Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 27, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 March 1870 — Page 1

POETRY.

A leVMfS A UTAX AC

Tis not t e sins i:isr "' the idrd Nur bnrnie marine Ir-1, Thai u ikv- th.; nierry month of May 'I hr i roe ' Spriti; to nie; For weie it in the inter can hi Ami mi aw c ad every tre. II I anie V hand I only ban hi 'i:- the bpnii-ti jiu to lue. T - not the blooming o' tho rose Nor hnmmins; o the bee. Tli i' m-iker- the leafy month o" .line The Snmtn -r-time to me: For w ere it Winter iald and drear Ar.'l na-flnlevery tree. If I hu- ken t hat .Jennie's near It IBs taMfttM to me. Were --irlv Winter frae the yenr To T ike lour time hi share. And roh th other eason quite. i rj. - trv I wadBH care ; Wm ii niy .le nie kM m-: weel. And if he constant be. Th ini, r time and th- Stunmer-timo W i n-ver ;.' !rae nie. MISCELLANEOUS. ( VIT VI BEN'S CHOICE. An old rod house on a rocky shore, with :i nhc;rm m's Mu I .oat rocking on Ibi bey, and Iwo waits sails glistening III away tutet the water. Above, the blue shining sky, and below, the blue, shiui ne na 8 It seems clever to have a pleasant day," said Mr". Davids, sighing. lira i) i Mi a&id seei vtking withasigh, an I bow she wiped her eyes' also on her calico apron Sue was a woman with a complexion like faded mmtd, who seenaad alarayi pitying herself. 44 I it-Il th -V said she, "I have had real bard tacit, My besäend is buried away off in California, and my son died in tbc army, and he is buried away down Bontb. Neither one mi them is buried together." Then she sighed again. Twice, this time. And i ," she continu" !, taking out ;i pinch of bay berry snnfT, 41 Iain left alone in the world. Alome I sayl whv I've got B daughter, but she U away out West. She is married to an enirineerman. And Fee got two crand children.' Mrs. Davids took the pinch of bayberry ad tboob InT head, looking as thouga taat was the 44 hardest luck" of all. "Well, everybody lias to have their pesters, and you'll have to have your;," rejoined Miss" Per sis Tame, takings pinch of stmtt'-the real Maccabty twice as 1 irece, with twice as fierce an action. 44 1 doal know what it is to bury children, nor to lose a Inbud; fsrpoaa I don't; hnl I know what it is tobe jammed round tbc world and not have a rutr to stick my bnd U let, I wish I had all the money I ever spent traveling and that? twelva d i: irs," sbfl eonUaued. regretfully. 41 by in the work! don't roa marry sighed and h ive a Bosse of your own?" Mra D . i 44 Well, I don't expect to marry. I don't kaow ;t I do at my time oj life," responded Ibc Minister. "I rather guess my day Bat chane s fine by." Vou ain't such a dreadful sight older Q 1 am, though," replied Mrs. Davids, reflectively. " No so old by two full years," returned M - Tune, taking another smart pinch Of snuff, as though it touched the empty Bp 4 in her heart ami did it (ood. 44 But am ain't looking out for opportunities yet, 1 i MBBOte.11 I fa Davids sighed evasively. "We eaa1 teD what is before us. There h OR than oac man in want of a wife." As thuUL'h to point her words, CapI üa Bei Lundy CUM in sight on the beacb, bio bead a long way forward and hi sdiainbiiug feet trying in vain to keep up. "Thirteen months and a half since Lyddy was burnd." eoatiaaed Mrs. Daw is, accepting this application to her v. roads, "ana there is Captain Hen taking up with just whn housekeeper he caü g t. an I m housekeeper at all. It would be an excellent home for you, Persia. Captain Ben always had the name of making a kind husband." v sight d again, whether from regret for tbc be reared man, or for the multitu s of women berefl of such a husband. By tbta time Captain Ben's head was at tbc door. " Morning!" said he, while his feet were com teg up. "Quote an accident down 4 here below the lighthouse last night. ter ran aabore iu the blow and broke p.M up in klndTtngwood in less than no tune. Captain Tisdale's been out look;. or for dead bodies ever since daylight." 'i k no wed it!' riirlnd Mr n-idc 44 I heard a rnSblitg sour.l some time about the break of day Mat waked me out of a ! deep, and I knowed then there was spirit leaving its body. I heard it the D ."lis went, or I expect I did. It must h ve been very nearly at that time." " Well, I guess it wasn't a spirit, last ; - v, said Captain Ben; 44 for as I was goii g on to say, after searching back and rwtB, Captain Tfadale came upon the 1-Ui, a inn an! a b y, rolle I up in their wet blankets asleep behind the life- ' boasa He said he felt like ne could sti ike them tor staying out in the wet. Wnsoko aJwnjl make for the lighthouse, I - ; ned those ones were drowned to death, sure enough." "' K then it coobbrt have been them I - warned of!" returned Mrs. Davids, looking as tboagh t-he regretted it. 44 lv v is right over my head, and 1 waked up a-itlie thing was rushing past. You haven't heard, have you," she continued, "wbethet or not there was any other damage done by the gale?" "I donl know whether you would call s ICtly," returned Captain Ren; 44 bat Loizah Müllers got so scared she left me and went home. She said she Couldn't stay and run the chance of another of our Banst blows, and oft she trapsed." Mm Davids sighed like November. " S yon have some bird luck, as well as my-eif. I don't suppose you can a housekeeper to keep her long," said she, dismally. "AI M - rimes telh me it is enough right ead'T getting wives than housekeepers, sad I'm some of a mind to try that tack," rej : Captain Ben, smiling grimiy. Mr-. Davids put up her hand to feel of bef bnek hair, and smoothed down h r apron; while Miss lYrds Tarn blushed nae a withered rose, and turned ber modestly out of the window. ejei I a n m Bat the dithVulty is, who will it be? There era so nmayto select froua it nj fairly bothersome," coattaned ! ptftvn Ben, winking fast and looking as though be was m i le of dry corn-cobs and hay. Miss P-r?is Tame turned about abruptly. "The land alive" she ejaculated with Raeh sndHen emphasis that the dishes shook on their shelves and I ptaii Ben in his chair. 41 It makes me mad a a Mireh hsre to hear nu n on as though all they'd got to do was to throw down their handkerchers to a womn, and, no maUer who, she'd spring and run to pick it up. It is always 4 Who will I marry r' and not 4 Who will marry m'" 44 Why, there is twice the number of widder that tttrr is widderers here al lbs P int. Th it was what was in m mind," said Captain Ben, in a tone of meek apwlotry. "There is the Widow Ke.-ns, she tht Was Azubah Machmor, laWi know bat what she would do, Lyddy used to think everything of her, and she is a first-rate of a housekeeper." "Perhaps so," amen ted Mrs Davids, daMonsly. " But she is troubled a sigh with the head emnamint; I suppose you know she is. That is against her." Jes," NsseuAttiL hl um Tame. " The MucUniures all have weak heads. And. ton. the Widow Keens, she's hnd a fall lately. She was up in a chair cleaning her top buttery shelf, and somehow on I t lbs ehair le-js give way-it ws !,,- or something, I expect tad down she went her wh 'k 1 oft . She keeps about, jJh- go.-s with two staves." I want to know if that is so," raid iptain iieu, his honcat aotil , warminr with sudden sympathy. 44 The widder fen a aght ol trouble." 44 isa, she ans liveii through a good dsal, that woman has. I couldn't live through so mack, 'pars to me ; but we don't know what we can live through," rejoined Mis Tame.

