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Yorkshire En- ylish.

The upper and middle claSsey speak
English with an almost faul;les> accent
i do not include the cockncy "drawl.
ers, who make up for wat bv plenty of
slang, that miserable invader of all
that Is fine in language-but the dia-
lect> of the working classes defy de-
scription. Cumberland. Yorkshire and
Lancashire are especially rough and
perverted in accent. Some OF the ma
tiyes, indeed. il is impossible TO under.
stand. In SOmersctshire every is a y,
and in Devon and Cornwall. particular
ly the latter, they have the quaintcst
terms in their speech. such "a no pen
can give any idea os. To hear it is to
indulge in a broad STin which can not
be suppressed, nd yet il is delicious
the. onl y one | can all such that know
of I'm England. To 'yeriake an old
Cornish woman on hel way from mar
kct. with q camp uml ella. Drowned
by intcrminablr years of sage, and "a
basket with Il pair Of pa,ten' in it. and
u variety of small groceries tich have
taken TIE place ui the m,Tninl : ducks.
butter AMI eggs. and e'gag6 her in
conversation, j. a treat not to lie
missed. She is the soul o. simplicity
and quaintneSs. I'm few IL 'nutcs YOU
viii know all about the FANNY all; irs.--
how her imam !, that taisy. shc don,
know what 10 Ito by un; theirs not u
bit of bcc.steak She can fry fol 'up &c
please I'm. and he do have meat tn ice
week. She believes she would
never have married 'un if she'd known
what n rogue he was, TO be sure etc =,
etc. Il do tell 'un.' WHY. John, III .
Queen wouldn't suit 'ee-no. sure. and
he do 90 on, So do say: 'Well-there,
then. I'll lave zee and 20 and take tay
with Bet>cy Mawnsn. ID be- sure. Wish
I'd married her man when he was n
coortin' of me my patience, 1 do -
Cor. Boston TT0I,cri,1k
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There is only one Smith in the
present Congress, but four Joneses.
"A Bridgeport Conn., gentleman
will publish all the rejected poems he
can find.
Mrs. A. c. Pond, sister of the ia
nous Sam Patch, died at Petersburg,
Va, recently.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, and
Congressman Milliken, of Maine, are
said to resemble each other as closely as
two Dromios.
David Pulsifer, who has been clerk
in the Massachusetts Secretary of
State office for thirty wears, retired a
few days ago. -BOston Post
Rev. DIR. Backus, of Union College.
at Schenectady. N. Y, who has been
blind from cataracts ten years, has
fully recovered his sight as the result
of operations performed by Balti-
more physician. Troy Times.
Mr.. Bennett, the owner of the New
York Herald, is said by persons who
have seen him in Paris lately to have
become 'prematurely old. His hair is
turning gray and he is as slow Al 90.
else In movement as an old man.
"A Waterloo On. " girl was mar
ried 10 Young man who fell in love
with her photograph, and the counting
was done through the medium of cor
respondence The couple met for the
ilrst time at their wedding. Buffalo
Express.
Senior SOtcldo, who turns I'D in
Washington as the Minister from Vene-
zuela. is the father of A. NJ. Soteldo.
the young gentleman who lost his life
while trying TO regulate the editorial
management of the Washington Repub-
lean from the outside.
1t is proposed by some of the
friends and admirers of The late Will
lam Cullen Bryant TO erect a statue to
his memory in Central Park. New
York. AS Mr., Bryant was President
OF the Century Club at the time of his
death, the preliminary arrangements
for this tribute have been placed under
the direction of that body.-M J.. Tri6-
Une.
-" What sort of man is Uncle Re-
mus?' L asked of n Georgia friend,
writes a Washington correspondent.
Joel Chandler Harris" he replied.
smiling. Hes a little, red-headed,
freckle-faced farmers boy from Putnam
County. Just about as handsome as
a burnt shoe. He's a good fellow,
though, and bright. but indolent. Sort
of a singed cat. He has been very well
treated by the Atlanta Constitution
people. They give him good salary
for writing an hour or two every dav.
in addition to very nice house. which
they gave him outr' ght as a Christmas
gift. think. So he has plenty of time
for literature and pleasant place to
write it in. y Indianapolis Journal.
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Sea-Sick Men ard Women.

