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Jfmitiim's fjm'iral ISSUED THUKSDA.Y MORNINGS, And. eutered at- tlm Postptllce at Cooperetown, N ' ■ ■ nsmall matter of tlieeecond otaw. SA M UEL M. SHAW , E d i t o r . . S . M , S H A W ,& C O . , Publishers ami Proprietors. A Mt. SH A W . • 15. S. BKOCKHA.lt. A d v . e r t i s i n g ; R a tfte s , llHCll ; 2 iiu ‘1 3 in. 4 ill >icoi. K col Kcol lcol 8 0 91 2 fl! «1 05 $2 OO ^4 00 $5 60 $8 00 $15 1 V!u *200 , •2 id) H 00 fl OO s 00 12 00 1 - 0 & 2 bo 3 *25 4 00 - 8 00 10 00 14 Oft 9ft* 00 • 3 00 4 00 It -Oft •tl 00 11 00 lo 00 98 y 30 ■ 4 00 b 00 : 6 00 10 00 12 flOilfl 00 81 3 00 b 00 ! 0 00 .7 00 11 so 14 00 18 00 IH 4 00 0 ool 8 00 9 00 14 00 1ft 00 ?A 00 40 •‘b 00 ,7 00 9 00 :ll> r»o 17 00 21 00 80 00 4ft JLO 00 13-00 1ft -0(1 r^2?r 00 ?dv oo;nr>on —tiff 1 0 00 U7 ool 24 ;00 21 00 851 00 aa 00 64 00 Ha I w ’kl 1 Uo 3 'd o .; 4 d o . . '6 do. 2 m o ’s 3 do. 4 d a fiido*. . 1 y e«r_ Special Notice), 60 p | r ceijt. a d d itional. Advertise, nrents oonflned o third p a g e , 25 per c e n t additional. . M a rriage notices, fifty cfints. Obituaries, lire cents: .per Une. Itomit.pay. w ith th e notice. . , _ _ _ _ _ 1 Local column, o n e lino 40'eents, tw o lines 00 cents;, three,lines tScents, ftvelinetLju.'. eacti-additlohM -tm r dltrcenxa., . - Cards ,-*1 60 a line per y c s r ; JO for live lines, Non pareil. C u ts nbt adm itted. , \■ T K I f t 8 . $2.50 per a n n u a t; $2 i f paid s trictly-in advance : $1 for s ix m o n ths; GO conta f o r te u weeks. ' * tf . t f r Subscribers Who live oiri-.pf this county will jOggse rem it a t th e rate di: l e Ceiita it year, t o pay postage. ^ * • • •JE5*Hereafter a l ln e w subscriptions m u s t be prepaid; the paper Will be d iscontinued a t tlie end o f -the term. Professional' Cards. A T T O R S , E t c . E „ M. H A R R IS, At.tomVy anti C o u n selor at • Law, Cooperetown, N. Y. Oflico over tire First N a tional Bank. • • C H A R L E S T. B R E W E R , A ttorney-and C o u n - selor a t Law. Office .in tlie Bowen Block, Coop- $ 2 . 0 0 p e r Y e a r in A d v a n c e . n o t M e n .” A . D . 1 Y0L: LXIXY1. NO. 2. COOPERSFOWN, OTSEGO COIITY, N., M TliRSDAI, AUGUST 17;- 1893. A. S. I’H IN N E r . C1IATFJELD L1SDMARD. t h i n N J e v & .L e o n a r d , . General Insurance AND - Real Estate Agents. Hooker Block. Cooperatown, N . V. 1 8 0 4 . ■- I . E . B Y 3 . X E N T E K , General Insurance Agent Life, F ir e , .Actictent a n d P la te Glass P o licies issu e d in F ii'st Class C o m p a n ies.. Uf* Losses lionofafjTy aeitkil nnd promptly paidT Office tbSTUel/ian building, Main street, . , r ' '.Coop'erstowia, N-. ,Y. . ^ A L B E |C ^ G; TgNNANT*, A ttorney an d C o u n selor atXftW. Office Ih the Court Honse.- /^ E O B G E BBQGKS, A tto r n e y o n d C o itn- V X seldr at Law. Office over Bimdy’s Shoe store. • Main street, Cooperatown. ______ J A M E S A, LYNES,- A ttorney u n d - C o u n s e lo r at Law, Cooperetown, 'NTT. p E O R G E V £ N HO R N , A ttorney a n d C o u n - U T helor a t Law, Cooperatown, N. Y. ______ S S. ED IO K , A tto r n e y a n d C o u n s e lo r , a t • Law. Office in the Phinney Block, Coopera- town, N .Y . • 1 - f T71RANK L. SM IT H , A ttorney a n d C o u n s e lor .JL _a£JU w v a n d District ..Attorney. Office in the Court House. . , Bank. lor i a Jaw. Office adjoining Second—Natioaal P H A T F I E L D _____________ „ V Counselor a t Law,w, andnd Justiceustice o ff thehe Peace.' L E O N A E D , ^A ttorne y a a J o t * * flee in Hooker Block, Oooperstown, N. V. and Of- W IL L J. SM IT H , A ttorney a n d G o u n selor at Law, and Justice of tlie Peace. Office in the Bundy Blook, y a in St.; Cooperstown. P H I L I P H . P O T T E R , A ttorney an d C o u n - eelorat Law. Oflice iu tlie Taylor Block, Coop erstown. 'D A R N H M P R O ’S, A ttorneys a n d C o u n selors Jt^-at-Lawi—GiBce-iit^tlie-^itien—builtlingr^heiry Y alley, Qtsego connty. Tcftns ------------- - - - , L negotintcch. O SCAR F. LA N E , A ttorney a n d C o u n selor at L a w , Sclienevus, N. Y ___________________ L J.' B A R N E S , A t t o r n e y a i i d C o u n s e lo r ht • Law. tYoreester, Plsogocounty. N Y., G IB B S . & W IL B U R . A tto rn e y s anil C o n n - ’ »olor» »t-Law, Opera Block,-Oneonta, If. Y. - o F . M A T P E R S O N . A tto r n e y a n d Covui'- sejor a t Law, Mew Berlin, Chenango Un. C A. BOWNE, Attorney and- Counselor at . L a w . Morris, N. Y. _________ __________ L S. H E N R Y , A ttorney- n n d C o u n s e lor nt . Law , itlcltlield g iain g s , J f Y. ----------- R M. TO W N S E N D , A tto rn e y a n d C o u n - . selorat L aw, Onconla, N. Y, r i e n r y j L>. S i n , IVY. j j . O F F I O E AND R E S I D E N C E on C h e s tn u t i _ Street, Cooperstown. N Y *^*Ofllcc hours, il A. H. t o i P. M,» aiul6:3iMo7:30lV At. Telephone. T . B a s s e t t , J V I . X L , gecih, Cooperstow n , D . L . Office at dwelling o r t Elm atreet, C o n p entott'o. . * Several strong companies^ * ~ : . . . » X 5 I 1 L 1 I l S . b o t t e i v _ • ’ ■ ■ — 1 j Real Esta-tet Insurance - Taylor E tlock ----- CUOPKIiSTO’SVN. N. Y / IV. A. TH A Y E R ^ i‘xea_. — - - T l i e - ( > t w s i M » « u i i t y F i a r n > e r s , C o - o p e r a t i v e F i r e I n s u r a n c e O o . ' Iusurea F a r m and. detached property o n ly at a c tual cost. A . O.S-JI I PM AN, Secretary. H O T E L S . O T S E G S O C O l O P B S S T O * 7 7 1 T , H . Y . THE MUSE. This elegant an d substantial Hotel, constructed of brick anil stone, aiitl aa near firo-itroof a s any buiLling^ W . Offioe on Fair atreet, in brick house, one door north or Main street. Office day*. Wednesdays iind S atur days, u n til 4 P. M. 4 IM . I r a o g e n e B i \ H s e t t , M . 13., P HYSICIAN an d S u r g e o n . Offico in b r ick house o n Fair street, onu d o o r n o rth o f Mnhietreel. Cooperstown. Office lioureflchtn 0 to 10:30 A fit , anit l.SO to 3 P 51 ^ednusdnyR and S a tu n ln y O to U - No oflice h o u rs on Sunday H o r n c o L a t h r o p . * W t. in tliis county, vim rcapcuccd to tlie public in April, 1893, am iu6w invitti tlneir pfwlrojia^a ^ The oht-tlmo gurats o f tlie Fkmmoui.,” uitii us many new ones a a liiay faVur i t n i t h their prvsvuce. Will !>e cordially welcomed b y the new Proprietor The Hotel to supplied with baths, gas, electrio bells, ateani neat, etc ~ “ 1 Table Board fUmLdieii those who may wish to room out o f the house. The “FR5JiMo»K,1\\iU be k ept opm all the year in r r P T X E T CoaperstoAYti, Majr'B, 3803. Proprietor 4niUt ^ E B I G E a n il= M a id e u g iL iC o r « e r .o f J jnkoiuqd: VD' CilC-.tnat-^tnjL'i.^ • A tf^inlaiia.—iu towu • lionw. C'oiiault»tion Rjiyivl:&n^ . _ •V. S , B l o d g e t t , M . r> .. H 01K E O P A T H I0 P liysicim i, Cooperstoivui. Office »t «3iiience o a Lake street- ■_ O . XX. X X n h M t t , NT, TD., | _ | uilusU i’ATttiu Piivsieinn n n d S u r g e o n .' £ 1 Office end resjdcnce. Cliestuut street, near Ilotel .Fenlmore, Coopendowr), ____________ ■ ___________ ... Tnnnicliff In n , P I V E POI1VT, \ O T S E G O L A K E . F R A N K - M . P I E R C E , F r o p ’r. TH IS FAVORITE ENN will bcopcn to the public oi^the 1st d»y.ofr31iy, Slid eonttntn? open till a b o u t the 1st of October. TUcxeare-gowt-rw)Hi'«—for-t—Jtinrtcd num b e r of S a m * *T. M . D . , TJHYSIOIAN anti Surgpop, fiooporAtrf\vn, ( - -J^-Ofl*cer*nd-«3ridence0n4teH>UeTiamift'*tFeeL m>atly ' Hoardcm,tod-ther -ansy wow tie-engaged, opposite achool iuilldlns.' Office 1outs l 8 totfA . 51, i n r s i v x s m m s n p n n v WKntst wttt ana 7 toft P. M. ComuTwtlonspromptly attended. I F T 9 !I AND D E f ] r a iR S ™ & e o r % Q O . T n h t t y e r . jpH Y S IC lA N ^ a n d Surgeon, M . D m C o o p eratow n . Office over Richtmycr's d rug store _____________ P a u l C a m p b e l l , D . D . S .j D ENTIST, Cooperstown. Office nt f on d u e notice Tbo table nnd service wili be first-class. [ jO “ Tclcphone connection vrith Cooperetown, Rich t field Springs,, Cherry Vatluy, £harun, and other pAitria,................... . .... ............................... . F ive J llle Point, A p ril, 189*3 . 