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' f' •Wfi * m w OUNTY DVANOE. IFIFIIFILSSI^ xa^e, Sadspeaamt, I^oal ITewapapwr. VQL. 1. WEST NEW BEIGHTON, S. I., SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1886. NO. 9. I wonder attbeoo««it • A» I itaad vpoB tbm S I MW * •oeh TMt nspABM of Wkter, And Its grabdMr I adove. I wotHlor fkt aaob tboughiloai yoath Who b«va fur time oo cmn Bat tiro gMlr M the birds, Witb no ratnro to prfptfo. I wbcder ftt «ll.fleetin« time: For tbo Tear* •eom bot« dajr, A* tb«y fmrrow up oar bzowa And iara oar balr* to gmy.) I wonder at iwecfc moilo. peflDcd a beaTonly Mt, That iteala away onr •ovrow. And reflnes the human heart. I wonder that tfao flowers With suoh beaaty. sboald decay. .To mark the flight of seasoni. As they gently pass away. I wonder at the eT-l That's committed every day; Tbe evil deeds are being done. And the Ures that go astray. 7. wonder, too, at drinking men Who forerer blight their lives. Neglect their homen and children. And tbe plodges to their wives. I wonder at the aaarveloas strength Of a nation jast begun. The battles and tbe trininphs, As a nation, this has won. I wonder, too. when man will change. And adopt the better plan: Kut to live for himself uone— When man will live for mant \1 nw him dnw • and iiwtinctiTelj a cry ^Bat*iiwas annecessarr. \Then was a flash fnm the and the mfflan fell. ftom hi« belt, 1 warning rose to nity, and, yellins A NIGHT OF FEAR. BT CAPT. J. MOKTFOBO. While listening to the mnrmoring leaves he stood, Uore than a mile immeraed within the wood. **Now was my oppori _ at ihs top of my voice, I broke from my position, and rtished into the ghMle. **-'Comeon,boyBr I cried, as though a legion of warriors were at my heels, and shooting down the first marauder who ob. stmcted my path. I lenched the youth's side. *'My onMt snrprised the rascals, and ihes they scattered in er- WOHAK 608aiP. MaWMllft DelMma*. Her hair feu fTM Astfwi TOwaM ij^ngh the nigbt. Prom wnne far star ^molten gold That ravelad ont iU threads of light. sfali; And touched witb many a coy co Her saaelty of aboolders bare. Ber Teles poised qalekly with desire: So warm waa their consnming flow. I woBdsrad that the:»Misions' firo A sadden horror sctzod bis Riddy head. And bis ears tineled, and his color fled. Knture was in olartii Rome danger nigh Seemed threatening, though anseen to mortal eye. —Dryilm: \Theodore and Uonoria.\ **! never hear that sonnd,\ remarked the Colonel, as the wind tore and rattled against the side of the honse, \but I nm thrown back to a ni^ht, long ago, which I passed under very diifereut circamstnnccs.'* W e scented a story, and discovering by onr cttentioii that sncU was the case, tho Colonel continued as followR: \Half on hour before nightfall, upon n gluomy <lxiy early in 3Iarcb, I sprang into the saddle in front of the General's tent. \I bad orders in my pocket for the forces which lay Reveml miles away toward tbe ea^t; nnd I had been warned that a gnerril'a band WAS Bltulking in the neigh- borhood; and knew that I must employ great canlion to escape tbem. \They would make short work with a straggler, and if I fell into their hands there would I>e but one way ont, and ttiat not such as X wonld choose. \To reach my destination I must pass through a wood of considerable extent. I entered the bridle-path just as the lost gleam of daylight vanished. The sky was overcast, and there was that strange shiver in the air which precludes n storm. \I reachcd my destination without meet- ing with any adventure; and half on hour later set ont upon my return. \The impeding storm was now at its height. Little or no rain fell; but the wind blew with redoabled strength as though de- termined to tear up the trees which dis- putec^ its way. \I shivered as I rode bloog tbxongh the woods, and wished myself at the end of n»y journey. It was terribly dork, and I dared not urge my horse forward for fear of a fall. \I soon bw—^flctc^. from the motion of the hoi^e, that we bad strayed from the oridle-patb, nnd this added to my anx- iety. \Occasionally tho loud crash of failing limber would send the blood rushing through my veins, and tho next instant my heart would almost cease to beat as a swelliug, mysterious moan, which seemed to come OS low as from the fiends, swept through the lairing air. \To confess a truth, I was becoming