Pike County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 30 November 1883 — Page 4

ITT DEMOCRAT. PETEBSBUEG, liitiad Krery Frlday- - INDIANA. IF. St man eared l»ss for wealth and fame, And leas for 1 >at tle-ficid and glory; If writ in humin hearts, a name Seemed better ilia ti a song and story; If men. Instead of nursing Pride, Would learn o hate and to abhor It; If more relied op love to guide, Tho world wc uld bo tbe better for it. If men doalt lets in stocks and lands. And more in bonds and deeds fraternal; If Love’s work had more willing hands To link the world to the supernal; If men saved tip Love's oil aud wine. And on bruised human souls would pour it. If “yours" and “mine" would once combine The world won Id be the better for it. If more would act the play of Life, And fewer st oil It in relicursal; If Bigotry would sheathe its knife Till good became more universal; If Custom, gray with ages grown. Had fewer blind men’to.adore it; IfJTalent shot eTor Truth alone. “ antou* ouutviui IIUIU HIUIIO, The world wirnld be the bettor for it. If men were wise in little things. Affecting let i in all their dealings; If heart 8 had f jwer rusted strings To Isolate thi lir kindly feelings; If men, when 'Vrong beats down tho Right, Would strike together and restore it: Of Right made Might in every tight, The wbrld would be the better for it —Bouton Transcript. “ ONE OF THREE.” BY JE83B FOTHEROILT*, Author of **Probation” "The TFtfJcMt," JRo.

CHA PTER X.-CON-TINITED. Rupert h aid out. his hand to his friend, asking him without words to come nearer. Margaret sat silent, un- . willing for some reason to he the first to speak. Bal lwin seen by daylight, she found, was much the same as Baldwin seen by lamplight. Margaret found that her firs'; impression had been a tol- _ erably correct one. He had absolutely no pretensions to good looks. His face was pale, his features blunt and almost plain. He had a good, intellectual forehead, and a pair of hazel eyes, of no particular force or brilliance of expression, but calm, clear and somewhat critical. H s figure, though tall, was somewhat clumsy, and his movements devoid of any " special grace. One would feel inclined to trust in him—to believe what he said. One felt that his asservation.'i would always be true, his course of action conscientious—perhaps painfully 'so. Whether there were in nis character any traits of profound nobility, gene rosity, capacity of self-sacri-fice, chivali ousness, none unacquainted with him could possibly infer frdin any study of his countenance, which had no marked expression except one of marked neutrality. In those days Margaret diil not understand the crushing power of a negative kind possessed by some of these insignificant-looking men with a nfe itral expression. Still, she comprehended at a glance certain points; shi fully- understood, for instance, thf.t John Mallabarr and this .young medical man were characters about as opposite as characters well can lie. In the presence of John Mallabarr she h*.d experienced no sensation of anxiety, and now, in the presence of Louis Baldwin, she did experience such a sensation. While walking about the garden with Mr. Mallabarr she had een quite conscious that they got on very well t igether, and that it depended entirely on her will and pleasure as to the terms which were to exist between th sm. Now she wondered whether she and Louis Baldwin would get on, and she had an uneasy, but distinct consciousness that that would be as he chose—not as she did—-which consciousness urged her to put on an outward semblance of indifference, while yet another emotion vaguely suggested that sometimes discretion is the bettor pa.i t of valor," and ever in the background was the disagreeable consciousness that she was where she was, tenses. As she thought thus, she heard a voice saying: “I hope you do not object to my having listened along with the rest of the audience.’ “It is a matter of complete indifference to me,” she answered. I have sung to audiences before now without sustaining any injury to myself from it. I sang to please Rupert. Do you often find time to take walks on the pier in the afterwion?'’ “I might almost say never,” said he, regarding her, as she felt with annoyance, scrurinizingly. “But Icalled at Blackford Grange to see our friend here —you look wonderful, Rupert, old fellow!—and when Mrs. Lascelles found I could not come again in the evening, she desired me to come down here, as she did nut wish me to miss seeing him altogether. To that behest you owe the pleasure of my company at the present moment. I felt bound not to interrupt ■ffhen I found you singing, with an iaudience behind" you. It would not (have,done to interrupt ‘Carlisle Wall’ with a request to feel Rupert's pulse— which pic ase let me do now, my boy,” he added, taking Rupert’s hand. Margaret was forced to sit still while fhe count eel the lad’s pulse, and she pondered on the situation. “Did 30U rest last night, Miss PercijVal, after I saw you?” he asked, putting his watch in his pocket, without further remark.

