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know. If we could send it back, saying
that we had no use for it; or that we had
one already, and couldn't he make it
something else, would be the best way.
You have to consult custom and etiquette
in these things. you know, dear"
"Y-e.e-s," said Mrs. W., with a sinister
sweetness in her compliance.
Besides" he continued, as he care
lessly took hold of the Presents hand
and began stroking the Presents brow
in a gentle and fatherly way, Il don't
really know if it would be safe to send it
back at all. You see these foreign pow
ers are mighty touchy, and I don't know
but if was to send this Present back
and turn up my nose at it in such way
they might be mad enough to declare war
on the United States right off and massa-
ere us all"
"You would, would you?" remarked
Mrs. Wallace in voice like the first
rumblings of a typhoon. 'Fraid to
send it back, are you. you bald-headed
old fraud? 'Fraid of international COM
plications, are you, you salaclons old
wretch! Now you can just understand
this, sir, and right now: II that Present
doesn't go back to that old beast that
sent it in less than ten minutes I'll show
you what kind OF Bulgarian atrocity you
are married to. ''Ill show you," she
Kissed, as she flew ct the Present and in
augurated panic in dry goods and hair
pins and Circassiar squeals and male
protests, and finally Mysteries, as Gen.
Wallace called q camel and packed the
girl off at hot speed.
Then he went in and caught it-caught
it 30 hot that he remarked to the vice.
consul that sooner than go through the
like again he would see the whole conti-
nent bathed in blood and the American
eagle bombarded until it hadn't pin
feather to its name.
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Oatehing Y Tartar.

Some eight or ten years ago silver
topgued chap, who claimed to be fruit
tree agent, swindled the farmers of this
country in q shameful manner, and one
resident of Nankin, who was so mad that
about it that he came to Detroit,
searched the rascal out and gave him a
pounding on the street. After he got
through his work he told the fellow that
he would lick him twice as bad if he
ever put his eyes on him again, and it
was threat to be remembered and
nursed. About three weeks ago the
Nankin man was travelling in Washetah
county, and as he journeyed along the
highway he met traveller who so
closely resembled the fruit-tree
swindler that he halted and called out:
Here you are again, you bold faced
rascalr'
Eyes, I'm here" was the bold reply.
"Well, so am 1, and I'm going to lick
you until you can't hollsr! l said
word. Come down here'
The stranger ''clumb" without pro
test. shedding his coat as he struck the
ground, and fight began. In about
two minutes he had used up the farmer
and was ooolly replacing his coat.
"See here" said the man from Nankin,
as he wiped his nos, with burd6ck,
"you fight better than you did eight
years ago."
"Weii, dunno. This is my first affair
with you"
Didn't whallop you in front of the
Detroit postofice eight years ago?"
mo sir; was in Australia up to a
year ago."
"And you never saw me before?"
"Never!"
"And was never in Nankin?'
"Neverr
"Well, I'll be hanged! Come to look
at you can see that you're not the man.
Why on earth didn't you explain, or ask
me to? You must have thought me mis-
taken"
"Oh. yer, 1 knew you we're mistaken
but / had just discovered that had
driven seven miles on the wrong road
and was wishing that some one would
come along and give me two words of
sass."-[ Detroit Free Press.
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He Wanted 10 Know.

Father" began the innocent child,as
he leaned over his fathers knee 'you
are an awful good man"
Eyes, hope so my son."
"You wouldn't cheat anybody
q cent, would your"
"Of course wouldn't. Why do you
ask?"
Suppose, father, that you had Sl0,-
600 in Wabash preferred which had cost
you $80?"
Eyes"
"And they went down to 1852"
yes"
"Aud suppose an old friend came
: here from Elmira who wanted to buy
stocks, and could he talked into believ-
ing that Wabash preferred would touch
$75 before September, would you un-
load on him at $50 and rake in his cash?''
''No-ahem--that is see here, Syl-
vanusl The next time have dear old
friend to call upon me, and you listen at
the library door to catch our CONVEX
sation, you'll get dividend on curiosity
that will last you life time. Tell your
mother to put you to bed an hour ahead
OF time for the next week."
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MY SPRINGS.

In the heart of the Hills OF Life know
Two springs, that with unbrok.n flow,
Forever pour their lucent streams
Into my souls fair Lake of Dreams.
Not larger than two eyes they lie
Beneath the manv changing sky,
A md mirror all of life and time
Serene and dainty pantomlme
Shot through with lights of stars and dawns
And Swallowed sweet by ferns and fawns,
Thus heaven and earth together vie
Their shining depths to sanctify.
