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Jamie's Old Watch.

On Brush Street, near Jefferson Av.
enue, for an hour the other day a
bruised and battered old dumb watch
and chain lay in the gutter, where some
foot had kicked it from the walk. If
anyone gave the toy second glance it
was to realize that some child had lost
or flung it away. The case was bat
tered, the face scratched and Scared,
and no boy would turn aside to pick it
up.
BY and by curious procession came
up from the Brush Street depot. 1t was
composed of man and his wife, both
past fifty years of age, and four chill.
dren, the youngest of whom seemed to
be about twelve. They were spread
out on walk and street, heads down
and moving slowly, and there was
look of anxiety on every face. Some
one asked the man if he had lost his
wallet, and he replied:
''No, not that. Somewhere as we
came along we lost our Jamie swatch. "
"Very valuable?"
swell, sir, not as far as money goes,
but it's relic of the dead, and, sir
and-''
80, it was an old dumb watch, eh?'
''Yes, sir!''
You'll find it in the gutter up by
that post"
The entire family made rush for the
spot, and the watch had no sooner been
lifted than the mother kissed it and the
children shouted their exultation.
"It may seem foolish to you, SIR
explained the husband, as he slyly
wiped at something like tear in the
eornerof his eve, 'sbut it's a long twelve
years since Jamie died. That watch
was the first toy I ever bought him.
We've been burned out of house and
home twice since he died, and that the
only scrap or relic left us of the little
one. You see it's old and bent but
money couldn't buy it. Every time we
look at it we can call up his blue eyes
and chubby face, and the thought that
he is waiting for us up there almost an
swers for meal with MOTHER
''Are you going away2n &
t'Yes--across the ocean to our old
home in England. We must leave the
dead behind, Had we lost the watch /
believe the mother would have broken
her heart. So long as we have It the
boys face comes up to us. We can
almost hear his laugh! again, and 1T
seems more like we had laid him away
to sleep for an hour or two. Thank
Heaven that we hayeit! Itwas Jamie's,
sir, and we are never to see his grave
again. Detroit Free Press.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-Ex-Cadet Whitaker has established
military school for colored youths at
Charleston, S. c. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Church. choir singers are very
poorly paid in New Orleans. Twenty
five dollars month is considered very
good pay, and many good singers do
not get that. N. o. Pcdyune.
An observer of life has been doing
the London churches on, Sunday morn
ings, and has remarked on the paucitY
of attendance of the male sex In
some churches the ladies outnumbered
the gentlemen by at least five to one.
There are eight ministers IN Maine
who have been ordained ffty-one years
or more, and the venerable DR.. Caruth-
ers, of Portland, has been in the MINI
istry for the remarkable period of
three-score and four years. One of the
eight-the Rev. j. 7. Hawes, of Litch-
field-stil supplies for the church in
that place.-B0Stofe Post
"A female teacher of San Francisco
is being investigated for .'gagging''
little girls of tender age, after the style
that prevails in the British navy. She
is charged with having ,promenaded-
rooms filed with scholars, exclaiming.l
'.Se what a nice little doggy / have
caught. She won't bite you The
child s lips, it is'claimed, were lblistered;
and her neck cut by the strap that held
the bamboo gag Indianapolis jour
nal. 50 III s7aHu - q aaa&i
The following curious incident act.
ually occurred recently: Whilst a
clergyman was In the midst of his SER
mon a person entered the church and
in the coolest manner possible saunt-
cred up the aisle No sooner had tl1ea
preachers eye lighted on the newcomer
than dropping the thread of his SER
mon, he said to him: s'Coine in, my 4
friend, come in; we are. always glad to !.
see those here late who can't come }
early. The unknown individual
stepped forward. coollY took his seat,
and then as 'coolly asked the preacher,
would you oblige me with the textP''
Certainly, was. the reply, and there
quest having been complied with the
sermon proceeded. Chicago Tribune.
Commenting on the late discussion
OF Sunday Schools by the Central Coun-
Gil of the Diocesan Conference in En-
gland, the Church Standard says:
1--WE hope that it viii be long before
the Church in England sets aside, ig- \
nores altogether, and attemptsto super
sede the responsibility which rests upon
parents, guardians, sponsors, or. other
suitable persons to train. those whom
God has placed in their charge No
Sunday School system, no matter howe
admirably devised and how thoroughly
carried out, can undertake this duty
and relieve those to. whom God has
committed trust y
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Couldn't Be EXPECTED 70.