“No; %t least not until long after daylight. It was, as you said, the lirst time. I was somewhat agitated and excited.” “No doubt.,* For me, I fell asleep in the arm-chair by Rupert’s bedside, and never woke till I heard. the servants Warring. Then I departed. “Yes.’ “I must some day soon have a conversation with you aboutthis boy,” proceeded Baldwin. * “Yes,’ said Rupert, tranquilly, “do; and then, Margaret, I shall have that conversation with him about you that I spoke of. ” “Are you on Christian-namo terms already?” asked Louis, with a slight ilaugh. “If he were a French youth, (Miss Perbival, he would have begun by (now to litoyer you; if a German, he would have made you swear Bruderschaft, oir Svhwesterschaft, if there bo such a tiling.” “Bein' an English boy, he very sensibly calls me by the name whion my godfathi rs and godmothers gave me in my baptism.” “All I can say is, that his lat* instructress, Miss' Flint, was here six "months and I am sure he never thought of taking such a liberty with her. I ifear you are no disciplinarian.” “He c oes not take any liberty,” said Margaret, flushing angrily. “If he or any one ehe—” she paused— “were to take a liberty with me, I,should know how to correct it.” “That is a most useful talent to haye,” replied he, smiling blandly. *‘It it} a sign of kindly feeling, is it not, Ruuert?” she said. “Of couree,’- said Rupert, decidedly. “Miss Flint! Imagine any one calling Miss Flint by her Christian name! ft she had one I don’t know what it was. And Mi rgaret is not like Miss Flint—a machin i for slowly grinding horrid itfformati m that one doesn’t want into one. Margaret is my friend.” “Proud distinction!” replied Louis; and Margaret’s choler rose, though he spoke ia a slow, gentle manner, peculiarly. hi i own, ana without the trace of a sneer or any ill will. " Perhaps,” lie continued, “by the time Miss Percival has bee 1 at it as long as Miss Flint, she Will be more like a machine and less like a friend.” He looked at her with a slight smile, as if he had been saying rather complimentaiy than >’# first angiy impulse was to

retort that there was not the least need for her to be a friend, or a machine, or anything else, unless she chose; but she fortunately (or otherwise) restrained her tongue in time. All that she could say was: “ 1 know nothing about that, I am sure.” “ I liked Miss Flint,” Baldwin went on. “ She was a tough old soul. She thought discipline the great motive power of the universe, and order Heav-J en’s first law—that was the prophecy for her! And I dare say she was right in 50 far, that by enforcing strict discipline she gained to herself the maximum of comfort, with the minimum of wear and tear, compatible with the life she led. But she failed to win the heart of this ungrateful youth.” *• Implying 1 hat if I can win his heart, I don't know how to exploiter my conquest When I have got it,” said Margaret, involuntarily. “ Implying absolutely nothing I was thinking of •Miss Flint, not of you, Miss Percival, if you can believe such a thing possible, while you are here.”, He was atrocious, Margaret thought, and her face flamed. She had never been covertly’ laughed at before, and the experience was a hateful one, indeed—the more so, in that she had a desire, which she could not altogether repress, to be on good terms with Louis, How could Rupert feel for him the devotion he spoke of? ’She replied, coolly aud distantly: “No doubt, if I had tho felicity of knowing Miss Flint, I should quite have understood that your thoughts should wander to her sometimes.” Louis burst out laughing. “ Say rather that you have the great felicity of not having, known her,” Rupert corrected her, dryly. “Dr. Louis and I don’t agree about Miss Flint in the least.” “1 think her talents were wasted

