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The Tale of q Calf.

Last Wednesday afternoon, as the
day freight train going north on the
Danbury and NorWalk Railroad was
approaching Cannon's Station, three
calves were discovered on the track,
who seemed disposed to dispute the
right of way with the train. The en-.
gineer whistled a shrill warning to
them, but they needed it not. The
train being heavy it was impossible to
make a quick stop, and q brakeman
named Gilbert jumped off and ran
ahead to ''shoo" them into a ditch.
They didn't "shoo'' worth a snap, and
Gilbert grabbed one of them by the
tail with the intention of throwing
him over into the lot, whereupon the
affrighted animal started on a run up
the track with Gilbert clutching his
tail. If you've aver tried it, you know
it's no fool of a job to maintain a close
connection with q frightened calf.
especially when you're obliged to u
straddle-legged to avoid being kicked
by the flying hind hoofs. And that's
what Gilbert thought as he danced
rapidly along trying to make up his
mind whether he had the calf or the
calf had him. Meantime the engine
was gaining on them, and just as it
seemed probable that the cow-catchcr
would overhaul the calf-catcher, Gil
bert. by a stroke of good fortune. sue.
ceeded in rolling himself and calf head
eve heels and hoof down the bank,
and the train whizzed by within o
hairs breadth of them.-Norwak Ga
zette,
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Fast Nail in 1886.

While rummaging in old papers tho
other dag. Gen. George ". Jones. oe
Dubuque, Iowa, came across his appli-
cation made to Postmaster GeneraN
Randall, June 10, 1886, for a posta1
route from "St. Louis to Dubuque, I'M
the territory of Missouri" It was
sent to Washington a few days after
the postmaster general had named a
steamboat to carry the mail down tina
Ohio river from Pittsburgh and Louis
vile to st. Louis at an g "A
5000 yearly. Gen. Jones wrotes
lowing to the breakup in the spring
mail matter is sometimes six months
in transit from the east to Ulino;a
Wisconsin, and Missouri, and. heinz,
carried on horseback and in open
stage wagons, much of it is lost and
the remainder so badly worn as To-
make the address on the letters and
newspapers almostillegible. A steam
boat could be secured at an expense
OF $4,000 per season to carry the main
from st. Louis to Dubuque. Should
at any time the Rock Island and Keo-
kuk rapids be so low that they could
not be navigated a deduction from the
boat-owner's compensation could be
made with which to pay the carrier on,
horseback. 1 recommend that yom
adopt the experiment. Give us a.
weekly mail for q season at least.'d
The generals request was granted,
and the experiment has since been
continued with the addition of mail
trains.
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The Power of Abstraction.

According to one Of his friends,
Victor Hugo wrote '.Notre Dame'
during the revolution Of 1880, while
bullets were whistling across his
garden and barbados we're being
erected almost al his door. He shut
himself up in one room, locking up
his clothes lest they should tempt him
to go into the Streets and spent the
whole of that winter wrapped up in
a big gray comforter writing against
time to complete his work for the LIST
Of February, 1881" The author of a
work on French political leaders tells
us that Victor Hugo wrote that terri
bly, pathetic drama, lie RoiS'Amuse,"
during the instruction. The first act
was written in four days, As he lived
near the Tuilcries garden. he was
accustomed to walk there under the
trees and compose his verses al he
walked. One day, when hard at
work on a monologue, he vas inter-
rupted by q riot, whose angry wav
penetrated almost to his peaceful re-
treat and compelled him to take
refuge in a neighboring arcade. The
tide of battle followed him. and the
poet, forgetting his verses, had to get
behind some columns for protection.
Mrs. Somerville had, to some extent,
the same power Of concentration, and
became so absorbed in her task as to
be unconscious of what was going on
around her. DR.. Somerville told
Harriet Martineau that he once laid
q wager with a friend that he would
abuse Mrs. Somerville In a loud voice
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HALL R DAY.