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volume xv. Captain Urn did not reply, but his y feet began to move to and fro restlessly ; for his heart, more ready yet, had already gone out toward the unfortunate widow. " It is so bad lor a woman to be alone," said he to himself, shambling along the shingly beach a moment after! M Nobody to mend her cbnin or split up her kindlings or do a chore for her ; and she lame into the bargain ! It is (on bad." 44 He has steered straight for the Widow Keens', as sure A is apple dumtdings." remarked Miss Penis, peering after him from the window. 44 Well, I mnst Admit I wouldn't have thought of Captain Hen's being enimored after such a sickly piece of bud ness. But men never know what they want. Won't you just hand me that gumcamphyer bottle-, now you are up? It is on that chest of drawers behind you." 44 Xo more they don't," returned Miss Tame, w ith a plaintive cadence, taking a snift from the camphor bottle on the way. 44 However, I don't begrutch him to ber, I don't know as I do. It wiil make icr a good hum, if she concludes to make arrangements." Meantinu , Captain Ben Lundy's head was wellnigh at Mrs. Keen's door, for it was s'tuated only around the first sandhill. She lived in a little bit of a bneafl that looked as though it had been knocked together for a crockery-crate in the first place, with two windows and a rude door thrown in as afterthoughts. In the rear of tab house was another tiny building, something like a grown-up hen coop ; and this was where Mrs. Keens carried on the business bequeathed to her by her deceased husband, along with five small children, and one not so small. But, worm than that, one who was 44 not altogether there," as the English say. She was about this business now, dressed in a primitive sort of bloomer, with a wash tub and clothes wringer before her, with an army of bathing-suits of eftff kind and color flapping wildly in the fresh sea air at one side. From a little further on, mingling with th-- mnd of the beating surf, came the merry voiees of twit hers, boarders at the great hotels on tin; hill. "Her? you lie! Hard at it!" said Captain Bea, puffing around the cornel libs a portable west-wind. M I've understood you've had a hurt. Isthat so?" 0 no ! Nothing to mention, returned .irs. Keens, turning anout a lare bright and cheerful as the full moon ; and throwing, as by accident, a red bathing-suit over the two broom sticks that leaned against her tub. Unlike Mr. David, Mrs. Keens neither pitied hersell nor would allow anybody else to do so. 44 Sho !" remarked Captain Ben, feeling defrauded. He had counted on sacrificing himself to his sympathies, but he didn't give up yet. 44 You must sec some pretty tough times pears to me with such a parcel of little ones, and only yourself to look to," said he, proceeding awkwardly enough to hang the pile of wrung-out clothes upon an empty line. 44 1 don't complain," returned the widow, bravely. 44 My children are not tenxmiie : and Jack, why you would be surprised to see how many things Jack can do, for all he isn't quite right." As she spoke thus with affectionate pride, .Jack came up wheeling a roughiy made cart filled with wet bathing-clothes fr -ui the beaeh. lie looked up at sound of his mother's voice with something of the dumb tendcrnt ss oj an intelligent dog. "Jack helps, Jaek good boy," said he, nodding with a happy smile. 44 Yes, Jack helps. We don't complain," repeated the mother. " It would come handy, though, to have a nam around to see to things and kind o' provide, wouldn't it though ?" persisted Captain Ben. 44 Some might think so." replied Mrs. Keens, stopping her wringer to reflect a little. " But I haven't any wish to change my situation," she added, decidedly, going on again with her work. 44 Sure on't ?" persisted the Captain. 44 Certain," replied the widow. Captain Ben sighed. MI thought ma' be you was having a hard row to hoe, and I thoughts like enough " WhOk he never said, excepting by a beseeching glance at the cheerful widow, for just then an interruption came from some people after-bathing-suits. So Captain Bin moved off with a dismal countenance. But before he had gone far it suddenly brightened. 44 It might not be for the best," quoth he to himself. "Like enough not. I was very careful not to commit myself, and I am very glad I didn't." He smiled as be reflected on his judicious wariness. " But, however," he continued, " i might as well nmsh up this busintss now. There is Kachel Doolittle. Who knows but she'd make a likely wife? Lyddy sot a good deal by her. She never had a quilting or a sewing bee but what nothing would do but she must give Kachel Doolittle an invite. Yes; 1 wonder I never decided on her before. Bhe will be glad of a home snre enough, ior sne naves to iivi around, as it were, upon her orothers. Captain lien's feet quickened them selves at these thoughts, and had almost overtaken his head, when behold! at I sudden turn in the road there stood Miss Rachel DoolHtle, picking barberries from a wayside bush. 44 My askesl If she ain't right here, like Rachel in the Bible!" ejaculated Captain Ben, taking heart at the omen. H i Doolittle looked up from under her tied down hat in sornrise at such a salutation. JJut her surprise was increased by Captain Ben's next remark 44 It just t ame into my mind," said he, 44 that you was the right one to take Lyddy 's place. You two used to be such great knitapetha! it will seem 'mot like having Lyddy back again. No," he continued, after a little reflection, 44 1 don't know of anybody I had rather me sitting in Lyddy I chair and wearing Lyddy 's things than yourself" 41 Dear me. Captain Lundy, I couldn't think of it. Paul's folks expect BM to stay with them while the boarder season lasts, and Pre as good as promised Jacob's wife I'll spend the winter with her." M Ain't that a hard life you are laying out lor yourself? And then bum by you will get old or siek BSa1 be, and who is going to want you around then? Lvery woman needs a husband of her own to take care ot her." 44 I'm able to take care of myself as yet, thanks tr goodness I Aud I am not "rül 1 my brothers will see me suffer earn of sickness," returned Miss ,. oittle, her cheeks flaming up like) a sumach in )etoler. 44 Hill hadn't you better take a little time to think it over? Ma' be it come sudden to you," pleaded Captain lien. 4 No, I thank you. Some things don't need thinking over," answered Miss Deo little, pmrklnglt the barberries more diligently than ver. 44 1 wish Lyddy was here. 8he would convince you you are standing in your own light," returned Lyddy's widower, in a perplexed tone. 44 1 don't need one to come from the dead to show me my own mind," retorted Mha Doolittle, firmly. Well, like enobgh you are right," said Captain Ben, mildly, putting a lew stems of barberries in her pail; 44 ma' bet wouldn't be bt st. 1 don't want to be rash." Asm! wits lhat lie moved oil. on the whole congratulating himself h hart not decided to marry Miss Iioolittle. T thought, after she eonnuenced her miserable gift of the gab, that Lyddy used to be tree to admit she had a fiery tongue, lor all they were such friends. And I'm all for peace myselt. I guess, on the