upon you. “ I(know her talents exasperated me. I always connect her with Uichard the Third,'and I’ll tell you why. I was not doing any lessons one day, and she was teaching Damavis English history by question and answer—which is an exploded idea now, I think.' Damans couldn't-remember. Miss Flint glared at her over the top of the book. ‘What can you tell me about Richard the Third?’ she said, with a full stop between every word. Damaris looked awfully guilty. She said he had a hump-back. Miss Flint straightened hers, and said that was a matter of no consequence—she wanted to know about his character. Damaris was perfectly and hopelessly ignorant, so Miss Flint had to tell her at last, wliich she did in capital letters, and evidently enjoyed it—‘This King .Waded To The Throne Through The Blood Of His Nearest Relations.’ Damaris—she’s awfully soft, you know-looked at her, fascinated, and said: ‘Oh, Miss Flint!’ Then I caught Miss Flint’s eye, and 1 roared. She never forgave me.” “Now you won’t be surprised at my having such an esteem for her,” Mr Baldwin said, casually. “And, Rupert, if you turn round, yon will petceive your- pony-carriage standing at the end of the pier, and John making liis way toward us.” “Oh, bother!” said Rupert. “I don’ t want to go.” But Baldwin had risen, saying Rupert had sat in the open air long enough. “Well, let John carry the rugs, and you help me along,” said Rupert, looking into his face, with what a deep and yearning devotion of expression Margaret could see for herself! A pang of something like jealousy, a sensation of being shut out into the cold, contracted her heart. Baldwin’s answer was to raise Rupert from his half-lying position, and pass his arm round nim, as John came up. The servant collected the nigs, camp-stools, etc., and returned toward the carriage. Rupert stretched his lame foot toward the ground, with a twinge of pain. He caught more ■J.tirV* l<r ikt -- .1 _ ». ..... njj rrtfy fnnrm nefftr o finn, rtrrtt Hflr Margaret, saw why it was possible for Rupert to'love Louis so devotedly, for the expression of compassion? of deep, if undemonstrative tenderness which overspread the young man’s face wasi like tho revelation ot another nature. “My poor lad!” she heard him murmur. “Wait a moment. You have sat too long, till you have got cramped.” Yes, Rupert was in pain. He closed his eyes, and leaned his weary head against Louis’ shoulder till the first stiffness had passed off; then he began slowly to hobble on. Margaret felt herself almost tic trap, but presently Rupert asked for. her arm too, saying, as he slowly made his way," with his two supports: “Why, when I have a few h&urs of ease and pleasure,, do I have to pay for it in this way?” They came to the carriage. Baldwin helped Rupert in, and Margaret took the reins, feeling quite friendly toward Louis. But the transient amiability was destroyed, as he said with an ambiguous smile: “You have many accomplishments, Miss Tercival—singing and driving. Miss Flint .could not drive at all.” “I am sure I don’t care what Miss Flint could or could not do. Good afternoon.” r' They drovo ofL" Rupert leaned back, looking very tired. Margaret asked him, was he not weary? “Yes, very," he answered, languidly. “But he says I ought to try and walk as much as I (an. When he’s not here, and I feel veVy bad, sometimes I shirk it. But whet lie’s here, I’d do it if I had to die fdP it ” .Margwebvwas silent, Rupert Closed his eyes^rnfu they did not exchange another word until they stopped at tho door of the Grange.

.. * CHAPTER XT. DRIFTIKQ. Blackford Grange was a quiet house enough, as far as company went; hut, as Margaret soon found, the visitors, if few in number, were constant in their attachment, and they consisted chiefly of Louis Baldwin anil John Mallabnrr. Both these young men were bound to the lady of the house by no ordinary bonds of gratitude and kindness. Both revered in her that motherhood which for them had been so early lost. But though they came often to the house they were seldom there together, though they did occasionally meet, and when that happened, Margaret noticedVhat neither of them was so perfectly free and unconstrained as when they were there alone. Owing to their respective hours of duty and recreation, ana to! the distance of their respective homes fifom the Grange, it generally happened that John Mallabarr's visits were paid in thw day-time and those of Louis Baldwin in the evening. Mallabarr never failed, while he was in the county, to present himself three or four times a week at the Grange, while it was a rare thing for Louis to pass a day without calling. It was not unnatural—indeed it was the reverse which would have been unnatural—that Margaret Barrington should have taken considerable interest in these two, almost the only visitors who ever broke the monotony of the life there. The interest was strong, and she almost insensibly fell into a habit of, watching them and comparing their characters. Given the common attributes, a love of all that was upright and honorable; truthfulness in theory and practice; a high-minded love of all that was pure and of good report in the eyes of men, and an equally high-minded contempt for all that was base and low—which attributes characterized both Mallabarr and Baldwin—there could scarcely have existed two natures which were otherwise more antipathetic, the one tbf the other. Baldwin was a student, was essentially retiring, and intensely reserved. His humor was of the perverse and cyu

