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Show TIIEJJOUK Til K BV P. MIH ol J IX. T- O H x 57. Wats ' M )w u J IKI 1) t I . I I M the Patron s. Saint of the Land of the Oui Lady of Cuadalupe, . l,T angry Mr. Glud-t-one- T eyes seem actually to emit flashes light from within. ol Thince Bismarck is a capital From Scholur, hut every other Ger- 1 man who parades the same accomplish-nxeii- t. Agukeable to the wishes of the German emperor, the theaters have resolved to abolish all French the Ulrica' terms which have crept into the language. Lawrence Barrett has a glandular tumor on his neck which will probably requiro a surgical operation to remove, though it is not jet greatly troublesome. Some days after tho imperial railroad accident, tho Czarina wrote to her mother of herself and her We still have big black and blue bruises all over us; but they are of no significance. One reporter reported that Miss Mary Anderson wouldnt act as bridesmaid recently for fear of st ige fright.'' Now tho quidnuncs want to know if that ha, isthorei.sou why Miss Ander-m- i never been priucip.il at a wedding ceremony. Mr. Gn.nr.KT, of Gdbcrt and Sullivan, whose Brantingiiaine Hall' was so severely criticised, iin written to Clement Scott, the critic, to ay that rather than submit to th i lutt r's lie will writs no insolent gibe-)more plays. Mu. Blaine is said by one who saw him recently to he looking umiuially well. His f.u s is still of that remarkable even white whh b lias caused tho report that ho is afllii ted with Brig Ills disease, and his tread is as lirrn as that of a much younger man. Enw ii;i Iioi'K, who at onetime was an editor on the New Fork Tribune, is again residing in New York. For twenty-livyears he bus undo his homo Yono His new novol, lu Japan. Santo, a Child of Japan," is tho of his reddoneo abroad. e out-cor- Monte-zuma- Hvwi.r.v took his little daughter with him on his New Year's culls. Mrs. Hawley kept tho baby with her in t lie carriage whilo tho Senator entered the various houses in which receptions were being held. A girl begins social life early in Washington. The tablet unveiled in the Coimeeli rut State House in j memory of Jnlui Fitch bears this inscription: This taberoded by the State of Connecticut, commemorates the genius, patience and persorverauee of John Fitch, a native of tho town of Windsor, the first to apply steam successfully to the propulsion of vessels through water." It also bears the (lutes let, Senator Palmer is really writing Its origin was peculiar. He was talking about current literature to Senator Ingalls one illy, w lien the latter remarked that he hud abandoned his effort to produce a work of lid ion. No man can write a novel anil also attend to his duties ns Senator, remarkYou are mistaken," reed Ingalls. turned rainier, and Ill provo it to a novel. you. HUMMER Mi.MCEs at the beginning his career secured some portrait subjects in a peculiarly frank manner. llo went to Miss Ellen Terry, forexampl who is one of tho hardest of persons for mi artist to get hold of, and said: Look hero, Miss Terry, Im a young Australian, with few or no friend, hero, and I want to make my way in tho world. Wont- you let mo paint Certainly, said she; your portrait?1 And bj' tho word lifte I him a long way toward tho summit of sueee.,s. M Of The pope has received nearly eight hundred ro pmsts from French for one of the jublleo offerings which ho nmto.miM' I his inteut'mn of giving away. In most eaves the choice of the article was left to himself; the object of the applicants hein r merely to secure ammiontoof the jubilee, however trifling. Tho po;o will probably present tho cosily ivory tabernacle ui sent him by th Catholics to tho Church of Our Laly at Lourdes. Over a thousand demands came from Germany, mostly from tho priests of the poorer p iri-- li s. an J nearly al asking for one or another of the object) used In the Catholi worship. oeelo-d-Astic- s Am-rie- s Co'.'vt Herbert arck's re 'out Bi-- m speech in tho ( h ituv.i 1. dchstag was practically his first appearance in the character of an orator, lie is said to have acquitted hims If well. and to have spok.-- with clearness anil casco:' delivery. Count If rbert is a man of undoubted ability, an 1 if lie is to ho lie will need to his father's bo something of a speaker. Prince Bismarcks own speeches read (in but he is y m t places) magniii-eutlAwkward speaker, and bn- - never, pi a ice. though h) has had y; t acquired ea-- an I il ieu y in a Khvss-in- his audiences. He always speaks in tho Reichstag in his Cuirassier uniform, with top boots, and his left hand resting on the hilt of a big cavalry WOrd. Mer-eng- iins-r-r- . i - 1 -- I - - ! , susj-clo- - gv.