Oh, blessed, blessed day on which our Lord
was born
Thy glad return we celebrate once more;
While everywhere sweet bells ring in the
Christmas morn,
And nations sing His praise whom we adore.
While the sweet church bells ring
Hail to our Saviorl Kingl
Dur Lord, whom we adore!
Born In no earthly fame,
Yet shall He ever reign
Our Christ foreverIporei
Now gather happy hearts around the Christmas
board,
And Joyous greetings pass from each to each
While young aud old bring forth their precious
hoard,
And distribute their gifts with merry speech.
While the sweet church bells ring
Hail to our Saviorl Kingl
Our Lord, whom we adorei
Born in no earthly fame,
Yet shall He ever reign
Our Christ, forevermorei
Lila N. Cushmam, in st. Louis Magazine.
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A B~roken-Hearted Bird.

A correspondent thus writes: sNear.
ly twenty years ago owened a pair
of beautiful canaries-the male being
a very fine fellow, with a rich musical
note. Having furnished them with
the outside rough form of a nest in
straw, leaving them to complete it's
comforts with bits of soft wool, down.
and small feathers, they were shortly
in the happy possession of our eggs.
In due course four young ones pre-
sented themselves, to the evident
delight of the parents, who fed them
from daylight to dark, their favorite
food being the yelk of hard boiled
eggs. lime brought round the period
when, instead of raw, naked, helpless
creatures always ''asking for MORE"
four full-fedged young birds frisked
about the cage like SO many pretty
yellow balls of fine soft wool. They
grew to be very fine birds; and first
one friend and then another coveted
them, until all had gone but one
little youngling, which remained as
the only solace of the parents. This
last of the family was the delight Of
their hearts; they fondled it and
played with it as we have seen an
affectionate mother do with her child,
and seemed to exert themselves to
amuse it in every way their fancy
prompted.
Probably a happier little family
never existed. But, alas! the spoiler
came. Another friend coveted the
last of the flock, and it was taken
away. And from that moment the
joyous song of the male bird gave
place to a painfully feeble little chirp.
He sat on the perch with a dropping,
heart-broken. spiritless aspects; his
wings hung down as if all power and
vitality had left him; and within twen-
ty-four hours from the time of his be-
reavement he fell dead from the
perch. The affectionate creature had
evidently died of grief for the loss of
his zone eve lamb" The cage was
given away with the remaining bird;
and no inducement could tempt me
again to run the risk of perhaps un-
consciously being the cause of SO
much unhappiness and misery
Nambers's Journal.
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Gymnastics.


Health Is a subject much talked
ABOUT OF late' ana health exhibitions
nave o places of
resort OF those with time on their
10 lounge away an idle morning,
as Wen as places OF interest and in
structlon lor those who are aware of
the important TACT that health is, and
should be, the hrst and highest consid-
eration OF u lives, and when physi-
cians tell us that it may be greatly
aioed n supported by regular and
movemement and exercises,
such as gymnastics, riding on horse
oack' II even fencing, which are all
aiiKe sanitary, we should not fail to
impress this TACT on the minds of the
young and growing, to induce and in
cite them to use their limbs in every
possible way and manner.
g gymnastics, often called calisthenics,
When practiced by young ladies and
children, were greatly appreciated by
the %ancients, and have become very
fashionable pastimes in these days, but
1t Is necessary to have suitable, easy
ntting dresses when taking lessons of
Inc clever M evcn talented masters
n mlstresses, especially educated for
giving instruction in such exercises.
The pretty gymnastic costumes for
children are mostly composed of short
trousers and a blouse of gray linen,
either ornamented with rows OF stitch
lng, or embroidered t%astefully with
border OF br~lght-colored cotton, and
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ers In some Of the northern states did
where business was conducted on the
cash principle. Since the war, the
farmers in many parts Of the south
have given up buying goods on credit.
The change has been productive of a
state Of prosperity never known be-
fore. The report now comes from Can
ada that the farmers have generally
resolved to buy and sell only for cash.
By agreeing to pay cash for all tho ar
ticles they purchase, dealers in almost
all kinds of goods have made large re-
auctions in prices. This change from
a credit to a cash system has been
brought about largely by the exertions
OF the members of the order of the
Patrons of Husbandry, which is nu,
merous and influential in the Domin.
ion. A similar movement. among the
farmers of the northwest would be
productive OF great good.
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wrote on the post the followings

wrote on the post the following,
"Wiu you marry mep'
Two days afterwards I visited the
place and found the word '.yes."
Without further communication, ex-
cept to appoint the time by post" we
were married. l did not find her dis
position to be peculiar, only in the in
tensity Of her love for me. "Why did
you treat me soP" l one day asked her.
"The dominicker has q great deal Of
trouble with her Chickens" she re.
piled. Shortly afterwards. when she
thought that I was not looking, she
threw back her head and laughed
Opie P. Read, ~ Arkansaw Traveller.
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CHAPTER III.

