Ligonier Banner., Volume 24, Number 25, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 October 1889 — Page 7

The Ligonier Baiaer,

ZIGONIER, : : INDIANA

BABY BUNN.

[N. P. Willis said of this poem:. “It is addressed to an idolized child, by its pet name, and though beautiful throughout, it has soms two or three passages of .very rare originality. The .writer of it (as I learn from a lady who incloses it to me) was a factory girl, who by the labor of her own hands, secured the money for. her education, and she is now twenty-four years of age and supporting herself by various uses of her pen. She (Josie H.) is yet to be found, 1 am very sure.”] . Baby Bunn— : 3 . . Winsome Baby Bunn! . LR Brighter than the stars that rise In the dusky evening skies; Browner than the robin’s wing, : . Clearer than the woodland spring, . Are the eyes of Baby Bunn! : 1 Winsome Baby Bunn!

Smile, mother, smile! Thinking softly all the while s Of a tender, blissful day, | ‘When the dark eyes so like these Of the cherub on your knees, Stole your girlish heart away. - Oh! the eyes of Baby Bunn! Rarest mischief they will do, : ‘When once old enough to steal ‘What their fathers stole from you! 3 : Smile, mother, smile!

; Winsome Baby Bunn! Milk-white lilies half unrolled, Set in calyces of gold,

Can not match kis forehead fair, ‘With'its rings of yellow hair!" Scarlet berry cleft in twain

By a wedge of pearly grain, Is the mouth of Boby Bunn! . Winsome Baby Bunn!

: - Weep, mother, weep! For the little one asleep - ; ‘With his head against your breast! Never in the coming years, "Though he seeks for it with tears, Will he find 8o sweet a rest. Oh! the brow of Baby Bunn! : Oh! the scarlet mouth of Bunn! One must wear its crown of thorns, ) Drink its cup of gall must one! ‘Though the trembling Jips shall shrink, White with anguish as they drink, And the temple sweet with pain . Drops of blood like purple rain; \ Weep, mother, weep! Winsome little Baby Bunnl. Not the sea-shell’s palest tinge, Not the daisy’s rose-white fringe Not the softest, faintest glow Of the sunset on the snow, Is more beautiful and sweet o Than the rose-pink hands and feet Of the little Baby Bunn—, . * * Winsome Baby Bunn!

Pray, mother, pray! : Feet like these may lose the way, Wandering blindly from the right. Pr?s, and sométimes will your prayers Be to him like golden stairs - Built through darkness into light. = Oh! the dimpled feet of Bunn! o Hid like rose-leaves in your breast! ‘These will grasp at jewels rare, But to find them empty air; - ‘Those shall falter many a day, Bruised and bleeding by the way, : Ere they reach the land of rest! - Pray, mother, pray! b

THE DISCOVERED PLOT.

A Honeymoon Closely Followed by a Poisoned Potion. .

“Jack, dear, who is Sir Robert Ballantyne?”’ ; ‘

*‘Ballantyne? O, he's a great analyst and writer on chemistry, but better known as the highest authority on the treatment of affections of the brain.”

. ‘““‘And what have you been writing to ‘him about?”? G

. How do you know I have?’ “I happened to look at the letters :you left on the hall table this morning.”’ «“Well?? :

“Well, I only asked. I wasn’t aware that you knew him.” - : ,

“O; yes Ballantyne and I are very old friends.” : .

“But I never heard you mention his name before.”’ ‘“lndeed!” : : | This dialogue had been conducted with an evident anxiety on the one side, and reserve on the other, by no means characteristic of the speakers. ~ Jack Rivers had always been frank- | ness itself, and Dolly the most light | hearted and unsuspicious of wives. Their married life, indeed, had beén one of unalloyed happiness, though| undertaken against the advice of all ~ their friends and relations. - Dolly’s father had been furious at her | engagement to a ‘‘beggarly banker’s | clerk,” and had refused to atténd her wedding, or to give any assistance | toward the young people’s housekeep- | ing expenses. grs en ] ~Jack's relatives, tooﬁer his neg- | lect of their solemn wayfiings against | marrying a penniless girl, when Miss | Argent, with her £20,000, might have | been had for the asking, had “washed | their hands,” as they put it, of the | whole concern.” e g | In spite, however, of poverty and | isolation; the young wife had never re- | gretted her marriage, nor considered | herself other than the happiest of | women, till within the last. few wéeks preceding the above conversation. The last few weeks! e e When and how Dolly’s misgivings | - were first aroused, she scarcely knew, | but at the time when she put the question to her husband about his letter tothe specialist, ‘they. had already assumed a definite form. Y i . She felt convinced that Jack had something on his mind, and she, moreover, suspected the cause of his trouble. It was not only-that his habits and manner had gradually changed; that he omitted the customary little atten_tions to Lis wife; that he sat at meals drumming with his fingers on the table, and starting or staring vacantly when suddenly addressed; not only that he displayed' a strange irritability; that he locked himself up in his study after dinner, or went out late, with the unsatisfactory explanation that he wanted to read at the club. It was not alone ~ that he came to bed at irregular hours, | ~only to toss and tumble through the ~ weary watches. All this was nothing : mewmﬁeonewfﬁlmhﬁ - when _ ﬁnﬁmnmbmmy at - hisside, overheard his muttered words. _ Greaming. Why, then, should he talk Npidhen b R s a 8 A e o s w@wfmﬁéw <L e el s sl sl