-.-- , - cii-a- . opp-sil-i- libi-ral- - , et-- (iua-ialiq-- e ", i i t toth-ws- : n- - ls.si-ioi- v I v.-- u- i C- "i-- . t - l . ia-.- i t i1 tl-- iri.-tn- - - I 1 ; - - cii'cuin-stames- - - p-- li- mo-tiu- l eu Suli-ipim- , of mi ord.mir,' mail, mid in thorough consonance with tiie ust of tnc (unfit. "K.illn-a cent present,' said tho owner, motioning the driver away and starting tov- - ard his cab. v I vu-r- burnt-edg- e, ring-streake- -- The Railroad (Tvmatory. Several persons, after escaping any injury from the shock of tlie trains I r at TuUimuk'e, ne ir Akron, on tne New York, Peim-- v tv a ;ia and Gdiio r..i!vvay recently, were eatfij-- t hy tho llames which sprung fierce and hungry from tho doaliy ear stove and burred until death relieved their suffering. Ono little girl traveling all alone from th west to tli.) east was caught underneath on of Ine seats and held fait until tlio ti.,mes licked up her young life. Steam heating from boiler is not practical on this road. The managers are no doubt afraid that an emergency might some il.ty arise in winch the heating boiler would not work. The train might got siuck in a snow bank, for itisi.ru-e- , or tho engineer might bo soizl-- with thirst and drink up all the water in tlie tender and so leave tho passengers to shiver ami shako. It is bettor, you see, to burn up a few liu man beings once in a while than to let a run any risk uf t vvr having his ears or lingers ael-- vv ua tlio Tins for not putting in a se.im heating uppiratus may apjsar tnttmg i the general reader; it is powerful to thus managers who do not want to go to the expense of sending thoir t stoves to the sculp iron pile. Ono l hav ing a terminus in Now York York and New Haven, has the New city, asked to be exempted limn tho law of the empire state forbidding the use of the dead l.v stove in n.tssenger coaches, on tlie ground that it operates U s than fifty mil-- s within the jurisdit turn of the stale. This is about us tenaii'e as the ground western managers method of have taken against the uuxb-rruis-nealor.e vv ttiio running at the rale oi fifty nules l or hour, linrning up anywhere cn those fifiy mites of truck would probably be about us paiutul as n mg roasted ou a line which spans tlio it is an easy matter to change from tiie and itamu runs plan to tlie modern amt safe one. it is gmtitv'ug to knmv that a Dill will bo siKisl in the Ohio eonipell-ntiie railroads ot this leg', -. to r It is also state aboiisn the gratilv ing to know that when it is intro duccd there will be letm or no oprusitiou to its prompt passage - Giuoiiuriti T mos. to-g- ii ceren-ome- e. - tl-- ment,. It was not until 1757 that tho lio'y see granted tin request of its Mexican subjects, uiul gave permission for tho religious celebration of Guudalupo day, assigning tho proper prayers ami offices. Even in the decree conceding this, Item diet XIV. used language which is very cautious, and docs not commit tint chin ch to actual belief in tho apparition. This was observed by Juan Bant-stMunoz, who read an essay on the Academy of Hisquestion before the tory of Malrid iu id I. And tho academy in it prefixed to which the "notice' itself, the ossav in its published proceedings, said : Tlie careful uud rever-cntiiism with which this scholar examines tho origin ml of these grow'th popular legends, demonstrating by moans of trustworthy documents their want of solid truthfulness, and, at the same tune, the reasonableness of the worship paid the sacred painting, always to be held in respect even if it never ill tlie way alleged, is wholly in keeping with tho reserve and distrust with which the holy see looked upon the popular belief In close, if surprising, keeping with tins is the pastoral of tho Mi xic.tn bishop of Tamaulipis' dated (Kt, 17, D'D It i inab-riaparts are' as follows: Inasmuch as certain priests h ive asked wlmt they ought to say to those bobevej-and skeptics of their respective parishes wtio inquire of them if thoappuritioi) of Our Luil y of Guadalupe must tic considered a dogma of faith defined bv Henedu t X I V., or at least bv tho present arclib, shops of Mexico, these priests saying that the difficulties raised by the Protestants on tins s'i nt are causing great harm to the faithful, tlie most illustrious and reverend bishop mokes tho following reply : 'Tlie Catholic truth is as clear ns noon-daand so should bo its preaching and We desire and teaching to all believers. command that all our priests imitate th.' in Paul knowing only J. sum Apostle Christum et huniHrucitixu.n (1 Cm intimitis, li. fit. Neither vve tier itnv oihcr bishon, ex. eept tho Neman pontiff, i an give of fuith. Dene lat XIV. inn. ply rein was vvlcit besought, that by the meditation of our lad.v of Guad-i-Ito our iupo nngnt prayers I i before the throne ot God, also tlie preqier offices, which mt sc.iidi d a onlv that such service is p.ous and good, a without savng anything iu refe.ou.