Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 28, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 February 1886 — Page 2

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Ftfta street and from tiM track and eeklag kens aattuteio. TIm fores of aW taSOW Mm CaiS deOO acrOSS am Ml llOMM MM. Iff, IIS, 117 lit Poplar were alt more er Wm Yae fMpMMibllHy lor use eecMeat Is HMMti k tM4. TIm tviag at tiM MM Of MTM as boar when the counting of mm 1a anoete oa parted. Tata was at 1U street The forward eectioa of tho i tenia, drawn by eagiee tot, raa the forward trela reacaed Mm levee switched south, lagHMtr Mahoaey his way blocked by anothsr to alack ap. Ia tk second section of the krokoa train, wbiek was aot coupled to Um rear" englae, bad boea gathering anamwar on w ikhm ara. a w iot slackened, raced down the aad dashed into tiM raeaways with tarrine force. The elects of tke collision war terrific. Tke cars loft IIm track ia 0017 direction, aad. striking oat loft aad right, scattered the debris of half a kalkKag fronts along tkc narrow Tk fleetest oeetraetioa was at Poplar street aad the levee. In'an angle formed by tk branching of tke tracks aorta aad a one-story brick oce. it owned by tkc Booseck Lumber Comr, and occupied or Clay tor, wko carAim tkc bastaes ot furnace setting. Clay lor waa aaleep wkea tkc accident ocoarred. A box-car, loaded with lumber, Mt tke track at the switch, aad striking Mm calkting, seat wall and roof njing mmt ittto tkc levee. Claytor awoke to lad Mat elf ia tke midst of a slower of bricks timbers, aad with tkc stars ; down bis face. How kc sot oat. ke any kc doesn't know, bat be escaped astro aad with only a lew sltfbt cuts oa ataa"! laM9C MM! IMoMI TIm obstructive box-car was followed by a iat, a grata car aad a loaf line of loaded cocl gondolas. Tkc box-car jaantMy skipped across the debris of tke baildhftx, aad taming end ap, stack oa its aoae ia the mad: tke grata ear broke loose, rolled down tke leree, aad rolling aw oa it side, broke square ia kalf; tke platform car jumped oat of its wheels and a coal car rolled dowa to Mm adse of tke river aad stopped far waat of rollers. Tke engine nr, injure, bat when tke runaway was anally stopped rooter street look like a coal yard struck by a cyclone. Half x doeen wrecked coal car? bad scat their freizht alone tke street aid t walk; a shed at Mala aad Poplar, by the Boaack Lumber Coaspanr, waa knocked into "pi:" a hole ia the side mat in Mm Bridae Beach iron fouadrv weald have admitted a whole train of oars; a cart-load of bricks was lyiag on the ioor of a bed-room oa tkc ret ioor of tke Mlssisaippi House oa Mm opposite corner, owned by Frank Mitchell, tke lambemMa, and rented by John Gtrnrd; Hie balk window aad front wall of Charles Williams' saloon, Xo. Hi raptor, was shaved almost clean, two telegraph poles were cat of clean as a wkkHle and hang saspendad from tkc aad Mm owner of several otket will need new steps. Tkc loss to betweea 15,000 aad SACRILEGE PUNISHED. HM 4M Fate mtm irHik to m Btrlmtt mt l.mrd't Sar--A Straafe au TfTtthwr fcapa4aPas &al tea Sfeml JpPSJ(fcJ aataa1 04T Kww Tone, Feb. Mews of a sir ange aad myaterioas occarrence at Millersbarf , laas)kia Coaaty, kas been received here. Ka Tkaraday morning there was a joTial asowd ma hotel there, aad while they lease knblbiag, Samael Matter entered Matter was wsU known throogkont the oaanr as a patent medklac peddler, aad waa Kty-f re years old. His wife died m Mm alBM-koase, and iace tkea he has Krina; near this place. Shortly Matter catered, a dtscassioa oa idiaHoai sabjects arose. Tkc sacrameat of Mm Lord's Sapper, was talked akoat. mm Tery earnest hi kki anally, dared the men ,ia an imitation of the Lord's They agreed to have it witk bear aad bread, and accordtacly, a ataos was