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whole, ma' be she ain't the one for me, perhaps, and it is as well to look further. Why! what in the, world I Well, there ! what have I been thinking ol ? There is Mrs. Davids, as neat as a new cent, and the master hand to save. She is always taking on ; and she will be glad enough to have somebody to look out for her, why, sure enough! And there I was right at, her house this very day, and never once thought of her ! What an old dunce?" But, fortunately, this not being a sin of commission, it could easily be rectified; aud directly Captain Ben h id turned about and was trotting again toward the red bourn on the beach. 44 Pound for pound of he best white rogar,' he heard Miss Tame say as he nared the door. " White sugar!" repeated Mrs. Davids, her usual sigh drawn out into a little groan. 44 White sugar for cm,.;berries ! Who ever heard of such a thing? I've always considered I did well when I had plenty of brown." 44 Poor creeter ! thought Captain Ben. "How she will enjoy getting into my pantry. Lyddy never complained thai she didn't have enough of everything to do mthr And in the full ardor of his intended benevolence, he went right in and opened the subject at once. But, to his astonishment, Mrs. Davids refused him. She lighed, but she refused him 44 I've seen trouble enough a'ready, without my rushing into more with my eyes wide open," sighed she. "Trouble? Why, that is just what I was meaning to save you !" exclaimed the bewildered widower. 44 Pump right in the house, and stove e'enamost new. And Lyddy never knew what it was to want for a spoonful ol sugar or a pound of flour. Aud such a Juuuly buttery and sink ! Lyddy used to say she felt the worst about feaTiog her buttery of anything.'' 44 Should thoxight she would," answered Mrs. Davids, forgetting to sigh. " However, I can't say that I h-el any hankering after marrying a buttery. I've got buttery-room enough hero, without the trouble of getting set up in a new place." 41 Just as you say," returned the rejected. " I ain't sure you'd be exactly the one. I aas a thinking of looking for somebody a little younger." 44 W 11, here is Persis Tame. Why, don't you bespeak her ? 8k is younger, and she is in need of a good home. I can recommend her, too, as a first rate cook," remarked Mrs. Davids, benevolently. Miss Tame had been sitting a little apart by the open window, smiling to h( rself. But now she turned about at once. "Ilm!" said she with contempt. 44 1 should rather live under an umbrella tied to a stake, than marry for a Aum." So Captain Ben went home without engaging either wife or housekeeper. And the first thing he saw was Captain Jacob Doolittle'l old one-eyed horse eating the apples Loizah Müllers had strung and festooned from nails against the bouse, to dry. The next thing he saw was, that, having left a window open the hens had flown in and gone to house keeping on their own account. But they were not, like Mrs. Davids, as neat as a new cent, and not, also, such master hands to save. " Shoo ! .shoo ! Get out. Go 'long there with you!" cried Captain Ben, waving the dish-cloth and the poker. 44 I declare for't ! i most had n't ought to have left that bread out on the table. They've made a pretty men oi it. and it is every spec there is in the house, too. Well I mu-t make a do oi potatoes tor supper, with a bit of pie and a mouthful of cake." Accordingly he went to work building a lire that wouldn't burn. Then, forgetting the simple matter of dampers, the potatoes wouldn't bake. Tue tea kettle i.. .1 i I .i , uoueu over anu craeacu me siove, ano after that boiled dry and cracked itself I list 11. r many the potatoes led to Daaiog with so much ardor they overdid it and burnt up. And, but of all t he cake jar and pic cupboard proved to be entirely empty. Loiz ih had left on the eve of baking-d;;y. 44 The old cat! Well, I'd just as soön live on slapjacks a spell," said Captain Ben, when he made this discover'. But even slapjacks p illed on his palate, especially when he had them always to , ..' i . r- 1 i i.i ' . . 1 t' s' njr iwa uimncu, TW, no way to live. Ihts.taV sM lir fit lst " I m n (T'tmi mini to miirrv an' ever I bad to eat." So he put on his hat and walked out. The first person he met was Miss Persis Tama, who turned her back and fell to picking thoroughwort blossoms as he cam . P44 Look a here, ' said he, stopping short, 44 I'm dreadfully put to't. I can't get ne'er a wile nor ne'er a housekeeper, and I am e'enamost Starred to death. I wish you weatf consent to marry with me, if you feel as if you tould bring your mind to it. I am sure it would ljavo been Lyddy's wish." Miss Tame smelt of the thoroughwort blossoms. 44 It comes pretty sudden on me," she replied. 44 1 hadn't given the subject any thouvht. But you irt? to be pitied in your situation." 44 Yes. And I'm dreadful lonesome. I've always been used to having Lyddy to talk over things with, and I miss her a sight. And I don't know anybody that has her ways more than you have. You are a good deal such a built woman, and you have the same hitch to your shoulders n in u r uu nairv. mu vc uwl jiii limit .i... i k . . t me same raw 10 youi eye, nuu , i nouceu it last Sunday in meeting-time," continued the widower, anxiously. 44 1 do feel for you. A man alone is in a deplorable situation," replied Miss Tame. 41 I'm sure I'd do anything ;in my power to help you." 44 Well, marry with me then. That is what I want. We could be real comfort able together. I ll go for the license this minute, and we'll be married right away," returned the impatient suitor. You go up to Elder Crane's, and I'll meet you there as soon as I can fetch around." Then he hurried away, 44 without giving mc a chance to say 4 no,'" said 44 she that was" Persis Tame, afterward. 44 So I had to marry with him, as you might say. liut I've never seen cause to regret it. I've got a first rate of a hum, ami Captain lien makes a first-rate of a husband. And no hain't he, I hope, found cause to icgret it," she added, with a touch of wifely pride; 44 though I do expect he might have had his pick among all the single women at the Point; but out of them all he chose me. "Atlantic- Montfdy. Tif k Wayne county ( Penn.) " rahl says : "At or near Beech Pond, this county, there lives a German who may safely lay claim to being the champion wretch of this vicinity. His wile died some time since, and he made her a eoflln himself, of rough kamlock boards, la which he placed some straw , upon which he placed the Corpse, entirely nakvl, then dug a grave, and buried his dead wife with as little ceremony as one would a dog. A few weeks ago, a little son of his, 4 or .ri years old, elied, and he interred him in the same tu inner. Some days after he was buried a pair of shears was BÜSSSd f rom the house, and could not be found Finally, this monster reniendx red dropping them in th" straw of his little boy's coffin while he was working at it, and he forthwith exhumed it, opened it, found the sbeM -. and oooDy reinterred the bus and Hade caj bag contents." Taaan is nothing purer than honesty ; nothing sweeter than charity; nothing warmer than love; nothing brighter than virtue, and nothing more steadfast than laith .

