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reaches out his hand, and picks up
one of these fragments. How bright,
how sharp, how needle like; God for
give him! what is he doing? The
conclusive shuddering of that poor,
weak frame, the blue, trembling lips,
tell the story, alas, too well! Oh, the
agony of that uplifted face! Those
poor, glazed eyes that even now are
looking their last, and that bright
crimson thread on the dirty floor,
show too plainly that the poor, drunk
en-, diseased mind has caused the sui
cidal hand to do it's work.
The sun still sends his beams of
light into the dark old room, and
through the broken windows comes
the sound of busy traffic. The day
outside is bright and beautiful. There
is little park across the way with
green turf and beds of variegated
flowers, with little clumps of shrub.
berry, and islands of graceful birch and
maple, their tops nOdding and bending
in the breeze. A fountain filings down
it's spray; and little children, playing
in the sweet sunshine, fill the air with
GULL Cllc llcCt lOulO Ou
And that poor, nameless, lifeless thing
lies there on the bare floor, watched
only by the swallows joyfully fitting
in and out the broken windows. Sleep
on, poor soul! Here hast thou fall
en- unnoticedr" No human eye to look
upon thee-no loving arms to take thee
in their last embrace. After a time
men will come and open the old room,
and learn the lesson which it holds
in store for them. Then will that
poor, weak body, and that broken bot
tie do some good at last For, togeth-
er, they will preach a sermon, old as
the hills and ancient as the sun; here
it is; he who runs may read: "Look
not thou upon the wine when it is red,
when it giveth it's color in the cup,
when it moveth itself Alright, for at
the last, it biteth like serpent and
stingeth like an ADDER
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Gold Galore.

The steamer California recently
arrived at San Francisco thirteen days
from Sitka bringing the sensational
news that all Alaska is affected with
virnlent gold fever. Some two
months ago genuine quartz groupings
were discovered near the Token river,
about eighty miles north of Sitka.
The indications of a rich lode were 50
strong that the discovery created an
excitment which has increased with
every breath of news from the Eldor-
ado. Owing to the great depth of the
snow which prevails at this season of
the year, it is impossible to work the
mines, so that the imaginations of
the gold seekers have full play, and
the reputation Of the lode grows
apace. To judge from the quality
of the ore brought by Capt. Corroll,
of the California, the Token district
is bound to prosper on its own merits.
The specimens OF quartz brought
from the Vint mines by the captain
have assayed as high as $4,000 to the
ton. The ore, to speak in terms not
technical. is of whitish yellow, pro-
fusely sprinkled with sulphuret. The
rock is rich enough if found III large
quantities to make a bonanza prince
of every man in Sitka, and every man
in Sitka appears to have become i'm
bued with the idea.
At present there are about fifty
men on the gold field, and it is proba-
BILE that every man has claim staked
off, though Capt. Carroll says that but
eleven claims have been located.
The mines can not be worked before
the end of March, but while waiting
for the snow to melt the adventures
will lay out their town.
Alaska has not always been regard
ed as a promising region for gold min
ing, but the discovery of S., 900 lode
of quartz within eighty miles of
Sitka has never been a possibility that
strongly recommended itself to pr os.
pectors.
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LATE TO CHURCH.

Along the road on either side,
The elder boughs are budding;
The meadow lands rosy tide
Ofclover bloom is flooding;
The sunny landscape is so fair,
SO sweet the blOssOm-scented air,
That, when went to church to-day,
I could but choose the longest way.
Loud sang the bobolinks, and round
The miikweed flowers the bees were hum
ming,
l sauntered on, but soon found
Behind me some one coming.
l did not turn my head to see,
And vet knew who followed me,
Before Tom called me, Kitty, stay,
And let me share with you the way"
We did not mind our steps grow slow,
Nor notice when the bell stopped ringing,
Nor think of being late; but 10!
When we had reached the church, the sing.
ing
Was over, and the prayer was done;
The sermon fairly was begun!
Should we go in? Should we stay out?
Press boldly in, or turn about?
Tom led the way, and up the aisle
I followed-all around were staring,
Anu ucIc duu tilCIC u
tried to think was not caring,
And yet blushed, know, and showed
A face that like poppy glowed.
For every one seemed saying, Kate,
We all know why you are so late"
Another Sunday, come what will,
mean to be at church in season;
But to regret this morning, still,
trust never shall have reason.
For, should wear wedding dress
A year from now, perhaps you'll guess
What Tom said to me, when to-day,
We walked to church the longest way.
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WOman's WAYS.