wHk that beTersfc. They tkea . ia mock hamiHtr, and, witk the Iteer hand and bread in Mm other, Matt alone, at vine: a ml and a aap to Baddtaly, when he wag about i, a strange noise was beard, aad looking ap Mm men saw a sight that madt their blood ran cold and f rose Mm macrow hi MMtr bones." As near as Mm scared men cosJd describe it, Mmy declare Mmt It was an lm man, tn-formed and foal beast, with great dorea feet, pointed barns and Etkat fasked ire. Witk wild yells, rasked oat into Um open air aad ersd ia every direction. Finally aU of Miem reached boom, except Matter, who was away for a lone time, aad at last he arrived, a maniac. He was pat to bed aad doctors called in, bat they con Id do noMitng for kirn. He raved, howled aad nraved, oeciariae Mmt ke had aeon Mm ortt one aad that he was loot. Hie tortare was terrible, bat nothing eowld be dame to relieve him, and ke eted to the wttdist agony. Tke death-bed scene is aati to have been fall ot horrors Matt eon Nasdty be described." -ete Feeattk Mm Tmptn. WsatmiaTOK, Feb. I. Secretary Meaning's answers to the resotatloas Introduced by Senator Morrill some time ago eatttng for papers on Me In Mm Treasury Dtssu-tment rsiattoe; to Mm reanval of Mm laternel-lwveattc collectors la South Caroltaa and West Virginia, wore laid before the Senate to asecnttve session ftta after noon. Secretary Manning, ttkc AttorneyGeneral Oeriaad la tke AiabsnM United States district attorney ease, declined to furnish Mm papers. The Secretary's reamflanat noMaaaaS ammnmahl aSimmiaa man! si it - - - - aPSttnfi WwfWf WnSJPwV mSB6fS9H9t9Vf rVKMJKTwV to Mm

hag a law far Mm ooaapakory retirement of oammM on raaokkag tke age of

siaty-foMr seeane to bare lated lagawHlty to dovWnr for farther swoUtog tke retired Hat. One of these projects appears in the bill of Senator Culloe, which declares that any a gear now on Mm active Hot of Mm amy who serred to Mm war of Mss rebel Hon, eitaer in the votontoer or ragalar foroos. shall, on hie application, to Mm President, be pat o the reMrad list with the rank and retired pay af the grade noxt above Mm one which laS elell ot tmHg) tiBmVf iftse emJpliCawtipfMRe Tkic is an extraordiaary Measure, and its aaeataity is in no respect obrions. If fall advantage abonM be taken of It, Mm entire military establishment wowkl go to pieces. Kvry general ofKoer in Mm service, every Colonel commanding a regiment and nearly every field officer served ia Mm civil war, and hence would be able to demand retirement. Tke war ended only a little more Mtaa twenty years ago, and it is therefore evident that a very large part of tke higher officers of tke army would be included in the privileges of this bill, and nearly all thoee occupying the Most rosMsible positions. The only officers who could not retire wader its authority would be the younger ones, who have taken part in no war on a large scale. Undoubtedly such a scheme would increase the flow of promotion, but it would make no account of tke interests of the country. It may be said that there would be little anxiety to give up fall pay aad active service for three-fourths pay aad retired service, and that this bill k only designed to open tke retired list, now limited by law, for tke benefit of a small number of officers. But it really does mtteh more. It offers a premium on applications for retirement. It gives the applicant the pay of the grade above his own. There is much complaint of the length of time that elapses, during peace, between one promotion and another. Hence there is good reason to suppose that while an officer who is within a few years of an expected advancement in grade might prefer to wait for it, officers who have just received a promotion may be glad I to take utree-iourths ot a rate oz pay ; higher than Mm one