-private belief,' Therefore our priests must not confound a private faith in the apparition at Guadalupe vvi h tiiesierisl amcics of Catholic faith, nor hesiiate t sav. vvben the cireuinst.uiccs call lor it.tn.it be:evrs 1 are not obliged to accept tiie uppantiou. 1 nt ap)H-are- v liorii-tior.- cdi-d- . j 1 i "'it I - i s- m-- t a ye.r transfer of tin o cuttiedral n tin to t g p All tons: op Lubas! ida .iosuedt. ex- t ex-l'c- - Edward King In the Common Felons Jail of San Francesco, In Naples. f.irth letter was pas-ora- . Cftat)-iislu'- Senator WRITERS FALL. WELL-KNOW- N writes tc A Naples corro-- p It er follows: as Gulignaui's is a sai piece of news, but Edward Mexico lvliir 3 now iu tin common felons y.iol ..ntaluis lints.-exii - I i . airs lit t aof - r- t huu Frauce-c- o in Naples. His cruno !. rsoi t t " au-a i liuri h uf ls- ng p.ace. L is that of Swindling swindling hotels figure to its !iI r sm a- la n in ll.e slim liad a pro isle; them draft; tar imas.ro taken in .ns-- w in n th paint und individuals by giving . v a tone lu the uon on hanks iu Paris, London, a 'id elseI r.e Virv.u ing of vent of tt.e tap-i- h.ns. Dat u was strong! i was d ar where, and then going to another that th- ar t ilomons'rali- Is, town. Ho did this when he could noi mined to give tt.e a s borrow. Before I knew that ho had sure to be nude on s,o h an ecus-onlitical tu:m It u us Jou.ed that the scheme r.n left Paris for debt or knew that he had was a trump car-- of the tionary partv t to the plan been Consequenl ti swindling elsewhere, he applied Jicli was manif- sled. Piomment tioned tlie covernn.cnt to prohibit the in to mo for a smull loan until h e could li of I rie tended untile process-- n, ere.-treceive money from London, and I lent of the are tics, eorenat-oirgin. . hat Steps tt.e g a rninent took is not a ru him half what lie asked for. I now see was. in that it has gone glimmering. I knew rati-lknow n ; liut tin- an w inch some way, led to deft r the sob'imi-tv- . that ho had left Paris under mysterious tiad been fixed for the filst of last December, until a time when, to use his own1, circumstances, but did not know that i issue he words foun in tlie edict which ho was a truffatoro, as the Naples tlie public maid shad have c timed." Pungolo calls him. I only knew of him of the to add that bishop it only his as tlie esteemed correspondent of the Tainniinpas Inis t eon couilIled to caton the New York Evening Post and Boston own words. A second pastoral letter Virgin ap(c,irtil undi-- date of Journal. it runs as follows: Aug. The American consul there, an old llis exccllcui y Cardinal Monaco, secre-ot warned the man that ho was Kites of lawyer, i ( ongrci-atiuitinSucre tary of an-Gnivoisal inquisition, in an pursuing a criminal course and will writes not aid him, except so fur as to see that official note ot J'd V t1, n s ftie cardinals Tin r as ho has a fair trial when the ease comes ral gI ,.u,t in op un. Edward King is now living at the cd thy maun-- r i to th apparition of the expense of Italy on beaus, bread, and And NI- Sl water, at a cost of 10 centimes a day. Holy Virgin Mai i f Gu i tablin' to sep even macroni in n mas.. IU ,sV have being considered a luxf1 arato eti- sei.es bv so min h as a jut inn the of tin- bo.v ury1 in tlie ease of pri oners held for d ' Pi.