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SWEETEST» THINGS 0F EARTH.
What are the sweetest things of earth?
A fragrant roSe that hides no thorn;
Riches of gold untouched by scorn;
Lips that can praise a rival’s worth;
A happy little child asleep:
Eyes that can smile, though they may weep:
A brother’s cheer, a father's praise;
The minstrelsy of summer days;
A heart where anger never burns:
A gift that looks for no returns:
\Vrong’s overthrow; pain’s swift release;
Dark footsteps guided into peace.
The light of love in lover’s eyes:
Age. that is young as well as wise;
A mother‘s kiss, a. baby’s mirth—
l‘hese are the sweetest things of earth,
—Centenary Magazine.
OVER THE WIRES.
I had been a telegraphic operator at
Brandon some six or eight months and
had held communication of a purely
business character only with the opera-
tor at Danwood, when there came a
change.
line one morning in this wise:
“Good morning, Brandon.” _
I responded, “Good morning, Dan-
wood.” '
“The former operator died last night
Lnd I have taken his place.”
“What is your name?” I asked.
“Nellie Merton.‘f‘ What is yours?”
A spirit of mischief prompted my
reply.
“Harry Clayboru.”
Then a message in real earnest came
along the line, and we were obliged
to attend to business.
Every day I bid my unseen acquaint-
ance “Good morning,” and never closed
up at night without a farewell mes-
sage. A tinge of conscience racked me
at times, and a still, small voice whis-
pered its warning, but the temptation
was too great and it was not long be-
fore I was sending sly messages to
the unseen Nellie.
It was no end of fun. She told me
her history. She had run away from
homebecause her parents insisted up-
on marrying her to a man she detested
—and the last word came clicking vi-
ciously from my end of the line. She
would never marry him—never.
Well, the outcome of it all was that
I asked the unseen Nellie to be my
wife, and even described the little
home that was lonesomely awaiting
her coming. I was floundering in deep
water and could but trust to a merci-
ful Providence to pull me out. My
fun was becoming dead earnest.
That virtue was almost exhausted
when the well—known call fell on my
ear; I flew to the instrument. It
was concise, but not very complimen-
vary.
“llnther than marry that brute, i
will risk it.”
I was in for it now. I, Delia Browne,
was engaged to be married to a young
.ady I had never seen. This was forc—
ing the question of woman’s rights.
I carried the fun on for over three
months, and every day it grew less
funny, until I began to breed over'the
predicament into which I had led my
feet. The time was rapidly approach-
ing when I would have to claim my
bride.
At last I could bear it no longer, and
one day, just three weeks before I
was to travel to Danwood and claim
my bride, I got into the train with al-
together another motive. It was to
kiss and make up. after I had begged
her with tears to forgive me, etc.
I found the telegraph oiiice. It was
occupied by a young man reading a
paper. I looked at him without
speaking, and he returned the compli-
ment in kind.
“I wish to see Miss Nellie Merton" 1
said, and as he did not speak, I went
in to explain. “I am an operator at
Brandon, and desire to see her on im-
portant business. A moment‘s delay
means—” ,
“So you are the operator at Braz‘don,
1nd wish to see Miss Merton. i. am
sorry to disappoint you. but you see
Miss Merton is at home at the present
time, while I take her place. The fact
ls, she is going to be married. and is
preparing for the great event.‘ She
cannot be seen personally, but, if you
will intrust the message to me. I will
deliver it immediately. if you will
take my place while 1 run around to
she house.”
' “I must see her,” I said excitedly.
“But you cannot,” he said coolly. "l
have orders not to let anyone know
ner whereabouts for :1 day of two. un-
:il these preparations are well under
way.” a _
“Don’t say another word. You will
set me wild. If you won’t tell me
where to find her,” I went on. in des-
peration, “will you please tell her this:
I have been a wicked girl~and~and—
:here is no such person as Harry Clay-
oorn.
please let me go to her. She will un-
derstand me much better than you
can explain it.”
“No such person as Harry Clayboru!
My dear young lady, I must beg to dif-
fer with you. That is the name of the
young gentleman, who, in three short
weeks. is~ to marry Miss Merton. Surely
no is not dead,” he added in consterna-
.‘ion.