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH

A Touching Incident in tue Life of a Distinguished Violinist. One beautiful summer day there was a great festival in the large park at Vienna. This park is called by the people the Prater. It is full of lovely trees, line walks, and little pleasure houses. At the time of which I am speaking it was almost covered with croWuS of people. Among a number of organ-grinders, hi gears and girls who played on harns there stood an old musician. He had once been a soldier but his pension was not enough to live on. Still, he did not like to beg; therefore, on this particular festival day, be took his violin and played rrndcr a tree in the park. He had a faithful dog with him. which lay at his feet and held a h it in his month," so that passers-by might Cast coins into it. On the day whieh I have just mentioned the doe sat before him with the old hat. Many people went by, and heard the mu knan playing, but they did not help him much. I wonder the people did not give him more, for he was truly a pitiable ob jeet. His fare was covered with scars received in his country's battles, and he wore a long gray coat, which he had kept ever since he had been in the army, lie even had his old sword by his side, for he would not walk in the street without carrying hi-; trusty friend with him. He had only three flogen on his right hand, so that he held the bow with difficulty. A bullet had taken off the two others, and almos4. at the same time a cannon ball had taken off his left leg. The lat money he had had been spent in buying new strings tor his violin, and he was now playing with all his strength the military air he had learned when a boy with his father. He looked sad enough as he saw the multitudes pas by in their strength, and youth and beauty ; for he knew that if he did not obtain some money that evening he would have to go to bed supperless. His dog was better off, for he sometimes found a bone here and there to satisfy the cravines of hunger. It was late in the afternoon, the musiCtan'l hopes were almost like the sun they were b h going down together and lie places his violin down by his side, and leaned against the trees, the tears Streaming down his cheeks. lie thought one of that giddy crowd saw Lira; but he was mistaken. Not far off stood a gentleman in tine clothes, who had a kind iietrt; and when he tawthat no one gave the soldier anything, he was touched with sympathy. Going to the dog, and looking into the hat, he saw only two small copper coins in it. lie then said, "My good friend, why do you not play longer?" "O," replied the old man, "mydcarsir, I cannot ; my arm is SOÜred that I cannot hold the bow : besides I have had no dinner, and I have little prospect of supper." The stranger resolved to aid him as best be could; and giving him a piece of gold, said, " I will pay you if you will lend me your violin for an hour." "O," said the musician, 44 this piece of money is worth more than half a dozen fiddles tike mine." 44 Never mind," said the stranger ; 44 1 only want to hire it one hour." u Very well ; you can do what you will," mid the owner. The gentleman took the fiddle and the bow in his hands, and then said, 44 Now, you take the money, and I will play. I am quite sure the people will give me something." The first air had not been finished before the people, observing the strange sight, and hearing beautiful music, Stopped a moment in curiosity. Every one as tha the fine looking stranger was playing for the poor man ; but none knew who he j w as. By-and-by the people began to drop money into the hat, and the dog seemed j delighted to receive so many pieces of j trold for his master, lue circle oi hearers , , i., .TÖ v tw ----n - j ' - - ha crthndid i-arririfri-e hecrrpd the people inside- to "uop aud hear the mustC. Still the money increased. Gold, silver and copper were thrown into the hat by old and young. T he dog now began to growl. What cor Id be the matter? One gentleman, as he dropped a large piece of money into the hat had struck him on the nose, and he came very near letting all the money fall. Hut the hat soon became so heavy that he could not till 1 r "T B taL 1 J J. .! old man," said the people, 44 and we will fill it again for you. He pulled out a handkerchief and wrapped the money iu it and put it in his violiub The stranger kept on playing, and the people cried out, '4 Bravo ! bravo !" He played first one tune and then another. The children seemed carried off with delight. At last he played 44 (Jod bless the Emneror Francis." All hats and caps flew off their heads, for the people loved their emperor. The music came to an end; the hour was ended, and the performer, handed back the violin to the happy and delighted old man. 44 Thank you," said the gentleman. " May God ble-s vou !" and he disappeared in the crowd, who is he, cri :d the people ! A certain person sitting in one of the coaches said, 44 1 know him. It is Alex ander Boucher, the distinguished violinist. It is just like him. He saw that the poor musician needed help, and he has helped him to good purpose." The people then gave three cheers for Boucher, and put more money in the hat. Its owner went home that evening richer . . 1 , i . i r.. 1 than he had ever been before When be went to his bed he folded his hands and prayed that G1 might 44 bless good Boucher ;" so that, when he should come to be old, he, too, might have a friend to help him. bJarly London Day. Honesty the Best Policy. A CljniODS insight is furnished into the honesty of the Parisian population, but mom especially of Parisian cab drivers and policemen, by the fortnightly lists which French papers publish of objects found in public vehicles or thoroughfares and deposited by the finders at the Prefecture de Police. In a recent list, ennumcrating objects deposited at the prefec turc between the 2Gth of December ami the 19th of January, are 18 watches, 93 purses or 'pocket-booka (containing alto gether :17,47h f. 80 c I, rings, 1 gomsauff box, 1 bracelets, 3 lockets, 7 brooches, ami t pair of gold spectacles. All these ob Jectfl were picked up in the Streets or in public gardens. Iu cabs, omnibuses, and theatres were found 11 purses and pocketbooks (containing nll.fi'.lH I. 10 e.), 15 watches, 2U opera glasses. 1 pearl necklace, ;i gold necklaces and lockets, bract lets, 44 umbrellas, 5 ladies' shawls or cloaks, and 9 gentlemen's overcoats The most surprising feature of the hat consists, however, iu the number of isolated twenty-franc and ten-franc pieces picked up and brought to the pt dice office. One can unuerstand a cabman taking a purse or Watch to a polic e station ; but who are those pho-nix drivers who feel bound to deposit coins of which it must be impossible to dis over the owners? This question, which suggests itself to foreigners, leads unfortunately to a very prosaic explanation. It seems that the A 1 k ' .... I'teieeturc oe t'ouce, entertaining snuill confidence in the same innate probity of mankind, has recourse to an ingenious ami emeassnus method of seeing that hosl objects are not misappropriated by the finders. With a view of Impressing upon enbnittu tfie prudence an well as the beauty of honesty, police agents arc directed now and then to leave things vn purpose in public vehicles, f the drivers do not bring the objects to the Prefecture within two days, they are punished by a