4ml‘2 HV Ft.0UKNi*B R «:oATK4 The robin chnuta when the thrush is dumb. Snow siuoullts » b e d forthe cluvor, . . L4lh.tiamua nittra* a n ti d aya.to come Are sw e et m th u day s tlmt are o v er The tide tliatib b s b y thu luoontlows b a c k , Faith btrihh o n llu-Ttiitrof Norrpw; T h e h n lcyou llfinri^ i n w inter's track, Ami n ig h t inmken\*ay for the m o rioiv A u d e v e ratfiliuiji, o fjoyllutjaiii»r .Sings oit iiilhelieart of th e lover— lit Urutlx ttcugs o n - t t r a t tlsya td cumu A n « \u e t ns th u d a y s that are over* ■ [From Clmmbers’a J o u c n a l.l - — - REQUIEM. .. Let h e r 3fc*»t ,* the w e a ry n tg h t Never brought, h e r dream s like tlii? Let her sdcvp, the tnom ing Ifght Shall n o t waki* h e r firom her blfis GloiLwftaalic xoum l the tlglit,.. ___ _ - . Death hml c o m tuvm l w ilh a k iss T i tn l Wateh tm m o re; Flagging feet, t h e race ia run, Hands t h at Irem y burdena tnjre, . .« ScLtliemiluwa. t h e day bsdono, -------- —- —Henrt lit* slid—tliroxiglvanguisli sore,- Everlasting peace is won. 1 dence, cast Main street. real- B U S I N E S S C X R D S . HUGH J BRA.UY HENRY L III N il AN •Gafr’s H o te l, ■ — JIA IK S r itE E T - <C?oc»l>t*rsIow n , N . . DEALERS IN C O O P E R S T O W N , - O lseg o C o u n t y , N. O H A R L E S - S'. T U T T L E , M a son I B u ild e r 3 COOPERSTOYV'N, N. Y. Residence oue door east of -Univereallst c I iutcl I Eatimatea cheerfully furnished. A ll work well and promptlydone, ^ A E B E l t T J E W E T T B U T L E R , DOCTOR OF DIME A long.established EamlSy lintel nml 1 to use. The convcFiTcacesamil quiet o? aTioliie ITee b ili to afitf Trom the-riiliruait riupol. Himnling X - G E K S OF THOUGHT. ‘ 'flie devil cuuics to t!;e sea By tlie river, {md to tbe Iiiiirt by the fye.—{014 Piuverk To enjoy A thing §Xcluaively is commonly to exclude yuurselT/frum the true enjoymeut of it.—[Tltorcauy Man lina nu JS tbrreal Fntlmr-n'lif1 aenrltitn B a l l a r d ’ OTSEGO L A K E - C O O P E R S T O W N , . N . EnUrgeiTmS. complete Un ali IJs appointments. to reside nnd/feaiii experience in the animal pflitcipIeg.^fl'aTiicelsns. ' . frx^ i^. t n ny- ert a trite ihfluence, and tliat is by being true aud faithful ourselves.—[W . U- Eliot. Iiow shall tho^ead arise iano question of sraihift ' but mere philosophy.—[S ir T. Browne. {Differ ray..-!- — O F TTIE • Graduate o f New York College o f Dentistry. Oflice At Terrace Cottage, corner o f Glen Avenue and Grove- Street, Telephone connection. _______ . *“* _______ _ Teeth Extracted IKioet Paie, I have tile exclusive right, to nse O d o n t i n d e r ln Coopvrstown Tor the painless cxtrsctlon of teetli —. This ia the surest and safest local anaisthetio known— no bad results following its use. - .21.—!— ----- — t^-R-W-AI)SVV4JltT.Hr licnU»U_ from the Home cf tlie famous Novelist i . LK N O tO itli COOPER. M a tle o n l y in S t e r l i n g S ilv e r . 'Deslgif'COnlrolleil >lttl for sate only by B U R C H , Cooperatown, N. Y. O O O P E R S T O W N A n d G a r p e t C l e a n i n g W o r k a . FIR S T CLASS-WORK. T’roinpt 'acd“rcirefal‘*tteiition-given tri all v o r k en trusted to lia. W ith new znachiiiery and experienced workmen wri feel confident we, can; please you. H. TV\. TH A y E R , Proprietor Cooperatown^ Marcia ;S I T o R -V XfJ Y «!> -3Bt. NDREW BPBNOKR. Milford Village, will attend to a ll business a» a Practical Surveyor. XVM.J). JHtain itreet, Cooperstown, pno door east Of the B sllird House, EVERYTHING F tltS T CLASS.- 'Kctiri Franing Fixtures, Saw Filing, : ■’ ’’ And a itkinds of Johbingdone, a n d satis- faction guaranteed, i ABo A g ent for the peiebrkted III f l . . C a r p e t g w e e p e r s «>ld and repaired. , . . . 'Our motto—W e strive to pi esse. 1“ I I ROYAL PERILLA :h t f \Tlie ab sente offaff odor, is the , ^ “ T-1 - ■ - . — . ...sweetesti ,« '- T 7”- •, , C o o p e r - L r « n t l i c r 8 t o c k l i i g \And. the rlpshat-vcstof the new mown lmy Gives it a sweet a i i d .wholesome OdOur.\ - - —Clbb'cr. _ 1 I « > 7 F t e v e i ' S ___ . Attatts Its vlofeimsin August — >C* CEUTim S CROli'CliltE By Ita specific acilott \upon trie delicate tisBUfa o f tlio '' A „ S D ;ives great relief to i>erson- afflicted with tills dreaded O mmiu ., ,«nt imd.r any cireai instances _____ ''I.ESSEN 8 TIHB SEVERITY of the worst attsck Soid ’hy DrinfgfsfcS: A . P . H o t i l e Aug, YJriewSbtPuLs; B iuirnlct, N . Y ., M ’ P r ‘THEGEMUiJSE A'ND ONLV^ A N D E X T R A S . . S ^ e t i G n s f o r a l l k i n d s M e w e p s C-hajnjirinWlieel Ka^ke, H A Y J U G T O O t i S O f :all kinds, R a inllis and Sisal Rope, all sizes. For gale by f H . M . ; . • • ■ COOfRRStOVVN, ST. Y. FAKHIH 6 Fortirit-cltsa Plows. ICnribws »nd Cultivators, go to . J \WARREN LAMfi k CO. If you wink It W U L DONE., britt* Jtfurnfil Office WHO KNOWS 1 * ? % u BV UANIRL RANKS StOKELS; [• — . I t * WhQ knovi’stve have aipt lived.Indore ' In forms tlmt, felt delight and pain !- Jf death Is not the open door * -Tliroirghnylitctiivo pnss to liliv again ! The iTuitful iu'tkl Jjyiiejitli the.sCd. I 11 infaut biid aiul, Gluom may rise; ^But by tlie.eteriialluws of (JoU • Iti 8 riol)qulbkriiicd till it dies. The leaves tlmt tremble on the tree, i; Full ’neath (he stroke of Autumn^ storms; Hut byisfline mighty mystery • ...................... th e r forn As currents of the surging sea, From uadiacovered sources flow—- So ivlmt we-were and, yet may be, In tills brief life we may pot know. V But oft some unexpected gleams Of past and unrejnemhered yeara, ^reakrthvoTiglrthcdoonvay ofmuiYdre^ms'*' And some familiar fuce appeara',— . A gentle spirit lost awhile, Amid tpe cliongc from death to birth, W.liose Jbuamlng eye and loving smile Recall soiiio former scones of earth. And.thus uucuiiscious of the tie—^ The mystid link that love, creates— Perhaps wri'sCo our OWn wliri did, i In newtir forms and other stales. Perhaps-with every cyelii passed -In all the afies yet to be, Dur iovTdxvlll come\ to U 3 ariasr— — As parted waters find the sea. Nut wholly clad, as they were seen 1 When death unbound their robes of clay; But with seraphic face and mien, Aud sculs that caiiriot pass away. ‘ * (From thuCongregationaliat.) - MAUDS BRIGHT THOUGHT. ‘^iiftat^thia liiUej, pleasu, for pie, y _____ . _.My. little cuiisiu ealtii ......................... “I wrote two pages all myself Before I went to bed. “Write auntie’s name and then I’m sure The penny post will know, If street and number nro put on, Just where It oiiglit to go ” I made the address bold nnd plain, Maud darted -froin side, And rim to where her mother ant On tlye veranda wide. “Isn tthnt writing pretty good,” Tho chilcLliegan in glee. Then paused-E thought she meant to say, • For a littlu girl like me?** Tliis TTltTo muld would sbmetpnes tell fciturlcs iiot strictly true. And often.T lmd tried to bring Her fault lufbre her view*. “Be.careful, Wftudle, dear,” Isald, ’ , (Twos Uu* mom of my birthday); “Just lhhfck before you sjicak, my dear. Be careful tviiat yon say. ” She thought n moment, then she spoke. Her eyes.wuwfbrlglit uijh ftm ••Lift that writing\pretty good fLr a wrman r»f fnrtjj rmr - . TO-KOEEOW. POPULAR TALES. t h e (taarper’s Weekly.) STORTY A S S i m TOLD IT. BY UMOAJIFT WANTON irEBBILL; You see, 't^as this way. We was .liviu'- -out^YeatT^m', 3^TEtT<)w,~Ji m al’ays c’d do anything \v 3 tli a lio’a’.- H e started in witli the herd, ait’ it pehetT one day iliai a Hg ho’s’man irdtn «Dali foray xvas a-watehiu’ the spring rom*d-jii>. H e stood on fhe outside o' tne eorrat, aft see Jim a-cuttin’ out his hos’es. “Who’s that 1 ittle feller?” says he.. Nobody kftMv-edwhohii was,.only't he was; Jiin Oollius/oiee b’l'tlie Uerjers. After the hmnflin’ was done; this Go’s’man he. hunted up Jim . “L o o t a-here, young feller,” says he, “ holy muoh h e y e gittiri’a n io n ti ? '1 • “ Twenty\ dolLa's,” says J im , “ an’nay feed.” “.Twenty (Joila’s a n ionthi” says the h’os’- iu an. “ Wliy, a . chap ’at. c’n liatidle ho’ses the ayay I see y o u handle vthew hroncos this afternoon ougafc t be inakin 1 tweifty dolla’s a day, a n ’ more too.” - -i ‘tWell,” says -Jim, “efyou was to h u n t the range oyer you, couldn’t find nobody more willin’ t ’ make tw e n ty doila’s a day’n I be.\ “ ’Cause, you see, m ean,’Jim was a-keepin’ comp’ny a t tlie tiine,’,an’ iny ol’ dad kind o’ thought J im iwt’n’t nauoh good, ’cause he was so little.