“Oh! will you not understand? It
was all a joke at first. I thought it
would be great fun. and so I—well, 1
1m Harry Clayboru, and after a time
we became engaged—all in fun, too.
i tried to stop, but I was so wicked I
:ould not, and now poor Nellie wll
oreak her heart. And—and—” '
Here I broke down and began to cry
11 amiserable way. Unlike most men,
ny companion was not in the least dis:
:oncertcd at the sight of my tears, but
limplyluughcd loud and long.
Presently the laughter ceased. Then
i heard uneasy movements, in the
;hair occupied by my companion,
then he got up and paced about rest-
essly. Pretty soon a gentle touch fell
apou my arm, and his voice, very kind,
said: .
A message spun along the-
It started in fun, and— and—'
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“Nellie is here to receive your con-
fessidu and forgiveness.” 7
1 dried my tears and looked up, but
saw no one but the tall, handsome
young man, who was looking at me
very earnestly.
“there is she?”
cry again.
“Here,” he said, holding out his
hand.
Instinctively I put mine into it and
it closed over it firmly.
“I also have a confession to make,”
he said, earnestly. “I thought you
were another young fellow like my-
self, and wishing to relieve the tedium
of these long, monotonous days, struck
up a flirtation. In short.” he added
abruptly, “I am Nellie Merton, and
you are Harry Clayborn. Come, dry
your tears, Harry; your Nellie is not
heartbroken at the turn of affairs.”
“You are a contemptible fellow,” i
cried. ,
He did not reply, but stood looking
down at me from his superior height.
“It was very mean of you, because
your obj'ect was a woman. I will
never forgive you, if i live to be .2
:120usand.” I cried. '
“is not that rather paradoxical, con-
sidering the fact that you thought 1
was a woman. and you were enacting'
rho role of the sterner sex?" he asked
“You might have known,” i an-
swered severely.
"But I did not," he said.
"Here is my train,” I replied short-
ly. "Good-bye,” he said, assisting me
on the train, despite my independence.
and lifting his but us the trait.-
steamed out. One morning about a
year later I was arranging and copy-
!ng some night messages when a long
shadow fell. across my paper. A
glance upward told me who it was.
Standing with his hat, in his hand.
and without preface of any kind, he
said:
“Over a year ago you asked me to
marry you and I consented. I have
come to-day to ask will you come or
shall I enter an action for breach of
promise?"
What could I say or do?
I asked, ready to
The Ostrich as a Fighter.
To be overtaken all on a sudden,
without time for preparation, by a
cheeky ostrich, is one of the greatest
ills flesh is heir to, and might result
.iisastrously to the uninitiated, but old
sands are always all there on an emer-
gency. .
Undoubtedly the best weapon. barr-
ing a wire fence, is a good 5.0m stick
or blunt pitchfork. As a rule. if a bird
means to have your life or die in the
attempt he charges from about thirty
yards, when you receive him at the
bayonet’s point. He rushes at you with
flashing eye, looking the very embodi-
ment of fury. Drawing himself up to
a height of ten feet or more, with
wings outstretched and hissing like a
sobra, he makes four or five strikes.
You retreat a pace of two, so as to
avoid the fork piercing through his
neck. and hold him off at arm’s length
till he learns that his efforts are use-
;ess. Drawing the fork sharply away
you strike him a blow on the neck,
rendering him insensible and taking
1way his breath. This quiets him for
1 while, till he recovers from his be-
wilderment and makes a fresh charge,
when the fork is again presented.—
Strand Mpgazine.
Bicycles and Dress Clothes.
Cycling is exercising a tremendous
:nfluence, far as men’s trade is con-
:erned. What is the point? Why, the
men in town are dressing as they did
last summer, in tweeds and flannels,
.nstead of black morning coats, frock
zoats, summer chesterfields, silk hats,
fancy gloves, patent leather boots, etc.
These have practically vanished. This
Kind of dress is donned in the morning
that a man may cycle to his club, to
pay a call, to go to church, for which,
0y the way, he used to dress up, and in
rnany cases he has changed to flannel
1nd to colored shirts instead of the
:ostly and elaborate dress white ones.
Today he sallies forth, whether a
:own or a country gentleman, in a soft
wood knickerbocker suit till he has to
ioff it for dinner, or as likely as not
he does not take it ed at all.
We are not to expect the old days to
return. Men are going largely to wear
tweed, and the fetters once broken in
England they will follow on the Conti-
rlent, and in America—London Tailor.
