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T - f 1 j. n i lit Li u art; I . t 1 i S lOftt, ... : j ii ! -! I win, 7i , , hi r L TUSK. , . i r! -i t d bj! ! ' v " -t in b' l.ri i- u tn -. .- in ' i in i r 1 L1 j) 1 f n I I ven lie. 1 a'i 1 n w i") wore j . 1 nii j hrca.-t rtjirfw at dawn; ,....f the nmiiiT i or, - - h i v1"-'. and winter coiaf on. i - tha' -ti" the votydn. , i O.'lMil lit' lOW, ---r '",f prt-ttr manf s and hoodsi, ,,i),,i,inl i f i of enow. bar till another year , ; .r, or leaf; for yon know . I j t e 1 1 i here, i . . . ij . wumtth to bud aud blow. . i i j- live C rt ii one p n tree , . , w . r f. r i e n 1 you ! .v. , how .weft ye bo! n-.,f.- that tut worJa are time. I I i ! ; ! ! ' , 27IJ-; i'.v orjnro n.iirrs. I Jhanhstjirintj Slorif. l t a week before Thanks;,tT t'vo young ladies sat to- ! ' ,.-a bright fire in the study V. 1 -.i1 country house. !"' I.Tglon was a sweet-faced r .1 ,1 -U' glike the contented "home 1 i it -he MU. " , I '.-a Dayton was a tall and s,, 1i ...:t with fascinating gray fv.-s rarling brown hair, and a beauty i i .; siost bewitching type. Mrd you are not even engaged yet ? " E"j fail, inquiringly. "Do tell me. 1!. ,t!:ix, now that wo are. at last, alone t. v'tiHT. ".N"ij. dear; not even engaged. Nearly i' ami I liiive not vet seen the man I : if like to marry." "An I von ho e bad so nianv admir-r-atrix laughed a low, musical laugh, ; th.it ma one of her great charms. "A ', tmi have been fools enough to run ?: ine, but most of them are such ; t .-r'! "I believe you are quite spoiled by L-;tfoM. Ethi siuM, thoughtfully. " :.t it would be dreadful if you never i r:::L Beatrix ; you would miss the! i--t Le-piK-ss of life." Etta was en"Y..n think y-o, little housewife?' 'l.si ravU.n said, with an amused smile. "I 'li). in.leed," replied Etta, earnest's "b;t tell me, Beatrix, why do none i f r,ien suit you?" " ; "I Ji.a't knw, dear, miles perhap it ; ! '-".",ue they are all such cay vief-:"- I have sometimes thought that if b"'-,!.! meet a man whom it cost some I tr"::! ' fl captivate, it might give me a : !,:;.!,' bten-st in him, but, as it is, they I " j r::i r;;e with such abjectness of "urtt r..l-r that it is simply wearisome," ":,'J - 'lo a little gesture of disgust. ""bii are Si my cousin, Frank Yin- f ,',,:- 1 Etta. "He says women are V OVVIi'SniK T ;..iv i.a fun V vl . ' ' ' . , . ill A t. t'i!C. l, ; exclaimed Bea- i indeed? : a coxcomb he mu.-t be! " 0 U-N 1 &n'l think he is," said Etta. k-h "br;t he is very handsome and ' 'irt. Mi nierrv wnv tbnt ttret ittracts i 'IT d ahnq'dly; there was a r.: 1 ltKr. an.l .f .-.rHvT L. ! u a ::y i. t1 tn , . th t i t, ' a n; 1 r, 1 y. 1 1: i.i 1 . r 1 1 iv , r v ti '"'-i-it!- i i i V 't vo. IL, u- w e u !l ro r."- - in - t t ct:t i,y - . t d yt t " f Ml' . i' v 11.' i t v il, i 1 1 ' 1 .v ui rrf 1 . ' y 1 V-