- th a t feller gits so h e can takes’s good cawe o’ you’s your ol’ dad does, ” says he to me, '“ho can hey you, a n ’ iiot be- fore;’“an’ when dai said a thing lie mosf‘gen- ’allv al’avs m d lnt it. _______ ' I didn t want to go agen him, ’cause dad was al’aya miglt-ty good to mo. So there we was, a n ’ we botb felt awful bad about it An’ when this hoVnaiin spoke about twenty dol- la’s ft day, Jim g o t i n t ’rested.right off. “You d o n ’t tuow ’-ino,\ says the ho’s’man to . J i m i “an ' I don’t know you. But I ’m willin’ to take ofeances ef y o u be. My name’s Joe Lawton. Bteokon y o a ’ve h e e rJo' me.” _ “Y e s. \ s a vi • Jim. “Reckon everybod' ' heerd o ’ y o u ’teivci'ffecriTahyliniig'bout O a t iforny racif ho’ses.\ “Well,\ says Lawton, “ I ’m a-goin’ home to-morrow, au 1 ’ s you’re out of a job now” (you see the liendem’ contracta ends with the spring roiind-uji) ;‘you .como ’long with me, an’ I ’ll take caro o f you, I ’ll make you a jockey, an’ a d®rn good o ne, too.\ Lawton seoiaed to^ think i t queer’t Jim hadn’t thonglit o f it LimserC- •“ You’re just the right weight,” says ho, “an 1 you’re Illicit f o r it, an’ m ore’n all, you know how t o liaaidle a bo’s ’. ” Well, oi* coiciso Jim Vvas pleased, ’cause handlin’ lio’sca wvas his business, an’ it xvas a great thing to leave a big hb’s’man like Law ton say things like t h a t , ------- “ W ell,\ said Lawton, “ will you go?’’ “ I ’m willin' ^enough tft go.\ aava .Tim, “but—-’! * “W ell,” says Lawton, “ out with it. You \got a gal, f s’pose?\ . “ Yes,\ 8 »y 8 ,Fim; “ that’s right; I have,”. . “Au' o’ course there ain’t 110 other gal like h e r o n earth,\ says' L a w tcu^Jaughm g an-a winkin’ at Jiiii. _ 5 “ Bet y e r Ills -tlioy ain’t , ” Bays J i m . ............... “Wlmt'a tho enntter witli tnkin’ her ’long?” Bays Lawton, \Reckon Oaliforny's big 'uough fur Iwljt o' y e .” _ . __ . “ Well; ef roll'll sqnicro it witli her ole man,\ saya Jim, \so'shv lHfet u s get married. tollin’ mo that filly was gohi’ to win? \You mado me p u t a thouaand-on lier.nn’ tiieu you tlirowed tlie race. I know y o u did. X saw you-dojtm y self.” . ' Jhu kinder roused u p a little b i t at tliat, and says; “That's likely, after I'd baoked her myself with every red I liad.” ^ » “Oh. yoiGI -Vet- v o iir unom'v b'aeh.\ savs Ned.sneerjn’, niiv plenty more with it. But, ,I ’ll fix you. I ’m goin! to ieli ole Lavvton what-you done to m e,\----- ,— —-4 — ------ ‘‘I a in't done no move to you ’u 1 done to myself,” says. Jim . “Home, Sue,, let’s go home.’- _ ■ . • * i So Jim ’got h is colors -off, a n ’ we won't and 'left Ned a.cftssip’ aiid a-sweiirin’he was <goinv to tell Lawton and fix Jim.' “What’s he g o t to tell Lawton ? '7 says I to •Jiiii'as ■ve i w as “He ain’t got nothin’ to tell h im ,” says Jjm , “ only that I said the filly'd win, a n ' he p u t i i i s money on her. H e uinr’t g o t iio sand nohow, or h,e wouldn’t squeal like that.—' Lawton won’t bother wf tii liim, 'He’ll \tell him to go to the devil” ■ - An’- then I as'd Jim wbatuildej him i i i the iraoe. “I -thought- you waf •goin'/to fall,’” says I . “Oh,\ says Jiin, “ I was full o’ cliampa»tie. “ I ’m as dizzy as a fool yet. I-didn’t sleep none las’ night. B u t I dinuio what got the m a tter with ffie at. the last quarter: IPeared like iny strength all weot sway t o once, I thought I was goin’ to fall myscjf f o r a liiiu- ute.” ' -■How much did you lose, Jiin?” says I . “ Never mind whut I lose,\ says he, ‘ ‘I t ’s Lawton I care about. I wouldn’t a-minded'. rt~hnlf -so • m uch—if—hedf-a-eusSed-ane— Bim— takiV it the way he did broke me all u p . I tell you, Sue, they ain't no w h iter man on earth 7n Joe Lawton. An’ you let TH nank'e this u p to him, i f I live long enough. You kin jest p u t it down in yer book, I ’m done with night games and drinkin' from, this out,\ I was mighty-glad to_ hcn.r Jim. say that, ’cause' I ’d been worryin’ a good hit. I l^idn’t just n-coniin’ over the range. They seo like long red aud yaller fingers reaching d to lift the daikiiess out o- (lie. valley. Al They seftmed jaching down the. volley. All to once they.eoiue into tny head suuthin’ I ’d heard about the night bein’ darkest jest be- fore'tlaylight. ' Jiin and ine. Buuthiu’s goin’ to turn .up ta- help us”; and sure ’nough sunthiif did. ’Fore J im was up that loomin' one o' the sent to th e track. I run a n d waked Jim up. Somehow. I thought ’turns good news, and sure enough -it was.’ I t come from a im's ‘ lnaii in Kentuoky, I ’ve got it right here.- We’ye a l’ays kept-iti I ’ll read it to you: fibuisviiLK, Kv., May6th. “fames Collins, cars Joseph fawlou, Sari, AVilonio S^ls'Sr^a&'ameiUo. Califoj^m': - for ICeir- AH. “ L'an you ride niy inave tuoky stakes May 13th? My boy dead, otheu'good hoys engaged. ‘ Mare can tyinif well ridden. Guarantee -you §fi50 aud ex penses >viu o r lose; $1,500 if you win. Keep tftrms secret. Answer .quick. 1 H enuy Thubsto^-.\' • “ Henry, Thurston;” says JinL “ Thht’a the m a n 't coftoe out here t o buy Ckiquita. He see hie ride her.. May 13th! This is the 6 th, I ’ve ju s t got tinie to g e t there. That cussed note's due on the 14th. Good God! Sue, Don't say'iX 'J im ,” says I . “ You will: win. You muat .win. Oh, 1 knoaved they’d be some way o u to f it!” Then we jusf set down and cried like two .I;-. bftliipR. Finally Jim says, Sim-, big babies. Finally Jim says, “ But, Sue ‘Tliere's them ear-rings yon give me,” says I; “ I'll sell ’em. You can buy me plenty more when I want ’em.” WelL we started that afternoon. - Jiin »ot off a t the firat station an’ telegraphed to Thurston. . He wouldn’t do i t from home,, he was so ’fraid some one would get 011 to it and make trouble for him. I t ’s wonderful how hope ’11 cheer anybody) him go. Hr. Lawton come ’roiuid t h a t evening jest as-ho said lie woniiL J im’d had a nap and his supper, and ho felt bettor. “E f Lawton comes ’round,\ he’d Bad to m o , “ I ’m going to thank him fop the way ho a c ted to-day. \ So when we sue Lawton coinin’ up the road wo went o u t to tin gale to' meet him. Jim started to shako hands. B u t h e stopped quiokr when lie seo tho look on Lawton's face. “ You’re a nice chap for si w |iite man to have round him, ain't you?” Its says to J im , a n ’ I 10 SAiil-it_'s- i f lie wns a iiiin nails. I never knotted Jo.e Lawton cuald speak like that. ■Tiii) wan footPright efflics feet. “Why, M r.’Lawton,' says lie, “ wiiat do you mean?” ’ “Oh, y o u know d —it well wlmt I mean,” says Lawton. “ Youfo a thief. That's wbat yon bo.” .Tim kind 0 ’ caii'dit kia breath. Tlieii he straightens up am'looks L atvfou right in.tlio faco, an* says ho, “ Look Jt-liuiie, Me. Iitwftoii, I know I dono a had job for y o u to-day, .and I'm mighty sorry for it, But L n in't no tliiof, and I 'woti’-t-ftllow you nor nn other man to say I h o .” “* — Aw, don't gi' 1110 nouW that! iforny w itb T.iuwlmi tho n e x t morning Fore- tbreo wionths J i m was a-rtdm ’ iu stake races ni* inakin' big money. AH to once sunthift' lxajqiened ‘t made us a lot o' trouble. .. Bnt J t tt'fiiftJim's fault, Mebbe he was aotme tea Idaipo. But tf he had been let alone i t ’tt'd never happened. You see, lie got in w itb a lo* of them rnciji’ men, and lie got to backin' laia m o u n ts with big money, same as they atiil, Hp^ w aa. Hr inking a lut. SUNDAY READING. -the-plaeerarfflidhthe youitg'fotlef was anxious to help him sjimdit. Hi-m and -lini got to he grcat clilima. couiLt ii S c d Tioing ruund the track so naucli- Ned was always stuck to make a big wlitxting. He talked about i t all the lime. Ho -wns a pretty wild boy, and he had a lot 0 ’ d e b ts't no didn't want -his ole mnn t o find met nbofit* Gne night Jim an’ Ned was o u t together, a a d they had a p retty 500 d time-, I euess, ’cause Jim didn't come ionic'tall. Tliiey was a big race the next aft'uoon. aii'in the tiiornin’ Nedsays: “ You a in't im very good shape to ride to day, Jim . Ibeter lmve some champagne.. It'll brace you mp,” So they ta d somo chatupagiie^X g u ess An’ while they on a wishin’ he lc. “ They’a ajaetsl elmneo for you to-day.\ saya Jim . <lu m going t o win with thatbay two-year-old six re, a a ’ they'll ho long odds agen her. Notxody knows what she can do but me air 7 Lawton. He’s backin’ h er heavy, an' ifm pRttiu' n p a U l g a t .'’ . . . O 'course that fired Ned up right oil’.— “ L o rd, I winli I liad some moneyi\ says he. thing. Every furrow in the Book of Psalms is sown w ith seeds o f thanksgiving.— [ Jeremy Taylor. ' Yield.not for a single moment to misgiv ings about future storms. Infinite love, joined to infinite skill, shall pilot the way through overy strait and temptation.