on which thev are i likely to remain for yeare, especially as they would get this pay with absofate ; freedom from active duty, and the full command of their time. Thus each set of promotions might be followed by temptations to retire, aad those, ia turn, by others, so keeping the service constantly unsettled. But even were as little advantage taken of the privileges of the scheme as its projectors seem to expect, it is none the less based oa an unsound principle. Why should tke most experienced officers in the service be invited to leave it, and be even tempted by the prospect of retiring on higher rank and pay? The knowledge gained by the actual command of large bodies of troops in a long war will disappear from tb set-rice fast enough by natural casualties aad by the enforced retirement for age. There are many officers in lite army only a little more than fortv years old, who served daring the civil war, aad are now in the prime of life. Being thus full of the possibility of iinefulnees for many years to come, and in sound health, such officers apparently should not be allowed to &tep aside, enjoying three-fourths of an increased pay through the remainder of life, even shouhl they desire to do so. HE NEVER BLUSHED. Jen Hwm Mkr Mtalemettte WMek Ottgltt te Xak Cucumber Tera CcimSenator John Sherman, whan addressing the Ohio Legislature Mm other day. was kind enough to speak well of the New York election laws as safeguards against fraudulent voting. He held up the Xew York sy-Um as an example for Ohio to" imitate. The purity of the ballot, he think, is not sufficiently protected in Onto: The tfMMtM arrived when txxh nottueal part,e anotM t MrtH tttrtwe rt to thta !&' 'on. arl prevent fraudulent voting. For Mtir, I mhUS tmv&r Mt in Ha( atrlr that Ibices sWtM h brosMrtit tU pinr. It M SlSVrtnt Wttit nwt KaMHMl qteUo4. In 9tM nfftifni you ftiHinM iMtrHHw. roeaedOM ol ticnl aNilbttioM. aU rwinl tkM quMie froHiibe mni atanJaoiut. ltleeaparent that there onnt U he a ireneral rcvishmortae 4rvtim TKe nuritjr nC the btUtet is 4vpn4m mim1 SMrieM and mmM voone nveenwa. Vke oecurveneca ilea aaveMmcnwi reMtir fnouM mmiviiwe men nt all olitJel opinion that a radical ehaoge tnauM b m4." This plea for hottest votinr, for the purity of the ballot, for additional safeguards against fraud to elections, sounds strange enougk from Mm Hps of was the chief promoter in Louisiana of the fraud by which the vote of that State was stolon ton years ago, and wko received as kis pay Mm omce of Secretary of Mm Treasury. But Sherman did not Mask. Then theunhiuebing statesman wont on to compliment the man whom ke helped to defraud: '1 lavHe your attention to tne example set v the went Mate of New Yora. In tnet metts, m W. rreat fraud were peri9trat4 braMHMtwkAM naatewiil tte reMSHuet by nr party no Tweed. Then H wae that mea M aota nwtlal aerUe want to work oMMI 18 C Off "IC vtMprf 4OB IntW X tC nraVl not been done eivil war wouM have been HievHaMe, Men mt both parties reeetveC Hn tefoi-ataUen. ana M reaulted in the kH e)etinn taw in the wor'rd. la the SHHmM. laet ran, over the feetn.Mtejr aaited the emad vote, andlhe matter wm eMied. One of the meet SitinirtMe4 aten to brimr about tht reform frwml J. TMS, aad I aw triad lo speak et It here," At this point the Ohio legislators hurst into applause. Perhaps it was the name of Tilden that provoked the demonstration. Perhaps it waa the tatemint that elections are purer to Kew York than to Ohio or Louisiana, for example. Perhaps it wm Mm eonHtmmste audacity which enabled John Sherman to keep his Wood to hWt keels nik awakening memories shameiul Mtougk to hav made a cucumber turn arimaoa. He Mever blnehed. YVtal aaatt Saaaaaom am u.ut au lleataama V tdVt color ef mm&ttom mlH aome nto John Ibwiast'i ohsekif Jf. Y.