withdrawal of their license, and in some instances prosecuted ; if, on the contrary, they pr re themselves honest, the objects are handed over to them at the end of twelvemonth, as is done in cases where the owners of property found and deposited are not forthcoming. The same system is pursued in theatres and museums, and with singularly happy results, for cabmen, box-openers, and policemen are afraid to he dishonest, and it is very rare Indeed that a thing picked up by them does not find its way back into the hands of the owner. flow the World May be Destroyed. Astronomy, in conjunction with optics, has been making some extraordinary discoveries in the last few months. The spectroscope is a wonderful aid to the telescope, and as the latter brings to riew ttstaat worlds, the former indicates the materials of Which they are made. The late eclipse of the sun demonstrated that immense rOftTOMM of hydrogen gas stretched upwards hundreds ol miles above its surface, making reality the oceans of flame which have (Uten figured in hyperbole. A thought has occurred to us in this connection, which we venture to commend to the attention of our astronomieal and geological friends. It is a wellknown tad in geology thai in past periods a vastly greater heat has pervaded the earth than at the present time. The flora and fauna of a tropical climate nourished at the poles. Scientific men have been ingenious in speculation about thl cause ol the change. Some have ascribed il to the internal heat of the earth, which has been gradually evolved in successive ages. Others have attributed it to a different relation of the axis of the earth to the plane of the eUptic Possibly others may have suggested a change in the internal constitution of the sun, though we do not remember to have seen it in our limited reading. But the phenomenon rinds an easy solution on this hypothesis. During the lat year a small star in the constellation of the Northern Crown suddenly b c.irae bright as a st ir ot the first magnitude. Astronomers at once resorted to the telescope to expl do the mystery, but could find only a confirmation of the met, with no hint or it! Cause. Opticians applied the spec! roscope, and St once the mystery was revealed. A vast ocean of hydrogen was in 11 ime, and its combustion melted the small star, one of the mosf brilliant in the firmament The mathematicians look up the data given them in the increase of liizht, and proved that for any worlds of w hich this star may be the central sun, there must have been an increase of heat to seven hundred, and eighty times the. normal standard. It these worlds are made of similar materials with our earth, they must 1 sre dissolved under this intense heat, as in the final catastrophe of our globe predicted by Peter. Our thought, then, is simply thi. If by internal changes, or combustions in the central sun, the condition of all the planets must be sensibly affected; and, if our sun is liable to such changes as this star in the northern crown (we know it has untold volumes of hydrogen above its surface), why may not the former extreme heat of the earth have been due simply to atmospheric changes in the sun ? And why may they not occur on a larger se ile in the future heralding the final judgment ? Providtnct Journal.

The Heart of a Turtle Found in l Hen's J.-i,. We have just heard of one of the most wonderful freaks ot nature it has ever been our jot to record. It seems that one day last summer a little girl, living in Bearer street, was down near the Island creek, playing with one of her mates, when she discovered a very small turtle of the land species. Thinking it would be nice to have the shell for a plaything, the child picked it up, and carried it home and gare it to her mother, who first cut off the turtle's head and then proceeded to piek it out of the shell In pieces. After awhile the heart was taken out, and excited no little curiosity froui the fact that it was beat ins still, although some time had elapsed since the turtle's life was supposed I - 4M m . - i ar to be ended by taking oil his head. U ishing to experiment a little and see just how much life there was in a turtle's heart outlide his shell, the mother pierced it w ith a needle, and in this condition it showed life for .' and a half days, when it was thrown out in the back yard, and finally disposed of by being swallowed whole by aa old gray hen, which, with a few other fowls, were kept as sort of pets for the children. Not. many days after the heart had been thrown away, and all recollection of it had vanished, old gray 44 Biddy took it into her head to lay an And now comes the marvelous part ol the transaction. Having occasion to use an egg in. xt morning, to settle the coffee, the mother took 44 Biddy's " e"g, opened it, and in the very centre of it, instead of the yolk, she f mud the awy identical heart which had been thrown away previously, and in as perfect a condition as ever. She could hardly believe her eyes, and so she called bet husband and children, all of whom were satisfied that it was the same heart, as the needle punctures were sli'.i plainly visible. lYoy, At. Fl, STSatst. The Meeting of the Anthers. Mr. 0 , a gentleman w ho had pist published his first attempt at authorship, which met with remarkable success, was shortly after met by a seedy-looking individual in the Queen's Hotel, Toronto. The latter extended his hand, and in a tragic manner, exclaimed, 44 Allow me, sir, to welcome you to our ranks the noble ranks of authorship." The peculiar appearance of the individual rather amused C , and he replied, 44 Thank you, sir; but may 1 venture to ask who you are and what work bears your name !" 44 Certainly, sir. Have you ever heard of Tennyson, the Poet Laureate?" 44 Yes said Mr. 44 Well, I'm not he. But have you heard of Longfellow ?" 44 Yes, but I have never seen him." 44 Well, I am not he." 44 Then who the dickens are y 44 Ah! there. Have you ever heard of Charles Dickens?" 44 Yes, but 1 know you arc not Charles Diekens." " No, sir, I am neither Tennyson, Long fellow nor Dickens ; but, tdr, I, the individual who stands prominently before you. In the noble person of a man I sir, am ." M Weil, sir, who are you, and of what are you the author ? " " L sir, am Jonathan Esekiah Washing ton Jefferson Piggleton, and I am theoele brated author of s recipe for taking grease spots, 1ar, oil, and all stains out of cloth, wood, marble, carpets, tc, etc , and of whieh I w ill be moat happy to sell vou, or any other man w ho looks upon BBC, foi tin small sum of twenty cents? N Mr. 0 collapsed. Opiates for Children. A LSTTm from a druggist is published in the New York World, which calls attention to the enormous mle off a prep aratiou known as "soothing Sirup, an analysis of whieh is allcired to detect a large percentage off morphine, and from which several Cales off narcotic polsoain have been reported a UMaliesJ perindh i i f high authority. It Is averred that ndt only are children proportionately less tolerant than sdttttS Of the action of opi ates, but that in them tl Deration of these drugs is exceedingly caaricioai and