Two ladies entered a Fort street-car
one day recently and took seats beside a
lady well known to one of them. She
gave her friend an introduction, and
directly this one remarked:
81 think saw you at the - Street
Church one Sunday, several weeks ago. !"
"Yes. ?, @
''You seemed to be as much disgusted
with the sermon as was. for saw that
you were terribly uneasy
YES" again.
did you ever hear worse preacher
in all your lifeP''
"Well, perhaps"
II never did, and haven't been there
sinee.'
The conversation then ratified off on
some other subject, and by and by the
two ladies got off
Il wonder why she didn't agree with
me about that preacher?'' queried the
one who had blasted him. y
"Why, how could you expect her to?
She's that very minister's wifet'--Ds-
gott Free Press.
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Hard On TOpnOOdy.

Mr.. Topnoody, who by the way had
been unsuccessfully figuring for place
on the reform ticket, came in to supper
the other night fighting mad. His wife
looked him over for a, minute and re-
marked: .-.ss
''Mr, Topnoody,, you appear to, be
wrestling with forty horse power cy-,
clone. !"
.'Don't talk me. Just wait till I
catch that internal Dutch editor, and if
[ don punch his face around until he
can wipe his nose on his coat collar,
then I'm greatly mistaken a.8 3ait
Gracious me, Topnoody. You talk
like as if it was me talking to YOU
81 don't care what [ talk like; 1
mean what 1 say. The liberty of the
press may be pretty to read about, but
| don't believe in it for personal appli-
cation"
"Well, don't tear your shirt, for I'll
have to mend it; but tell me what's the
matter"
''W by, the internal stale beer-trough
said l was donkey. A donkey, mind
you, and further, that I was disgrace
to the whole breed of donkeys!n
''Is that all?n
"All ? Good heavens, woman, cam
you comprehend the degradation of
such an insult? Women seem to me
to have less sense every day, and you
are worse than the average. Can't
you understand anything2"
''Yes, some things, loye''-Mrs. T
calmed as her husband became agitated
-''but can't understand how the ed
itor knew you so well?''
"What's thatP What's thatP" And
Topnoody was wild.
Nothing, love; but don't get excited.
What if he did say that? The Ameri-
can donkey, you know, can't read Ger-
man, and the poor dumb brutes will
never know how the editor has slam
dered them if you keep your mouth
shut half as tight as you do your pocket
book. Men seem to me to have less
sense of the feeling of others every day,
and you are worse than the average =
Topnoody has gone out Of politics
Merchant TrareIer.
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He Was the Nan.

It was on western railroad. The
conductor had been his rounds, and
taken seat beside avery quiet and un-
assuming passenger.
Pretty full train" finally observed
the passenger.
eYes.
Road seems TO be doing good busi-
ness.
80, the road makes plenty of money.
but"
''But what?" asked the passenger, as
the other hesitated.
"Bad management. It is the worst
managed line in this whole country
''Is that so?''
That's so. The board of officials
might know how to run a side-show to
circus, but they can't tackle rail-
road y
.'Who is the biggest fool in the lot?''
''Well, the Superintendent is. =
"I'm glad of that" said the passen-
ger, as his face lighted up. II was
afraid you would say it was the Presi-
dent.
Suppose had?''
"Why, I'm the man"
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