trightened. Illy Imagination was extremely active, and metamorphosed the half-dis- tinguishi'd forms and sounds into some- thing uncomfortably fearful. \My steed seemed to partake of my trepidotion, for a frequent snort expressed his disf^ontent. \Suddenly a horrible yell fell upon my ear, followed by tbe report of a rifle. \Instinctively I drewthe horse back upon his haunches' and listened. The storm fiends seemed laid for an instant, nnd all was ^ict. \ 'That was a man's voice,' I said, smcoth* ing tho ncck of my startled steed; * some one is in trouble.' from which \But he spiwg back as the crash of fire- arms, supplemented by a series of the moat fiendish yells, sounded from In front. \I recognir^ed the sound well enough thia lime. It could have issued from no L but the gnerrillaa'; a class of men whom both Federals and Confederales had ample - B to fear. \They could noi be faraway, and I Inslnt. ly sUpM from tbe saddle^ and> Mcoiiiigthe botM to a tree, began (o crew toward tte 9 where I knew some dark tragedy waa \ I ^n^ame within of a naabei of torches, and knew that th« actors ««t* then. QpoAthA^^a little ^ada and ^-Tl^ were jwrtlhirtam mam^lm m •«. IMNM enoui^ to ' \\ oppmg theu toiehes they B « . ery direction to escape the soldiers they cxpected were upon them. \ 'This way,' I whi^ered, seizing the boy by the arm. \H e was qnick-wiited enongh to take ^vantage of the diversion I had made in his favor, and an instant later we were mshingthrough the wood toward the spot where I had left my hors^. \The guerrillas almost instantly recov- ered from their alarm, and, finding that we were but two. thoy picked up their scattered torches and followed, shouting furiously. \They had lost two of their party besides Iheir leader. If we now fell into their hands the most horrible death they coold devise would be the result. \Suddenly my foot caught in a root and I fell at full length upon the ground. Oh, the horror of that instant! I shall never foi^et it. Ilut my companion turned and jerked me to my feet; and on we went, with tbe bushwhackers yelling at our heels. \It has seemed strxuige to me since that they did not fire upon us—we were but a very short distance in advance—but in the hurry of the chase they probably forgot that thoy wore pistols. \Instinct led me in the right direction, and as I saw the form of my horse beneath the tree it infused new power into my muscles. \Reaching his side, I tore tbe bridle from its fastening.-» and sprang into tho saddle. My fellow-fugitive was behind luo in an instant, and I spurred the steed forward with a reckless disrecard of a downfall. \Away we went, brushing against the limbs, and expecting every breath to be torn from the saddle. Our foes did not give over the pursuit, but followed with the perswtency or ttloo<1honnds. \ I can not tell yon how long the chose continued; but we* at last came to an open space where had once been a clearing* \It was some relief to catch sightoS(he sky over our heads; for the storm had how Apent its force, and I heard a clad cty rise to my companion's lips us we new out into the open space. \But our triumph was soon changed to despair. \We could not ride at a very rapid pace through the woods, and the pursuers had been close behind. '•As we mpidly covered the level ground, which was broad enough to allow the steed to display his swiftness of foot, the foes re- alized that vf should escape them., \Suddenly there came the crack of pLs- (ols, and the balls whizzed about our heads. \jly companion gave vent to a heart- rending scream that I shall remember to my dyin:; hour, and, after clutching me con- vulsive1;r in anus for an instant, he re- leased his grasp and fell to the ground. \ I did not stop. I knew that he was deatl, and it would bnng no good to htm if T lay stretched at his side. \As I entered the wood at tbe opposite side of the clearing I looked back and saw the guerrillas growling like wolves around their victim. • ••••• \They did not pursue me further,\ said the Colonel, after a moment's.