Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 30, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 September 1887 — Page 2

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so to eweak, avwallniag eur-

te)Wafd H Old hmejOr,

have a gnat stirring among

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civil, aiU- 1 4U.

Mi leititoea lit e. T1m

to Hi rear

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& OhMMttW. ropr-OOatettV lUfMOUcaa from MewHamnnbJro. Mr.Oeeator to noOitioian wkk varied conviction and a wlimlitw without iw-

When )m uitors a 1m will wia at mj oest, law or

no Uw. He will do all he oa to get

votes, but eto chief nIImn to in

returning boards. Hit pelttieal X a . I

MMl saatieg MMMr

hi wh Uto early

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c

gala

tStolnln .taad

At MM

rat to

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mm to be mfult

oopy of MM WiiMl CoOM-

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Of MM OoOgT-l Whtefc UD1MI MM

Of at tOCIMMt hi back Of WOOlMtrWM

of Mm HaMea charter.

batf east to cnek wo -

of two tonml eMMrea, w

at toadiar vetoes, tear

ie sir watoa brought

On of tb first of the iWwuWaa

to arriTO wh mm ventrem Haa-

Kaaalto. Jaot m Mm Ml at m top

B Maricoi Mm heer

ofctldrea's chore Mat an meet m their, aribato of

aad roaoraMoa for Mm bherk hettd-

Ataoaartorpaot etoreu o'clock the apimhii wt tao Prtoiatat sad ate wife at 4w howl of a aoaok eeieam of dtoMnatoeoavtotonoroatod a perfect uaroar of aaatooM. As they cmm aowe tat eoadMrateto toward taoiralaoM to froat. Mm

; loMMd oa too ana oc ox-xtaM-

aad dtrtetly boaiad taom

Mr. Cttrotaad, loaaiaf oa tat ana

C TtoMaaa X. TaoMBooa, eaabmaa C Mm

oa roetoHoa of Mm dfaMa

aattti. Xwt etm Bmrttary

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-faireafid. AforM rrtMooac

Mrs. Ctovofead aad foachtd Mm

1 a Boatral aaad-MMkisg with mom

Mmt raoocaiMd, or wtrt rcognisd

hyv tookiwaet, aftorwhtoa, is wptttt to aW taanritaMM applsitM of tas ataltttodo, aaor wa&od id by Wo to tao froat railiacof tao stroetaro aad bawtd taoir ac4nowMrnMt of too oopliatt. It stand as taoafk Um easorisg woald r. ordtooat. Tbs oarth afaaott toMdas aafMsdt of Mwoato wore ytllod aoarss. At 11:1 a. St., after all aad rsacaid Mm atosd. Btoaop PotooraroM aad, Mm feitowodbraH taoMwao oocooMd tasro-

i spaot wwh aaoorsroa aoaw,

rac praror. rsodtar from

la tat KToat aotos asd dla it

tawssofbilitr for sroa Mmms aoar aim

diitiafitli a siagfe word. Jaot afUr tat Binbop aad osaetodtd bis

llMtoaaat-Osaoral rattip H.

with bis sidoc, followod ekwoiy

by Oardiaal Gibboas. ArchUoaop Ryaa

1 a aaatinr of Cataolfe rttrgy, amsti

i tao atoto, ebtircd to too oeao. Wbos

bad bMa aaatod.HoB.jrobaA.Kas

prttidsat of too CoaoMtsMoaal

CoauMOMoa, MsawM ais

, aad, aftor a byata bad bmb roa

1 by Mm eborat, aroos to atafcs too to-

aadrsos of Mm day. Anora

boarhr roaad of applaaot bo saoko at laagtli, bis rsiarht boiac aaaetaattd

tj diMoaitrattoat of aaaroeia-

Oibboas. woariac MM sardiaal

ofbtoacaltod ofltocMtat Mm

was oat of tat

of

At tao ooaciasioa of

fjby Sohnitr

Mr. KaMoas ad-'AaooaitoTraMi

) wiMt bMirtffai

At tao

of tao soar ox

ooeortodtbt Frsoideat t

s rostrsai. aaa as mm

datoanaiaaW sddrott, wak

otoPpHHftM

CCo,

bis Tofos raaf oat aadfWj w tb

i of bto words bad

was a obi trior wbioh

Wbtto tbs aaotoaso wassMtt

Mb em tkm taoras broko toto a

StMir, aad tb dia wm torriae. As far as abo soo ooald roach taoro was oas ooHd,

- ' ' haataaitr.