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uncertain ; and hence medical writers are unanimous in impressing the utmost caution in their administration to the young. Hoffman states that opiates are dangerous to children not only in their ctleets, but as leading in some instances to 44 permanent mental imbecility and loss of muscular power,1 and warns against the popular cus; m of giving anodynes lor slight attacks of colic or other pain. Trousseau asserts that he has frequently seen infants poisoned by a dose of wine of opium, containing not more .than one-hundredth of a grain of opium. Hundreds of cases are recorded in which children, ranging in age from a few days to s year or more, have been fatally poisoned by preparations containing opiates, and thousands of older invalids are suffering the consequences of a drugged infancy. Self-indulgent parents or unprincipled nurses may quiet fretful children with plain paregoric or disguised carminative? and soothing syrups, but the desired end is purchased at a fearful risk. Tiie World suggests that it would be well if the compounders of all 44 patent medicines," whether intended for children or for grown people, were forced by law to print upon the label of every box or bottle of their wares the names and proportions of the different ingredients, in order that the purchaser might judge for himself, or ascertain from the proper authority, whether, they were devoid of danger. Amusing Blunders of the Telegraph, The annals of the telegraph would, if carefully searched, furnish a list of errors as long and certainly amusing as those attributed to the press. We oiler a few examples of the mistakes occasionally made by the lightning when it undertakes to act as postman, or rather by those whose duty it is to mail the letters. A gentleman residing iu New York, who was shortly to be married, had engaged a Protestant Episcopal bi-diop of one of the Western States to perform the ceremony. Some weeks before the period originally fixed for the wedding the father of the lady was taken suddenly and dangerously ill, and expressed a wish that hidauabter should be married as speedily as possible for fear that he should not live to witness her nuptials. The bridegroom expectant accordingly telegraphed to his friend the bishop respecting the change of date, bu: as he wrote a very illegible hand, the astonishment of the right reverend gentleman may be imagined on receiving the following dispatch : 44I .m to be tried on Thursday. Can you come and proffer your testimony?" The message really sent was : 44 1 am to be married on Thursday. Can you come on and perform the ceremony?" The next instance we shall give was rather more annoying in its results. A Philadelphian, being on a visit to New York, and wishing to chidden the hearts of two of the New York belles by offering to them some of the unrivalled production of our Philadelphia green-houses, telegraphed to one of the leading florists for two band-bouquets. This message was transformed into two hund. boueptets ; and we can picture the gentleman's dismay when he received a box containing one hundred and eighty superb bouquets, accompanied by a letter from the florist, informing him that the remaining twenty should be forwarded as soon as the necessary flowers could le procured, the resources of his green-house having proved inadequate to furnish the number required. Naturally, the gentleman refused to pay for the one hundred and ninety -eight bouquets which he had seither ordered nor wanted. The florist sued him, lost the suit, and then commenced proceedings against the telegraph company with better fortune, this second suit being decided in his favor. A story is told of a young gentleman residing in one of our large cities, w ho was a member of a -mall social club. Ills most particular and intimate friend among the members thereof was a youth who had gained for himself the sobriquet ef " Sarah's Young Man,'' I rout hi devotion to that once popular air, which in some form or other either sung, whistled or hummed was seldom absent from his lins. To this club our hero, whom w e will christen Mr. N , one day found himself called upou to announce his approaching marriage, and bis consequent Withdrawal from their circle. After the usual congratulations had ben tendered and accepted, and the usual lamentations uttered, the members decided upon tendering to their matrimonially disposed and seceding comrade a farewell dinner, to take place as early as passible after the termination of the wedding-tour. The marriage took place, and Sir. and Mrs. X started on their bridal journey, w hich terminated in that usual destination of newly-married couples Niagara Falls. Mrs. X was the most affectionate and charming of brides, and her husband was, of course, the happiest of men. The period of their stay at the Falls was nearly euded, when one day Mr. X , on returning to his room after a short absence, was astonished to find his wife in a state in winch indignation and hysterics were Struggling for the mastery. Bhe assailed him with a torrent of reproaches. He was wretch a villain; she was a miserable, ill used, wretched woman. Ban would leave him ; she would go home to her mother! And here hysterics got the up- .( r hand, and she burst into a passion ef tears. 44 What is the matter ? " the amazed husbanded last found breath to ejaculate. 44 Head, sir read ! " sobbed the poor little bride pushing toward him an open yellow envelope. 44 1 thought there might be bad news from home, and I opened it ; and oh-oh oh " Here she broke down again, and Mr. X unfolded the important document which had produced such startling effect?, in a state of utter bewilderment. It was a telegram, and it ran as follows : 44 Our spree is fixed for the 20th. Don t forget. We will have a glorious time. 44 Yours ever, Babah S. Yocnoman." "There, sir ! " cried Mrs. X . 44 How can you ever dare to look me la the face again? Who is this Sarah Youngman ? and what do you mean by promising to go on a spn e with ber? and you just married tool You arc a wicked" Here a shout of laughter from Mr. X interrupted the flow ot his wife's eloquence. He had been staring blankly at the dienatch, and suddenly the whole affair ' . . . i rri . 1 Hashed across his minu. i nc leiegram was in reference to the promised dinner, his facetious friend had been entrusted with the forwarding ot it, and he had signed the dispatch 44 Sarah's Young Man" a signature which the telegraph opera tors had seen fit, intentionally or otherwise, to alter to Sarah S. Youngman. As soon an his irrepressible laughter ould allow him to speak, he explained the mistake to his wondering and indignant wife, wh, however, being a sensible little woman, was speedily appeased, joined in tm? laugh, and to-day numbers Sarah S. Y'oungmaa among her most warmly welcomed visitors LipinncotVa Mtiganne. Tiik Muneie, lud , HsftM has this to say of a " female fiend " in that county : 41 By her cruelty she literally drove two of her daughters from her to seek a home among I si rangers. She lieaf and bruised them un til I hey were lorceU 10 lly irom ner prea- , im e. The last thing she did 10 them was to take as many pins as she could in one hand and take up and down their arms u h the points! She also took the orphan ciiia 1, living with her, and put it in a pen Where several hogs were fattening, ami tried to make the brutes tear the tlesh from the child's body ." Two to iuis ot the French, Prussian and Austrian C abinet Ministers arc bald.