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Mm printers emptoyodl to Mso OovornJepaar alooafcaSjp aaaiJJ Ss( eeaaiSlSn tkat MMywore a wallontHied to kiHor private employ as the clerks to Um departments are to higher salaries Mm individuals and private corporations pay for the same kind of work. The force of Mm sttgvssttosi is not of a kind to strengthen Mm demand of Mm printers. It does wot show or toad to show that Mm should receive higher wafas for their work because they are to Government service Mian they would for Um same work to private employ. Hut it does show that the Government clerks should be governed by Mm same rule. It is not surprising that hon-net artisans aad worktagmon In Um service not only of Mm United State but of the State and Mm city, should have their attention called to Um fact that Government clerks are better paid than clerks to private life. Nor is it very surprising that they should conclude Mi at they should receive aimilar consideration. But Um true remedy for Um irregularity is not to making the workiagmen empioyea by uovernmont a favored class. w" . , ii m m THuuar m I - T . t. .7 . , ... . w r. J. . Government of the Nation, the te, or whs city, niuuhi pny any wore lor the service it requires than a private ..,..t u t i 7":::Zi"7? :J1 1Z nrrr.jr:, " ..r2.;r, ,v Avarn.vm.at of public employes won' so strongly and generally that it could not possibly be continued. Hut for that system, indeed, the notion of such overpavment could never have got itself established in practice. If it had never come to be regarded as necessary that a Government servant should bear a particular party label, or that .!- 1 . .i.' ..i i j Lj considerattons wholly distinct from kis , capaeity or fitness, the Mlsa of paving him any more than a private empiove ! would never have been entertained for , a moment If the civil aerTtoe over reaches the j point-as it one day may-of absolute . divorce from politics and the spoils i system, Utis discrimination betweon f public and private emplovment, which u one of the worst oSects of the svs-S tern, will be wined out. A govern-' ment wuouy irse m the manner of selecting its employes will not consent to pay more for service rendered than j private employers do. IMroil Frte ( iVess. 1 ' .1 w THE PAY OF JUDGES. Th Mil OmiI WMdi Sftm PnnTrmMy mt Cawif aaUaa. The bill which passed Mm Sonata j mlanos of Uaitod States to Mx the salari district judges at a uniform rate of 15000 annually wae opposed by some Souther a aad Southwestern Senators, who think tkat the pay waioh satisfies a county judge to am agricultural community ought to be enough to command the servicos of a United States district judge to New York, Philadelphia or Chicago. The fact tkat State judges ia large cities are paid aln tr s r num wwnjs a uca greer wary than the United States judges seems to be a matter of no consequence to tke economical opponent of the proposed ; slight increase. That the Federal courts ought not to be placed at a rolative disadvantage to the State eeuss , around them is a proposition few wUP. gunaay. ik toe net uiai Monger salaries arc paid Federal judges where State judges receive a comparatively liberal recognition, k nujuet to the United States judges and is calculated to deprive the Federal bench of aa high order of talent as. the State courts) m the same places eaauy secure. There are thirty-stx United district judges. One, who sits Statoa 1 in Siva , Franeico, gets $6,000 a year; one in New Orleans receives $1,500; eight, who hold court in Um largest cities to Um United State, get $4,000 each, and the forty-six others have to be content with 3,5W. Within Um last tea years some of Mm strongest judge on the United States Circuit and District bench have resigned their places on account of the inadequacy of the salary. That salary was fixed long ago, when Um country was poor and the cost of living in a style befitting a judge waa much toss than now. It should have been raised long ago, aad Mm opposition of such mea as Morgan, though ostensibly made on the ground of eoonomy, is really dictated by hostility to the Federal judges themselves. The United States judge ia Alabama, he informed Um Senate, is inferior to attainments to every other to the State, and therefore he is opposed to increasing his salary. Ia spite of this weighty objection, Um Senate passed Mm bill, but there w danger that the Democrats in the House will incline to the opinion that it to hardly worth while to increase judicial salaries until there are a few more Democrat on Um Federal bench . PkUmttelptUm Yes. ComtntMtofMr Sparks. The CommMsioner of the Goneral Land Office has written the following letter to W. R. Green, a banker at Bangor, D. T.: Inreptjrto year letter of the Sth trme; tene mfonned a leave a nV9 Stmt SA4rtmn4 mrMfCfimaT purptMe' m my late ruif. yeu are a4vled that f premie to execute tSe law a tkev tana, aatr men or umm mm are required to MHHpljr with the eenditMMH precrib4 hf law Thetr entries meet fee eew armed fer lWi nSSve before patents eau lame. Theaetionof tie rea-Mer and receiver In aeptin; proof ans imc aeruaeatea H preHminarjr onlr. not anal or eonehtive, bat aaal rs"ainlef el and aav never ben m UeSM4 hi ta wactiee nr eeeiiMia at this deaartnHni or f meeeeriM. rer reuriMrtner i fennaUon on thi nonH vow are referred tm UM deeHion et ttarr Tetter, la the eae of C I. 0irtvel1. 3 U.. M. 1 do not protxt li$fl W MMMHi eB H PK MH 1 441 faTfKt W 1H4 IMIt tHH Uinaii B-JLL- fajMi tuhak -aa.. ... , -a , j tfmmnnj waamj W9 ismfmnj VSj Sf tfJl"rWlw"S tW W9 MrM

uioeet 10 review anu anal aettan arthMoawe I "" ""' ". ' an4 depriHMit Coaveramw after amd way that be went head forctniHt into a kTi7ndatM,n ! cn imm "h he had removeil tlio f.pnrbaer lf patent own rink. ; Cver. and, as it was a tight fit, a tiil H?.,ha i! oate hm.-llrtrlfwr fwrnnf.

