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 â- -, ,«; r ii'i » "IJ ' r m-^: y©UNQ_FOLKS. I Didat Think. I know ft JUMgjkty litda «lf Who Mtrer oui oehava himaolf He be«f â-  hb dram when gnmdma'i cap it nodding for a coz/ nap, And leave hie ball npon the floor For Unole James to atambls o'er. Tiraa ha who tried to acratsh his name Upon a painted picture frame Twas he who left the gate untied, i Which leindle cow pushed open wide Twas he who nibbled Lucy's calce She took such pains to mix and bake And, though we blamed the tricksy mice, 'Iwas he who cracked its fluted ice. This little elf upset tiie milk He tuigled Aunty's broidery silk He went to school with muddy shoes. Though credits very sure to lose, ^gdnst his mamma's gentle wish He took the sugar from the dish He lost the pen, and spilled the ink This elf we call " I didn't think." Our house would be a nicer place If he would never show his face We hope and hope some sunny day The naughty elf will run away, For oft he makes our spirits sink â€" This troublesome " I didn't think." â€" Mabgabet E. Sakgstkb. Jfannie Hooker. Freddie sat on the i^^d^ wall between his yard and Mr. fl««th», waiting for the peaches to get ripe. Si WaC waiting and longing. The peaches were ffld »u'.Pady on oBs side, and he was waiting for the other "Side to turn yellow for Freddie knew very well that not until the. green had ohuiged to gold on the shady side of the peach would it be ^aite ripe and juicy. " That limb that hangs over on your side of the wall is yours," be said to MoUie Heath when she oame out into the yard for a basket of ehips. " Mr father says so. and what he 'U^ys is true. He says I musn't get a single peach on your side aqd I'm not going to, if they are riper 'n ours. ' My father says that every single poach on the tree beloogs to your folks, and if we rchiildren eat one single one of 'em, he'll I punish us." " Is that so " said Freddie, taking a deep breath. "I don't knew what'U become of 'em then. I tmesa they'll all be spoilt and nobody can't ever eat 'em." " Perhaps Nannie Hooker will eat them," said Mollie. "She's fond of flnit. We can't and yon can't but nobody hasn't said ^bfannie Hooker can't." "Who is Nannie Hooket?' queatioaed Freddie. " Who's Nannie Hooker " repeated Mollie. "You are a funny boy, Freddie White! Nannie Hooker has been .t} our house two whole days, and^on don't know about her yet. I should have thought you'd heard her the first nigbt. She was homesick and she cried awful," and, with a taasing glance over bar shoulder. Miss Mollie ran into the house. "I wish my mother hadn't t)ld me not to get over the wall," said Freddie t himself. "I'd like t}go over and fiad out about Nan- nie Hooker. I wonder if she's a litt'e girl like Mollie, with curly hair and bright eye's and if she can play| ' Hunt the gray fox.' P'raps she's a sfrown up woman, only grown- up women dou'c cry out loud because they're homesick. Anyhow, I'm real sorry for her. P'raps she's all over being homesick by this time. I'm glad she can eat the peaches, 'cause now they won't have to be wasted." JaSiat this moment Jake Heath, Mcliie's brother, drove up to the gate with the qieerest team It was a little t yowheeled cart, stained red all over except the wheels and ihsy were yellow. Into the shafts was harnessed a b'ack-andttn goat. It was a real harness, made of an old one Jake had found in the barn. He had painted the bridle a beautiful shade of blue, and the collar and saddle were striped red and white. Freddie thought it the finest turn- out he had seen for a long time. " Hello, Jake," he called, " what have you got there, and when did you get it " " This is my trained goat, Nannie Hook- er," Jake replied. " I've had her just two days. See how pretty she goes in the bar ness. See how she'll turn and back, â€" why, she'll do most anything a horse will. Bar- num's coming next week, and I'm going to try to get into the