^use, \and I reached the camp in safety. But I nevei could discover the brave youth's name oi the regiment to which he belongecL\ IHdaol melt all h'er I A mystery of costly lace. Trembl»d and rose delleionslv. As thoa{;b it lield in fund embrace Some timid biid that would bo free. The moon peered Khyly front tlie skies. A crcsseut line of light, that night It soL'med it could not trust iti* oyus To look upon so fair a eight. Ton aak the color of her eyes: (How can this secret loncer hide?) ~ m each cheek each eyel&sh lies— leep was tho groom; Ma'mjseltetbe bride. DANIEn £. O'SCXiLlVAN. M pefMettjr nttmi^m m nnoerwust worn Six aaiU will last two or three years with next the dress. heavier or lii&tar aecordini rm ]as< the jersey cloth be to the Under all, ezeepC muslin black or gn ^ pongee skirts;; lady-liko and nnrivaled for durability. in dreas, w« they -'ore m durability. rear most \Don't fret, dotrS^rorry about it,\ was re- marked to a naturally pleasant and pretty Ittle woman who had l^en narrating a few ol her manifold woes, social and domestic. \But there is but one coursc to take if one will not fret and worry, and that is to do away with the cause, and' how am I to do that?\ she asks. \Must I give up my pret- tily decorated rooms just because I can find no servant who can dust the bric-a-brac?\ And without pausing for a reply, she sim- ply gnsps at a breath and continues: \Why do you know, my pnrlor maid had the impudence to tell me 1 had too much satsuma and majolica. That she really got so tired and disgusted with the ugly stuff it would bo a positive pleasure on some dusting days to smash the wliolc of it. Just think uf it; all those lovely ceramics that I have spent so much time nnd trouble to s>'^cure. Now, if that isn't a cause for worrying, to have to in- trust them in the bands o? such a sacri- legious creature, I do not know what is. un- less it is tn have your finest dinner of tho season spoiled by finding, when your guests are all seated at table, that three of the ladies will not speak to the gentlemen on their right, after on<s has spent so much thought on the selection and orraogement of tbem.\ As she leaves, with a deep little wrinkle on her brow, one could not Wt wonder: \Is this high civilization?\ If it is, this civil- ization is very cmbumissing, to women •eciallv. _s it not all a mistake? Is not tho pure air of our homes, as well as all impulse for good intentions, choked up with details, with things that are aiwavs gathering dust? Multitudinous curtains'and dmperies shut out the light and sunshine of heaven no electric light can supply. Such deprivation makes rigid muscles, and blood vessels, and clogs the mind and spirit. Southerners have a pretty good general idea of home and hospitality. In the latter, they have a careless generosity which is al- most carrie<l to a fault, and in their homes their big, bare rooms are apt to appear lux- urious after a siege of crowded, lopped-ofl apavtmenta.- Altbough she gives no apt>earance of it that wo are aware of. just imagine tho worry the spending of that five hundred thousand dollars must give Mrs. %Miitney, the wife of the Secretnrj- of the Navy. Ilemcmber it was given to her to spend not to save. Her mind is weighted wito the knowledge that the giver expects to bear from that half million. She is nnder ob. ligations to make a splurge. Her life is Am iBdiimaBt Enirlisli Clercr Tom Wbiffen, than who m there are no more dignified Pooh-lSahs and few better fellows, tella m e this anecdote: Bofore the dajs of rapid transit on tbe Atlantic, Engliah actors were few and far between in this coun- try. I n thoso times an Englishman in America,was more or less of a curios- ity—as many of them are even now. I n a company which was doing Shak- apeare at one of the Boston theaters named Coleman. purpo! in the history of surrendered to the mighty purpose of sur- passing all former efforts Washington society. If she does not have to fret over resomrea for the payment of bills, she must strain every nerve to conjure up novelties in en- tertaining. and, even if these arenumerous>. ly ofTerecl, she must take tbe rrsponsibilitv uf deciding which will best please her guests, which will be the most imposing. \We can only hope she has early learned the value of the homely advice—^\Don't fret.