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Mtose who will be fortunate unoufh to nave any bees toft in Um spring, m now shall we most tuscotasfully get Mmm in proper conditio to be read for Um inoonting; honey season. Hut little, if anything, can Ik; done now un til the advent of warm weather, thing should, however, be assured. vie: that the bee have ant pie stores to carry them through. This k easily aaoerUitved, for w always hare a few warm days in March whea the exact condition of eaen colony as regards stores can be fount! out by an axaminaUon, and. it any are found wanting;, their wants can cattily be supplieH. When the balmy scpltyrs of spring are icii, ana nu nature begins to put on her robe of green, the joyous hum of the bee is heard, and they are found distorting in front of their hives, and onuxing in nectar ami pouen irom tne maple, birch and other earlr flowering . . . t m, - - " tree anu saruus. i Hen a carol ui ex amination shouhl be made, and the i.x act conuiiioa oc eacn colony asoat taincd. Experience has taught us that it is of hv aaph t7amii vvivri ItTC Air MiHI t t fav Utr..r .a iat:i.i little use to unite small colonies at this 1 v ?'V"JC them a frame of brood I sionallv from Uuxse colonies thi ,wi w a ara-avs l ajuttaa iMllll It oeeatltat can . well spare them. As it is a fi , be not wa.it.1 v, in r Ml that in numbers suflicient for self-preservation, of each !l .1. . V ... , coioni "um utc noiiev crop is ream' to gathered, it follows that large colosv when tk honrv u to im SV WMCn lH! ttoflry tO IM The rule then should be to cqualixe as nearly as poible all the colonies in the apiary, at the same thue gettinjr them in condition to bring in thu mctar from the Meld in large quantities a soon as it is "rip-, for the harvest.'' It is quite easy to till this bill, for wo know that it takes twentr-one davs Know tt r , . "'8 worKJ tw,ve ,dVv' the just ""fj t ? snmeauitly n,!umI Uu work its a forager, ow as lofshties difiVr. it only remi,u ,for . e"c!' "P'i-t to find out h,en tho X111 of ,8r n his locality d,ue' " u repre his 00101111"; to Stw J V"""-? ,n "n,ul ,,e th,nJ? v,-: thl tn k Vf 'ktHl' jour eolony is to be taken cwh yntm ud that t 18 toraicp a honle iT Sftt Clttaaar tt a tttaut s- k. f I . a. m gather nothing. I am not now writing for the novice, so will assume that the alwve i nil sufficient for experts. The novice will perhaps read Utis article, ami if so I think he can readily umlr.-tanl it; but whatever may be the ease, it remains still a fact that we want at any time only that number of bee in a "colon v thjt w,n mujLs. md the 5n'. dividual application of tlic above hints will most certainly tend to brin about goou mutts. imh-triH. NFLUENZA IN SHEEP. Simple KpMPttlM for the Care of the Trl)lMme CemplalHt. Ia reply to a correspondent we would say that innuenxH in sheep is not infectious. It is often supposed to be; because it depends unon conditions mai are apt to exist over a wnie ran gm of territory ami hence manyfheep may be affected at the same time. It is an inflammation of Uw membrane of tha nose and bronchial passes. The eyes are ml awl water-, more or leis fever is prent, there is a nmrk. d weakness and the svsiem generally is wit of order. The animal has no appetite, the nose runs, there w eough, indirection ami impaction. After cold and damp weather, it is observable frequently, and is always more were on low, wet 11 nd rained 'land. When sheep are upon such land ami are a tucked, thev should bn rt-tnnvml tn liirl,(.iand ilrver laml. UVh iuw!t,l fln.v cbould'bc sriven nil-meul. Awuin wi dire to say that oil-meal i one of the best things in the world to feed to sheep. It is not only a good food, but it is good medicine, as it acts as a tonic and keeps the towel and digestion in order. If oil-meal m fed feetl it with oats or rye or buckwheat. If the disease assumes a severe character give the following purgative: Epsom ntlts half ounce, ginger one dram. Give it in a little water, .ay quarter of a pint. If a flock is aflVcted mix the medicine in bulk according to the above prescription and, tkjng a horn, ndminhter a quarter of a pint to each animal. If any are verv scriouslv