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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

Two young ladies were recently over
heard on West End street car discussing
the dress OF an acquaintance. Her dress
Was made of elegant silk, said one, per
frctly lovely silk" Yes" the other as
scented. but il looked as if il had been cut
by medium in q trance under the inhu
eDce OF her graDdmother's ghost.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

DR.. y. Is a. bad a hunter as he is ply
stefan, but this does not prevent him regu-
larry as the hunting season comes round
from spending a fortnight in the fields with
his dog and gun. And that's the only
period of the year when he doesn't kill
anything" said one OF his colleagues,
kindly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

II i difficult thing for a dog without a
tail To show hi> master how much he
thinks OF him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

DoNr GEr DISCOURAGED, because the
doctors say YOU cannot live. was
troubled with Drnpsy. and given up to die
But after using sulphur Bitters for three
months. am well. II j. the best medicine
Tor all kidney diseases ever saw.--hrS.
n bridgeport
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

II o. u FULLY Estabii.hsd Fact. Based ON
Actual FSp.rienee. and There - No
Mad Of Deabt bat They viii Cure
these Diseases.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

Idl6 FAX LII p howell & Co.'S Newspaper
Advertising CD Su,ss. ,2 sR gss 81 Taf fas;
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

Any ladies wishing 10 know ofthe merits
of the Excelsior Kidney Pad, its action.
etc. are referred To Mrs. Hm. T. Nc
ReckHie, Photograph Parlors, Toledo,
Ohio SEE ldr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

PolitenesS i an air-cuShion; there
nothing m II, but IL eases the jol,> wonder
fsly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

Hundreds have tsstidsd to the benen'
th,y have a. rived fro %, n cir use in the
cure cf Sick Headache, Nervous
Headache. Neurafgis, Nervous
n.ss. Psraby SIS. slice plsssnsss
aus 1ndIgestton.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

THs PERUVIAN SYRUP has cured thou
sands who were suffering from dyspepsia,
debility. liver complaint, boils, humors'
female complaints. etc. Pamphlets free TO
anv address. Seth W. Fowle { Sons,
BOSTON.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21

Wouldn't II be appropriate for a hump
backed lady 10 wear came rs-hair shawl
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-21
A DISCOVERY az ACCIDENT,
DISEASES OF THE kidneys
THE ONLY CURE.

We say positively, aud without fear OF contratic
ton. that DAYS KIDNEY PAD i the nrst and
only Infallhlc cure for every form OF Kidney dis
ease IL 10 the best remedy set discovered for this
complaint and mo electn,i In it, operation than
soy other treatment. NY u,lng faithfully and persist
entity no case will be found ilveterate a. not 70
Iied 10 4, rnXlrf III rrmeLlal NIIilaa
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
Ec9al Notlrcs.
Gnnmcr RcSorL9.

I ONG BRANClI.-picaSaut tcn-rOOmCd cot
tagc within Two minutes walk 0f snr. bo' anu cars
with rst lass hoard for fuhe1 of gehteln'hi
cruiuct. lawn truuI-. iICLr,, %r.; abundant Hilur
49, 49, , .. Long Branch.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
CALENDARS THIS DAY.

