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Only n Dog.

We were all crying, every one OF us. Father
declared 1t was smoke that had got into his
eyes and made them smart; but mother threw
her apron over her head and sat rocking aud
sobbing for ten minutes Pnpoe and just
threw ourselves down on the floor by poor Leo,
ana took bis dear old shaggy head In my lap,
Phoebe petted his poor old stiff ears and
smoothed out his thin, gray hairs and then we
took of the Old brass collar that was marked
all over with hieroglyphics that We had
scratched with pins 10 the proud days when he
first wore It; then we cried again, aud just then
I'D walked Squire Toots, and he didn't seem to
know what to do when he saw US all 80 dis
tressed; he looked at us and then a. Leo: then
he took out his handkerchief and gave his nose
real sunday school blowing, ani said KIM OF
huskily:
why. It's wicked to feel s bla Anybody
d suppose Ii was pusson: faint only dog"
That just made us all feel worse Tner1,
WASN'T any heaven for Mia 10 90 10 and w.
knew we never could see h.m az in. ami we
Couldn't remember any HE Wt11ut Leo. we
were such little tots when he can touS and
he had been one OF the family ALI the time.
Father Used TO lecture hin Just Il, he did us
children. Where did see v..u 10 day. sir?" he
would say; lever at Mr. NJ soa's ascot ating
with that dog that steals? .'bams.' And thea
Leo would whine, aud pretty soon father wO lid
say, go 10 bed. sir.H and he would sneak off to
his pox In The back Sned and lie awake all night
TO protect us While we slept. and he never once
In over fourteen years was forgetfui OF his
tfust-and he was only dog"
Only dog. Why, was there ever time that
we went racing home from school that Leo
hadn't met US half way TO race With us and do
all SORTS OF funny tricks at our bidding? And
how pl Oud we had always been OF him with his
handsome, stately presence and superior man
ners, and how safe We felt to hear his deep.
chested park as we went to sleepi
Well, death had found him, sure enough, and
we buried him out In the grove in a little hol-
low, where he loved to lie on hot summer DAYS.
and there will be no resurrection for him
though there will be for the vilest thief he kept
from our doors; but none the less in looking
over his honest, blameless life, in which he was
never falthless TO any, even the smallest trust,
dare apply to him the masters need of praise
well done. good and faithful servants" though
as Squire Toots said, "he was only dog
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L Level-headed Druggist and n
Silly Girl.
R3lObe Damocrat

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3l.-A few DAYS ago. at
dusk. handsome and we'll dressed young lady
who Lives with her father on Mob Hill entered
Joys drug store and asked for two bits worth
tlced her agitation, and gave her instead a
tablespoonful OF precipitated chalk. she went
nome, carefully concealing her purpose. wrote
number OF farewell letters and then prepared
for suicides death 1t was silly freak.
caused by girlish quarrel. She swallowed
the contents OF the druggists package, out
after lying on the bed for q few minutes, she
la1her and youEg man whom he was talking
10 oy declaring she had poisoned herself. While
her father supported the now sinking form
OF Dis daughter, the young gentlem an raced
IN desperate haste to joys drug store The
Druggist explained that no antidote was
required; that the young lady had only taken a
spoonful of chalk. but she is dying, unable to
stand, gasped the young man. That's the eff
feet OF imagination explain to her the true state
or the case and she Will recover" The y0un0
man hastened back with the joyful tntelli1ence
The wOuld-be- suicide. resting 10 the arms Of the
distracted iather, was sinking rapidly. Her re-
covery, which was amazingly rapid, was
hastened oy rage at the druggist.
III ID not the nrst time / have saved life In
that way" Mr.. Joy said to the reporter ~
woman came in here one day and asked for
morphine, and / gave her some sulphate Gin.
chona, which resembles 1t In appearances. but is
harmless sttmulant An hour afterWard the
womans sister rushed here and accused me of
aiding suicide. saying, MY sister has gone
away ID rage TO take the poison you gave
her.. 1t afterWard appeared that she went ont
on the hill, took dose, and lay down to die !"
After waiting for some time, and recovering
from the excitement the ACT caused. she felt 3
CeSlre 10 return nome and get square meal
fOr the stun gave her Is famous appetizer.
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ACHINEsE WEDDING.
Tying the Knot tsMelic8M:, Fashion
Yet Under Certain Difficulties.