Always, when the large form of Love
Is hid by storms that rage above,
] gaze in my two springs and SEQ
Love 10 his very verify.
Always, when Faith with sitting stress
Of grief hath died in bite ness,
] gaze in my two springs and see
Faith that smiles Immortality!
Alwa' s, when Charity and Hope,
In darkness bounden. ieebly grope,
gaze in NV two springs and see
A light that sets my captives free.
Always, when Art on perverse wing
Flies where I cannot hear him sing,
| gaze in III. two springs and see
A charm that brings hun back 10 me.
When Labor faints and Glory fails,
And CO Reward in signs exhales,
| gaze in my two springs and see
Attainment full and heavenly.
o Lowell Wifei thine eyes a'e they
My springs from out whose shining gray
Issue the sweet celestial streams
That feed my life bright Lake of Dreams
Oval and large and passion pure,
And tray and wise aud honor sure;
Soft as O dying violet breath,
Yet calmly unfrad of death;
Thronged, like two devecotes of gray doves,
With wife's and mothers and poor folks love
And home loves and high glory loves
And science loves and story loves,
And loves for all that G ID and man
In art and nature make or plan;
The love (no less) tor spidery lace
And broideries and supple grace,
And diamonds, and the whole sweet round
of Titles that large life compound,
And loves for God and God bare TRUTH
And loves for Magdalen and Ruth;
Dear eyes, dear eyes and rare, complete
Being heavenly sweet and earthl' sweet
| marvel that God made YOU mine,
For when He frowns It's then We shinel
Sidney Lanier in the Century.
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''Surely, you will not be false to me.
George?" and the bright blue eyes of
Elaine jenkins looked fondly into the
face of the man who bends over her so
fondly, and whose words of love comes
to her troubled breast with the same
sweet, sobbing restfulness that tired
man feels when the throbs of his aching
head are stilled and the demons of pain
driven away by the touch of wife's
hand and the sound of her low. sweet
voice.
"No, my little one," replied George
W. Simpson, drawing, the girl close to
him. Il will never deceive you, never
do aught that would give you sorrow or
pain You have made better man OF
me-dragged me as 1T were from the
horrid maelsrtom of draw-poker and
twenty-five cent drinks, into whose
deadly center was quickly being drawn.
and landed me in the beautiful Lotus
Island of your love-the pure, trusting,
passionate love of heart that beats
alone for me. Never fear, my darling,
that will leave you"-and pressing
kiss upon the ripe, red lips that would
make o cake jar look desolate, he went
out into the star-lit night and started
down the street car track where there
was no danger of being interrupted by
vehicles.
Ten years later.
Over the old front gate, thrown out Of
plump 80 many times by George and
Elaine. hanging on it to swap lies, the
vines are growing. A little to the left is
a grave, moss-covered and uncared for.
Towser is dead. In the sun-kissed
woodshed back of the house man is
chopping wood. A woman comes to the
back door.
George" she says.
"Yes."
"Supper's ready. Shoe the brats out
Of the ally and bring in some wood when
you come"
"All right" :.
Heaven help them they are married!
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Infiuen. e or New Hats on h ,er.

There is hotel on Fulton street,
Brooklyn, which does q rushing bar
business and draws a notably large
amount of beer, so that It's custom means
a good deal to the brewer securing it.
Not long ago the hotel changed hands
and the new proprietors transferred their
patronage to another firm of brewers, to
the disgust, naturally, of the original
supplier, who cast about to recover the
trade.
The hotel is not far from an institu-
ton, the employees of which have been
invited to contribute VOLUNTARILY" two
per cent. of their salaries to Mr.. Hub
bells campaign fund. With some of
these patriots the discarded brewer took
counsel.
The other day at noon one of the
patriots entered the hotel. ordered .
beer, drank one.third of the glass and
remarking: "Great Hubbelll whose
beer is that? 1 don't want to be poi
sonedr' beat a hasty retreat.
The proprietor was surprised for o
moment, but had almost forgotten the
incident when band of patriots, en-
tered, ordered beer, and after discuss
ing civil service reform, free lunch, and
other topics of the day, made ready and
drank.
