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Curious Blunders.

A tiTaid young man in Titusyille, call
ing upon Il pretty young lady one even
ing, she said:
u want to propose to you"
You are kind, gasped the alarmed
young man, but / not worthy of such
happiness; in fact, none of our family
are marrying people; besides, my in
come is limited, and have to meet
friend, and I'm afraid I'll be late
why" said the young woman.
don't alarm yourself! 1 wanted to
ask you to accompany me as far as Main
street; that was ALL"
An unmarried lady of forty summers
went into the Town Clerks office at
Wheeling. w. Va, and asked for a
license. The clerk took down her name
and residence, and asked for the name
Of the other party. Faithful; he lives
with me" she replied. The clerk
looked at her but said nothing, but
filed up the license, and she, taking it,
yelled '"Monster." Then he reflected
that perhaps she wanted dog license,
and not one for marriage.
Animals are very indignant when
they make mistake. A dog that
Jumped into the water after doh baby
and brought it ashore crept off with
his tail between his legs, as did the one
IN the play. which, creeping up to
one of Colonel Sellers fire places, with
a candle to make light, prepared to lie
down for warmth, when he put his nose
up and saw the deceit.
"Come up to the Capitol while we
are in session and II give you a seat
on the floor of the House,, said Mem
Der of Congress to his West Virginia
| constituent
"Wall, no, thank you. Poor as
am, | always manage to have cheer
to set ON at home, and | hain't come
here to sit on the floor. " Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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Youths Department.
ANOTHERJYEAR.