VOLUME VII. PAOLI, ORANGE CO.,

1.1111118, no," said Beatrix, turning i away; I want to talk -with Etta." Her manner was so pointed that there was no evading it. Vincent .turned gravely and talked off. Etta, who bad watched the colloquy with pained snrprise, said, as Beatrix sank on to a sofa j and took her place beside her: ! " "Why, Beatrix, were you so rude to Frank?" " . "Was I rude? asked Beatrix, half averting her face; and then, suddenly hirnin? and sbo-inrr a n,i a (7 --o j j blazing with strange light and glowing i cheeks, she said: "Yes, it was rude, of j course, but He can easily console lumBelf. lie has been devoting himself half the evening to that jMiss Slay let him go back to her." " But you know he does not care for her," urged Etta. " That may be, but she is plainly in love with him, as I suppose he thinks every woman is. See, lie is with her now!" she cried in sudden agitation, and at this moment, as one of her lovers approached, Beatrix accepted his offered arm, and in another instant was waltzing im iiita, una wuiuuig juw ni uwv, an she cared for no one on earth but ! him. Now, in jjoint of fact, poor Frank was himself rather the victim of Miss May, who was of the " button-hole" order of young ladies, and had seized him as her prey early in the evening. If Frank had a weakness it was his amiability, and this it was which had made people declare that he was a flirt. He proved the possession of this gentle quality now by meeting Miss Dayton with the most unchanged courtesy when the hour came for their departure, and waiting upon her home in the most friendly manner. " You see he does not care a particle," said Beatrix, angrily, to Etta, as they parted for the night. I think, dear, he did care," replied ; itta, wno naa neici a nine privare cnac ; T1 , 1 1 t . , n T 1 I I " ) 1 ! with Frank, and who had begun to cherish certain plans of her own. " But you i know he is very good-natured. " I hate good-natured men," exclaimed Beatrix, bitterly. " Good-night," and she was gone before Etta could remonstrate. It was no use, however; it was perfectly impossible for even such a s-pirit-ed beauty as Beatrix to hold out against i Frank's persistent "amiability, and the j next morning she found herself chatting j with him beside the library fire, and i feeling, as she had from the first, a sin- . guiar pleasure in his companionship. : This was only for a little time, how- , By night, when the Langdons ever. gave a dinner-party, Beatrix came down j stairs iced toward poor Frank, who, j without seeming to notice her indiffer- ' euee, devoted himself to a fresh little i girl who had just made her debut, while i Beatrix revenged herself by flirting desperately witu her partner of the night before. The evening wore on, wretchedly enough, if the truth was told, to these. two rather foolish young people, and at last, even Beatrix's powers of coquetry seemed to flag, and she ended by snublung her poor partner unmercifully, while Frank, after he had seen the pretty ! ". . . . - . n 1 i girl to ner carriage, came towards ner with a strange, eager look in his eves. ! "You are going up stairs?" lie asked, J mectiner her at the narlor door. ' Yes," rephed let tiix, shortly. n't m Vol. "ds?" Let-ktd, 1 H h He t 1, ti . n ht 1 1 o d ! r r i.: iv it ' ers j ,- 1 p, 1 i in ii'ii X t r a nt i . Wi 11 V. P it v.ith a -o h i id a" 1 V l "id n i . ; . ' 1. re hi !' e " r"'it a i p--, :i u a t! b- " hi t..in h r. 1 " -.ru (1'.ilIoir - : -I lii 1 1 n : t. i rri. .. . -v-s - i ., 'i ' L.. . 'V. r t o j ' t E' r '.. v ! t in d to - LI 1 - I -w 'at-!" .