— [J. Alexander. • ' • Certain i t is, tliat as nothing can hetter d'o it, so there is notiiing greater for which God made-our tongues, iiext t o rtritingliiap'faip®; than to m inister comfort to a weary soul.— Jeremy Taylor. Search thou tlie path o f tlie soul, Wheuee she came, o r what way, a ftef serving the body, b f joining w o rk ttitb saored speed, thon shalt raise her again to th e same Btate whence she fell.— [Zoroaster.- -. — We can never know God by speculation; we. know him as wo live from him and to him, as we endeavor to serve him, as we come neav hiin in praotieal obedience, as we love and, help M s children. • W e do not know Christ only b y reading about his'life and miracles, b u t by having him forined i n our hearts, by making our- selv'es L'lirisis to other aouta/fiy Jetting'his spirit act in a n d through us, and so leading others lo him. — [J. P. Clarke. My meditations a re the-stufTout of wluch my manhood grows. As- a tnan thinketh in liis heart, so is he—-not a s lie thinketh in h is heart or as te tliitiketh in Ids will, h u t as he tiiihkctli iti the love place, ns he mingles love With thought.--—[J. P. W . ^Vare. If for a iiioincnt we may make way with uur petty selves, wish no ill t o anything, ap- it’ll be. nil right, nil’ wo'll go ’long”with y ou.” \Oh I ' l l J s . _ Jliat_''-says LuwtonmniiT'he did. Horaaile dud tlmik 't.lim was a won der. Said tlioy wa’n't nothin’ to hinder him bein' ricli in n few years. Pad never lmil nothin’ agen Jim , o n ly ’t lie was little nnd 1 A a ' Dawlon kept on. ‘“I know all about it, couldn't noako nnicli money. Bjjt when s’D '8 h e. “ Ned Haw-kims rutau t o unt ihl* Lawton told liini’t Jim could earn a lot o' iiinnuv Vmiul o* hnin’ pn little, hu was Satis fied. So vve f o t marm-il ail' started fur Cnl- •aays Ltiw- ton. “I'd like to kiinwv_ttlm t y«->ieeadh-it whon you coax a boy l a furge h is futber'a name so’s to get money to back your mount, myl then d o lmn out of ia.” Jim jest looked a t hitn. H o w a s sosp’rised lie cuuldn't speak. us s o ’t we didn't g et to Louisville till about three hours before the race. Jim took me lo a hotel, a n ’ then he said he'd go ari’ see ef lie could find Thurston, In less time '11 it takes me t o tell you ’bo.ut it, they came a knock oQ tlm d w r. “ Come in ,’’says I . ’ A man stuck his head' in, au' says h e : ‘Your husban’s got h u r t ’Tnin’t nothin' serious. B u t they’re bringing him up stairs, ’ I thought I'd come a n ’ tell y e.\ 'Foru I could say a word tho men come car- ryin’ my poor Jim. Hu'd fell down stairs a n ’ broke his hip. I never see streh a look’s Jim give mo when they laid him* downT T t ju s t seemed's e f every bit of lifo'd gpne o ’ liinu Ho qays, in a voice that didn’t sound a l i t like lusr - 1 - ____ “ Well, Sue, link’s agon.us. W e may os well give i t up.\ T didn’t say a Word. I couldn't. They didn't seem to ho nothin’ to say, The men jut a doctor right away, W hen hu fult t»' 'iin's hip he shook liis head. “ It's a compound fracture,” says he. ‘You’ll havo to fake svuithin' 'fore yon can lmvfr itse t , I was so ujiset that they sent mt—out, nnd-I -went nud-stood-hy n windei^in- jieu-uothiuVnnritenao too, an' tliat wtes rewly what done Tam up. They waa ayoiuig chap limiie o'Ned Hawk ins out th-erc. His fatlier'd rnadejipilo_ io me was Jibe th r y Jmci ii good b it. s a drinkings Nea im k ept afternoon an' tolo me.\ \Tuluyuu what!\ saya Jim. “Tale me wlmt ?\ says Inwxuu; -H e lole- m e 't von siiid you hat! a dead sure tliiiiE with that -filly, an yon, jgot bim t o lurge his, fatter j> uaiiie to a iioto f o r 11 tliNiisiii',:! t Uiil.i.-i. to Lack h e r with, au” foci luaji. Iiiiu»ttna guiir tcr.whai-k up.the-winnm'vir It- ai-i'niHyou wns- gffhig Us thu double crcs 33 , forr'tlrp—lioj-lvlls- in e ’t liu oan prove t yOB HilwVeit tlie iiicu, u n ’ w ouldn't p u t i t past yoit now t l knoiv tiie set-Hn ’-roont. I waited there airhomv-an’; g o back nn! tett Jrnr. ef I live to be a hundred, yeara old I’ll never -Iiow I ever got down an’ weighed out I leaves above-■inc. tb e umbrella spread by 11 a- forget what tliat hour was like Then tin- «Mt’t know, lt had to he done, you know , 1 Ulri! tur llul, l u u , H„ j p , stin u n til the nun doctor como in nn tolo mo that Jim *\ni 8 iill<trM*vtne ittiv wmtlflnt bemim*; an when f*. , - . . . „ . 4, right, b u t he seemed so .nervous that heL*l.stepped oil’ tho scales, I din’t know nothin', la ovcr’ nnd from the rich, wmm earth tlie e • . . . 1 .- 1 , , , ,. , , . . . . 8l,„ . jiu-ises tlm t grateful, woudsy’ smell, sweeter niy thaii any perffi|iie._ The liinls break,out into eyes. Therawas Thurston, tlie weigher, an'!new carols, tlie ilruttsy hum of the insects two or three jockeys They sajd I'd tuuxblcd ! va ^ ^ ^ flnwera |i£l . Uown m a dunel f»mt, nu theyd took mo nn r , , ,8 ... ... • an’ put mo 011 nbehoh. They w a sthe inosVi u “ ,lc‘ ’* llU -\i-Im a m lU -t,- •niouialiid-luuhin' aetv- mui I ceei orc, VaUSe ,®» rejoice,\ and \uchnro tlio talinrs of my when they’d lifle-d me my-wap’d fell off’, a n ’ holiday, literally a. holy day when one can g e t down *d eorae myhaif. S o m ’ s I could Speak * near jnongh to mother Earth to feel h er heart stu d , her moods; —-ss= ----- r ^ i- ± , , - T .- . t 'ItS gsveium suuthm to make him sleep, aid h e | mure till | felt wambudy try i n ’ to potir s thonght I'd butter leave liini xduue fbr a n thin' down my thrusL TTucii I opened hour or two. so’s ho'd get tested. “ All right, sir,” says I . IJkMVtta* tv^ray-Uftirctl ntni*, lie liada h e a r t ’s big ns a n ox. *-lion I fuel au bad, JliUu wuman,' cKi_Ja lie, yoftf husbatt' all ri^ht He’ll be laid up futr a wTiile, But ’tnln’t s if we\t ' * hia lee off. how, is it?' ----“ t i ih—yott—iloivfe-tti t ? ’ Jiiu, ’ the bull o f it. ’ ‘Can’t you g ^ ts o m e V says J j m .. Ned thought.-a minute, an’thon he says: . “ TheyV pm -way I couI<? get some, I conld rot a n o te cashed a t the bank. I'd make it or thirty davs» an’ take i t up to-morrow—ef you're sure tlie- filly Tl w ia.\ “ Dead 3 uw,*\ says Jim_. “ T hat settles it,” says Ned. “ Wo’U take another dirink, and X'llgo and get tho cash.” Au’ he Hid get' i t , a thousand dolla’s, and j u t i t oujthoffclly,. An’-Jim -bet all tlte mtm- ey helTatL, jab- aa h e said I 10 was. goin’ to. Jiin didn’t feel very good that a ft’noon, sn' he must ’a ’ fefced i t . Fest as' he was goin' to m ouht, Latvtou comes up. “W hat’s the m atter wi-tli y--o.ii?” saya ho.' “ Yon 16ok all broke Up.” “I ’m all riglxtj’ says Jim.- “ Well, ytnl -don’t look it, by a d arn sight,\ says Ixaw=ton, “You better have suntliin'. Here, -boy's riiaUlito the b a r nnd get me a pint of champagm).-’ “I.don’t .wocnt n o cliampggne, Mr. Law ton,” says J lu t. _r r “Well, you’-vo g o t to have it whether yoir want i t t»r iiortx,\ says Lawton. “ You ain't a-going to rida tliis here race for fun.\ Then He poured out a whole tumblerful, an Vo’ coaraoxTTiii liad t o drink.it, aiw ’l.waa just ono drink loo mafiy. Ho moniited the filly a n ’ cantoned do-wn t o the start all right, and when tliejr-sot-off h e seemed to be ridin’ tiirr he turned into the stretch, Thon ho b e g u n to sway. I was in the grand stan’ watehln’ him, and I held my breath, I \bout this otlier thin \It’s a lie,\ saysjTi . ___________ ____ ' \Tfitm yen Uidif t fi'FJ-’lIie \ hoy yoir lirad a sure thing?\ says Lawton. r - says Jiin, “ I diil—tijlt tdni that, b n t—*’ \I don’t want ujinou' yer h u ts,\ says Law - fOii. ’\You\tliT tiH liian'lTiaiTsn 11i,tt*s oui- thing tliat ain't a lie.' Esidyou tell him t r g o r to tlie bank an’ g it a thousand dolla’s to back tkefiHy?” ‘■ril tell vou’jiia' who-t I m lo him if yuu'll l e t me talk, says Jim . . ■'Tell m e firat 'bout thia thousand-dolla' bnsineas,\ says Lawton. “D id y o n know he was coin' to git it—yes « r no?\ . “Yes, I knowed lie wass guiia' to g i t it,''says Jiiiii “but if you'll let'imie explain— \Explain?