , you remembert‘ap-
i tain Smith? He was shot through the
1! head just as he in united the re loubt.“
“Yes yes. I rcmunberi“ answuei l :—
ifuyelte, his in e lighting up. “l’oor
l ('aptain Smith: But are Zoe-rt l'e Remit}
5, ll} I-at’ (’4‘ Fr n ".f"
l At the surrender of Cornwallis the
American troops we 9 drawn up on the
: right and the French troops on the left
of the road along which the British
' army marched in so‘Jmn silence. I a-
fayct'e.
du-rs lv-okcd only at the Frenchmen on
the rig it," ordered the band to strkc up
"Yankee llocdlc."
' “Then," said he. narrating the change.
“they did look at us. but were not very
Well ple.ist~.l."«— inner. to a; anal-t.
llnrmali‘s Ruby )lincs.
I
from Mandalay. and are un p:e~tionably
3 very Villll’ll) c. lndenl. they are the only ;
f mines in lh ~ world w here really Valuable
.rubles are f mind. there are a few mines
in t‘eylon: but \ cyion tubes of the true
n-dva'e \ cry rare. mo~t of them being of
the pink topa color In rinm, too, rubies n
are plentiful. luut'thcy arc of the c-dor of
garnets. Within the la~t twn-nty years
; small rubies han- g-uic up about fifty per
cent. in \.|illt.", and large one“ about L-Ut)
per cent. The best rubieago to .‘ merir't.
In the llritishcmwn _;L'\\‘cls th-vre are none
20f any size and color. So dear tiff the
, perfect stones that few can nfl'md to
. purchase them. The French l‘othsvhilds
a lime a line coliec ion. >0 have the l r~
flczitis princes, and there are some fine
lstones am ‘ngst the Russian
ljcnela \cry lat ly. a fine stone was
g sold to one of the Russian {Grand Dukes
for about 15.3.4 U l. p
l Nothing certain is known about the
lto conust of the beds of old riversthut
i have a \\ titer w» rn appearance. The only
3 Europeans that have ever \isitcd tLem
ire a Freuclunuu and anItulian.who were
i in the service of King Tneehuw. So far
gas is kwwu, they are worked by the vil‘
; lagers upon a curmus system: All stones
,beiuw twcnty one “nuns-"o in weight
Ell\\L‘lll_\'—Ol‘.i.‘ “riiizis”
’ twenty two car:it<~—z. 9..
isevcnth of an mm c troy: belong to the
, vilagcrs. u l above to t .e crown. A per-
fect specimen rub'y of twenty-one
“rhitiC‘ would be w trill $‘:0,mn),‘ a
mo ierntcly go ad one $3Jllhl. and an in-
, frriar one about $251L—Xc‘u‘ Yuri: lIva'r.
—_-—-..
Cuts in High Altitudes.
The ctl'ect of high altitudes on cats is
; provoking local discussion. A rcnl~cstate
'ngent writes as full. “'5:
feline< in Mt ntana during the ~ills. when
l .\ cat. without warning. would stagger
influence of hydrated oxnlc of the hy-
imnut for 3. time. it “‘01: d get up. up-
tcir. and. after ducribing a few geome
:thc door like a shot out of a gun Next
day you would tiud her union;r the brush
not far from the cabin. dead. Such
deaths were there nlni tel. univerrally at-
tributed to the altitude. but they may
have been caused, huwever. by eating
the wliite-bellicl tfitld! mice that there
abxund.“——$uz't 1.41;? Tribune;
Wheat Cultivation in South America.
' ‘It is announced that, the extension of
railways in the Argentine Republic has
so far progressed as to contuct Bucnos
Ayres and San Juan. This must count
for a good deal in extending the area.
planted to wheat, and concerning which
in South_.—\nicrica so much has been writ-
t n of late. In referencmth 5 item the
narrow area and tecming‘iootilation must
welcome any tic ession to the various
grannies of the. world, and theme (on be
no doubt but that the Argentine Repub-
lic w.ll enter the ranks of the great wheat
exporting countries of the earth as soon
as the means of internal trnns't are f irly
developed. The area of land avail-tile
for wheat growing is known to be of very
respectable dimensions and Englishmen
In ry look forward to n time in the not
distant future when the La Plata wheat
will be no insignificant factor in the sup
ply of foreign grain-~1i‘m-ul Californian.
The Jailer Declinel.
Sam \Veller relates the story of a
prisoner in the Fleet in London who was
allowed by the turnkey to spend his
evenings outside the prison, but coming
home late one evening he was told that.
if he remained out 0ch time again he
would be locked out altogether. This
frightened him so. according to Mr.