Tying the Knot esMelicaM.s Fashion.
Yet Under Certain Difficulties.
Isan Francisco Bulletin.l
Yesterday afternoon bright looking China
clerks ONCE at the old City Hall. accompanied
by very pretty Chinese girl named Toy Yenn,
and asked for marriage license. Deputy County
Clerk Whalen proceeded to fill out the blank,
but consumed considerable time In so doing, as
he found it hard to ascertain the names and
ages OF the applicants, owing to his slight &C
quaintance with the Chinese language. The
task was finally accomplished. and An Gong
was about to consider himself well started upon
the road to matrimonial happiness, when there
was an invasion OF the Office by crowd OF chat
ter1ng Celestials, men and women, at the head
OF whom was an old heather who claimed the
prospective bride as his own private and per-
sonal property. which he had bought and paid
trembling Toy by the arm and attempted to
drag her from the Office. but her lover objected
strenuously, and the clerks In the Office, SYM
man attn tine Young people
Oatside the hall there had gathered by this
time the whole female population OF China
town, and the chattering they INDUCED in made
sembled together. 1t was seen to be difficult
thing to get All Gong and Toy through this
crowd TO Justice Barke's Office. In Washington
way to reach that goal through a back door AMI
Dunbar alley. Plotted by some policemen, I'll 2
anxious pair, with few friends, proceeded to
Inc rear OF the hall, ana were going through
Dunbar alley, when an old Chinawoman,
hideous in appearance rushed upon them, and,
grasping the maiden, attempted to drag her
away.
The friends OF All and Toy, however. rescued
the girl from the old harpy's claws, and. defend
ing her from the crowd, escorted her and her
beloved to Justice Burke, who tied the nuptial
knot In the true "Melican" fashion. All and
Toy were then rushed into q carriage, which
was waiting for them at the door, and they
were quickly whisked out of sight. Whittier
they have gone on their wedding trip ls not
known
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The Ice.

From the Boston transcript
Now the men on the ice
Crystal ice
And they'll fill up all their houses in a trice
How they giggle, giggle, 9igxle
In the frozen air of day,
While the mercury runs lower
And their saws go never slower
But up and down Away,
Like the stocks, stocks, stocks
. Or like Jackyin- the box.
Through the crystal cODgelatiOn that hides the
ponds SO nice ~
With the ice, ice. ice, ice,
Ice, ice, ice,
Through the frozen aqua pura, through the ice.
In the summer, oh, how nice
Cooling ice
On the table what q blessing is slice
In the heated air of noon
When the butter sinks in swoou
And the water is lukewarm
And hard to drink,
And the flies about you swarm
Like the chickens on the newly planted
farm.
Oh, to think,
As yOu hear the sound so nice
VI the cart all drip. drip, dripping with the ice
Once or twice
That the price
Does not pinch you like wise,
A dollar for slice
No thicker than the liquor
gf the ice, ice, ice,
OF the ice, ice, ice ice,
-, , Ice, ice, ice
Oh the ice cream! oh. the cobbler' OH the ice.
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What G. p. Lathrop says OF the Cal-
tarcd Residents Of the Hub

rHxPpel'e Tor February
There are many delightful people there, but
In general its society exhibits the organs OF So
cial nutrition In q state or arrested develop
ment Manners are constrained. hospitality is
too reluctant, and the women with hundred
tines more Information than their southern
sisters, cannot rival these In conversation.
Among the people best worth knowing there is
mperate elegance OF life which is admira-
Die. and the presence OF many persons gen,
timely refined and almost free from the local
Alterations, dinuses an atmosphere OF general
good taste. But there Is no spontaniety, and
not much warmth. Bosi onians know how 10
clandestiDe air. The purely typical inhaoi-
tant, you are convinced, is furnished with an
icicle In place OF spine, and he Is In terror II
he thinks new person is really going 10 know
him. l have known the Invitation lyon
must dine with me some day." comiag from
persons otherwise apparently OF good breed
Ing, TO remain in that form for years, without
ever ripeniDg into definitsneSS. An accom-
plished gentleman, now dead, who had &C
cepted the attentions OF some friends In au-
other part OF the world, dining. breakfasJ.ng.
going TO parties at their house. which was
opened to him as his own--on meeting the lady
OF that house afterward Ia Boston. expressed
himself delighted that she had come thither.
He might Well oe. for she was every way his
agreeable and intimate friendship. but by way
OF showing his boundless and hospitable cor
dtality, be invited her TO call at his house on
Sunday evening, oJte, tea; when his wife and
-
her place In their pew! This Is hardly an
extravagant instance morbid reserve, q
contented seldshness, and distinctions set up
with an arbitrariness that is ludicrous, hamp-
erS intercourse at ali points.
The social world divides itself into number
OF air.tight compartments. II prophets are
without honor In their own country, all but a
few hundred individuals In Boston should
seem to be, socially considered, prophets
Merit is sometimes recognized more quickly
here than elsewhere. and sometimes more
slowly. Birth as form OF worth is overesti-
mated. Wealth. so far as my observation
goes. though II Cannot open all doors any
more than II can In New York. is quite as I'm
portant, as much worshiped. as In that me
trOpolis, the mercenary tone OF which the
capital on the Charles Affects TO desptse. In
the matter OF hospitality 1t is true that the
corporate dignity, already mentioned as mo
tive to conduct, sometimes leads Bostonians to
entertain strangers especially foreign visitors>
with solid cordiality and consummate grace.
But as rule they show no generous interest
In those OF their own klth aud kin who have
done something noteworthy, something which
in New York, or Washington, or London.
would lead to their being moderately sought
for I'm 0prppQ nlp circles
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I'm q Theater.