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FACTS AM) fltiUREH. TnKiiF. are over twenty mad stones in Kentucky. QuKBM Victoria is said to be writing her autobiography. The British Bible Society has issued 57,00,000 volusses. Mississippi is receiving lane numbers of Swedish emigrants. At Ilion, New York, a clergyman get ninety dozen eggs at a donation. Enlistment in the army has been decided not to be desertton of a wife. A fki.t.ow in Danbury, Cosa, boasts of a moustache nine inches in length. A mono the best skaters in Europe the past season is a Yankee named Fuller, in Paris. The first pair of handcuffs made in Xew England are on exhibition at Hartford. OLETrsnEjoYKi L is the name of an Indian editor of the Port Hope British Canadian. A new magazine called The Matrimonial (i'izctte and Adrertiser is announced in London. Major Painky, of Carrollton, III., has been a Justice of the Peace constantly lor 36 years. A man in Alleghany, Pennsylvania, broke Iii arm, a few nights ago, in pulling off his boots. A man in West Chester, Pa , has been sent to prison for oue month for stealing an umbrella. Lady librarians have charge of no less than fourteen public libraries of importance in this country. A lady phya :n Lafayette, Ind., returns her income .a her profession taat year at ($2,806. Coloonk Cathedral, which 1ms been building tor some 60O or 800 years, will be finished in 1875. Amewcan newspapers have now a much larger circulation on the European continent than British journals. The entire length of the "greatest bridge in the United states," at Louisville, i- 5 299 feet, nineteen feet over I mile. A California paper reports a recent 44 fish shower" near Montgocnery, in which the lish varied in length ironisix inches to three feet! A do; of the Havana breed was left for thirty lour days alone in the cabin of the Canova, moored at Havre. When discovered the dog was alive, but hungry. A dead ragpicker in New Y'ork WS found lying on a pile of rags in his shanty the other day, with a bank biok showing $700 to his credit in his pocket. Miss Dil commenced her philanthropic work among the hospitals, jails, and close prisons, over thirty years ago. She hi now at work in Tennessee. The dog tax in Ireland, established in 1865, has caused a i iminution in the number of canines in that country from 353,796 in I860, to 348,000 In 1809. There are in Europe at the present line 1,482 theaters, of which there are in Prance 337, in Italy 208, in Spain iu, in Austria 152, in Prussia 70, In Itussis 34, and in England ISO. A silver mine, said to be of unparalleled richness, has been discovered! in Greyson county, Ky. The ore was found to contain a larger per cent, cf silver than any hitherto discovered. John Neal says that out of 511 cases brought belore the Supreme Court ol ' Maine in six terms, only ninety nine went to a jury. That is, the people preferred the eiecision of a Judge in 405 cases. The French Government has decided not to levy any taxes upon the estate of the unfortunate Knick family, which amount to 100,000 francs, and the tax upon which would have been 0,000 francs. The Boston association of banks for the suppression of counterfeiting report that the counterfeiting for tlie past year h-. been mostly on legal-tender notes and postal currency, and very little on National bank currency. Mary RusahXL Mitfobd, in one of her letters in 1890, said : 4 I write merely for remuneration, and I would rather scrub floors, if I could get as much by that healthier, more respectable, and feminine employment." Miss Caroline Godsey, the T sleeping girl," eleven miles from L'nion City, Tenn., is still living, and, as usual, arouses and remains awake nine minutes eh veil times in twenty four hours. Twenty yearhave passend since the sun shone upon her. It is said that the keeper of a lighthouse off the coast of Xew Hampshire once picked up 375 little land birds, which had been killed in one night during the mi gratory season by Hying against the glass of the great lantern. A poor fellow, now under arrest in New Hampshire for setting fire to two barns, said he was hired to do the work for $3 by u wealthy farmer who had a quarrel with his neighbor, and that the wealthy fanner, after all, paid him but 2.89. A widow in Parkersburs. W. Va , r-.n away w ith a fellow the other day, leaving four children at home, the oldest nine aud the youngest one year. It was three days before their abandonment was Iis covered, when all their feet were found frozen. The average level of Iowa above the ocean is 800 feet. Keokuk (.-ait beast coi ner) is 444 feel; northeast corner, 000 feet; southwest corner 1,000 feel : north west corner, 1,350 feet The highest point is at Spirit Lake, in Dickinson county, which is 1,700 feet above the sea level. Attempts to commit suicide arc here after to be punished in Itsnaschusetta, upon the principle that attempts to com mit a crime are indictable as misdeinean ors at common law. A person who re cently endeavored to saoot himself, but faih'd, has been bound OTCT in Won ester, Mass., for trial in the CriminalCourl Amono the packages recently bid oft at an auction sale of express packages in Hartford, was a lot of love letters written by a young lady who, having married, re quested her lover to return them. The purchaser is heartlessly giving a series of venimr readincs from them at his board ing house. The Page County, Iowa. Ilrriüd has tiefollowing account of a man lifting aha If blind: " A gentleman from Bedford was in town on Monday. A short time ago he lost his right eye. The sad event was the result ot lifting two heavy st icks of timber. In half an hour aft r he had over taxed his strength he was BlghUeas. He fell no pain at the time, and lias ep eased none since." The following words of Franklin arc M applicable to the debtors of the present day as they were at the Usee sraea they w ere written : The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nim al night, heard by a creditor, makes htm easy six months longer; but if he Bars you at a billiard table, or beats your voice at a tavern, when you should lc at work, he w ill send tor his money next day." A Ykhmont panes says that Miss Loabm llradley, of Peaehain, died recently from the effects, as suppomd, ot a faU on the lee, In the jx'fit mat taw examination of her lungs, however, the low r parts oi both organs were found to be ossified to a est lain extent, and in a manner nc er before observed. There were a great number of small bones, the longest about an inch in length, and varying in she and shape. It would be only a slight exaggeration to sHy the lungs were full of them. The tames diate cause of death was congestion of the lwngs, however.