'l‘wo Scenes.
Here are two scenes in a tragedy.
Scene 1.: -
Host—Let me introduce you to Miss
Prancer for a waltz.
Captain—Don’t mind twotting her
out abit—’bllge you, ole fell! Just see
:f she’ll do—aw—.
Scene II.: Host—Miss Prancer, al-
low me to introduce Capt. Crawler.
Miss Prancer (who must have been
'lstening).—Very happy—’blige you, but
weally won’t do at all. Twot him back
tgaiu; thank you—Boston Courier.
Shot 8. Horned Rabbit.
J. C. Rutledge, while hunting near
Elk City, brought down a rabbit hav-
ing a pair of well-developed horns. The
animal did not differ in any respect
from the ordinary cotton tail of our
fields, except that right at the base of
the ears there cropped out two horns.
i little'over two inches in length and
ibout an inch in circumference. They
were composed of a hard substance of
about the consistency of a, horse's
lOOf.-St. Louis Republican.
A Good Outlook.
A suite. of apartments was adver-
:ised at a fashionable watering place
.15 having‘among its attractions “ln
;pleudid view over a fine garden
adorned with numerous sculptures.”
it was found on applying at the ad---
lress thatthe garden adorned7with.
lculptures was :i cemetery.-~'l‘ld-Bits.
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A Handkerchief Bag.
A handkerchief bag is extremely
useful for travellers. .When one goes
away for two or three days with but
a handbag or a small satchel one’s
handkerchiefs are very liable to be-
come tumbled or soiled before one is
ready to use them. But if kept in a
little bag they will come forth as fresh
and dainty as when they were put in.
The making of the bag is within the
power of any one who can sew and
do simple embroidery.
BUY a quarter of ayard of fine shirt-
iug linen. Rinse and iron it before cut-
ting. Cut off from one end five inches,
and double for the bottom of the bag.
making it an even square. On one half
outline in the prevailing color of the
embroidery the word, “Handker-
chiefs.” Baste a two-inch hem across
the other piece of linen,‘and below
this embroider scattered flowers. Vio-
lets, with stems but no leaves, lend
themselves most readily to this de-
sign, and are suggestive for a hand-
kerchief bag. Then join. the ends,
Stitch the hem, and three-quarters of
an inch above stitch again, to make
a place for the drawing ribbons. Put
a frill of narrow lace-on top of bag.
Gather the bottom, divide into quar-
ters, and sew on the bottom piece, first
turning in the edges and basting them
Get two yards of narrow
violet ribbon—wash ribbon is prefer-
able—for drawing strings. A little vio—
let powder laid insde, or some drops of
perfume, will add to the attractions of
the bag as a dainty, acceptable gift.—
New York Tribune.
hIrs. Gladstone’s Influence.
A woman’s silent influence over the
affairs of a nation is shown in the ca-
reer of Mrs. Gladstone. She is not a
social or political leader, nor in any
way a diplomat in petticoats. She is
responsible, however, far more than is
generally known, not only for her hus-
band’s vigorous health at his ripe old
age, but also for his great ability to
accomplish the amount of work which
he has through his public life and
since his retirement. When he was in
office it was her ceaseless care that
he should not be distracted by any-
thing that she could prevent, words
that meant remarkable self-abnega—
tion. The interests of a growing fam-
ily of seven children with a fond and
proud mother might easily have made
considerable demand upon the father’s
attention. but neither this nor any so-
cial duties, nor any household perplex~
itics, were ever permitted to touch his
leisure from statecraft cares. Her
watchfuluess has not decreased these
later years; she is still his best physi-
cian, and saves his strength in innu-
merable ways, trifling in themselves. but
important in the aggregate, and possi-
ble only to one who has made such
saving a life study.
with excellent health all her life. she
wears. her 83 years lightly, and still
shows many traces of the handsome
Miss Glynne, who captivated the ris-
ing young M. P. over half a century
ago—New Yo’rk Evening Post.
Sleepingaon the Stomach.
