Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 28, Number 11, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 December 1885 — Page 7

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JASPWL - 1M1XXXA. A WOW A NO t IN RHYME. i. be wm ever mmm Mm )4ee Mrromtec, ffct OUtaNM MMHWM, M pretty IMMl bm inir. And the aofce so ssoHod MorHttdio! aofctkbor N cohM MM WMMNl wMi M nliM Mmt. II. ' ehneet made fwmMt," m grossed, "tor mm I net mi Ifn t do tnlM wkttt ske kooM up toot urttctlM! But l w fttlriy resolved tkt Mm, too, atom up sorrow ril go ed I'll purahMa a MfMt to-Morrow. iff. A coroot ke bought and for M)r m boor He looted MfKM K wth kil r WM mhtot; int M Mm ravuogo that ke grimly exMoted, Jt HUiHttl MSIdOa WM WOU'Uigk liifl IV. He tktoto ke If smart, hut he's awfully betake mm! wkMe aooirise eetogae to bor forAnd. now I'm eouvinoad tkat H doesn't doHutu blM, I'll thump tko ptoee K only to spite kiml" T. o tboy pUyed wtthi vtger Skat mtm ROMtd, -And both of their Mvm wore wtk mUfj frotgktoil. Till It rbaiMwd tkat h Mutual frioad tatroduct thorn. And, wlitxl with h freak, Cupid quietly iixd Uhhh. VI. He i hateful." thought, "tout kM look m- quite pioMltHr, And fU vrvh klm a tmw I bat wm mmhI to Im frees hk: White fthjbt llttU nothing k kuwgktlly utrrovokiw.' but awfully rttyr k wut it-red. Til. It wm Mraage sftor tfcet ke should ersr bo pntittiwf Her fjctUlt4ti touek and kor WMtorly phrasing. And traBg too, that k to bersolf should kp wtylH: " I it aily behove k huprevM la his playing!" Till. And-would you kve thought It? be eaUtd fcorUy af wr. And swiftly the koura pm witk mviw and lauakiw: And oofi be noovored o fw from kM horror That wb rbe performed ke would tura the teaves for kor. IX. Of cour you m oMtly guosa bow K "Twa in ii W weddta. CudM littonded: Two bfurt kwit m om tkat wMMcbt m a lent her. And now they are m-aetlolog duets toKvtbr! Maieom Dmku, kt Sam. POOR CHALL A Story ot Isdia and the Admiral's Only Lot. The old Admiral leanwl back in his -hair, and in shrill, piping voice, aid: "I once had a little love advuiiUire, a very singular one; would yon like me .o toll it to yon?" 11$ poke, without storing, from the depth of his great an-ohair, still keeping upon his lips that derisive smile which never left them, the smile Ui Voltaire, whieh rnnde him paw for h frightfnl seepUc. I w thirty-three and a Uentenant in the navy when T was charged with an astronomical miion to Central India. The English Government furiu.hod ns.5 with all the means neceKtry for carrying out the enterprise, and I presently found myself, with a carp of assistant, in that strange, wtrprising and wonderful eon n try. I finally reached the objecUve point of my voyage, the city Ganhara, formerly one of tht most progjKirou in Central India, and at that time governed by the Rajah Maddnn, a rich 1 mice, who was tyrannical and violent J the extreme, a true oriental sovereign. genero and cruel, affable and fangtunarv, with a feminine grace and pitilcs feroeitr. The city is ituated in a deep valley on the Iwrtler of a small lake. From a distance it rewmblpg a white sjmt, increasmgin the as one approaches, and, little by little, dome, spires and minwets greet the travelers eye. At about an liour's journey from the Etc I found an elephant 8ierbly caparisoned, surrounded by an ecort of honor which the sovereign hail sent to meet me, ami I wax conducted in great pomp to the palace. I should have liked to have had time odre myself nroperlv, Imt the royal mpanence would not allow it. I was tn,ro,l"l to a great hall surrounded t It , V wore mteuwun men Jiothed in the moot magnificent garUjKn a bench, like one of onr garden inches, but covered with rich velvet, I reived a glittering mtm, a sort of w'ting, dacdinr imnlight; it wm the njh who awaited me. He had njwn m erMn ten or fifteen million diamonds, and lltvn. kSa ulintla " Vinous star of Delhi, which hatt allM'longed to the illnstroHn dynastv ljePariharaof Mundore, from whiob r host was deeoemled. ile was a young man of alout twen-y-nve yearn, ivho seemed to have negro lood in veins, although he belonged o the purest Hindoo race. He had fW7' expruMloiilefw eyen, high cheeks, "ick bps and a ctnurse beard; his forcncau H;w low and hk teeth Mere sharp Isiro'seaml came toward me, extending m hand. -Then he mad me f ll bwide him upon a seat which was so J"Kh that my fet scttrcely touched the fcround. , He at once proposetl a tiger bunt for "cnxt day. He wm evidently ier,acd that I hml oome long distance "Wp'J" to amuse myself and Join in his 'port -j. A he could be of the greatest assistncii to me I thought it best to conform ' His desires. He was so pleased with ' l i -v 8,,t h l,1nH44 that he ""hen to show me at mm n combat of pURtor, ami dragged me to a sort of a situated in Ute intodor of the Upon Ws order two with steel sysMf, wke at once