\ says Law-ton. -To li-1 with your explanafioiisf Yota'vo confessed e n u u g h 'to liaiig^a man in tllta coliiitxy, and X doiet, want another word out o ’ yin*. I never want to see you or hear of you again. B u l ITT jest tell you this. Tlmt buy's in For a thefts and dolln’s. Kf it w'n’t paid in thirty days lie'll go to jail. I kmow h i s fatter. H e won’t let np 011 him. An’ t h e bov tolo m e to-day 'th e ain’t got a -cent 011 earth, ner 110 way o ’ gettiii’ one. Now yon'rejust as much to blame as he is, M«rv, Uw,'®«*c_yga’rv older an’ yoii; got better sense. THey’s biie o’ two thing’s you got to do. Either g e t that muney foi 1 lrim or* go 'long-te-jeff-with—li You ought to be able to pay i t easy after what yon done ta-day. K f 'yon ean’^ y p a sold out mighty cheap. .O u e thing's sieve: you ean:t ride no more in tb is Stale. You better go baGk to Colorado n n d go .tu heTiliii] all right, . .. th, thought sure b e was going to fall. He ’peared to lose a ll control o ’ the fiUy, a n ’ she swerved all over t h e track t'oirrse shq was h e a t clear . 1 -gct preheud no ill, cease .to-be b.nt as the crystal which reflects a ray - what shall we reneet,! whiit a universe will 'appear crystalized and radiant svouncl us.— [Tlrorcau. Ont^ they whose faces shine with the glory of some inspiration which lifts them o u to f themselves shall eyer do abiding work in this earnest world,, aiid themselves shine in the memory o f those tylio come a fter.. To “press toward, the m ark b f the liigh caUing\ is the secret of' all. true success.— [Rev. H . W. Foote; in j ‘The Insight o f Fai.tli;” Christians shntdd not forget tliat im-view of wlmt Christ has; done f b r them fhby are un der speoiai obligation so to live each day as to make His, presence lrianifest i n every affair of their lives—in buying a n d selling, iii their so cial intercourse, in tlieir presence ’in places of amusement, i n their depositing <bf tlieir b al lots ; in.short, ill every a c t-of thinking, lov ing. receiving,, or doing, they should always manifest the s p ir it of Christ. 1 ' The man who is climbing tfio A irs has-but tq follow hia- guide and set_ _his foot in. the right spot teforerhni). This ia th e wot you and I m u st lo t .Christ lead, and have Him so oloso toms also tliat it, w jll tie h u t a short way to behold hiin, Sbmetimes y oung Christians say to nto, “X om afraid to make a .public profession of C h r is t; ! may not Hold b u t,”— They, have, n o thing to do Witli holding o u t it is-siniplj' thoir duty'to hoid: on.— Pl'heo- dore Lrtliiyrer, I>. D, out o ’ sight,am ’t felt awful bad. B u t ef I ’d a-knew-what fermxtde it waa gojix’ to make for us, I ’d ’a.’ felt a heap worse, They come,near hein 4 -troiuble. tliete an’ there, ’cause a lot o' people h a d p(et their money oh the filly jus' . w , .-.-v s e t jjey o n ’counfco'JE n i ^ see ’twas Ws E a # ,' right she 'a' lwoii, that. .Am’ thoso fellers was awful, mad. They come ft-piliS” over into the padjock where Jim was a-gerttin’ down., and I dunno what they’d done t o him ef Lawton hadn’t inter fered. H e wmlka' right up an’ takes Jifti hy the arm, - \t\ ■ ■ “L o o k a-hmrc,” says h e to the crowd. “ E f about mean enough to saiit you,\ An’ then Lawton slams the gale andx walks off without, another word,.. jMo a n ' J iu i jest teoked a t \one rnotlier fitr *60111 a minute-. Jim was ss white as a ghost. Then hejusrt dropped down oil the ground. “M y Sod!” says lie, -“wlia.li’111 do?” “W h y , you can prowe you didn't do ifcj Jiui,” SaysL “I t s easF 'nuiigh t o run duwm lies like them. ” , N o ,” says Jiin, “ (ain’t easy in this ease , 7 ail' then he tole’ me. all abont tlie whole busi ness from hegihnln’ to end, . ‘I never dream ed't ho Was going, to get the money iuany way't wn'n’fc straight.” saya Jiin. ' “ He.never mentioned his father,aud. they wa’n ’t a word snad ‘bteut whackin' up ■tho winners neither. As f o r throw m ’ the race—wen,” and Jim put b i s hatul in his pocket, pulied out seven coppers, a n d laid ’em down oil the gate, .step, “ that's a l l I'v-e get o n earth. That looks liktr payrnga thous and doHa’s/den't it? spieeially wken-.Lawtxm Says I can’ ritle no momo ont here. An’ if-he ;says so that settles i t .”^ ' ------ ----- — U Biikit-don’t settle f t everywhere;” gays I , “ Oaiiforny a in't the oudy idaeo i n the world, an’Joe Lawton ain't t-lie only man, neither. An’ I don't' see why yon alioitld pay this money. You did’t liawe nothing to d o with rights?” , — B u t J im said he coliX'dliT do n o llin r wi Lnwton agen him, ‘.‘Besides that,” says lie, “ I b e to blame Ned wouldn’t a-thougl*t o' g e tting ■llie-nioney Jin’her, a n ’ o'course they ef I hadn’t a-told him wlmt I di<fe”“:Iaw toii’( ’cause if she'd'a-been rode” \light X ought to pay that thousand dolla.’! Tliey ain’t no d o u b t'bout or else I ought to go-feo jail.- - 1 eaiv't-get the? 1 ]xWj£ey( a n 'I.w o n ’tgo t o jail—I’ll kill imyself first.” . - , 'Twah’t no use to afg'ne with Jim . He would stick to it he was te b lam e . S o I give it u p . I tell yoii i t w an’t b o picnic- a-liviii’ •With him the next ihree yvc^kB, - Ho a in 't the patientest man in tlto worlcl, anyhow, A t lqst I go t jo fceHtt’lifuo tayself. In less tcnldays tliat iiote ivas a-coniin' duo, and Wo wa'ri't-a-initt! nearer havin’ the money 'n we wns at th e lieginnin’. I’d tried everything I could’ think qf. I wrote an d tolo d a d 'bout iti.aud.asked him to help u s out. B u t he’d heard the Wrong side -of t h e story'first, and l'C said he thought '! waa a fooL t o have any thing\ m o re, to d'o with such a feller as Jim was, and that I'd better letive h ini a n d cronte home. 'S ef I’d go back oh J itn whcn he was in trbuble like fcliall Haa. ougiht to; ’a! knowed me b e tter. W ell, the days kgpt a-ilras^in’ hy. a n ’ Jiin kept oil a-sayin* t lmt lie'll kill himself'fore he'd go to jitite I went t o bed one night plumb discouraged; I jmt Jtiicreaglit to my self, “I wish we'd both die ‘foi'o m omiug.”— 'Long'bout daybreak I g h t tip . I hadn’t ’slept a Wiftk. I wcirt tttlio window and looked out, Tlie,'firat streaks o' light wns I'm a bigger loser’n any of you, anyhow.” Jim seemtcd kind 0 ’ dazed like. He didn't 'pear to kr.owr w hat was goin’ on. • L awton kept a hold o ’ him at*' led him off to jhis dressing-rooiQ. * , “ Never mimd, Jitn,\ says he. “ I t ’s a bad go, but we'll nuke it u p on the next race. You’ve won.. too inaiiy stakes for me to go back 'on yon For this. Here’s Sue. You get dressed and g o long home with 'her. P 'r aps I ’ll come 'roan! to-nigbt.an’ see how you ho. Don’tle* I lia worry. S p e ,\ saya be to me te li& goes i)ff, “ One race ain't a goin' to,break US.” ; ■ W e hadn't more u g o t into the dressing- room when in come Ned,, an’ ho Was just wild. ;. ' • - w -“ D ^ n yo*x,\ h e sayq, “what’d yo jnean .hy-.' “There she is!” “That's Bonnie Belle!”- There goes the winner!” . Then I begun, to realize to r the first where X tvas an’ ivlmt I ’d undertook to d o . ■ -'An' ef X’d a-felt jus’ js l did then while they vvas XiSig- to back out,' 1 don't believe I 'd ’a ’ tried ft, .But I jvas -in for it; novvr. X thought o’ vpcDr.Jim,.an: th a t braced me up again, an’,‘I •wcirt 011 to the startey. They Was only five horses, aft’ we got the flag right away without I felt Bonnie , Belle bojind under me. like a bundle, o' steel springs.. She didn’t seem to weigh ihore’n a feather. At the first quarter wo was all'in a bunch;, J t ivxia a holditt' Bon- uie jBelle back jiis” “’s Tiiurston’d toi’ me tOj Xus’ 'fore we got to the half-mile Trojan’s jockey begun to let him o u t. The other ho’ses teep.'.iip aJitt,tft. T kup 1 vm n Imtrlin’ haelr . ’F o r we got to the three-quarters they was all ahead o’ luo. But. Botxxiie .Belle -was a pullin' hard, ah' when we’d rud the mile slie’d passed all but Trojaii. H e Was a length, ahead, an’ a-goin”for all ’t was in him. S o 't ju s 1 ’fore we turned into the stretch they was two-lengths between us, I eouldu'tSimit ftp longer; J-let h e r go, “Now!\ says I “ Now! Good girl! Win! W in fm* Jim an’ me!” “It seemed a’pinst ’s i f she. flew, but that blaok devil jthead was a fiyin’ too. She got hei 1 nose nearly up to his saddlle, a n ’ then she couldn’t get no fpctber. An awful fear took hoi’ o’ ine, There w a stlie KnfiTx-Tine, only*S’ furlong off, I could feel 'tJSonnie Belle was a-doin’ hex; level beat, a n ' slx-e wasn’t gainin’ a n inch. The people on the stan' begun to yell: ‘■Slln's-liaat.! ‘ si,,-'-, t n-n 1 1\ \’Plii- lti-lli-'s )i,-:lt !'• “ Trojanwinsl” ‘^Trojan! ’Trejanl” I tell you/them^ words conne down on my. heart like chunks o ’ ice. I see everything all in a flash, jus’ 's they say folks sees tilings when they die—Jim ’s pale face with that heart-broke look oti it, tbo mote due to-mor row, Jim 'rested, in prison, our whole lives black, black, black forever, a u ’ stiH that beast kep’ ahead. I t seeixicd’s ef he’d a hundi'ed devilsiuaidtoolixiiu ______ _ Only twenty ro.ct morel Ronnie Belle flew o n like a bird. Trojau still held his half a length. An’Ahe \tfrowd kep' a shoutin': “Trojan wins!