Hardly had the fluid touched their
lips than they set down the glasses,
looked at each other solemnly and shook
their heads, and the spokesman said to
the astonished barkeeper: "Here Johnny
give me my change and empty that stuff
in'o the sinkv' Then they filed out
solemnly to the edi6cation of the fifty or
sixty customers who were present, and
each of whom became convinced that
there was queer taste to the beer
This performance was duly repeated
for several days. varied by such slight
incidents as one patriot asking another
when, as they were passing, they be-
held the proprietor ct the door-to come
in and have some beer, and the other
answering audibly: Yes, but not here
they don't keep good beer any more"
Then the patriots absented themselves
conspicuously for whole day, and
when one Of them went into buy q cigar
and was asked where were his fellows. re-
sponded:
"Oh, the boys have been going across
the road-they say your beer has been
bad Of latel"
80 help me gracious There was
nothing the matter With those beerr'
said the proprietor, but there was no
disputing the fact that the patriots NO
longer visited the hotel, or II one did
come in and order . glass of beer, his
subsequent conduct was such Is 10
dampen the enthusiasm Of the other
customers.
So he surrendered at discretion and
recalled the original brewer, and set mp
the drinks literally to welcome back the
patriots.
And all those patriots wear new hats,
and the brewer who has recovered his
profitable customer. paid $50 to q halter
about that time.
And Il il the other brewer who ID
| Disguised beyond measure and cannot
understand the thing at all, % help him
gracious. Y. World.
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Penn was vested with powers that
gave him almost the rights Of an indie.
pendent prince. He was permitted to
make laws and levy taxes and imposts,
subject only to confirmation by an as
sembly OF the iepresen taitives of the
people. He was authorized to appoint
magistrates and judges, and possessed
all the authority Of captain general to
"levy. muster and train all sorts of
men," and Ito make war upon sec or
land against pirates, robbers or barbar-
ous nations. besides other rights and
privileges Of an extreme executive char
acter.
His frst care was TO direct letter 10 the
inha bitants Of Pennsylvanis apprising
them OF his grant from the king. At the
same time he assured them Of his inten-
ton Of dealing honestly and justly with
them. In one passage Of the communi-
cation he says: "You shall be governed
by laws entirely Of your own making.
and live free. and. il you will, sober
and industrious people,"
Alter dispatching this notification, TO-
gether with certain letters OF authority
from the king. he cot himself vigorously
10 work framing constitution.
III measuros we're such - to embrace
-rudely formulated 10 be sure-a draft
Of representative government such -
ere now embodied in our Federal oonsti.
tuition. Il has been but little changed
in Psnnsylvania, which remains essen-
TALLY governed now - II was when thu
draft vs. nrst adopted and completed BY
the asssmbly.--T Howard Pyle, in Har'
per's Magazine for November.
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HER TREASURES.
NARY AINeE DE WERE.

I keep them in the old, old box
That Willie gave me years ago,
The time We parted on the rocks;
His ship lay swinging TO and fro,
At waiting in the lower bay,
| thought my heart would break that day.
The picture with the pensive eyes
Is Willies? No dear, that's young Blake,
Who took the West Point highest prize;
He went half crazy for my sake.
Here are lot of rhymes he wrote,
And here's button of his coat.
Is this his ring, my dearest NAV?
| never took a ring from himl
This was gift from Howard Clay.
Just see, the pearls are getting dim
They say that pearls are tears-.what stuff
The setting looks a little rough.
He was as handsome as prince
And as Jealous But he went to Rome
Last fall. He's never written since,
used to sit at his home
A lovely place beyond Fort Lee
His mother thought the world OF me
Oh, no / sent his letters back.
These came to me from Washington.
But, look, what a tremendous pack
He alwa wrote me three for one
know | used to treat him i'll
Poor Jackl he fell at Charlottesville.
The vignettes--all that lot--are scalps
took in London, Naples, Nice,
At Paris, and among the Alps;
Those foreign lovers act like geese.
But, dear, they are such handsome men.
We 60 to France next year again.
This is the DOCTORS signet ring.
These faded flowers? Oh, let me see;
Whv what very curious thing
Who could haye sent these flowers TO me?
All! now l have it Count de Twill;
He married that fat Crosbie girl.
His hair was red. You need not look
So sadly ct that raven tress.
You know the head that lock forsook;
You know, but you could Lever guess
Nor would tell you for the world
About whose brow that ringlet curled.
whv won't tellf Well, partly, child,
Because you like the man yourself;
Blu most because don t get so Wild
have not laid him on the shelf
He's not q by-gone. In year
III tell you all about him. dear.
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The CIrcassian BIZ auty.


General Lew Wallace, the American
minister, with q beautiful Circassian girl.
Press dispatch.