affected they will need Mmiething to nllay the fever quickly and to .stimulate. In such carte adminbter the following: tincture of aconite, ten drojw; solution of acetate of ammonia, one ounce. This ought to 1ms given every five hours, but the aconite should bo decreased by one drop nt every doso until Hot More than live drop are given. Sometimes the eyes are so much inflamed that they remiire treatment, and should he washed with a solution of ono grain of sulphate of mno and twenty drops of laudanum in an ounce of water. When the disease has disappeared feed loosening and verv nutrition foods, such as bran mashes, boiled oats and n little earn mush occastoiiHlly. The stimulants will neeil to Imj kept mi) in some shajie, and in tho f(Md sprinkle a little iKiwdcretl ginger or gentian, or atlminister in honey, if the medicine is not readily taken by tho animal in ita food. Keep well sheltered while treating the animal with this diaeae. Weriern UnrnL A milkman ktipted and fell in New ixmuon, uonn., the other iiav in such Tne Shah of Ferhin doesn't like aniline dyes. He Is rejKirted to hva issued an order that the hstuls of any workman Heing Utese dr shall be nailed up over hie workshop, Watl-vontihttftd bedrooms will proTeat mooting hondaokoa and laewttHOa.

I0E 0011 YOUNG REA1

MY OHOK3E. Wmmu shall 1 ohtMMe for wr Valentlael Pwmahmiy, a, n very Mas, mi klud and kmw, mi artiet and fair, I'll have to hunt her every where. Mr fatM mu4 tot Ilk the triad aunahtue W ii i We my VahtMtlneOk, wlHre ean I Mud her? Cnu you ton Where uk a dainty maid thxh dweUr I'd write her Just one little line, Or show herlv wtme other 'Kn, If I mM only know tee hhwmi Where 1 mmi M c Ihi Ktty faea. And ftk hiiiH have n weniht voiee, Ur ele ahe oan wit be my t-noiee: 1 would w Wave a VaienUne Who'd tewUiy talk, or pout and wklaa. I'd trnrtd at, I'd travel weat, And never take a moment' ret: And now, 1 tkmk, wee dauickter mine, Jkttt vtm'rr. but mma m VlHliH'. kUit4tk A.lMxi, m (Mr J.iiUk Ohm. A MEAN TRICK. mtlr'a ValrHtine, and Wk Kent It TK KrpentaHt ll. 'Hurrah!" eried Harry May, tiring kis cap ahead of liim out of the school house door, into the group of boys and girls under the old maple tree, and fol lowing the cap in such a headlong manner that he ahnoot "capsiaed." 'Hurrah! She says we may." "May what?" satd Allen Kirk, who had just joined the group. "Have a valentine post-office," answered half a down at once, "in the K'hool-hou.oc, and, open it at the noon reeess. "The teacher is better than I thought she was," announced Tom Grant. "I'll send vou one, Iiollv, so look out for it ami it won't be a comic one either." "I'll tell you what, toys," said Fred Stine to his two eonlidential chums in uiiiichief, "let's get up a good one on Snub-nocd Hillv.' Won't he iiut dance with rage' and the three boys went on arm in arm in away that meant mischief. Hilly Townsend, or, as he was gencrallv called. "Snub-nosed Hillv," was forlorn-looking boy, atom twelve vears old, with freckled face, ml hair and certainly the very "sntibbiest" nose you over saw. If he had been bright and jollv, his being iwor would have matle no tlifference'to thee fun-loving toy.", but ho was sensitive ami hot-teiuinl. and when the bov teaMl htm alHiut his reil hair and "turn-up nose," he would My into such a passion that it wkhi tocHiu'e the fasliion to tease Hilly. The next day was "Valentine's," and long ln-fore ;hool timo the Iwiys and rirls came tiptoeing into the schoolhouse with mrstprtouslookin; envelojkjs hidden in their iMckets ami under their apron., to be de)Hiited in thu box in Mi Sloan's desk. Ju.t before school was dfrmfcsed for dinner she began to distribute them, slid as each name was announced thu happy iKssSMr cntnu .smiling up to receive his share. Little Dolly had just come into nosfewion of her promised one, and then Mis Sloan called "Hillv Townsend." "Hilly said: "What, marm," in rather a frightened voice that made the .scholar all laugh, and even the teach er smiled as she $auk "Why, Hilly, if a valentine for vou! Don't you want it?" "1 did not expect any, nm'sm." the toy answered, as he came bashfully forward, looking m plcnml that Mm .Sloan watched itim