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Show rouxrv ui:;;isrii. riiK Krllr My Isiby slept Uuw calm lm ri- -l. 1 Ii' t a suiilo As o'rr lil- - baiui-mi- ii Like that of niifH fiitlc-l- . slilhi ill lay so still iij'xiu my lircu- -l ! I'ubllftliiux i LI'IIRAIM, TAIL My luiliy l.ut Ir N lime for Kin" William to uri-- c ami explain, for u Kusi-iupaper savs that a political exile Kent to Siberia has mur.i iMiiicy. better fiiinl, mint) u:.il lu i.'in.'i un coniiortable cloii.a belter tunc :n eiery Ilian a - 1 I'm jiiim tin- O - 1 may ,0, of tins M.iino liiein. pipes. rp-m.- i.iiiii tint y.t'.i ran It of til : wo.--i and .ml v.l: i:mt foiiit'i My rmiNM.irs doalit o' sati-tie- Van'iikiihii.t a day. $ l.i,!!.1 d with IliO pre-e- ims an lie ia mi in- . Miis till !iy. uiiilt Liiift 11 1 ! in;;? to luo. ) yi-.- kcti v mi HACK. I i itu'uu. lilisiily layout liato mo so, timl. I give you my wnril. in the lowest depths if I was roa-tiof sliis il. tliei-isn't one of 'em would loan you a fork to go uiul see if w.e done. No, sir! That's tla: kind of eitieiis they an, lint I liothv they i 'omo up pretty regular ju- -t the Sllllll.'' He niched tlie ashes from his high priced cigar into tho fireplace with ail impressive gesture. Tinll from hi desk lie produced several letters mid u book lalielh-- "Jourtml. Here it is," lio txchiiiiied, tlnuwiug tiiu Issik down on tlie table in front of Letter Richard Kertli's me; Your Writer, or the Art of Holding hclutions.' And here are sample returns, lie added, dropping tlie letters on tho (aide, "lint you had belter begin at my end uf tin; Irai'sietion. Read in thelNiok first tlie Inst hatch of letters rnpii d there. always copy 'em so as to keep track of w hat I'm do- - that jiiuec a living by nearly half of Arkansas is an clevalod You, now. who Inal;-of the line of sonic occupul on, rouiiiioiiplin'o hut country, and the base tohills and mountains ia very nearly siipiNise jou weiv to wake described by the line of the Iron morrow in a strange place, without Mountain road, which outers tlio stale money or friends, and with all work How lit its northeastern corner und leaves prohibited what would you do? ulieut breakfast, would arrange you 'll at Texarkana, some distance north ulioiil dinner, and and. subsequently, of the southern boundary. su)mt, and a lied, ami then iiiiineroii meals ami beds thereafter? Would you Pi'BLic opinion is moving pretty not be frightened? Would you not bo rapidly these times aod the man who at u loss what to do? Well, that is docs not keep up with it guts left; whew you would show your inferiority and no man is so desolate and lone to those of whom we speak. some as the one who has stood still it must In admitted tliat tliey could, and permitted the march of events to if they wished, oarn a plain, honest go by him. The man who reads the living ns we do; w hercits could we. liy tho exercise of our w its exist a week pajiurs can hardly fail to have an opinion on the main questions of the day. after tlieir fashion? Eli effet, then! you liuvo tlie whole matter. Itefore I undertook a study of those Rusk Tfkhy Co kf who ought to lieings, I had always thought singular know, advises young girls, even those of them os a class by themselves, purto a with talent gifted plaie suing, fur tlie most (aul, similar literary no dependence on literature as a bread methods. To live without work conwinner. "The life," she says, "is full stituted in my mind a profession like of mortiilcation, auxiety and disap- law or the ministry. 1 wronged them. pointment" This is a little too sweep- 1 lid not appreciate their fecund origiing, perhaps, but the faces of female nality. There is no profession tliat is pen workers do soem. in many in- common to them all. but curh has his stances, to lose their brightness at an own, complete in itself, unique and dclteute as tlie miniature curved work early period of their lllerury lives of tho.Japunuse. To tell ut tluiui is to tell of Indi7v,,.TOf turns over a great question to tho scientists. 