circus on this. D ju't you think 1 can " "Course you can," replied Freddie. " It's most as nice asâ€" asâ€" a elephant 1 Bat is that Niunie Hooker? I thought Nannie hooker was a giil." " This is all the Nannie Hooker I know of," replied Jake, proudly. " You see she's a nanny-goat, and she's a hooker if you get near her horns, and so we named her Nannie Hookf r " " That's a good name^for her, I think," said Freddie. « • Won't your wagon h old but one I should think two could go into the circus on such a show as that will be." "I don't know, said Jake, doubtfully. " I'll let you go in with me, if I can." But Nannie Hooker had spied Freddie and the peaches, and she went tor both. With a sudden leap she overturufd the cart, land- ing Jake on the ground, and planted her forward hoofs On the top of the wall, biting the peaches, and shaking her horns at Fred- die who had scrambled off on the other side. " You are a hooker," he said, as he sur- veyed the lively animal from his own porch. " You're welcome to the peaches, Nannie Hooker, tut I don't believe you and I will go to the circus together, â€" ^you are circus enough by yourself.'" And now he heard his mother calling from the dining-room. " Freddie, come quick.. There's a peach pedler down the street. Run as fast as you can, and buy two quwta of peaches for sup- per. Here's your quarter and a basket And when yon get back you may give one to Mollie and one to Jake, they do look at tiiat old tree of oora w longingly. But mind yoo, don't get in the way of that goat of thieir'a. Your father saya its a hooker." How Old She Was. Old Friend (to old maid " Didn't I on. da^rtand yon to aay yon w«ra twanty.«iaht yaua old f jQUlMaid (indignaatty)â€" ** No, air; yoa didavt l«srar aOd Ik'V I^ ' 01dPriand-"Na»art" Old Maid-** No, air nerar." Old Triand (paniatantly dJaagraaiAle)-. -TUakamoBiSal Ion4 ir«a aaomandag, joafe fiftoan yaHaaoo, ittomabAaMOM ' be- The and say. What is a Thoroughbred Arab. What is a thoroughbred Arab is a question that has often been asked, and a number of different answers have been given to it. The latest, however, is from the Melbourne Sportmum, which says â€" Not every horse imported as an Arab is a thoroughbred. Many are what the Arabs call sons or daughters of a horse. What then is a thoroughbred Arab T A well-known English writer on the Arab, and an acknow- ledged authority on the subject, defines a thoroughbred Arab to be one belonging to the Khamsa. There is a tradition among the Arabs that the Khamsa is descended from one of ths five mares of King Solomon. We read ia Holy Writ that " King Solomon brought horses out of Egypt." It u assumed that the wise king procured the best horses available in Egypt The Eastern tradition, therefore, is that one of the Egjrptian mares produced five fillies of surprising beauty^ and from these five mares the five great breeds of Arai) horses are descended. Ac- cording to the writet referred toâ€" well- known by his initials " E. F. D."â€" all true Arabs trace to one or other of these five fillies of King Solomon. Some of the Arab tribes preserve the pedigrees of their horsea with as much care aa a Scotoh laird preaervea the charter of hia eatatea and when a chief aella his horse he usually givea a written pedigree or guarantee that the horaa ia pure. This guarantee ia genarally praoeded by the remark, " Praiae be to Allah, tfaia isagood horse 1 ' It then reoonnta how the f imily oame into poaa a s a ion of the tribe, and how it liad been handed down nnalloyed from generation to generation, and dia4 tite pre- sent is a pure lineal deaoendan* of one of King SdloBen'a mwaK The Ikalt of the Biaphute. baUe^e jreii/ i«'tt» Gentâ€" â- â€¢ whom I ivorv, aad I fiwi that H ie wtfficiid. **X oeat hab fk ak, I iinpoM dbwit frea CaylaB^aadike «^ timlloHi ftvelTtel ^^ takaalD ' BaOwij TtaTcUiiif; in England. In Fnj^land, aa It la' well knoWn^ ih» rafl- way oarriagaa, or oara, ajp we