q e ssS s s. M g. o. s. II 5s 49, III
i25 i27 l2 l$o lSs l32 7o ~ ls$ 49, lS9 @ 3Sj 3S
26s go. 20d 90 20 III ~ ga. 27t, 277
sPnSA iSS rs Is 9S's
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20S. 2o?8 S sS7 S73 S iss5 @ gi ZO' zOO1 i''i
2a fak4 T'Yp BE 1919 ,EG @Nes i
Gs5 54o' G2i 1854. 1918 1882 1913. lo44' 1856 1913
AT 10 No. calender called st II Nos 2 g. o 70 So 49,
TRG TEgMPAs & 50d 4 ps9G ii Hunt m aet
Iawless Miller agt Levy et AL TO- 'o' 'oo' '4' ' '''
i. &c. ~ 5S gs s e &c. Il &c. 935 S
V; PAU Adjourned for tho tern poo.o0 -court
0Psas Psariar rf rsh-vSn BiSnt at IL M
IG Ssa5 Jsrt 2Cs ,G GEeH' 2tJ 5
fsfs III 3 sst a;ss aSSs 1871 lis
2J51 aESI I coGsf-GSiiL THRM-PARr GOepp J. IN super
for Court OPENS az 10 5e zaSl'
A42 4SS SS s tSSS .o 49, sew NO'' 0''' ''- ' -O'
b@oSWS Jns Pe3Sls sna sst es
Surs1{ EPsnS r. sTeS s%R Rof Faps
Ssny warS Rchardson Thomas Fry, burglary James na
Sn Ion EdWard Young Burns Charles smith grand
esTy fTs@: Tsoa.. s3Ss %S.sa7e
TSs ssa. SssR S sSs be sisGS
banns charles Merton 51EEs EneSt 2
Esse Ss Shsres hern"rd smith larceny e John
Plaonery. robbery John AeDefA'''@ "''-''~O
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
SERMONS:
r9a1IcHTs BY MR.. BEECHER.
coop THING TO BE A LIITLE CRAzY-PRAIsE FOR
TILE NAN WHO sLOPS OVER

A GOOD THING TO BE A LIITLE CRAzY-PRAlsE FOX
THE MAN WHO SLOPs OVER
Groom grain. daisies and field lilies were IN
tall vase ut corner OF the PLATFORM III fymouIu
Church yesterday morning. MIR. Beeeher appeared N
sho,t black alpca coat lie threw his Panama hat on the
floor "a he walked up the pulpit stairs In spite OF the
beo he preached with his accustomed viCor and earnest
ness He smoke of the need Of salvation and Its benet 10
the whole man. The keynote OF the discourse was louh
near the close the prayer when ne sad Let Us no'
seek salvation 10 insure US against hre after the ue
hriuln of life Is over" Tie lOiio"ins a'e 'ue inoio e
ino nortIOns of the sermon:
rhe man who breaches TO he saved, saved saved'isa
tinker and not artist The whole drift OF the New
Testament is TO create the divine IN man. or 10 let II
loose If IN bonds develop II II the germ already ex'
lists.
TIC soul is an instrument Of forces and phenom-
ena than ever philosophy has Derated. But it is
kingdom of silence uurevealel and unrevcalabe.
When death dssUves all things. forth from the aen-
bic will come-not the int lectual pOwers-but faith,
hone and love-the regent forces OF the sOuthe sources
Of eternal being The threads OF purple SILK OF
silver and of gold make up the whole shining fabric
The profoundest revelations OF God arc not express
ble Shallow and poor is the man who can always ex-
press his ideas. We have new revelations all the time
Inspiration is continuous The real work Of Goa TOT
men was not doue up 1000 years ago for all eternity
Men talk about fanaticlsm. GbOd heavens! wish
there power enough to stir up some incn The best
thing in the world is to be crazy once In whieust
little Is there any that does not produce irreg
ujlrity Are not all ways tentative and imperfectf
Tho soul is the throne Of God in this world The rea-
son should be the servant. Ii is mpudeut out OF It's
place. -, -
One half Of men-I wish could say only one half-are
oak trees high (Mr. Beecher stopped over anu m
dcated about foot from tine Plaornl aud crd1rs OF
Lebanon so high quitting his hands six inches apariG
they have souls as big as a tlnDie-alinOSt!
Woe 10 The man VINO makes no n,iStIkes. am sorry
for him. II man has big bucket and only 4 plnt ~
wafer won't spill it, but il Tie bucket is even iul
can he help soppiLg over honor the mau whO stops
He is q man Of measures and maGmtudee. IhcV
live In IimIta0le expanse, and across their souls
plays the QuVeS light Of God. III the tumults OF HE,
il in the hidden chambers Of their heartS ltl Up
their souls to Gud they more dOubelS nty DC
come glorious y sites, and longer ncbuOus skcptc
In proportion men great in tins world tty viii
be small in the IL you unknown III the TEN
PIE tame, and in the other temple uf noise an ut"s
papers you may still be sure OF entering the hhSlom
Of Heaven,
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
TIE COURIiS.
DECISIONS-JUNK u.