\ “ Trojan! Trojan!\ All to onco sunthiu’seemed to take hold ’o me. 1 jus’ got desperate. I brought the whip down on IJonnie Belle with all my might and sent in the spurs, “Now, Buimiui Now! B u r Jinx’s safejd I ’m- God’s sake! You iuust win! You shall win!' O God, help us to win !\ 1 couldn’t only gasp tho words,- but I ’ll a l ways believe ’t Bonnie Bell* understood.— Two jumps iiiore an’ sho was a t Trojan’s neck. . All her bine blood was up. Another jum p an’ she wns oven. One more an’ I hunted her under the finish-line first by a head. 'T h e race was- mine nud Jim was saved. I never was much on prayin’, an’ I 'ain’t never made 110 great perfussions. But wheii I prayed fur thnt racer I b'fieve God heard mo, Tho parsons say Uo d p n 't take much stork in lio's'-racin*. B u t II* helped mo that day, sure.- An'when I pqlied Bonnie Bello up au' rude baok to salute fhe judge, I jus' kep’ a-sayin’ over 'n -ovrr: “Thank God! Thank God! Thank God!” • i r ORIGINAL. X IETTER _ jE s s J te EiefimsinMaxmmU.. OPT IK THE OODNmy, - ' . »IY SIAM MOCK. My Uxunmoc-k is swuubg in the open glade near th e house; between a ltemloek and a groxip o f sugar-mapjes a n d bircii trjecsx. and can look acx-osj the lately' mown lawxx to a long hedge p f tiger-lilies; over a n o ther hay field to sonae beautiful woods where hem locks, birclies, maples and beeches aborted, and rhododendrons in full bloom. Top tired t o read, tor even think, I lie still an d let the scene possess me w ith its sweet •qnietnesa, like -a [icacer ~ Under my swaying shadow grow t h e bright blossoms o f the blue grass, and , ripe wild strawberries tempt m e to many a f e a s t; the violets, too, clusier thickly, but tlieii- blossoms have given ptftcoto those o fthe fragrant slim leaf, so like: the? iiiy-of-tlie-jyallcy.. I hear a scxfriy overhead;, a chipmunk -hah ju a e apio /1 me_ W ill h e be 'afraid—o r dtfes he dare t o juinp from branch to b ranch over the monster's head? X look well-disposed!, and lie tmiats'me, and so 4 b the Birds tliat chat ter and bustle ill their b'uilding in the hem- Ioekbough. 'Almve the tiger-lilies the b u t terflies hover ; mos* restless of all, tlie Aigxi- nis Aphroditfe, of a rich golden -brown, the- undersides of his wings dotted thickly with \ ’V’ ■ toils rpiBstions, and we looltcd to see whore the y-nuuy one wns, a n d w h a t litsllanger couldbe. By tlie basetnent windows(is a deep cut, to let light into tlie roofiox and down this thp . Iprdia had; flown w -fallen, and-w ss caughfi~ . between the cfo.'rpd window and the outer iron -bars, while on the inside o f the glass was-our old enemy and its, the white c a t!' She was gnashing her teeth to think that she couldnT reach the toothsome ^morsel-.' Do you woiidcr th a t th e father a n d mother wtpe frantic? Al bert climbed. down tuld b rought up the b ird and s e t it b y its parents, a n d thoy walked off with it, one on each side, singing; whole; hymns of gratitude. I f the mother had been ,human she would, in allprobability, have in dulged in hysterics, b u t this sensible creature, - after seeing h er child safely in the honde nest, went o n pi'ekiftg up insects, She has flown fo meet us eaSIi. morning since with a thank ful greeting. K. K . B. C O O F u i k s t O W N , silver spots. Sometinxes, b u t rarely, while X watch, a. black-tail, the Papilis Asterias, sips a little hoftoy ; but lie seemB -to know that I should forget to b e lazy and would try t o catch him if h ^lingers, s o away he sails— p ret ty fellow in h is suit of black velvet ond blue satin sheen with jewels o f pale emerald. ’ Towards noon the bees buzz drowsily, aud BThntJoWs it t tire -fifr-ofrti'ccS” seem oddly mixed, a n d I might almost dream o f sleeping, did not a big robix* light on tlte top-most t ip of the highest hemlock, swaying the whole tree with his impufcutius coming,, alyl sitting tbere, so high in a ir, sing ns though ho poured out tlie thanksgiving of a ll created things tliat summer hascmneaf. last, withplenitnns.hlcss ing. Iiow restful It -is t t r study th e different trees in tlie wooda. To see how they branch; how one lmrblnisk foliage and imothcr warm sepia tiuts. T o notice that the hemlock nml the oak . hold, their brandicH straight uut iff ilfffiauce.uf tlie law e f grav itation. How cool th e blending greens look. I think_I niualget up energy onough to p a int them sometime— nnd how sweet the air i s I Tlie sun h as hid den for a while, a b reeze springs u p and rocks m e gently to nml fro, and I drop off into dreams o f Acadia; for hoiv long I know not, for through a l l the dreamy rcvi-x-y i-uhiesthe soft p atter of a gentle shower. I hear it, far , abovu irrc, atnl nuvwr llmrk it-ismeaiit-tw send - - - - - - — - — 1 . 1 —.. * fa n r a t e t h e MANffgACTOntlNfl SITUATION, - A dispatch froixx Fall River to the “ T rib une\ contains a good deal of- information rev gai'ding the reasons vvhy so many Nevy E n - HiU iiiillii iii’t; cloaiiig. ; Afritnif3ctuit?i'aJ '\\it says, “ are-not particularly worried because of the impending idleness , .There are many of the mills th a t juecd repairing, and after a lorig seasoft of prosperity that has .closed so abruptly the repair; will be made uxore will- ?ri&ly a n d extensively.” Instead of there be ing a.condition o f business that compels a - geworql oAoppage. o f production, thq polioy of C u tting down entirely is one dp vyhich the managers rtiftar. “ Other manufacturers con sider i t a very aiinwise policy t o shut down their mills altogether wtUe their neighbors are running full tilt.\ I f a good share of th e mttis are running full tilt, business is not 7 paralyzed and the wheels of industry l(aye_ not been stopped by 'apprehensiofts of Con- sen flthim ,xm ly.V I iLuihl 1 “'J D'Y llos,'_ng w_aad ''F 11- _I_ 1 ■ T great cOuifort in\ The Tlitctf VteRjpyter gressional action. The employes seem t o be taking the matter with os mueli equanimity as the employers. M r. Howard, Secretary of the Spinners' Un ion, does not believe the mills are shutting down'with a view of stayingidle till Congress adjourns. He predicts that business will be a great ileal hetter nextfOctober than the ‘present otiftook irtfdsJJ^apte tobeliSVej Tim— wox'kiug people are nut alarmed or greatly in convenienced hy the stoppage of the mills. M r. Howard says: \The shut dowu will bo welcome to most u f tlie operatives if it doesn’t extend over four weeks. They have been working very, steadily and harmoniously of late years, a n d a great many of them tell inn they would like to have a .rest during the ' warm weather. Quite a few of llleiu have been putting money in the bank in anticipa tion of this kind o f times.”' The truth is that the present is an extrcme- lv convenient time for tlie manufacturers to start down, and tire diliU'ulty of getting cur rency for pay days makes it an inconvenient .time t o rnn. They therefore seize this op portune moment for overhauling their estal); riahmeuts aud making alterations xuid repairs, nnd letting consumption overtake praductjon ■ The employes want a vacation, and havemade some preparations for one, and the-mills aro rxitlxer taking advantage of the opportunity ^hnnsnttonnbing to adverse forctm, [Bulletin. THE RBftL QUESTION, --suysi- ,Inn’s g e ttnT im rt lias just ruined xis. “ Hows-lhnt?\ says tire dootor. “ Cum*, tell 1110 all about it. Mebbe I can help you. ye?\ “ No> yon can’t,\ says I ; “nobody can't help | ‘‘I ’m Collins, ” B u t I tub- iiilti baul xt, Vatlse f felt ste AVell,\'f.ays be, “you’ w o n , b u t I don't '701'1?'''1 il\ lle l\ oTtho Oiiiveffte know whether it's a llrigid or. n o t.. Who bo tlm t carries plant (uid -lmiterfly-, and soul alike, upw a rd In one great thfub of rapture. all right,” says I, ’causeJL. Knowed that was tire name that was up for kindo'nlt alone, nn' it seemed good to talk 1 Bonnie Belle's rider. ‘ ‘ B u t I a in 't Jinx Col- ** somebody. Tlm doctor xvijied his eyes j lina. I'm Sue I'ullma. Jim 's wife ' moron once while I was a-lellin him. You p oor child,” saya lu*, “ I'm awful sor Ty (;*nTi ‘t rmything b v drmre0 yaxv find somebody tlmt ’11 ride for bim?