caB ihem, are wno^ diffiad Into Hme oktfUp, wMh a aUdSng acajto of pilcea laiH anlitrtnodatiaM. Thearerage rata of fire on the firat and aeoond olaaaaa la f ram, S oenla to 3| oanto a mile. Tormariy the: eara of tbe loweat olaaa were made nnoomfortable, and th^ were attached to slow traina only, for the expreaa purpose of driving traffic to the others, a policy which ia atill pnraned in France; Imt in Ei^land rf lato yeara tiieir appointments have been improved greatly and they are run with nearly all traina, faat aa well aa alow. Beoanae of this wiser and more liberal policy on the part of the English railways, and because the growth of population and travel ia chiefly among those who must save their pennies, the reowpta from third olaaa paaaengers have rapidly and enormously in- creased, while thoso from the Other ohtases have ateadBy declined, both proportionately and abaolntoly. Thus, in 1854, two-thirda of the whole recelpta from pasaengara oame from the first and saoond classes, wliile in 1883 the oaae waa exactly rerwaed, the third olaaa oontribnting two-thirda and laat yew the third class jrielded nearly three-fourths, or over 190,000,000 out of a total irfabontl 1130,00.000 The whole number of passen- gers carried in 1887, exolnsiva of aomething over a million aeaaon tioket holders, waa 733,- 678,531, and of theae 638,215,386, or nearly aix-aeventha, wera tnird olaaa. This oontinaona falling off in thereceipta from first and seoond olaaa passengers haa been accompanied of lato yeara by a de- crease in the recelpta from freight, and a reduction in the dividend of the oom- panies, which has gone on sinoe 18S3. Ac- cordingly, at the annual meeting of the London and the North Western, on the 13feh of August, one of the directors. Alderman Bennet of Manchester, suggested that the time had come for doing away with first and second class passengers altogether, and running only one class of carriages. Hla ground was that the adoption of such a plan would result in incraased revenue to the. company. Already the second-class carriages are no longer in use on the Midland road, and both the Caledonian and the Great North of Scot- land have run since 1851 only two classes, nomially first and third, but practically first and second, and it has been nuuilfest that the railroads generally would eventu- ally follow their example. But Alderman Bonnet's suggestion to carry the reduction still further, and provide for one Class only, has stirred up great opposition from those who think tha^ the safety of England de- pends on the preservation of class disiiino- tions even in railway traveL They cry out that the companies are already doins; too much for the third-class and too little for the first class passengers, that instead of forcing absolute equality in travel, they ought, as a correspondent of the London Times expresses it, to consider "the first class passengers a little more and the third class a little less, by reducing the fares of the former to proportionate equal- ity with those of the latter." As it is now, he^ says, he frequently travels third-class because of the "excellent third-class ac- commodation," considering that the ad- vantage of the first class is too highly rated in the scale of fares. That is, he wants to be exclusive, provided it is not too expensive. On the other side, it is contended that even the payment of the first-class fare does not always secure this exclusion. As many American travellers in England know, the third-class cars on the metropolitan lines especiallv, are so greatly crowded that hun- dreds of people daily travel first class, though they have third-tlass tickets, the officials overlooking the transgression cause of the sheer necessity for it. passenger must fiad a seat somawhere, porters only shrug their shoulders and " Get in here," rather than stop the train. Tthat is becaubc at certain hours of the day the first and seoond class