Good manners are never more In place than
aonal late. corners, alleged to be ladies and GEN.
tthiemen, who kept the seats waiting ali through
ane nrst act at the Globe recently. And O WORD
s ats0 10 tnose who SIT and chatter, to the more
10 listen and to hear. There Is no law which
vvnnReS people to go to see performance In
wnicn they understand neither the words nor
ther a1t, put, among people Of decent breeding,
, LIKE nlmeeif q nuisance to his fellows. we
a ag, 70 add that much that was vulgar in the
suelence was among people whose dress de-
nuoeu atnuence They might we'll devote nor
tloA OF their means In attending school where
0aones are TAUGHT Boston 5r@NsertN,
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Inquis,tiveness Punished.

A correspondent In nelghooring town send y,
US the following for publication, saying that +
Is probably applicable to other places
a postal card was dropped into letter box
addressed to the Rev. Mr.. Newman y. L.
was an ordinary card, and the postmaster wa
an ordinary postmaster. He took 1t, turned 1t
over, glanced at the address, turned 1t again
leisurely and read as follows: "You to whom
this card Is not addressed and who nevertheless
WIN read It, Is contemplate, unprincipled
sneak, and a pryiDg, puslllanimous coward.
FRANK Belgin." The postmaster laid the card
gently down, took up his hat and walked meeklV
out OF the Office. In due time clerk came upon
tne caro- perused 1t. and began TO employ him
SELF buslly IN the affairs of the realm How the
caro- Jared with various persons through whose
naaaS IL passed Is Impossible to say, nor is 1t
known 10r q certainty whether It was real bv
the woman who is the postmistress OF the ONCE
rom which the Rev. Newman Y-is suDD0sed
to get bis letters but the report is that On thar
DAY sne smashed bottle OF ink BY fiinging it
az the head OF small boy who asked har n
they ever read postal cards at that ofice,
one cannot 0e too careful never to write on
postal cards nything In the least caIculafed Ia
disturb or wound the eensittveneeH OF the posf
on5ce peoples feeliBea-Danoury Nsses.
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Give aud Take.

Tnere Is probably not word OF truth In the
, ,ol Out IL ID very good story neverthe-
less: Al Lexington, KY, recently. BriSsoii The
, U1noI, 10 company with number Of gentlemen.
was was entertained by Price MeGrath. After din.
with o9e one asked Brignoli to favor the party
1880 VIII song: He replied that singing was his
l PROFESSION, and he only practiced it upon the
Stage. A short while afterWard he exnressefi a
H fe,a S 70 zee MI McGraths horses The latter
and that II he would come to the next en1sne
nmeeung an opportunity to see his horses Would
oS anoroed: Brignon returned to his hotel
VIZ Mtsn ot getting glimpse OF Tom Bowling or
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Concerning Widows.

Widows exhibit a pathetic helplessness at
times combined with the versatile sympathy OF
rather confessOr. They might often vie With
the lawyers IN experience OF the secret working
OF the mental machinery or human nature. For
tne "l0ow has graduated In the tender emo
tons She Is therefore able to regard with dis
interested friendlineSs those attacked with the
premonitory symptoms OF the malady from
when she has, perhaps, long ago suffered her
novels, Pyramus tells his passion to the moon
and Thisoe TO her pillow. AS matter OF fact
they usually pour forth their story to the sym
pathetic ear OF the widow, whom. as advertise
ont; sac possesses the experience and
authority which attach by right to the
tesny and a,,a all the airy enterprise Of the
upon her lips AT Christmas parties she is an
1nfalllble oracle, an incarnate Ballroom GUIDE. a
living and breathing file OF Nyra's Journal. At
men, while the women half enviously recognize
the charm OF Grape. Strange TO say, she dis
arms the critics OF her own sex. she can
sympatnne WIN tne mlsgivings OF the callow
alone. She has known the domestic cares Of
the matroD: and even for the veteran cam.
Paigner, whose arms have not yet secured
the matrimonial laurel, she aoounds In expe-
Fences which always sound new, and
often prove invaluable. For she Is regarded,
rightly or wrongly. as disinterested. It is
blue ribbon, or an alderman who has passed. the
chair. she has realized her ambition. Often she
1ustifes the reputation. She Is the patron saiut
OF failures; mother to those who are morally
adrift or socially derellct. AT her feet genius,
misunderstood or maligned, pour5 out his
elegiesL She draws into her system satellites
great and small, and, herself the centre, shines
with Impartial light and warmth upon all. Her
very weeds appeal TO the artistic sense no less
than to the sympathetic heart They enhance
me blonde COMPLEXION by contrast Worn by
the brunette, they serve to illustrate what art
critics call harmony OF tone Black lends itself
70 graceful movements The widow has got
beyond the theory Of life into the practice.
But there are widows and widowa Addison
SAID that In his experience widows did not
mourn for the lss Of husband, but for
the want OF oEe.h In such cases the weeds-at
q distance q flag OF distress often resolve
themselves. on nearer acquaintance. into the
oen i symDoi OF the rowing priyateer. It's
falls victim: MT; Weller spoke with ali the
Ing his son to beware Of Widows" AS the
widow unattached may work Infinite good as
an angel OF light, she may do still greater
mischief In the opposite character. Her words
bave weight and her example authority which
carry conviction to the hearts OF those among
whom she lives and movea.-LOndOn World
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French Fair Play.