-wboatboa-tovoataoaoaod to aaUoa thoy

aaudthaadaaaispfc-iacoot

ma atn Misraos. J at

V. Mitlor. of mm noma

i CoorlapiiMrsa, aad saoa-

MWaMaklr to tbs froat of MM nsM aaa

kZJ a. ---! dlsalaariss. b

aa aMtrory of bis aitMorial oratloa. At 1j4 Prosidsat Kaatoa, oa of tb l,L.ii.iliiin-.I""T-w armti c.' oltoal Olbboas, wb,witb tbo rltttorisr aaa aoartaff dowa aaoa sardiaaPs Tirtsun1- sad tbs rod tat m hUly pjaotd aMoahto bsad by too TsasrsM LsoXU MM his bast aad was Mm rodaioat is! - - ,it mm Aftor walktar to tb

MMt of tbs otaad sad pay tear Ms rtooeto

k iMtN. wttti a bow a

faetor tb ProsM

of aU was oeoasi

i tiui ritals oflorod a araysr to

Todajr if I Mar do tb eotatiaf.M

Ms. Caaadlor's bmUkmU wars so ooatrary to kw aad bhksIs tbat tkor oaat witltia bis own party a rovott afaiast bia, and a wm eompoU41 M took tbs aoolasioR wkiek privato His affords. For awbii w board no mors of tbo dtoUnfuisbod attfeonor of Eobtton, but after a abort root, eonriaosd tbat tbs nsorsi spasm bad pnt ito faro, aad otpoeially oonfidont tbat tbs SopttbiioM party aoodod aad was roady to acospt tbo asrrioos of aaok sdopto, bo aanounood hinweU a candidal for tbo Son at and was efeetod.

Tbo Meoad gentleman wbos repntation oonsignod him to priraey for a briof s)nmo was Mr. M S. Qaay. long distinruisbod as a nolitical ksdor of

a poenliar kiad in PnnsylTai. Mr.

Quay bas been oxeoodingiy Mrriea bio, after a manner, in many political

eampairns in Fonnsjlrania, and, eon

aeioas tbat tbe nartv is about to ontor

a Tory doubtful National campaign

Mr. Quay bas boon tout to Washing

ton by tbo Ftfunsylraaia Legislature, and what Mr. Chaudlor does not know

! of tb dark ways and dovions paths of

aolHiee Mr. Quay win teach bim.

Hearing of a silent r volution which has resulted in one more bringing

Mr. Chandler and Mr. Quay to the front. Boos Shepherd, who has been making mythical fortunes in the dim and distant West, returns to Washington, the scene of his former triumphs.

His reception ha been aU be could ex

pect. He is hailed as a martyr to pri-

taaieal prejudice against tbo violation of all the rules of commercial morality. The press and his personal partisans point to Washington as his creation.

kindly drawiar a rail over the finan

cial history of the period, and saying nothinrof the bills Congress had to

pay. Sbapherd proceeded oa the Tweed ido, that if he let the people see something lor the money he was tpending, the disproportion between taxes and resolto would not attract attention. So ho proceeded to dazzle tbo people of Washington, the press and Congress. He evidently believes the country is anxious to be dazzled again, and so he returns ready for the work. In addition to the reappearaaen of those distinguished gentlomen ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorsoy hi discovered among the haunts of politicians and newspaper reporters. The reporter found him engaged as a good Samaritan in sending food and clothes to a man he onoe know, and supposing that

this is tbo kind of charity tbat covers

a multitude of sins, the reporter ooueluded the country was eager to have

Mr. Dorsey's views of tbo political situation, and be to interviewed at length.