The different manner N which sea.
sickness affects men ava women i
pretty accuratr ~ describoc by an ocean
steamer steward, who GAYS: Women
are more subject to disease than men,
but. ON the other hand, they stand il
better. a woman struggles right up
To the point % despair against the
what l might call the improperly OF
the thing. She isn't so much tortured
10y the pangS as she j. worried by the
prospect OF becoming dishevelled, hag-
gard and draggled. She fights against
1t to the last and Keeps UP appearances
~ long Is she can hold up her head.
linen she becomes maudlin and pa.
thetic. She takes to her room, and in.
variably asks three questions. First,
whether people die frequently oil sea
sickness. then how many miles We are
from shO e. and lastly wheL we will ret
there. She also often asks me how deep
the water is, and if 1 think it possible
Tor any one to 90 seven DAYS without
food. The doctor is always talked
over. l am asked time and again if ]
think he is capable and efficient. and il
have confidence in him When the
patient gets so i'll that she loses interest
IN the doctor, she usually lies on her
side and cries by the hour. Luckily
the more violent attacks only last .
short time. Men give in at once. They
fellow like bulls. and make a rrrat
rumpus until they are compelled to
take to their berths. Then they grum-
BE and swear until they are well
enough to go on deck again. troy On.
y. Times.
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ending the remark in veil. and dart.
ing wildly out of the back door. He
returned in second with the two plates
OF forgotten candy, and presented onee
with knife, to the hungry child.
Never was candy known to disappear
so rapidly, and in an Incredibly short
space of time the plate stood empty.
and the urchin was gazing wistfully at
the other half which the children in
their establishment had forgotten even
to taste.
"Do you want more of thatp' asked
Gerry.
II haven't eat my fill yet, responded
the boy, eagerly.
Then don't step yet," said Fred,
showing the remaining plate toward
HIM. the contents of which began to
vanish as quickly as the first. Esther,
remembering numerous warnings called
forth by her own taste for sweets, grew
alarmed.
Fred. " she whispered solemnly.
do you suppose he'll die if LIE eats all
that at once?"
lie considered the matter for mo.
ment. NO" said he, Il don't think
he will. And anyway. if he does guess
he'd die happier of butter-scotch than
OF starvation" This reasoning was
conclusive. and Joe ate on unmolested.
Moreover he did not die, but on the
contrary seemed considerably refreshed
by his novel meal. though in nowise
untitled for another and more substan.
tial repast of bread and meat, when
Bridget came home Then, Bridget
having invited him to return for some
breakfast in the morning, he went hap.
PLY enough away to the little corner
which his brother had hired, and where
he still claimed home
AT dinner the whole adventure was re.
lated in graphic language to Mr.. Farm.
ham, who. taking up the matter with
interest. succeeded in finding work anc
safe home for the boy. 1t was weeks
before the missing brother Tom, against
whose good faith Joe would not hear
word, returned, pale and thin from
long illness in hospital of a neighbor.
ing city, and worn with anxiety for hi:
little brothers safety. He found Joe's
new friends very glad to think well OF
him, and ready also to lend him help.
ing hand; and not all the candy the
Farnham children ever ate gave them
half the pleasure that came through the
two plates of butter-scotch which they
Tailed to get taste ON Y. EIdnl.
| iner.
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To Attain Long Life.

Some one wisely says that he wbc
strives after long and pleasant tern
OF life must seek TO attain continual
equanimiiy. and carefully to avoid ev
erything which too violently taxes his
feelings. Nothing more quickly con.
sumes the vigor of life than the vio-
lence of the emotions of the mind. We
know that anxiety and care can DESTROY
the health, st body; we know that fright
and fear, yes, excess of Joy, becomes
deadly. 1hey who are naturally COO
and OF a quiet turn of mind. upon
whom nothing can make too powerful
an impression, who are not wont TO be
excited either by sorrow or great ioy,
have the best chance of living long and
happy after their manner. Preserve.
therefore. under ali circumstances. 8
composure Of mind which no happiness
no misfortune, can too much disturb.
Love nothing too violently; hate moth
ing too passlonately; fear nothing toe
strongly. Scientific american.
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CHAPTER XIX