-and pr- aehi'i trial in the San 1'rancesro jail. His ot its mi,:1, tr'buii.i's or bn-swindles I say nothing o? his 'loans lioi's, we sav t n !!1. - vbo ruiv v mm' i .ul our w r in, s :tr it ve a', o s ;v. r amount, as far us known, to some bi'-! ni ami on demn mi imnm r i.dOO francs, and if tiie caso goes i ". or s n;q tuiiai'ii i oi ti" nguinst Him, as I fear it will, Edward g n Ma. v ol I .mul the Most it- tv annul, and 1. - v I nil and tu.il v.e king will have his head shaved, wear wriAie-- s in wan U g in..., have .q a striped dress, and be put at hard laa. a. list tin- - uearn d, expre-so- r ueio or aritioii of our ..my of G ua-- ' a bor in tho penitentiary, either on the classic isle of Persia or in tho less iiqic." classic Civita Vecohia. It is very sad. SOMETHING OF A GIFT. I sometimes think the man more fool knave. If there had been intent than How a Typical New York Young to swindle it seems to me that he would Man Can D.stributo Wealth. have drawn larger sums and then itavo Let me give von o: e more install, e of out of Italy. What a pity it is that got New money goes when it tj local joung some of us were not warned of his Yorker is directing tiie distribution, writes weakness. lilnkely Had. It was shortly before 1C When Horace White, editor of tiie this uionong, while 1 v. a , on my vvaj down Evening Post, read the foregoing artiI standwau-knew I man a saw that town, cle he remarked that tho statements ing on tho cult) at Fifth av- mu- mid Thirty-sixtcontained therein were probably1 true. in ids hands li.s with kets, He had not heard street, directly from Mr. forti.it his tilted nnd in u cig-ihis moiitli, for seven months, but knew that King and dissipatward. He had a hevi!y he had been trying to raise, money ou ed face, mid in- was im pic .tionabiy a ii'L- - tho strength of his connection with the . sluky fro n risin so .uly in the lnornhrg. Post. About a year ago the Post deHo b's a,l tovvar-- a coaciiinan clined to pay certain drafts that he d me with a down Uio street, and drew in advance of his salary. When of is and. Haven Putnam, the publisher, Ive a little present for the ductless hero. George was in London King borrowed $bt) of wi-tliiu-her." l ..;e it i ph See if you is still Mr. Putnam's debtor. Tiie dmhess, us every body in New' York him and Numerous other American acquaintknows, is tho particular young woman ou ances are Kings creditors in small the New s.ngo who enjoys the friendbums. Mr. White does not know tlie ship of the millionaire's s n. A clutt 'r ol unfortunate man personally. King was hoofs and then the most portei tly appoinly-drove up tho Paris correspondent of tho Post brougham th it I lot ve ever of th street, and stopped m tlie under William Cullen Bryant, and It all goes to her," s.inl tho young mil- when the new management assumed s "hor-eairt man mollifilionaire, shortly, control of tho paper he was continued ed. " Tlio brougham had a body- of dark green, in that office, having proved himself with claret eoloreJ wheels, and the whole an able and popular writer. He dropinterior was beautifully upholstered in pink ped ou without informing Mr. White were licvs-tcsdk The v glass in .silver ami the on a liman's livery vvasbotg of his intentions. It was reported hero several months tie green, with siivir buttons, coriiurojs, und pipe clay boots; but the wonder of it all ago that King had disappeared and his was the team of son cl horses. They were friends expressed their belief at tho loss than lilUt-- hat.ds high, with arched nocks, small heads, b tnged tails, and legs as time that his mind was affected. lie delicate as fawns. Tiny wore built like turned up again, however, and it was race horses. They were ns perfectly supposed that ho had resumed his matched as two peas. Their hoots vvele duties. New York Tribune. blackened and polished till they shorn) like mirrors, and the ita cos of foam that fell from their lips vvh.teued their forelegs in Stylish Paper. places like snow. They remindedth--me, more ot The paper used by the fashionable a beautiful p.ur ot fox terriers horses. women is just now very plain. All the T tin man ou tho box was about, half tho size Tti.s tile tl.e Itecent events in Mexico have calk'd m: usual attention to the patron sa'.nt of tk,.t rouutrv, Our Lady of Guadaluie, say s the New York Evening Ihmt. A native writer intere-- t Las taken advantage of the and has published vv hat may lo cubed an attempt to five the natural history of the fuinouH uppdiilion of l.Vil. Every volume Diaz to the of Mexican travels, from ampliations of the latest in wspuper correspondent, has givm an account, iu one way or imoth-- r, of tins miraculous appearunce of t.u virciu to Juan Diego on tho sjiot whole low saiuls tho shrine built in her honor, ami the details of the story are familiar to all n alters. Such narratives get scant o'.itsy at the hands of intelligent men nowadays. Curt dismissal is but a new e of a popular d- lustou or a fabrieutiou t of tho priostnooil is the most they can liut sui h a study as tho one referred to, which sceas in contemporaneous records the raw material out of which the story grew or was framed, must