pedestal, her slender, graceful form

draped in -white cloth, -which fell in classic folds from her shoulders and down to the floor. The effect was quite startling, her beautiful neek and head rising above the white mass as if indeed ' a living vom an were emerging from ; marble. j In front of her knelt Frank Vincent i in the costume of the Greek sculptor, I and there wan real adoration in his darkbine eyes as he gazed on the beautiful ! rat,a i , ! vn auug vluj i j i i 1.1X1 . A murmur of apjdause ran through 1 the room, and the curtain was droppe for the last scene. 1 In the first Beatrix's eyes had been closed, but in this they were to be open, while her arms were to be extended toward the lover who had ; now risen to clasp her in his embrace, j At this moment some one said that aj light had better be changed, and one of the lamps was moved nearer the pedes- j tab When the curtain was raised for a ! few seconds these two gazed into each ; other's eyes with a long look that was a ! revelation, then there was a scream of j tCirOl. ; xne iiraugbt wJncii liad followed tlie! raisin cr of the curtaiu had blown sotop of ! the light draperies too near the lamp j and the flames went rushing up the i pedestal at the back. A girl standing at the rear had seen this, and it was she 1 who had screamed. , There was a slight confusion, and ! then Frank saw what had happene land I suddenly clasped Beatrix in his arms, ! and tore tier from the pedestal. It was I too late her flowing robes were all on i fire, and, as she half fell to the floor the I flames curled up to her shoulders, leap- ; ing from thence to Frank's dress, which ! was of white linen. There was a wild scene as he clasped ! her closer to him, striving with his i hands to put out the fire. "My darling! .My beautiful darling! he cried, passionately. T -r . . . . . ne tore away ner clinging dress, ! seized a heavy aw miy which lav there a ml aoiuDJiLaiaymut, ami; then, though himself scorched and burnt, contrived, with the help of others, to put out tlie flames. It was only a few moments till it was all over; he carried her pale and fainting to a sofa, while he liimself was taken away by his friends to have his wounds i dressed. He had protected Beatrix by his clinging embrace, so that she was 1 absolutely unhurt, but it had been done at the cost of terrible burns on his hands and wrists. Etta, with her parents, took Beatrix i home as soon as she was sufficiently re- j covered. She did not .say much in the ! carriage, but, when they reached the ! house, instead of going up stairs she ! drew Etta into the library. I 'Frank,' she cried. "I must see! Frank before lean sleep." She was very pale and half trembling. " Yes, dear; yes, of course you shall," replied Etta. "Come and lie down on the sofa here, and he shall come in the moment he returns." "Do you think he is much hurt?' asked Beatrix, anxiously. Xot seriously, of course, though a 8 deal burnt, I fear. Hark! there is the carriage; he must have come." i ' 1 1 , Tl ,1 1 '" fiuuui,icuoug uetiirix tuoiie, who lay on the sofa pale and lovely, her eyes half closed, until there fl'as a sound beside her, :- and. she ! looked up. iranic naa come in. lie, too, was very pale, and there was an expression of snSering on his face ; both his hands i were muffled in linen cloths, so that he seemetl quite helpless. As Beatrix saw him her eyes filled I with tears, and she tried to speak. Then ; Frank came and knelt beside her. ! " Oh, Mr. Vincent," she faltered, . "how can I thank yon? You saved my .life! And your poor hands! Are yea much hurt. 3 " '--- i Hit 1 t li, I 'l.t 'ii i net n 1 i v n too f -'d t 3 I O'l t. 1 r hi . . V , 1 I 1 . I . . I I d . to .O'V y f 1 c. .i 'h i 1 . I I.JVi i.:y 1 i i'i u r ill i ' f a. lit i , : b

INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1S7S. NUMBER 10.