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wi nmpwmm. i ms JU)ft Watcked eottteat with a ferocious, uaskitat H Wembled with exeitemettt, Mltored kowla of satisfaction Mid cried ataiBgiy: "Strike? keee strikmg1M One of them at length fell unconeekMts; he had to be enrried from tins Nfena, and the Rajah heaved a deep fh ef refret, or grief that it was so Then he turned to Me and asked me what I thought of It I was disgusted, but I pretended to be greatly pleased. Then he ordered me to be conducted t onee to the Couch Mahal (the pleasure palaee), where I was to reside. Crossing magnificent gardens, I reached my residence. Thin palaoe wae i tasted at the extremity of the nark upon the border of the seered jeke of Vihara. lite chambers were lighted by arched windows looking upon the gardens and the lake. The marble Moors were inlaid with onyx, lapis, Inauli and agate. I had hardly finished my toilet, when a dignitary of the court, Haribadada, specially charged with communications between the Uajah and myself, announeed the visit of his Sovereign. The Rajah npneared and again shook my hand warmly, and began to tell me a thousand tilings, constantly asking my opinion, which I found hr;at diftio Ity in giving him. Then h' wished to show me tiie ruins of an ok' palace at the other end of the gardens. It was a veritable maes of rocks, peopled only by great monkey. At our approach they began to scamper over the atones, making horrible grimaces. The Rajah laughed madly, and pinched my shoulder in testimony of his pleasure. When he had had enough of this sjMjclaele, he dragged me through the gardens back to my palace, and left me, recalling to me the fact that a grand tiger hunt would take place the next day in my honor. I attended this hunt, then a second, a third, ten, twenty in rapid succession. We chased in turn all the animals that the country produced; the jmntlier, the bear, the elephant, the antelope, the hipiopotamui, the crocodile and half the iieasto in all creation. I was tired to death of the SKrU At last the ardor of the Rajah abated, and at my earnest entreaty he left me a little oportunity to work. He contented himself with overwhelming me with presents. He sent me jewels, costly garments and rare curiosities, which Haribadada presented to me with a res)Hct apparently as profound as if I had been the Great Mogul himself, although in hisheart lie thoroughly despised ine. And ever)' day a procession of servants brought me on golden plates a portion of the royal repast; each day it was necessary for me to appear and take an extreme pleasure in some diversion especially gotten up for me. When I was left to mvself I worked or went to see the monkeys, whose society pleasHl me infinitely more than that of the Rajah. One evening, ae I returned from a walk. I found before the door of mv palace Haribadada, solemn as an owl", who announced to me in mysterious tones that a gift from hie Sovereign awaked me in thy chamber; and lie offered bis waster's excuses for not having sent it before. After these somewhat obscure re marks the ambassador bowed and dieaptHmred. I entered nii' room and saw. ranged along the wall, six little girls standing sine uy sine. 1 ne oitiest might nave leen eight ami Ute youngest six. At first I could not understand why these youngsters had been installed in my nouse; men t utvtneu tne iieneate attention of the Prince, it was a harem that he had presented me. I felt inclined to burst into laughter at the sight of these midgets, who faaeti at me witn uteir large gray eyes did not know what to say to them. wauled to send them back, but one can not return a Sovereign's gift. I must keep them and find a place in my home for this troop of children. Final ly I saw to the oldest: "What is voitr name, my child?" She replied: "Cliali." She hml the air of a little mouse. raised her in my arms and kissed her. Then, seating myself in Indian fashion, I motioned to the others to range them selves around me, and began' tolling mum lairy sionee. Thev listened attentively, and trem bled with excitement at the marvelous details. When I had finished, I called my servant, and had him bring fruits ami candies, of which they eat enough to make themselves sick. Then I entrusted them to his care, directing him to see that they were made comfortable. For eight