11s says: "'Science viduals, not of the class. There was one who recently came to must answer the question, what is the reason that some people ara deprived live at the very respectable boarding of the present writer. He was, of land and means of production, while place as the naturalists would say. an excelothers possess them? Or: what lent rather young, good rauses the alienation of land and looking, well dressed and correctly means of production from those who munmired. There are some of this cultivate the land and use tlis instrua low habit of mnking class who 1" In this country such ques- a pretence ments? tuning a living. They tions are to be solved by the people. will nmiiita.il an office with "Real Estate' or 4 'oiimiission," or something door. To no such If the home is the foundation of the of that kind on the did Mr. Richard Kcrth stupid vulgarity tale, and marriage is tlie foundation descend. Not even a suggestion of of the homo, then there nhontd be but work cast a cloud ujhiii his title of one law, uniform and just, throughout 'gctillcimin. nil the states and territories of the 1 had know sum.ithing of llio previLaws ous career of Mr. Kerth. and when lie union regulating marriage. which prevent evil are always to be took possession of two of the Ciest preferred to laws which simply punish rooms in tiie house I hastened to inuke If marriage laws were his acquaintance, lie treated me with the evil-doo-r. more stringqat, there would bo fewer cusy condescension. and sism offered to divorce cases. New York Mail and borrow money of me. 1 did not loan Mr. Kcrth any money. Express. It was, indeed, for a long time a source Of course every American Is inter- of quiet satisfaction to me tliat while a ested, in a way, in every slate In the number of others, in pluiu view on union. It seems impossible that any all sides, were being taxed for the one can, without blushing, confess sup)ort of this American peer, I was that there is a state in a country of exempt. Kut uuu day as 1 wus licing which ho is ignorant as to its history, measured for an overeimt, my tailor climate, productions and resources; asked mo wlial I knew alsmt Mr. how many people know, even Riehard Kerth, and told me that he and owed fifty dollars on a suit of clothes. in near or adjoining state. that Ar- 1 answered Mioarshy that I thought he kansas has more navigable water had better charge it up to profit and within her borders than any other loss, lie immediately proceeded to do state In the union? so. The overcoat which 1 ordcrid was more expensive by o than I had exWb havs laws in ail our states. Riskpected, and possibly nlmiit nine other ing the taking of human life a capital of bhoarsliy's customers suffered u offense, and we have national laws similur amount of indirect taxation. As lime passed. 1 gained more and making it a capital offense to take human life within the special jurisdiction more of Mr. Keith's confidence. I If one knew just enough about his pusl perof the national government formances to make him think that my intentionally administers poison to as a medicine, and death silence was a useful commodity, and sought to purchase it with frankresults, he is treuled as a murderer. he He was. loth to beYet dnigs and foods und drinks are ness. his secret allhowever, ut once, but prepared tray constantly sold to and consumed by me beforehand by variuus significant our people tliat not only rob them of hints to appreciate better its mysteri- Most lVril'iliK Clmrarrer. At tlie Wiisliinglon jsistiitliee tla.-tis a eol t ion of old envelopes and msi al eititl that would Ui entitliil to a d:av in thu most eurioii of old says tin) Washington Post. Tlie collection lm lseu made by f. M. Merrill, head clerk of tho city distributing ease, who lias secured tlic spivimciis after tin u;rsoiiK for whom they were intended hud reiul tin) v ug e 1 y. Many women arc employed in tlic tea trade. They arc expert in the business aa judges of the quality of teua and they also do all of the puck-lu- g and weigh. DC for the different tea companies. It was formerly the rule that women had little to do witli tea except the drinking of it u !i.-.-t llr ihlHlI III l.'it, flivih F.fM. sM. III-- '. - I We win) rani our living by hnrtl work iialnraily ivgartl with a good ite.-i- l of iiib iv- -t tlni.