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me, it was traced on the blue mountains,
the locomotive shrieked it to me. Yes, l
believed it why did not then and there
turn my face homeWard? Well, the fool
must first travel it all off before everything
would be right again.
AT last, one day, with violent beating of
the heart, | again entered my dwelling.
What a solemn stiffness reigncd there? l
could now hear the sound of whispering
voices; my wife came toward me. lit Is
sick, very sick" mOaned she; "it will sure
ly dep l tried to comfort her. Only Il
short time, however, proved that her fears
were but too well grounded. During the
last night we both sat by the little bed she
there and | here, each one of us holding one
of his little hands. All! those feverish
pulse-beats; every stroke sounding like an
appeal Glove each other, love each other;
be good!" We felt eventually these throb-
bings, and we understood the appeal. Our
eyes met, full and earnest through the gilt
tering tears, as in first, holy VOW. Words
would have seemed Il sacrilcge then.
Not long after we laid our darling in the
warm spring earth.
When we again sat down at our table there
was stiffness between us, but it Wasnot the
same stiffness as that which the little stran-
ger had broken in upon with its prating
"papa." Even by the wall stood his high
ARMCHAIR, and on the little board before 1t
lay his spoon sceptre. My wife reached her
fair white hand over the table and asked !:
"Did you also love it-at least Il little?:"
Her voice trembled. "My wife! my sweet,
mp own wife !" cried l. Then l fell at her
feet and held her hands fast in mine. 81
love thee, my wife; oh my wife"
After the first emotion had subsidized
pointed to an armchair. "'The little one
came to teach us love-" whispered l. "And
when it had finished its teaching it went
again to the angcls,' she added, through
her tears.
One day the physician stepped out of my
wife's room with asmiling face. He touch
ell the little armchair, as he passed it, say
ing: "Let it stand there; you will need it
again."
Really: Wasit possible: Had deserv-
ed such happiness?
AS held my wife close to my heart in
my irrepressible joy l could not forbear to
bend down to her blushing little face and
say, awe will love it dearly, very dearly.
Is it not so:"
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WHAT Two GOVERNORS SAY.-Who
shall decide when doctors disagree: Coy
ernor Henry NJ. Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, in
his farewell address, said:
"In neither of the penitentitiaries of this
State has there ever been an attempt yet
made to administer them on the vulgar,
wicked, unworthy consideration of making
them self sustaining: In neither Of them
has it been forgotten that even the convict
is Il human being, and that his body and
soul are not so the property Of the State
that both may be crushed out in the effort
to reimburse the State the cost of his scslnty
food, and, at the end Of his term, what then
is left of him be dismissed, an enemy Of
human society,""
Governor Benjamin +. Butler. of Massl-
chusetts in no less mastery inaugural adj
dress on Thursday, said:
81 respectfully submit that much may be
done by legislation to improve the discip-
line Of the prison and make the institution
efficient as a refornatory, and to cause the
labor Of the prisoners to be seli-support-
ing"
Governor IIoyt may find those who agree
with him in the main, but the average taX-
payer will confess that Governor Butler eX-
presses his views of the question pretty
much tS he would himself.
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RIIYING REyOLYERS.

"What kind of weapon does the ordinary
business man buy"
"He buys revolver that will kill-a
thirty-two or thirty-siX calibre weapon.
The calculation is that he will never use the
weapon except when his life is in great
danger, and consequently he wants one
which will be of some practical service.
The prices run from - up to SIS or $50. Pri-
vate watchmen and officers Of the law all
carry good weapons and pay good prices"
"'rhieves and burglars usually carry good
weapons, do they nOt"'
81 can't swear to that. You see they do
not tell me their business when they buy
from me. In fact, never asked them to-.
Rough, villainous-lOoken men often drop
in and ask to see revOlvers. They always
buy the best there are in the market and
choose revOlvers of large calibre. | have
customers who, from their personal appear
ance, | might be justified in CHASING as
burglars and rOughs. But, as | remarked
before | never ask them what their occupa-
tiOns are. Sailors and Italians seldom carry
revolvers. They are customers Of mine,
however, but always buy knives. Look at
this Instrument" he remarked, as he took
a large dirk from the showcase. The blade
was six inches long and sharp as razor.