curiously while he o)Miied it. and was startled "to see the look of fun that came over his face as he looked at thu valentine, then crumpled it up in his hand and thnixt it into nis pocket She did not sav anything till the 1m.x was empty and then spoke very quietly and plca&tntlv. "Hillv. will vou wait and vlinw mu your valentine1 The rest of you are lismissed, turning to thu other schol ars. Fred Stine and Harry May looked at each other iu consternation at the turn affair were taking, They would just as soon Miss Sloan did not see that valentine, but there was no help for it now. and they had to go. By this time Hilly had his head flown on the desk to hide the tear that would come ia spite of liinn aad Mi Sloan, putting her hand gently on. hi "What is it, Billy? 1 saw vour val entine troubled you. Will you show it to mer Hilly did not answer, but nutting one hand into his pocket drew out the val entine and gave it to her. I hero was Hilly in caricature, cer tainly the face covered with blotches of paint for freckles, noe tumud up so far you could hang a bucket on it, hair a bright red, with a toy standinr behind him pretending to warm his Eaads by the blaze of the hair. "Hilly," Miss Sloan said, quietly, this is a very mean trick, but I do not think the toy intended to hurt vou so." "They did, ma'am," answered Hilly, athout raising his head. "Thev never let mo alone for a moment. Onf' he went on with h burst of tears, "mother! mother! why did you die and leave me?" Miss Sloan petted and comforted him until he began to feci a little less for lorn, and told him if he would not get so angry the boys would not care to tease turn. And thou, after thinking a king time, he saM: "I'll try, Misa Sloan; and thank you, ma'am." "That's a bravo toy. I'll help j-ou all I can; but k must depend mostly in yourself. Now you need not stay for the rest of the school;" and going to the door with him she rang tho toll for the rest of the school, who eamu in as Hilly went out. And when they were all .seated she Haiti: "Hoys, Hilly showed me his valentine." Fred and Harry blushed and looked rather guilty, but she took no notice and went ott: "I am more grieved than I can toll you, to think my boys should have done so mean ami cowardly a thing. 1 should never have allowed yon to have tho tox Jf I had thought thin would lie the result. It would have Imen aa brave for two or three of ymt to sneak up behind him when he could not see you and strike him, and it. would not have hurt hint half so much. Did you think jioor Hilly had m few troubles vm would make oats for his benefit? Is it nothing," aw

wont on, apeakinf mora warmly, "thai no U poor and noffkwtsd, with a miserable father, and often hardly enough, to eat? His mother was his only friend, and she died many mouths ago. 1 know you did not rtmlisu what a cruel thing it is to add one mora trouble, when he has so many, and arw sorry already. I do not alf whleh of you did it, but I do ask that uvery one of you toys and girls will try and prevn to jMMir Hilly tkat he is not without friends, and make his hard lift easier to toar." There was a momHiit'a pause, then one hand after another was held up with the promise of tiyinpnthy and help; and then Fred said earnestly: " Miss Sloan, it was I who sent that valentine." " I bellied!" "And I!" interrupted Ham and Charley. " ft was 1 who suggested it llrst, but 1 am heartily aliHinwl of myself and will tell Hilly so to-morrow." "Hight Fred," answered Mi Sloan, looking so pleased he felt re

paid for the hard uonfesMioti. "1 knew none of you would wilfully to anytiling so unkind, and he does need all poor litthe comfort wu can give him, Ue fellow!"