Supreme CoMrt-C -Chdmbers-BY Judge Donohue.-
Tappen GOdwn.N otiOn granted on payment OF SlO
smith eRt McCooL-Order granted.
SpeeidI Term-By Judge Beacn.-Parsen agG TOWnshend
and another-GTante1. ~
Common PIeas-Suecial Ternl--Bv JudGeVan Hoesen.
The Grocers' Bank agt dismissed
Marine Conrt-Cham0e1s-Bv Justice Sheridan
FeminR agt Rain Coffee Ennis 9gt. Devhn
Emerson Haet Doctor agt Halett- Motions grantsd
Dawes WhtlOck; Hubbard Davenport
uied. Fialla AciiOn dismissed I%eene agt
Serratt; BurkiDslaw aRt 1weedle; Ia"k agt IyOns e
tinuance LaIm2eeT agt Wost-IhOmas D. COttman ap-
pointed receiver. a. -.
By Judge Hawes -BassOrd Glover-MOton for new
triai dened without cOsts. Ellison agt MeCamh -AOtOn
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
PIGEON SHOOTING IN NEW-JEEsEY.

BERGEN POINT, n. j., June 12.-In the con-
test at pigeon shooting here yesterday, j. d. GRAHAM
won prize guo killing birds out OF 10, @5yards rise
In the sweepsake shooting the successful mark>men
were Mr. Graham. who killed four bros at 25yards
rse and Mr. SmOck. Of Brooklyn, who won the stakes
after shooting of tie Of birds with three other com
petitors Mr. SmOck also the first money IN another
sweep, killing all the birds at 21-yards nee
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14

When a woman requests her husband to
brne home dozen or needed trneS ana ne , 70
tnrne without Them she realizes that In donesuc ne ~
well as in politics Instructions do not instrucr-Pha
Aelphia Chronicle.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
anrass. Carriages, aarnsss, &r.

TTORSE WANTED for its board in the
II country where win have hight SSTt and sSSd SITs ns
top' dnrIng TIE summer months can address HORSE
WANTED" Tribune once
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14

MAPLEWOOD HALL,
NI PITTsFIELD MASS.
sir from Now-York 900 feet the Tho
conveniently beautifully located summer
AMONG THE BERKSHIRE HILLS. For circular and
terms address A. Il AATHES
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14

MEMPHREMAGOG HOUSE. Newport, Vt
lIl Commanding maRnihcont view Of the lake aud
tAins Newly up-supplied with and
O1ateS guests e. Day $40 TO SIT 80 per week
6nNc0l ratea families. Reference; LEVE a ALLEN,
9o7 BroadWRy r. Y. CLAS. A. GLEASON, Manager
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
DAtO NkWYOHk CITY May 10. 1880
- HAA. EO y

DROHOSAIS FUR Il lhOOhINN W. lIieN
Il MkNT sTOREs-Seafi proposals. In tIiphcatc, ai,
dressed tile undersigned viii be rece cd attS once
ocl OK D. H.. Thursday, the lOth daY or June 100 =
at which Tim and place they VII he opened IN u" pres
encc OF bddeIs the trucking OF all GOveruutnt n
within the city Of NewYoik which 1t may De the duy oi
Department to move from the Sl dV
~ Iuly ISsO 3Oth Of June 1884, both days inclusive
Prosas may state the price per earmans 0a o nVe oar
pork, seven barrels nOur lOUo pouhus "e' Vi ''Nu
bic OF other stores - go ..,o 20. o,,, dstancs nv
cee6nR one mile. but not exceeding two miles FOR
oyv miles but not eIcee1ing three
niies Per onehg mile Tor any distance exceeding Three
will required 70 perform the work ~ any
TIM, upOn reasonable notice being given hll AZ
In ,,nn SUNDAYS when necessary without extra eOupons-
TIN and no allowance VIII be made Tor any
a. anv delivery except When caused py an OI o
aRent OF Government A. A. oN,.,,.A =. ,hIs o6ca
idIer will required 20 enter into VIII
SUI stth he United States with goot and approved
serniy In the OF IS OOr Wlhn te uA1 Vo p0ihs AZ
t,Sed ri The acceptance Of his proPOsa - . an, or all
The United states reserves the rlsh' I" reoo' my VI ~
EAsToE. Colonel Asst O NJ Cen o s. e.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
5nmmer Resorts.