"rhat is what Jack Tar carries. 1t makes
no noise and does its work in IA more etfec-
tive way than the revolver, There is an
other nationality which buys heavily of
both revolvers and knives. 1t is the Chi
nese John has learned that he has got to
prOtecthimself, and he always buys the finest
kind of revolver. He first asks the price,
and never buys until he succeeds in beating
YOU down several dollars. The consequence
is / always put the price up about 81 when
/ see a Chinaman enter the store. He sets
to work and beats me down about 50, and
/ sell him a revolver for about 81 more
than the average citizen would pay. He
also buys knives and prefers a large one
with a very long blade. will tell you one
thing about the business which | think
ought to be attended to by the authorities.
This is the selling of deadly weapons to
small boys, and, in fact, all boys, big or
little. | sell a great many revolvers to
boys, and | know that am doing wrong.
But what can | do?" If do not sell to
them, some one else will, and am obliged
to do wrong because my neighb0rS do. Now
this revolver here is called toy pistol. 1t
is twenty-five calibre and will kill the
strongest man that ever lived. They are
sold for from 81 to &S each, and great
many are bought by boys and women. The
misguided females suppose they have thus
provided themselves with an effective
safeguard against burglars. They never
use them against burglars but they some
times shoot Observation-Disclosures Sen
tb,pi
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ENDURANCE.

ENDUHANCcs
Tis bitter to endure the wrong
Which evil hands and tongue commit;
The bold encroachments of the strong,
The shafts Of calumny and wit;
The scornful bearing of the proud,
The sneers and laughter Of the crowd.
And harder still is it to bear
The censure of the good and wise,
Who, ignorant of what you are.
Or blinded by the slanderer lies,
Look coldly on, or pass you by
In silence, with averted eye.
But when the friends in whom you trust,
AS steadfast as the mountain rock,
Fly. and are scattered like the dust,
Before misfortune's whirlwlnd shock,
Nor love remains to cheer your fall,
This is more terrible than all.
But even this, and 'these-aye more
Can be endured, and hope survive;
The noble spirit still may soar,
Although the body fail to thrive,
Disease and want may wear the frame;
Thank God the soul is still the same.
Hold up your head, then, man OF grief,
Nor longer to the tempest bend;
Or soon or late must come relief
The coolest, darkest night will end,
Hope in the true heart never dies
Trust on the day star yet shall rise.
Conscious of purity and worth,
Youmay, with calm assurance, wait
The tardy recompense OF earth;
And g en- should justice come too Late
To sooth the spirits homeward filght,
Still Heaven, at last, the wrong shall rlght.
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ScoRPIoNS.-A gentleman writing of life
in Brazil, in the London FIeld, gives the i'm
preston that ScOrpiOnS-aS well as other
biting and stinging things-are too numer-
Gus there to be pleasant. Scorpions are fire.
quent travellers, too, getting on board ships
as stowaways. The writer says that over Il
dozen were killed in his cabin during one
fortnight, brought there, no doubt, in box
of EXpirito Santa orchids from Panama:
CargOcs of coir, bananas and other fruits and
vegetables in bulk often introduce them on
board vessels, and in old wooden ships cs-
pecially they will remain and cOlOniZe the
bulkheads and interspaces.
| got a nip once, and only once. Walking
along the main deck Of a steamer lying in
Rio dc Janeiro, loading up with coffee, be-
ing barefOotcd and in the dark, | trod as
thought, on a piece Of glass but drawing
my foot up instinctively, felt the tickling
of a scorpions tai on my heel.
1t seemed to have curled up after its tail.
The local symptoms were about equal in III
tenSity to the bite of Il common viper, or
the sting of mirabunda, but with less con-
stitutional arrangement the ulcer was a
long time in healing however.
There is a story told Of a gentleman III
India, who, pulling on his boots one morn
ing, felt Il horrid pricily object III one OF
them. With great presence of mind, in
stead of withdrawing it, he forced his foot
violently down and Stampedon it turlously,
though enduring exquisite agony in the
process. But it was not a centipede, only a
small blacking- brush left there bya careless
servant.