‘ery that her husband was in corre‘spondence with a brain doctor may he imagined. “Evidently, she thought, Jack knew his danger and was asking for assistance, and what was the duty of a wife in the circumstances? Surely to ascertain thé nature of the advice given in reply, and to carry it out with all thediscretion and devotion possible. -There was no difficulty in the first part of this programme. A letter, obviously from Sir Robert Ballantyne, was delivered during Jack’s absence from home, and the nature of its contents could be easily discovered without exciting suspicion. Now, however, that the desired information was within’ her reach, Dolly hesitated. - “Supposet”’ she thought, *‘her suspicions were unfounded, amnd her husband’s letter had no conuection with the alteration in his manner! Suppose him, instead, the repository of some guilty secret, or to be himself involved in some criminal enterprise!” Such hesitation, however, was only momen-_ tary. " ‘

.The notion of Jack engaged in any evil project was too preposterous to be entertained, and with a conviction of the correctness of her original suspicions, Dolly opened the letter. It ran thus: i :

| “DEAR JACK: Though delighted to hear from you again, I must admit that lam very sorry i for the reason which occasioned your letter, and if I thought my remonstrances would have any ' effect I should recommend you most strongly to iabandon your intentions altogether. I, howev{cr, promise to keep your secret and to give you 'my best advice on the professional point you Pt e e 4 el S

* “I should recommend arsenic. As your objeot is to divert suspicion, and to give the impression of accidental death, you should employ a drug which is used both in medicines and vermin killers. Arsenic, moreover, has a special advantage, from the fact that it is often taken for the benefit of the complexion. I should suggest its administration in small doses, at considerable intervals. Too sudden a death might lead to investigation, which would be avoided. if the symptoms were those of a gradual and progressive iilness.. This is important, because if ‘your beautiful heiress’ becomes acquainted with the suspicfous circumstances attending the death of No, 1, she might naturally object to becoming No. 2. But once more, I advise you to.give up your groject altogether. It is a very heavy risk, espegially to one in your position. : **Yours ever, ; **‘ROBERT BALLANTYNE.”

The room where Dolly was sitting was light enough. The handwriting of the letter was legible enough; but ihad it been traced in unknown char--acters or studied in a darkened room |its meaning could not have been less ‘intelligible. What was Jack's secret, and what the heavy risk he ran? What this mysterious suggestion regarding the employment of - arsenic? Andgwho was the intended victim whose death must be guarded from the attendance of suspicious circumstances? ‘No. 1! ‘No. 2" “Your beautiful heiress!” Then suddenly the whole truth stood ‘disclosed in a revelation surpassing in ‘horror the wildest of Dolly’s previous ‘apprehensions. She saw it all at last, and realized herself to be the object of the detected conspiracy! No wonder now at.the alteration in her husband’s manner. No wonder at his restless ‘nights and his moodiness and irritability. : ' - “Your beautiful heiress!”" How dare her husband allow the use of such terms! And about a woman, too, ‘whose claims to good looks he had al‘ways denied. Jodt | “Your beautiful heiress, indeed!” Strange that at such a time these words should rivet the attention of their reader almost to the exclusion ot every other consideration; that at the .moment of the discovery of a deliber‘ate plot against her own life, Dolly's ‘mind should dwell less on the awfnl nature of the contemplated crime than on the motive for its commission! | The iaea that Jack should plan her death with the object of marrying her former rival seemed by far the darkest feature in the terrible revelation. Foi ‘the meaning of thggallusionv was easily .apprehended. ‘‘Yourbeautiful heiress’ ‘could have reference only to the girl whose partiality for the attractive Jack Rivers had been notorious. __Kate Argent, indeed, with her handsome face and fortune, had been a seriously disturbing element during ‘Dolly’s engagement, and her existence ‘had not been forgottern. And thus in ‘the first transports bf pique and jealousy the real horror of the situation ‘was overlooked, and the discovery ac‘cepted rather with indignation than ‘alarm. But not for long. :

