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The Best and the Cheapest.
Detroit Free Press.

In fit of desperation, says q correspond
ent, went the other day down to China
town, which Is another name for the lower
end Of Mott street, In search Of q servant. l
went into one Of the groceries, and q grave
and reverni Chinaman, who looked as II
he had the wisdom Of the centuries and the
concentrated cunning Of a thousand foxes,
twisted up In his pig tail, eyed me from be-
hind his round goggles, and asked me my
errand. IL want servant" '.You want
China boy for do cookee?' "Yes, and any
thing else hes asked TO do" "How much
yen give?' "Whatev.r Is right" That
phrase seemed to please him. His eyes
twinkled, aud he continued: 81 get you
China boy-you pay him $50 month. "Tos
much" "You pay him $50 month"; Why
not? You pay Mclean girl Sis mouth. Que
China boy worth two Mclean girl. Melican
girl put hair in pie. China boy no put hair
in pie. Melican girl she make man como
into your house. China boy be no make
man come Into your house. You pay Meli-
can girl Sis month, she eat $50 month; you
pay China boy $50 month, he eat "a month.
You pay Melican girl SIS month, and Meli-
can girl boss. You pay China boy $40
month, and You boss. You oil glad you
pay China boy $50 month BY and by, China
boy ask $40 them" .Old man. said sad
ly, ..you are right; IL Is worth SIS . month
n, ~. basx I'm vo,,r .,wu house h,,t I caur
afford the luxury" and turned away. A
lifted the latch of the door the snimated
old idol said oracnlsrly: "You come again
sometime, sure. When all dishes broke
you come back for China boy. China boy
cheap fof $40 month";"
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A Romance in Real Life.

Thirty years ago poor girl named Carrie
Roper, In garments tattered and torn, wan
dered to the home of John Potts, . village
blacksmith, In what ID now known Is Brook
lyn, Pennsylvania. Mr.. Potts took the girl
in and suggested to his wife that they adopt
her, they having no children of their own.
Mrs. Potts objected, feeling II her duty to
take ore Of her sisters four daughters, II It
was deemed expedient to adopt daughter.
Mr.. Potts would not listen to his wife's sug-
gestions and determined to support the girl.
He sent her to . school In Bucks county,
where she took up the study Of music with
her academic course and graduated with high
honors. Two years after she graduated
Potts failed to learn Of her whereabouts. HIS
inquiries did not bring any tidings If the
girl, aud he gave her up - dead. His wife
died In the spring Of 1877. and he lived
alone. He still continued his business as
blacksmith, though unable 70 save anything
from his earnings with which to pay of .
few mortgages on his property. Afew weeks
ago strange lady appeared at the postoffice
in Brooklyn and introduced herself Is Mrs
James Rutledge, Of Pittsburgh, wife Of .
millionaire. She inquired for John Potts and
was escorted to his home. The old gentle
man recognized he. at sight, and was over
come with joy at her appearance. The lady
had come to take Potts with her. that he
might enjoy the freedom Of her home during
his remaining days. She paid o6 the mort
cages on the Potts property, purchased .
handsome monument Tor the grave Of Mrs.
Potts. and started with her old friend for her
home In Pittsburgh. Soon aftertheir arrival
she made Potts . gin Of $4,000 In Unite1
Staies bonds. ss.s s., as
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A FIuctuating Church Member.
Detroit Eree Press.

One day In the years agone stranger ar
rived at Dearborn, this county, and inquired
for citizen commonly known as Uncle Ike.
The old man was SOON found In grocery,
aud after the usual {" how -de-do the stran-
ger said:
do address Uncle Ike Barlow?"
You dew" was the reply.
"Well, my name is Thornburn, Of Ann
Arbor."
"Jrss So"
"They tell ME that you ale great horse
trader"
"Wall, do make a trade now and then.
What ye gol?"
"lve got horse brought along on pur-
pose to trade with you. Let us first under
stand each other. You are . member Of the
church ?"
Yes; expect be-"
Then Of course shall expect you to be
honest with me. I've been looking at ysnr
old nag over there by the post. How old Is
he ?"
That ere hoss," slowly replied uncle Ike
as he puckered his lips aud squinted his left
rye, lets see-lel's see! Wall, now, quite
forgit whether he's nine or ten years old, but
we'll say ten."
"Uncle Ike, isn't that horse all Of twenty
years old? Come, now, as e member Of the
church, give me an honest answer"
"Lpok here MISTER" said the old man,
after strong gaze at the stranger. g / never
trade hosses, but one way"
How is that?
"When I'm buying q hoss I'm q purity
good member Of the church. When I'm r.
selling of boss reckon on skipping about
two prayer meetings. When Fun atIadin'
hosses then calkerlate OH oacksliding alto
gether for a hull month, or until know the
victim won't begin NO lawsuit. Now, strsn-
ger, that's me, aud ii you come to trade
hosses, don't reckon that Matthew, Mark,
Luke or john ever writ . line, advising
church member to come right down and
give away the ring bones on his swn ana.
mile !"
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The Body Servants Of Supreme Justices
Hartford Times.


