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house dissolved in tears. and so wretched

house dissolved in tears, and so wretched
that"
20. Mabel, do hush!" said Alice,
imploringly.
Traitor. do you turn on me?" ex.
claimed Mabel, with mock displeasnre.
my child" she went on, tossing this
growing cherub, tell your selfish papa
that he also has some obligations, and
that, if you had known that you were
to be the bone of contention in this
family, you'd have staid in the garden
of angels. where you were wanted"
And that night she tapped on the
door of Alice's room and looked gaily
in. Wasn't 1 right?" she asked.
And she was right, for Herbert was
strongly affected by this audacious out
burst; but it had the effect of leading
him to see his duty in a new light. 1t
taught him to reflect; it opened his
eyes to his selfishness and made him,
from that evening, better and more
considerable husband. Six months after
that time Alice was dressed for party.
But this time the party was to be given
in her own house and in honor of Ma
bells marriage. Even the bride did not
look lovelier; for nothing now ever oc-
CURED to mar Alice's happiness; and
happiness. after all, is the best preserv-
alive of beauty.-Detroit Tribune.
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DoIly's inquisitiveness.

mamma" said little Dolly Pretzel.
'does your nose ever eat any thing"
''Why, certainly not Dolly"
''Does your chin ever eat any thing"
do not ask such foolish questions,
Dolly"
"Well, mamma, your mouth eats
something, doesn't itp'
''Yes, of course it does"
''Then your mouth and eyes eat
something, don't they, mammap"
''You are asking very silly questions,
Dolly. l eat with my mouth. but my
eyes can not eat.
Little Dolly was very quiet for about
an hour, but she again broke out with:
"Mamma, did you say that your eyes
couldn't eat?'
Eyes, / said So"
cant your eye browse"
Mamma went off into dead faint
National Weekly.
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FOB OUR YOUNG FOLKS
oRANDMAAsAYs.

Thos6were wonderful days Of long ago,
grandmother says, and she must know.
There was emitting 70 40 the whole year
The length and the breadth of those quilts
astound:
Then summers were nicer far than these
Apples were larger, SO were trees
Grandma says
The manners Of folks were more politics.
Winters less cold. and flowers more bright
And churnirg aud chores went on ali day
Nobody could have stopped to play;
Now. where were the little children theu2
For girls were all women, boys all mem
~ Grandma says.
10 you think they had then discovered toys?
Or ever had games and other joys?
And as for shout or q romp. I'm sure
1dat'WUuid not hxvo suited folks demuroL
They never had any time for fun;
Every one knitted, darned or spun
Grandma sayR -
Now It puzzled me once ali this to hear,
I'M one Day brought to grandma dear
Its body its limbs could scarcely hold.
She took It IN teuderly and smiled
ats Betsy Jerusha Perkins, childi"
Grandma said.
Then she ., sE%ooshed down it, ragged frock
OF play -times IN those socd days of old;
A fsray s9ek ; cans sbt n her eye, ,,r,.
But why did she weep II she VAS slada
% The prettiest doll ever had!"
tv Grandma says.
-Gc0rue Cooper. In Golden Ddvs.
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MY TREASURES.

The flowers planted In the flush of spring
Have budded, bloomed, and withered long
ago;
The grain my lavish fingers used to throw
Long since was reaped for others Rarnering
Yet am rich amid my nature dearth;
My gold Is where the rainbow touches earth.
Ny wealth is molten of full many an ore.
Dug from the sacred caverns Of the past;
Stored where the presents quiet light is
cast;
Piled in the promise land that lies before.
All bleut together, all of priceless worth,
All hid just where the rainbow touches earth.
And memory. faith and hope its guardians
are, - fHHa .ffs
As holding loves strong hand make my
way, frNEs
Knowing near little every day
The one sure goal where, passing o er the bar,
] find. in all the glow OF second birth,
My treasure, where the rainbow touches
Ali the Year Round
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FRIoHTFNEO HIMSELF.

Ths story 81 : jfbedshzlse ~ whs AIT.
erwards Bseaas : Crest Paintsr.
Afterhoon was wearing toward even
ing in the west Of England. and dark
ness was already beginning to creep
over the shadowy chambers and long
narrow passas1e of aR old English
country house, although it was still
broad daylight outside. Darkest Of all
was deep recess in the wall at the
end Of the great corridor in the third
story. ykefe boy seemed 10 be hard
stwork upon something that appeared
TO require all his attedtion.
Had there been light enough to see
his face, any one who saw it would
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THE TURKISH INFANT.
The Importance OF the Nurse ~ . Memb.r
Of the Family.