\ •rmd • jtooK, iKTUk-loddag aaa, :iriM>. k^kMnokiugnTolnri n U* huid, ««k , vkM Iw B»nmd hi* foM. ^ilne. \ThyMi i ecmuMf Inm: |nl«iil|ihM>«l mwtk wotm* to MWKUvhMal ^<NMaM. «Bia i .itM • MlliaM He -was an «ctor of the old achool, and quite aa tragic off the stage as on. His felIow-pIa;ers chaffed him in the dress- ing-rooms on account of his being an Englishman, and particnlarly on the. difficnl^ he exmrionced in the use of the aspirate. This had been doneao mnch that the Englishman was ronsed to forionsness if any one dared to imi- tate his cooknej munise of the ^hth letter of onr alphabet. Oue morning he came down to breakfast at the Tremont Honse in a not Tei7 pleasant frame of mind. He had been chaffed prettjr hard the evening before, and in addi- tion had not slept woIU Tbe waiter— a daiky of the darkest hue—laid the bill of fkre before hira and awaited his order. \ 'AreTon hany fresh heggs this mom- iBg?* aued Coleman. \Tee sah,\ answered the darkr- 'Ow' U jjm 'are 'em cooked, sah? BoUed, scrambled. bisO, honalilet; hany waj jonlike, sab.' Coleman -tamed quickly, gara the waitar a sharp look, frowned, and then. m thongh making n p his mind thst hia eais bad deoeind him, indicated his; mteMcein tbe inT of 'heggs.T - HMIT think dae, mhr asked the waiter. •Cawa bcM 'aah isTeiy aie«, •all, da mawnin'. ,BU of flab,' aab? •AUUrt. «te^ aal^ flimaa 'addie^ M aod—— \ Colemn' a face In d tamed nridsu Be jniB^ to hia Jeet, enght , Se^lar by tka eolUr.' aad keld him' It is a law of nature, ns it is a guide in moral., to make yourself look OH W O U as possible. Self-respect demands decent apparel- ing for the body. To retmii to the classic folds of the blanket associated ^th the savage or to the pictnrcsqne fig-leaves of in historical ancestress might si^alize diminntion of expenditare in time and money, bat it woald be with the sacrifice of all refined sensibUities. »MO. iirfah r ha I'a ieperMewSjeeeimiiil.ri The burden of this phase of modem civilization is unquestionably borae by woman. It is her artistic hand her wider culture, and her discriminating ecenomy that lend character to the epoch. And this brings us to the point to be <lis- cutsed, Tiz: what is true economy in dress? tThia ^estion will not interest ladlea of unlimited means, they need no aasistanee in spending money; nor is It for the benefit of the intensely poer, who have no money to spend. They are compelled, Igr circumatoncea over which they have no eontxol, to be practical examples ef the •urviTalcf the aarage's blanket, in ita man- Ifold arrangementa. But to return, what is tme economy for a ladywith-a limited but stated income? After an exhaustive review of the question, it ia found there are five rules that are most •ervieeaUe: ^ 1. C<niflae ycmiself to one or a few oolova in dreas. Choose black, brown, or Une, and never be tempted into thing^but in that one color or that wUI Imrmoiiize . with It. Ofleif a garment, a wrap, or a bonnet nay be Terr handaome yet peifeetly uaeleaa be- eanae yoQhave nothing with which it wiU nlea, you can count them on one band, are tried and true leaders; and, while to out-and-out purchase just such an opt- fit might require a good-sized outlay, il they are worked up to gradually and then constantly adhered to, they will l>e found five golden mies. ractTa ^ randea. Mas. SE2TATOB Josnss, of Arkansas, it aerionsly Ul at the capital. T HB testimony of a woman before a Salt Lake court, the other day, in a jtolygamy case, waa in substance that **Bhe didn't know whether her husband had another wife or not; it wasn't of sufficient importance to talk about.\ A N American lady has had a novel *'rose dress\ made in Paris. The skirt is composed of 800 roses of different hues, and rosebuds form the bodice, while a veil of tulle, spot- ted with ci^tal drops, is thrown over the dress to imitate morning dew, M HS. JEAIONCTTE B . H EATH , who re- cently died in Kochester, N. Y.. was tm intimate friend of John Brown when she lived in Kansas. The family home- stead at Lawrence was twice burned to the. ground on account of the friendship of the family for Brown. R ETCKUE O FFICER MCI>ON-AIIT>. of At- lanta, says that the best detective on bis force is a woman, \and a lady, too.\ She lives near Atlanta, and is particularly slcill- ful in working up eases and locating stills. H e says she has no end of nerve, and does not work for the cause of temperance, but for money. I T is reported that tho girls of Girton College have wholly recovered from theii enthusiasm for BIr. Brot»-ning. Tht-y have formally dissolved their Browning Society, and not only voted that the bal- ance of funds in hand should be si>ent in chocolates, but have actually bought tho chocolates and eaten them T H E last and most recherche production of modem industry Is \point lace into the web of which brilliants are woven.