days I found a real pleas ure in playing the papa to these little puppets. We played hide and ?cek, puss in the corner and blindman's buff, which threw them into transports of happiness. My palace was turned into a sort of nursery. Chali was my favorite. We wandered together among the ruins of the old tmlace; we rowed together upon the lake, and when I was at work she would sit for hours gasing at me with her great dreamy eyes. She was a gentle, timid little thing, and I grew to love bur as if she had been my own child. The Rajah still continued to lavish gifts upon me. One day be sent me a curious object which excited in Chali the greatest ail miration. It was simply a box made of shells, one of those paper lioxes covered witli little shells stuck upon the tops and skies. Here it wotud cost jMjrhaps a shilling, but there ita value was inestimable. It was doubtless the first that bed ever foHnd its way into the kingdom. I placed it upon a table, and left it there; smiling at the importance given Uiis miserable little object. But Chali could not take her eyes off it, nor cease to admire it. She kept asking me; "Will yon let mo touch it?,, And when I authorised her to, she raised the cover ami shut It with the greatest are, She caressed it gently with her slender fingers, and seemed to reel at this contact, n delicious joy which penetrated her very heart. At last my work was finished, and it was necessary for me to depart. I was a long time in making tip my mind, retained as I wm by my love for my little friend. Finally, he waver, I had to go. The Kajfth, m deeveir, arranged new

ww mwi vwv weeas ot utese nmntt menWt I decjaiwd thai I emUd remain no longer, and he let mo depart. The adieus ef Chali were ittArtrend. ing. She threw herself Into my arms and sobbed bitterly. I could do nothtag to jtt0l her. Suddenly an idea enme to me, and, rising, I went and gUeiibeU box and plaeod it ink hand. ''That is for yon. It belong to yon." Then I saw her smile. Her face lighted up with joy. She kissed me furiously, hut she burst into tears again at the final parting. I bestowed a fatherly kiss and some trinkets upon the rest of the little oimw and departed.

Two years rolled by, when Mm e bailees of the serviee brought me again to Bombay. Unexpected oireumstanees had caused a new mission to be assigned to me wi aeeount of my knowledge of the country and the language. I finished my work as quickly as possible, and ae I had three months before me I thought I would go and make a little visit to my friend the Rajah Maddan and my dear little Chali. The Rajah received me with wild demonstrations of joy, and did not leave me a moment to myself on the first day of my return. In the evening, however, finding myself free, I sent for Haribadada, and after many diverse questions I asked him: "Do you know what ha become of the little Chali that the Rajah gave me?" The man's face assumed a troubled expression, and he replied, uneasily: "You bad better not speak of her." "Why? She was a nice little girl." "She turned out badly." "What. Chali? What has become of her? Where is she?" . "I tell you she ended badly." "Ended badly? Is ahe dead?" "Yes. She committed a villainous not" I was great ly moved. I felt my heart beating rapidly and a sharp agony tore my breast. I continued: "A villainous action? What did she do? What happened to her?" The man became more and more embarrassed. "You had better not ask," he said. 'But I wish to know." ' "She stole " "What, Chali? What did the steal? Whom did she rob?" "Yon, my lord." "Me? How was that?" "She stole fNMei you en the day of your departnre the box whieh the Rjgjeh had given you. It was found inkier handl" "What box?" "The shell box." "But I gave it to her." Haribadada raised his eyes and gaaed at me In stupefaction. "Yes, she swore by all the sacred oaths that you had Siven it to her. But no one believed lat you could have offered to a slave the gift of a sovereign, and the Rajah had her punished." "What, iHtnielied? And what did theydo to her?" "They tied her in a sack, my lord, and threw her into the lake from that window, from the window of the chamber where we now are, and where she committed the theft." I felt myself suffering more acutely man i nau ever none neiore, ana . made a sign to Haribadada to with draw in order that he might not see me weep. I passed the night at the window overlooking the lake, where I had so often stood with the tioor child, ana I thought that her pretty form was there , . 