carriages ara all but empty, or only moderately occupied, while the third class are always packed. Very likely the raihroads would find their profit in adopting Alderman Bonnet's sug- gestion, though even in this demooratic country of ours there are two classes of cars now, while formerly thero was only one. But with us the extra rate for the drawing- room or parlor car is small, as compared with the difference of from one cent to one cent and a half a mile between first and third class fares in Eaghmd. £iu(Iith Offioen. The ragnlar British Army itaaif haa never ha full oomplement-il oAoeni and the mili- tia and Tolanteera are notorionaiy defloient in thia niipeet both aa r^gudaoiuatlty and quality. Ochet natioaa attGEar la tiie aame way, rat not of their own deliberate ohoioe. When an army nnmbexfaig aaToral mJUons of men haa to be dealt with, aaoh aa that of Germany or BAada or Franoe, It beooBMa ex- tnmely diffisolt and expenaive t9 keep np a proper number of offioera in readlnese for war, eqteoially when tiie middle elaasea from wluoh the anpply mnat be drawn aro oomparatively weak m nnmbera and ahready oao^ht to a great extent In the meahea of the military net. Daring Idie Crimean war we had to make a rule that Uantananta ahonld not be promoted to Captoinoiaa till they had been two yeara in the aervioa, and In 1870- 71 the expenditure of Gerasan cffioera waa ao great that at the end of the war wva lance- aergeants, (vioe-feldwebol,) in many oases, took the command of oompaniea. In Decem bar, 1870, a Bavarian infantry diviaion was so reduced by aevere losses that It only poaseaaed at the front a single Captoin of the line. Then aro people ao enam- ored of the German ayatom that they would follow It In ita weakneasea aince they oumot in ita sTragth, and Min- isters have been only tooroMy to anatoh at any support In cutting down either offioera or men. In tills oaae it la to be romarkad that the Germana only yield to a din neces- sity of which they always oomplsin, but they at least take ean to keep up in peaoe the -full number allowed them and to manu- faotnn aa many as they can for reserves by the one-year volunteer ayatem. Offioera thua produced have aerved a year in the ranka with. In addition to the ordinary Boldier'a training, constant teotioal exer- cises, during which they have to learn the do ties of offioera. We, with mora than Chinese absurdity, invito officers of the ro- serve to pass an examination in tactics, solely out of books but have refused per- mission for them even to study the Ixratu under garrison iustmctora. No they must go to " ortunmers," who, sensibly enough, spend th^ time in examining tiie examiners and discovering the odds for or against cer- tain questions being put. I do not blame those extromely able gentlemen whose industry and^ommon sense an brought in to supply a mboh-felt want, but I certainly question whether these examinations are of any practical value, and I find that officers of the militia and volunteers an moved by a certain healthy merriment when they dis- cuss the subject. Trained or untrained, there are revA enough offioen even in the ngnlar army to meet the waste of peace, much less of war.â€" [The Fortnightly Re- view. The PiTBt Fetsian Bailway. An extraordinary^ sensation has been caus- ed among the native Persians by the oon- structioa of a railroad between the postal stations of Mahmoudabad, on the Caspian coast, and Amol, about twenty-five miles in the intsrior. Some five miles of rail have already been laid, and along these locomo- tives are now at work, in order to hasten the extension of the line. The engines are ob jects of unceasing wonder, and of absorbing interest to the natives. Scarcely the slight- est conceptien of the power of the hissing monster, even after a month's observation, appears as yet to have dawned upon the crude intelligence of the inhatiitants. As the locomotive approaches, the crowd of