You are larger now than year ago,
And the stories and the lessons they, too, must
grow
And come to your minds with fresh, new
look
On the unlearned page of this old. old book.
But have you, my dears. learned everything
The brave old year in its arms could hringg
Oh, all the lessons the school books brought,
Perhaps = but the other onesl Have you
thought
That never a blossom looks up hut tells
Some story of how its sweet heart swclls
With grateful love to Him who made
Its beauty of sunshine and rain and shadep
That never butterfly sips, or a bee,
The nectar too little for us to see,
But out of the picture a lesson goes
OF Him who msde clover and bee and rose?
That never a ripened apple falls,
Nor grape vine puppies on dull old walls,
Nor nut comes rustling through the leaves,
Nor vain goes laden with harvest sheaves,
How wise and changeless and Heavenly kind
Is He who fashions the endless store
Which blesses the New Year more and more?
And not alone while the warm skies glow
Are written the lessons for us to know,
But the snow and the ice have "A truthful word
OF Him whom we worship and call the Lord.
They hide the roots of the honey flowers,
And the trees whose fruits fall thick as show
ers,
And in all the earth and air and sea,
There are stories and lessons for you and me
-ChrtStidn Leuder.
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Meanwhile his ambition 70 rise led him
to enter into business of his own. He
made money and increased his circle of
friends among the better classes. He
soon became known as an industrious
and shrewd manager of wonderful
ability. He was mild and agreeable in
his intercourse, and soon afterward he
was given an important position in tho
city Government. This he held for
seven successive terms.
Sage created favorable impression
on the parents of the young lady as he
advanced in the esteem of his asso-
ciates and constituents At last he
sought an interview with the parents
of the gentle girl. He was met with a
kindly greeting, and shortly after led
her to the altar. Mr.. Sage's welded
life was most happy. Shortly after he
rose to the position of President of the
First National Bank of Troy, and later
on was elected Treasurer of the county
in which he lived. in his early days
Mr.. Sage showed the same characters
tics in business which are now so
prominent in the millionaire. For
these he was then chosen, as now,
leader of large corporations. Many
stories of his pecuniary closeness in his
early business career are told, but those
who knew him best say that a charitable
heart was beneath the hard exterior of
the business man. As fortune favored
him his contributions to charitable pur-
poses increased, and many substantial
checks found their way quietly to some
worthy institution.
In 1857 Mr.. Sage was elected to Con-
gress. where he spent four years. On
his return again to business life he re-
moved to New York and entered Wall
street. He soon after became a promi-
nent and successful leader and specu-
lator, his favorite role being that of q
harmonizer In all his financial or po-
litical undertakings the woman whose
love had inspired all his early ambitions
never ceased to be uppermost in his
thoughts and affections. 1t was the
saddest day of his successful career
when the partner of his joys and sor-
rows was taken from him by death. 1t
was some time before he recovered
from the blow and returned to the field
OF finance, and when he did it was with
the determination to bury his sorrow.
His energies were devoted to the ac-
emulation OF wealth. For years he
continued thus. With no family of
children or remnant of his once happy
fireside to cheer his declining years, all
earthly ambition had faded from his
life. His friends and Wall street asso-
ciates sought to enliven him, and the
millionaire was never forgotten at the
banquet or reception. 1t was at one OF
these social gatherings of the beauty
and wealth of high lie that Mr.. Sage
met beautiful and refined lady, Miss
Marguerite Olivia Slocum, who inn
pressed him with her charming, easy
grace and admirable qualities of mind
Not long after this little episode society
reioiced that at last the heart of the
great financier had again been pierced
by Cupid's dart. Now it would be hard
to find happier couple than the ami
mated gentleman of sixty and the
charming lady who may be seen any
pleasant afternoon between the hours o
five and six, comfortably seated in one
of the finest equipages that adcrn Fifth
avenue.-N. I. Journal.
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works upon antiquities and seem fabu-
lous.
"Surely You have read to some pur-
pose, my daughter said Mr.. Montgom-
cry, smiling, and in your choice of mat
ter show the peculiarties of your sex.
What have you for us. UlieP"
81 found out the origin of the term
'pin-money which / thought very IN
teresting. Pins were not rs common
nor cheap as at present, and were made
of lockwood, bone and silver, even
wood for the poorer people. This was
in the beginning of the sixteenth cent
ury, and the fashion was introduced
of giving on New Year day sum of
money to buy this new luxury with.
Hence it was called pin-money,' and
the expression was afterward used 10
represent the money settled on a wife
for her own use. l have often won
dered where this expression arose, and
was glad to find it out.
Il am afraid nothing is left for Ma
bel-the subject seems to be exhaust
ed. "
81 did not go to books at all, for l
knew all the rest were cribbing from
them--and | wonder Ulie did not tell us
ey; but talked with mother about the
custom of receiving calls, and she told
me about the Mohawk Valley inhabit-
ants and their way of keeping the day,
which | thought would interest you.
She said when she was a bride, she
came for the first time among these
descendants of the old Hollanders,
and was surprised to see the extensive
preparations made to celebrate New
Years day. Every one was making
cake of all kinds, and particularly the
kind they called New Years cake.
This was made of butter, eggs and
sugar. with caraway seeds stirred in,
and after rolling it very thin, it was cut
out by stamp into the size required.
The richer the family, the larger the
cake. When the day came, instead of
dressing to receive calls, she was told to
bundle herself for sleigh-ride, and
giving her basket to hang upon her
arm, she was led to large sleigh at
the door, wherein was a dozen others,
gentlemen and ladies, all equipped like
herself with baskets. They went from
house to house through the entire val
ley. wishing a Happy New Year and
receiving hot drinks and refreshments
and best of all, one of these fancy New
Years cakes which were to be taken
home and kept as long as desired. She
said every basket was full when they
went home"
alt takes me back to my boyhood to
hear this-for | always spent the day
thus. Good old times they were, too.
Now for the decision-how is it, gentle
menPn
1--WE propose to leave it to the
readers of your paper" said Judge Van
Worst, and we IL see what they say. So
it was left, to be decided after all, by
those who read the story.-Margaret b.
PeeEe, in ChicagO -ddUdnce.
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A New Idea in Dramatic Construction.