FOR HIS SANE. ~ NOT rOR NINE
Late in the afternoon. two DAYS after
ward. Margaret went into the school
room. Rupert had never been re-
moved from there. His collin stood
now on low stand in the center OF the
darkcncd room. which had always been
considered peculiarly his room. and
which contained all his Looks, and tie
other objects he had cared for; his lit
tie collections of stones and fossils and
minerals and planis-all the things
with which he had been wont To while
away. or try to while away his hours OF
lassitude and pain. A sob rose in Mar
garet's throat. as she went forward,
and saw the orderliness of each thing,
and realized that his poor little pale
hands would never disturb them more.
The men were coming that night to
close up forever this his last narrow
resting place, and she wished before
that to lay on his breast some flowers,
and once more TO touch his forehead
with her lips in farewell. She carried
in her hand bunch of white and vel
lew narcissi his favoTite flowers. How
often they had smiled together over the
myth Of the beauteouS youth who had
gazed uron his own reelection in the
wells dark depths, until at last he had
died for love Of his own beauty. II
shall never die of that Margaret" he
used to tell her. with his half-cynical,
half-amused little laugh.
Slowly, after looking upon the cold
and quiet face of te dead boy. she
began to dispose her flowers upon his
breast and over his folded hands. i'm the
shape Of rude, but simple cross. Her
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Sharper Than a Razor.

A long-waisted man, with the nose
of fox and an eye full of speculation,
walked up to secondhand cloth:er in
Buffalo the other day, and said:
''See that overcoat hanging out down
there?''
''Of course"
well, I've taken fancy 10 it. It's
rather cheeky to ask you to go down
there, but I'll make it an object;
won't give but eight dollars for the
coat, but I'll give you dollar to buy II
for me. You are also jew, and know
how TO beat him down. Here are nine
dollars"
The dealer took the money and start
ed off, and in five minutes was back
with the coat.
Good" chuckled the other. 81
reckoned you'd lay him out. How
much did you make for your share?''
''Vhell, ash dot is my branch sthore,
and / only ask six dollar fur de goat,
was about tree dollar ahead. - Val
Street Netos.
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"Ob that was notb;no, >, continued

"Oh, that was nothing" continued
the hero. wiping the froth from his lips
with his sleeve. s.At Sedan received
the commission from Moltke himself to
capture Napoleon. With a detachment
of ten trusty men / crept in the dead
of night into the enemy's camp. We
throttled the sentinels and were already
before the house where the French En-
peror was sleeping, when the rertiuclte
Turkos sprang on us with their scimi-
tars and chopped off the heads of all my
companions. Luckily, l escaped with
only this scar.
Some Of the bystanders suggested that
the hero had but just now declared that
he had received the scar at Gravelotte,
but the patriotic landlord frowned upon
their hints as traitorous. and babe the
valiant stranger continue.
That was tough, but even that was
mere child's play TO what 1 encountered
when lay in the trenches before Paris.
The Commune had been declared. and
the Communists. having defeated their
own Nationaf Guard, made soriie
on us and captured me with num-
Der of my comrades We were brought
10 the Place DIES Greves, where
Archbishop Darboy had just been shot
by Megy, and it was ordered that we
should all be dynamited | had TO wit
ness with my own eyes my comrades
one by one blown TO pieces by those
demons of women. the petro,euses.
Finally my turn came. Already | saw
inc raised to be dashed at me, when our
10 H., l.
the city. Every one rushed off and |
was alone. j made my way to the
scene of combat, and before l could re-
gain our lines was stabbed in the neck
here by one of our own people. You
can still see the scar
"Mein freund and brudder," enthusi-
astically interrupted Mr. Sauer. utterly
oblivious to the fact that the same
wound had been received on three
separate occasions, ''you shall lodge
with me. Everything in my house is
yours"
The military stranger took him at his
word. After living like lord for two
weeks. he yesterday morning decamped
with fifteen dollars in money and an
overcoat. Since his disappearance Mr..
Sauer. who does not even know his
name, has discovered that his lodger
has been all over Brooklyn telling the
same stories. showing the wound, get
ting credit for his lodging, and then
leaving with whatever he could lay his
hands on.
dot vas a fine coundryman, aind
idP' pathetically asked Mr.. Sauer, as
he reported the circumstances to the
police. N. Y. WOrld.
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- an ANNIVERsARY