--c who inaiuigi; to dodge this wt liii'ig Insv-i-ilWhat aii them mysterious mortals, wo ray. aim toil not, neither do they steal, w!ui liuvu no property, nor any npjiaiviit source of income, yet they wear ciotlies. cat meals and sleep under a gisal iiHif liko tlic rest of us? We have a habit of speaking witli contempt of these ioo.lct tat though they wcid beneath mm ill the social scale. Atv we not really in secret n little envious of their originality und inu rage? if mu should, for example, try llic simple rule of "put yourself in his nt way it muy be said in 1 Til KS(V syntnii. Hut if somebody slnmid propuh a reform thiit would cut off ayfl.7.iof the amount lie would no doubt be wilten thousand or no to ling to epi-nprevent it N a general ''ll. in .u.iSiivr sl'ep near supplying tlm world wilii liioni. coinn I Hit'll shrill J Aiul with my In rorm h.i pretty 'd iih euii) fnilil. lianui'liii.; in.iiif Now r UlT'-ihIld- ! Jie hiiiili'n uhi! I win'ti il Miimmi-- i : hshv t.ruil ipiilh l ull uiul shroud; nr cry n'...inl i..l it li huhy take Ins illl.e Imlii l.aii.l all i'in 1 h is n'' .iip 1. MU. Alld Hill'll u,i:i. kiuix r riiii I V t i:M iii.li-s'- il k of a liny iiu ii.1. Sly I al sli'i Ail n.icroi by tin; little limn-i- . V.'iiiis in., in u'l in V hiiI.ii.;; I. urns, Ih.ivn ill the ip.iel humu,; .riui-u.l- . re-pe- ct soldier ia til. 1 sh-p- 1 grin: thoir wives tins tin iimucy he, witli a villainous rural 'em first. I imsl for fifty any time. i 'Me, lio'A'cicr. aud lie proceeded, 1 uotieiHl that the book was to w, ill tin; skill of a jinmlie-i- l lii.'ikt! a small stream of nearly foil, and timl M,. Kerlh's vis-:u-so it might li called j iling li't"- - if avast urea of eredil. Tni nume. Each lio was ill iumpli-lio- d. again; cud coni nined soiiii id or laLindcrm-atl'. Utl'-was d.ited. and was OHO l.iglit, over 11 lKt!!eir V.iiie iuil result uchicvid. The Ut-- . entered tlie raiMd Inal la (ignis, be told n: how ter was general1.!' favorable. tho money. V ever the lmieliim i'y gets rusIt wasn't miali, lie- said ca:i , "wiiieh liu I.V "live or six liuiuireil. 1 mii..age ty." said liie sea x givu-elive or four a f tiiaes r every sum pens nisi.it year. 1 luku a to raiso liiat East and lubricalij things. After year. If you uial r, t;uul l.ow to a.ako lip it go good us 1wiintii.il. you kt jw. tliut," lie added with a wink, "it runs Now. i'll tell you. I have, ii.u k E:i't. belter." 1 do not know whether f have ilmio 'i. rii ii. u iiiiuds'i of lvla'ives the.-facts public. . arid all t Money conn's from wisely in milking For Ibeiv are many people wlai might tiiiul:? i them. ei:iu;i;li. E.iy I am the black easily sell their absence at a good figWeil, WMiiler. of til' Olltlit MMliegraee. !'(il I. HOW'. ure- If they only iiiidrrstoud tin art. Aiid lio you imagine they ivoiiiil ever l'red Kaylinnif in Tin) Argonaut, i for in-- , if 1 did not give up a LETTERS MAY GET Ty ERE. coiiio at 'em witli souiclhiiig wor-- e I hail u gun? Why. sir. the whole Ilul llo'tr Aililrsims .tr suluetllues of and t!u-is so In tlm t,i fore. THE SLEEPING CHILD. j . cnrio-ity-slm- p. Here is ouo in uu unpructiivd. 'rawlii.g liand as nearly iis it eau bo into letters: "bin hurnison. T. t. That would defy uny-- I tsidy but a jKistiil clerk. It wns sur-- I m;d. huwever, by one of these that tliis ciiiiuiiiinicutinu was intended fer president of tlie 1 'niittl .states, uud the surmise proved to In; correct. Tlie letter, which was Lincoln, Neb., gut to the president all right. Il was prelmbly a letter id advice us to liow to run tho d j tiMii-hiti- lp ! I Iliii-i-iso- j jj i j i ing." the volume lit lie' place which lie indicated and lsigan to read nliMiil: Ilinnii (irittin. Cleveland, ti. : My dear I'lu-lMy mother's (inly brother," interpolated the seiqiegraee "Iresbyteriun elder hardware merchant moral citizen.'' I rend on: "I snppise you will lx devilish gltul to learn timl I have at lust decided to turn my face I urn tired of wandering. homeward. und it's poor picking lierc. 1 expect to start in u couple of weeks, unless I hoar from you in tlie meantime. A lot of California stock will be entered at tho full meetings ut Cleveland, and I think I can fix for both of us to get let in on tlie ground floor, so tliut we cun make a good thing out of it. How are Kill and Jim' '' my? "William and James, "said the black sheep, rolling up his eyes; "his sons, whom ho is bringing up in the way they should go pious youths of 16 or thereabouts." " I expect they would enjoy tho vm nml mtnmm ! Ul (lua I show them. 1 plan to cpsd a month in Cleveland, and perliups may locate tlie re. Some of tlie follows are making If I had a up a party to go to China. couplu hundred more I would go witli them, but I have only just enough to take ino home. Your affectionate . " nepliow Riehai-dCold chills ian down his buck when he read that letter," said Mr. Kerth. "Here is his reply, lin prays for the sulvulion of my soul uud encloses a chuck for two hundred. Sue? Read the