A GENTLEMAN the other evening OBJ
jected to playing cards with a lady
because, he said, she had such win
ming way about her.
The time has arrived when an invi-
tation to a wedding is equivalent to
lending the groom ten dollars and
feeling thankful that he didn't ask
for more.
THERE is just as much vindictive-
ness wrapped up in the 90 shucks y
Of woman as there is in the well-de-
veloped and complicated anathema Of
Texas cowboy.
do you favor my suit ?,'said Claude
to Angelina, the other day. Yes. :"
was the crushing reply, 81 look with
more favor on the new clothes than
on their owner"
THE principal Of a young ladies'
seminary in Syracuse has so exhaust
ingly inflicted her pupils with ':de-
pertinent !" that, when left alone, her
girls of 16 act like sixty.
PATER FAMILIAs: "Well Jennie, if
you must marry this winter, I sup
pose you must. Take either of them,
Jennie--the plumber or the coal deal
er; both are good men,
"TAKE back the love thou CAV st
me-" she sang. It was love Of a
bonnet, but didn't match her COM
plexion, and she wanted him to ex-
change it for one that did.
Il DECLARE" said gentleman to
his lady-love, "you are very hand
some." Pooh,' said the lady. $50
you would say if you did not think
So" ''And so you would Think" an
swered he, " though 1 should not say
So"
AN exchange tells of young lady
who, six months after a happy mar
riage, on being asked if she was much
troubled with cold feet, simpered hes
itatingly and with ingenious simple
ity, replied "Ye-yes but-but they
are not my own
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The Bandmaster's Account.

Yes 1 seen most of the fight"
responded the gentlemen on the n.y.
drant to the eager inquiries Of the
reporter. You know the little fell
low came dancing down the street,
and waltzed right up to the big one
and fetched him one in the eye. I
knowed thare would be cotillion so I
chasseed to one side. The tall fellow
balanced to corners, and tripped the
little fellow across the cartrack. He
jumped up and pOlked around until he
see an opening and went in.
'For two minutes it was all hands
around, till the little fellow got hip
lock and flung the big one. Then he
got up and schottisched after the lit
tie one, and got in on his ear. The lit
tie fellow forward toed and lifted him
under the chin. Then they had
grand change for wind, and ladies in
the center, which fetched 'em both
down. Then the quadrille was lively,
you bet! The big one reeled off, and
caromed on his eye, and then it was
gents the same for about three min
utes.
'You d think they were walking
for cake. The little man varsouvi-
enned about like hot wire, but the
big one stood on the forward and back
till he got a show, and seat your part
ners for the little man. o! you can
bet she was a redowa from the start
to the finish, only I'd like to have seen
the little fellow mazOurka him.
"May ask your BUSINESS % inquir-
ed the reporter.
"I play for parties. You might
publish my card and give me lift
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ASLEEP.
ROSE TERRY COOKE.

In summertime how fair it showed i
My garden by the village road,
Where fiery stalks of blossoms glowed,
And roses softly blushed
With azure spires and garlands white,
Pale heliotrope, the suns delight,
Aud odors that perfumed the night
Where'er the south wind rushed.
There solemn, purple pansies stood,
Gay tulips, rad with floral blood,
Aud wild things fresh from field and wood,
Alive with dainty grace.
Deep heaven-blue bells of columbine,
The darkly mystic passion vine,
And clematis, that loves to twlne,
Bedecked that happy place.
Beneath the strong, uuclouded blaze
OF long and feryent summer days
Their colors smote the passing gaze,
And dazzled every eye.
Their cups OF scented honey-dew
Charmed all the bees that DER them few,
And butterflies of radiant hue
Paused as they hoated by.
Now falls q cloud OF sailing snow,
The bitter winds of wiQter blow,
No blossom dares its cup to show
Earth folds them in her breast;
A shroud of white, 4 virgin pail,
Is slowly, softly hiding all;
In vain shall any sweet wind call
To break their silent rest.
Ny garden is vanished dream,
Dead in the waning moons cold beam,
Clear icicles above it CLEAN;
And vet know not how
Ny flowers will hear the dropping rain
When spring reneweth hill and plain,
And then it shall be mine again;
It is Gods garden low.
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their own by driving the Russians
ont A otxv hov loI ,A