l«al kind, and delighted rather in oon> founding his enemies than in rejoicing vrith his friends. Not that he objected to the happiness of his friends. He liked it, but they must accept the faot of bis being pleased at their prosperity without expecting him to express his joy, either effusively or c£berwise. His was one of the natures which, while quite able to feel deeply, are so almost morbidly reticent that to express (hose feelings, whether of grief or joy, causes them a pain that ils almost physical. With Mallabar it was just the reverse. The one man’s nature was expansive, that of the other reserved to a fault. Mallabarr9 s enthusiasm, when he felt it—and he often did feel it—broke forth, aud must out, in words of actions. Baldwin concealed his as if it had been something to be ashamed of. Mallabarr was impatient and loved to see immediate effects—would give the coat off his back or the horse from under him if by s®doing he could confer some instant good, or remove some insolent obstacle. Baldwin Was slow and patient—would work laboriously toward a given end,-' and never lose sight of it Mallabarr was apt to for* get in a day or two things about which he had shown more excitement than Louis could have shown concerning the dearest and deepest wish of his life. When Margaret knew them both better she said that the impression whiph the presence and conversation—the Wesen, to use an untranslatable German phrase —of the one left, was like the sensation one experienced on beholding a high tide on a sunny day, with a west wind blowing from the water. That left by the other, recalled one’s feelings—her feelings at any rate—on standing beside some fathomless pool in a dark wood, on a still autumn evening. The simile was a not unapt one. Fortunately no one asked her whether her mind was of th« order which prefers a still autumn pool or a rushing ocean tide. “They remind me often of. the old rhyme about Till and Tweed, which I used to know when 1 was a boy,” said Mr. Lapcelles one day, when they had been talking about “the two lads,” as he ealled them. “ What rhyme was that?” asked Margaret. “Well, it ran something after this fashion— “ Said Tweed to Till, ‘Why riu ye so still?’ v Paid Till to Tweed, * Though ye rin wi’ speed, And 1 rin slaw. Yet, where ye droon ao mon, 1 droon twa.’” “Horrid!” said Margaret, shivering. “ Oh, father! that is as much as to say that Louis is treacherous,” exclaimed Rupert, hot and indignant. “Nothing of the sort, my lad! It.was only that quiet Till was capablej*fgiving a surprise, whereas the worst of Tweed was seen as it rushed swiftly by. But such discussions always give a garbled view of things.” Margaret agreed, silently.. From the . first, Margaret seemed to fit into her position at the Grange as naturally as possible. Various reasons conduced to bring this about. Had the situation been any other than it was, it is almost certain that before a fortnight was past Margaret’s disguise would have been over. With all her professed desire to see life as it was. from the poor governess point of view, my heroine would have been quite unable to put up with the secondary place which a governess, pure and simple, must occupy. Mrs. Laseelles could not make enough of the woman who' had wrought J so wonderful a change in her sick and, generally unhappy boy. Had Margaret been the most unpromising of young women in manners and appearance, the devoted mother would still have had no’ indulgence too great for her—no amount of consideration too much. But, beinsr