. Bythe time thatshe had restored the letter to its envelope and replaced it ‘among her husband’s other correspond- ‘ ‘ence, she fully realized the danger of ‘her. position. And what should she |do? She had no friends in London ‘ /whom she could confide in. She had ‘only a few shillings in her possession, and, in any case, she shrunk from the 'idea of p_resentiqn,q herselfat her father’s 'house-as a runaway wife. ' What should she do? Should she Emake her discovery public, and throw | herself on the protection of the police, tor should she conceal her knowledge | of her husband’s intentions, and await | some more favorable opportunity of | escape? Something, at any rate, must be done. But what is this—this strange sensation which seems first to numb her heart, and thence to radiate through every nerve and pulse? Dolly was awake and perfectly conscious of her surroundings; she was sitting in her own room, among her own familiar furniture and ornaments. She could see the sunlight on the wall playing with the shadows of the laburnum leaves. She could hear the tick of the clock, the loud chirping of the sparrows at the windows and the distant roar of the street traffic. She could smell the faint perfume of the mignonette in the lower boxes on the sill. But she could neither stir nor speak. 'No movement resulted from her frenzied efforts to rise, and when, in agony at the discovery, she tried to call for. help, no sound followed. Though ‘acutely sensible of the horror of her position and of her own helplessness | and danger, Dolly sat dumb and motionless; and by degrees the senses of sight | and hearing, hitherto cloar and ac- | well-known objoctp surrounding her e ion e Saetlo B, A ik UM eofbithied e ks 6 e s T TR Mﬁ*Mgw%&mugwéwﬁﬁ%ﬁ%&%é%@fn«%w,@ [PI Ve VIV SAWMUIVIRONE. TS VNG

“roll of distant wheels. They were real | flowers, and they fringed the margin of & bright river that glided by to the cadence of its own soft singing. And along its banks walked Dolly, and Jack was with her; but how sadly altered; he moved silently at her side. There was no caressing touch, no look of love in his eyes, no tone of tenderness in his voice; and at. every step he ‘seemed to force her nearer to theriver’s brink. Then the aspect of the river itself changed, and its ripples seemed to utter sounds of warning and woe. The lights that had flecked its shallows disappeared, and the flowers that had edged its margin drooped and faded. The stream once glittering in its own brightness, and borrowing further beauty from the earth and sky, grew murky and opaque. Strange shapeless monsters seemed to writhe and wallow beneath its surface; and still Jack pressed closer to her side, till the narrow pathway crumbled under her feet, and she fell headlong into the depths of the rushing torrent. Then succeeded an immeasurable period of rapid transit through seething waters, and afterward of silence, of darkness, of insensibility, of annihilation.

When Dolly returned "to consciousness, and found herself in her own bed she at first imagined herself to be waling, after an ordinary night’s rest. She was however, soon convinced by a sense of prostration and indefinable fear that something unusual had - occurred. This conclusion, moreover, was confirmed by the presence of two strangers, who presented the appearance of a nurse and doctor in attendance on her. Before, however, she had had time to satisfy herself of the truth of her impressions she relapsed into insensibility. On reopening her eyes after an interval she observed no change in the character of her surroundings. The doctor,” indeed, was not visible; but from a conversation which she overheard sheghad ‘little doubt that it was he who %S describing to some interested inquirer in the adjoining room the nature of her own malady. The voices of the speakers were low, the door between the bedroom and dressing room was nearly closed, and yet with a morbid acuteness of hearing Dolly caught distinctly the meaning of every whispered word, and recognized the questioner’s voice to be her husband’s.

~ *““And you forbid me to see her even for a moment?’’

~ “Most positively. Through the whole of the delirium this extraordinary dread of you has been her one dominant idea. If she caught sight of you now, I could not answer for the consequences.’”’ - .

“But I thought you said the crisis was past, and that she woulfl probably wake again in a perfectly rational condition.”

“Quite so; and in ordinary circumstances you would naturally be the first person she would be allowed to see; but I must tell you honestly that these are not ordinary circumstances.” “What do you mean?” ; o . “Imean this. Rightly or wrongly, your wife has the gravest suspicions about you. She believes you to be engaged in some conspiracy against her el o e

- “‘But surely you attach no importance to what people say in their delirium?’’