as- tonished native3 retires for safety to a dis- tance, and there follows a scream ng chorus of exclamations. There are upwards of 2,000 men engaged in the construstion of this pioneer Persian railway. The majority of them are Italians. The Mahoudabad and Amol Railroad is be- ing constructed entirely for commercial pur- f08eB. D.fficuUies, delays, and considerable osses have been experienced in the landing of material at the port, where the water is shallow, and the canoes lashed toget.her to form lighters have freqnentiy collapsed. Steamers of light draught cannot approach within three miles of the shon. Despite all this, however, the construction of the line is making fahrly good progress. It remains to be seen whether the success of the enterprise will give the necessary impetus to the con- struction of men ImportaLt railway lines in Persia. Freparatitm in Takiiuc Up flants. .v^*",^ °,°" growing very luxuriantly and that will have to be potted later on m the season may be aided for this purpose in the following fashion: Take a aharp spade and make an even cut straight down by the side of the plant, about nine inohea or a foot from the stem. This wiU sever any ram- bling roota and oauae ai^ number of young ones in their places. The beat way ia to do this one side at a time and at intervals of two or three weeks. TMs will bring it on towards taking-up time, and yet give the plant time to make fibrous re ots. Any plant that grows luxuriantly in Summer Is apt to have a few strong rambling toots. In try- mg to take np in the Fall and get into the pot, the plant suffers greatiy. H these ram- bhng room an checked as indicated, a number of fibrous roote take the place of the long ones that oumot be followed, and the case u very much easier. Thia ia now the way in which the large tree planters of ten manage: Three or four feet from tiie hole of a tree a trench is du«, severiMr aU rootaoutslde of this. The hole u agam fiUed with the earth, Into which young fibrous roota penetrate. At the time the root-pruniuB takes plaoe the branches an also pruned back. Forest trees of very large size, with tUa preparation a year w two before moving, an aLnoat certain to grow, while if moved without any pnpar- atlon wha tever, aome an ann to Ae. Tniaiaf JUirt Duom. Mile. Dwal, the premiere, mk in parlor el the Laolede ue other day reoaUing the triala ahe had to nndargo aa an unfltdaed ballet danoer and preapeotiTe premlen. " People little know," ahoaald, howmaali labor and misery go to make-np the pironetto of a dandog giri. A ohUd ahonld not begin to atady danoins after ahe la 10 7 ia the beat age. The limtia then an at the degree of anppleneas to take a pupil over the first diiBonlnea and help her on to the lower "qnadrille," which ahe may not hope to win b«on the ia 16. The form then has gained the ronndneaa and the fleah and musolea the firmneas nquiaito to the artiatic poaea which cnate such furore. In my oaae the daily torture commenoed at 8 o'clock. Every morning my feet wen Imprisoned In a d[roove box, heel agidnat heel and kneaa turned ontwarda. By this prooeaa my feet aoouatoflsed themaelvea naturally at laat to fall into a parallel line. Thia ia what is called aa Sonmer. After half an hoar of the groove I waa subjected to another visriety of torment. Thia time I had to raise my fot and place it on a bar level with my head, whioh bar I waa obliged to hold In a horizontal line wish the band opposite the foot I waa exereiaing. Thia they term aeeaa- aer. After theae prollmlnary labors ve were obliged to go through a variety of steps and movements. " The teaching in neoeaaarily long and painful, the primary object being to bnaa by aheer exereiae extnme agility and atreng[tii to the jointa of the limbs and feet, Even in the education of the two great toes,. ao as to make ns capable of standing and jdrouettiog on them, a vaat amount of care and time is expended. And not only must; the