A ACCOMMODATTONSf for a few adults among
n the Berkshirs Hills City reference b BhNEDlCl'
Neyy Marlboro Mass
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
6elp n0ante0.

A GENTLEMAN, living near the city, de-
N 81 es UTOR for Tie Summer months 10 take
charge Lads. Address, with iuI particulars Il. bp
p. o. Box 2.1+1.
NNyANTED.-A young man as bO0kkccper
w and gencraI clerk lean the business eventually u
vest caI al t1er business done iT csi
thirty We r. AddreSs ALlACfS
Tribune CptOwn once, l,.38 Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
Droposdls.
IMPROVEMENT OF the HARBOR q
4 CHARLESTON South Carolina


Army Bntldug NcN.1 Oik 'ly Juh' a. i'.''
SEALED PROPOSALS. IN duplicate. adiicssru ~ INC
un6crs Irued will received THIS once unH u 9cocK
noon on the 81 day OF june $780, which time and place
they viii opened the presence Of HdGers or furnishing
aud lacE on the Jelty CharcStIn Hrl"I OOo
citir "a d. OF tip Rap stone specifications Hiictiiis
inI Iicrs BLANKS for he obtained ~ thls
Office from Capt James G. Post Corps OF Engineers
Oh~''o''0"' 7 O. A GILMORE. Li-Col OF Enf1ncers.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
Gi,untlons Uanteo-fHI!es

SMART GERMAN. AMERICAN, twenty
~ years uo-iton in mercantile or DA-hc,'
] 1s M . % a. ~SfS Sr ", & a. M e. P9' Pc SH'y %% F '
4 sSISTANT BO0KLEPER.-By 4 rtspcc,
~ able ten vc9-. tHri,nce is o'nI,cn' anI tGl'
hls a. 5f as,' T. n'a B. fIr' I - |'S' Soa.r WIZ
[pAETENDER.-Po>.t tion wanted bN a man
2i 2iih,l 'o"'' is master O'''"'''. ''''' ' ' " '
CNLERK.-By Young man, IL wears o'd, as
~ clerk once rgo,antiie Aor'c is WiInH ahd
o.i-i..- and wod MAKE hInaI1 usciu Apd'os'J L. 10
COACHNAN and GARnENER.-A married
acc Understands hpists AMI Thor ui hy ,'nc in
Sal arf,ht %o Hia4! G re- -@c sc HEfr M ID '
EARDENER.-By a married Eneli>llman of
~ % y ysag n no T n & 2o4Iar crn f # 6 @ @
thorouc nds gre nhou5es yalrnt iinit- Vrs
dcfstiud, "a nHg stock crops g: "io ""nih TAX, IL
LBS Iiroad%ay.
GARDENER and FARMER.-By a compc-
lo and grlp.es lt.vAjlon rus Auh N'2'ia' - ai
tE!S c,y G,ri ttc for ana a6j; Address & D.
~ TRIBUNE Uptown Onlcc, l,i37 bi"Ad"ay -
GROOM or FOOTMAN.--By a young man
" - wears or fOrtman willing to work
'% %tst1 iee best I.e.'' ,nl'o,- N@-'''' a. l' -
I AM nineteen years Of age, and want stu
atIon in business hous- hotel or store am "hnS TO
maxi ny ocf Useful. Ad1rcs, ". ki hML III lNi"'e
DORTER.-A respectable man Dan,) wishes
ii tuatl0n as porter In store, OrtO make hlmsr use
fu Is sober seaiy and reliable, and VIII 1vc 1u'iIcu"l
Call or address NELSON UOLLIoEN, 3oo Congress AL'
Brooklyn.
CALESMAN or COLLECTOR.-Bya Il pushing
- young freshman, "A years Of ag as saleIan or COZ
ecUr has references, and willing ~ make himself use
fu 10 his cIp.Oyer Address H. j. NJ IL last Broadway
CIIORTHAND.-By young man Of good
- aiihty ready act as secretary, corresponding crS
or as~:Sfat editor; careful prudent well i'c1n '& o.
and Of goo1 Address h. H.. Post ONCE BOX 214
Montreal, Qnebcc.
N1AITER.-By an experienced Swcde, sit
w uation wafer In small private family or To travel
with any famy Invalid gentleman city Reference Ad-
dress c. LUND, FOG Myrtle-avc.. BtOOklJn.
NXTAITER-Useful and reliable man he is
w specially competent careful with glassware silver
GO ufdersta1ds stads objection 10 the country has
ood CITY references Address WILLIAMS. lj7 East "3d 81
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-15
Robbing the Contribution Box.