Boucicault tells good story which
has never yet appeared in print. The
following incident occurred at Jackson
vile, Fla, last spring, and the clever
r-dramatist says it suggested an en-
tirely new idea in dramatic construc-
ton, which he proposes to avail himself
of some day. The curtain had lust
gone down on the third act of The
Colleen Bawn,' when tall, professor
like individual advanced to the front of
one of the boxes, and propounded the
following unlooked-for conundrum to
the audiences:
"Ladies and gentlemen, why is it
that Shakespeare is the only real drama
fist the world ever producedP"
AS nobody replied, the tall man went
on earnestly:
"Is it because of his marvellous
knowledge of human nature, or his
wonderful command of language and
expression? Not at all. Other writer's
have equaled him in these respects, but
the immortal bard is the only dramatist
who recognized the evident fact that in
real life vice is not punished and virtue
| is not rewarded, as the sickly, senti-
mental playwrights of to-day would
have us believe. There is no last act
make up-all around Everybody get-mar-
ried business in his plays. Look at
Othellol That's the way matters wind
up in real life. Look at Romeo and
Juliet No happy denouement' about
them. My advice to the public, there
fore, is to never sit a play out Always
leave Lefore the last act, just when the
trouble, villainy and Notwithstanding is
at its worst, and YOU will get the real
realism and naturalness.
$50 on Go on'' said the audience,
which seemed to be profoundly i'm
pressed with this reasoning,
II have nothing more to say" con
tinued the critic, putting on his hat
except that the curtain will be rung
up in minute. move that we now
ad; ourn."
And Boucicault says that when the
curtain went up he was dumbfoundec
to observe that there was not Il sou
left in the house.-Derric5 bod, IN san
francisco Posts
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How Insects Make Music.


The katydid has wing that is very
curious to look at. You have seen this
little insect, | have no doubt. its color
is light green, and just where the wing
joins the body there is a thick ridge,
and another on the wing. On this ridge
there is thin and strong skin, which
makes a sort of drumhead
1t is the rubbing of these two ridges
or drumheads that make the queer noise
you have heard. There is no music in
it, surely. The insects could keep quiet
as well as not, and they must enjoy
doing it.
The katydid usually makes three rubs
with its drumheads, sometimes only
two. You can fancy she says "Katy
did," and ''She did," or "She didn't"
The moment it is dusk they begin. Soon
the whole company are at work. AS
they rest after each rubbing, it seems
as if they answered each other.
Did you know that bees hum from I'M
der wings? 1t is not the stir of those
beautiful light wings we hear. 1t is the air
drawing in and out of the ATTITUDES, in
the bees quick flight. The faster a
bee flies the louder the humming is.
Don't you believe insects feel? In
deed they do! They have nerves all
over them, even through their wings,
and out to the end of every feeler. They
suffer just as much as you do when
hurt. You must remember this. and be
kind to all the little insects God has
made. - Our Little Ones.
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Another st. Louis Girl.

A rich Chicago girl was visiting a
poor friend who was teaching school in
st. Louis, and the two girls were talk
ing over their respective situations in
life.
"You have to work very hard, don't
you?" asked the Chicago girl.
Yes" was the answer, but | find a
great deal to interest and entertain
me-
Il dom. do anything, but have a
good time, and | enjoy it thoroughly"
Il should think you would
Lets change for awhile. How
would you like to be in my shoes?"
well" said the St. Louis girl,
looking at the foot of the other one,
''there's only one thing against it,"
whats that, prayp'
"Why, dear, if got into your shoes
to-day, the papers all over the country
would come out tomorrow morning
with llaring headlines: Mysterious
Disappearance of Another st. Louis
Girl, and don't want any unpleasant
nntoriety. - Merchant lraueler,
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Russell Sage's Romance.

A bright, blue-eyed, curly-headed
youth might have been found between
1921 and 1880 on the streets of the viii
lage of Troy looking for an odd job.
His associate when business was dull
was the street gamin. His father,
Henry Sage, was poor man and was
unable to give his son Russell thor
ough education. A loving mother,
of the youth, and when, at the early
age of nine. he was thrown upon the
world to seek his fortune he was pre-
pared to meet the trials and tempta-
tons thrown about him. Russell found
employment with large grocery firm
in Troy, not far from his own home.
He soon developed an ambitious ten
dency, working industriously by day
and seeking to improve his little store
of knowledge at night. After few
years of earnest work he rose in the
estimation of his employers, and, at
the age of twenty, had won an excel
lent reputation, and was holding po-
sition of trust Young Sage was fond
of society, and was % hail fellow well
met with chosen associates. Ten years
of self-instruction had made him a
bright conversationalist, and his nat
ural oratorical powers advanced him
rapidly.
At this age Sage had become we'll
developed and, it is said by those who
remember him. handsome man. The
Trojan bellies We'd with each other in
their efforts to gain his attentions.
The rising man, however. was as sensi-
bic in his love as in business matters.
Al twenty-five he waged a conquest Of
love in high life. Miss Annie Carman,
beautiful young woman, full of grace
and womanly instincts, had captivated
his heart The parents of the fair maid
en- were among the wealthiest of the
aristocrats of the day, and young Sage
had little to offer in exchange save his
pure love and ambition.
II was not the sort of match tina
might be desired for the flower of {
highly aristocratic family, and although
the love became mutual, Sage deemed
it unwise to make known his intentions
TO the parents OF the young lady unit
he had improved his condition in life
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-Dandelion, a horse belonging to e,