“Not generally, but this is a peculiar case. There has been a logical coherence in her ravings ‘throughout her illness, which convinces me that her distrust of you was-the cause, and not the consequence, of her attack of brain fever. Till lam satisfied that her apprehensions are removed, it would e madness to let her see you. As it is, if she happens to overhear your voice, the result might be very serious. You must be contented, for the present, to leave her with me.”

~ “But you’ll find out the meaning of it all, and give me the earliest possible news?” - “Of course 1 will.” ‘“And talk to her at once?”

= ‘“No, not to-night. She is still in a state of great prostration. To-morrow, when she has had Some natural sleep and taken some nourishment, it may be different.”’ ] o

The doctor was justified in his fear of the effect on his patient of the sound of her husband’s voice, as was proved by the condition in which he discovered her on re-entering the sick room. He was mistaken, however, in his belief that the explanation of her agitation would necessarily be deferred. As soon as he had taken his place at the invalid’s bedside, she introduced the topic herself. . ~ Even during the short period’which ‘had preceded Dolly’s relapse: into un--consciousness, the appearance of her ‘medical attendant had attracted her favorable attention. Beyond the expression of kindness which suggested ready sympathy, she had noticed a look of power and determination which ‘promised assistance as well as pity. ‘The conversation which she had overheard confirmed her original impression, and while reminding her of the ‘actual nature of her awful secret, pointed out a suitable repository. for it. ~ “Doctor, she said, ‘‘do you know Sir Robert Ballantyne?” ~ “Yes,” was the.answer, given after a pause. gl '

' “I know him, too,”’ continued Dolly: excitedly, ‘‘a heartless, wicked man. I can see his face now; a low, dark forehead; cruel, cunning eyes——"’ “0, no, Ballantyne is not {as bad as ‘that.”’ . : “I know more than you think. He and Jack want to poison me, that Jack may marry again.” S ; “Pray ' compose yourself, madam. ‘You are under some-strange delusion."” “It is no delusion; 1 opened Sir Robert's letter and learned the whole PR oo R *“My dear Mrs. Eivérs;",l,~wf}%;¥9u Yyou must have mistaken his meaning.” - “But L remember the very words: ‘I should employ arsenic, and I should suggest its administration ‘in ‘small ‘doses.”” A l My good lady, let me set your mind o o Your husband. is writing a '%rtft%;noieﬂ" _‘ J _ *Yes. 'He calls it “The Poisoned Potlon." Tho vilain murders his wite, wﬂkﬁ’&“ﬁaiﬁgbjg RSN U R R e e

with the object of marrying a woman with money; and your husband re‘quired assistance on ‘& medical point. He wanted the name of a poison——"" “But if that is all,”’ interrupted Dolly, “what was the risk Sir Robert warned him against?”’ P “Perhaps,” was the answer, given with a smile, ‘‘Ballantyne was thinking of his own early literary efforts. A first work is generally a heavy drain on an author's pocket.” ; It might have been supposed that these explanations would have sufficiently proved the groundlessness of the invalid’s apprehensions, but she was still dissatisfied. The story was plausible enough, but how could she be sure of its truth? Might it not be itself a fiction devised for the purpose of allaying her excitement? Moreover, was it probable that Jack would| confide the history of his novel and cor respondence with Sir Robert Ballantyne to this new acquaintance? Was it likely, when he had never mentioned the subject, even to his wife, that he should communicate it to the doctor, who, no doubt, was the local practitioner summoned at the time of her attack of illness? |

" Convineed’ by these consideraétions that she was the victim of a deception, Dolly put a further question: - “But how do you know all about my husband’s book and Sir Robert Ballan~ tyne’s letter?”’ - : .3

“My dear Mrs. Rivers, I am Sir Robert Ballantyne.” . 0 ~ And well for Dolly that it was so, and that the services of such a skilled physician had been available during her illness. :

Her condition, indeed, had a.tj: first seemed hopeless, but care and skill eventually triumphed, ‘and from the moment wlen the cause of Dolly’s apprehensions was removed, her recovery was rapid and uninterrupced.| » % * U *<