"tOiSc T. SlUSSOH, lQe american DltllarQ-
player. thus details how he was robbed OF VIC
tory In his recent match With VignauX in
Parls: did not lose the match on the merits
was literally robbed out OF 1t. In the 10th in
masse shot by at least hail an inch The balls
were close together at the right hand rail-. q
third OF the length OF the table from the head.
table, his cue considerably elevated. He missed
the first ball. The referee stood close to the
Side OF the table next to vignaux, and was
picked up his chalk ana started away. In.
stantly some Frenchman said something to
him In French, and he quickly wheeled about
and rushed to the spot where he would have
goEe naturally had he counted. ! raised my
hand and said NO count and the referee re-
piled NO count, Monsieur Vignaux. At once
divers Frenchmen began crying out in
referee directed me to play. settled down,
took aim, and was about TO play when VlgnauX
grabbed my cue and nearly terked 1t from my
the French shouting He counted. and the
English No count VignauX, with dozen
Frenchmep, gathered round the referee, who
commanded me not to play on penalty OF for
letting the match. The tumult Increased every
body was on his feet, yelling. screaming, push
1Dg, discussing and gesticulating. The referee
diseDgaged himself from the crowd around him,
moved closer to the table, put his hand on his
heart, and when silence had been restored fully
i've minutes after he said In a loud but trem-
uloGs voice, u did not see the shot, A thou
oauu Atu NtIc vi tItlT ICpt III al instant,
screaming at the top OF their voices. Again
q crowd of Frenchmen rushed Iof the re
leree. conspicuous among them was Vignaux
Al American came toward the table at my
solicitation 10 interpret, and the Frenchmen
yelled Put him out" The Frenchmen cursed
the Americans, and the Americans re
piied. Take his pOcket-boOk, Why don't You
Robbery Don't play, George. Lay your cue
on the table" and thousand other things
Finally the referee decided that the shot co1nt-
ed. this being Numerically opposite TO his frs.
decision. laid my enc on the table. The ex.
element became indescribable. Everybody
except Nignauz, who was delighted az the new
turn of affairs, lost his head. Had been per
mitted to play. all l needed to have done was TO
pass the cue-ball between the two obj ct balls,
and then In one simple kiss shot woul1 have
mad item rallied, long rail, natural way, and no
DOUBT would have run the game out. Tor was
playing well and steady. Vlgnaux played ana
scored -, and the game went on until vignaux
won, but not fairly. Assisted by the referee,
he stole the game from me. Plot and Mangin
both say publicly he did not win fairly. Mem
Ders or the Jockey Club sitting In the front row
say he did not count. and should not have been
allowed TO play. Heaps OF Frenchmen condemn
him AS for the referee even with nearly all
FrenchmeD, he is dead cock in the pit ;,
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Sanies Hcgg shot his daughter at Carthage.
Ev,' Ano committed suicide. The girl recovered,
ia 1917 rafo concluded that, as her father
herself In . well
james Z. Fields THINKS that there s,s too
mAoy aeVess n TIE hands OF The people.
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SEVERAL W0ULD.BK JUR0Rs were very much
disappointed az not getting on the Jury at s.
Gay, and left the court room. They met sew
eral others outside, who also wanted TO get 90
Ine Jury. One OF the disappointed applicants
salo 10 those who were about to enter the
courtroom. Its no use for you 60 90 In unless
you own property" "Own property! Why,
you earned fool, do you think would want to
oe !urym man IL had any property !r-Galues-
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Two ROCHESTER, MEN went q fishing, and on
s !.ael return were asked as TO their success
same measure OF fortune: Brown BROUGHT home
perch and ! q pole.p
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THE TRADES.

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