The Psyli of Pliny and other historians,
as we'll as their modern descendants, who
swallow live scorpions and carry them in
their hats next their shaven crowns, prOba
bly deprive them first of their means OF do
inc harm, as they serve the venomOus ser
pcnts with which they juggle by bunting
their StingS. 1t is, nevertheless, very easy
to hold scorpion, and possibly to handle
them freely, when accustomed to them.
A MAN WORKED By STEAM.-A machine
made of iron in the shape of man, which
is intended to walk and to haul, has been
constructed by Capt. Rowe, who lives on
the Schuylkill River, near the NlSslhickon
landing, Philadelphia. Capt. ROwe's house
floats upon the water. Half OF it Is used ;lS
a workshop, in which he has been for many
years hammering and beating away upon
his great man of iron. Captain Rowe said
to ii United Press reporter that he has once
or twice tested his invention, and that it
has actually been seen by many witnesses
to walk and run just like Il human being.
1t resembles 4 short thick-set man in ancient
armOr, the head being unusually large and
the chest full and broad. The thing is run
by steam, the boiler and furnace being loca-
ted in the seat, the spiral tubes in which the
steam is generated, ending in the shoulders
The smoke passes out through the top of the
head. The machinery which is of the most
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TIE BEGINNING OF \ SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
How. Ex-Governor Morgan of New York
began life is thus related by himself: 81
was seventeen years old, and was living at
home at Washington, Berkshire county
the same county in which Williams College
is located. One fine moonlight night i'll
winter my uncle drove up from Hartford
and proposed that / shonld 60 to work for
him. lie hada wholesale and retail grocery
blsiness-principally WhOlesale-and the
idea pleased me. The result was I went.
The first year he was to give me my board
and forty dollars, the second, year sixty dol
lars, the third year sevcnty-five dollars, and
the fourth year one hundred dollars. l
hadn't been there long before | found the
work was pretty hard for | was the only
clerk, and thought the pay too small. |
spoke to my uncle about it, and he said if
would stay he would do better by me than
he had originally agreed. He said he had
already told his wife he intended to do bet
ter by me. decided to stay, and at the end
of the year found / had drawn tifty-siX
dollars. He told me to balance my account
and call it square. | was disappointed, for
had expected more. He wanted to know
what proposed to do, and | said | would
stay the second year for one hundred dollars.
He said this was too much that he would
give me seventy-iive dollars. ] objected,
but he finally told me if | would remain
that the next year he would take me into
partnership and give me One-third the
profits. | accepted the offer, and the third
year, when | was Il partner ut twenty years
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THE NEW FIVE CENT NICKEL.

Col. A. LOudOn SnOwden, Superintendent
of the Philadelphia mint, has 50 far pro-
gresscd with the coinage Of the new five
cent nickel pieces recently approved by the
Secretary Of the Treasury, upon the formers
recommendation of the deSrability of Il
change, that the first issue WAS made about
the 1st Of February. About $4,000 worth
were on hand ready for distribution at the
mint ut that time, in SUMS of not more than
s. at first, the intention being to equalize,
at present, the amounts that may get into
the hands of those desiring the new coin,
and thus insure the widest circulation.
The causes which led to. the change are
stated to be the "lumpinesS" of the old coin,
its thickness not being properly proportion
ed to its diameter the absence of sorority
or ring; its inaccuracy and unreliabllity as
Il weight, and the difficulty experienced in
obtaining uniformity of diameter, owing to
want Of uniform ductility in the nickel
copper alloy. The new coin is Of the same
weight as the old one, but a little largerand
thinner, and, while being regarded as hand
SOmer in execution and device, is more in
accordance with the law, both as to weight
and inscription, than the one it is designed
to replace. The diverse or face IS embcl-
lished with Il classical head Of "Liberty,"
with the inscription "Liberty'' on the tiara,
and the head encirced by thirteen stars,
cmblematic of the original thirteen States.
At the bottom of the face is the date QSS3)
in plain figures. The devices and inscrip
tolls on the face and back are on polished
surfaces, inclosed by a raised edge, giving
the interior work a finished appearance:
On the reverse is Il large Roman numeral
WV'O indicating the denomination of the
coin, surrounded by a wreath composed of
cotton, wheat and tobacco, typical of the
three great agricultural products of the
country, the design being encircled by the
inscription "United States Of America" in
capital letters at the top, and "E Pluribus
Enum" in smaller letters at the base. The
old coins, which may be sent to the office of
the sub-trcasurer and to the custom house
for redemption, in sums of$20 and upwards,
are expected to gradually find their way
back to the melting pot for conversion into
bright and handy mediums Of exchange, in
accordance with the laws or demand and
supply
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MAN.HUNTING IN SIBERIA.