70 long. 80 short,
30 swift. 40 slow,
Arc the years OF man
AZ they come and 20.
oh love. n was 40 long ngoi
10 long. 30 long that We wore young.
on IN INC cioistcrs uf our hearts
HOBO ull her ioy-hclis rtingi
80 louT 20 long that since that hour
full half "A lifetime hath gone by
hnw ran the days ere first We met
Beloved, thou aud ~
We had our dreams. no doubt. The dawn
Must still pro-nvc the rising sun,
And rose and crimson flush the east
Ere dny 81 we'll begun
We had our drgams-tHir. shado.v, ,-r,t,t.
- Ihat tcd when Days full s-,.ud6r Eiss,.l
Our soul high places, ID n yyiuda
swept the wales cls..,r of mi.t'
30 lor.r, 80 short.
% swift. 80 slow,
Are the years OF man
As they come aud goi
% low. n was but yesterday
Who said 10 was 40 lOur Huop
ION many ttmos the rose hath blOomcd.
=, WY Hhuull we care Co know
Tor 10 WIS Just ~ sweet last June.
"a dcwy fresh. a. fair, ~ red.
A. when our FIRST gini Edcn kncw
The rare perfumes u shed!
o love. n wis bar ycstordayi
" yesterday D. tar AWAY
n. brightly on tho hlifUps lies
The sunshine uf 10 dnyt
Sing thou. nv soul! - hoart. be giadt
- circiinE lcnrs. fy swift or slow!
Your ripcuing hurvusts htlI not fan.
Nor uutumns utmost glow
-J"'d e. H. Dur. ht me Continent.
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tears streamed upon them. ~ she wen-
on with the work, until she was almost
blinded. and had at last to cease for 3
moment. Covering her face with heI
! handkerchief. she wept for awhile. AZ
last, looking up, she perceived that she
I was not alone. LOUIS was standing on
the other side of the still figure, and
looking at her in silence
"Have you, too. come 10 take a last
good-bye?n asked Margaret, scarcely
above a whisper.
"Yes. could not let him 90 without.
am glad yot are putting more flowers
there.
With a quick, impulsive movement,
I Margaret teld out toward him those
which still remained in her hand.
''Wil YOU not finish it," she said.
lie took the flowers from her: thpii
I hands and eyes met at the same time.
/ Louis were dark and trouble ed: Mar.
garet were in a mist of tears. lie
placed all the rest Of the flowers. and
then, folding his hands. looked mt her
again, and presently said in a low voice.
AMI one which was not altogether
steady:
D NNlI
but have repented in all humility.
Can YOU forgive me-for his sake, if moi
for mine?''
The words were familiar in Margaret.
ea-s. She had SAID them herself. Iii.
mother had begged her TO come tc
them, IF not for my sake, for
Rupcrt's.' Now Louis used them.
Many things had hern done, many for.
given, for Rupcrt's sake" She held
GU her hand. saving TREMENDOUSLY.
"For both. Louis. and freely. il you
will extend the same gra e 10 me.
''if YOU think you n ed it, yes" he
answered.
Rupert ''slccps well'' after the .'litful
fever Of his young life. Never AGAIN
bad Margaret harrington and Louis
Baldwin any great quarrel. after their
reconciliation that afternoon Yet in
tn years that came aitcrward. of thciI
welded life. though they chung to-
gether. there were moment, OF disillu-
sion that Were almost terrible. 1t i
not perfect marriage-hOw many such
marriages are ever consummated9 But
it 5 a very fairly successful marriage,
Is marriages go.
10 was a long time before John MALTA
barr rcturnc to the house of his fathers,
to try whether the ghost had been faith.
fully exercised. Many things hap
pene to him in after days, but this *
not the place in which they will be re-
corded.
Mrs. Pierce always has and always
VIII maintain that she knew Margaret
harrington would make a mess of her
affairs when she was left t. her own
guidan 5-tnat she might certainly have
had Maurice Biddulph If She had played
her cards properly. and that in any case
she ought To have made brilliant mar
rage.
The Ba,dwins and the B.ddulphs are.
and are lisely to remain, on terms
amicablc if not cordial. Mrs. Biddulph
has SO far become accustomed to the
glorics of her new position that it rather
annoys her than otherwise when her
husband tells her with amiable patron
are that she makes 4 very rood wife.
and Is II favorable specimen of pro
motion 10y merit" Louis Baldwin has
ncvc- cot quite reconciled to his wife :
fortune, nor she TO his dislike OF it.
TIE END.
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CHAPTER XVIII.