What he- had to say is of loss atgnii-

canoe than tbeauppooiUon that Dorsey

again "has political views."

Chandler, Uoay, hpaertt ana uor-

sey! ' Thus begins tbe new list of the

whom the Jtopttbiiean party ue-

Ughtod to honor and in whose breast

bop revives under tno neuec mat

Hon. James l. JNaJne to about to tri

umph over all his enemies to tbe end-

was confusion of tb mugwumps wno once foroed the gentlemen into retirement. But where are Kobeson and Belknap and a host of others who guided the doetinies and disgraced the nam of the Republican party in the bravo days of old? nim (frewisr-

fvosn a

of mMTtisanship. W wan.t astniag

tado withpoUltosin ooaatettoa wim tb Grand Army of Mm , and ia publishing the loUowing oar nly aim is to dsmoastrato tbs vast diierence bstwoen dds and word.

Puriag tb two yovm that PreoMeut nuvalaadhas bosn in oatoa. ho has

- - j sou cnitoren aaa ittstwtw proved lprivrMmlo I lwtwoen 400 and flOO natire attend the

UraM in Oigai your apprwrw , BmmJ-w Iw MuUt fHximian

MIIV t -w-.- - .

Olmd Csdlaft lam yoa

of tbo Frsobytorian Church

dren's day this year oontributod w

misskm work fW.4Is.4f. Tao Frasbyterian Sabbath lehesl In the city of Damascus it attondod by

SM children and tb day-Mbooi by tw.

4A&. Mr. Havos in four yaars

SOS, and Oarnoid nnd Arthur in the aaaw Um 7SC Bosklos tnis, President Cleveland has approved three Mineral uension acts- the first, of

Vfrb it. IBM. iacroasinc to f 12 the

Sunday servioes.

lr. Greene, of Constantiaopk, reports that there are in that dty four Mormon, missionaries from America. They scorn to have taken up their residence there, and hav held one public

...t li tu oji7 wiiiowi Miliars aad i meeting. 'UnMd JVsssyfsrm.

UfMdnt rslativss of Union soldieri; I J- 01 WJ

the soetmd, of August , loow, moreat- . - , -

I... Ik. uiiiina urn 111 ieW OnillHMl KHU I MmrHreHi um -

maimed Union soldiers of the late

war from ft to ). from tjM to fW, and from 87.60 to 46 por month; and the third, of January 99. 1887, which has already placed upon, the pension rolls 8,456 .survivors and widows of the war with Mexico, and this number will bo inerensed to at least 85.000 within the present ftsea? year. Besides largely increasing the pension list, the present Administration ean boast of mor Union veterans in ito employ than ever before. Josfen Grand Army Mteord. WALES AND BLAINE. Metiers WHJtfc too rlwOMd KalfM Caa Kottcatoa tUm Oar Print. Tb intimate relations between our

hundred

families who admitted to canvassers from his church that they had no copy of the Bible, two hundred lived in brown stone fronts. The marking system should he abolished in college and in the higher school, and the students should he made to feel that they are working to equip themselves for the actual struggle of life, for rounding out and completing their own personalitiei, and not to pass the examinations merely. OwoAs Jfo. Among the prisoners in the workhouse on Blnekweirs Island a little society culled the "Friends of Jesus" has been formed. Ito object is to encourage tbe inmates to try to help each other xnd to make the best of each day in imnrovinsr all the little ohanoes to