The Importance OF the Nurse ~ . Members
Of the Family.
4 Among the Christians in the East.
the nurse is not SO important as with
the Mohammedans. With the latter she
is sacred. She ranks after the mother.
She is like the African 'saunty'' of the
South. If the nurse have children of
her own they are styled the .smiIk
brothers and sisters" of her adopted
nursing. Even at the palace of the
Sultan, the nurse who nourishes n
Prince or Princess has golden oppor-
tunities of advancement She secures
her own and her children's welfare for
life. She is loaded with presents.
These presents differ in value, accord
ing to the means of the master, and
are given on every possible occasion.
When the child says, sBaba!'' or
Father" when it has;its first tooth:
when its birthday comes round and
when it makes its first step-the nurse
has presents. 1t is the same at Bairam-
the fcstal Mohammedan season: and thns
upon every. slight occasion, presents
rain down from father, mother. grand
parents, uncles and aunts.
Ii the parents arc wealthy. thu
nurses duty is limited. It Consists
simply in feeding the baby, for an
odalisque-one Of the women of the
harem-psrforms the duty Of caring
for the child.
In addition % these. two aids Of
Turkish bahyhood. in every welI-rcgu-
iated nome, ? servant or two have
charge o. the washing and cleaning OF
the nursery and linen.
As soon IS tho child is old enough to
be able to take ordinary nourishment
1t Is taken from the nurse and put into
the hands of the oldest male scryant
u the child be . boy, this servant Il to
be the tutor until the boy Is sent tn
school The boy romans in his hands
for about five years. Ii Is mostly here
that he obtains his first moral impres-
sionA-G. s. Goa, IN Wide Asgake.
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PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