\ “ 'Tis too late now,\ says I; “ the ho'ses '11 start in less 'n an hour.” The doctor got up, walkin' to the winder. I wish t o goodness! could do it foryou,\ho says, kind o' half to himself. **An' God knows I wish I could,” say 1, A n ’ then all of a sudden i t flashed over me t tueixbe I cuuld. 111been out witli Jiin l o t;, uf times when he was exereisin’ the horses.— IVo used to go early in the momiu* aud Jim \d luate (vie wear a'sm t of hirt cftes, n o ’ Tide ■ jam e -asJm d idr ’cause o-’ course you couhTiHT\ m t a side-saihlle o n a raee-ho's’ I'd .nl'ixys 1 teen a good .rider, and I.w a ii t a mite- afnud, nml Jim give me lots of points ’hoot startin ’, and how to drive a t the finish. He user! to praise m e, and once he \Said “ L ike .hioxigti I'll break my neck some day, and you'll have to Vide for me.\ I t all come back to me now as 1 thought *xf th* IW we was iu. an’ poor Jiui a-lyin' up- staira a s helpless as a hsliy. ■ “ Doctor,” says I , “ I'm a-going to try it. — to r e t tlieru. a in't I?\ »—Nit l e u B o a s . Til this fine old- house, wilh ils aiii j»Ie grounds, I have found ninny in igbhurre nnd I Well,” says Thurston, “if yoixr name's sjK-nd long hoiirs of tbis idle I’acaiioii iinxe, Cnllins the race is all ligbt But where's gossiping to uiyself about them. The firat ym w h n s k n rto-m y « K d rt-hvridraW -•; ' 'oxh.'w'itJ,' ttboiiTT BeraTnc 'ae,1uaintc-.l ,a..n “ I II tw! you nil bout it, snys I. “Tftmt ^ ... , A , , , no moron right you ahould fcndw.\ I s tc'll,\S 111,0 n! TOOm nt t\'11^ 1111 shc had Ho I up an’ tolls the story, same’s I ’ve told , Q n » \ ’ b i t « JgPvu> » ° l over-clenn, and carried to you. an’ it it jus’ seemed: to break ’em all 'a bone, which sin* bail hidden carefully under rip- ■ I m y dressing-case before she discovered rtxc “ You soc,” says I “ that racewas run for Never shall X forget the Hash of her plioapho- bigger stakes n you knoweo. anything bout, i , ,, . f ! /. . “ An’youi won ’em M t an ’ square, Hue.'’ , reare,lt fif?cn ^ or 11,0 rllrl o f lK'r '\S1'' saj .3 a voice just behind me. I turned 'round , h r to )ip,wlien I shouted ••Heat, pxtssy1” Since an’ who do you itilixh was tti*re? Jim ? No.. | then threw h a a hce-n war between us, and the How could Jim a gut there ? ’Twas ole Joe ill-feeling aecma t o ljavc spread t o anuthcr of green Rwt xieWt teritTT proper ten rre. the question whieh the I’resident h;i.x assembled Congress iu apccial seaaiuii to eoimidcr is— shall olio in dustrial interest, witli a product valued at $75,000.1)110 per year, be protected at an ex pense **f ruinous injury U> all other industries with a n aggregate- annual product estimated a t . uvmr$10J]UthOQO.QUl), ol 130 timea tlie e-ulnn id the silver lirtMluet ? This is the ease which it is the immediate toisiiiwsuf Gia-riqirestuUiUvei of the nation to try. - The i.miplaiiianU a rc au ovevwiichuiug ma jority of the nntioix; the defendants an inslg- idtieautiiiinority. - . The complaint is, that by an illicit procure ment of tegislntion, a form of currency has been forced upon public use which isof uncer tain value, ami the tv lure not sound- or safe money, nnd which 13 directly calculated to diire out of use nml out of the country the only toi ia of luoucy puoscssiug stability of .more, to be ab Iztcvt.nx l eS; sirrsxl»■—.It-t- Pfuvton, nil’ rt-yon-; uxy ueiyhbuhi ‘ *1 red a n il given mottled tur- tl* which the children's father brought home to ailtose there' d u r ing their eoinidescmcr The doctor looked a t ids watch. “ Yes,\ says he. “You can ju s t about do it, Butdu you s’pose they’ll let you ride?” * “ They won’t \know i l k me,” says X\-- lira's cfo’s just fits rtx*.'. You go bring me bipitcos aoaitr. - 1 should tliinh°tbey' 4 x) juiite| tluxte,suit -you took o g a '-Iiim, a n ’ I'll put it on. T h is man Thuratou never see J im closo to. He won't know the difference.\ The d o c tor looked kind o’ doubtful fur ,1 minute. “ You’re snre you won’t g et hurt?\ says lid. ' ’ “ No,” says I, “They a in't fto danger o 'that. Ohi do h u rry, doctor, a n ’ get the clo's,” says I, ’cause the idea had got hold o’ me then,' you see, an’ I Was jus' crazy . ■ “ All right,” says he, aii’ lie went an' got 'em, an\ While I was p u ttin’ ’em on h e found somebody to look after Jim . Then we got in the doctor’s Buggy, ’cause he said Iie’a take ' started for the track. The doctor Know the tears was jus’ a-nomiing out '11 his eyes. . He como u p to tlio bench an' says he : • ‘Km*, I ’ve bee*i » »k«ii’s-i'oundrd, un I ’m w illin'to «ct down uu my knees an’ tell you H r is a pretty enough fellow/ns turtles“Vo, so. (led Knows I didn’t mean t o do i t .” | a n d looks quite innueenf. 7 ? ? to n ’ only iistmeri to Jim, snya i. Tlie first night “we pnt liliii Tri aErgeTxic “ Yes, I know, girl, I know, says lie.— I . , , , „ , , “ But I didn’t. The only tiling I can do now . m tlle pl«y-™0™- 1,1 the small hmira. I was is to try a n ’ make it up to him.\ An’ theft | awakened b y a muffled tread across my he jus\ gathered me up iii his arms. “You floor. Mybeart stopped beating,'the lung- blrssrrl little wtmtmt.” said tie ‘■Y'oii;vezgflte-ti 3 i)btt--for truTglre- ■mrs-romc at krst‘ lit tin- me an. _____ . said he wouldn't *a’ knowed me at all, tlie clo’s changed' uie so. I'd tWistPd my hair up on top o’ my head, im’ pulled J im ’s cap down tight back o’ my .cars. When we g o t to tlie track, we drdve straight to Thurston’s stable. “ You better run in by yourself,” says tlie doctor, “ ’cause Tlmrstoii l;nows' me, and lie'll wonder what I ’m doin’ with you;\ _ . X guess mebhe I was ahakiii* it little, 'cause the doctor says: “ Don't get nervous. A good deal depends on your keepin' your head for. the next few minutes.” ■ Tm \all right,” saya I, au’ went 011 into the stable. “Where’s Mr. Thurston?\ Tasked a hoy. “ T h a t’s him there, goin* over to the p ad dock,” says the boy. ' . . ’ Run ari’ tell him',” says X “that Collins; ie Oaiiforny Jockey, is here. ” \ 'W hy,\’\says the boy, “Thurston* been lookin’ for you for three IxOurs:- He thought suntlijn’ 'd happened to you, an’ he'siwild.— tlie stuft’in you. IM back yon every time. “ T h at's all right,\ says I , “but we’re losin’ time. 1 want to go an tell Jim . Won gi' me the money, su's I cam-take i t to luui, Air. Tlmrstou ?\ saj’a I . ~\r \ “ Certainly I will.” says hv. And he did. Ko wc all went-ThnraSon, Imwton, the doctor (lie’iLgutrmuJji byib.al tim e ), ai)>l.ni£a still wcarin’ the colors. Jinx was awake, an' was a-wonderin' w hat'd become o' me, when in I walks and holds t h e fifteen hundred dul- laxs right 'fore hto eyes. Then hu had to he -told, of coui'se. We a ll took a han* a t fenin* him. JTnTjiist looked froxn one to t'other, au’ never said a word. “ Don’t you catch 011 , ole nian?” said Law- toii. • \Don't you take it in? I,eiunie try an’ bile it down for you. Sue's rode the race and won it, too, liko a lady, an’ here's the money, which yon don’t pay a cent of to 110 . body. I ’ve got tho rights u i your story now, an’ as soon as you're well T m goin’ to take you back home with u ie, ant' I'm goin- to try an,rgei even for havin’ treated you so mean. Do yoii understand now ?