Blaine and England's Wale ar well grow stronger and wiser and bettor. calculated to raise a flutter in the Re-1 UnUetl FrubyleriaH. publican bosom. It will not be at xbere is no fighting on a quagwholly pleasurable emotion, but I mJre Faith furn kites tlw only solid, mingled flutter, so to speak, of pride J tie only Mf ground en which we can and anxiety. There will be pride, that o,,, Fiitb olothes us with the

the plumed one to reeognineu oy in armor of God. Faith connects

great ones of the earth as one of their own kidney; but there will be anxiety also lest his intimacy with this particular great one may prejudice him in tbe Ashing excursion upon which be has gone for the Irish vote. And, un fortunately, there is more ground for the pride than the anxiety. Ashls from the fact that he is a Prince there is nothing great nbont IL R. LL He has achieved no distinction on the score of personal ability. He is neither wise nor learned except in court etiouette. and his moral repntation it

us with tbe Captain of our salvation, without whom we can do nothing, but through whose strengthening us we can do all things. Jay. "A student, being desirous of learning whether there was any truth in the statement that Seneca was addicted to drunkenness, opened an illustrated eneyelopedis, and having found the name of the eelebrated philosopher, the first object that met his gaae was a woodcut, beneath which were the words: "Seneca, after an ancient

bust" Tbe ardent investigator, find

seriously "off color." Except by vir- . . , f COflMt.UHH look8tl

confers no Honor . ... i. jw r

DEEDS VEBAUX WORDS.

lafi rMot Tlow amllrts4,SMso

iSSlJS. atoa4ioatam M tbo MMlnato7oftlMpmyor M awoH straias Cta "Star SiMBeenerlnee ayoa i aai i ii it "JT fnox Citt, Is, Boa. 11. ihoilly b AmZZm oetoek to-day the jury lata - -- Btoadoek marotr com, wmeh

ikn ovrntoK. broaabt

juadhcu oofoadoat

to avtr-

irnthyof

Taoaoaattv la lows for

is from oa toebjhnysav. Tbs

m

romala at Mbsrty

A motion will be noade lor a new

aad if MMs is dtwlid b So wfll

UatoM otoir

m a -aajt . a

him

a si su nanm. wm a pre

anar 9ttm

n nmamj Tmtwwvwoiv

Among the declaration of principles submitted to the people by a political convention lately bold in Ohio was the following: "We ttoSiwiw Mm sonoa of Mr. Otevstsad la lame aoottoa Mitt, sad Moettolly ws doaoaott Mm totrK awaifMrtoi toward to tlsiil anil 1Hirw omttyta tae iMsasgt la wait oortoto of toTMMi are ssethtd, aad we ttadraia as safest aad aaMrtMd hut veto of toe Pto laStat-Pesttea but, sad deelMS test n, wm m pUhi vtoiatloa ot toMaUM,tiodfftto IW doftadars tadot la eft restated attmitot C the Psatotratto

aoHrs(toItortntMadeaHaff wiineoioMi-

i m soeare voms. ,hi mowmm um-

utot Kotos, aadof uw Prtilstat tost he

JMJWPSm WtfcPaSmms

of to eesatry; toat to MsatdtoMof the mm of

y049s)t JMmTSevB mSMPei aeislrtl 6(Jefl aHtta

somto atwrtf oc um nawoa mtymta to mm, aad whtth tooy rttoiy dturvt."

Comrades, we have no intention or

desire to treat upon a political topic,

or to endeavor to bias opinion for or against one party or another; but we

do whm to condemn and denounce tnis

groveling and hypocritical method of ashing for the soldier vote, whether emanating from the councils of ReKbltoans or Democrats, in State or Atonal affair. It to not essential to remind observing veterans that the same dose of eophietry hat been prescribed to them year after year for the last quarter of a eentory, and the result is still pending and lighting for Jus tic and recognition. ,, With us it M not which poUaenl party hi the best, but rather which of &1mmm cjm JmVftlii tlm jpirMfcNMir afcwrij in favor of the veteran of tbe mot war. There are two ways of looking at the nuisMsnt one is, at mo in tor set

tae of his station he

or distinction upon any American eitisen by receiving him upon terms even of equality; and he certain Iv can confer none on a citiaen. wke

has been exalted as Mr. Blaine has and who holds the position he does even bow in tbe estimation of a large number of his fellow-citixeng. Pride, therefore, in his recognition by the Prince, has an extremely flimsy foundation and will ehlefly be felt by those of Mr. Blaine's admirer, who are given to toadyism or anglomania. For anxiety, on the other hand, then really are excellent grounds. What ever the Prince may be personally, he represents a system which Ireland and Irishmen have found harsh and intolerably oppressive and against which they are to-day in moral, as they may beat almost any time in actual, revolt, 1? 1 iLA Tovlal oaw&am Stl e) ASkM f 1 1 f LA n aJ