always have an interest of its own, if only as being a new triumph of reason over biqierstitutiou. Considerable importance attaches to the By this name, so very name GuadaUqie. the story rtma, tho virgin directed that her nntae'dously painted picture should be called. Dut she wus talking to an Ind.au, and presumably in one of the Nttlnta dialects. liolars Now. it is affirmed by competent that the letters d ' and g do nut occur in these languages, and that tho noan d an Aztec could nine to sa, ing Guadalupe wo. ild lie Tecuat.ilope. Tho ancient name of tin l.iil whirctlie apparition is .nd to t have talon place Was No then, came tho name of GiC'dai'i"( certu'iih traced ronii-- lioncau be made out, but it is a fa-- of "rout ston'li- an o th it o Spain h.al In r i. iv n l.ch ol Ginn! dip' boon Moil n inni Ace, .ruing to the C' ijii of Salazar, n virgin kiov.u b.v lo that n.i.no was t lit- object i f special worship in Cm ores, a small vii.n.'oof the promo of Andalusia. Veiy suggestively, Until li at the same time very aggrnvut tngly, siiuo the clew leads to nothing, tho historian nays that I Ionian Cories was much given to tho seni. e of this virgin, and that In had in her slirlno a silver lamp and a plu.-cwith emeralds, siorpiou of gold lliis last, of course, was n votive ottering. Now. Mexhan li.sh ry reveals no connection at all between Cmti s noil the Mcxiiau , virgin of Guadalupe; jet, under the it is easy to hi iicve that one existed of which all trace has hi cn lost At any rate, it is worth knowing that a virgin of CiUada'.uiH- was no novelty to tho conquering Spaniards. In fai t, u report of a viceroy to lTuhpll.. l.'d s.ijs Unit the Mt ii i virgin was called Gii.idulupan, from her rest mid. mce to one of the same name' in Spain. Among the direct antecedents of the st)" rial cult of Sits Virgin on tin- hill of Topi yac must ne taken into account the well fact, Unit tho same spot It. id tong been tlie scene of pagan rites of gieat religious The Indians regarded the place iniportiinoo. ns sacred long liotoro til v were taught to veneruto it by tho priests of Spain. lor example, relates that tho temple to tin' virgin hut succeeded an older one of tho Aztecs in tin! same locality. 'Che sume Catholic historian also savs that Just ua tho Indians now gather irotn longues around to share in tho great festival of Guaduiupo duv. Dv. l i, so in pagan times go j early to thronging imijtitiiiles used the same place to Join in diks of the greatest of the heathen feasts. Move striking still is it to notice tlie dotty fovineriy worshiped on the spot where now tho Virgin is hold in Snell veneration. It was one of the seats of Toimntm. That word is variously translated "Mother id tho Gods or Queon of tho Virgins." Tims no vioii nt wrench in the reliL'ious idi as of the natives was inquired In their transition from one faith lo mint her. As indicative of the willingness of the monks who accompanied the (Spaniards to utille tlie preconceptions of the Indians for their own purses it is worthy of mention that tlie Fiancisrans early had a hermitage ne. This they laid upon the lull of Tdedicated to the special woislup of the Viret known as gin Mary, though she wus notFaj on Uio virgin of Gumlalcpe. alter tho Lave to taken wassed p'aco and apparition tho Christian sen ice had been introduced many of tic' old Indian rites, dances, songs, ete , continued to lie in use, as is attested by scandalized by the fact. writers who Thus tho good monk hnhaguu sav s of the Aiid still they come gnat disindiaiis: tances to see their Temuitin, lust as they is lugh'y sus-pused to do, and this devot-oleus suin there are i hmvlc'.s ot our lady not do bat go to them ; et they everywhere, they keep on coming leagues to their met Tamo vi itn ssos to the mixture of heathen with Christian that Add long prevailed at the Gainltilup.'.-lii'intlie fact Unit ntlu rs of tlie modi rn holy places of Mexico have borrowed no small pa- t of their siiin tity from foregoing pagan times - this is tho cuso, for examp'e, with tho seat of tho other renew n d Mexicui virgin, Our Lad v of Kemodics- - and it will not be tiinril to imagine how deft i!ng-- rs put the new Christian puteli iu the old pagan gar. A tie I et them honor with solemn service m.ist UuG m ,tt or I f G -- 1 under I tie n.mona r and .. pro kb ags-isoiname cf pairon eiuwis.iUOin.il preuc'i tot tor, but in fr-.ol mg let th- in u t sp ,ia i f t:.e upp.ir.u-i1 , , ,, l pm.-- THE MEXICAN VIRCIN. S1.NT1XEL r n.