\Veller. that he could never be induced
to leave the prison again. The nearest
upprou h to an incident of this kind
that. has since been recorded was the
nppearancelof twenty miners at the Pitts‘
burg Workhousc demanding: admission.
conspiracy, but the authorities had not
taken charge of them or supplied them
with commitment popes-s. It was only
after some intercession that the “fur-den
consented to take them in over night.—
I‘ift‘sIMi-g Uiaranirlc.
’ A Song of Winter.
Sing a song of \Vinter,
The ground o‘erwhelmed with snow;
Lots 0. happy youths and girls
ltuiged in 30 om row,
Nowthe mason s opened.
HCues to winds orgytossgd;
ere on see A t Iig t
Tgoéitksbeforc 52* From.
e are on mafia”,
Rushing down the h' ;
Full of buoyant spirit,
hing ‘r. to km.
i133»...
ox
The W’Wnek:
shay slide .
01h come own—“ku- which?
W‘s
.,.
noticinw that the English sol~ ,
n ‘
They are situated about eight miles'
crown '
liutrnah ruby min-1s. ailiey are sup; osed . .. y
' ‘(itkafaf'l r 517;. ,
have dried up. because the stones always '
are equivalent to ,
‘ about one- 3
"Apropos of
,thesubect of the influences of high alti- ;
ltudcs on animals it may be stat-at that ‘E
; there w *rc numerous deaths“ among: the ‘
around and full, like an e'der under the ;
parent‘y a little worse for the wear and ,
" writer.
:v. ‘ I ~ .. s n ‘ ‘ = .
"“‘d “bure‘ 0“ the mm“ ’h‘ 0“ 0“” 0f . front. seat sits the nmal min who gets up
London .lliz’i'rr says that hngland with her i
g and Iem one."
. exclaimed : “'l‘hcre‘s no use talking,“ we
fiundcrstzind that sh: is going to talk until
2 her tongue is tired—[Juno’s 1'r=mscr€p'.
‘1
mTLB $14};erer tau.
The m snowflakes full
And melt Wynne,
Wmle‘ :1! mad uterine; ground,
Is growing white stein.
Folk-roll. (all.
Little snowt‘mke bright;
Fad) nntél the unmet earth
Is mantled o‘er with whim
Acres the village street,
A cottage mods aloof ,
There‘s joy within and children's din-
Snow gathers on the roof.
Full, fall, fall,
Silver snowflake bright,
Full until the cottage roof.
Is covered o‘er with white.
Two little ones are there,
A Ioaking at the snow:
“'ith svvcet checks all aglow.
Fall, fall. fall, .
Tiny snowflakes bright:
Fall until tins ' tle eyes
See nothing out but white.
\Yith heart o‘erbi'imm d with joy,
Along the shining s‘ re.-t.,
A whistling lad. nttirel in plaid,
Gambols with hi I We feet.
, Fall, full. fail,
~ Little suaxvrlake bright:
,Fnll until his llItIfi :1} cs
Are comer-:1 o‘er With white.
' The cheery SUutld of l-elis
Comes floating through the flakes;
’ How sweet the spell. “it ~21 mu~ic‘s swell
Upon the daydream breaks:
Fall, fall. fail,
Little sin.“ flake bright:
Fall on: t !l‘. ~ alr‘Igh runs smooth -
I'pon u b »l of white. .
0. little snowflake. {all ‘
And whiten all ll: - mrth;
That eye; 1123)‘ hen rattan: hearts may dream,
Of nothing cls«- l .2: lulztil
Fall. ful‘. fail,
S.l\cr await-lake bright;
Fall untt. the rusx‘et earth
Is mantle l o‘er with white
—v'n1¢') (than.
Milli? rm.
\Vcathcr profits , The era! dealers.
Not a windy u lair anceting a draft.
“Some men are b rti greit.“ Yes, but
how some of them ('1 . siiriztkf
The course of tur- love over did run
smooth—it ends in in :.riage, you know.
-— (‘zr *l‘. ,
Minister Kohl»! of trance authorise!
the statement th t ‘ is no tumbler.—
I: ' 'ilt‘r“€)" ’ '
llt'
'(‘5l- 1 C 't X.
A cyclone is » three school. girl!
walkingvabreast ~— doesn‘t turn out for
anything—— ll'm‘. 3-3, , v (ism. er.
Ad exchange Says the Jerey cow is
making her way :' to France. ' That's
what. comes of n : loving a good fence.