This is all that the modest telegraph
consents to say about the occurrence,
though the San Francisco Wasp found
ever so much more to be told. The fact
is that Mrs. Wallace was sitting at the
front window of her Constantinople
house, on the verge of going down to
the bazaar for some embroidery stuffs to
send home, when q cavalcade, drew up
before the door, huge eunuch, arrayed
in the Sultan's livery, knocked at the
dojr and salam slammed. and then two
eunuchs, a size smaller. brought in and
deposited on the inside door-mat big
eyed. beautiful Circassian girl, whose
lustrous orbs and sparkling jewels were
but little obscured by the Aimsy gauze
yelling that covered her from head to
foot. Mrs. Wallace stared at the girl in
dumb amazemeDt.
"What do you want?" she said.
The girl shook her head.
"Mustaby, Mustaby?" cried Mrs.
Wallace sharply. "What does this
mean?"
Mustaby came from the floor below,
where he had been polishing some knives
with Bristol brick. He dropped knife
and brick when he caught sight Of the
visitor.
sAh, ali, he calculated with satisfac-
ton, as he saw the imperial insignia; cit
is Q magnificent present. His highness
has smiled upon my master and has sent
him his choice slave"
'.And what is his chosen slave going
to do in this house. should like to
knovp', continued Mrs. Wallace, with q
vineRary CLEAN OF sarcasm.
s.She will bring my masters coffee to
him when he awskes in the morning, and
afIsctionately superintend his morning
ablutions."
s.ske will, will shsa" remarked Mrs.
W.. ACE. a. she ground her teeth very
hard s:She viii a6ectionately super
intend his morning ablutions, will she?''
And she stealthily fingered bric-s-
hrac cimeter. and glsred ct the offending
Present.
Then she walked straight up to the
beauty on the door-mst, pointed her in
dex finger out to the front door. and re.
marked:
V00 ffo06Ot Dt1KoU - uOk osoPsotys
ssGo way, I tell you. You're . shame.
less hussy to come intruding on re-
spectacle family in this way"
The Pteasnt did not look a. though
abe had done anything particularly in
famous, and allowed no deposition 70
movo.
Nh. Wallace could contain hsrself no
\ longer. She new u the present, grabbed
! Il 81 the shoulder, and vas hustling Il
down the stairs whom General Wallace
came around the corner, rather hushed
from rapid walking. He tosk in the
situation at . glance.
"Oh. Lswisr cried his vito, with 90
esntuaied horror; did you ever hear Of
such thingf"
Lewis did not look horri1ed. though
h evidently was. He evidently bed
! heard OF such things. for there Was Z
doubtful look on his face. Finally he
II don't &ink, Maria, that 1 would
"a 4 out into the street. It's not q
1nu you know"
1 Thee W : faint snap IN 4rs. Wal.
hsso's eyes, but shs nodded and lursd
Mn o. further.
aYou ~ it's present, and you can't
olvo svay Or throw away . present, you
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Men may say Of marriage and women
Whist they please; they will rsnounce
neither he one nor The other.-I Fron-
tonello.
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..- 1D- S05sfnk Aente 6SSth.
Mr.. Epgron:--In my, afst reply
TO " Fsstins Lente," my object was
to prove my remarks at the Music
Hall. i had no idea Of "begging
the question g Of: Smuggling and
illicit distilling. a.
have a high opinion of Mr.. Ellis,
and can hardly believe he would
make q statement merely to please
his audience. shall write him by
next mail, and will publish his reply
for the benefit Of "Festina Lente,"
and II he cannot corroborate his
statement by figures I shall be quite
willing to rule out his testimony.
am not SO foolish as to believe
that the passage Of a prohibitory law
will stop the use Of liquor altogether !;
but I do believe that such q law
would largely diminish the evil.
As to- Smuggling, do not think
there will be much Of that done, for
liquor is too bulky to be brought in
large quantities without being de-
tected. II -
In Sfderto prevent it, we would
establish an Inspectors office, and
oblige nll importers to SEND . certain
portion of all merchandise for ex.
animation; this would largely reduce
the smuggling Of opium and other
articles that are now. w.smuggled into
THE Kingdom.
l admit that there will be more OF
less illicit distilling, but il . good
healthy public opinion can be Great
ed, every. good citizen will see that
all drunken men are promptly arrest.
ed for violating the law, as they
now do when q man attempts to
steal; then those who use liquor will
be very careful, and those who dis.
till it will find it difficult to dispose
of their illicit wares.
Let US try q prohibitory law, and
we shall then be able to see its work.
ings, and we shall, after it has beer
in operation for time, be able tc
discuss it more intelligently than II
is possible to do now.