next one.' It was addressed to S. Van Doosan Kerth. Tlie Koauchainp. New York City." and began: "Dear Uncle." "Father's brother," tliu scaM!grace excluimcd. "old buchelor groat swell. Ho never saw me. and bus un idea that I am very wild and woolly, like everything west of tho Croton Aqueduct. I ivud as follows: "Dear Uncle Respected brother of my parent. I take my pen in hand to let you know that two weeks from date I shall take tho train fur your city and ahull visit you at the Kcuurhnmp House, where you uro staying, if you should happen to bo out uf town. I will wait until you got buck, for I mean to live in your city hereafter; I uio to gtA a job there. I know you will help me. us your brother's son, to get a job. Iei-hiijet Hr. Ucauchamp would like a man to carry trunks. 1 know you will be glad to see mo. If I could get into the grocery business here I would stay, and a mun I know of will take me in fur 0. Please look for mo at the depot in the emigrant cars. Your nephew, Richard.' "Iiniigine Unulc Van Doosan reading that at his club, tlie scapegrace; "1 wonder it didn't give him a stroke of apoplexy. Ilosever. it wus not tlie first.of its kind. He ulwuys comes up. I don't huve to whistlo twice to him.' The next was addressed to "Mrs. Kiizahclh Pennington, (lermuntown, Philadelphia." "Van Doosan's sister." said the acupegraee; "they have quarrelled and their money, under false pretences, but ous nature. won't compare notes. Mu is a widow, One evening, when ho was smoking with a fine income and un elegant gradually destroy health, one of the one of my cigars before my fire, ho place. Two lovely greatest blessings that man enjoys. marriageable said: "I am grlting very hard up; daughters." Tho letter set forth the intended visit The French chamber of deputies 1 must raise somo money." I said: "How will you do it?" of Mr. Richurd Kerth to the East and projioses to put a lax ou bachelors; I have a method of my own," he j his plan to spend some time at and the Prussian Landtag la engaged "which I apply whenever I muntown lit his aunt's residence, if in the discussion of project for the she wished it so; if not. with some assessment of the income tax pro- nm in need of ready cosh." "What is it like?" friends of his there by the name of of the the to size family. portionately smiled with the smile of a sphinx lloggs, There were various gallant At first glance such proposals might as lie he replied: references to Mr. Kerth's cousins and be thought to betoken on the part ol "I call it r- system of nlisenee. a delicate insinuation that he would the European j towers a most virtuous On several occasion he made use ef prelmbly full in love with one of them and commendable zeal for the conser-ratiophraseology similar to the above. during his viit. There wus also a In truth, Il is J F'or example, once l.e said to me: "I rasttnl reference to Ru of the family. sunt of 6 l.V). but an outcome of the ram pan I grt a good enough living out of not, "She was slmit this time." remarked militarism prevailing in those lands; b) ing in certain places at certain i the writer of the letter aloud; only Reduced to the last analysis, whal a times." Further lie v.uiild not ex- -. sent 6USL STike her deetsT nex't j time." picture this present to us of civiliza- plain. Alsmt Ibis time his of There were mere letters in tlic twili ght o' tion in tho I xivnnial. j Isiteh -- both to emisins in Chicago the nineteenth century the govern- Iswhom tlie crop seemed gun to pres him close, and it wus They wore full uf mysterious hints ments of Europe encouraging the proevident Hint, unless tlic ready cash about psid liiin to I enjoyed when of in iiutnau the order pagation should conn to ho. rescue, lie bo should visit ii,it city tly. Each to keep up the food supply for Herr wns lost - that is. lost In the same wuy drni.tndcd a !.ii:i loiitiof (.M). Krupp's gun! . ti.:it in li.ul been lust nin-i1 surd til times bu to thfli- - houses." Wild I iijx-ne- An : ul i j 1 ! J ofliec-scek- er would uddivssed thu presidunt Mr." Mr. Ailkiu Jurnel" was the address on a letter tliat came from some place in ArkmisHs. it wus meant for the of Hie urmy and to luljutunt-geiicrhim il was delivered. "Nusul truo liriinliiini, tYushcn." was the address on a letter from Trenton. Kan. Even tills did not defy thu expert postal official. They concluded the letter was meant for the Nutional Tribune of this city, and this proved to be tlie