The good people of the Broad Street
Congregational Church, probably the
largest and one of the wealthiest in the
city, says the Columbus CO., cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
are hunting up all quotations that refer
to donning the livery of Heaven to
serve the Devil in. This is occasioned
by their discovery that they have been
the victims of as adrOit and audacious
a system of thieving as is known in the
annals of crime. The Church is sus-
tanned by voluntary contributions. and
the manner Of their collections is in
leaving envelopes with blank check
in each pew. which can be filled out or
money put in as the donor may desire.
These envelopes are all collected while
q hymn is being sung. and are placed
upon front seat until the services are
over, when they are handled by the
DeacOns. The collection is followed by
prayers. ,. .4r- ~.
Ever since last winter contents Of
these envelopes have partially and mys-
teriously disappeared, and recently the
deacons and pastor, h. G. Hutchins.
have been playing detectives and watch-
ing the basket, - ..s,.xs I'll .zissa.i.
This forenoon during prayer the pas
tor observed hand come through the
back Of the front seat and help itself to
the contents of tho basket and then
withdraw. Prayer was finished and
services went on. Service over the
owner of the hand was making his way
leisurely out of the church when he OBJ
served the deacons after him. Then he
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-15

took to his heels, and in moment the
grave congregation gave chase. He
ran nearly . block before he was
caught. He was taken back to the
church and held there by as many as
could get their hands on him, till
policeman arrived, when he was taken
to the station house.
His name is Harry Williams, is about
twenty-five years of age and processes
to be pedagogue. He has been a reg
ular attendant at the church since last
winter, always sitting next to the front
seat. His anxiety to hear, and his pre-
possessing appearance and mildness of
manner, made him considered an cx-
emplary young man. When caught to-
day he had a razor and envelopes con-
tanning five dollars and ninety-four
cents. He confessed TO the pastor that
he was infatuated by his preaching, but
couldn't resist the temptation to take
the money at three different times,
securing in all about sixteen dollars.
1t is believed by the congregation.
who are very reticent, that his thieving
will reach much larger sum.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-15
WIT AND WISDOM.

-" think I'll take this in. remarked
the whale as he espied Jonah.-Boston
Transcript.
You mustn't think a dentist is mad
because you catch him grinding his
teeth.-Cincinnati Saturday Night.
The place for a boy to grow is in
bed; but he must not insist on growing
too long in the morning.-M. o. Pea
y,tsse.
Moral suasion is q good thing to
captivate lambs with, but is good for
nothing on mules, ony to festoon the
club with.--Josh Billings.
The man who drives the heaviest
wagon has the best show on the road.
Everybody has to turn out for him. -
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
The plump, nice-looking spring
chickens that are allowed to roam about
the lawns in the vicinity of seaside no.
tells are merely walking advertisements.
They are not intended for table use.-
Detroit Free Press.
Mark Twain, speaking of a new
mosquito-netting. writes: "The day is
coming when we shall sit under our
nets in church and slumber peacefully,
while the disconnected flies club Is
gether and take it out of the minis
ter"
1t may pay to advertise medicine
for cows on rocks, trees and pasture
fences, where animals can see the let
tiers; but goods intended for human be-
ings should be made familiar through
the newspapers of the day.--N. o. PIC
ayu,e.
The United States think it is only
worth two cents to know all about a mans
business, and that's what it pays the
census takers per head. Hangit, there's
sewing societies that would subscribe
three dollars to know about some peo-
pies business, and this United States
ought to be bigger than a sewing socie-
ty.-Boston Post.
"A day or two ago. as a colored
bo0tblack was passing downtown
bar-room and fruit store, he picked up
stump of cigar from the gutter and
went into store and asked for match.
He was met with the reply, 1--WE don't
keep matches to give away" The boy
started out, but stopped at the door,
turned back, and asked the proprietor:
s.Do you sell 'em?'' He purchased q
box, paid his two cents and lit the
stump, after which he closed the box
and asked the proprietor to put it on the
shelf, and ''next time gem'an asks you
for match give i'm one out O. my box"
Richmond Dispatch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-15