'03IE. . . ins that twenty-nine bushels to It the acre is the averse wheat yield of i England for 1878. Keep a barrel in the hen-yard. Clean the hen-houses weekly, and throw mamire into the barrel then cover with a layer of dry soil or muck A blackberby-grower in MinneajK Minn., who during several years past has tested all the best blackberries. ' tl,inks tlie Bnyder probably best of any for the. nmiliern climnte. Slit. Alfred Chvpmax, of Middlebury, Vt.,is credited with three cuttings ! per year of tn o tons per acre eacn of alfalfa from California seed, and quality excellent for cows." ix a German newspaper a hint is given 1y Dr. Scliaal with reference to the takiug of cow's milk hy person9 wlo LaYe-a weak stomach. He iays he has ahvayR succeeded in avoiding any evil effects hy eating a ittIe galt OT1 breaa either before or after taking the ,iil"tr WItii riiifa in Aeit Una jin. gle glass of milk will produce diarrhea, whereas with salt he can take a whole litre. Keep on the lookout for all kinds of stock; see that the fences are kept in good repair ; cattle are likely to get uneasy in autumn, especially if the feed gets short. " Get them up in cold weather, and do not neglect to give them feed as ! soon as they crave it. The spring pigs " - . ' . . . . ? , barrel instead of in the pen. It is not t often profitable to winter hogs to fatten j the next season. ! There are many farmers who have j extra good butter eows and do not kuow lne7 Lave Poor pastures m summer, and no shelter and indifferent feed in winter. In the house they have no conveniences for making butter, the rl.i n.l,n,m 4- i . . .... i. . , ......... . . ! """ " BCV " '"""K"- ; ieiii!s lur kwuiuk ii coox jii suuuuer, i o and in the living room, exposed to the odors of the kitchen in winter, and neither the quantity nor the quality are any index of what a cow can do. Exchange. Cht-nch bugs .-are reported in Xebvaska, Kansas and some of the Western States. One of the most effectual means for their destruction in the autumn is the burning of the stubble and the stalkfields. The insec ts congregate between the leaf and stalk, or in the sheath of the leaf, where they winter to a eonsid erable extent. Burning the stubble will I destroy them. When they are plenty, I the corn-stalks should be cut when dry, j raked together and burned. Prairie Farmer. When we see a mowing machine (as we did several on our v ay to a recent agricultural meeting) left- in the fields, under a tree, or some equally exposed situation, we wonder if the laws of economy are changing, or if the cry of hard times is not a vain delusion ; it would seem a-s though the man who will so leave an important farm implement exposed to the sudden and variable changes of the atmosphere, the effect of which is to hasten its destruction with great tepidity, has no right to lift up the cry of hard times. Exchange. Ax Englishman with a back-load of , i,. . ii' .-, AliL wiim tii vitj- tnc tiar-i t.tixj . told me how he cured it by dry nibbing, with one pound of pulverized saltpetre to every 300 pounds of pork. First the saltpetre was rubbed hard into the skin side of the pork and then into , , -, the flesh. Then hue Entrlish salt was , , , . , , , it rubbed in every day or two for three or four weeks, trtminqr and VI ! .1 . " -r f I : .1 , " . ' pieces with whatever salt and liquid drained off. After that the bacon was cured ready to king up in an airy room for use. Farmer Ofr-otl, in llnrl jirr Courant. Avn r.o'V the s;.: .mi r is om r an 1 the 1 : . .ii; - i l -: 1 1. t .s aie P 'l "ll a ry ; the e ill the e i .i- 's t.:e f th 1 . h . th 1 iJ and f d; 'ci g; l.n k over and - e y 1 -t ' 1 Vi : 'r d CiUiil li : . i .e . i iuoi-f n ; r. : V tie Vu it i ... . : ; : t '. - V t - ' A h .. f i : : t . T ' 1