Sound, restful sleep, both by night
and by day, is more easily induced if
from the first the child be taught to
lie on its stomach and face. The only
necessary precaution against suffoca-
tion is the provision of a smooth, flat,
somewhat hard hlair mattress without
a pillow. The advantages of this po-
sition are many. Some one has said
that half the diseases of infancy re-
sult from keeping the stomach too
cold and the other half from over-
heating the spine. By adopting the
position suggested as the uniform one
during the hours of sleep, the stem-
ach and abdomen are kept so warm
as to prevent colic and stomach ache.
and materially to aid ' the . digestive
process, while the spine and back of
the head are no longer overheated by
the increased temperature of the
sleeping child. It may be a coinci-
dence merely, but it is at least a sig-
nificant one. that all the children the
writer has known to rest habitually
face downward, have been unusually
sound sleepers, and have enjoyed
more than average good health—Har-
per’s Bazar.
To Wash \Vhite Feathers.
Soiled white feathers, after being
washed, are dried by patting and
shaking over the fire. A dull silver
knife must be used to curl each fibre
for the best effect. In preparing for
washing, pour boiling water on shav-
ings of white soap and a little soda.
When a lather has been formed that
is not too hot for the hand, each
feather is washed separately. If the
lather becomes dark-colored, another
must be made. The rinsing water
should be cold and .3 trifle blue. _
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The Eleni Meaning of Secretary Long’s Re~
cent General Order.
W'ashlugton, April 23.——There is con-
siderable meaning in Secretary Long's
general order No. 471, enjoining the
strictest economy in the naval service.
This branch of the government has for
some years been rapidly increasing in
costliness, and if the new naval policy
is carried out.much further we shall
soon have a very expensive establish—
ment. It is evident from the way 1113.11
Secretary Long is taking hold of the
navy department that retrenchment is
his watchword. Of course, in time of
peace it is impossible to make very
sweeping changes at once, but the lit-
tle things that have bec.. done in the
navy department show clearly which
way the wind is blowing.
For instance, the oilices of appoint-
ment clerk and chief clerk have been
consolidated into one, and Mr. Peters
is attending to the duties of both with
entire ease. The office of weigher of
coal at the Washington navy yard has
been abolished. It'was obviously cre-
ated for the sole purpose of giving
somebody $2,000 a year: in every other
navy yard the officers in charge attend
to the weighing of the coal, and to se—
cure uniformity in practice Secretary
Long decided to abrllsh the useless of-
fice in the Washington yard rather
than create a similar useless office in
all the other yarr“;
Mr. Long is ironing a sharplookout
expenses all along
the line; The general order already re-
ferred to forbids the use of dynamos
between 11 p. m. and the time all hands
are called in the morning, and during
the daytime only such electric lights
may be used as are absolutely neces-
sary. 'l‘lm w-dinary boat duty of ships
must be 13;; Lormed by the pulling boats
instead of by steam launches, as has
become customary. Certain exceptions
to these rules are made, but wherever
the public service will permit every
possible economy in government mate-
rials and supplies will be required.
A great saving is being effected by
the laying off of such vessels as are not
needed for any purpose. The Katahdin
has already been put out of commis-
sion, and the Columbia will soon be laid
off, with an officer and a few men to
take care of her and prevent rusting
and waste.. The same thing will be
done a little later with the Minneapolis
and the monitor Amphitrite. These
vessels when in active service consume
an enormous amount of coal and are
attended with great general expense.
Moreover, Secretary Long is much
more conservative in regard to the
building of new ships than his recent
predecessors have been. Reference was
made not long ago to the tremendous
expense of the great battleships. The
march of improvement in mechanical
appliances and enginery of war is such
that in ten years’ time one of our great
$3,000,000 vessels becomes antiquated.
It is probable that the present adminis-
tration will go a little slow in the mat-
ter of further extending the naval serv-
ice.
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Can’t Export Laws.
No civilized country can confine its
citizens within its own territory or
prohibit all commercial intercourse with
other countries. Every country, there-
fore, needs money which can be used in
purchase from and in payment of its
debts to other countries. Yet, howsoev-
er great a country may be, and however
absolute may be the ‘power of its gov-
ernment, its laws can have no extrater-
ritorial effect. No government, there-
fore, can prescribe the standard by
which its currency shall be valued in
any other country, or compel the citi-
zens of another country to receive its
currency save at the bullion value of
that currency in the markets of the
world. . .
Silver Versus Milk.
Up in Iowa they have given up silver
and have a softer snap. They make $41,-
500, 000 in Iowa from their cows alone.