power be acquired, bnt it most be kept up, for which purpose constant exeroise ia required. Otherwise tlie jointa become stiff and relapse to an ordinitfy degree of stnngtli A week of npoae must be re- deemed by two months of redoublad, in- cessant toiL On this eondltiMi only can the dancer preserve her suppleness and lightness. To acquin, later, skill and grace in the movementa of the danoe is a subordi- nate object. One of the moat difficult parts of a dancing girl's edncation ia for instance, to make her smile witii the rest of her companions and look gracefully at the oublio. " Then is no rest for a great dancer at any time of her career. I have seen the time when, after a four hour's lesson, I have fallen exhausted on the carpet of my room, when I was undressed, sponged and resus- citated, totally unconscious of my situation. The agility and marvelous bounds of the evening were obtained only at a price like this. But there are, nevertheless, some dancers.who, having by nature groater difii- ciilties to surmount, martyrize themselves with a willingness scarcely credible. Nath- alie Fitzjames was an example of tliis. She invented a new method, de se toumer et de so caaser, at one and the same time. The art of dancing has two branches â€" en balloune and en tacqnette. The ballotme is the school of Taglioni; it is the lightness combined with grace, the dance which seems to delight In and float in the air. The tacqnette. is vivacity and rapidity it is the little spark- ling steps and measures on the point of the feet in a word, it is what Fanny Ellsler made it."â€" [St. Louis Rspublic. A8adrutt«„ Hnaband(tip»., *7^ yoi^ H.-"We11-:S3J*y»^.' log that W.-.. And where have^,, thS:-Fi^:jiee«s;:»,-r«.s I ever saw. " ™°»t I^Mitifiinl fa«._Foryo:ha4t*SgCX beautifuir*' ^y^-^Wnk^y. a. (putting his boot, under You an the most beai world. eoUar for you." :ine •'"•tti'5 John Was Ail Bight. "Your husband !â-  «-* Bights, Mrs. CaJTy " •"" P^^ Ut,^ "Yes, Dolly: his busineu yoB know." am-t to be trusted too far, MiJ^.*? apeak from experience." '^^' ' " Jhi iS*^ "y ""' » •» right" " Well, he shaves only onces;** ,^ i He'dJSn^^rK "l^" W^^t He doean t ^ve the least bit oTatteBtio,! To** heiron't his personal appearance; work in keeping him tidy. ^„„ „. put a drop of cologne on' hi, laLuS and " That's enough, Mrs. CaUy. female in his case, that's right." care; Hem I Only One ATailaJde. _Hiuband (who baa advertised for atrimJ writer expert )-Did many call to-day. lif dear, faianawertotheadvartiaemantT Wif^Yaa qnite a nombar but then waa oalyoae amlioaat whom t tdd to ohll ^^ H*je^ very br^t and rtoMuS tliat yon wlB Mke hfan.^ ' bnabaad-^Whait waa the teoable with the rata? •â- â- -â- . j t~t5 tnfe-.laMgr wwii alt Able to go Sungry. When c'v.l'zsd men travel among barbar- ians, they are pei tty certain to find that their ravage companions have the advantage of them in some respecte. A Ssoteh resident of Africa net is the extraordinary powers of en- durance possessed by the negroes. Men and women wrll carry sixty pounds on the head, and walk at a brick pace under a burning sun for a journey of many miles. In estimating the value of certain Roman genersh, Livy was careful to mention their power of enduring hunger for a long time. The Yao wooll have merited this prais, for they possess this power in an extraordinary degree. They will march for days without any "ostensible" means of keeping them- aelvea alive. On occasions when we mi» judged distances, and we.e obliged to pass about twenty hours, mostly of great exertion, without food, our anxie^ aboat oar companions was met by the psuto assaranoe that ** they had eaten. They even contrived to turn the sympathy the other way by saying, " (Ve are used to hanger, but the white man will faint. The whiti man might endnn hunger nearly aa lone, bnt the native haa this advantage, â€" ^when food comes, he has an enormous capacity for quantity he is