The nature of the first meetiné‘ between husband and wife, with its strange mixture of mirth and tears, can be only indicated. Dolly’s contrition was met by a hearty acknowledgement of Jack’s share in the responsibility for the mystification. Not that he could be fairly blamed for thesolicitude on his wife’s behalf,” which had been alike responsible for his literary enterprise, and for the secrecy observed regarding it. ; | - The notion of the ‘‘Poisoned Potion” had indeed originated in.its author’s desire to increase his income, and furnish his wife with the comforts to which she had once been a.ccustc:)med. While anxious for her enjoyment of the benefit of his success, he had determined to spare her the anxieties preceding its accomplishment. & A mutual misunderstanding had ensued. Dolly ascribed to the wrong cause her h usband’s restlessness and preoccupation, while he attributed his wife's evident anxiety to the privations to which she was subjected. = | ‘‘l'he Poisoned Potion,” Jack's sensational novel appeared while the appetite for “mysteries’” was at its zenith, and was admitted to be the success of the year. Dolly's father has now little reason to be ashamedfof his son-in-law, no longer the “beggarly clerk,” but one of the most prosperous authors of the day. Jack’s relations, too, who ‘“‘washed their hands of the whole concern,”” when it was represented by the little house in the borough, act very differently now that it has taken the form of a well-appointed and hospitable establishment in one of the most fashionable streets of Mayfair.—London Society. B

TO PREVENT COLDS. Valuable Hints on a_'n-i;tter& ‘of Grdjat In- £ terest and Importance., | The phrase “taking cold” is not found in standard medical works. Physicians regard it as inexact and, therefore, unscientific. =By general use and common consent, however, it has become a part of our language. People in all walks of life, and in all climes, take cold. Those who live at a high altitude in the West Indies, where the mercury varies but ten degrees in the year, feel a change of two degrees as much as we do a variation of ten times as many. ' : Any-thing which impairs the nutrition of the body, the nervous system or the ¢irculation of the blood renders us more susceptible to the influences which produce colds . | First, then, one should see that his diet, exercise, clothing and general habits are such as will keep the bodily health and strength up to the highest possible standard. o -

Given the susceptibility, there are three ways in which people most often take cold: by allowing draughts of cold. air to strike the back of the neck, by getting the feet cold or wet, and by becoming suddénly chilled when heated: either from exercise or from sitting in; a close, warm room. , o

Doctor Brown-Sequard, of Paris, recognizing these facts, proposes to render the nerves of the neck and feet less sensitive to sudden changes of temperature, by blowing cool air on them, and then colder and still colder air day by day, till they can stand air of a very low temperature without discomfort or injury. = ‘

But this method has the disadvantage of requiring expensive apparatus. The same beneficial results may be obtained by a much simpler process. Pour rock-salt, or, still better, sea-salt, into a two-quart fruit-jar till it is half full. Fill the jar with water. Let it stand in your bedroom for twenty-four hours, shaking it a few times, and you will have a strong brine in the jar above the salt. o Pour a pint of this brine into a bowl, and bathe the throat and neck thoroughlf]y with it, wiping with a towel. ow follow by rubbing hard with a piece of very coarse flannel till the skin glows. = Serve the feet in the same way. Repeat this night and morning, and you will véry soon find that you are less liable than before to take cold. Add water each time after you have have used from the jar, 80 as to have b quantity of brine in it continually. A person whose circulation is very inactive should bathe the neck and feet in hot water first, then follow with the cold brine and the rubbing. . Xt one will follow the above directions, and protect himsolf properly, es--pecially his foet, when going out into

' SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 2 —The best diamond cutters make sixty dollars per week. 2

- —The annual production of chemicals in France is said to have reached the great value of $300,000,000. —The employment of citrate of ammonia, dissolved in water, has recently been successfully employed as an electrolytic exciting agent for galvanic batteries. . : —llt is claimed that the methods recently employed for determining the electric conductivity of salts in solutiom can not be directly applied beyond the melting point of glass. " —From experiments made in Richmond, Va., with electric heaters, it seems probable that a passenger coach can be kept warm at an expense of two cents an hour, the current being supplied by a dynamo on the locomotive or tender. Fap ’

—At the Society of Engineers, England, it was demonstrated that the action of sea water on cerx\ent blocks, ‘made with a proper proportion of Portland cement, caused no deterioration, but they were actually improved by it. The result was a surprise to all. —From a recent study of the bones of anthropoid apes it appears that the gorilla and chimpanzee approach nearest to man, but in different degrees, the orang-outang holding third place. But great differences exist between the preportions of the human frame and those of all the apes. _ —The salt industry in southern Kansas is assuming majestic proportions. It is said that the salt taken up at Wellington, in that: State, is the purest in the world. A dozen great salt plants are already in operation, and others will. soon be established. In a few years all the salt used for ordinary purposes west of the Mississippi river will probably be supplied by Kansas. . —Although mollusks possess no eyes they display extreme sensibility to light, the least-change of its intensity sufficing to excite a more or less sudden contraction of the siphon. The existence of two distinct functions has been verified—one receptive and the other emissive—thus showing that the mechanism of sight belongs to the category of tactile phenomenas, in the higheranimals gradually differentiated and localized in a special organ. —Artificial silk is not yet manufactured on an industrial scale, but it-ap-pears that this will very shortly be done, and whileit is impossible to fore-~ tell with certainty what will be the commercial results of this curious invention, it is impossible to resist the conclusion that it is highly practicable, and that it even containsffhie elements of great future sfccess.—ﬁgineering.