1011118' DEPARTMENT t A BOOB HULK. BT ALICE CAST." A FAitxEit. who owned nfln' orchard, oijh day Weal out with hi iwoKotir to take a nurvey. The time of the year beinjr Apr.i or May. The hndi were beginning to hroak into hloom. Tiio air all about him waf rich with perfam-'. And uothtng. at irrt, waked a feeling ot glocni. Sat all at once, gom? from tht- place to that, ll Saasa his e-e- with the brim of Ulf hat. Sajtag, JJ.-rt- t a tree dying out. taat ir Hat! - H called hi sons. Joseph and John, and said he, ' Tliii eweetintr. you know, wa my favorite tret I ui look at the top. now, aud cc what you se I " Th5 blossom au- blighted, and. eure a you lire, Ir won t have a bn-he' of apple to gire ! What ail it ? the rest of the tree tetm to thrive. 44 lea, boy, brin? hither yonr tool?, and don't -fop. Bur take every branch that i raUtne alop. And aw it out quickly, from bottom to top!" Tea, father,' they Mid. and away they hoth ran--For they a!waviaid aSStr, and BBasrsM ". And lor my part 1 do-. t fee how good children can. And before a half-hoar of th morninir wa jrone.W They were back '.n the orchard, both Joecph and John. And presently ull the da' riches were eawn. Well, hoy." paid the farmer, 1 think, for my share. If the rain snd the nnh'n but xrond oor care. The old sweeting yet will be driven to bearV

And o when a month, may b- aass, had ?one by, nd borne onr tlic June. anl hroajrht in the July, lie came back, the lack of the pr-iningto try And Thit lot when the eweeting ws ISSnase, it wac found wind fall enonsh were Ptrewn over the "rnnvd. But never an apple al! blushing and sound. Then 'he farmer aid. hapirnr hi motion? to suit, 1' nS up to the bou'h and then down to the frutt 'Coni'j Johnny, come Joeoj.b, and dig to the root '." And straight way they came with their spades and their hoe. And threw oft their jackets, aud shouting. "Here goes f" They Siege1 down and down with thJ sturdiest blow. And. bvand bv. Jeami f1 crubbhir-hoe drew From the earth and the root-, crying. ''Father, look I do!" And he Mtssaibil words with the toe of hi -ne ! r.d the f irmer a'd hap;n? a !etre IS 'nit. i -ee whv mm tweottas kaa two fat M M fruit There a worm Mickin? out all the sap. at tho root '."' Then John took hi pfide with an awful grimace, nd lif ed the ngly thin.' out of it piace, Aud pet the loose earth back in very -hort space. vi when ther.ext year came, it only i fair To ny thatheweei mr rewarded the BSf And SSM them 'ood upples. enough and to ?pare. nd now. mv dear children, when .-vcr yon eee V life that i-" profitless, think of that tr ; For out of ten chances to one th-ie ail be ome habit of evil induced day hv flay, nd hid as the earth-worm was hid in th e clay. That b steadily s.ipping the life-blood aw jy. The fruit, when the HMM i lli stated, will fall The sin w ill be searched out. no matter how small, So, what you're ashamed to do. don t do at all! smm mmsM A Few Maxim Tor Young Girls. Never make rout appearance in the momintr without having first bathed, if ouly with a sponire and a quart of water, brushed and arranged your hair, Ammei vourself neatly and completely. ' Keep yur clothing, ssaei may your undercut hinu, in perfect order. Herat let pins do duty as buttons, or strings take the place of proper bands. Examine everv earment when it comes from the wash, and. It necessary, mend it with neitne and precision. Do not ew up the h aes la roar atoeeJeea, as we have seen nans careleV, urtidy girls do, but take in a broad niacin around the hole, be tt tmall or large, with a fine darning needle and darning eotton, and cover the fracture with an interlaced stitrh, bo close as to be U Stixmg as the body ot the stocking, and One en ab to be ornamental. Stockinga mended in this way need taraiag but a very few times in the course of their existence. Xever carry coaWSs emlaaiderea or lacco han-lkerchiets. Fine plain ones are much more ladv-like. . Avoid open-worked stockings and very fancy ilippers. Fine plain white bt M and black kid tUppera, with only a strap or rosette m tront, are more becoming. Train yourself to useful occupation, ivemeiulxr it is wicked to amate time, sad nothing gives such an impression OC rant tvand ab-olute silliness a a habil ot iuiliig and never having anything to do. If you are in your father's boaaatata some department of household !.ibr upon yourself, and a part of the sewing, and make it your business to attend to it. Do not kt a'call from this idle girl, or a rif from tint, or an invitation from the othtr, interfere with the performance of your duty. Let roar pleasure come in as a recreation -not as the UsaJlfSS of your lite. If you can, cultivate some art by which you can train an independent Itveiaood. Do it whether there is necessity for it r not. Do it qaksly if you will, but do it There is no telling when or under waal circumstances you may need it. amre. Tntl hf 1 nud Obedient. Kfhtitjil Charlie!" Clear and sweit ma note strack from a silver baa, the voice rippled over the common. "That's mother," cried of tue tsays, and he instantly threw down hi. 1', nud oJr-lr.'.l nn his iacket and cap. 44 Don t go yet : imvc -44 Finish this game!" "Try it again1 cried the players, in n usy chorus. 44 1 must go- right off this very nnnu le T ..1,1 l.i. r l! n, im.' whenever she called. . . , 4.M.... it .Mit L aaamsa iiv a va - " Make b lieve yon didn't hear all sxebusaed. " But I did hear P 44 She don't know you did." 44 mat 1 know it, and" m i .. inn ito " siiid a hvstander. th. y " You lied to .1, un tliinr with him. lie S I 111 I U" ui ". " his mother's apron strings. "Thai's no!" said Charlie; "and it S to what every boy ought to be tied ; and in a bald knot, too." 44 Hut I wouldn't bo such a bal y as to run the minute she called," saiJ one. "1 don't call it babyish to keep one -word to his mother." answered the obedi ent boy, a beautiful light glowing in his blue eyes. 1 call that manly ; and the boy who don't keep hi- word to her will - 1m.n it t.i u one else VOU see 1 1 tit 11 rv . i . .v ... j - i he does!" and he hurried away to his cot baas home. . Thirty years have pa- - acs those boys played ball ea taw ceaaraaa. Cbanss Ghrey Is now a prosperous business man in peal city, and his mercantile friends, say of bim that 41 his word is as pood as a bond.'' We asked him once boa he ac ijuircd such a reputation. 44 1 never broke my word when a bow, no matter how great" the tt mptatioa, snd the habit formed then has clunc to me through Ksm. Oule fWeAf. A Short Rule for Fretters. A T.rm.K cirl has been visiting me, and has caaeed ass so little anxiety. Bee fretted when it rained, because sh eould not fa CSJft, and fretted when the sun tmssm, because ot the heat. She tretud when little girls came to BM her, and tr. tw-d w hen thev did not. It i dreadful to be a fn tter. A t'retter is troublesome to hersell and troublesome to her friends. " But we have our trials," the children say. s you have, and your litile tt arc as hard to bear as our great ma l'' fnttiny don't help tbem, nor wishing we W4 u NMM w here t fSS or Saasbudjf be, dwelling upon tin m till they look a fjseafl deal bigger than they really are. Th. only right way ol geiuoc alom- m COmV ntcdly to hear our lot. and In satisthd with what lbd has given BS hho. It is related ol Mr Burns, the lahmt teer missionary to Cain, l ht during ' insurgent movements iu the Amoy dis triet, he was free t. go where he liked, no otb. r Kuroitean ould venture .. ... LttlT tili n.hi Is " That s the mall of the ,IUl 'HL lllv. . v ' - Book," they would say, 41 aud he must not Ik- touched !" "The Last Man Brotherhood." an S soeiation eomposed entirely t pi inters, tit-iil theit fourteenth anniversary in Pbibv delpbia, a saw eesaians ago. The Brots. had now numheis twn.u lo member', eh veu ha mg died since Pj organization. No new members nre admitted, and, as its name implies, tt will exist until the Ut man is gone.