iug hot. If placed in a wire sieve, much

time is saved and trouble spared, ! Iced Apples. Pare and core the ap1 pies, fill with sugar, adding a very little, butter and cinnamon ; bake till nearly i f tlone' eo1' I0 off the iniee iee tlie toP miil Si,ltS fiaa set mto me men long enough to brown slightly; serve with cream. Chickens for Lunch. jplitayonng ! ine oaeK. wasu ana wipe S dry season with alt and pepper. Put !ate !a-e three-quarters of an i & better for a travelmg irtneii than when seasoned witii but- , milk, two eggs, one table-spoonful of baking soda, two table-spoonfuls of melted butter, stir in meal until the mixture is about as thick as buckwheat batter. Bake in square tin pans about an inch thick half an hour in a hot oven. Apple Tapioca Pudding. Take six large tart apples ; pare, core and quarter; put in a pudding dish;. over this pour a cupful of tapiocf, soaked over night, in a pint and a half of water, a j Cup of sugar, and flavoring to taste ; ! eat with a rich sauce or thick cream and i sugar. i ! To Be-Cook Fresh Fish. Pick up 1 in flakes any cold fish, boiled, broiled or fried ; brown butter, add to it a pinch of i grated nutmeg, and a few pepper-corns, j a little minced parsley and one onion with a table-spoonful of salad oil ; stir the fish in this sauce, and when dished squeeze the juice of a lemon over it. Fruit Cake. One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, two-thirds cf a cup of warm water, one-half of .a cup of mo- ' I , 7 , ' & , raisins stoned and chopped, one-half of VV'il I tKKti-LX I I A J IU , VXl C7 I fJ t i 1 1 L ' 1)f)nn.i t oitron. rne-hidf of a. orated , tii rinutmeff. one-half of a teasnoonful of emnamon, one-quarter of a teaspoonfnl of cloves, and a little salt. Pumpkin Pie. Cut the pumpkin up and pare it, and put it in au enamelled saucepan with a little water to stew till quite tender. Put it through a sieve, and set what in not wanted aside for future use; it will keep a week in cool weather, but the frost must not be allowed to reach it. Take a large tablespoonful and a half for each pie, thin it with milk a little thicker than custard, and add two eggs well beaten, sugar to taste, and a little nutmeg and ground T?T' - Tt TT" P11 i rni ic in a pie-uisn jineu wiui paste ami -r, x -a . - . '..T. I" .'il. L . -- 1? bake it. xoiLvi potato: romriKj. A Xew York paper suggests that the young ladies of Vassar College, having successfully wrestled with Greek roots, now turn their attention to the art of boiling potatoes. To boil a potato properly is thought a very simple affair, and vet there, is not one table in fifty where they appear in that perfection which makes a potato "boiled with- its jacket on" one of the most delicious of esculents. Pecple who do not know what a

boiled potato is, in that high state when a stone s tnrow ot tne nouse, wnen tney it appears smoking from 'the pot, and met a neSTO- They were discovered..bursting like a cotton pod into mealy Ifc was &n oU man wLom these very men wliiteness, neither too wet nor too dry, f h r'm awaJ from T(hi nofc ten laJ-s

! 't always piping hot as it is stririped of its skin and prepared for its garnish of salt and butter, with pepper according to taste people who do not know the boiled potato in that state of perfection content themselves with the eseu- ,. , , . . , . r lent sliced and tried m grease (an a 1 . , . , , , , i nation to the cultured palate and i ,-,., , , r , . , abomia terror to delicate stomachs), and think they ! know what potatoes are! Next to a po talo baked, a tato boiled properly touches the gastronomic economy in its j tenderesfc region, and does not pall upon the taste, though it be served at table ; f) a e ..i. lVL- --ver dr-es r"t , ... t-i , ... :' t ;n e i-r.' iur I we 1 ive d - ill.l. but 1 ue it we i iv . i fiis-d. iieui-d, or l.-r.'-h'-d, Vi lilt fchhtit H il iigs f i y - -A th. o'. ,i. r rv ( '.-..li If i i. : - i . in for s i- :. - ly f .f a n.'il I. id n ..h- V. -th. t v,-;;s not in'. :h" ...... ; , 1 v j.s i a t. 1 - t :; i- . l : i 'I'; t!l ti d ii '' - ; - :i ts. t ii (i " i fit 1 b- t!