1 . A - ... - f ueueaiii me in a sack uou wim a oora at the bottom of the dark water upon winch we hau so often gneu. I departed the next day, in epHe of the entreaties and vehement protesta tions of the Kaiah. And I believe now that I have never loved any other woman than Chali. George RttfnoM, in Zfeston Fm. JAPANESE PROGRESS. WMtcra I4M Adopted by tke Mikado's Fair SHkjeet. The ladies of Japan show not less readiness to adopt Western ideas and usages than the. Japanese ef the other sex. The belles of ledo order dresses from Paris; ani the progress of imRation has rone so far as to make a knowledge of the fashionable dances of Europe an indispensable feature in the education of every Japanese lady who respects herself. Equestrianism has not, however, figured, so far, in the list of feminine accomplishments in the dominions of the Mikado; not, H seems, from any aversion on the part of the ladies to take pattern by their European sister in this as in ether respeets, hut simply because no means of mastering the art of horsewomanship as it is practiced in the West existed in the country. A riding-school is, however, about to bo oiiened In Yokohama ex clusively for the use of native ladies. and it promises to oe largeir patron ised. The Japanese Government is about to take steps whioh will have the effect of bringing the more eond branches of Western education within reneh'of the female subjeols ef the Mikado. A number of voting women are about to be sent to Eurone to re ceive thorough training in the essential branches of female education as it is understood there, with a view to their subsequent employment as teach ers in their own country when qtiHnflod. at. twtw lunette. A Soulful Appetite. Miss Clara (at the front door) Good-night, George, dear. As you look upon the moon on your journey homeward, let the thought come to you that I, too, am gazing toward the same pale orb, and our souls will hokl sweet communion. Good-night, A little later. Miss Clara (in the house) Mother, do you know what has become of those oold buckwheat cakes left over from breakfast?. . Sun. A man while fishlnr from the nier at Cneile Garden hooked a fish that wm so iarre R nailed him into the water and he wm drowned. tf. 1

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of Ua Mm Xewthete ahWntn on the awr sac, and travel u and down the land thereto, the eitlaen whete mmm le Legion. WiUwuu H. H. Lejrwo, ef Letfloavllk Leftou tienuIT, and this it the tnaMieref wan be tot One ef Mm tolketa peUties. Prow the nme b aoMoth upon tne trata until he stoaetu off he taiketh the toeal pehhes of D4uetufon County Into the weary ears f the stranger from farther India, whe hnoweth about Awteriean polities far mm then the 1K t the corn pen anoweto sheet the new tar in Aareumla. And another ef him is the man who fete carried by. Never a tram run uboh'wImom that did not carry seuw man by. The brakeman, with toe rieh toner voice, opens the front door and shrieks, hi ear-splitting falsetto: "Weed town! rTootMawiir Then the braketnan, with adep bass voiee, opens the rear door and roars: "Wtmd lawn I Wood htwn!" Tlie train boy goes down the aisle with kis books ami apples and squeaks: "Woodlawnwoodlawn!" Finally enters the conductor, wlto says, in tones of impressive dignity sml official authority: H'oi lawn; Hrootl lawn." The train stop. The passenger raises a window and looks out at Ute village. Ten miles farther on the brakeiiian with the tenor voice opens Ute door, a cinder files down his throat and ehokes his utterance, he gasis feebly and inarticulately: " Wlnsherullcslun.,, Tlie astonished passenger springs to his feet. "Winchester Junction 1" he bowls; "why in the name of goodnes didn't you tell me when we came to WeotUawn? Now lean' t get home till to-morrow morn mi ; I'll report you for neglecting to call out stations; see If I don't!" And there is tlie man who gets off the train every time it stops, rushes down the platform, gets in everybody's way, foreee his way into the waiting-room while everybody else is trying to get out, peers into the ticket oikes. always wants to knew "Where the mischief the telegraph operator is?" Never roads a telegram; never knows what to say If the operator is at his noet always peeps into tlie oagrage-car to see if ne can discover his own trunk which was Wit on ten hours and two hundred and fifty miles age; gew thumped with trunks and pinched by tnteks; gets dcejter In tlie way every time ne tries to get out or it; never sees anybody lie knows on the whole trip, ami would be amazed if he did, and rMea In his seat ae Httle ef the tints that it doesn't pay him to claim It when he seen any one else in It, ah