—Electricity will be used in a practical wayin taking of the census. The census blanks will be the same as usuad, but the information they contain will be recorded on a large sheet of paper by the punching of holes in it at certain intervals. -An electrical circuit is formed through these holes, and counters are added electrically, recording on their dials all items of the same kind. , : —TIf saccharine is'not a wholesome article of diet, it seems to have other uses of great value. Thus, a French writer affirms that it is a valuable antigeptic. A strength of one to 500, asan addition to mucilaginous and other solutions, prevents the formation of low organisms. An inexpensive dentifrice, for example, may be prepared by simply dissolving saccharine in water, in the proportion of six per cent. A teaspoonful of this in half a pint of water forms an admirable antiseptic mouth wash.

A VALUABLE PAINTING:. One of Cromwell Which Was Brought to America by a Thief. - About 1837 the ship Orient, Captain Bailey, of Gardiner, Me., was lying at 2 dock in Havre under charter for the United States, when a man came on board who shipped as a common sailor. Soon officers came to Captain Bailey, who told him that a painting of great value had been: wrenched from the frame at its place of deposit in England, that they had traced the suspected thief across the channel and on board his ship, and asked permission to search the vessel. A most thorough search was made, Captain Bailey assisting, but without avail. From then until the ship left port she was closely guarded by the authorities day and night. As the voyage was drawing to a close the new sailor confronted Captain Bailey and asked for a private audience, when he confessed to him the fact that the picture was safely hidden on board the ship and asked for advice and assistance. The gaptain refused any asgistanceand advised that the property be returned to the owner, Failing in this, Captain Bailey bought the picture, as he expressed it, for a few dollars and brought it to his home with the intention of restoring it doubtlessly and claiming the reward offered, But the ship was chartered for a long voyage in a different direction, and the picture was left behind. In those days communication with England required as many weeks as it does days nows Time sped on—-voyage after voyage was made. Family and business cares increased, names and events were forgotten, and still the picture hung against the wall in Captain Bailey's parlor until death and the purchase by Mr. Davenport, of Gardiner, brought it once more into prominence, and the above facts were eluctdated. This painting is the famous one of Cromwell viewing the remains of Charles L— Boston Letter. - = !

| He Thought of It Too Late. Smith—What are you loafing around town at this time of night for? Brown—'Fraid to go home. Wife told me to’'be sure and remember something, and I've forgotten what it was. 5 : Smith—lt wasn't dry goods or gro‘ceries, was it? - : ~ Brown—No. e _ - Smith--Baby food, tacks or theater . ~ Brown-No; but I have just thought s _ Smith—What wasit? Brown—Ske wautéd mo 1o remember £SO Huwe sarly. - Chidago Jour Geala Gl it

FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

MISCHIEVOUS ROSE,

o ‘Our little Mollie Mischief (Her proper name is Rose) Is always busy as a bee, : - And every body knows |

The bees are full of business The livelong summer day, And so is Molly Mischief, But in quite a different way.

Her little rosy fingers, So pretty in their place, Are often tied together Behind her in disgrace.

Because, if mamma leaves a thing For only half a minute, They, like fluttering butterflies Are sure to settlein it.

One Sunday, after meeting, She vanished from our sight, But no one saw the going Of our little wandering sprite

‘We ran around to seek her Among the girls and boys, And found her 1n the organ lort, ** A-hunting for ze noise.”

And once, when we forbade her To pick the currants red, ‘We heard her in the bushes, And this is what she said:

¢ Q, ittle lonesome babies, Is you afwaid to stay? Come to your own, dear muzzer, I'll hide you safe away.”