Sorry, indeed, even where death does not
come to put an end to his existence, is the
lot of the convict who has succeeded in cS-
Gaping from the mines of Eastern Siberia.
Without resources of any kind, he must beg
or rob his way back to Russia. The alter
native of seeking employment is one which
often has disastrous consequences. The con-
vict of the lowest type regards the Siberian
cOlOnist as an inferior, and has a saying
which describes him as "blind for three
days after BIRTH" But the cOlOnist has his
revenge. He works the supercilious con-
vict like beast of burden and gives him as
little rest and as little food as possible. When
wages are demanded the colOnist has an
money is paid without demur, but before
the convict can get clear he falls dead, killed
by bullet from the gun of his cruel en-
plOyer. This method of payment is some
times carried out on a large scale. 1t is
adopted in the case of vagabOnd labOrers,
who, having finished their autumn work in
the fields, return to the neighb0ring village
to be paid off. The wages are forthcoming,
and the laborers allowed todepart with their
hardly earned money. But they have no
sooner gone than the peasant farmer assem-
bles his neighbors, and, having provided
them with horses and firearms, the whole
party SallleS lOrtn III pursuit vi tHe NaSa-
bonds. The retiring laborers are speedily
overtaken most are killed on the spot all
are robbed, the recovered money being di-
vided between the farmer and his confed-
crates. The only respect shown for author
ity is the prevalent habit, when robbery has
been the motive of slaughter, OF "Onccaling
the dead. The murdered cOnvicts are uSll-
ally cut up and mutilated and the remains
buried in out of the way places. This
hunting of the "hunch- back, as the escaped
convicts are often called in derision, has
gone on for years, entering 50 deeply into
the habits of the people that it has escaped
the attention of few travellers through 81
IBERIA. "Where are the men ?" was asked
of a woman left in charge of Il small village
adjoining the highway. "GOne after the
hunchbacks," :" was the reply. Such is the
prevailing decentralization in this respect
that boys have been heard to ask their ia
theirs to kill vagabOnds in order that they
may see Chow the fellow will roll on his
hump" In some Of the governments it is
certain death for a convict escaped, or still
under supervision, to be caught returning
from the mine. Occasionally the soldiers
initiate the colOnists in their exploitation OF
the vaSabund. The COssack, as well as the
ordinary cOlonist, covets cheap labor, and is
in the habit of rewarding with an ounce or
two of lead the convict who declines to pass
from one condition of bond slavery to an
other.-,T. PptersbWy letter to the London
GkObe.
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of age, the profits were S6, ,OOO and my share
$1,000. My uncle was considered the wealth.
lest man in Hartford. You can see how
times change and how different are the ideas
of wealth to-day; for when my uncle died |
was his executor, and his estate was only
worth So, 900.
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WASHINGTON,S WIFE.

II. a. Brock contributes to the Richmond
Wa.) Dispatch letter received from Mrs.