fit Ola Ja trfJ aiu nctsm -v vv va fyy Q mind to reason calmly and dUpaesion- i 0jtac

ately on tb subject, they might well wonder tbat a professed friend of theirs and a seeker for their support should run after one who embodies quite as much as any one person ean the oppression they find so grievous. And not beinr. iuet . present, in ouch a

condition of mind, the Irish are very j likely to do mor than wonder when thev see Mr. Blaine hob-nobbing with

British royalty. This, however, is a matter which concerns chiefly the Republican supporters of Blaine and his Presidential aspirations. To the outsider there is occasion for neither pride nor anxiety in his aMoeintion with the heir-apparent to the throne of Great Britain and India. There is room, perhaps, foe some curiosity. Knowing; that a man of Blaine's attainments can gain nothing from the Prince, either of political or practical information, or even of insight into the habits of rood society.

one ean not help feeling that it is the Prince who has sought the intimacy. So feel in sr. we mnst speculate some-

whnt as to hts purpose. Is he after information as to diplomacy, the management of a lobby, the packing of caucuses, the use of 'inflooenee" with legislators or the art of getting in "oa the ground floor1' of enterprises that need legislative aid? Or ia he looking for points in the art of letter-writing and the propriety of letter-burning? If either of these is hm object the Prince has struck the right man. More than any other American, distinguished or obscure, Mr. Maine ean en tighten Wales upon all these matters,

Dorm Frit Press.

90ft 001 Y0UM W0UOL

majmmmnjamnfaMto . aflCntOUL tUV. loaaoai m Tto OLM mAMSvTol mo wiwiil nmi duihtou worthy I A mmm.

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STOHY.

mt SemMffsT oaySBn X smaBV0 SSml $BSas

aad H't toot m oht at tttoti att ohtt or swost Jtotaor Jw. as ovenr oa baoos,

VoM to hoc mMm tot toto of toe toosTtM to hr bahtoa how ton MHIs toot,

oas at atok as tot etakott wok

Qmi as a UtM pm aseohW I

And iwnw sad tMUlat to eoMoaot h4

Now to Mr toe woaud bettor aad too AttoraHmsauaaaadsat hhatotod; AttotottlrlacnosttoM: "S'Mooawose Dowa to to poetry aad rot K, yon keew, AadUMswtohodtossrltd: -Oosm atoac, eotokt Lot's tasar to bettor ever m thUk."

And lata aaaabtr too Mid: "Jtlljr for hm

Too of to bettor aad mm you sm. Aad toto none too erfed: "Ootdyl IM'a sot Wt'U one otwa tb stairs m tot aad slew. Ito Ma robber toot, aN tf 4 wtUi rod, aHetosutaUyootef tottr Mewy whHsbtdt WMto tots wtomd to, m tony tae tot, Mood Mat aoorhto toM to my-iM(-Ml

AJeer to aht hau, with oUhut of whlto, Aad dowa too both stohw otrold of a HfM.

Thoa toto Motto too sot a tonibto soar. Tmr ho taoarbt to to dork f a rrtotU' boar. Aad toto mUt tot ttod: wXnt rawot b rtotot

tobbiot aad irt watt Nrtar at Meat."

Aad toto HMIo tooeoM: A tor mor be hid

la to hot rook bK rhrht aadtr th IW." And toto HUte too ertod: "Dtorto sm! eh,

Imb sod Mfoot Mtoauar. I know."

Thoa atoBMaa oaaw oat with toe boaaMfal

Caaoht it rabbor toot alt rooty for meht

Yo, the oaaght aad ktMd mom toe robber

TtU wdstr they wore than my rod rote.

1MX. Jtorr, t A'. 1. In4ft.

RALPH.