\ This costly tissue will be out of tho reach of many persons. So far it has only i>een need for bonnet crowns and for covcrin^ fans. One great couturier, hiwcver, ho-s ordered the entire trimming for a superb gown to he made of it—to surpass all robes, past, present, or future. A T Weston, Conn., a young lady by the name of Alice Smith recently couched up a large frog that had mad<? her mis* rable for months. It was of unusual size, ahd was a horridlloGkipg reptile, its color' l>fttng a slimy green. 'The young lady nearly faint- ed away with frigbJ^hen the frog made lU appearance. Miss S^li troubled for some time with whaM^e supposed was indigestion, but which wa^«l»ll probabil. ity caused by the reptUe's foragiiJ^ ar^d for food. A MAX must not only bridle his ow^ tongue but keep a check-rein on bis wife's, according to the decision of Chief Justic« Adam. Mrs. Maria K«ohane sued Aaroc B. Clarke, in New York City, to rccovei damages for slanderous words spoken by Clarke's wife. A motion was made to dis- miss the suit, but the Chief Justice ruled that the husband was liable, and tbe ju^ gave six cents damages. The jurymen cvi- dently saw the danger of such ruling, and wished to establish a precedent. I N a small town near Greenst>orongb, Ga., there is a certain cigar dealer who has a beautiful and winsome daughter. A VOUUR man of the place paid her attentions and won her affections, but the oid man ob- jected, and forbade the young man hia house. But, nothing disraaycd, the yonnp man organized a club of sympathizers, and they have boycotted the old m.nn's business —refusing to buy cigars or tobacco of him unless the barricade be raised. At la^t ac- counts the old man was growirg weak- kneed. M ISS E MMA Tiicnsnr received the money fur her memorial concert in Xew York one moraing in a very novel way. She waa invited to a breakfast by a number of the ladies who had directed the concert, and an omelette was given her to ser^ u. On cutting it she found that she really had before ber tbe famous mldf^n eggs, for the omelette was made of ^20 gold pieces. A amst of cotton separated tbem from the real omelette above them. It was rather an opulent sort of breakfast dish, and was worth $2,300. T HB following characteristic ancTdote of Christine Nilsson affords a significant proof of her innate tact and ready-wittednesR. One night at Madrid when she wa^ singing the Jewel-Song in \Faust her nameiiake. the , fair young Queen, was sitting in the state box facing the stage; and Christine, as she warbled the lines— C'eat la fill* d'tm rot THE LIITLE FOLKS . A Mliary CMtraal. There lives an old man In Montana JiiHt lately arrived from Havana. He wears BX I »uita of clothe*. And a muff on Lla iioae; Yet. between fits of aneesing. He vom-B be l» (roezing; Thin frigid old man from Montana. There lives an old man in Itavana. Just lately arrived from Montana. He in dreuBMl very thin in An aUtvrof linou; Wliilo two bit: fann, revolving. Keep tbe heat from ilisoolving ThU torrid old man in Havana. •'Wide Awake. Nubbin* . It was just thia time of year when he came to ns, and the first circus had ]>ftssed along the day before, and wo had all turned out to see it, and this even- ing w e wcro out in tho front yard, father leaning over the gate in hia ahirt-slceves, smoking his pipe, mother about the length of his shadow from him. Th e rest of us wcro acting cir- cus. Xo m tying himself into knots in the grapevine arbor, while wo girla took turns on the lljing trapeze, other- wise tho swing. At this moment Tom gave a veil: \Hi , there, you small boy! Xo crawl- ing in under tho canvas; if you want to see this show, come in at the gate.\ We looked, and saw a boy so small that he seemed a mere infant. He was lying on tho short grass just outside the garden paling, his little handn clasped together under hia head, and IiLs matted yellow hair imcovered bv hat or cap. Wo went out and shook him up. but to all our in<[uirics he only gave brief and incoherent answers, nnd father said he was too il^^ to speak, so wc. took him into tlio honse, and mother soon had him in a Hnug little bed, and, after feeding liim with a bowl of bread and milk, which he greclily ate with closed eyes, she held a consultation as to what ell to run away ever smce ue was - a^e*. ^ high to a grasshopper.