-su- Ol-- ro-u- d d, and striped styles of are vigorously eschewed aud only the severest styles prevail. It is rather largo and square and folds onco to go into a square envelope. The surface is smooth, but not glazed, and in color it may be white, or a dull, pearllike tone; pale gray1, with little fibrous flecks all through it, or the same thing in the palest of dull blue. The only ornament it will admit of is the house address in simple, neat black lettering in tlie upper right-han- d corner, about throe quarters of an inch from the top. If ono has a crest-a- nd one mostly has, of course, for if the proper antecedents are wanting, there is ones own inner consciousness and a book of heraldry from which it can ho evolved then tho crest, also in black, may bo added on the left hand corner, but ou no account is to be printed ou the envelope flap, which should be adorned with the crest impressed on sealing-waThe favorite wax is white, tho old scarlet kind being unpopular just now, or one may have it dull blue, pink or green, white being always tho correct If the writer possesseth not a crest that is to say if she is too penurious or indifferent to indulge herself in so expensive a luxury why, the best device for use in stamping the seal is either ono largo, heavy initial or an intaglio ring, with some fine, deeply cut antique figure upon it. New York World. x. An Embarrassing Situation. Several years ago, while Mark Twain was collecting retrospective material for his Life on the Mississippi," he stopped, one day, at City. He had, years before, known tiie place as Campbell's Bend, and naturally, had a desire to poke about unattended hy persons who would be likely to break in ujton liis musings; so, avoiding the committee that had been appointed to receive him, he w'andeped off into tho woods, lie thought nothing of tho distance lie There was music was traversing. among tho tree tops, and flowers, rich in deep coloring, perfumed the air. After a long walk ho came to a cabin, and, upon entering, found an old and man sitting near the tangle-bearde- d Tho old felow empty1 fireplace. glanced at Twain, and then, springing between the visitor and tlio door, snatched down a gun, cocked it and said: So I've got you, have I? I don't understand you!" Twain gasped. Oh. no, I reckon not. Er man never understands a tiling when ho don't vvauter. Didn't stop your steamboat down yander below tlio bend the other day an' steal sixty slicep that belonged to me, did you? I will swear upon tho honor of a gentleman that I did not. I haven't been in this neighboi hood before in twenty years." Twain obeyed. Set down that1. It mout have Tlie old man continued. been a good while seii-- o you was hero before the other day, but you got here just in time ter steal them sheep an I'm goui ter have your skelp. Hear me? My dear sir, you are laboring under 1 never owned a a frightful sheep in my life- No, I dont reckon yon ever did own one, an mon that, nobody else ain't apt to own nary one vvhur you hang out. Yas, sail, come right here an tuck mv sheep ;m ermong em wuz. cr pet lamb that my little gran'ilaughter loves better'll she does her life an she liain't siep er wink seiree fur cry in about it. Oh, you needn't blink, fur I'm goin ter hold you here till toy little gal comes an then I'm goin to blow yo head off. It won't be long To she comes an ef you've got any prars that you reckon ouglitcr be said, why you better say 'em. that's all. My dear Dou't dear sir me. Ive got you, an I'm goin ter use you. But how do you know that I stole your sheep?" You know how I know it. You know that jest ez soon ez you seed mo cr cornin you shoved off, an, mon that, you know that when I jumped in a canoe an started ter paddle out tor you, wy, you shot nt me. You know all that well enough. Merciful heavens! Twain exclaimed. Yas, sah. yas; that's erbout whut I lowed, but tho boat puffed on away1. A stick snapped outside. Great heavens! Twain thought, is the girl No, it was only a calf. Tho corning? expression on tlie old fellows face grew harder. There was a cruel twitching about the corners of his mouth. Oh, dont you fret, she'11 be here mi-tak- e'. sir" dreekly. l'llr-alu-T- st-u- over to Arkansaw City I will prove that I would not steal a sheep. 