bough that hi Die only Mum he wants it. And there is the man who is f ami Her with all the train men; he calls Ute con due tor "George" and the brakemen "Johnny," and addresses the waiters at the dining station by their . first names. If, however, ne s)oaks to a taiiow-jtassenger lie calls him "Say, you." He stops the conductor wken that official is tlie busiest to ask linn about brakemen on freight trains of whom the eondnetor never heard; nor any other man, poffdbly. He calls tlie length of the car In tlw newsboy, to know wlten we pass ninety-seven," and if "Bill Slunt is runnin' lir to-day?" His withering contempt for lasseiurers is something immeasurably painful to tlie unhappy people wlio Hie obllj:6d to travel. This man, whom you have often met, has two or three origins. He usually travels on a trip pees, and usea to sweep out the general ottiees when tlie regularly ordained janitor had to take the Superintendent's place. He isn't a railroad man, but he'd give both his legs if he could make people think he Is. There are two men in a seat near the stove exchanging recipes for rheumatism and other ills to whieh human flesh is Iteir. One ot tlietn had tlie "Jatimlers" all last spring. They "come onto" him just as lie was getting over a spell ef "neuralagy" and left him just In time for two weeks' "rassei weth lumbago in the spine ef hie baek." "That isn't what alls him new, a though. It's this "miasm la In his system" and the thing he has been and is yet taking for it are numerous eneueh ami varU us enough to kill ell a county alms-bouse. The other man had "a malignant tumor" hi his hip all winter, and tlie only thing hie doctor could do with It was to threw him into a Twouchiai fever," the effects of Which were Still tmlllfullv amiarant In chlllWalns ami "execrated sore throat." Every time he "swollers" he'd "drutherdle 'n swoller agin," So these two sufferers while away weary hours tolling each other lnfnlllWe cures for all the things the other wan has. And then there are four ethor mam to m the train; Utey are on every train that eVet turned a wheel tins two yeuug married peotne who have just been married, and the omnipresent ether two young peepto. the two whe want to be nsarrtoi "w""

FO&OCTRYOnWMUIMML A PLAOt FOR YOU. feme ear. nay key. yeult bo a mm, ftiatedine to fees the worm aioaet Your own earetr youTt have to phut. Amd work out, too, ane by your own

afjruoM gent waete or renown win over war nether rouM your you mm Ute's watttaur i Tours m the blame. The taaaveM of oaoh sunny hour ua ure irw at attor-work you'tt see; yours, sod yonM the poi tar your eoetluy. Youth aow hi y To palM or mr your eosauy. Howr fir tko war you mm twin Jtour store your mum asm serve your TaaMUUffnte wane thoM latent sewers To Uo !Mr pert. WtfeMa Um world, my boy, somtwlH Tkere feet bums humo mot feruM Your future bettlo-grouMl le store. i M BUMS laero is work ror you m oot it la to mU tke mia. to mw, stay m to ansa awkil row auMHMod 1 Your )m win ft4. Ab4 bo K hw h or be It low, , No Matter where you ted year Oe. Miok to rt. Mr lad. and show Your Mottlo, while you mako the Of youth's fajtrl tuMira. L Learnt wmi our laaee with honor. Know always do your work, and do rt well, Is togtiaat preiM. QtUm Jmm. 'JUMBO." Hailwliaomn by Xattkow Ifeott. Mta Kotaor, The following interesting sketch of Barnum's mammoth elephant, whieh met such a tragic death la Canada lent summer, is taken from an article in n late number of Harper's Ywq People: "It was in December, 1861, that my name was entered on the books of the Royal Zoological Society's Garden, at Regent's Park, in London. I wm then seventeen years of age, and my great desire to be constantly among the animals which I had visited over and over again was finally gratified. "I well remember when it wm announced, eighteen years ago, that an African elephant, with immense ears like folding parlor doors, would soon arrive, and the managers decided to put me in charge of him. There was great excitement when the boat arrived from Paris, and it seemed m if all the boys and girls in London turned out to see him. The little elephant wm n curiosity on account of his peeuliar shape and his big ears, and the members of several learned societies oame to examine him. The name I gave him, Jumbo, had no particular significance; in fact, I don't think that I had ever heard it. "From the natives where he wm captured it was learned that Jumbo wae five years of age, and I took delight in telling the visitors that he would grow up to be the biggest elephant in the world. This I judged from the peculiar size