~ f.. &. -ea=am ne Ell liz "EH IHHgH
The war came ON How natural it
is, in writing q story, to say The war
came on;'' but this is not a story, and
nothing can be more natural than
truth-although it 10 said to be strang-
er than fiction. Therefore, when I say
that the war came on, | intend
that the declaration should have its
full meaning. l left home full of pride.
l was q captain. My mother prayed;
but Munette did not seem to be very
much affected. GOOD bye.' she said.
''War is one of the incidents Of civili-
cation, as we'll as q feature of bar
barity. know that you will do your
duty, and that you will not forget the
little girl whom you nee saw sobbing
under the hand Of q dying man. When
you return, l shall be old enough to
kiss you"
I looked at her in astonishment.
Merriment spakled in her eyes.
.'You don't like to kiss children, it
seems"
"Munette, you are strange. I once
said that 1 did not kiss you because you
looked like q woman"
"Oh, yes, that is true. Thought that
you did not want to kiss me because I
was so small. There now, captain,
don't swell up like q toad"
1 turned away. She called me, when
was about q hundred yards away
and said: when you pass the big
gate, look on the right hand post"
l did SO and found the words, 81
love YOU" Under this 1 wrote, "And
Hove YOu,S
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HER HONESTY
The Strange observation-disclosures OF a
Colored Lady Cook.


The Strange observation-disclosures OF a
Colored Lady Cook.
A colored lady called on . white
woman by whom she had been formerly
employed as cook.
LADY, I has come back ter my ole
place, fur lemme tell yer, dar aim
nuthin' like habin er home whut yer
ken put coincidence in.
:.Jane.' replied the white woman.
II don't want YOU
"WhyP Is yer dun@got@er nudel
cookP' A ~ ~ sE
.No.' - ~ .F
'.sDen why doan yer want me?"
"Well, Ill tell you. I noticed that
after you left here our grocery bill was
reduced inst one-half. ~
The visitor studied moment and
then said: a. - - h
"W'y dat's cu'is an I doan un erstan'
'I do"
'How does yer put it up?"
Il put it up that you were stealing
from me all along
"Who said so?
II know so.
'.Wall, / declar' OATS suthin' new
ter me. Wonder eff / wuz absent
ernuff in my mine ter ack dat way.
Lady, hire me dis time an promise
yer dat yer won't see so much change
in de billp M
"Why SOP Are you more honest now
than you were then?"
mo, it amt dat 'zackly, bat de fach
is, Ian got but two famblys ter feed
now, an I had three den, "-ArkG1asat
ITageJer.
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JAPANESE ETIQUETTE.
Why the Gentleman from the Orient
Paid Such Protracted Visit.