One Of the customs Is that each Justice Of
the United States Supreme Court has body
servant. The Justices get money for their
own body servants, but the custom Is other
wise, and the body servants are paid $1,000
per snnum by the Government. Some of
the Justices want to select their own body
servants, but they are net allowed to do It
BY the other body servants, for the custom Is
that the newly appointed Justice retain the
body servant Of his predecessor. The bsdy
servants have never been known to allow
Justice to violate this custom. Mr.. Justice
Woods, who was appointed by Garfield, in
speaking TO some gentlemen Of this Gust ON.
said: "My body servant Is the most annoy
ing thing have yet experienced. The fellow
is the first thing see In the morning and the
last see at night. He forced his way into
my room at the Elliott House, ordered s,e to
go down TO breakfast, and then asked me
what would have for breakfast, taking my
order to the cook himself. could not get
rid Of him In any way. ltried TO find places
10 send him 10 get rid Of him, but he was
back as quick - lightning. That fellow will
be the death Of me. have this satisfaction
however, the other Justices are tortured In
the same way" When Mr.. Justice Gray, Of
Massachusetts, recently went on the Supreme
Bench he had an idea he would do just as he
pleased; but after trial, he finally had to
yield, aud is now IS completely in the power
Of his body servant IS any Of the others.
He not only was not allowed to selec. his
own servant, but was forced to accept the
services Of fellow he does not like. They
are death on custom; they live on custom,
and not one of the body servants does thing
different from what he did years ago. As Q
rule the body servants are past middle age,
The fathers and grandfathe Of some Of then
served In the same capacity, for they never
let new man into the ring.
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FLOWING BY STEAM.
How the Big Steam Piow Ripped up the
..- Sod.
4Fa#
Minneapolis Tribune.

MWHedphN iTtouHe.
Quite large number Of spectators assem-
bled on the open space beyond Lake street,
between Fourth and Fifth avenues south, In
Minneapolis, on the afternoon Of April l7,h,
to witness the operations Of the steam plow
brought here recently from England. Ala
distance of about $50 yards apart stood two
large engines which act either - locomo-
tives or stationary engines. Connected with
each engine 10 large spool, about which 10
wound steel rope, an inch In diameter and
third Of mile In length. To this rope 10
attached the large plo~, which by each en-
gine In turn, Ii pulled to and fro across the
space between the engines, cutting as 1t goes
six neat burrows. by simple gearing on
the plow the depth Of the furrow may be
made more or less At will. The plow is .
sdouble ender," and at the end Of the tripno
turn Is necessary, the beam being simply
thrown over, bringing the other end, with Its
six sharp edges, In contact with the soil.
There is also cultivator which Is worked In
. similar manner. The trial Of the plow
was success. The farmers present said they
never saw such blowing, or expected to ;
those who had the eyes Of machinists thought
they had never seen such nice adjust ment Of
cog aud wheel.
After playing across the fields for IN hour
or more to the satisfaction and delight Of
those present, the two engines steamed
down to the railroad yards, preparatory TO
being shipped. They 60 TO the brood fields
Of Dakota, where contracts are TO be made
for blowing immense tracts of land st the
rate Of s. All acre.
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ALL HANDS DISCOURAGED.