1 dont want no proof that comes from that place. You'd tell a lie, an them fellers over thar would swar ter it. I see my little, gal cornin through yander. Ez I said jest now, ef you've got any prars you want said, vv'y, I reckon youd better say em. Would you commit murder? Would you steal sheep? Sure ly not. Ah, hah, an study I wouldn't commutin murder hy killin sich feller ez you air. Don't move now, fur ef you do Ill drap you. Come, quick, now, befo the gal comes, tell ine ef you know who did steal.them sheep, that is, ef you didn t. I think I do, Twain quickly rejoined, and then, remembering' tho uame of a steamboat engineer whom ho had known before the war, he added: Jo Billings stole your sheep. The old fellow looked sharply at him, and replied: Air you shore?I am certain. Was you on his boat at tlio time? Yes, and tried to keep him from stealing them, but could not. Will vou help me find him? Yes. Wall, then, scoot. Quick, befo the gal comes. hen Twain reached Arkansaw City, he found the perplexed and disappointed committee. He was nervous and depressed. While ho was standing in the office of the hotel, some one said Mr, Clemens, you used to know Jo Billings, didnt you? Twain felt an uneasiness crawling over him. Yes, he replied. There he is. Twain looked around and shifted. The old fellow who had held him in the cabin came forward, snorted and then said: Sam, I oughter shot you fur not knowin mo, hut I reckon I've changed some. Sheep, wy, I never had one in my life. Haw, haw! Come, fellers, heros ter Sam an his erhility ter still Arkansaw hedgo on the truth. - - n -- in-d- p-- i- ; bt-ca-uso c Tw-.nk.- vc-si- n . pa-se- - . Re---- Homely insincerity is often mistaken for lack of dishonesty. The ring of coin is often tho km. friendship. They never need feara fall who the blights. Adversity undermines many a stn ure of prosperity. 11c who w isely uses his wealth leave it for his tombstone. The sight of a mans money is antidote for the odor of a very character. If you would avoid the suspicions your neighbors, never carry your a lasses in a demijohn. Prosperity awaits all men, anil t, pursues some, but it is never fom.o the haunts of vice. True genius lurketh under cm. while arrogance stalks unread in ' full light of day. The most wonderful work of Gm man; hut brand him slanderer am! I, will disown llis work. The wisest fish long thee ' dangerous hooks und is finally rag with a bent-upin. The ambition of youth looks forn to the triumphs of ago, while satr-turns hack a wistful eye along ther-patof youth. It is well the hook of li fo is us page by page. Wore all the to lines bared at once tho task wou-too hard to master. Not only should careless states" regarding our neighbors bo ignm but facts themselves should be subdued in the interest of right ing and fairness to our fellows. Fr. o My friend," said Twain, with an effort to be calm, if you will go with mo No Room Left. There is reasoning and reasoning. A little chap residing in this city, whose lovo of Bible history is indulged in at all times and in all places, was recently reproved by his mother for his lack You must get in the habit of order, of putting away your rubbers and overcoat," said she, and not leave it for others to do." Well, mamma, replied tho young The Books to Read. reasonor, dont you know that a perYou will make the best use possible The Most Popular Son?. sons head can only contain just so The Cincinnati Enquirer answers a c much? Now, if I put rubbers and over- of your time. Emerson says: read the by saying tiu.tthe most popular coats and such tilings into mine, then best book first. Unless you do that poem in the English language is Clement C. Moses and the Kings and tho will die never Prophets you having read them. Moore's "Night Before Christmas " We do will have to be crowded out. Oue can easily use all his time in readKingsnot know that vve concur in this opinion. Is ton Freeman. ing newspapers and die and neverhava Moore's poem more popular than "Mary read The tsermoii on the Mount. Of Had a Little Lamb.'" l!y most popular," Politeness is Without Reward. making many hooks there is no end; we take it, the Finiuiu-- menus tlw most an i the most Gentlemen,' said un indignant pas- there is an end to life. Choose, select,' widely discriminate. Do not read the books The Moore po m is pnpu,.tr only at senger on a south side cable car yestera ennui short se.re, n et toe j ear, th- re' a re of a day or of a year. none of will and oilier simpler 1; you taut me taught to . got up day, give Books that live for hundreds of years evil v ilnv oftlieyeir. The bout this old lady a seat?have not attained so long life because ' icy's .nub leas u- - p i ,i -- it mer, . Ill thank you, sir, snapped tho they have been carefully preserved i s, than auv ether p i,ng come to th" a nee- - ss.trv art of one's idjeu-Iion- . ialy1, to attend to your own affairs. I liavo been carefully preserved Anotlnr i.ntvirsil poe:n is Watts' am not ns old as you are by twenty they they deserved to lit e. Men have let, e'e , ami ano'her, years, if Im any judge of a person's said all along of such and such a book U c.ter." to , and a third. Dupsuf T'wii.k-ethis is too good to he lost, we must l.i'ito These age. mo known woe-e.