That beats free silver, doesn’t it—beats
it all hollow? They make $41,500,000
selling milk, butter, cheese and calves.
and at the end of the year they have
the same old Bossy and Speck and Spot ’
and Brindle and ‘Bess that they had
the year before. The Kansas cow is
sticking her head over the pasture fence,
lowing and mooing, with her bag swell;
ing with $41,000,000 worth of milk,
while the old man is down town tear-
ing his shirt because the plutocrats
Won’t coin $36,000,000 worth of silver.
“Emporia (Kan) Gazette.
' Tl: .., \Veather.
Generally our; colder; northwesterly
grinds.
Stamped u BOSS”
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Foil BOYS AND GIRLS
THE DOGY. .
A (gm-m- lm‘. Lucky Little Tex-.15 Beast, :11
ilu'h Enjoyed by the Cowboys.
I’rbbnbly not one boy in 1,000 ens
of the Mississippi or north of Texa:
knows- in the least what a dogy is; bu
to the oowboy a plucky little .dogy con
stitut'-.s at the same time the pride am
butt of Lie. It is nothing more or les:
than a little calf whose mother, having
died when it was very young, is forcec‘
to cut grass long before nature intend
ed that it should, or, as the cowboy:
say. to rustle for a living. , '
Now, do not confound Texas -“rus
tie" with New York and Chicago “hus
tie,” for they mean totally differen.’
things. In cowboy dialect, to rustic
menus to pick‘ up a precarious living
against the worst possible odds, and
this is exactly what the dogy has It”
do. No comfortable little messes art‘
mode for it, nor is it transferred to 1
foster mother. It is just left to fo‘ragé
for itself, and to live .or die according
to its native hardihood. Of course
most of these poor, motherl‘ess animal:
die. and if one manages to live, in spite
of fate, it is considered entitled to the
most profound respect; for it mean:
that it has pluck, stamina, strength
force—in short, that it can rustle.
It - really means rather more that
this. it also signifies that there hm
been an unusual combination of favor
lug circumstances; that tender young
grass has existed somewhere in tin
region round and that the climate has
been at least fairly mild. However
where dogieS‘ manage to bring them
selves safely through childhood-01
perhaps I should say calfhood—they
make the very finest sort of cattle. The
amusing thing about it is, that thcil
beginning to eat grass long before they
’ should makes them, when young, tre
mendously fat, and gives them alto
gether a most curious appearance
Their little bedies being so stuffy and
poddy makes their legs seem singular
1y short, while their hair grows very
long. Then their struggle for existence
seems to impart a very serious ex-
pression to their faces. Altogethei
their whole bearing is that of the most
comical self-importance. You can- tell
one of them as far as you, can see it,
and their coming is usually greeted
with shouts of laughter.
Herds of cattle always drift before a
storm. In Texas, when a good “north-
er” come up, they have been known to
drift southward for miles and miles,
the largest and sturdiest being always
found in the front ranks. It is no un
common sight to find, bringing up the
rear, 3. number of these little doggies,
bending their heads to the storm and
trudging along as bravely and untir-
ingly as their grown-up companions.
Cowboys consider it a very good
omen 0t meet a little dogy that hmC
strayed from its herd, and if several
of them are together they dismount
from their ponies, threw the grotesque
little beast down, andpick aside the
long hairs tofind out whether or not
it is a maverick—an expression used
for unbrand-ed cattle, and if it is they.
cast lots for it,,and the lucky one im-
mediately heats his skillet or other in
strumeuts and brands it with his em-
ployer’s mark—Chicago Inter—Ocean.
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Siireofone' Thing. ' i ' I
The boy, who was telling up the
ong and devious hill. turned out hul-
ied-ly when near the top to make way
for a fat and frantic wheelman, who"
led lost control of his machine. “Say,
tub,” yelled thé7blcyclist, “how faris
t to the bottom of this bill?” “I don’t
mow exactly what the distance is,”"
he bov called out after ' him, “but,
rou’ll be there in about-four secondsh
md- there’s a. creek at the bottom of
t.”-——Ghicago Tribune. '
‘ China Passports. '
The lines on no two human hands
are exactly alike. This fact is utilized
in China in an interesting way. When
a traveller desires a passport, the palm
of his hand is covered with fine oil-
palut and an'impressiou is taken on
thin, damp paper. This paper, ofliclal‘
ly signed, is his passport—#Tid-Bits.
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