Mary f.. Neel, Of Williamsburg, Va, in
response to a request from him through
that paper for definite information concern
ing the family Of Mrs. Martha, wife of
General George Washington. Mrs. Necl
says; ,,, ~ ,or ~,
ccstral homestead, Ethan, in New Kent
county, Va, Sunday, May 8, 1872. Her
maternal ancestor was the Rev. Orlando
Jones, native of Wales, who was eStab-
lshed ON the banks of the Potomac, and is
buried in the grounds of the old Bruton
parish church, in this city, now the oldest
English church in Use in America, As 1t
dates from 1872. We first heard in colonial
annals of Miss cambridge as dazzling belle
at the court of Gov. Dinwiddie at Will
liansburg, the seat of government, where
she met Col. Daniel p. Gusts, of Arlington,
on the eastern shore of Virginia, the son Of
the Hon. John CustiS, and as his father had
been before him, a member OF the Kings
council, and at deliberations of which he
was in attendance. The meeting ripened
into love. The marriage was at first OPP
posed by the father of the groom, but in
l7i9 Col. Custis bore his bride to his "The
White House," on the banks of Pamunkcy,
Ill Ne" Nclll COlHlt. IhiNS Nill WI II
blessed the happy union, the first of whom,
a boy, dying in infancy, was soon followed
by his father, and Mrs. Custis was left a
young, beautiful, and wealthy widow, the
sole eXecutriX Of an estate appraised at
f3O, 600. In 1888 Washington, attended by
Il servant, crossed the Pamunkey on a
military mission of Importance at Will
lianlsburg. Stopping for a moment at the
house of a friend, Il Mr. Chambcrlaync in
New Kent county, he was pressed to re-
main. He at first declined, but the graces
Of Mrs. Cllstis, who was guest at the
house, quieted the scruples of the speeding
warrior so eifectually that his stay was
prolonged for two days and night. lie
had met his domestic fate, and Mrs. Custis
became Mrs. Washington on the 9th of
January following, the ceremony being per-
formed by the Rev. David MOssOm at st.
Peters church, in New Kent county, and
near the White House. OF the two surviv-
ing children of Mrs. Washington by her
first marriage, a lovely daughter (Martha)
died in ITO in the SEVENTEEN year OF her
age, and her son, Col. John Custis, an aide
de-camp on the staff of his illustriOus step
father in our glorious struggle for national
independence, died Of maligncnt fever at
Ethan, on the 25th of October, 1881, while
the cam ps from Williamsburg to Yorktown
were resonant with the ppans to the
triumph that ended the weary and bitter
struggle. Col. Custis had married in 1775,
and left four children, one of whom was
the father of our grand hero, Gen. Robert
+. Lee. Mrs. Washington died in 1901"
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BREATHE THROUGH TIE NOSE.--Dr.
Ward, Physician to the metropolitan Throat
hospital, in an article on singers throat
troubles, in the Musical critic, treats Of the
various kinds of catarrhal troubles expert
enccd by public singers, and repeats the
we'll known fact that the nose is the only
channel through which the air should pass
during ordinary acts of breathing, the
mouth being intended only as an accessory
breathing agent when, ON certain occasions
-as for instance running-thc lungs de-
mand a rapid supply of air. The air, in
passing through the nostrils, is warmed and
siIted of its harmful ingredients, and thus
prepared for its reception in the delicate
Structures below. fit passes directly into
the mouth without the above preparation,
it will frequently cause irritation and in
hammation of the mucus membrane lining
the mouth and throat by being, in the
first place, too cold, and in the second
place containing irritating particles of dust
and other matter.
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DREAMS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE.-At
the regular meeting of the Cline Kiln
Club" the committee on Dreams, Ghosts
and Astrology submitted its quarterly re-
port, from which is CLEANED the following
items:
TO dream of sailing a muddy river and
seeing dog-tight on the left hand bank and
a camp-meeting on the right signifies that
your aunt is soon to use Paris green in place
of baking powder in the buiscuit.
Ghosts can't be hit with clubs, shot with
bullets, or laid out with slung-shots; where
a ghost is troubling a family and rendering
itself a nuisance, bear-trap set at the back
door will sooner or later bring forth good
fruit.
a person born under an unlucky star
might as well try to find an honest piece OF
pavement in Chicago as to get ahead tinan-
ciaIly. People born in the full of the moon
will always be fond Of stewed prunes.
Those born at noon will tacitly encourage
horse-lacing. Children born within an hour
of midnight will grow up to make tyranni-
cal men and cross women.
The report was accepted and adopted,
and then Samuel Shin carefully cooled of
the stove with pail of water, and the
meeting broke up with Elder TOOts snoring
like Il horse and just ready to fall into the
wood bOX.-Detr'OH Free Press.
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te9y" The Rev. Edward Everett Hale tells,
with much enjoyment, a story of his early
clerical experiences. He went, he says, to
Southampton to preach one Sunday. In the
vestibuleOf the church he was met by a VEN
erable man, who said to him: "Im dread
fully deaf, sir, and don't always hearwhat's
said but | wish you would speak the text
loud, for when hear Il young mans text
know What ne is going to say, and can sort
Of follow along"