ease. The letter was probably written by a (ienuttn. It did not take long to decide that a letter addressed to "Mr. roubeen right" was intended for Reuben M' right." or that one addressed pEm. E bilker an son" was meant for Pen no baker A Son. For Misses Sole, a.tornela IV" wok a puzzler for little while. Then il was decided that the letter was intended for Messrs. Soule A Co., uttorneys-ut-In- "Mr. Ajfhunacting, Auditor" stuck somo of the force for a little yhile. Then tt was remembered that A. D. Shaw hod been acting auditor for a time und the letter turned out to be for him. Tho person who wrote tlie letter hud doubtless seen Mr. Shaws name signed os "acting auditor" to some document, hence the mistake. Tho mistake made in allowing Washington territory to como into tho union under the name of "Washington" and thus perpetuating the condition of having a territorial division and a large city with the some name is more apparent to the postal officials than to anybody else. For example, a grout deal of mail matter is put into boxiM here uddrossed "Washington, D. C.," that is evidently meant for places in tho state of Washington. People here seem unable to write the ' name of "Washington without putting "I). O. to it. Hundreds of letters and packages go into the boxes here every week containing this error. I ' I I He Always Unless. Yes." miid a clergyman who knows how to tell a good story as well as to listen to and appreciate one told by auothor, "I uin. of course, often asked, E'hen some one in conversation is on tho point of billing a story, whether I liuvu heard so und so. Now, it is possible tliat I may have heard tliat story half a doxen or half a hundred times before, but I am certain that I have never heard it told exactly as this particular person will tell it. So I can truthfully answer that I have never heard it. and that is my invariable practice. Everybody who has under- taken to toll a story knows what a cn- wtUn is produced when the listener ' interrupts him to say that ho lias heard it before, and of course there is something of tho same fueling when one who thinks ho lias u good thing to tell is headed off by the remark ihnl it lias boon heard already. No story is over told twice precisely alike. The individual element always comes in. So il is no evasion or stretching of the truth when 1 say of some incident that muy be familiar to mo that I have not heard it; I am sura I have not heard it precisely the way this Joller will narrate it. And it mal.i things much pleasanter, too, in tho long run. especially for a minister." , i J t.i list liuvu al ! n 1 as 1 n -d iVii.-lii- m I ; i ! . : j The (Tom mother. At no time in her busy days is an intelligent mother so apt to fold the arms and elom tlic eyes of maternal justice as when she is cross, ibis crossness 1 chiefly caused by fatigue weariness of mind and body, and sometime of soul. With tired nerves and weary lsaly. she cannot endure tlie i()muion demands made ujam hi follows. She sows bit- uml reelings and impel loving atton- with her irritable hasty words. Kromlly simaklng, no mother has ur.y rftfhl to get so tired. She cannot afford it. It lakes (mi much o li of her life, mid too much out of her cliil !o reu s lift). Such a emrlitio l i.i gotu-'-ol- y bo preven'e jd.-- Harper's Ru;.ar. h.--r t ion 1 THE CATFISH AND ITS HAUNTS ltd Wrrc Anra-htu- Vrrjr f.ik Ouljr On l.l if nml Had ('jt'Kiiu. u It is a singular fact that thu of tlm tin ny trilu: that liltru-six'ci-in--- t I tie :il of sc:ili-l- s and ieliliiy-iiland are by tiieia, are tii e mu lest, ugly lul l lower of tin Kind, rays tliu Now York 'l'iiiie-1- . Tlm chtlirh lias lately been li.-- sun of in.it'U iiivcstigatioii. and tie' the aaany- lli'uiry iiowistri il ur angl-.!-a though 11, c Miiail iiuv s doligiil, is a dcsceiidufi! of a HIM (ii.ll of Dial lived ia t!n: good old days that im'y geologists und students of eau tell about. ui it is a fat that the eal!i-l- i of in Mime to a!ill-grows t an iinnieie-: wrjiat and tho-- o wlio have th-- . 