\ his parents said, for this was really Nubbins'fath- er. Sometimes he told one thing, and sometimes another, and he osnallj got back home in a week or two. ••ITiis time,\ said the parent, \I re- ally thought, Samm y was gone. He*a all the boy we've got. and he has a rov- ing ciisposition. and he's powerful good company—pays for all he gets in enter- tainmg folks. Fm sure I don't ^ow what we'd do without him,\ continued the aflectionate father. The last w e saw of that thankless Nubbins he was standing up on the wagon-seat, lilowing kisses off the tips of his small, lean fingers, and the mist had got into our'eyes so that the UtUe roscars figure was blurred and indis- tincL We tried to forget him as the worst little waif, and the most untruth- ful tliat had ever lived; bat when we thought it all overwe wondered how jdl that stun* about the circus got into his foolish head, and as for his forgetting us—well, older people, forget, but, oh! what a cute ttbild he was, and how en- tertaining, nnd how wo all did ^ve our hearts to Nubbins Jf. L. Hay it e, in Detroit Free Preiss. A Sad St4»rr. torn irom mj peaceimnome; torn toee it, alasi forererl was thrown into a bag foil ti o^ er sponges, wrHdh the monster had slnng about bia middle; and t^bOT b s pursued his path of destmction. I -wiQ paas brieffJ over the da^k davs that followed the dicing in the 8un,'till all the life wras dri^ out of me ; the fiaar- fnl squeezing, with thotxsands of otlier wrutches like mjself, into wooden eaaeai the vojage over seas; £nallytheax' posure of mj bleached and withered skeleton in the window of t dmg^st'fl shop. Ail these things are too pttOH ful to bedwelt tzj>on; and, aaytra know, I am now resigned to my loC X find in yo:i a sympathizing friend. I hare water given m e (though of a Terr in* ferior qualitT.» monmig and night,'axid« were it not for the soap and the squeez- ing, I should make no complaint Stit often, as I hang idly in my wire m y thoughts go ba^ to inj.own dear home under the Syrian shorc^ and I long for a draught of the warm, deli- ciotis water, for tbe co<d retirement of I my rocky ledge, and for the sight of j my dear'son, riding gracefully abotit on the back of his crab.\—iaura I lUchartln, in Our Little Ones, HVUOtL •Dear! \Ah , me!\ said the sponge, dear! dear! well-a-day!\ \Wha t is the matter?\ asked the bath-tub. *'Have you been stjueezed too hard, or has tho nurse rubbed soap W BAT this country needs so w is fewer lays of the poet and more lays of the hen. No K3U'i.OEEB has Tot discovered the on you'airain? I know soap neater ' country where lived the man that want- • - - ed but little here below. No ErnoPEAjr cotmtry ia complete at present and first-class' in all resi^ects T^Tiloas it has a <Tigiff on A BCi.i.irr travels a mile at the rate three and one-fifth seconds, and a i i eei-^er boy travels a mile at the 3 agrees with you.' \1 am rather exhaus^ by the squ^z- ing, I confess,\ replied the sponge; \but it was not for that I sighed. 1 j^m gradually getting used to these dally tortures. [ \But I was thinking about the x^^t* about my beautiful home, from wh-c Qu'on saluc au paatage T dropped a quick little curtsy to her Span- ish Majesty. The audience took the cue l&e one man, roes to ibi feet, and broke in- 3. For cenmooioas occasions adopt a de eidfldsfyle ofdfeas, aad never vuy^ iMUoaa ift Shane and'materials eome; and bot lemaia rteadfasf in yonr flrat aelec- ne'Mc be baeoiidniaicias. it T«Bdleiitbe as kptte of Oia mstome » UaS^mn ot m vvSVMh^ r Knesae u well M b]r ita numifeiit Bponta- nrily. Ix the portfolio of Mr. I«ntfeUov, soon after hi. death, were fonnd the following Ine., which were written by hixn in Jt-'', 1879, but were not made pnbliu nntil re- in tbf loai. deeply wntelM. of tbe A CMill.fac.