-is levws. MAMMA'S SUNBEAM. How Willie Wa TMHKHt the lHRVreHca llrtween m CkerrfHl and ,lytM auti w Tearful and fretful HoHHvlttr. Willie wa one of tho dearest little boys when ho was happy, and was loved devotedly by his papa, mamma and two aunts who lived in the family, The house iu which they all lived was in the country, and had windows on all side. Willie played out-of-doors every pleasant day and was not happy when the weather prevented his beingont-of-doors. Ho had never been a very strong little toy, and hiw mamma was compelled to keep him in many day when he could not understand the nv son, and he was not very patient on such days, and MMiietinuvs innde all who loved him sorry because he would not to consoled by any meant iu their powerhe wanted to'to out-of-doors, and nothing else would do. Now, Willie's mamma wan not at all well or strong, and when she heard her little boy worry so. it worried her and made her head ache worse. Aunt Susie, who loved Willie almost a,i much as though he were her own lit tit toy, thought of a way to mako Willie see how unhappy he made everybody in the house when he would not accept his mother's decisions as tost. One bright, sunshiny day in April Willie was out-of-doors, miming and playing with his dos. He was perfectly happy, ami had "been so sweet :uid lovable all the morning that Aunt Susie thought: Thi is just the day to slupv Willie the difierenee. between having a bright, Minsniny boy about the house, and a tearful, fretful one. The spare room shutter were elo.Mtl, and tho room wottiu nave been very dark and drearv if one stray sunbeam had not found its way through the shutters, making a liar of gold across the floor and a dancing spirit of gold on the wall. Aunt Su$ic found the. place iu the shutter through which the sunbeam came, and covered it up. making the nmii jicrfectly dark, and then she called Willie in, and took him njistairs into the room. After they were seated she asked line: "How do you like this rooui, WUhe?" " 1 don't like it at all, Aunt : .it .I--!. Aunt SushV. " Then vou would not like to stay here?" " No, no, Auntie Susie, I waiit to go OHt-of-doors." Aunt HitMi went to iha window and took away the towel fastened ovrthe crack in the th utter, and In danced the lovely sunbeam. " Oh, Oh!" said Willie, "how prettyl" and he ran and stood on the eariK!t where the sunbeam lay. Then he knelt down and held lib hands In it. Aunt went up to him, sat on the ibmr and took him in her lap. 1 lion, very sweetly and lovingly, she said: "Millie, this robin is just like mamma's life, ami you are the sunlwara. When you worry and are cross, her lire is iikc this room without tho suntoani." Willie' big blue eves grew large and sorrowful, and the tears gathered in them, and then, with a little sob, lie put his head on Aunt Susie's shoulder and said: " I'll 'member, Auntie Susie, I'll memtor." Aunt Susie took him by the hand, and soon they were play ing out-of-door again as happy as over. Two weeks had nnssod. and all in the house were hiniremed with the great change In Willie. He had controlled himself whenever ho was deprived of measure it was not best lie should nam and immediately interested himself In whatever substitute was offered. Two or three rainy davs had followed each other, and still Willie had tonn a de light and comfort to all m tha house. One day, whon everybody had grown tired of the wind and rain, Willie oamnw quietly Into Aunt Susie's room and stood by the window for some time. Crossing the room to, Aunt Susie, ho whispered: "Auntie Susie, hasn't I been mamma's sunbeam since you toia me?" Aunt Susie took him in her arms and kissed him again and again. " lou have, VV illie, darling, vou nave been a sunbeam for us all." With a little aieh Willie nestled in her arms and said: "I'se tried. Auntie Susie, l's tried." And for years after a frown on Willie's face would disappear, or the cross tone from his vmcc wlicn no heard the question: "Where is mamma's sunbeam?" Chrirtim UniuH. A storv is related of a. f'onneuticnt infantry company in the WRr of the reociiion wiuon is ocitoveo to no wmion parallel. Tho company, which was recruited in tho town of uroenwieii, had no less than twelve pairs of brothers in its ranks. There were, m addition, three instances In which father and son stood side by side and three brothcrs-iu-law. Jnrtfbrd - Mrs. l.ilv MnettllUter I.ainrhtoll. Rcifcnt of tlmMounl Vernon Assoelntlon, is asserted to have "iho amnlle.! and most jierfuctly formed foot m America." She once gave one of her slippers to a uharitahln fair, where It was ralHed for. The lttokly numtor was secured by Hlshop l'ot tor's mm Frank, who used his nriae as a watouaee. Chktw TrUium