-Tho indignant passenger got off at save this. We all know the words of tne English language is sjukeu.- - Chicago News. the next crossing. Table Talk. Abraham Lincoln's speech at Gettyg niu-hi'- t burg, nobody much remembvrs Edward Everett said there. X 1 store and a secoiui-hasee outn.-ijob lot of book- -. You can pay a - a ri:W Atake your choice. th,. are hooks tiiai have not -i evaj. ation. T hoy are more vnhuh;-pap- er mill than in any other j,'.' Tiie ink is an objection to them . ever. The annual issue of nov. Some t something wonderful. ought to be given to novels. begin with the good old o.ies, the q that have stood the test of time 4, passed lmi'ter as works of genuine teivst. 'The busy people h ive towith She" uud Quick or tho I)-That is eertaiuly not a good beginm nor ending either. It is a pity to die ignorant of Wa Scott and well acquainted with q Duchess. It is too easily eom.0. that because one is traveling that must whilo away the time on waav ' tho train boy lias in stock. A ri car is not a good place for reaci-bu- t if people will risk their eyes, do it ou something excellent? book that you have wa:-to read and lacked the time it iu vour grip and so tlie time. The man who reads the (i books one hour a day for thirty will have gone very far. Ho will jr. p in company for any reading tnan. few in a the woods days spent man who impressed me with hhsv:j ? derful memory of the best tilings g have been said on earth. O.ie think to hear him that ho had a library and had attended to it. of the sort, lie had one book, old English re uler, which my h; read in eighty years ago. Thera ; bits in it of tlie host words of ir,, . lauds and all ages. Myron W. th- B. Welch in Arkansaw Traveler. '1 h" Real ( 7.ar. The Czar of Russia beiomesa and persona;1--' r to ; what Mr Latlirop, h'-iue. tr be about country, says denies that this great potentate f'u' in a bomb-proo- f bed room, and boiler-plat- e underclothing as a pr-Ti. tion agaitret nihilist assaults. are no secret chamber and undergro. passages of escape in his palace, are scribed in American papers, and he. no more fear for his life, than any o man who is married. Besides all t! the Czar is not a man who scan so-prince of the house of Romanoff has any likelihood of wearing! crown is educated to under-d-im- l perils that attend the office. lie kr that tlie fierce light that b ats up throne, while it shows off the gilded cupant to tho greatest possible aim tage, like a stage calcium, may at' same time afford surer aim for the sassin's bullet. But this does not frigh him. When his predecessor dies up to be crowned, and never the coronation robo is bn proof or not. That is tho true Koj" off, oven when he know they tire lt to Mr. Lathrop, who it" from Detroit and can therefore be ' lied upon in his statements, says Czar rides about the streets of ht' tersburg when he feels like it,cit much as any other well-to-d- o who was able to keep a carriagerarely that he thinks of disturbingn guard, who are playing dotninoos adjoining cafe, very likely, and anthem to attend him for forms curious what strange, distorted lions we republicans get of a Ku- Czar from reading newspaper spondence. Texas Siftings. ' pop-im-o- T' - sa--i- F-- The King's Daughters. The King's Daughters are mult! ing rapidly in Brooklyn, and hur of women wear the little Maltese ( which is the emblem of the the membership is confined order-fa- orthodox societies and conereg1 Tire larger numbers are said to b the Methodist denomination and are non) iu the Unitarian sock 'The majority of women wls) are h of Daughters are also members the temperance societies and ribbon hangs beside tho silver r Tho work which the King's Due are pledged to perform is cover , the Unitarian societies bv tho 'W3-to which almost evety Uintir.s man belongs. In some of thceh'f ill Brooklyn the greater part of malo members are units of a engaged in some hutnaniq work. The. practical character o work of the Kings Daughter of mends itself to all elas-eand it is an organization desk; double its present memborshtn c 000 before long. New York S'J11 Teo-ar- s , |