-«li.fM:«of MMlooftitowt— Ziook. at m. ftyn th. vaU, who . ronsd Ita 'flianKMIa^r^ahaloeCBal.liclit. B M . la thi. room .be died, aad aool mot. white snetthnauk martrnban el HI. waa led lould be done with him. \Its m y belief that lie has been starved to death; tbero isn't a spot on him that hasn't a bruise, and, girls. I think I know where he came from\— here mother became melodramatic and dropped her voico—\he's run away from the circus I\ We had been aiiaven for stray cats, and lost dogs, and^penniless tramps all our lives, but now Refuge e from cir- cus! We sat up harf>Jhq nigbi expect- ing tho whole cavalcade would come marching after him, but no one came, and our hero slept till morning. He did not get up then, he was far too weak, but he smiled feebly at us and kissed Tora'n hands—great, awk- ward, good-natured Tom—wh o called him \Nubbins becatxso he was all bones, and sat on tbe side of the bed, '^tlle we crowded round and looked on. F^tiier bad ijuestioned tho little chap, a word would ho say, only hif big bln^^JO^ ^rSZ, uu^ liik lips trembl^ri; differently, he plunged right, in. \S o you ran away and left the circus folks, did you he asked, in a matter- of-fact \ oice. Th e boy looked at him for a moment, as if terror-stricken, then he gasped: \Who to'd you?\ ^Oh. a little bird,\ said Tom. ''Say, now, did they l>eat you when you couldn't ride those horses r'ght?\ . \Ves.\ whimpered the child, \and pinched me black and blue.\ \Poor little soul,\ we chimed in; \wcro yon always with tho circus?\ \Jiorn there,\ he answeretl, in the most musical voice I ever heard. \.\nd your father and mother, are thev living there too?\ \Both dead.\ ho said, pitifully, and the tears stood on h's yellow lashes, and we cried a little, too, all but Tom, who snifTcd and snorted Kuspiciouslr, and suggested that wo \give the kid a rest.\ No c'rcns corai>auy put in an appear- ance, aod for months w e ceascd to read the newspapers, for fear that onr dar- ing child equestrian would be adver- tlned in their columns; for w e had formed a prodigious attachment for the child phenomenon, and were highly entertained by him in return. Bo told ns fearful and wonderful stories of his life in the ring, the hardships he en- dured and t!ic perils he braved, and we drew from him that his mother had been c.illed tho Queen of the Arena, and had been thrown from her horse and killed, and his father missed his fooling in vaulting, and so came to his death, leaving this one poor chad alone. Then ho would fondle tu one br one. and kiss Tom's big red hands, and make his best public bow. Yes bo was pretty and winsome, too, was Nubbins. On o night in late summer w e were •11 ranged along the front garden fenee getting tbe salt rnarahy air aa it came drifltng in from the aea, when a wagon- load of pec^le drove alowly past. Tb^werea gaunt erowd. a woman with a lonn wisp of monnung veU llut- nt haU-naat, a melancholy <^ed with a atove-pipe bal of a paat was so cruelly tom^ and about the h ip- py, happy life I led there.\ \Tell mo Jibout it, sa d the bath-tub. \Yo u have toldme before, but I alw ITS find it interesting. My home wa^ in the shop, as you are aware. The so- ciety was go^. but it was rather a c ull place, on the whole- Yo u lived.; ou say \ \On the coast of STria,\ said the sponge, with a sigh, \the coa.st of beau- tiful Syria. There is a tiny bay, where the shore is bold and rocky. Th e rorks are bare above the water, but down be- \•^w .they-are covered with lovely plants and fringed witTfwyav mosses, beauti- ful to l>ehoUL of the sea is covered -unth silver aa, and over it move the crimson and \Jr M colored jelly-fish the scarlet ' thousand otuer m g the neighboi^j ^ always attractive and delightful^On a certain ledge of rock, c osj^j bottom, I lived, as •T^ ' of—t?)—C'aliJ'oniia Jfacerick. -ase«* L me^ erati ^^.\•PJ^pan animal as could be found in .^\•^^lediterranean Hea.\ \Wha t do you mean?\ iutermpted the nail-l)ruslC which was new and very ignorant \Y'ou an animal? I don't believo it. If your back were bone and your hair pig bristles, 1 ke min<^ yon might at least call yourself an ani- mal product; but you have no back that I can see. nor hair either.\ \Y'on are extremely rude.\ said the sponge. \Bu t you Imow no better, and T HE Czar ppeaks three lanjrt»ge». • but when it comes to dodginp nihilist^ ! dynamite bombs he coul/1 liT'jTwt a., i agile in one.—i»fl7i frauci^ JUarcr* ; icir. I \W HAT is yonr fuU name?\ asimSfhm ' magistrate of an individual who liad : been »l«>orl»hig more mountain de ^ ' than ho could carry. *'Saiue as when\- j I'm sober ihid. ' l»id yer think 1 ' changed it (hici -when I took a drink?* ! ''Sixty days.\—/'iWiJ^^ivrvi C/iranJcle. i \ir'nfE sermon, wasn't it?