Ileave my little readers To guess the hiding-place. Perhaps it something had to do ‘With the stains upon her face. _ —Mrs. J. M. Dana, in Youths’ Companion. e @ - A POPULAR PETITION. How Little Johnny Brought the Circus to Kentucky Jim’s. The whole country south of Kentucky Jim’'s mining camp was ablaze with circus posters. Every bit of fence, every tumble-down, deserted miner's cabin between Sligo and Wild Cat which could by any possibility be made to hold a/scrap of paper, became a billboard. Johnny Hunter had feasted on them all with eager eyes as he rode about the country with his father. There were pictures of big, spotted African giraffes, eating leaves from the topmost boughs of tall trees; elephants, with feet like door-stones and great swinging trunks; big and little ponies in brilliant trappings, standing on two legs, making ladders of themselves, sitting at table, and performing the most amusing tricks. There were ferocious tigers, and white bears on big blocks of ice, and wolves and lions, and a man sitting right in the den with them. And there was a big cage of chattering monkeys and parrots with red, green and yellow feathers. Best of all were the wonderful ring pezformances, where a man was flying through a trapeze, and six others making an obelisk of themselves, and a man in red and green being fired out of a big cannon.

Then there was a procession of gold chariots, and ladies in beautiful clothes riding on horseback, and troops of Shetland ponies, and a brass band, and a man playing on a steam piano. . Johnny, who had never been twenty miles from Kentucky Jim’s, and who had never seen a traveling show of any kind, much less a gorgeous circus like this, hugged himself with ecstacy. Not many bills were posted very near to Kentucky Jim’s, for the circus was to exhibit at atown forty miles away, and it was hardly probable that many could go that distance. In particular, Johnny knew very well that ke was not going. Mr. Hunter was superintendent of three mining camps, and as busy'as a man could well be, from morning to night. Johnny would never be permitted to go so far alone, though he would willingly have walked from Kentucky Jim’s to San Francisco to see these wonderful sights, had his father consented. : ;

Johnny thought it all ever very carefully as he rode along by his father's side over the smooth, beautiful mountain road. Tall pines towered above them. Smooth - barked manzanita gleamed from thickets by the wayside, and sweet odors of mountain pinks wafted their fragrance to the passer-by.

Mr. Hunter had business with one of the overseers at the mine, and Johnny, catching the word ‘‘circus,’’ listened with all his might. : “They thought, sir,” the man was saying, ¢‘if we drew up a petition you might see fit to let us off for one day. And the men have been kept over hours sinee we turned the water on the’ Big Lead. Here is the petition sin” Johnny looked on with eager eyes. He had never heard of a petition before, but if it was anything that would help a boy to the ecircus, he meant to have one. 3 -

The man handed Mr. Huntington a long sheet of paper, at the head of which was written, in bold letters, something beginning, ¢We, the undersigned, respectfully request that we beallowed,” ete., etc. Then followed a long list of names. . el Mr. Hunter shook his head regret--fully, : ‘ “If it were nof so far away, Maththews, we might arrange it. But the men wonld har%;\bé able to get back to work before noon of the next day,and we must be ready to ‘clear up’ by Thursday. = Tell them lam sorry, but it can’t be helped this time.” And Mr. Hunter hastened off down the hill where a heavy stream of water from an eightinch pipe was playing, with tremendous force, on the opposite sand bank and washing the rich gold soil down the funnel’ s |

' Johnny seated himself on a smooth gray rock and began to whittle off clean, beautiful pipe-clay shavings, all the time thinking very hard on a grand scheme. Moy :

Presently he jumped up. ¢‘l'll do it,” he shouted. And away down the hill he ran to his father. ,

The result of the conference was that Johnny went over tc the overseer's little cabin, and had a long' consyltation with Mr. Matthews. And wher Johnny came out, he carried a large roll of paper, on which: wers written these words: ‘‘We, the undersigned, - resideats of Kentucky Jim’s. and vicinity, reepectfully request Mr. Montgomery King, manager of ‘The Greatest Show on Earth,’ that he bring his cireus to this town, and we promise him herewith our hearty support” At noon the miners gathered around. thwmmwu@ i Gadhed vt 20 KD

all the Big Butte men wrole sheitr names on the petition with great enthuiasm. Several ‘begged to sign twiee, ! but Johnny would not allow that. Even Ching Wan Lang and Hop S{igiﬂi, the proprietors. of ¥he Chin undry, signed m‘itheﬁwef&qdd\;mderstand“that a circus was like the higgest kind of a ‘devil-driving.” The list grew and grew. Every man, woman and child who would promise to support Mr. Montgomery King's grand show was allowed to write his name on - the great paper. Johnny had a busy day, and was scarcely through when his father was ready for the homeward drive. : sl

“To-morrow I shall go to Job's Creek and Silverville, and the next day Yuba Pond and Slim Bill's,”” said Johnny. “Don't you think he will come for all these names, father?? Mr. Hunter would not commit hims self, but he did make it in the way of business to drive over to the creek next day, and Johnny and his petition went along, too. - : :