11 JUhlei-o' llio M.ss.s-niuriver r.ia well imagine wlial a the sieeiniin of th-muiit-jages niii-- t have been, uspeeially as then il is snpjio.eil to liave 'mil only one great big eyo in tlic middle of its lluaii of tlm irof. College of llio City of New York lias contributed un article on tho catfish to tho fish commissioners which will soon be issued. This article treats of the habits of the fish as it is u iw found in almost ull of the ponds uml rivers of lim Norlli, and contains something of a scientific nature concerning llio ancestry of the fish and tho leviathan proportions of tho grandfathers of tlic present inco. Tho features of tlu common bullhead, or catfish, uro well known mid familiar to every fisherman, its head is broad und and is largo in proportion to llio rent of tliu body; horns project from tiio top fin and the two side fins wliieii are exceedingly painful to come in contact with, us many fisherman can testify. Tho head is a tenacious, hard muss of bone, in the side of which two little, wicked-lookin- g eyes poep out Tim o 'ids, Kiu-iic- : jet , p.iw-e.--- urile-dil.i- ll vi s to-d- s e s r pi i ugly-Iookin- g, skin is tough and hurd to Prof. Dean, after cxiuiiiailon, lias come to the conclusion that the catfish was a sort of ichthyological Cyclops, tliat must have been n terror in its time. With a size of porpoise proportions, a hide like liial of a rhinoceros, tremendous horns, und armored head, the pachyderm must have been a horrible sight as well us a tremendous lighter. The idea thiit there wus only one eye is derived from tlie peculiar formation of tlic head, in thu middle of the forehead is a depression which is believed, according to those who make a study of tlm physical construction of geological remains, to be the socket of mii eye. Tlie habits uf the class of fishes to which the catfish betnnuH would soem to' odd evidence to the theory. The catfish is fond of working ia the mud and burying Itself in tlie slimy ooze that lines the bottom of ponds and rivers. In the winter it hibernates and only comus out in the spring when a thundershower gives warning of coming warm weather or more probably wakes it. In the geological ages, when the fish were immense and enemies wore abundant, it was necessary that tho catfish sbouid be well provided with means of defense os well as uble to ultack the other forms of life that it now it lies in needod 11s food. Just tho mud waiting for its prey, its dark skin having the color of the bottom, so that the approaching water-spideworm, or bug bus not the slightest suspicion of danger, so in the old ages the big cyclopiflD, secure in a great pit in the mud, patiently waited fur the coming of prey, tho great single orb peering out from the mud and mire callable of observing any disturbance either on the side or over bead. Tlie heavy coating of impenetrable armor made it as safo from the attack of other animals of tlie deep ss was the knight of tho crusades against the flight of arrows from a barbarian tribe. The waters must have fairly boiled when it sullied forth from its hiding-plac- e and the mud had been flung aside as from a giunt dredge. Somo idea of its appearance can be formed by in imagination dressing the Mississippi specimen in this Silurian armor. It requires the blow of a beetle to crush in the head of the big western catfish. What must it hive required to open up the cranium of the monster whose head wus armored with a hard bone plate? . r, AN INTELLIGENT DOG. a (luarsutcri la Is a (uhI Judge of Trsutpi sad I'rddli-rs- . Several of t'hicngo's commercial tourists have tl.e iiigh on one of their in EiigiuwouJ who anil represents a groiery iio:ic. ays tin iicru'.d. The kuiglil of lie road referred to i a church member uud uu iiitimuie friend of bis pastor, lie is i.l'U very fund of dog and justs. ovcrm weeks ago, while ul Joliet, lie a canine of tlie Scot! terran rier family, the intelligence of which greatly pleiincd him. lie tiio Miiiiiul uud on the following Sat1 rcs-dc- uci-ot- s puri-hase- urday night brought it bonu with him und inindiiccd it to tho members ef his hounehold. The dog' nmsc of iium-tikeeu perception and rc made him a favorite ut onco. the dog a fortnight hud piti.