"A New Jersey gardener considers
salt necessary to the development of
cabbage, especially in places far from
the coast. He finds them more crisp.
of better flavor, and to keep better
when salt is used than without. He
used it as follow: "A few days after
setting out the plants, and when they
are damp, either after q rain or when
the dew is on. 1 take small dish of
fine salt and, walking among the rows,
sprinkle little salt on the center of
each plant when the leaves begin to
grow. l repeat the sailing, and when
the center Of the leaves begin to form
the head ! apply salt again, scattering
it over the leaves; after this look them
over occasionally, and if I find plants
that do not head well and appear dis
eased, 1 sprinkle the salt over freely;
this will save all such plants. A quart
of salt is sufficient for five hundred
plants in . season, although more can
safely be used" ..aaE.I sts
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-15

w. w. CRAWFORD is the foreman in
q Louisville spice mill. He is also a
prominent Mason, and a few weeks ago
was asked to prepare an address to be
delivered on st. Johns Day. the oath
of June. He worked hard in the mill
during the day, and hard at the address
by night, until his mind gave way. He
kept his family awake all Saturday
night reciting his address. On Monday
morning he awakened them early, Ind
informed them that q sacrifice was due
to the morning star. He then led them
into the back yard, and, seizing his
little three-year-o daughter, filed her
mouth with ashes, and held it firmly
shut, despite her struggles. Crawford
all this time repeated over and over
that the sacrifice of his children was
necessary to the salvation of the world,
and that heaven could be reached only
through the intercession Of the morning
star. A neighbor fortunately heard his
rawlings, the police were aroused, and
the maniac was secured before he had
killed his children. 3ol
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-15
A Touching Incident.

There is nothing in the world so sad
as human nature, and the tears come
into my eyes now as think of the pitt
full story Tom told me as he smoked his
after-supper pipe last night. The other
day, just before / came home, Tom had
occasion to go over the lake. On his
way back and when the train stopped
at the Bay he noticed a man getting
into the car in front of him with little
baby lying in his arms. The baby
seemed young and the man hushed it
in his arms with gentle, rocking mo-
ton, bending over now and then to kiss
its little white face. After the train got
under way the conductor came to Tom
and said: "Come with me; want to
show you the saddest, strangest sight
you ever saw in all your life,' and he
led the way into the next car. "Do
you see that man over there?'' said he,
and there sat the man whom Tom had
noticed with the babe. His precious
little bundle lay quiet on the seat in
front of him, and as these other two
men watched, he leaned over, looked
long and earnestly in the little flower
face, and then kissed the frail finger
tips he held 50 gently in his hand.
"That baby's dead" said the conduct
or. "lt died this morning at the Bay.
He couldn't bear to put it in coffin,
because then it would have to 60 with
out him in the baggage. car. and 80 he
is just carrying it home to New Orleans
in his arms" And the car ratified on
the boy called the stale slices of
sponge. cake and his cigars through the
train-the passengers laughed, and
smoked, and fought the mosquitoes
and he, stricken to the hearts core, sat
there quiet and unheeding, watching
over his dead child, kissing the fingers
that would never again softly clasp his,
looking down upon the white lids that
had closed over the bright eyes as the
petals of q sensitive flower close at
nighttime over its delicate heart-and
the world was nothing to him. O.
Times.