what she was—beautiful, charming for an elderly lady as well as for a spoiled invalid boy, a refined gentle woman in manner, and clever and agreeable so--ciwSy—Margaret soon found herself* more like a daughtee of the house than anything else. Witfi her Mrs-. Lascelles felt none of the discomfort she had experienced before in dealing with stiff and rigid Miss Flint, or with morbidly' sensitive young ladies, who, if ever they were asked to perform some trifling serviee not in the schoolroom routine, thought they were being insulted. More than once she said to Margaret: “My dear, you are a friend, indeed. 1 never can feel that you are anything else. You are my benefactress, and I shall be forever in your debt.” -On such' oeqjtsious Margaret had an uncomfortable sense of being in a false position, but she had never yet discovered the courage necessary to extricate herself from it. For one thing, she found this kindness and gratitude exceedingly sweet, and the sweeter in that there could be #10 question as to whether it was paid to herself or to her position. These people knew nothing of her position—of her fortune.. The atmosphere of flattery on the one hand, and of warning' and suspicion on the other, in which she had', been accustomed to live, seemed to melt away from her, and leave her at liberty to breathe a freer and purer air. She, Margaret Barrington, hadrfound a practical* work in this life; she “was of some use, of some solace to those who sorely needed help and comfort. How long could such a state of things last if her true condition were known? Not a day— she knew it well. If she told Mrs. Lascelles the truth, that sensitive lady would be constantly distressing herself —imagining that Margaret was detained against her will—that out of pure kindness she was sacrificing herself and her pleasures to her and her boy. In every way it suited the young lady better to be known as Margaret Fereival, governess of necessity, than as Margaret Barrington, rich and independent, playing at charity for a freak, and introducing herself into strange houses to gratify a whim. There was no longer any freak, or whim, or playfulness in the matter. As time went on, and Rupert grew more and more dependent on hur, she frew more devotedly fond of him. rom out all lfts “pale winter of misfortune'’ there gleamed sometimes such sunny rays, such tender, and sweet, and lovable traits, as to endear him to her daily more and more. She could not find it in her heart to speak of leaving him. .He clnng to ner;even his bodily health had so revived under the influence of her companionship that sho shrank from the idea of loosening such a bond. Yet she knew that it must some time be loosened. Meantime, she tried to avoid considering the question, and remained where she was, growing each day more fond of her surroundings, -and to them more indispensable. it has been said that John Mallabarr and Louis were constant visitors. Mallabarr called several times after his first visit, before leaving for town. On each of these occasions, whether by accident, or whether by design on his part, Margaret found herself alone with him. On each occasion he spoke to her more earnestly, less carelessly than was his wont. • On both occasions he spoke of topics which were not quite commonplace, as if he -did not care to bandy trival words with her during the few minutes in which they were alone together. pro-BE CONTINUED.]

—“Catch-a tree hundrod-a sparra day. We fix-a feed for sparra a week-a before we catch iim. Sparra laza. Lik-a get food handa. He soon-a kpow-a place. Then we eatch-a sparra. Sell-a him to restaurant. Get tnirt^a-cent-a dozen, plucked. Restaurant-a man sell him for a reed-a bird; Pays us bett-a dan black-a boots. Seer” The speaker opened his coat. Inside was a fals£'-pocket with perhaps fifty dead sparrows inside «f it—N. y. S4aA

USEFUL AND SUQUISTIYE. —A good lawn is a luxury that eTary farmers homp should have. —A New York farmtrfimh that posts are easily drawn from dry ground if tf pail of water is first poured round them* —Lemon fritters are delicious. To one cup of milk and one egg allow the juice and pulp of one lemon. These may be served with sauce; :in that case add the grated peel of half the lemon to flavor the sauce.—N. Y. Times. —GoliTjcwelry may be cleaned and be made veify bright in this w”ay: Line a small tin^cup with soft paper, till withnice suds, put the jewelry in (one piece at a time, of course), shake it about well, rinse with fclean water, and dry with a piece of chamois skin. —N. Y. Post. —All persons who keep poultry through the winter should lay in a supply of lime, powdered brick, bones, and other material for forming the shells of eggs. ; They should also till boxes with ashes and dry earth for dust-baths. These articles are as important as food if fowls are expected to thrftye and produce eggs during the winter.—Chicago —Ventilation above a clover-mow is as necessary as it is above a sugar or fruit evaporator. If there, is no open space and .draft sufficient to carry away the moisture, it is returned to the mow and mold is the inevitable result No ordinary amount of drying^will prevent hay from becoming musty if ventilation is shut off during tie sweating process. —Baked Potatoes: Select large potatoes and of even size: bake ancrwhen done cut a piece from an fnd add remove the inside, rub it through a fine sieve or mash thoroughly; put on the fire with half an ounce of butter and one ounce of grated ehe«5se for every four potatoes, add boiling milk, pepper and salt as for mashed potatoes; fill the potato shells and put them in a hot oven and brown.—N. Y. Tribune.