\ , 1 . A rr-Jim he never said s, word. He jus’ smiled, a n ’ p u t Up his twoTrands like a baby, an’ ole Joe Lawton Bent breathless pause came the scratehihg of tiny value and cuiutuoii to the nations with which wc transact onr foreign commerce. Tlie eviiUinc adduced is the large outflow uf goid incident witli the introduction of this debased currency; the diffusion of distrust auiuiig our foreign creditors consequent upon the fe-ar that our debta may beoomo payable n i silver instead of guld; the actual return front -Knmpe-of a very large snm o'f sttch in vestments from thutjcnusc ; and the current sudden transition uf the cuuntry from a stato t*f gctn-ral jwus)te*xtty it'--ill ,.f I, h .U h i.ll [niuie, industrial paralysis ami gem ini distrust, with- _ o u t parallel within tin- late, half runlnrv ______ Never was a great case sutiuiiitcd for adju dication in which tlie charge was m ore clearly just, the evidence more conclusive, and tlie remedy smi>nrt mure inanifc-t!y MehKitetteTur the interest of puhlii* 'jiistice aiid the pubttC' welfare, - [ t ’oininerei*-Bulletin. t ov*r a n d kissed bim. A W1TIY .ANSWER. Those whose mission in life it is to enter tain the. public are always-pestered by friends and. Hcqumntanc-es for free seats a t their en tertainments. There probably never was a singer or ait actor oV a piatiisfwho was not bored nearly to death by these people, many of whom haiTndl Ape slightest claim to.ask -the eoni'tesy thisy demanded. A. pmnisf. who was pre-nmlne'ntty successful iu his day, and that day-was iiot so far back cither,’ vvas Rubcnstoin, wbo traveled nearly tlie whole .world over delighting people with He, like a ll others, was very fto uch H e ’Sgbt »• ; annoyed by requests for c'oixxpliinentavy tick “ R un .flShJelUnm, says l^, ‘‘th a t ^ s B j ^ r e ^ i jjhit most o f Iho tfnxe b o mainfained liti I'll t'goiie a n ’ can ride,’ . . ’ The boy caught up with M r. Thurston, an’ |ie coxne a hUrryin’- b a c k , “I'd giy'e you up,” says he! I begun to explain about the delay, but lie stopped me ant says: “ Never mind that now. G e t n ito your colors, and hurry over, fix it w ith the other b o y . The mareti already.” The stable hoy got 1110 some colors an ’ I stepped into an empty stall an' put 'em on. Then I hurried over to the paddock, an’ got- there j u s ’ ift'tuii® to be weiglied in. I wns Only three pounds under the Weight, an' tliat was easily fixed, aii’ a lntttute later I waa ft standin’ by. Bonnie Belle gettiu' Thurston's- instructions. “Lay well back until you get\into tlie stretch, \ saya lie, “then come hard,, an' you'll win eftsy. 'riiere's'notitin' else that can tow'ch her except that ugly brute, Trojan, a n ’ I ain't much Afraid o’ liini. But don’t use the whip,” The post hell i-aitg, an’ it was time foMtto to mount. I didn’t do it as’easy’s I'd ought to, bein’ in Jiin’s 'plftce. Tliuratpn give - me. ft quick sharp look', bu t lie didn’t say nothin'. I didn’t give him ft clinnep, 'eause I started right off’, As J passed tiie gran’ s tan . I-iieerd the fdlks a-choerin' an' t^shotitm'1 | lire composure, even though justly irritated. It •is told of him that ju s t before one of his re citals in London ho was accosted by an old lady in the entrance hall, and thus addressed: “ Oh, Mr. Rohenstcin, I am glad to see ,you! I have tried in vftin to pftrthaso a ticket. Have you ft seat you c o u ld let me liave?\. . . “Madam,’’ sai«l the great pianist, “ there is but one seat at thy disposal, iind tliat you are welcome to if yOnjhirik'fit tb tftke it.” ‘ ‘Git, yes,, aiid a thousand thanks! IV here is i£?\ was-tho excited reply. \ , * ’ “ At the piaqio,\ sinilingly replied iRubcn- stein. ' I , ' 7 \ The San Francisccr Wave tells ft very good story about the Jate Bislioj Kip, whose sense uf dignity wore a liutiroioiisiiniiTg. “ t'ftn’t spot tire placp, b u t I ’ve seen you hefqro, - Where in did I ftnovv you, anyhow ?\ asked a ( ’alifonrinn oh imeeting the Bisliop itt a Sair Fraueiseo auctium in very unclfvicnl garb. “ I cannot, snv,”'retorted tlie ecclesias tical d ignitary; “ vvliat part'of heil are from t “ ’ you . “ He’s a aelf-iitada Jiiaito” good opinion of, the job.\ ‘And ire hits a izeil tliat the play-room had last ils tenant. I put him o n tlie balcony. In tlie iiHifirihg my landlady bronght me a sad tale; her be- ioveii, tlie afore-mentioned white cat, was strolling out,' quietly cn tho watch fir Jier morning b ird, when s h e discovered a curious spotted tliokg ifi: tlie grass. I* resembled game wf sotue kind, ami pussy turned it qvor an! inserted n caatious paw into a little open ing she found between: two plates of thu te>n- inal. G u t darted a sharp little head, ami; the very strongest little mouth you ever [saw caught that cat’* paw and pulled o ff great ■bunches of fur, so much that the a ir wasquite fiJM.with i t , ami pussy limps t o this day. Our fi'ienYT'ttirtTi', whom we oall “ltoliy Vnrdejn.\ because o ilier guy coloring, iz very mileii-disaitttolini with hrv hoine, a litre hrdrk house, three feet square, built expressly' for h e r ; she is not even pleased with a porcelain balh, and a dinner of Jnne bugs. In board- ingyon find many' people who are discontented. ‘ A iveighteov with whom' I have most cordial \relation te ti iiriu-? Binvv;i goat, witli ireignji't- cent liorus. Billy belongs to a little boy up stairs, wlio brought liim from Washington, ami h e draws a carriage in great sly ie. Onr. friendship i s ori a somewhat slippery founda tion, a s its intensity depends entirely upon how iriaitybaimnx* sktrt31 can g ive kirn. Billy has also a house of l u s own, b u ilt hy Tunis, the-maxrof jdl w&rk. Tlie bnilding ia niiiplo. but when th e small boy with red hail-, r-ora- inonly allied “R e d d y b r o u g h t hisilonkey to call upon t h e goad, there was a most funny scene, lie wna p u shed right into Billy 's open door, without being announced, and the host, -unaccustomed to such rudeness, hutted him. Neddy kicked vigorously in return, and thoy soon Appeared, bSrstingolTt 011 ,t he id wii oriPh. fighting w ith the weapons, hoofs aiul burns, inost n a tural to him.' You see toy frtorids arc not all f tu ' -Minved. Whose ave ? The very niecst'of niirn- „ .-the Bftltinuure orioles, who liave built 11 nest h , ’• up in the.graver elnv b y my vvind'ovv; aud b et ter atill are tin 1 wood-peekers, wlio hare ap-, -pealed mostitouehingly to us -foV iielp.. C life Simdayaitcjlioori w’e .vvex-e sitting on oitr pi, azza, when a grown Wood-peeker hopped upon tlio railing and walked back and fovtii f o r a long while, iitfevijig his peculiar cry.' YVe were all surprised to sec him a?) tame, l u t did not pay mueli a ttention to him , its vve were about going-to supper. -When we came back, two wood-peekers flew down and wftlked at our feet, looking up in our faces; a n 1 u tter ing a plnlntiVe c ry, s o tlmt \vo knew tlmt they must ht' iu some trouble. Soon vv* heard \n feeble little cliirp, imswcring th e parents’ anx- ■< . THE UNEMPLOYED. Nothing can be more vlUhunestly partisau than the attempt uf the protection organs to make it appear that fear uf tariff reform ‘ whieii the people have twice decreed is re sponsible fur the large number of vv ui kiiignieu ont o f employment. It is uhviously a false jdaim fur these-rua»-- suixs: - 1 . By far the greater num b er of the unem ployed liave nut been engaged in the protect ed iudiistriis. The decrease uf activity is caused, as all candid business men agree, by a monetary distrust, dm- to a fear of-the laps ing of.ilie currency t o a silver standaid. It .- aifi'cts tlie railroads, the building trades, do mestic service, silver mining aud a hundred ulhcf .industries and. uCvupAtions having no ■ connection with tlie tariff’. . - r 2. The reforms proposed in the tariff will stimulate rather than depress industries, fail .anybody b u t an idiot, or a protection editor, conceive that a proposition to untax then- raw Tiiateriats o r machinery w itt stop cotton and- vvoolen miljs, iron manufacturers and the eon- camera of tin-plate ? 3. The American people are not fools or children to be frightened at tlie prospect of having their ovvn twice-repeated demand ful- -filletl a jn-av hence. - ' ' : 4. tevcly ol'giini/i'vt Tody t d bHstHess-tnett that has spoken on the subject has attributed, the prescut trouble to auotlrer and very pal pable cause: the Silvei’-I’ftrchasing pet-— [World.- H ay .—A New York paper of August 10th contains the fnllovving irifAriiialtionof interest to the fitvmer: The hay crop of Cximula is\ very large, t-his year, and is lieing^hipjicd abroad 111 great ypxantitifts. The tTumdian shipjiers ma! mip- plying the three principal European q6xmtiii.es, and are sending tlieir stock thro’ the bonded Warehouses, liex-e, vvith thi) result of lowering the prices 011 the other side of the ocean. No I imestic hay lias,lieen exported yet,, and the l,.i era foi- firms i n this city say tlmt tht* grow.ws are excited and Htubboi;ji, made so by the erroneous reports, if the farmer had not beeu.carrjed away with ihe idea.uf fftucy pricks,-he vvbiilg 'have his hay ixi-a Market anil iris trisney in Itfa porlfeb. Canada is reaping tlie henetit of t-lxe- fainilic, and Australia and the Argentine Republic stand ready tp ship when she iscthrough-.—— , | Reports frbtn twenty-five of'-tlie leading hlty markets of the United S tates find hay valued from $ 2 1 fit), at Phitnaelphjft for tinio- thy in large boles, from good Jo fancy, down, to $ 8 OT a t D u k ith, Minnesota; Tlie, E ast ern m arkets are \firm ami fairly active,, while the YVeiileni markets com plain of a dull trade and low prices.