Sew

to tie a Oh rat -

SPIRIT Of? TMC PRESS. Dear G. A. K.-The WAR is

mAesSjdBse - sjjtos-esJ es'BwwerSW?"e5 lPmWlSoe

Whenever the Repnheoan party tries to stop waving the moody shirt, R waved um party.. ZemV Jeans

Tnttle, of Iowa, will have to took to his laureU or Forakor will get up a reputation aa the peine fool of the

P'Sw A

.Colorow k heroming the Tnttle

of the frontier, but in the absenee of

ootton bales he handles other material It the Orand Army to to b

twnng isto Use next year as n portion of the voting strength of Uw Xepuh koan party the organhmiion will for-

it a torte nertof tbe reputation rt has

no further. Penmun's Art J&uriml.

Street boys congregated on the steps and in the vestibule of a Boston church and littered up thing with peanut shells. The sexton kicked, but the

pastor stood by the boys, for he thought

the old walls might bring gooa to ine urchins. The sexton appealed to the

rove nun? committee and was sus

tained. Then came the crisis, and the

pastor appealed to the church, and this high court, hearing the case from their parson, who pleaded almost in

tears, stood bv him. Tliere are lots of

boys about the old temple now, hut there are few peanut shells. THE PLAY IN CHINA.

retail Meet ChUbh PrTlttor to the

CvSrwvaH MMa jlrfSto

As there is no curtain, so also ar there no acts; performers coming in

ami out of the two doors tbe thread.

story never broken uniu metr

work to finished. There is no attempt it grouping or artistic disposition of M eharaoters, for1 there are always many on the stage who have nothing to do with the play. To a stranger it

is difficult to tell who k engaged in the ) action and who hi not. for the stage, being low and unincumbered by floats, the ocenpants of the front seats are onstantly climbing up and down, sauntering at the skies or into the greenroom, conversing with actors or talking to the musicians. It to therefore necessary, without interfering more than is needful whm the freedom of the promenaders to place janitors at either door to keep tbem clear for entrances ami exits. A casual bux of talk does not interfere with the performance, for the performers yell and shout. It is no easy matter to deter

mine who of those upon the stage are visible and who are not. There are men, dressed like ordinary coolies, whose business it to. Kitting hkher and thither, to place chairs or iwoper-

ties ami to remove them? to onange the large labeto hanging on the

wall, which announce "this to a wood" or this is a palace;" to arrange

a set of curtains, when required, upon bamboo rods, which drop into socket at the backs of the chairs, whereby a window is indicated, or a bed or door

way. These servants are oonventlon-

11v uaderatood to be invisible. It

being conceded that there is to be no attempt at actual illusion, that a heavy tax is to be placed npon the imagin

aiiva faculties, one to tempted to

wonder why special costumes should also be dispensed with. Where are

we to draw the line? If a label is to do

instead of scenery, why should not i

ticket hanring from a button an

nonnce that the wearer is a Prince or minister or almuto eitisen. The

Chinese oarry the principle of eonvea

tkm bewihierinclv far. A set code of

attitudes and movements are understood by a mc tailed audience to indi

eale certain things. Thus, a raising of one leg and a half turn (vaguely sticzeeting the aot of getting into the

saddled immies that the character

is on horseback; a crescendo or gong heating and a quick walk round in

forms spectators that the performers have moved to another place what

place Is told on the changed label.

lady is supposed to be sewing goes threwgk the required action, but imagiltlW IMMUnls Jttnl tistlMMnM) JshW4o e)

Wal at at a ael at amWaSotf frToto.

tag- Maa ef tk Mew. "I will take Ralph, Jemima!" "Take Ralph. Iehabod! I can't think

of such a thing. 1 can't spare my boy. There are o few of u now, brother!"