s-M -Monsignor Capel calls newspaper
interyiewers intellectual mosquitoes.
IN T. Sun.
The New York World SAYS Van p
derbiltiis an accidental lmilhonaire.n =
Please send US at once explicit direc-
tons as to where the accident occurred
and the time the first train leaves for
the place. Philadelphia News.
"A newly married lady was telling
another how nicely her husband could
write. 20, you should just see some
of his love letters" eyes, I know, ~ :
was the freezing reply; five got d. h h
hushel of 'em in my trunk" Tableau.
Chicago Inter Ocean. tHs ~ 80
If you are particularly anxious to II
abuse man, dom call him fool, ne
might be annoyed; don't call him d
rascal, he might knock you down;
quietly remark, with heavenly smile:
''Sir, you present fine, large margin
for Improvement. = Boston Transcript.
The New York Post, in speaking of
the play, says: 1.-The golden threads
of shivering poverty which run unseen
through the black sands of sinful life,
have been woven into woof of pa
thetic beauty in the play of the Two &
Orphans. Jimmy, cranky, graciousi
The critic that can write like that ought
to get at least seven dollars aiweek,
and be worth it.-BoSton Post. ~ ~
Should Sell Well-There was an
old man working New Street the other
day with inks, and he entered one of
fee with the remark: 'tHaye, you
friend who has sold corn for December
or january delivery?n Eyes. three orc
four of them, was the reply "And
| vou have more or less correspondence \
with them?2 .sI do" Then buy a i i
bottle of my ink. y '1nk! ink! Why
have quarts of it.,'iG Eyes, but you
want a bottle of my sympathetic ink, :,
said the old man as he induIged in a
long squint. - Wall Street Nesos. p sa
A Mournful Reaeetion-A Texas
man was left $1,000 by the death Of an
| uncle in New York. He drank deeply, y
and went through the property in two
months. While engaged in the COM
pletion of one of the Texas railroads
| he received notice that he had again
/ fallen heir, this time to $5, 900. ALLOW
me to congratulate you, +" said one Of
his fellow workmen. ''Congratulate
nothing said the man dismally; sit
looks very much as though there was 2
some kind of plot on foet to kill me / !,
of. p--IeIGs Stftissgs.
] Puzzles to Foreigners 1--WE are not
surprised when foreigners tell MS that
they find it hard to learn our language.
Take. for instance, the word fast The
river is fast when the ice is ifnmovahle,
and when the ice disappears very .fast
the stream is open again. Al clock is
called fast when it ID quicker than; /
time. but q man is said to stand fast
when he is sfock-stil People fast
when they have nothing TO eat, and
they eat fast when they gobble up
great deal in a short space of time
N. Z. Heruld
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Bombarding an Old Lady With Crack.


During the past summer handsome
young man and a mischievous young
lady were among the guests at White
Mountain hotel. The young, man was
teased by his friends on account of his
habit OF lunching just before going to
bed. One evening he found large
paper bag of crackers on his table.
Rashly jumping to the conclusion that
the misehievous young lady had made
him the gift, he went on tiptoe to the
door of her room, and tossed cracker
through the open transom. The room
was dark, but the crackers fall was
followed by q slight scuf1ing. He
paused a moment, and then threw a
second and a third. Each time rust
ling washeard, but no one spoke.
Having tossed the entire contents of the
bag into the room, the young man stole
away, and as he left the corridor met
the young lady coming to her room.
Troubled lin his mind, he made in
quiries the next morning as to the ef-
feet of his bombardment. and learned,
to his horror. that the first cracker
thrown had landed on the head of the
young lady's grandmother, an infirm
old lady of nearly eighty, who was at
the moment kneeling by her bedside
engaged in her deyotions. Much
alarmed, SRe had risen to her feet only
ito reeeivda Second shot. She had then
retreated to a corner, but, being further
assailed, and not being able to form any
idea of the origin of the mysterious
missiles, she had finally crept under the
bed, where she was discovered in a for
lorn condition by her astonished grand
child.-Boston Adrertiser.
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-5TIII bKFE4E.

uvbitier basrarage he Sought to win 2
TAose far dim towers that he would roam
lEitRin. 4flis h5s0ss .r-5s@sf.ssas
through paths of peril, loud with dying
nova ehasms Of failure, white with human
homes, ssf
Past brakes of treachery, whence the tiper
Ger swamps Of envy, where the scorpion
stung, NGt'-ts 3@
MS eager feet pressed onward to attain
fbe iurfng bourn of that desired DOMAIN
And there at last worn fugitive of fate,
M clutched the mighty clarion at the gate.
Amomenf mores and while its proudpeal rose
The pyers would rock, the portals would
unciose-
Bat theha eye6 sbeh By ysome fefedooin pro
found, -, f.t,z .@sz
Hedropped dead ere bis lips had walked one
sound!
--EdGdy Fotccett, In Harper's Magazine.
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-Atthe Da1 unrr,l 1,boat..a. : nf.1a,,

-Atthe DaI Verne Theatre, at Milan,
the other night an American named
Shepherd created a great sensation by
appearing with a luminous scarf pin,
which was nothing more or less than
tiny electric lamp, warranted to 90 for
five hours, by means of a small generator
concealed in the waistcoat pocket.
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-Twenty-seven acres devoted to
crop of cabbages near Rochester, N. Y.
yielded the farmer $5, 400.
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Despite frequent eggings, the Nor
mon Missionaries in the Southern
States continue at their work. They
have their headquarters at Chatta-
nooga. = Chicago Herald.
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Henry Stewart, who, with his son,
has tried q hermitss life in Kingsbury.
N. z. for many years, blew his head
off few days ago and left about $780,
COO to his co-hermit SOM 7. Nesos.
The National tribune., 1883-10-04
Where Are Taey Sowf