-c-d appeared to know who were friends of the family and who were not. uud of could reengniu un his muster clear across the street. Tho dog's ability to dislingui-- h the difference between the postman aud it tramp, tho milkman und u boo'.; and to wag a woleomo louno and bark defiance ut the other, greatly pleased ills owner, who never tired of deeribiug his intelligent trail to his friend, in the course of events lie introduced tho topio to hi pastor. whom he met at tin; gnn: jry. "Why," said he, "that dog can tell good respectable people from the otherkiud jut us resdily as you r.m and I can. Let the former come to my house and lie never suys a word, but when representatives of the latter cl.iss appear he barks fiercely mid raises a great commotion." The following evening tho minister and his wife fit out to visit at the home of the traveling man. Kut they got only us far ns the gate when they were knltcd. They were mat by a dog. it wus the commercial traveler's wonderfully intelligent dog, that never mudo ii mistako in judging by appearances whether parties attempting to call were good people, to bo welcomed, or evil persons, whose looks condemned them. The traveling man went to the door und with difficulty persuaded his dog to permit his callers to enter the house. To some the situation might have been somewhat embarrassing, but tlie pastor and bis host laughed heartily at what tiio latter termed a startling eccentricity on tlie part of his dog. And had it not been for the gentlemen's wives, who enjoyed die incident os greatly as did their husbands, this story might never have gotten into print wifio-auni- ur .c Ru-fo- acqu.-Linlu.-u-- e(l-Jl- good-natur- lluabands Not No Crnrl. I would never have been an old maid, said a lady of 40. if I hpd known as much twenty years ago as I know now. When I was at n marriageable time of life I heard so much about unhappy couples that I was afraid to become a wife. Kut I have looked around in later times and I have changed my mind on the subject Last year I took up a list of twenty wives of my acquaintance whom I hod known before their wedlock and to whom I had spoken about thoir experiences in life. I found that fifteen of the twenty were happily married, that four of them got along tolerably well with their husbands, and that only one of them bewailed tho matrimonial lot The fifteen happy wives are aimable women, fotid of their children and helpful to their husbands. About the unhappy one of them I can only say that she is a grumbler married to a growler, and would be unhappy anyhow, and as the other four, the fault is not all on one side. I suspect that the twenty married women I have spoken of are fair specimens of wives in general, most of whom find by experience tbnt it is marriage that makes life worth living. As I am myself the soul of aiui.ibllity, I believe that I would have made a happy marriage if I had not been frightenod by the stories thit I hoard twenty years ago." Loir Lorn Damsels. Girls in love aint no use in the whole blessed week. Sundays, ia the moraln' they're looking down the road, expectin' he'll come. Sunday afternoons they can't think o' nothin else cause he's here. Monday they're sleepy and kind o' dreamy and slimpsy 'cause he's gone. Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday they git absent-minde- d and begin to look off towards New Names. an mope aroun and lot agin Sunday The flashing of new names in the dishwater git cold right under the world's horizon is always delightful their noses. Friday they break dishes to behold. Here is Edison, who tea an off in the best room an sniveL was unheard of, whose fame and go years ugo look out o' the winder. Saturday is now blazoned o'er the world. Here they have queer spurts of workin' like is Koch of Kerlin. known to but few at all and spurts o' frixzla' their this time of last year, now seining hair.pseised An' Sunday they begin it all aloft. Here ara new names appearing over agin. from time to time in literature, some of them luminous. Welcome to all On the Flj. new lights! It is delightful to seo An American naturalist haa made them, und all the more as tamy of the up a list of 210 birds which are innames that have shone in other years digenous to Alaska, but, alas! the are passing out of sight. It is some- English sparrow is not among them, thing to have a name great in mouths and the people of that lnml cannot be or wisest censure, even if it be there blamod for declaring that the United-Statebut for a time. N. Y. Sun. has no real sentimental Interest in them. Do low Want One) One of (be KIiyL Thera are about thirty cat1e and St. Peter What's the matter at puliuvs in Spiin which cm be rented lit fro n (J to fi.j pnr week, ctsh in the portal?' advance, und any American who lands Spirit One of the Four Hundred there witli fl.lfH) in his pocket can has arrived and refuses to go in by fling on more stylo fer six months tho regular gate. He wants to know than he could get here In fifty years where the stockholders entrance ! on mo income of fOOO per week. la' New York Herald. |