"But what, under the canopy, are

you going to do with a groat growing

boy, eating yon out of house ami home, at the age when he needs a man to look after him, too? I toll you, Jemima, it's nonsense. Bundle up the boy's clotfees and let him jump into the cart and go

with me. His aunt Polly' 11 see that

he has plenty to do, and he can stop In now and then to sec you on market days, if you like. We'll do well by t'.e boy, Jemima. Don't turn away a fair offer. Come, Ralph, know which side your bread is buttered on. You want to go home witli me, don't you?" It hardly seemed possible that this coarse-look in p. red-faced man, a regular Uncle Pumblechook of a man.could be own brother to the slendor, refined

woman in widow's mourning against

nrynry to a boi

like yon, bet that you wtti be prenaref fat, as K wtti only take two hours eal

day." not mind any thing, tfI ean only plea mother. It's dreadful," be added, confidentially, He grow so fast ami k oat so much as I do." It wasn't the very plsatantest thing in the world forn boy who liked to plaj ball and cricket and lively games k spend two hours a day reading Baxter' i Sain to' Rest ami Owen's Fourfold State to n blhtd old lady, but Ralph did it.

Mrs. Meriineid took a great fancy t

fine wrinkled: hamto over his smooth young faoc,and the longer he eamc tc her, the more pleased shs was, saying now and then to Miss Meredith:

There's good blood there, my dear.

The little lad' a a gentleman."

She could not see him color painfully

one day when she felt his I are wri?M ami diyined the outgrown jacket, but she had too delicate a sense of hie natural pride to send him tbe order for

new suit of clothe, which she had rc

solved upon for his birthday preaent,

until a fortnight later. Mis.) Meredith had happened to mention , the bey'i

birthday.

Before Mrs. MernneW sent her gin

ahe had a good excuse for doing so. Ralph was fitting by the window. A pause hail come in the reading. Th old lady liked to slop now and then U consider what her favorite author had bn saying. Suddenly, with a hurrlodi

I beg your pardon; 1 must go," tin

boy daehud out of the room, as if Ik had been stung bv a hornet, lenviii"

his patron with uplifted hands in a

stntc of amnaement. Kerer hatt tint gentle boy behaved in so unparalleled

a manner.

A moment later he was back, War

ing in his anus a beautiful dark-cveri

child, whose little dress was stanied

with mud, while her hand was blew!, ing from a sharp wsratcb. A Skye terrier brought up the rear, barking violently, and a very mmch demoralised

maid came straggling after.

"Oil, grandma! grandma! criert tiw

little girl. "I would have been runnoU

over if this big boy had not jumiieti down from the sky juet in time."

"Just in time," barked the skye ter-

ner.

"And where were yon, Melusuie,"

inquired the old lady, severely, of Uw

maid, who was ashamed to tell the

truth, which was that she bad forgotten

whom the boy wm leaning, his arm her little charge, while gossiping with

thrown fondlv around her shoulder.

The thought of living with Uncle Ioliabod and Aunt Polly was hateful, and Ralph shmklered at the bare idea. But he was a well-trained boy, and politely answered: "I can not leave mamma, uncle. Papa told me that I was to be the man of the house." Papa had died a month ago. Humph! Pretty man of the house

you'll be! Need a man over .yon I

say!" , And storming and blustering, Unole Iehabod departed, slamming the door behind him, and driving old

Whiteface olattertv-battr: down the

road at a event pace.

Ihooel've done wisely, Ralph,"

snid Mrs. Alford, smoothing back her

boy's fair hair. "We have very little

i money, and your nncle is rich."

"I won t eat anr more than I can

help, mamma, and I'd stop growing so

fast if I possibly could."

"Bices the dear child! Eat all you

want, laddie, ami don t worry about

crowing. The sooner you grow to be

a UH m ii. t pap was, ine sooner

yon will be able to take good care of take his position before it comes within

mamma and

If there was very little money in tne

Alford' s home, there was something

much better a groat deal of love.

Mrs. Alford knew how to be merry over bread and milk, and not to cloud

her children's pleaaure, she kept a cheerful face ever when she felt sad

and lonely. Ralph went to school

every day, and tried not to worry his mother by complaints; bnt it was hard

for a boy of eleven to wear troueers which were too short in tne legs, and

jackets which persisted in getting tight

over tne enesc wun stecves whhjm

rent half-way to the elbow,

One dav Miss Meredith, his teacher

in the day-school where he attended,

asked him to remain a few moments.