a dreadful eater, while the white man can scarcely taato a morseL The nativea can also endure the burning thirst of this land. On a long day's march, they paaa all the streams in the morning without drinking itis not till three or four o'clock in the oftemoon that they become thirsty. But the white men may drink by the end of the first hour, and then he becomes " demoralized" for the day. As the hot march continues, his thirst increases, but he cannot quench it. He arrives at a dear rippling brook, haatily puts a stone under his kneesâ€" a drinking jug is a mockery now, he must get at the stream itselfâ€" atiU he is never quite satbfied. He craves the drinking for ita own sake. After imbibing a great quantity, he is griev- ed that he cannot go on drinking more, and no sooner had he left one atreaun than he begina to long for another. The unpleaaant cnving continuea till the sun begins to sink In the west He may avoid the tortun by abstaining at first but in order to exsroise this self denial, it it almost impentive to shut the mres while paaaing a atream. Some natives suffer In the aame way, but they an chiefly boys. What. 8he Wanted teenth birthday T' ' *^ I " Yes, my dear." " Pa, I want yoa to do me a great hqrl on my Wrthday," and the beeMtifaln|l bnhed her glowuig face in tke umI bosom. I " And what is the favor ran little ggll wants?" I "Pa, you have influence with the Ion I Council, haven't you " I '• Well, yes, B»y dear." " Then have them move that gu lial away from right in front of oor gate." f Thns it waa that the fond father diiconl ed that a daughter isn't a little girl aluqvl She had a beau. Hatoie's Laws a Fiaad. Miia Senator (to bird fancier) I would Uke to get a canary bird, rir, tJiat ia a fine ainsnr. Krd fanderâ€" Yea madam j now, then Is Mfm.% Uttle feUow aa I ever aaw. 4ii«p Si^naterâ€" Fallow t la it maamillne, â- irt nrdfander^-Oh. yea tiie malaft bnfy Aphorism ot Manied Life. The following aphorisms of married lKe,il result ofseveral years' experience, are pnjil fully commended to the considcratiiDoftf young couples who c intemplate committ matrimony: When the girl baby appears in a hon hold there is generally a family cry-sii. The man with the firstbaby is allemile smiles for himself and his friends too. A cradle in a house may or mAyDotiiei| boy-coii. It is just as likely to be agirllj nest. There is no earthly use in trying to t an optimist of a man when his babyhuli meae-hs. It is a mistaken idea that a biw always refers to a baby as "it." FrfqmiJ ly he speaks of the little household as that "confounded kid." Save Legal Trouble. Uncle Ristusâ€" I's thinkin' of gettin ' ried agin, Mr. Goodman, anTspec'iIf yo' to perfo'm de ceremony. Ministerâ€" That will be a pleasure, t" Rastus. Uncle Rastu8-Djesyo'enihare« cess'of de marriage Minis-erâ€" Why, yes, so far M l»' oerned. Urcle Rastus-Dat'a wot I wm*' I'sf heerd of so many m?n?agM F faUures, I'd like de negotiations («"1 black an' white, sah, so ef yo doo w"l success ob dis yere maniage iJ'fJLl money back wifout invokin' de le«»i"J] de law. Figures Won't Lie- Gentleman-What will youwhitewi'l barn for, Uncle Rastus Uncle Rastus {fig«ring)7^rf 7b! an' three are six an' fo' »?./" f... Dat jab, Mistah Smif, will cost y dollars. ., Gentleman-Thsf s too «»«* :^, Uncle Rastus-Dat's wat.tfip^ yo' kan't go back on figgew. on cr job wunce kase I didn t W cos' An Ominous Tlwat ^^^^ Colonel Yerger. very ""l^Sbj^ influence of ardent spirits, is grw wife as follows „„_ .« i" " That's a nice state ""^g hoo"i You will break my hear^.^ai,«!j way every ni«;ht. Oh, "*, ,ij)_"J Colonel Yerger {\fV^9^^Z^n^l Yerger(bic)ifyoa'ba8effl^- gb," way reg-lar every n'g^.ffi-. Sh* you know I'll take to dnnt"« don't" 4 A Oonstant 1»B«*? Sanctom fJ^^Si; » ' it«da5«cf, Ibai %fmgBiii^W9Hls, ' "joarrL Â¥?• yon 50 .3 ttji^ g^ wnittyifo'aaem,^ " abyvWi, Yo' jaaa •^yolffee i- (departing in idHgna^lMk) I «||arfMrttatraiiB|: it " '(^O ^^sssr^^m^mi^i^ 1,5!??