—“The United States has many farmers who are land poorj” says the Farm and Home; “they have so much land that they can not make a living on it. When they have learnOd that it is not economy to own more land than they can till in the most profitable manner, so that it will pay for the money expended in keeping it freqdrom taxes, weeds and other tncumbjances, they will have solved the problijn.of ease in a farmer’s life. The happiest and thriftiest farmers we have ever known lived on farms of less than one hundred acres—some on fanr s of only ten acres, every Jloot of whic| was made to count. —Dr. J. E. Morris says, in regard to trichinte in swine, that it is a Wellestablished fact the real source of the infection in swine lies entirely in the rat. A committee of Vienna physicians found in Moravia thirty-seven per cent, of rats examined trichinous; in Vienna and its environs '.en per cent., and in Lower Austria about four per cent. The Well-known voracity of the hog and its special fondness for meat cause it to feed upon the flesh and excrements of other animals infested with these parasites, and especially rats and mice. To prevent tnchinou3 swine it is highly important to cut off all thfe sources ot the disease in the diet ow those animals. , , r Educating the Former. If it is an advantage to the physician, or the lawyer, or the minister, to re-%, ceive instruction in the principles and knowledge pertaining to their several professions, then it is none the less advantageous to the farmer to be instructed in the principles of agricu ltural science. Agriculture is one of the most difficult sciences. It^jupade up of several subordinate sciences, and an, understanding of its principles requires an acquaintance with chemistry, botany, xoolegy, and several otherescieitGM?The soil is a vast laboratory in whifeh the most complex chemical transformations are going forward, and it is for the farmer to understand, direct, retard or hasten those changes, and thus promote the growth of the plants he cultivates. The successful farmer must not only bo acquainted with the science of agriculture, but must also know how to' apply that knowledge in the * practice of the art of agriculture. It is true a man will succeed fairly well as a farmer who only understands the art of agriculture, but a knowledge of the science is needed in order to furnish general principles upon which to practice the art and make progress in improvement. The man who only knows the practical part of agriculture does not understand the why antf wherefore, anil will not be able to vary his operations to meet the changed conditions which are continually arising. His success in farming will be more of tho “lucky” order, instead of resting on any substantial basis. The scientific agriculturist will be able to surmount all obstacles and ensure success.

Our most successful and most prosperous farmers are those who have the best understanding of their business. Many of these men do not claim to be educated men. They never received, while at school, a day’s instruction in agriculture, but they have been close students of thp science since they ^began farming. They are keen observers, they learn from experience, from nature, and from the operations of others; they read the best agricultural books; they attend the agricultural meetings and participate in the discussions, oV listen attentively to what others say. In all those ways they have been educating themselves, anti by dintigf. close application, have supplied in part the lack of early instruction in agriculture. The means by which the tanners of to-day have educated themselves will continue to be made use of more freely than ever before, and the advance in agriculture will continue to go on. But is there ho better way to educate the risirtg generation of farmers than the hard vfay in which 'their fathers., have educated themselves? Could not the common school, which is the seminary in which the mass jrf, our people finish their education, g^lfthose who are to be farmers an education in the elements of that agriculture by which they are to win a livelihood? But it may be said that already there are too many studies in our cotnmon schools, and that the children are already being ruined by having to study too much. That is undoubtedly true, but much of what is studied is of less practical value than many other branches that are not studied. For instance, arithmetic is studied term after term year after year, until a series of three or four arithmetics have been mastered, and then perhaps two or three algebras and geometries will be equally as diligently studied. Yet after having spent all this time in studying mathematics, all that will ever be used in after life by ninetenths of the pupils will be composed within the four fundamental rules, and the rule of interest Geography is another study upon which much time is spent unnecessarily. Term after term is spent in learning a mass of detail about different countries, the most of which is never thought joj, after leaving school. Grammar is a study upon which much time is spent, and oftentimes the pupil, after all, knows very little ataiit it. Many pupils find time to spend a few terms of study upon Latin or Greek, which, to the most of them, will be of no use whatever. Now, it seems as though that by cutting down the studies now pursued to what theiy importance and practical value would Seem to require, there would be ample space obtained for studies which would be of iffbre practical use in after Ufe,«-Aev England fnrmer.