writers contend that the rebreatbicg of

air once partially nseu is one cf the most fertile causes of consumption. The most favorable time for walking is about midday in the winter, and in the morning and toward evening in the summer. a jut or jiistoj: 1. Tlir Scheme to C(tjrtitte Uru. tlrttnt. After' Vicksburg had been invested and the South threatened at oter points, Gov. Allen, of Louisiana, conceived the desperate idea of capturing the person of Gen. Grant. He sent for j joe iiee, a notel guerrilla, imparted to I bim bi fbnwo-bt on.l him if 1a could devise a plan. It was readilv posed to execute the daring enterjirise. j At that time that is, in the spring of 1863 Grant and his army were eni camped at Milligan's bend, near Young's ' point, on the Mississippi, some eighteen ; miles above Vieksburflr. Gen. Grant's ' headquarters were in the dwellinghouse that belonged to a magnificent plantation, much of which can be seen from the deck of a passing steamer. Joe Lee proposed to go to that house, and bring away the body of Gen. Grant, j dead or alive. He chose five of his most trusty men. They were the two James brothers, two of the Younger brothers, and John Jarret t. These, With himself, made six. i There never were six better men for j such au expedition. They were young, i strong, and as brave as the bravest, j They had already seen all there is in ! war- T3iey liad been tried in tIie niOHt ! tTOS le' ftnffeea ,naimer : of hardships; did not care much whether they lived or died ; vere the quickest and best shots in the world, and rode the fleetest horses in the land. It was 1" letore tlie 1'ederal army set out on il ,1 : . . - .1 . . I , 11 ., . -L i liLVih MLI UliMUK lIIiiltL-il UUWU lift? V. f l f nf tL vi Tbe eott.irv w, nil ,,' , , ' - lull ot marshes, bayous and morasses, so , . , , , . that the natural advantages lor the exe- , cution of the plot were good. I he plan was for Joe Lee and his five trusty fob lowers to dress up in full Federal uniforms, ride on horseback to Milligan's bend, go direct to the house .where fiMt vii l i s.iiva v.." a i u v i' .j v v J j - 1 O tiui 11 1.11 . a ijv v his person, put him on a spare horse, and then escape to the swamps which j were near by. On one Saturday evenj ing, late, the party set out from Dicki son's house, near Delhi, and rode toward ; the Mississippi river. There was not a I soul on earth, besides themselves and j Gov. Allen, that knew of their desperate mission. It was something over twenty - Sl T was a aaric one, out long oeiore iay tnev -,. .... i. were at the edge of the woods that borlt?red on tlie rotation on which Grant ; was lailered. There was no enemy to ! attack from tlie west side and there was ! " particular precaution about guards, I The piets were passed before sun-up, illKb hile the General was yet asleep, j th? guerrillas role loldly up through the i open field toward the house. There they were, six men -seven horses; the empty saddle for the commander of the 100,000 men who were camped about in every direction. They approached to almost ! ieiore. lie Knew t..em ail, ami lmme- ! diately gave the alarm. In a moment ; there was a great tumult, and tlie six guerrillas had nothing to do but to save j tIieir H- They broke through the ! nel and in the twinkling of an eye were 1 hack in tne woods, but not until a kmi- ! dred shots had been fired after them. iore tne mm went twsn uiy were sale at their lavonte renaezvons. j Thus was frustrated one of the most ; daring plots of the war. It is not probab'le that Gen. Grant took any ixirticnlar notice of the affair, and it is not at all probable that lie has ever realized the v..1 -.'!- t rh i he ohl ( T .-dr. i. n'l. X i:A.i vr) A'.-'-i the (' V. arir.y pnt ip'".i the ji -Tfe f the -.r;aiv''- R i d 1..'- ih' i. n : t s ". h a r I ti . :.e a. ;d ! !( e i- l I I' j". n ; b' h if . re r"iy iho.'. 1 -i ..-4 to th' ir 1..I - CU bit f-f hbf i iry i k'V rve t a i th i i i ; Hr n, t 1- -- r.-; io A f r tin A 1 1 il v." l. o i i - i- i i v1 t

A bosom friendThe baity.