reporter Of the Eureka Sentinel had an
interview on Sunday with gentleman from
San Francisco, who visited the Comstock be-
fore coming to Eureka. He has dealt In
stoc.s, and Is intimate with leading opera
tors at the Bay. In reply to question as 10
what he thought Of the Comstock situation.
he said: "The outlook Is very gloomy. Dur.
Ing my visit 10 Virginia City, had . talk
with number Of prominent men, aud they
feel very much discouraged. The situation
Crown Point, Jacket and Imperial-as we'll
as some In the middle group, Is exte emely
critical. II is doubtful II any more assess
menis can be levied and collected on these
properties. The price Of these stocks 10 fall
ing below the assessment figures, and holders
will not pay out so cents or ST. TO save % or
DO cents, as the case may be. The food has
created = panic among large dealers. One of
them told me recently, and he = shrewd OBJ
server, that it was only question Of little
time before the south end would have TO
close down.
The expenses have been cut down In every
way, but still they are enormous. Besides.
the lower levels that are now flooded will be
entirely ruined for work for six months.
There are some who say that beneath the
food there Is q job. don't think there is .
job. To raise that water requires mole
money than can be raised At present. The
jacket pump alone eats up about $4,000
month. A strike In the upper levels, Of
which there is shsrdly any hope. would create
sufficient interest to make assessments pos
sible. But this Is only wild speculation.
The north end very naturally synpsthizes
with the south end. But have very little
faith In the developments recently made In
Union. There Is no doubt . very fair ore
body in that mine, but the ore is not rich
enough To create enthusiasm. aud II Is ex-
tremely doubtful II what is shown up will
more than pay for extraction. That is Il 9
reason the stock don't m,ve upward. The
neighboring mines appear to have fair pros
pects-lhat is all" At the gentleman's re-
qnest We refrain from giving his name, but
the foregoing Is almost the exact language he
usad
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WHY WE LAUGH.
= al an new convinced that It Is wrong to
qamble-especially when you lose."-Chas.
Francis Adams. .

qamble-especially when you lose."-Chas.
Francis Adams. 81
i, An exchange reminds US that Fort Sumter
was surrendered BY Mary Anderson in 1861.
-E7mira. Free Press.
Sleep may "knit up the raveled sleeve Of
care" but II won't darn the worn stocking Of
poverty worth cent.
Cap.sin Howgate obtained permission to
60 to see about some papers. Instead. It
appears he has gone to sea about them. - Min
neapolis Tribune.
The waves ct Long Branch this summer
will not be allowed to come to the shore oil
Sundays. They will oil be arrested IS Sal"
bath breskers.-N o. Picayune.
He knew It was April 1st and didn't pro
pose to be fooled; and when they told him
his chimney was aire aud likely to burn the
house, he said: /" Let her burn." And they
did. No insurance.
When reprimanded by his employer for
abs snting himself from the Office for two en-
tire days, Fogg very calmly replied that he
believed in the Office seeking the man and
not the man seeking the Office. Boston
Transcript.
We look for the support Of every old
woman In this country when We boldly as
sert that there are not three members Of
Congress who know within three hours
when soft soap Is ready to wax.-Detroh
Free Press.
After Chicago beat " had got trust st
every saloon in town, the landlords Of
Western mining town held . consultation
and concluded to shoot him. The following
words appeared over his last resting place ::
death Loves Mining Shark. k."-Breakfas'
Table.
A young and popular artist Of this city re-
Gently went home and found that he wa, the
happy father Of fourteen pound baby. AZ
ter looking fondly At the youngster . few
moments, he sad, In dazed sort of way
L" You fat rascal, If you go to thinking that
you were born into wealthy family, you'll
get left."
"Well," remarked Jones the other day, ~
see by the papers that Jenkins Is having .
strong pressure brought to bear on him to
allow his name to be used as candidate for
the off" ~ guess" remarked Simpkins,
as he tilted back in his chair, tilted his hat
over his eyes, and spat on the stove, squint-
ing refectively at the last man who had
dropped in to purchase . two for five Hava-
ma: e! guess he's like the rest Of the boys.
The pressure's mostly internal."-OH City
Derrick.
p. 7. Barnum gives this anecdote In .
temperance lecture "Last winter two Of
my elephants began shaking with chills one
morning. The keeper ran down to the vii
lage and 60. six gallons Of whisky. Hastily
returning, three gallons were given to each
| elephant. Fortunately 1t cured them. They
liked the artifciul warmth 1t superinduced.
Next morning, when the keeper came to
them, he found both elephants shaking with
might and main. No, you DON'T he shout
ed, you are well enough to-day and they
stopped shaking"
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A Faithful Shepherd Dog.
Colorado Letter.