why FIho U60UA6m3n from fn0 OF1enK
Paid Such Protracted Visit.
The differences of national interpre-
tation of etiquette are comically illus
trated in little story told by lady in
Washington society. A Japanese gen.
tleman called ON her one day just before
luncheon. As it was q first and, pre-
sumably, ceremonious call, she naturally
expected it would be brief. To her
surprise, he accepted her Invitation tc
lunch, and, that domestic rite over, he
still staid. The hours wore on, and he
did not go. The lady was. wearied be-
yond endurance. Dinner time came.
The lady's husband returned, and still
the gentleman from Japan staid on.
He was, as a matter of necessity, in
Vited to dinner. Finally the gentleman
of the house relieved his wife for time
in entertaining this apparently station.
ary visitor, but. as the evening wore on,
be became so tired and sleepy that he
retired to his own apartment, and the
hostess again screwed her courage tc
the sticking point and resumed the en-.
tertainment of the guest. At last, about
midnight, the Japanese, with the most
elaborate and abjeet apologies to the
lady for leaving her. took his departure,
But the comedy reached its denouemeni
thenext day. when friend, in whom
the extraordinary guest had confded,
informed the hostess that he said he
never had such an ordeal before in his
life;l that he was so tired and he thoughi
the lady would never let him go, and
finally he was obliged to leave her with.
out her permission. Then the hostess
learned that in Japanese etiquette the
lady receiving a gentleman gives him
the signal for his departure, and it i.
very rude in their code to leave her til
she does this. Boston 7'raUefer.
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Recently we have been surprised
and shocked to see respectable ladies
chewing gum in church.-Rone (GG.J
Butletin. -ze-s-sszs---
There are IS. 600 white and $4,000
colored Baptists in Mississippi and
about 1,700 pupils attending Baptist
schools and colleges.
The Eutaw Place Baptist Church,
of Baltimore. has standing resolution
''that no person engaged in the manu-
facture or sale of intoxicating liquors.
shall be eligible for or admitted into the @
membership of their ~ehurch.n-BGlti-
more Sun. @ f ss5 81
The United States has eighty-seven
regular" medical schools. Of these.
thirty-nine have been opened within
fifteen years. and twenty-one within
five years. With them are associated
one thousand three hundred instructors
and over ten thousand students; they
turn ont about three thousand new
doctors annually.-N. Y. San.
The Southern Presbytertdn is hard
on what it calls the popular preaching
of the day. 1t says that this is made
up largely of discussions of secular
themes, current events and topics of A
general interest anything calculated
u
and almost imperceptible basis of Script
ure.-N. Y. Times.
The trustees of Dakota University.
located at Mitchell, have resolved to
encourage the establishment and en-
dowment of a memorial college or ~
school of practical science in commem-
Grafton of the life OF General Grant
The new institution viii be known as
the Grant Monumental College of
Science and Industrial Art. 3
Rev. 7. Harwood PattisOn, ID. D.,
an eminent Baptist Clergyman, who has
been taking notes in England, says that
the time has passed for ignoring the
Salvation Army ''For years it was
beng matured in quiet; now it is cover
ing all England If not all the world.
with its machinery. 1t is certain that
the Army is a power; it does reach the
hitherto unreached classes.
I'm Iceland women have votes as
well as voices in church affairs. The
custom has existed there for ages, and M
is kept up by the Icelanders who have
emigrated to this country and settled in
Dakota. There are in Dakota, Mon
tsna and Manitoba nearly dozen Ice
landic congregations. These recently
met in convention at Mountain, ID. T., a
and adopted synodlcal constitution
C7sicGqo Inter Ocean.
| "A little Baptist church in Missouri
sets its bigger brothers an example in
missionary liberality. Though few 10 !
numbers as to membership and By no
means distinguished for the wealth of
its members, this church has pledged 81,
itself to support q native preacher
among the Telugus in India. It has
services only on alternate Sundays. At
each service two collections are taken
| up-one for its own pastor and one for
the Telugu MANN Y. Times.
The dictionary of the French
Academy, upon which that august body
expends its most serious energies, has
been of slow growth matter of two
centuries, in fact It first appeared in
1894 in two volumes. folio. Frequent
revisions have taken place, the earliest
of which was begun in 100 and pub
slished in 1718; the seventh and latest is
now in progress, the first number
having seen the light in 1858.
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RiNkLETS.


:, TAXES HER FOR ROLL INSTEAD OF
BE STROLL.
plthe Corydon no more with Phyllis roves
through yelVeG iheauo"s OF thfough ica1y
ub an day is done and stars begin to blink,
10 now escorts her to the roller rink.
A MISCHANCE.
She smilingiy circles round the floor,
And makes the rollers gyrate;
she trips, she falls she smiles no more,
But rises red and irate.
AN ENGAGEMENT BROKEN UP.
rginaing closely to each other
Round the rink they go together,
Chances loving glances meeting,
words of tenderness repeating.
Roses in her cheeks are glowing,
Joy her heart is overfowing, ~
And his manner is caressing,
Love his every look confessing. ga
Ger them smiling Cupid hovers,
Happy, Joyous pair of lovers!
Ha!they oscillate, they stumble
crashing to the floor they tumble.
he the maiden quickly raises
with apologetic phrases,
But the angry damsel, turning
From him. his excuses spurning,
Smoothes her ruffied frills and laceA
While with ehagrin red her face is,
And declares It's really shocking = ~
His unskillfulness provoking,
Horrid, dreadful, aggravating-
Where did nc learn roller skating?
Clumsy fellowJs He. retorting. ~
Says she's worse. Thus ends their court
ing.
Boston Courier.
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PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