! =. e., p. c. JONES, Jr.
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NOTICE.-The; ,undersigned IFS; now
~ prepared to give lessons In Spanish
or French, sId any other foreign Ian.
gusge, orally and scientifically, with the
most easy. method TO. its perect know
lebge, to young ladies at the Kinder
Garten School premises, Nuuanu Ave-
nue., daily from "a to p. M; and to
young men,. At the, premises opposite
Queen. .Emmass, .frem 9to 10 pm.
For particulars enquire therein, %
F. ID. A. Merquez, Prof. Of Languages.
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REAT Bargain For Sale-The
~ premises lately cccupied'by G.
G. Beckley, on Lilihs street; also
the adjoining property with dwell
ing house on same. These places
are favorably situated and but a
short distance from town. For fur
ther particulars apply to- George c.
.Beckley. 81. ,t;:' 70
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manieation ii your paper the other
day, expressive Of grave doubt a. to
the good. likely to be done to the
temperance cause by the circulation
Of Mr.. Eli Johpson'a little, book on
intoxicating drinks. I read that
communication twice very carefully,
and felt sorry to admit that the
writer was . sound. l was present in
Fort Street Church when Mr.. John
son delivered his first lecture, and
thought it strong argument
agaiAst drinking customs; but when,
at the close Of the lecture, he an.
n6unced to his audience that he
would sell them . book that would
tell them how"BrSndy;; gin, whisky,
&c. were madsa felt shudder Of
hdfror, . believing that the book
would he productive Of more evil
than good. ,On leaving the church
I came across ssfriend in the street,
who had ALSO been ssa listener. !
stated to him my doubts and fears,
expressing. tho conviction that while
many people would read the book
and resolve to drink no more, many
others would purchase the book for
the sole purpose Of learning how to
make cheap gin." My friend
thought 1 had taken q wrong view
Of the matter and believed that the
book could not possibly do anything
but good. / began to think that
perhaps he was right and I wrong
after all; at least, az temperance
man, I sincerely hoped SO. On
reading the communication above
referred to I saw that I was NOT
alone in my way Of thinking, and
the former fears and convictions
revived. Any shadow of hope to
1.-The contrary that may yet have re-
NAMED was entirely dispelled last
evening. 1t came about in. this
way: Il was sitting alone in my
little:: room, reading Mr.: Green's
MINISTERIAL statement in the Aduer
I t;ser, when: a,smilipg face China99a,, y!
walked in. This C6inaman had beer
10 tbe habit of bringing me all hi
English documents, for me to .reat
their eontensR .cauA explain .:theiil
pesping. r., Supposing that he re
qutred some attention. .'of this kint
on the present: ecasien.I ] :droppet
NY. paper and. held my SELF in Feadi
asas Jor .asAon, After. much, cir
cumlocution he produced Mr.: John
sons bqok;-..INrink from Drugs
land proceeded to say that b.
lwisheds 1to:know where. and how t.
procure the drngs named in the book
how to compound them,, &c., 'assur
ing me that 1 should have'a full
share Of the profits Of the very pro
itable trade he expected .to. do.
~,;.. "a ."a;... ANTI.GRoa.
l
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T OST, on May seth, from the Puma
~ hou" Bus, . roll Of Music, one Of
the pieces marked "Mrs. Hanford." )"
The finder viii please return, the same
to this Office, and receive suitabls re-
ward. '@' l09'
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r OST. on the 18th April last, in Homo
IL lulu, some papers and . plan Of
land, bearing ON them the names of
John Kakina aud G. w. Webb. The
finder will be rewardedlon leaving same
at the Bulletin ONCE. 109 1w
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Mr.. e. p. ADAMS will sell this
day, at 10 AM, at the residence of
A. Young, Esq, corner Of King and
Victoria streets, household furni-
ture, horses, carriages, etc.
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Friday, June 2nd.,.
"':;" :;,... R-OUR~s
Regular Cash Sale.
Az IN oS~IooL O M Of,
. At 10 o'clock a. m.

And at IL noon, viii be sold
! sids,spring Road Wagon,
! Express,
l Open Buggy and Harness,
l Carriage Horse, warranted gentle,
we'll broken to saddle e. harness,
Isgnlarly driven by a lady. ..
l DrsWst,ir Buggy and :.
Good Asr iof IIprr,,ess.
E.P. ADAMS, Auctioneer.
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! .yEANTED, A quiet family, carriage
~ TIE e'sAnl hE not . lazy beast. Ed
.htess r 0yhBxb34 ~ !.E7