One herder, whom we met at Cold Spring
ranch, shove us . very pretty shepherd
deg that he said he would not sell for $500.
She had at that time four puppies. The
night we arrived We visited his camp and
were greatly interested In the little mother
and her nursing babies. Amid those wild,
vast mountains, this little nest Of motherly
devotion aud baby trust was very beautiful.
While we were exclaiming, the assistant
herder came to say there were more than
twenty sheep missing. Two male dogs,
both larger than the little mother, were
sanding about with their hands in their
breeches pockets, doing nothing. But the
herder said neither Tom nor Dick would
find them. Flora must 60. 1t was urged
by the assistants that her foot was sore, she
had been hard At work all day, was nearly
worn out, and must suckle her puppies. The
boss insisted that she must 60. The sun
was setting. There was no time to lose.
Flora was called and told to hunt the lost
sheep, while her master pointed to great
forest, through the edge Of which they had
passed on :heir way up. She raised her
head, but seemed very 10th to leave her
babies. The boss called sharply to her. She
rose. looking tired aud low-spirited, with
head and tail down, aud trotted of toward
the forest. said:
"That is too bad"
"Oh, she'll be right back. She's lightning
on stray sheep"
The next morning went over to learn
whether Flsra found the stravs. While We
were speaking the sheep were returning,
driven by the little dog, who did not raise
her head or wag her tail even when spoken
to, but crawled to her puppies and lay down
by them, Offering them the little empty
breasts. She had been out all night, and
while her babies were tug9ing away, fell
asleep. have never seen anything 50 touch
inc. 3 a#s +
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Virginia Chronicle.


At the last session Of the Legislature Miss
n. Hortense Kittreli, daughter of ex. At.or-
ney General kittrell, was chosen as clerk Of
one Of the Assembly committees, and Henry
Ii. Welch was minute clerk. Both were
young, and a. their duties brought them fre-
quently together, the acquaintance thus
formed grew into friendship and blossomed
into love. The natSral result was marriage,
and the ceremony was performed In San
Francisco OH the 18th Of March, 1Ssi-a lit
tie over . year ago. For reasons best
known to themselves and In which the gen.
era' public Is not interested" !" It 10 explained,
they kept the marriage secret. Mr. Welch
went TO Eureka, where, being capable ac-
countant, he obtained employment n dep
uty in one Of the county offices. His bride
remained with her father at Reno. The
young couple kept their secret we'll, for not
until recently did even the nearest relatives
Of the lady know anything of the affair.
When in this city, not long ago, she had the
sweet audscity to ask mutual friend II he
had heard from Mr.. Welch recently" Her
father, General John r. Kittrell, being In
formed the other day Of the facts In the case,
went cut to take look at his son-in-law,
whom he had never seen. He found man
ly looking young fellow, about twenty-five
Years Of age, and six feet two inches In
height. The Eureka Leader says the In
spection was No doubt - satisfactory TO the
father as It had been to the daughter, for the
young man and his father.in-law departed
on the same train for Reno. Mr.. aud Mrs.
welch have given no reason for withholding
the fact Of their marriage, but their friends
have volunteered the information that II was
owing TO the groom's financial inability to
provide at the time Of his marriage the kind
Of a,home TO which he desired to take bis
bride. W.
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London Tslsgrapk,

L0uUOU WeYV0P0. 4=eFy .sasst.
Immense credit d due 70 the seconds In
m encounter recently fought ont between
Two young Hungarian noblemen q, Gross-
wardein. Tor introducing . peculiarly happy
innovation into the sangulnaIy and senselsss
practice of the daello. These iery youths,
rival leaders Of the LEGAL jesnesse deree. had
exchanged the description .sf insult that
could only, from their point u view. b
washed cut BY blood, and accordingly, y the
phrase gees In such csses, placed them-
selves In the hands Of thsir friends" The
friends mss In solemn conclays, and. aftsr
carefully discussing the nsflsa of the guar
rel referred y then 1of. .sesslemsnt. csms -
the conciusion that tho following method q
combat would exactly meet the sxiesnciss
Of the stsuasios. Tiny spherss-ons white.
the other bsck-were placed In . wine-glaas.
and tho /" psincipals'' were asked 10 "draw."
Both ths would-be combsiants, Il shnuld b
observed, had pledged thvis honor 70 ebsasvs
the conditions Of stsiSs psssesibed b. their
seconds In csnnon. h = vhoss lot the
blaek hall fell found himself. - his Infinite
surprise and discondture, condemnsd - fase
apon bread and sstsr los avhols 6ostnigAt,
under ~ supsrvision n hls sdvessarys
sAftiende." According = ~ Ndeyar RolSa
~ fhlalied i y plsdes Nth sppd grsces =
~ full satIsfhceioa - ~ vonn1ed hooegi
II - = NJ hsahtp aoUsel,e.
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A Tramp's Little Joke.