Where all the children are perfect
little lambs,'' there is danger Of there
being a goodly proportion of mutton
heads. =
4 --''You never saw my hands as dirty
as yours said mother to her little
girl mo, but your ma didr' was the
prompt reply.
There are twenty-five different
causes for headache, and late suppers
are twenty-one of them. The other
one is big dinner DGnsCtlte Breeze.
Indication of the approach of sum
mer: Rise of the thermometer Indi-
cation of the approach of winter Rise
in the price of COAL Boston Courier
Scientists claim that smoking in
lures the eye-sight. But this is not
true. The boy with stump in his
mouth can see his father ten streets A
AWAY. y. Herald.
1t was always maintained that
Jumbo had more sense than any other
elephant. and the autopsy demonstrated
the fact. About sixty coppers were
found in bis stomach. s8H
s A boy. in Unionville, O., died of eat
Ing six watermelons. When d boy Is
weak and siekly, and has lost his ap-
petite. it is not safe to permit him to-
associate with a crowd of watermelons
-Norristown Herald. e 4
In some respects man resembles
a silver coin. He can do more good by
being good than by appearing good
when he is not good. This thought was
engendered by receiving leaden dime
in change. -Huntsrille (Ald.) Mercury
The English language consists Of
about 3S. 600 words, yet when man is
putting on tight boot or waiting for
his wife to dress for church he nearly
| always invents few extra words to ex-
press his feelings. = philadelphia CGA
-'Why are you making such fuss
over what the gossips are spreading
about you? have heard you say a
hundred times that You didn't
care what people. thought of YOU
sTrue, but I do care what they say
! about me- 20, that s an entirely diff
I fdrent thing. ."--Boston Transcript.
Pressing autumn leaves -
s'You are the autumn leaf, & said he, :. g.sss IL
"And my arms are the book, you know;
Now place the leaf In the book, you see,
- And tenderiy press II, so.
The maid looked up with glance demures
And bushes her fair cheeks wore,
as she softly whispered: The iee1+ IN
sure,
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A MIscHANCE.

She smiIfngly circles round the floor,
And makes the rollers gyrate;
she trips. she falls, she smiles no more,
But rises red and irate.
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THE SWISS GUARD.
Description of the Soldiers Who Guard
so the Vatican.

Description of the Soldiers who Guard
ef the Vatican.
The Pope has his own soldiers, who
are not very many. and who generally
act as guards to the various parts of the
Vatican. Behind the bronze doors.
which arc enormous barred gates, we
saw some Of these soldiers. one OF
whom will ask US for our per'ntoSsoS, oi
permits. am sure you never beheld
military gentlemen like them before,
they are called the Swiss Guard. and
are dressed In u uniform Of flowing
tunic and breeches, formed of broad
perpendicular stripes of black, red and
yellow, long stockings striped in black
and yellow; and on state occasions they
wear brass helmets with heavy white
blti1nes and carry halberds, or pixies
with ak heads at the endss The officers
dress, of the same designs is of bright
silk, and they make dazzling appear
ance These men appear as IL they be
longed to the Middle Ages and had
nothing to do with our modern times;
and they very properly seem so, fol
their uniform was designed by Michael
Angelo, not long after the discovery oi
America, and their costume has never
been changed. 1t used to be the custom
of many of the potentates of Europe to
have personal guards composed Of
Swiss soldiers, as they were considered
more honest and Trustworthy than any
others. In Walter SCOTS :. Quentin
Durward !" yon will learn great deal
about the Swiss guards of France. In
Paris, the porter at the doors of great
houses is still often called :. The Swiss,
ks although he is almost always a French
man And these guards Of the Pope
are now Italians, but they stll retain
the old name.=-Fralk n. Stockton, IL
ST Nicholas.
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There is great risalsg among Ger
man sigar manufaeturersin the packing
of their goods. First one and then an
other has made attempts to produee
tasteful and artistic wFappings until
many manufactures now require to
kesp miniature picture galleries for the
purpose of supplying the ornamental
wrappings of the cigar boxes which
Leave their establishments.
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- IA Partisan signboard reads: La.
dies and gentlemen's outfits on hire
for balls and marriages. Black dress
coats and pumps, Brideraids let out
BY the day.