and proportions of his bones in relation to the body, and I resolved soon afterward that I would make n study of feeding him. He wm then sickly, and in a bad state of health generally. Jumbo and myself were fast friends the first time we met, and he would be governed by none of the other keepers. He wae like a great good-natured boy, and he took a spe cial lancy to cimuren ana ladies, ana wm never so happy as when he could carry a back-load of little ones around the Park. His passengers included children of royalty and nobility, and M he grew rapidly, a larger saddle was necessary every few months. "One day as Jumbo wm passing through a crowd he suddenly stopped, and would not move an inch when I commanded him to proceed. From my seat in the saddle I observed that a lady below was much agitated m she came running toward Jumbo. Leaning over the side of the saddle, I saw that n child of two or three years had fallen in our pathway, and wae lying between Jumbo's fore-feet The beast would not stir until he had taken up the infant tenderly in his trunk and passed it over to the mother. "Mr. Bamum, ten years ago, saw Jumbo at the Gardens and tried to purchase him. When he offered fifty thou sand dollars for him I wm afraid the directors would let him go and that I would lose my beet friend. I didn't have much to say to the greet showman, and was not at all anxious to exhibit the good points of my big elephant until after the managers of the Garden had assured me that thev would never allow the animal to go to America for any price. Six years ago, however, Jumbo had turns of fretfulnese which alarmed the directors, and they even went so far ae to purchase blunderbusses with which to shoot him if he became mad and unmanageable. I told them that elephant were social animals, and that what ailed Jumbo wm the want of society with hie own species. "As Mr. Barn u m had n score or two of elephant in his great American show Mr. A. D. Bartlelt, Superintendent of the Zoological Gargens, advised tlie sale of Jumbo at a greatly reduced price. Mr. Barnum offered ten thou sand dollars, and the managers accepted it, on the condition that he should take him ae he stood, as thev would run no risks of removing him. The bargain wm made, and it w.ie one of the happiest days of my life when I touna mat i wm to accompany my old friend across the water. "The journey is familiar to every bov and girl in the land. Even those who have not seen Jumbo on his travels through the country have read how Jumbo wm boxed tin and hoisted abroad the steamer Assyrian Monarch by means of enormous derricks, and how, on hie arrival in New York in April, 1882, every paper in the land had columns of interesting news about the wonderful beast that had now grown to be the largest known annual in tne wonu. "Jumbo wm unlike anv other ele phant in Mr. Barnum's great herd. It would never do to punbm him or to force him to obey. Mr. Arstingstali holds sway over nearly- fiftv exeat ani mals (any of which might pick hmt up and hurl him as a boy would a rat) solely beo.iuee they fear him. Not so witn gum no. lie minded me because he loved me. Many years aro it wm that be began to show his affection for me, and he never betrayed the oenfia.. -v w u. uenoe i placed in mm. Whenever I eoukl make my wishes known to him, he always obeyed. Like a child, he would sometimM he neevteh and

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uHnH nto to pet hhm, and hf I pj' Ism ill feeling. " Te hnve traveled many tisounsshi ear built expressly for ouTumUj atoeping apartment wm at one end us? the ear, and my bed wm near Jumbo, Unless I wm in it he would not go to) stoop, no matter what hour of the night it might be. Sometimes I would toft a short walk around the city alter the exhibition wm over for the day, and before the oars started. Jumbo wm always awake, and waiting for bis bit of cake and beer, or whatever I had. He always shared my beer at sight Once I forgot to give him his portion, and after I had dropped asleep he put bis trunk around me, and lifted mm out of my bed. I then recollected the nip of beer I had left in the mug, not enough to wet the ehi fellow's throat, but as toon M he got it he wm seasoned. " He wm mischievous, too, and oftentimes he would wait until I had fallen asleep, and then carefully take of my bedclothes without awakening me. If it wm oold weather, I would find the quilts crowded into the venti