| DO not size up a mans business
capacity by seeing pen over his ear.
N y Mail. ~
-''It's awife's duty to be pleasant, -
says an exchange. Yes, and it's the
husbands duty to make her duty easy.
philadelphia Call.
pa" said Johnny to his father,
who was a real estate agent, "why
does the earth quaker" And his father
replied: ION account of the size OF
the ground rents, sonny.''-Teras Sifa-
| ings.
"A subscriber wants to know how
much good fishing outfit costs. We
never priced 'em, but we have been
told that the bait alone costs from fifty
cents to one dollar quart, according
TO quality. Christian at Work.
An exchange thinks there is moth.
ing higher than The editorial profession.
That's what every crank remarks after
he has toiled up two flights of stairs to
infiict some of his nonsense on the
editor. Burlington Free Press.
-Ovsrheard in street car: II tried
to kiss my wife at the front door to-
night as was leaving home, and do
you know she wouldn't let me. She
said she didn't want the neighbors to
be taking her for the hired grip
Buffalo Express.
One can't be too careful with fire.
arms. A boy carried pistol in his
coat pocket, and one day last week
while he was in swimming the pistol
unexpectedly went off. He has no sus-
picions as to who took it.-Boston
Budget. 1855
-.sMy dear Miss A., this ring which
i would ask you to accept of me is en-
blematic of my love for you-it has no
end. THANK you very much. Mr..
b.. it curiously resembles my love for
you-it has no beginning. W Chicago
Ledger. 80 e
The Rule to Observe
If you would maiden WOO,
Always keep this rule in view:
Do not rush, or go too slow.
. Do not scare when she says no;
Do not fret. for cant you guess,
When she says mo- she means "yosr'
Feline Amenities: Look, dear!
There's your husband going to supper
with Mrs. Scudamore-a dangerously
attractive woman. Let me warn you!e
"How good of you! How I wish he was
going in to supper with you, dear, in
stead!"-Punch.
Little Gertrude, q fat, grave per-
sonage of two years and half. had
given her mother q hug of unusal fer
vor. Said the latter: "What makes
you love mamma so much to-day, Ger
trudeP" well, mamma, / must make
myself ag' eeable. "-Hdrpers Bos0r.
-Before Marriages: She-s'Excuse,
me. George; did my parasol hurt you7"
He--"O, no, my dear! 1t would be .
pleasure if it did," After marriage:
He-"Great heavens! There was never
q woman under the sun that knew how
to carry parasol without scratching
fellows eyes out" She-"And there
never was man that knew enough to
walk on the right side of . woman with
parasol" He-ssThere isn't any
right side to woman with para
anl. ~ xchdnQe~
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The sons OF James ;. Kirk, recent
~ deceased, of Chicago, h&te deter
mined to erect memorial library
building for Northwestern University
at cost of $50, 900 to $40, 000. urited
Pres6yterian. sz'--7
The rolls of membership of Ply
mouth Church, Brooklyn. now put the
membership at 1857, of which number
858 are men and 1879 women. The
total membership since its organiza-
ton has been 4,879.
"A fund of over three thousand
dollars was raised at recent meeting
at Mortified Seminary, Msss.,, for an
aid society which proposes to make
loans to young women for the expenses
of their education, the money to be re-
paid without interest.
George /. Seney's gift Of 800 0oO
to the Wesleyan University at Middle
town, Conn.,, the payment or which,
through the financial troubles OF. Mr..
Seney had been delayed, has been made
good. Mr., Seney having retrieved his
misfortunes.-NsY Tribune. Alan
Notwithstanding the strict censor
ship of the press in Russia, 5all works
having the name of Charles H. Spur
geon are permitted to pass unchal-
lengcd, with the exception Of his sermon
on sbaptisnial regeneration" which is
prohibited. = Christian Union. 80 80.
"A Baptist minister in this State
married an Episcopalian woman who
would dance. This scandalized, the.
parish ,necessitating the minister's
saying on Sunday, in his pulpit: This
church is not my wife's keeper She
shall do as she phases, and she shall
not be accountable to you in any sense.
You had better let her alone. " Boston
Commonwealth. -s,,s ! slsss-i
The Supreme Court of New Hannp-.
shire has rendered a decision denying
the right of the Salvation Army to beat
their drums in the streets of any city.
town or village of the State. The de-,
PENDANTS claimed that their drummings
were in obedience to the dictates of
their consciences as an act of religious
worship. The court held that this was
no defense; that no act of religious
worship can be allowed to disturb the
public peace or violate reasonable po-
lice regulations.
Three years ago the American
Home Missionary Society inaugurated
systematic work among the immigrant
population. Since then the number of
German Congregational churches has
doubled. The German department of
the society is now directing its ener-
gies toward an endowment Of the Ger
man school at Crete, Neb. Twenty
five thousand dollars is wanted. Young
Germans arc being induced to enter
the school of the Theological Seminary,
Chicago, to be trained for missionary
work. Christian at Work.
Speaking Of students, says the
Americans Register, Of Paris, the mem
ton of the novel institution of student
harbors, established for poor German
students and pupils of the middle and
high schools in the Saxon mountains,
is in place. There are at present
four of these, where students on their
summer excursions, provided with a
proper certificate from their scholastic
authorities, are gratuitously given a
nights rest and breakfast, both going
and returning. A fifth harbor is to be
established on the Schneckoppe next
year.
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Favorable reports are being re-
ceived from the experimental tobacco
crops in South Carolina Tobacco of
good quality is being produced in some
parts of the State, and the opinion is
entertained thatit will pay handsomely.
Louisville Cou,ier-Journal.
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&uaRe; OUT from ner IL was too exaS-
perating. How he got through the
evening he could hardly tell. When at
last they were together in the carriage,
driving home, there might have been
an open rupture but for the determined
calmness of Alice, who took every-
thing a. q matter of course. One
glance in the beautiful nursery unsealed
his eyes. There, by the fire. sat Mabel
in all the abandon Of a negligse toilet,
her luxuriant tresses falling in glossy
freedom over her shoulders, while the
little fellow on her lap clutched at one
long. shining curl, crowed and laughed
- well IS he could for aunty's smoth-
ering kisses. A sudden revulsion Of
feeling came to the fathers heart at
the sight Of the sweet home picture.
"Aha! / know who contrived the
plot ~ he said. ''But I am glad to see
you, nevertheless.
wasn't she the belle Of the ballP''
asked Mabel, saucily.
There's no doubt Of that. At any
rate, didn't get chance to dance
With her."
.sOf course. Who ever heard in So
ciety Of dancing with ones wife!" she
said, sarcastically. II see that she
followed my directions implicitly. You
must learn that house divided against
itself can not stand-that is, If one half
is flirting at party and the other half
at homo crying her eyes out"
20, Alice-were you, really?"
II should think she was. ] can as
sure you that ] myself saw hall the
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"A deacon of q Greenville pa. }
church has string of buttons half a
yard long, which has boen taken out
Of collections. Philadelphia Press:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-06
HUMOROUS.