II was brilliantly clear afternoon to-
ward the end Of March. The weather
bad at last changed. Spring was In
the air, and her breath was redolent of
the promise of coming days of bright
ness. Birds were singing. The first
early primroses were popping palely
through their leaves on the grassy
banks. There was agay show of MANY
hued crocuses aud snowdrops in the
ribbon border which edged the drive.
and these flowers seemed TO smile up-
ward as the Squire aud Margaret Bar
rngton rode slowly from the house to-
ward the high road. He had long prom
ised to ride with her into the country
on tho first really fine afternoon. and
there could DO no doubt rs TO the fine
ncss of this afternoon.
Mrs. Lascelles and her daughter we're
going for a drive in another direction.
Rupert, when asked what he intended
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Our Young Readers.
BABYs FIRST ANNIVERSARY.

one little year with its changeful hours,
Blossoming meadows and wintry showers,
Shadow and sun.
Shadow and sun, and rain and snow;
Morning splendor and evening glow;
The flying muutes-how fast they go
-. And the little year is done.
What has il brought to the baby, pray
The princess who holds our hearts in sway?
A queenlier air,
A merrier laugh for lips and eyes.
deeper frown of grave surprise,
A hundred ways that prove her wise,
And sweet as she is fair
Kiss her once for the year that Is done.
And once for the year that Is just begun,
And softly sing:
The years that are coming so fast-so fast
Each brighter ana happier bc than the last;
And every hour that goes hurrying past,
New gifts TO our baby bringr'
-NdTO Iret johnson. in Our Little Oncs.
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!. AN ostrich raiser says that ostriches
are plucked once year when under
three years of age, and twice year
when older, yielding feathers at each
plucking worth from seventy to ninety
dollars. San Francisco Gail.
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The Stockton (Cal) Week says the
labor market of that State is over.
stocked, and that it is criminal to bring
workingmen from the East.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-10-23
To the Republicans OF Missouri.

MACON, Mo-, Oct. 15, 'S4.
The Republican convention held at
this place ON the 9TH inst, faithfully
discharged the duty it had assumed.
1t presented to the people of Mis-
souri, Republican state ticket which
is universally admitted to be an excel
lent one, and which no voter need
ever regret to have supported.
In response to those fusion Re
publicans who dispute or ridicule
the propriety of the Macon conven-
ton, We will record an opinion ex-
pressed, not three days since, by
the late chairman of the Greenback
state central committee of Missouri,
Hon. Jno. NJ. London, who said !:
THE Greenbackers have captured
the whole Cd id Radical camp.
We've got eight of the electors and
all of the state offices that are worth
q d-n."
Now. we are proud to proclaim
that there is one Republican camp
which the Greenbackers have not
captured; and the foregoing express
ion which truthfully represents the
actual situation of the fusion Repub
licans, fully justifies our action.
Some of the candidates nominated
have informed us that they fell
bound by the action of the late JEFF
ferson City convention. Consequent.
ly, to make a thorough distribution
of tickets throughout the state, anc
a prosecution of the campaign will
such ability and vigor as we coult
command, might be regarded as al
unwarranted use of their names
We have accordingly resolved tt
adopt the following course. w
shall have a few hundred sample
tickets printed containing the Re
publican presidential candidates, th'
names of the Republican elector.
nominated at Sedalia, the full Repub
lican state ticket nominated at Ma
con. the constitutional amendments
and spaces for congressional and sen
atorial nominations and county tick
cts.
| Persons desiring to vote thes'
tickets can procure them by address
ing the undersigned.
All the papers in Missouri are re
spectfully requested to publish thi
announcement. Fraternally,
WM. p. BEACH,
Secretary late Republican State Con
vention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-10-23
FROM LADDONIA.


Correspondence to the Ledger.
LADpoNIA, Mo-, Oct. goth, 1854
On the night of the 14h Rev. Bernard
Of Ashly, Mo-, preached at the Chris.
tian church, and at the close of the
meeting two marriages were solemn,
lied, Everett Scanland to Miss Mollie
Tut, Lawell Bruton to Miss Fannie
Scanland. Attendants Miss Mollie
Glenn and Frank Barr, Miss Nellie
Reed and Willie Bruton. The mar.
ried parties spent a few days at the
exposition in St. Louis.
Mr.. f. Ekridge and wife are visit
in Centralia.
Mrs. Bruton, mother of J. G. Bru.
ton, has lately arrived from a years
visit in California, and spent las,
week at ]. G. Bruton's.
The Republicans here, and ''here-
abouts" attended the rally at Wanda.
liza last Saturday. John B. Henderson
gave them Il big speech at night, and
the republican club marched. A
club was organized in Vandalia-
Elder Hook held meeting here on
Saturday and Sunday last. The
building boom increases with vigor,
and new houses are building.
ANNIE LAURIE,