\ said a J^n ! to a filee]iT-lookiiig brothex, as ther came ont of church on Sunday morn- ing. \Yes very fine,\ gasi>ed the oth er. \Wer e you not struck with th brillianry of* that passage l>eginnin •Courage, ye saints*'Oh, ye?; I •^kg^^iiore struti with the passace j^T^wft^^ '^ll I I .. A T.T . is over between ': mrsel^\ said Clara, as she sank wea-. ly'into a chair; -J can not trust my i future happiness to such a man. tl ' shall write him at once that we mufct I part.\ \Wha t is the trouble?\ AJ luet him in the street to-day, and h* wore ear-mufls.— Xeir Tork Sun. \How i»ii* you break off your front teeth?\' ask^ a visitor of the same small boy- ''I didn't break'em,\ re- plied the Toungster. \ 1 waa just fool- ing a teentr bit with a horse s t^ in • \ • \ The e man that apongc- f \\ the street u p at C Th ma n that ^oranceshouldalwaysbepitiednxther i get his hands and than blamed. I was an animaL m y * f itVj T I you.efnen,l, tbongh .ow . alas! 1 ai nin aeration and red necktie, and •otae ;!e cirla in the rkw, nndenloped yearaolewlr childhood. Nnbbii Sui e it-the balaneins on tb* 1 •e Wtfult* I*. rfbviUMlM^i&tiin.: liniof tWei-\. inc like • wind-mai, Iii« bee tamed n p to tke aky. H M puople ia the wagon atopped tlwir lMnee awl totiked at tta teS^. Thn thqra U «»«»id in only the skeleton of one. \ I lived, as I said, a very happy life on m y rocky ledge. I never moved from it. I had no occasion to do so, even if I had been provided with legs, as many animals are. I never hatl any fancy for a rov.'ng life. T o draw in the warm, delicious water through the tboasand small holes and canals in m y frame, and spout it out ^ain through my large holes, was m y * hief occupa- tion, and one of which I was never weary. Th e water was full of tiny creatures of all kinds, and these formed my foo*l and gave me always plenty to eat. In the spring 1 was always busy with my matemul duties. I brought out hundred of lovely little round eggs, yellow and white, the prettiest eggs you ever saw. In a short t'me th^ I)ut out tinr feelers, a sort of fringe of waving laslies, like thoso things on the nurse's eyes; as coon as they appeared I knew my babies were ready to come out; and*, sure enough, they soon broke through the egg covering, and, waving their lashes, swam out into the sea. \-\t first they stayetl near me, de- lighting m y heart with their pretty tricks; bui rery soon they felt the need of homes of their own, and wont off to tlx themselves on rocks or coral trees, and become, in their turn, full- grown sponges like myself. I could not complain, for I had left m y own mother in the same way. I never saw any of them again, except one dear child, who made his home in the shell of n large crabu He grew finely, and became a noble sponge; but the crab never seemed to mind him in the least, and i arrie«l him -abo t with him wher- ever he went. In thia way he often passed near mj ledge, and as the crab was a friendly aad sensible fellow ve often bad a plc«aant chat together. ^ **One d^T. one dreadful, dreadfol dar, I was ta'khig thns with ny aoa an^ his landlord, wlien auddecly aome- thing huge and dark vas aeen lOiove OS, swimmingslowly dovarai d through tfae water. A t toBtkmtoil. Boston Ke<^r(L L ADT (to tramp at the door ;—^\Cer- tainly, m y poor man ; just go around to the kitchen door, and the cook will give you a nice jiiece o of roast turfc ^ .^r S disgust)—\There it goes again; turk ^ and mince pie! I aint had-aaJian.'br' turkey an* mince pie ior a wetback, ni be glad when the holidaTs are over.\— Kcw York Times. S AVS the Pittsburgh T^tv^rapli: \Wanted— A fresh moUier-in-law joke that is not silly or far-fetched. dollars a word wiU bo paid for it anr no qnestiona asked.\ It will sot b easy to supply such a joke, for t^ are no fresh mothers-in-law. T motber-in-law has been throu^^' Tnni, she is experienced, there ia freehneas about her, and thai is w ahe IS su(^ aterror to sons-in-law Boston Coitrier, \To u are <^iarged flute ^ an open^windo^r^an dnig. to the annoymnoe of ^wur naghbot said the magiatrate; 'gmlty or XM gnaty?\ \Guilty-* \fire dcOiarsfine. \But Tour Honor,* protested tin neighbor who had preferred the diatgf \con^erln g tbe circumslances, th fine seems insufficient. He played ow aad over again, -We Axe Teiy Avi&e, the Moon and F.* ''Ol dtdlara fine.*— Sew Fork 5im . BAjnr scnirz. TlMre is no JojrSc the -wodd Kb sIdM ao cOear mm jtmr^'yxa at btoe-L Babr. O mjr babjb But when ytm crPOBd <m ^ »MMt Ilia Aad cmn Tosrvatv* aad biml like alB, . Baby. 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