City Belle (pointing to wild
plant by the wayside)-"What's that?"
Country Cousin That's milkweed."
City Belle--"O, yes, what you feed the
cows on, suppose. IN y. Mail.
Some one says: "The mischievous
boy is simply locomotive off the
track" and, we may remark. q
wrecked locomotive is generally
caused by a misplaced switch. PUCK.
"A musical critic being told that
certain worn-out opera singer was
singing with great success in Mexico.
reioined: ''Well, I'm very glad to
hear that he is again singing-in Mex.
leo" IN Y. Ledger.
-Jack-"Is that a genuine diamond
you have ON, Gus" Gus-"Well-er
no. it's not exactly genuine dia-
mond, but it's the next thing to it."
Jack-"How?" Gus-''Its an imita-
ton diamond. IN Y. Times.
"A Lady took her little boy to church
for the first time. Upon hearing the
organ he was on his feet instanter.
ASit down." said the mother. II
won't" he shouted, II want to see the
monkey. Christian ut Work.
In Philadelphia. Miss H. in So
ciety-"Would l be pleased to have
you bring Mr.. Van Kupper, Of New
York, to callP First tell me about his
family" Mr.. Montrose-"O, they
were all we'll when he left "-TId-Bit
"A clearinghouse mistress has
added another ornament to her wall
decorations. 1t is in the shape of .
motto which reads thus: Laugh and
grow fat" She wants to give the
mouths of her boarders something to
do.-Boston Commonwealth.
-Brown-''What's the matter with
you and Robinson, Dumley? hear
that he has threatened to pull your
ears the first chance he gets" Dunn
ley dumping up and dOwn)-"He will.
will hep Pull my ears! Well. you can
bet your sweet life he IL have his hands
full. IN Y. Sam
He wanted to arrive. Clerk 10
seedy stranger who has just registered)
-"Have a roomp" S. S.-"No." Clerk
dinner, l SUPPOSED" S. S.-"Not
at all, only wanted to arrive. It's .
good many years since arrived at 9
hotel, and II you've no objection I
will simply arrive. Good morning.
Texas Siftings
Yes" said the artist, ''photog.
raphy Of late years has made Won
derful strides 1t has got so now that
photographs can be taken at night. :"
'.You astonish me-" said the artists
friend. '.It's fact. though" continued
the artist, sadly; somebody got into
my shop last night and took all the
photographs l had."-Harper's Bazar.
If it wasn't fer one thing, boys"
said an old farmer, as he got down
from his wagon, I'D bet enny amount
o money on that bay colt o mine trot-
ting o mile in 2:l6t. I'd bet million
dollars eff l had it." The crowd
laughed. derisively. What is the one
thing?" asked one of the crowd. The
distance Is too fur fer the time, IN
! 7. LA
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Rev. DR.. John FALL. Of New York.
i TO have "A $4,000 parsonage on Fifth
avenue
Horace Greclcy's monument In
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, is
bronze bust resting on marble base.
Eight of the original thirteen Of
.he Emerton family of Bucksport, Me-,
are living, and their combined ages are
SO7 years.
Mrs. Conant, the wife of the miss
ing editor of Ha,per'S Weekly, is .
proof-reader and translator of foreign
languages in that establishment NJ
Y. Tribune.
The late Mrs. Ann S Stephens, the
famous novelist, was the first woman
to send Geographic dispatch under
the ocean via the Atlantic cable. NJ
y. Herald.
Minnie Wilson, rOsy-cheeked
maid of fifteen, drives the stage be-
tween Minor and Hamline, in Dakota.
The route is extremely popular, as
might be expected
M. Naquet was the father of the
divorce law in France which enabled
Patti to dissolve her marital relations
with the Marquis de Caux. Naquet
recently received magnificent photo
graph Of Patti, signed by herself and
Nicolini
Elmer Schuach is the most accom-.
modating man heard from this season.
He courted two girls in Reading, Pa,
and gave both the same kind or enc
gagement rings. He then eloped with
one, and when the other threatened
him with breach-of-promise suit left
his wife and eloped with her.-Rtts-
bargh Post.
Mrs. Lila May Pavy, widow of the
late DIR. Octave Pavy, naturalist and
surgeon of the Greedy Arctic expedi-
ton, has given to the National Museum
at Washington the relics collected by
her husband on his trip to the Arctic
region. reserving the right to withdraw
them il she desires at any time during
| her life-time-N Y Sun.
On moss grown slab in the
graveyard at Rowley is the epitaph Of
Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, the first minister
OF the town, who died in 1860 in his
SEVENTEEN year. 1t closes as follows:
"With the youth he took great pains,
and was tree of knowledge laden
with the fruit which the children could
reach. - Christian at Work.
Captain Joseph Berry. Of HALEY.
l. IT,, has remarkable war record.
When the rebellion broke out he spent
three thousand dollars of his own money
in organizing regiment in Ohio.
When mustered from the service his
commanding officer Endorsed his dis
charge as follows: "This officer has not
been absent from his command day
during the entire ar.'-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
| Solomon d. Van Gilden, a farmer.
aged seventy years, from Warren
County, this State, went to James
town, N. Y, and was married to Miss
Hattie Millison, of Franklin, Pa. The
bride has just passed her twentieth
birthday and is decidedly pretty. The
old man remarked as he left Justice
Strunk's office that he would be
hanged if he was going to get .
license to get married If he had to 60
to Canada. This was the fourth time,
and he was too old to take the new
tangled papers on the marriage queS
tion.- Witlianasport (Pa.) Sun.