their own by driving the Russians
out. A treaty was then concluded at
st. Petersburg affirming the Celestial
suzerainty of the disputed ground, but
conceding Russia slice with an al
lowance in the shape of an indemnity.
This was no sooner communicated to
the new Cabinet at Picking than the
negotiator was recalled and thrown
into prison. with a strong prospect of
losing his head. The Russians delay
ed as long as subterfuge could be
found, but the presence of a strong
army and the prospect of an obstinate
campaign proved too strong an argu-
ment, and the Chinese demands have
been, according to the dispatches,
virtually conceded. IAN American
General, Gordon, at the head of the
Celestial forces, may not have been
without it's weight in the concils of
the Gar.
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Russia and China.

China has proved more troublesome
than the Turk to Russian greed. The
war of conquest carried by the Rus
SLAMS to the northwestern boundaries
of the Chinese Empire in 1871 ended
in the occupation Of the territory of
Kuldia, rich and arabic country not
within the lines of the great wall
China at the time had her hands full
elsewhere and the Russians were left
for the moment unmolested. They
gave pacific assurances that if it
should ever happen that the Chinese
were able to assume control of the
coveted possession, the forces of the
Car would retire. In good time the
Chinese evinced their ability to hold
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Take Turns.

One cannot always be amiable Not
every man, and possibly not every wom-
an, is saint. It is good rule for the
husband and wife to take turns in getting
cross. When the thing comes upon
both at once the houss is apt to become
not conservatory, but hot house.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-20

LIZ all seconds were as averse to duels
as their principals. very little blood
would be shed in that way.
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AL dt OllCG Cuooo LII pIOOolOIio Pt.oo
away. A sensation Of relief flashes
through all his nerves; his breast ex-
pands, his muscles relax. There is a
feeling like that Of floating in air-like
a body between two waters; an inviSi-
BILE breath sweeps the shadows from
the oppressed brain, and movement
begins to return slowly. He appears
calm, and with tranquil face and
free respiration falls into the deep
slumber of an eXhausting debauch.
When he awakes it is broad day. a
ray of white sunshine plays upon the
wall, and in it dance millions of little
atoms. He remains for a long time in
half stupid state, mechanically pass
ing his hands back and forth over his
moist forehead, and casting fright
ened look around him. All is in the
same state as of the evening before !;
the bottle planted in the middle of the
table, the empty glass, at the bottom
of which the liquor has left rose-tint ;
further on, in flake of wax, stand the
burned and charred remains of the
candle; and on the floor the pieces of
the broken looking glass reflect broad
hands of light. Suddenly the man is
himself again. The dream is finished.
He sees again his empty chamber and
it's naked walls. There is nothing left
of his debauch but the most heart
sickening disgust; his eyelids are red !;
his teeth soft; his mouth sticky; his
skin burning hot, and dry as parch-
ment; the forehead moist with sweat.
Again and for the last time he carries
the bottle to his lips. Suddenly he
stops short. The liquor has reached
its end. With gesture of Impotence
the bottle is carried hastily behind
him. and he throws it with all his
strength against the wall; it falls,
broken into a thousand fragments.
The dregs, as they run glistening down
the dirty wall, leave a stain like that
of blood. He no longer appears to
notice the old chair, but seats himself
upon the floor, and gazes long and list
lessly at the shivered fragments of the
bottle, shining in the morning sun.
Abstractedly, mechanically, he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-12-22