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In 1853 about twenty young men Of Penn
sylyania came to Tennessee and enlisted IN
the First Kansas battery, then doing duty
in the Army of the Cumberland. At the close
of the war they returned to Pennsylvania. 7
would like the address of one or all Of thsse
men NJ ID. TESNEY,
Capt, 1st Kan battery.
JUNCTION Cry, KAN.
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JUNCTION CRY,

Young men or middle aged ones, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred Weaknesses
shoald sead,three stamps for Part VII OF Worlds
Dispensary Dime Series Of books. Address
WORLDS DIsPENsARy MsDIcAL ASSOCIATION
Rufilln u Y
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WASHINGTON THURSDAY

time had been asked if the Government did not
may me- for that armlf With emotions / could
lily conceal, I replied, THE Government grants
pension for that arm; ii pay me,
and think it very unkin1 in any one, especially
of your political professions, to cast 1t up to
which compels the Government to prefer you for
appointment to civil Offices and he cooily turned
10 his writing. What could do? could do moth
ing; my feelings were hurt I forced back the
tears as best could and begged my way hon1el
Yes, comrades, had 60 beg my way home, for
was so certain would get employment had spent
all in the effort.
Next Monday start for the national poorheusei
What does il matter that was in every engage
meut, every slirmsh, from the time whipped
the rebels at Rich Mountain, 1th of July, 1851, in
which my regiment participated, up TO the time
lost my arm? What does Ii matter that was
wounded in two other engagements? Don't the
Government pay me FOR that arm?" Nhat good
does ii do for political parties to put honeyed
resolves " in their platform for brave defenders
of their country?' OF whst benefit IS it 10 me for
Congress to make statutes that not enforced?
Yours, truly, ANXIOUS.
DOES ANYONE KNOW BETTER RECIPESf
PHILADELPHIA. Sept %, 1888.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
If Mrs. Matte Reese of New Philadelphia, will
keep her metal kettles and slziets well CREASED,
they viii never rust Unless used constantly, they
/ should be kept in dry place and wrapped in
! creased paper.
A good recipe for taking iron rust from linen or
muslin IS TO soak the article twentyfour hours IN
buttermill TO which plenty of grated horse-radish
| has been added then wash in clear water.
A sure and swift recipe is to purchase few
cents worth of oxalic acid, dissolve, and dip the
rust spots into the fluid. Lay in the and they
Uor1sEK EEpER
The National tribune., 1883-10-04
FASHIONS FREAKS.

MOdisteS seem 10 prefer Arcadia Velvcteens
above all ethers.-La lfode
Black stockings are fashionable with every
kind of Beilet, day or evening.
new Paris kink is to wear q small bird on
the left shoulder.
Yellow silks are tramed with lace nounces
and rosettss OF red velvet ribbon.
PrlnceSse merning dresses with loose fronts
are becemiRg TO slight figures.
lunches of pink and white clover are fash
lOnabie for bsanets.
Rlack gsaze dresses with frills and jabots of
Oriental lace are striking evening dresses for in
formal occasions
We notice that basques worn this season are
made Of the famous Arcadia Yelyeteen.-FGsh-
iOn Courier.
Plaid polonaises are worn with plain skirts.
New crepesde chene dinner dresses are flow
cred in colors on ground of strawberry and
pink
Ioques, or small crown bonnets Of the same
material as the dress, hold their own with
young ladies.
The fair Goddess OF Fashion points TO Arcadia
FelyeDeen as the leading article in this line of
goods for the coming seas0n.-BGsar.
Our Weekly Experience Meeting.
MUSIC IN THE uoME-REPLIEs TO LOUISE
WALLACE WOUND DRESSER AND MARY
PEkFIELD DIsREGARDED STATUTE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, AND RECIPES.
TOLEDO. Sept. Is, 1883
Te the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Permit 20 most screly thank you for the per-
tectiy beautiful words you wrote on music In the
The National tribune., 1883-10-04
A KISS SOMETHING SACRED.
PONTIAC, ILL.,, Sept. 25.