Johnny walked about the town on air for the next few days. ‘He haunted the small post-offiee which was kept in one side of the only grocery store in the settlement, and was always on hand when the big ten-mule team brought in the mail-bag. =~ e At last the letter came—the first thap Johnny had ever received. It was a big, business-like looking letter in a’g light buff envelope, and it was directed to “Master Johnny Hunter, Kentucky Jim’'s, Sligo County, California.”’ On one end there was some printing: “If not called for in ten days, return tq Mr. Montgomery King, Palace Hotel,! San Francisco, Cal.” Letters being such a new experience, Johnny very naturally read the outside through carefully before he opened the envelope. ‘ : ‘

‘His hand trembled with excitement as he unfolded the sheet and read: ; “MASTER JOHNNY HUNTER—Dear Sir;—Yours ‘of the 11th inst. received, and contents noted. It gives me pleasure to.inform you that I have a single date free in your vicinity next week, and will be glad to visit Kentucky Jim’s with the circus on Friday. I send my agent withy posters-to-morrow. . : | *Very truly, x “MONTGOMERY KING. ‘‘San Francisco, Cal., May 11, 188-."" - ‘“Hurray! The circus s coming ! yelled Johnny, and he rushed down the street giving the Sioux war-whoop with all the strength of a pair of very healthy- lungs as he went. Do you know what the Sioux war-whoop is? If not, I can tell you that it 'is about the most horrible. sound that ever issued from the mouth of a white man, or an Indian either, and your mothers are to be coungratulated if you do not know how to make it. 3

All the small boys of the settlement came rushing after Johnny, and helped him shout, a/ ch a jollification had never been %’Kentucky Jim's since the discovery of the great Placer Lode. e ;

-You can be sure every boy in town was out to meet the agent next day, and offer advice as to the-best methods of posting bills, and that each boy was fairly wild as the gay red and green and yellow pictures were attached to the cabins and fences and rocks and trees by the wayside. Perhaps you can imagine what the real circus was to those boys, tosay nothing of the fathers and mothers—for they all went; and how the grand procession was met anywhere from two to five miles from town, by all the boys and dogs in the vicinity; and how they laughed and cheered and enjoyed the elephants and ponies:and giraffes and lions and parrots and monkeys. . 1 can not begin to describe to you what a day of excitement it was in that little place. T happened to be there on a summer vacation, and as 1 watch-’ ed the people on their way to the big. tent, it seemed as if all the inhabitants: of California must have come up to: Rentucky Jim’s to see the circus. And Mr. Montgomery King sent for Jonnny Hunter and ‘complimented him on his enterprise and perseverance, and said that he shouldn’t. be surprised: if he took him into partnership some day: == <. But, although Johnny thought Mr. Montgomery King such a ' wonderful. man, and the circus the most magnificent spectacle in the world, yet he doubted very much whether he would ever become a traveling showman.+— Helen Marshall North, in _Christian Union. , s

Jyp and’ Joe.

Little Jyp and Joe had tried all the vacation to catch a fish. Every morning they took their little fish-poles and went out and sat down by grandpa’s bigpond'and cast in their lines and kept still, and did not speak a word for:ten long minutes. But no ¢hub, no perch, not even a minnow, would bite, and Jypand dJoe thought that grandpa’s fish were very selfish. It was the last day of the visit and they had come down to fish in the pond for thelast time. “Good-bye, you stingy fish,” said Joe. *“Good-bye, you unkind fish,” said Jyp, with a vexed little twitch of her line, as she jumped up—and, what do you think® As she twitehed her line out, there was a silver gleam and twinkle up in the air, and a fat little chubeame flying right around Jyp’s hat, and hit her cheek with its wet sids! Joe looked on with big eyes. *lt is a fish! It is! It is, I say! Hurrah! We have caught a fish!” They ran to the house as fast as they could, the fish, hook and all, in Jyp's fat umeama&; : “A fish! a fish!” they iuﬂl‘ as' they came in sight. Grandpa, and grandma, and papa and mamma came out to see—and they wm&m&m over that fish that tire whistle blew and they were too late for the tmw ‘had to stay until the next day! Yes, they really and truly did!--Babyland. L e —me—- .+ —Mr. Lowis Miller, president of the Lake. Chautauqua Socisty, < says.‘that hen AhS SooiaEc Tk T SRS 8| did not amount to more than $4,000 or e cua e R R hm‘“"'ﬁﬁ” %%{m‘m&m%* eoS aed e ﬁfv,.}‘«“ﬁm; g.,r S, o