lator overhead. I recollect finding my coat and vest carefully tucked into the, grating of the oar, out of my reach. I looked for them for half an hour, while Jumbo swunk his trunk like an enormous pendulum, as he always did when expressing delight. Finally be directed my attention to the grating, and at my request gave them baek. Many times Jumbo Has picked me up and placed me out of danger of various kinds to which he fancied I wm exposed, and in several instances he saved my life. When the stampede of elephants took place last year, he caught me in his trunk, and held me a prisoner between his fore-feet until the general alarm had subsided. "An amusing instance occurred at Fenn Yan of Jumbo's jealousy of the attention paid me by visitors to the great show. "A young lady from the rural districts took quite a fancy to me, and I suppose I took more pains than usual that she should know the whole history of Jumbo. She returned several times before the cirous performance began in the big tent, and each time brought a bouquet or other small gift. After the exhibition she came again, and Jumbo concluded I wm either in great danger or else receiving altogether too much attention from the damsel. At any rate, he wound his trunk around me and drew me away from her. I freed myself, and again made myself agreeable, when Jumbo picked me up and placed me on one side, and then gently but firmly pushed the lady away from him as far as hk ehaina would allow. "I do not like to review the details of Jumbo's sudden death. He showed his affection for me to the last moment, and it seems that he realised the danger to which I wm exposed. He first took care, as he saw the fatal train coming, that I should be saved, and quickly put me out of harm's way. Then he as quickly rolled Tom Thumb away from the track, and in so doing lost so much time that the engine wm upon him before he could move away. He wm a king, and be faced death like a king. Thejocomotive struck him on the head, fracturing bis skull. "Jumbo's hide and bones are now in charge of Prof. Ward, proprietor of the great museum at Rochester, N. Y., and lie is preparing them for Mr. Barnum hereafter to transport through the country with his show. Eventually the skeleton will rest at the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, while the stuffed skin will be placed in the Barnum Museum ef Natural History at- Tufts College, Boston." Mr. Barnum sends the following short account of Jumbo's introduction to his herd of elephants: "The day after Jumbo's arrival at Madison Square Garden we resolved to introduce him to the thirty-five Indian elephants whioh we had there. Some of us feared the result, but Scott insisted that Jumbo wm too much of a gentleman to misbehave. So we placed our thirty-five elephants in a row, each being chained one leg to a post, and then Scott led Jumbo in. He passed in front of the string of elephants, looking at first a little surprised, m did all the other elephants when Utey first discovered him approaching. But Jumbo and all the other elephants at ones looked kindly, and each extended its trunk m Jumbo passed, which he fondly took with his own trunk, giving each elephant a kind caress. Mutual affection seemed at once established, and it existed without interruption till the day of his death." Politeness in the Heme. One is forcibly reminded, in going from place to place, how small and seemingly trivial often are the things which go to make or mar the comfort and peace of home. In some households tli ere is a genuine good will and kindness which only works out half its mission, for the reason that it does not express itself in little courtesies of speech and action. These are mote important than some of our busy men and women may realise. The ready "thank you," "if you please," etc., at table and elsewhere, the quiet "excuse me" when obliged to pass directly before or inconveniently near another; the loving "rood-night" and cheery "good-morning," although little things, aro help in making a happy home. Courtesy is but the ready overflow of kindness and good-will to all, and is therefore but a natural expression which costs nothing, but which often cheers an aching heart, and whioh never fails to make home brighter and more attractive to old and young. JFxawttner. William Buell, eighty years of ags, naunor inmate nf the Suffolk County (Long Island) Poor-House for many years, it netng supposes mat se WM without relatives or friends. It now turns out that he is next of kin to Colonel Thomas S. Lester, an eccentric and very wealthy resident or boumiom, who dtal a few weeks ago, leaviMg property valued at over f 100, 000 and HO Will. JBHteu s snare w rw,w. hM been removed from the poec-heuee to feutkokl.-. T.