My Dear Little Girl: am so glad you asked in
time about promiscuous kissing. No, let me most
emphsiicaly and sincerely advise you never TO let
a young man permit himself the liberty of touch
ing your lips until the proper time comes-that is,
when yon are engaged.
Make kiss too rare and sacred to be lightly
given. The boys may seem to like the girl who
told you kissing all proper. but she is making
q mistake and needs guidance, as the young men
cannot and will not have the same respect for our
sex if we permit such liberties. BE assured you
have plenty of pure fun, and not seem prudish,
if you firmly refuse such famiiarities, and the
same time be just as popular with the other SIX.
One Of the girls, LOUISE Nj.
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Nu.EsBuRG, CENTRE CO., PA, Sept. 10, 1888.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Inclosed please find 81 for your valuable paper
for year for the of the l.. l.. l.. Relief Corps
TO Potter Post, No. 26i G. A Il. The ladies were
pleased with the paper. We like to read and hear
of the welfare of the noble men that stood an in
yneible breastwork between us and danger. While
the q. A r. soldiers talking of wiping out that
great stain county, polygany, we, as help
ers ask you, and ALL TO take up with your work
the great curse, intemperance. We need not tell
you Of the effect of this monster curse to our land
and homes, for all the readers of THE TRIBUNE are
able TO see the wretchedness it has caused all over
our glorious country. Let this be the work Of the
G. A. R.-to help wipe out this unholy thing Let
their work be full and complete reformation.
Yours, in f., G. and L.,
Mrs r. J. GIBBs,
1aff f,rT p.,ffAr
The National tribune., 1883-10-04
A NEw HAMPsHIRE YETERAN.

Col. Dana W. King, of Nashua, N. H., formerly
of the Eighth New Hampshire, Department of
the Gulf, and prominent Grand Army man
in the White Mountain State, has had his share
of the vicissitudes of battlefield and prison. In
Banks Red River expedition he was forty-six
days under fire, and was taken prisoner at the
battle of Sabine Cross Roads and taken to
Shreveport Jail. thence to Camp Ford at Tyler,
Texas, and put in the stockades. Becoming
reduced almost to skeleton, by the low and
insufficient diet hs tried the Masonic signs
upon the Confederates visiting the prison. The
next day Johnny reb, with dirty gray
clothes, emptied his pockets of some nice yell
low meal and poured it into the prisoners dirty
rag, in which he received his rations. Shortly
after this, Colonel King, with three others
Ensign Loan, of Maryland; Lieutenant Mitler,
of the First Kansas, and Captain Dill, of the
One Hundred and Seventy third New York
The National tribune., 1883-10-04
A DIsREGARDED STATUTE.

The story of the disheartened veteran, WHO
writes the following letter. is that of many a
man who was MANNED for life in the service of
his country. 1t is given in the hope that it
viii further arouse the veterans of the Union
to the necessity Of banding together to belp one
another in the struggle for recognition frem
those from whom they have right to ex-
pect it.
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home. Yes indeed. truly ia The influence Of music
In the home elevaiing, and the writer has many
times found resful hours by letting fingers wander
Idly over the keys. How many of our happiest
homes those where the old songs are sung by
ali. and what pleasant evenings we eau make Tor
friends when we entertain with music and con-
Fersaion instead Of The everlasting conversation
paraiyzing cards. Yes, and gGInes and reading
aloud are much 10 he commended. A mother can
draw her ttle circle together and 10 her py
llalf-hours reading Of some pretty little story,
with comments Oh the good points afterward by
the children. These VIII make scenes IN the lives
never 10 be forgotten in the years when the home
group has become scattered.
Don't be always looking on the serious side and
putting of everything bright until we can afford
il better, until this work is finished. but let
us 20 along and get just much sunshine out OF
life as possible. 1t is too short TO be wasted in
sorrowIng and repining. This little nursery rhyme
has often helped rs, simple as ii Is:
For every evil under the
There Is a remedy or there is none;
II there be one, try and find it,
IL there Is none, never mind II.
And somehow these people who take life less
seriously get along as well il not better, than those
who are trying 10 be martyrs and 10 find all the
unpleasant things 10 do. Let us try TO be : Just
good enough" not forgetting to have some play
with work; and you, dear Editor, have helped,
and viii help. much by the good common-seTse
views given various topics. Go on with the good
work many need IL and viii profit by the talks.
Most sincerely, LOUISE MARKscHEFFTI..
The National tribune., 1883-10-04
THE PICKET-LINE,

KATE B. SHERWOOD.