The unaccountabls actions of big, burly
tramp, caused grai fright u Mrs. James
Cooper, living on the railroad near GIenficld,
Pennsy lvania. She was alone In the house
with her children, and seeing the man ap-
psoach the house, she locked the doon and
secured the windows. Thus repulsed the
tramp walked to the track and laid his head
on the rail-, quietly awaiting the coming " =
train. The friglitened lady thinks she lived
. week Or iwo while watching tho worthless
man, Who. however, - socn = b hsard the
whsle of train, picked hinsslf 70 md
sana-sred n. ch1ckling = ~ jsks.
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The other day stood withln the compos-
Ing room Of . great daily Newspaper. There
was nothing TO dslight the eys-no pictures,
statues, er snnptuous furniture. Serious
tsoking men stosd before their cases 90 6x-
sdly that nething les than the falling Of the
fssf would have distracted thsir attention.
Scarcsly SQUAD was sudibls except the
faint click Of the typs falling Into place. /
never before realized "a forcibly tho cause
why nsuspaper printsrs arc, u Il Is said, nat
uraliy cynical. To-day thsy set up the tyre
thas tslls shs world Of reio:cines and festiv-
Hiss, se.nsrrow the sans type ID used 70
proclaim disastsr and mournine the ZANE
type which carries 70 million homes tho In
susural nessaoe of The ruler Of any million
pseplss hss not time 70 loss its sharr ness BY
- bs6Srsit = employed 70 report tho fun
seal erstioniin ~ Capitol IN memory of sha
sanA nan. r. shsfs b spot on sasth
vtaFs shs instabilisy Of human aGaius i
epBn0iS61 hourly, Il b In ~ compueiue
sns4 - del1 peuSoeoeM
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VOL Street Nescs.

In the years agone, when the tallow candle
was the brightest light In the richest farm
house In the land, m old chap, living over
in New Jersey, got word enc day that New
Yorker was coming out to see his farm with
4 view Of purchasing. Tho whole family
donned their Sunday best, and Is evening
came the anxious farmer locked down the
road and said 70 bis wife:
"There he comes, Sally; you'd better
light three candles"
He took another look and suggested thAt
she Tight I've more dips, 20 as TO give the
house cheerful appearance, asd then tsok
his station u the gate to welcome the ex-
pscted purchaser. Five candles illuminated
the old farmhouse - the traveller drove up
IN . bnggy. Thefarmer took one long squint
q him through the glosm and then hurried
into the house, shouting out:
"Sallyi Sally! Blow out four Of them
candles quicker'n scat, for les nobody but
bald beaded circuit ridsri"
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TEwsPAPxR DrcIslon.
EVANGELICAL.

Red lace mitts are to be worn with red
straw hats.
Sleeves are padded to raise them above
the shoulders. ......
p Black flannel suits are worn both In and
out Of mourning.
1t cost poor old David Swing, Of lows, In
his eiShty-third year, 5000 to kiss his hired
girl.
A war between large and small hats RACES
In Paris. The largest hats are worn IN Lon
don. .... a.. ...F.
The Vassar girl never says You bet."
Her phrase is: Well, I should give sil-
very ripple" .,.ta .. ..rf#
Mme. Christlne Nillson announces that
shs will retire - public singer after athree
years tour In Europe and America.
Senator Don Csmeron's daughter, Miss
Virginia, Is engaged to Lieutenant Rogers,
United States army, ason Of Admiral Rogers.
When Snifkins first met her she had .
wild, scared look. New that they are mar
ried, It Is sniff kins who has the wild, scared
lsok.
They had qusrreled, and she was waiting
for him to begin the peace. At length he
said: "Je t'adore." "Shut IL yourself"
said she; "you left it OPEN" He did. she
Is still waiting.
A little girl in London Sunday school,
being asked why God made the flowers Of
the field, replied: Please, ma'an, suppose
for patterns for artificial flowers"
The Empress Of Austria wears her pretty,
soft, dark brown hair dressed In . sort Of
flowing style, drawn back from her face. the
parting showing but little, aud confined with
dark ribbons at the neck. From there 1t
falls in natural curls.
The most recent improvement In the pro-
duction Of lace Is the introduction Of shaded
tints III the flowers aud patterns, giving them
the relief Of . picture. This effect Is pro-
duced BY varying the application Of the two
stitches used In making the flowers, the
"toile," which forms the cloth tissue, and
the "grille," employed in the more open part
Of the pattern.
To CLEAN LAcEs.-Draw over bottle .
stocking leg, and tie IL at each end. On this
tack the lace carefully and put IN kettle Of
cold water with shavings Of white soap In IL.
Raise 1t to boiling point, remove, cool, and
rinse. II acream color 10 desired, rinse In
cold coffee or saffron wsies. Dry and re-
move from the bottle. Pick out the purling
with pin, and lay between soft papers and
under heavy weight.