"Were you upon the witness stand in the

"Were you upon the witness stand in the
trial Of the conspirators 7" 2i. .-.. '-
"No, sir, was simply held for a time, as
we're all the other actors and persons connect.
ed with the theatre. Poor John T. Ford was
kept in prison more than month, when there
was not the faintest suspicion of bis compllcl-
ty, but St. Michael himself, could not have
escaped arrest in those days." =.
Mr.. Matthews is now an actor in the Union
Square Theatre, in New York, where l met
him and listened to the story above retold.
His recollection of Booth is naturally very
vivid. He has retained as relics the ward
robe he wore on the night of the assassination,
as also some trinkets which were the property
of Booth.
"Do justice to poor John" said he, speak.
ing of his friend. "He thought he was doing
right, and had brooded 80 much over the ter
rors of war, that he had reached point where
he looked upon his act as patriotic. He was
brave man. There was something exalted
in his courage. Think of his begging for sim.
ply the chance to 6ght for his life, when the
soldiers had surrounded him in the barn, ]
do not believe that the cranky soldier who is
credited with killing Booth ever shot him.
That he shot at him there is no doubt. but my
theory is that when John found he could not
get chance for bis life, and either had to die
by fire or be killed by his enemies, he himself
fired the shot which ended what had been go
promising life"
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DISCRETION AND CUNNING.-At the same
time that think discretion is the most use.
full talent that man can be master OF,
look upon cunning to be the accomplishment
of little, mean, ungenerous minds. Dlscre:
tion points out the noblest ends to US, and
pursues the most proper and laudible methods
of obtaining them Scunning has only pri-
yate, selfish aims, and sticks at nothing that
NAV make them succeed. Discretion has
large and extended views, and like we'll
formed eye commands whole horizon ; cum
ming is kind of short.sightedness, that dis
covers the minutest objects that are near at
hand, but are not able to discern things at
distance.
Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives
a greater authority to the person that pos
sesses it; cunning, when it is once detected,
loses its force, and makes man incapable
of bringing about even those events which he
might have done if be had passed only tor a
plain man. Discretion is the perfection of
reason, and guide to US in all the duties of
life cunning is kind of instinct, and only
looks out after our immediate interest and
welfare. Discretion is only found in men Of
strong sense and good understanding; cum
ming is often to be met with in the brutes
themselves, and in persons who are the few
est removes from them ; in short, cunning is
only the mimic Of discretion, and may pass
upon weak men, in the same manner that
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A MOMAN,S DUTIES.