-Dandelion, a horse belonging to ex.
Mayor Bookstaver, of Syracuse, and
dog Juno were firm friends. One day
when the dog ran ahead the horse fol-
lowed her zigzag tracks on the street
aud started to 90 upon the sidewalk.
Juno went upstairs with her master to
his Office in the Wieting Block, and
Dandelion was left in the street at one
end of weighted halter He did not
stay there long. His master, summoned
by an alarm soon afterward, rushed
downstairs, not waiting for the eleva-
tor, to find Dandelion in the vestibule
and trying to drag the carriage upstairs.
-Syrdcase On. ~ journal.
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DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes b

DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes birth
place, the "Old Holmes House. at
Cambridge, is to go, the Harvard Uni
versity buildings crowding it out of ex-
istence. 1t was built in the year 1858,
or thereabouts. One of the owners,
Jonathan Hastings, who lived in it
from 1877 to 1742, is said TO have
originated the word yankee" using
it 10 express excellence, speaking of a
Yankee good horse" or yankee
good cider" and the students are sup
posed to have disseminated the word"
Boston Herald.
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-"No, Joseph, the Steam Heating
Company was not formed for the pur-
pose of heating steam. Steam is heated
before it is made that is to say, when
you heat the steam no, when You make
the steam novel;, confound you,
don { you know steam is hot any way,
and doesn't have to be heated by ceUa-
pany?n Scientific american.
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Henry Smith built house in Yir-
ginia City at a cost of $4,000. 1t has
since been sold to Robert Fulton for 81 -
800, and he is moving it to Reno.-Dess
GER Tribune.
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EXAMINING BANK-pREAKERs.

P1TrsBURG, Jan. 2O.-A Washington, Pa,
special says Samuel Ruth, defaulting cash
ier, lad hearing to-day on two charges
of forgery and two of larceny. W. A.
Mickey, stockholder of the Washingt on
Savings bank, was the prosecutor. Jam es
W. Kurtz, president of the bank, testified
that Ruth was discharged in April last on
his acknowledgement of defrauding the
institution. Frank Colby testified that he
deposited $1,000 with Ruth, and Samuel
Workman, clerk, swore that the books
of the bank showed evidence of
the money having been received,
John Hall, receiver, testified that his first
statement showed deficiency of S146,000,
but some assets would made the defalca-
ton less. Ruth was then held by the court
in $4,000 bail.
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Odessa.

Yesterday, in conversation with Mr.. Kelly,
just in from Odessa, we learned that Lynch d
German have about completed their large two
story building, and will occupy the same in a
few days. Messrs. Flint & Thompson have all
the lumber on the ground, and are beginning
the construction of the new hotel, which is to
be three stories high, 72x100 feet The lumber
is already on the ground for the new bank build
ing of Messrs. Prescott & Washburn, aud the
same will be ready for business about March l..
Owing to the extreme severity of the winter,
outside work on buildings has been attended
with difficulty, but now that the weather is med
Grating the building will begin to boom. Mary
of those, Mr.. Kelly informs Us, who bought
their lots, would have had their buildings up be
fore this had it not been for the difficulty of
getting material to the front.-Grnad Forks
HerrIG
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DENVER, Col. Jan. 20.-At Eeadville last
night, near the Iron mine, Charles Peter
son, miner, shot and instantly killed an
other named Thos. Hoskins. The men
were rivals for the affections of a girl
named Polly Gregory, daughter of a
boarding boss. Later in the evening two
men named Sullivan and Brennan were
discussing the merits of the
Robert E. Lee mine. Sullivan
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ROBBED OF $1,000.