A miek man The ph o: o;i ai'iitT. i . i cv march -The march of lis IK. Yor cannot wake a noint clearer lv straining it. When there is a cLii-ui of misunderstanding between a miIre-.3 and her Irish help, she should Bridget. Wanted A salve for lips that will so deaden the sound of a kiss that the old folks can't hear it in the cext.room. Young swell "I should like to have my mustache dyed." Polite barber "Certainlv; did von bring it with you?" Th e Iwra lifi s used a (separate i!at For all tle-fh and fowl and fivhet; And, though they enjoyed all th food that Un-y "Twas certainly in Jew dihi. The rejected lover who swears that his idol is cold-hearted can get up a neat heart-burn for himself bv a liberal use of pie and milk. Slowly, roIH s.ntJy, day hy tlay. Mother's raveu hair is turning jcray. Like the emlw-tn oa the lieiinli.itoue spread. Father's nose is bbtominsr Turkey red. ! tl",n Jnr f ell me, Laura, why that f a.lness? tell me why that look of care? i Why has fled that look of gladness that tli3T face wast wont to wearV Farmers could do much to remove temptation from the path of youth by building fourteen-foot picket fences around watermelon patches and apple orchards. Prof. Edison is inventing a machine j to turn over the festive slapjack while the hired girl sits in the corner and j reads the latest novel. Move on, great j arm y of progress! i It makes a young-man feel very much j as if some things in the world were all i vain fo siT1(y. n(m to mv bosom, come. love," under a window, and then happen to see a sign "To let " on the door. Woman's dress may be superior to 7 i n i i a a t ! aro,md 118 thai on Lave to stand Xl? m i to get your hand in tlie pocket and ! ., , , . . , , . then not find what you are looking for. T- , T j- . Keokuk Constitution. j I "The Loi-d loveth a cheerful giver j l,ut there's no use .chucking a copper cent into a contribution-box loud enough io TOake the folliS 011 the.baek seat think ' the communion service has tumbled off 1 11.. ...n... r , s, n Hit int;ii . Ijltil 11 11 r t (-. "Speaking of razors," said the obsequious barber, as he tendered change for a quarter, "I believe Adam and Eve were the first raisers,, were they not?" The customer raised his Cain, and demanded to know if he was Abel to make ' another joke like that. Jonah wrote to his father after the whale first swallowed him, stating that he thought he had discovered a good opening for a young man going into the oil business, but afterward wrote for money to bring him home, stating that he had been sucked in. A RASH LITTLE AJAX. I'll jcrasp the loud thitmh r; With lightning I'll play, The earth rf-nu asunder, Arnl tick it away. Tho rainbow I'll at raddle. Ami rick; to the moon; In the ".-an I'll pa.lili In the bowl of & pot'iit. The rain shall fall upward. The smoke tiirr.) ; ii h I'll c'iji" til-- k"r pnrph', Ar.tl painithe ky hrowti. XO CACSK TO CUT. Yesterday afternoon a Inyj of 10. who had lieen caught out in the soaking rain and well drenched, was standing in a doorway on Michigan avenue, wipixsg his eves and nose bv turns, when a second lad, alxmt his Kg1, came along feeling a good deal worse. "W-whiifc fiiJH you? sobbed tho second, as he halted j?nd h-wked the other over. "II :-,,t ull wet.riid 1'vf tsce . f f " was the reply. "Is bhai fill?" indigiun tly " : . the flrfd; "then you'd ltbi r ;. h you hain't got no right to cry!" "Ibhnt yc-i i.re v-t-rjluo; too!"' T T r i...i t.tt 1 1- r-" 1 g- i t : t. -v t ! . 1 tii 3 'h! . t o f ,'l". ' f ' - 2. .4 1 " : I r '