The late number of the Student, literary
paper published by the students Of Hiram
College, quotes an extract from a letter writ
ten by Mrs. Garfield to her husband over ten
years ago, and intended for no eyes but his
1t fell into the hands of President Hinsdale,
who made use oft in lecture to the students,
and as it showed the qualities of Mrs. Gar.
fields mind, and her opinions upon the sub
ject of woman's work, he gave it to the stu
dents. The extract is as follows: Il am
glad to say that out of all the toll and disap-
pointments of the summer just ended, have
risen up to victory that silence of thought
since you have been away has won for my
spirit triumph. I read something like this
the other day "There is no healthy thought
without labor, and thought makes the labor
happy" Perhaps this is the way have been
able to climb up higher. 1t came to me one
morning when was making bread. said
to myself, "Here am compelled by an inev.
liable necessity to make our bread this sum-
mer. Why not consider it pleasant oecu.
patton, and make it so by trying to see what
perfect bread I can make ?" 1t seemed like
an inspiration, and the whole of my life grew
brighter. The very sunshine seemed flowing
down through my spirit into the white loaves,
and now believe that my table is furnished
with better bread than ever before and this
truth, old as creation, seems just now to have
become fully mine-that I need not be the
shrinking slave of toll, but its real master,
making whatever do yield me its best fruits.
You have been king Of your work so long
that may be you will laugh at me for having
lived so long without my crown, brt I am too
glad to have found it all to be entirely dis.
concerted even by your merriment. Now, l
wonder if right here does not lie the terrible
wrong or at least some of it, of which the
woman sufragists complain. The wrongly
educated woman thinks her duties disgrace,
and frets under them or shirks them if she
can. She sees man triumphantly pursuing
his vocations, and thinks it is the kind of
work he does which makes him grand and
regnant; whereas it is not the kind of work
at all, but the way in which and the spirit
with which he does it."
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Too MUCH PR1DE-General James Weir
was once rich and respected Ohio lawyer,
the leading jurist of Belmont county, and
famous througout the State; but he fell into
proAigacy, lost all his money and good repu.
tation, and was year ago compelled to sell
his library, to which he had clung as long as
possible, in order to keep from starvation.
His sons, George and James, disgraced them
selves by drunkenness, were accused of rob-
berries, and one was sent to prison for shoot
ing an enemy. 1t will thus be seen that the
Weirs had sunk very low in the social scale.
Still, when dressmaker offered to take Ada,
the Generals fourteen-year.old daughter, and
teach her how to earn an honest living, the
old man became furiously angry, declaring
that the girl should not disgrace herself and
the family by learning trade" 1t was in
an alteration over this question that James
Weir, as lately reported in telegram, killed
his father with blow on the head.
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The WANDERING JEw.-There are vari.
GUS versions of the story Of "The Wander
ing Jew" the legends Of whom have formed
the foundation Of numerous romances, poems,
and tragedies. One version is that this per.
son was servant in the house of PLATE, and
gave the Master q blow as He was being
dragged out of the palace to 60 to His death.
A popular tradition makes the wanderer a
member of the tribe of Naphtali, who, some
seven or eight years previous to the birth Of
Christ-child left bis father to 60 with the wise
men of the East whom the star led to the
lowly cot in Bethlehem. 1t runs, also, that
the cause of the killing of the children can
be traced to the stories this person related
when he returned to Jerusalem Of the visit
of the wise men, and the presentation of the
gifts they brought to the Divine Infant, when
He was acknowed ged by them to be the king
of the Jews He was lost sight Of for time,
when he appeared as carpenter who was
employed in making the cross on which the
Saviour was to be lifted up into the eyes of
men. As Christ walked up the way to Cal
vary, He had to pass the workshop of this
man, and when he reached its door, the sold
iers, touched by the suferings Of the Man Of
Sorrows, besought the carpenter to allow Him
to rest there for a little, but he refused, ad-
ding insult to want of charity. Then it is
said that Christ pronounced his doom, which
was TO wander over the earth until the Sec
ond coming. Since that sentence was utter
ed, he has wandered, courtiDg death, but
finding it not, and his punishment becoming
more unbearable as the generations come and
90. He is said to have appeared in the six
teeuth, seventeenth, and even as recently as
the eighteenth century, under the name OF
Cataphilus, and Ahasurus, by which the
Wandering Jew has been known. One of the
legends described him as shoemaker OF
Jerusalem, at whose door Christ desired to
rest on the road to Calvary, but the man re.
fused, and the sentence to wander was pro-
ounced.-1nter- Ocean.
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Seletted goetrp.
THE NINETY AND NINE.

There are ninety and nine who live and die
In want and hunger, and cold,
That one may revel in luxury
And be Tapped in its silken fold.
The ninety and nine in novels bare,
The one in mansion with riches rare.
They toll in the fields, the ninety and nine,
For the fruits of mother earth;
They dig and delve in the dusky mine,
And bring hidden treasures forth.
But the wealth released by their sturdy blows,
To the hands of the one forever flows.
From the sw eat of their brows the desert blooms
And the forest before them falls;
Their labor has builded humble homes,
And the cities with lofty halls.
But the one owns cities and homes and lands,
And the ninety and nine have empty hands.
But the night so dreary, and dark, and long,
At last shall the morning bring,
And over the land the victor's song
OF the ninety and nine shall ring,
And echo afar from zone to zone,
Rejoice. for labor shall have won its own.
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va Conquer thyself Till thou hast dene
that thou art slave; for it is almost as we'll
to be in subsection to anothers appetite as thy
own
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Too MANY SUCH Enthusiastically a
short time ago, says the Osceola Sentinel,
while we sat in an Osceola store, we saw
man and his wife from the country trading.
The woman had the appearance of being a
hard working, Industrious, intelligent lady.
She was examining piece of calico or other
cheap goods. The clerk said: "Shall I cut
you off ten yards?" The pale faced over.
worked woman turned to her husband, and
in timid, frightened manner asked him if
she might buy dress as she needed it, and
the cost would be less than 81. "No," he
grunted, II can't afford it" and yet he had
just paid as much for great plug of navy
and paper or two of smoking tobacco. The
poor, i'll clad, but neat woman, subsided as
though this was no new experience, while her
rough, coarse and animal husband bit of
moutbful of the weed and ordered her to
get ready for home.
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nar Coffee drinkers should read the adver-
tisement in another column headed Good
Coffee