New YORK, Jan. 2O.-Thomas johnson,
paymaster for the Boynton Saw and File
company, Williamsburg, was this morning
knocked down and robbed of $1,000 in
Ainslie street, Brooklyn, by three men, who
made their escape. johnson was return
ing from the bank with money to pay the
employees.
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A Friendly Visit.

New HAVEN, Jan. 2O-Red Cloud, the
Indian chief, arrived to-day on a friendly
visit to Prof. Marsh, of Yale college. He
is accompanied by an interpreter, The
day was spent visiting he Peabody muse
um, examining among other curiosities the
fossils procured by Prof. Marsh in the In
dian country in 1874.
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SATURDAYS QUIET.

The Distinguished Committee of Mime
spolitans Consult and Go HOme--Mors
Abuse for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Window Coming,
List eye1ing was one of the 1uietest
about the hotels since the Inauguration of
the struggle for the succession of Boss
Window in the United States senate. In
the afternoon some half dozen of the
leading spirits of the committee of safety
appointed by the Window caucus Friday
evening, in which were of course
included Senators GilflEan and Pillsbury
of the Minneapolis delegation, held a brief
conference in the Window headquarters at
the Merchants, heretofore presided over
by Brother-in-la Douglas and his associate
federal officials.
The parties participating in this confer
ence were very reticent as to its purpose,
but the envoy was given pointer by one
who knew whereof he spoke, that the only
matter considered was the character of the
report to be made to the Boss upon his ar
rival here as to the manner in which his
candidacy had been managed thus far.
There was no difference of opinion as to
the necessity of giving Mr.. Window to
understand that his supporters in the
Legislature considered that his failure of
an election before this was due entirely
to the suicidal mistakes and general bad
management of the federal officials, head
ed by the brother in la, who had been placed
in control. At the same time it was &C
knowledged that Mr.. Window could not
afford to break loose from these parties en-
tirely, and the question with the commit
tee was as to how they could reach mid
die ground, by which the oficeholders
could be kept in line and at the same time
eliminated from any active participation
in the management of the canvass here
after.
Upon this latter point the committee
were unit, and it was decided that while
it would be better to be moderate in point
ing out where errors had been made, that
Mr.. Window must be given to understand
that either these officials were to withdraw
entirely from any connection with the
management hereafter, or the committee
would resign, and refuse to be bound any
longer by caucus dictation.
Having settled this point, the conference
broke up, and soon after the Minneapolis
delegation, and a few other
supporters of Window living in close
proximity to St. Paul, left for their homes.
With the departure of the Minneapolis
delegation-the major portion of what
there is left of the Window movement
all interest in his cause subsidized, and will
remain quiet until their return, probably
this evening.
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More Royalty Coming to View Gods
COuntry,

OTTAWA, Can, Jan, 2o.-lt is authorita-
lively stated that the prince of Wales and
suite will visit Canada the first week in
March, remaining till after the meeting of
the Science association and visiting prom
inent cities of the United States. AS soon
as the Princess Louise leaves Charleston
for Bermuda, the governor general will go
to Washington, as guest of the president,
and will subsequently spend several weeks
in New York. returning to Ottawa on the
9Th of February.
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DIED.

vARENNE- Varenne, in the seventy
fourth year of his age.
Funeral Sunday afternoon, Jan. 81, at 2 o'clock,
from Mccarthy & Donnelly's, on Wabashaw
street.
PROAL-In this city, at his residence, No. 40
Summit avenue, at 6 p. m. Jan. 10, 1889,
Charles Proal, aged sixty-three years.
Funeral from Christ Church at la N. Tues-
day, 23d inst.
Friends are Invited to attend.
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Fortunes for Farmers and Mechanics.

Thousands of dollars can besaved by us ing
proper Judgment in taking care of the health of
yourself and family. If you are bilious, have
pressed spirits, and generally debiitated, do not
delay a moment, but go at once and procure
bottle of those wonderful Electric Bitters, which
never fail to cure, and that for the tri1ing sum
of 80 cents.-[ Tribune. Sold by Lambie &
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said the mine was as solid as Jesus Christ,
at which Brennan, being a Catholic, be-
came terribly enraged, drew knife and
stabbed Sullivan in the neck several times.
He cannot recOYer