A Dead-Head Dog. * Stories trne and false about dogs of auper-canine wisdom are by no means packing, but a true one which takes the lead in this class remains to be published. The tale is that of a dog belonging to a njan named Thompson whp ntns a rifle target at the races. The dog wag shown to a News reporter on a Circle train last night and his story was, told by his owner and vouched for by the Circle Railway employes. The dog is fifteen months old, is part Newfound- % land'and part shepheird dog. His youthful wisdom attracted to him many friends, and when his life was threatened last summer a subscription was taken up and his license paid. He was a vagrant dog at the time, with head? quarters at Rocky Huffsnlith’g but became attached to Thompson, who had been mainly instrumental in taking up the subscription. He reformed, as it were, and took up his residence at the house of Thompson. Thompson ran the target shooting at Jewell l’ark. The dog used to accompany him to the park mornings from the city on the Circle train. The dog quickly learned, however, that he could make the trip alone, and being still of a rather wandering nature he would sometimes return to Thompson's house after the latter had gone to the park. He would go down to the Curtis street depot of the Circle Road and wait for a train. This he wonld take with as much unconcern as though he had paid his fare, and would ride to the park, where he would engage in a search for his master. If unsuccessful he wonld return and take another train for the city. This he had done at least fifty times during the summer. On the Circle train he has come to be looked upon as one of the working force, and is allowed free passage. Be is a sober, quiet, thoughtfullooking dog, and $s he leans out on the step to take a look ahead to see that all is clear, he seems weighted with responsibility. The conductor of the train is authority for the statement that on one occasion, when the train was approaching a drove of cattle, the dog became greatly excited, barked loudly, and. standing on his hind legs, placed his paws upon the brake as though trying to apply it. —Denver News.

Russian Etiquette. As illustrative of M. Renan’s allusion the other day, in the course of his funeral oration over the body of his friend Turgeneff, to the suddenness with which the Slav race made its appearance on the scene, to become part of the European family, a French journal quotes the text of the rules of social etiquette promulgated by Catherine II. when she set about introducing Western usages into Russia little more than a century ago. She begins by prescribing the mode of invitation, the hours for receiving, and the ceremonial forms to be observed. She discourages the cumbersome conventionalities of Oriental politeness in vogue. The host should not see a visitor beyond the door of the house when he takes his leave. The guests at evening parties are to be allowed to sit or stand, as they please; but the host must provide the room with chairs, as well as with candles ana liquors. A mere bow on entering or leaving the room is the only formality necessary. One of the articles specifies .the classes that constitute good society, which is allowed to include not merely nobles and officers, but also “artists, especially carpenters.’’; Possibly Peter the Great’s connection with the he craft gave it this prestige. By the seventh article “ladies are forbidden to get drunk under any pretext whatever” at social gatherings, and gentlemen must not do so before nine o’clock. Another of the articles discountenances the coarse fun of the game of forfeits as played in Russia. When the forfeit was a kiss gentlemen were not to insist on claiming it from a lady1 who lost: and if frwere a beating, a gentleman who proceeded to exact the forfeit was to bo excluded from the company.—St. James' Gazette. —Two rival clothing firms of Cleveland determined to shake that conservative town up with their gigantic schemes for patronage. "They otiered extravagant prizes to purchasers of clothing, and finally one hitched a fine horse in the store and announced that the animal, together, with a house and lot, would be given away to customers at a drawing to occur next February. The other firm came promptly forward with a house completely furnished. These tactics wcre not at all to the liking of the merchants who sit in quiet waiting for patrons, and they began an agitation that resulted in an indictment ot their enterprising competitors for running a lottery project. Owing to a flaw in the indictment the jury found for the defendants, and the business will go .—Cleveland Leader. s bnsinc —The tallest man in theHfduntry is said to be Henry Thurston, who first beheld the light of day near Jefferson City, Mo., but who now owns a cattle ranch in Texas. Mr. Thurston is seven, feet seven and a half inches tall, and as ho is thin and gaunt, and invariably w-ears a stove-pipe hat, he never fails to produce a positively startling effect upon the beholder. Moreover, he has acquired several habits of posture which add to the impression. For instance, if he happens to feel tired when -walking in the street he is accustomed to rest himself by dropping his arms over a swinging sign and reclining his chin upon it.—Chicago Tribune. —A man will always find some good excuse for his own shortcomings. “I didn’t recognize you in the streot, not because you were poorly dressed,” said a conceited snob, “but because 1 am very near sighted. Indeed, I am so near sighted that I can’t even see the stripes on the arm of that corporal on the other side of the street.”—N. Y. Herald.

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