She knew how bravely and patiently

the little man of the house was bearing

a tail poi'oeiHan, wmu in unmindful of his duty, and did not ol serve the horse which came whirling round the corner faster than the law

allowed.

It was after that Mrs. Merrififtld sent

the order for the new suit. But I think there was greater merit In the steady self-denial which made the boy readj

to give up two solid houw a day to un

congenial work, than in the smwen

impulse which seat him out w euaies a lby from peril.

He to proving himeeii a very cnarm-

ing man of the house, thougn untie Iehabod still grumbles at Jemima's wilfulness in spoiling that boy. Mar

i'seofe.

Habits of the Whistler Duck, D you know why this duck is callrd

the Whistler? It flies so fast thatti

make ito wings fairly whistle through the air! The gunner, waiting in ambush, can tell of ito approach by the

thrill aeund. andean ret ready and

srunsliot.

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This bint has many other names e-

eidee the Whistler. Golden Eye, Great Head and Spirit Duck nee some ef

them. The Indians gave it the last name because it allows the hunter to come very near it, and then before he can twang his bow, the jtock has van-

ished below the water. In is frightens the superstitious Indian. He thinks

that such rapidity of motion ean only be due to magic, and shudders at the thought that he has tried to shoot a spirit

Thto bird nan aneener sorange nninw

It builds ito neet ha me top of a tall dead tree, so old and worn that the bark and branches have fallen off. leaving only a slippery polo. Nobody

knows how the tenner young uuck-

llnrs sret front the nest to the water.

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h't heavy burden, and so she wished to Leeend ev that the mother bird car-

encourage him all she eould, and keep rfc ber babies herself, hooding tkom

his soirito up.

"Ralph, dear," she said. "Yes. Miss Meredith?"

"You are a wonderfully good reader

for your ace. Haven't you been used

to reading aloud?"

"Yea, Mtos Meredith," answered

Ralph; "r used to read to papa every

bv the bill, and supporting them y

her strong neck until she place them

safely in the water. Ho wonuer imt the ignorant Indian think her an enchanted spirit.

When those birde are. alarmed. tey

make a strange note, which sow" like the constantly recurring good

day, the paper and stories and poetry I mow, f m old worn-out hurdy-gurdy

and the Bible."

"I thought so. Hew l have a pro

posal to make. There hi a blind lady

in the house where 1 boaru; she re

quires somebody to amnto her; and she

will pay three oouars a wee to a per

son who ean read to her two

very day. I have been thinking that

I could excuse yon every morning at a

auartor before twelve, and let yon ran

home, oat your luncheon, and then you

mirht so to Mrs. HnrnneM for

hour. Then & yon oould give her an

other hour from fear to five in aitornoon, she wewid be satisfied."

MalmA aim n at tana wail fcu Lv at Ova

twetpctt of onming three dollars a J- lr JL JawVek Why, hew glad he would be to I dyP-? -ratew W

Mih a am aa to ulaved br old wonuih

at street comers, aa it so weak with long nee that only the mm good note a . . lfa.

ean be aeara nt any uwwHtee.

The Whietler feeds en all sorts oi

marine insects and mall aaeti-nen, and in some regions Is so dainty as to prefer nalmem spawn above all other hoZ-rtmy M. W0mru wt . XM-taw.

How oa I get rid of this dyspep-

ma?" said an Auatia invalid to nm

phyokmut. "Have yon tried prepre .i..iv" "Ta. I've been cettlng my

milk from a milkman for the lant six

to ear um a

WT

kotn mamma so much as thatl That

wtitid be like the man of the homrn.

Mist Meredith proceeded: "Mrs.

Merrifiold M an nerupt old lady and

aometimos rather mtpnuent In her

Yon. mnst not mind her plain-

And Her took in

-Two children nre prattling. onf lather's houee hi very nim., "Tea. II

k nil eovered with Mate."

KiatoP My father s " nicer. U it all eeYtrtd witli inotV