Teacher—"I. you \vcre president of a
county fair and Wanted a gate tender.
what would you dnf‘ Pupil—“Boil
it.“—D-mr£la’c‘ lfrw .c. ~
An exchange says start your buy: in
the right track That‘s ea-i r said than
done: it requires m::..~idcrab.e switching
sometimes — [l-..r . _, 1’-s’.
It is said 'tli i: “turn-n firms extrava-
gantly tn worn“ urinr wt men. .\ man
who dresses cu vaguti gc'irrnlly wor-
ries his tailor. w 1."; Gav.» ( nit-2..
“\Vhieliuutlmr. .‘lis Ev.=nston. do you
most blue to \l‘\Hil':' ' Miss lvauiton
‘(‘}Ii‘x ago girl . “2 mph. althr-ugh I don‘t
object to l’p._: ‘ lur lid in wet-L
The is lbw-A— 'v-an——it l- u's all?
“die-nth '_'- u: v in u; an l s pial obs,
Tlh‘lr hearts are .w‘ u - n the «tuli—
\Vhen groan. upon 111...}. llnrs.
' ——?‘i~l-Bi?s
Two merchants of link “rsviile, Penm,
have purchnwd 3‘." ‘U luliillds of dried
applrs thi~ season. Evidently same’io ly
’c- .s
; is going to have A swell dinners—B aw i
lthcz'c \\ me no smelter ro account for it.
7 III ‘isa‘i; t.
Some one wants to know what the
work of a great in an is. “’ell. We don't
_ . _ know, unless it is to have his picture in
potheeal rudirul ctnyl. and. lying dor-;
an imported soap advertisement—afi‘m
11:17 ( n .V: gs.
"Have we any ‘
woos 10-day?" asks a.
“'9 have :1: d ‘wny up 3!! the
at 2 o'clock a. \9.. this “’rfltlit‘r, to feed
SI“Ck.-—-1)"I¢Iflfi'lfl rm‘ 1’ e‘~ .
It i< proposcl to the Government to
announce the coming of storms by firing
cannon. The idin seems commendable.
1-inch signal Cil'lll u should be loaded
with 3 “Rather prophet. ~f‘t’ail'mfcyn‘aia
News.
The inconsistency offlwonian appears
when she has 3;?) hairpins and the whole
of her back hair :ra-pcd between her
teeth, and evpec‘s you to understand
every word that. she says to you.——-.‘\’cm
11.1 an A} we. ‘
Some one asks if the early man was I
savage. \‘l’e can‘t say vc:y much for the
earl‘y man, but the nun who comes purl-
ing into the station ten minutes after the
train has left generally has the appear-
once of anon-Ye-nl’ein- 53c! 'nflil-‘Hi.
“'3 always know what to evpect when
a public 5 alter Says; “line ward more
And when a woman
Thompson‘s as much as he ran do,
He plays and writes his pic es. too.
A listener. though. is 5 son a. doecr'
His music is not keown to fame.
Yet through it he can fairly claim
The merit of a rare munnser.
— Ba :1: Me 1‘.
A little Cass avenue girl came home
i from church greatly troublnd over the
bottomless pit. .\ (tor a. while the
cheered up, saying: “I d dn‘t think of
it, but if the bottom of the pit is out, I
could get out on the bther side, couldn‘t
If"—1)e(roi¢ Tri‘vml. -
A ftcr the clerk ht! pulled down ev‘
erything in'thc state without satisfying
his customer, a woman. she asked him if
there was anything else he had not
shown her. “Yes, ma‘am,“ he said,
“the cellar; but if you wi~h ll I will have
brought up and shown to you.“~—Lau~dl
Citizen. “
- , ”Hz 1'1? trying to teach the rules
They had been sentenced thither for .
.With which grammar is heavily laden-
was urone of the “tit-edrect“ Schools—
‘And his pupil, in very fair maiden.
how, I vow by the blue sky oboe you,
In his teaching—though they called 3
‘schooliug‘ —-—
When he std: “Now say this: I love you!”
fine ensyyercd: "Now you quit your tool-
mg.
-—Gmd¢fl‘r Sun.
Disliked to Refuse.
A little girl on Dove strert m to.
proved recently by her mother for IC-
ceptirig {dune from u gentlnmn who had
tendered it or gentlemen on do tochil-
dren as nytestimovnial or their aimin-
tiou. “1031 mart icy to 0* a who offers
you such gifts that you manna says you
must not uccept’them.“ said the mother.
_ “Well, all right. momma.” aid tho
little one. Then after u whila. medita-
tively, shoulder}: “But maxim cup.
1:550 he ovorpersmdu mew—Ala,
can. ’
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