^^ "***• alri I'D ee^ ft anMad Miqlaif »ir ik*il fe.^.-^r?. Sir; paper, '"S;tor-"Iamveyg;;;JJj;iB. your good opinioD. I*""' ".£keit. Wby.n.y-^^S^'J ha.loaneditto«efor^S5'*^'f to move away Id !»"â- "• ' PossibaitieBofBnjr^ and«e tiiat .»" " t«-»i .•Hewaan^^ijyJPjBeiay l8rtiUwondari»g»"»* "ROUGH tfAk nndantanding mud ^^Upwte like Canada, M "j w cMd^borlng aettier iS^aSu ThS advice £r and had it been givei 2l had ti perauna rooon S hi" w***) "•" worthy c STmisM have done very w Tl.tiSi fonnd ont their en JS anxiona to get rid of th no better way of doing ia« them upon na. ^tva our engagement w ^^unenoed that long seri ^^T]^ to which their con Mdade. Ti»«y "•«» *» 1 Srtty tiiat we had just lei Moodie waa to find um nae of hia implements ai ^aeedfor the crops ao Samtheretuma. Besides ^taly wen allowed to MWS.pig "*^ poultry. STorohard, with which tl to do, waa reaerved for our por the first few weeks, and obligbig enough and fa uft to himself, I believe donaprettj well; but th goarse-minded, bold woman Idol to every mischief. Tl taga of n« in every way ^irtfa oonatantiy committin] tions. Ftom our own experieno farming, I would strenuous lattiera never to embrace without they are well acq Kdes, and can thoroughl; tasty or else, Uke Mrs. impndeiitiy tell you that th as they please, and defy y( aelL All the money we es {â- nn was entirely for these for by the j int contrivan the crops fell to our share divirion waa made, it wi Moodie was absent from 1 was no person present to se â- old what apples and potat and fed thur hogs ad lib thdr roguery was more Xt irksome restraint which th and constantly having to c with them, imposed. W any privacy, our servants tioned, and our ftmdly afift theae goeaiping people, wb thonaand falaehoods regard maoh disgusted with this would glMly have given 1 oeeda of the farm to get rid bargain was for twelve mc it was, we could not break One little trick of this w to illustrate her general co bonring farmer's wtfe he with some pretty hens, wh call of old Betty Fye's banc I was always fond of fowls, Katie delighted in her chicl them round her to the sill from her hand. Mrs. 0.- nnmber as I had, and I oft when marshalled forth by rooster. Oae morning I s chop off the head of the S^ked his mother why she to kill the beautiful creatu and merely replied that 8h( pot. The next day my eu to the widowed hens, and glio with him From that thered a single egg the their eggs in Mrs. O- She used to IxMist of this among her neighbors. On the 9uh of Jane, «ny was bom. A few day event, I heard a great 1 adjoining to mine, and olc Cornish nurse, inf(»-med sioned by the people who funeral of -Phoebe R the removal of the f ami her own request had way from the lake pi in the burying ground overlooked the stream. As I lay npon my pillow ly aee the spot, and marl procession, as it wound the brook. It was a soli qiectacle, that humble f waggons reached the n oafBn was carefully lifted door in the lid opened, a aporoached, one after am look at the dead, before the oblivion of the grave. Poor Phoebe Gentle feeling parents, few she tear for thy early fate whom they hated and dei I stood beside that hnc the song of the lark was bee murmuring at my that it was well for the the eyes of thy soul, anc the darkness of ignorano in Hia murvellous light. paaaed away since I her zamily or What had beco waa told by a neighbor L accidentally met last wini nan, who now nearly r yean, is atill living, and ofheraon's barn, aa shI mnoh with his wiJFe to rJ tiie girls are all m8rried| Joe himself, although ' letter, haa commenced ti^ After thia, who can do] niraolea fn the ninet CHAPTEI Bbiak, the Si l^er memory's glass 1 1 J^haiegh he waa gathi M^g yeara ago. A a ^atahimn'd companioi «MJaafy covert of the The glaamy Ukea, dentlia, Whoae atl, deep wai atroke 01 aleaving oar, or echi Of aMal ma, oontaii Of^iuan happineaa. _^ «Mi eei^ day. bi wmMSMhit^mm *,.. r^..