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-, ,,,a,eu wien u, or talked te
All Imagination rs she had
Ills name is Josiah, for you. con
tinued the dying woman. trying 10
Tighten her clasp Of tho hand holding
hers and looking earnestly up ut him
ne will DO little 10 Perhaps his eyes
are ike yours. and ho wi. DC good man
ike YOU, hope We will teach him to
! bc good, won't wer'
''Ycs. yes. Lois"
But why don't they bring him to mef
| want SO much TO hold him. only once
for a littlo while. won't keep him long
want TO feel lis little hand on my face
and kiss his littlo check. Please tel
them to bring him"
Hush, hush, Lois. dear.
Perhaps they don't know where L's
clothes are. | laid them all ready IN the
,np drawer Of tho bureau In the spare
roam. his little blue socks. and his shirt
nnd tho white slip-they said he must
wear slips at first. not dresses Every
,hiuga ready A boy, you said Oh do
let me hold him now"
Tho old man groancd aloud and tr'od 70
S quiet her. but without success. Out ooors
; a wind was rising, soft wind fragrant
o with the bitter sweet breath OF blossom
j Inn peach trees 1t sighed at tho open
{ window, and swept u branch Of tho birch
Il tree against the upper panes'
Tho deacon tried 10 rise TO close th'
@ class. hut she moved unoasuy as II TO 81
mn in bed He put his arms out to sup
rort her. She hardly seemed TO SEQ o
fcol them Slowly her face grew radinn
with surprise and delight.
O. "Ah. YOU have brought him 70 me
last she cried, with hands outstretchec
"Oulcl, give him to mo here. close TO m
@ hrnrt Oh how dear, how beautiful d
Ia, had not thought no would be half
aS beautiful
- Sho held her arms as If they encircled
ut little form. and bent her race over tue
80 ln tenderest mother fashion.
n My babyl my baby" shc ~ihspere
ho Then. with a sigh OF utter contempt sa'
TO bacS upon her pillows
for The women down stairs listened I
I'm the sound Of voices 70 begin again. g
he rcctlng 10 be summoned, but 10 su
tN summons came.
ho Ni,ht and darkness fell In the gard
EN- and closed about the house. fldeha
ast a lamp outside the chamber door and 81
the tie door quietly She glanced toward
the bed where Mrs True seemed to be as!o
'y's her husband. with his face buried In
ler nillow. near her She left all the necess'
ody articles for tho night and moved aN
with a noiseless step.
,hr Tho hours wore on slowly and silent
her Tho stars shone out In the sky al la
while the flowers slept down In the sh
lks ovs. aud the little bird was gently roc
Jest in his soft cradle All was still In
big house where children's feet had nc
ant pattered up and down. nor chiidr'
-hin voices echoed.
d Of When morning. calm and sunny bril-
eded ened tho quiet room itshowed the WON
IN ; face gloriGed with a smile OF aoso
ever peace. Who knowsf Perhans' indeed
baby had been broS1sb' 10 her.
o Sci Beside her, wh.Ge and wan In tho
shine. las he. faithful companion. Whe
Hin heartsdo break or not cannot tell. Hea
crate al least, had merciluly let them dc
mar gether quietly as they had hved'--u
r, or Winthrop In New York News-
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AN IRISH WILD FLOWER.

She felt. think, but as q Wild flower cnn,
Through her bright Guttering rags, tho darn
tho cold;
Some furthest star, remembering what man
Forgets had warmed her little head with gold
Above her hollow eyed. long blind to tears,
Leaf cloakcd. q skeleton OF stohe arose
Oh, castle shadow OF thousand yearsl
Where you nave fallen. Is this the thing TINT
growsi
Sarah NJ. ID. Platt
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casting oxpectant glanccs up the sandy

casting oxpcctant glanccs up the sandy
road.
II In Saturday afternoon, and her sweet
heart win soon come whistling mcrrily
from among the pines. arrayed In suit
Of now clothes. with white shirt and red
necktic. and his pockets filled with pea
nuts and stick candy.
Sho Is radiant In new specified calico
dress. with flowers In her hair. and knot
Of rod ribbon at her throat that beauti
fully matches her cheeks The old road
brings no sad memories 10 her. but calls
up sweet dreams Of future happiness.
Supper comes at sundown--a feast OF
crisp fried meat, hard biscuits and bitter
black coffco. Even these were palatable,
however, after long days ride through
those desolnto pine wilds. and Mr.. Stubs
invitation to ''sct up and eat hearty" was
cheorfully accepted by the traveller.
Soonio's beau came in during supper. q
fuzzy faced. silly looking young fellow,
who went quito Oft his head Mt the sight
OF tho stranger and could only giggle and
look moro foolish than ever.
In Soonio's eyes, however. he was evi.
IDENTIFY very precious piece of humanity,
though sho cast many pleasant looks to.
ward the guest.
As soon as tho supper things were
cleared away Mrs. Stubs fixed the
beds" and instructing tho traveller to lilo
"along with the old man" she and Soonio
left the room.
You kin sleep in here with me. said
the old man. rubbing his baro feet on the
floor and tumbung into bed with only 30
much preparation as hog might tako,
and was soon snoring frightfully, this
efToctuslly banished sleep so far as our
traveller WINS concerned. In few mo-
ments the ladies' came back into tho room
and Mrs Stubs turned in
Soonic and John Henry were now left
alone before the great fireplace, she stand
ing on one sido of tho hearth ncrvously
toying with q china cup and saucer oi
gaudy pattern, her only treasure except a
Hartng chrome of Joseph and His Broth
ron" which hung on tho wall. whilo he
chowed vigorously and expectorated freely
TO tho imminent risk Of injuring her Sun
day dress. How silly and frightened be
looked as Soonie. seating herself, begar
Idly picking at her frock. blushing viv
idly. and left the opening Of the even
ing's exercises entirely with him
"saw r1iGhty big chicken fight up te'
/, Y unucns. III. said he
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Pittsburg Wooer (ardently) - Bright
angel of my lifel You will be minef
Sweet girl. star Of my ex--
Allegheny Maiden tdreamllyl-Eggs--
yes. two eggs. one cup Of four, half a
peck of salt, pound Of cayenne pepper,
three pints of baking powder-tsuddenly)
Oh! pardon me. Edward. quite forgot
you What were you sayingf
An hour later Edwards body Is fshcd
out of Davis Island Dam.--Pittsburg
Bulletin.
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No foreigner has as yet solved tho mys'
terry Of tho German bed. The question
which most often turns up Is whether to
sleep on tho top of tho mattress ana SUI
Ter an equal area of cold. or TO get par'
TALLY under the mattress and TO remain
cold for the night in sections. A tall man
and d German bed form about as incon'
pruous and wretched combination al
the world of art. fiction, or mechanics can
| show.-Derlin Letter.
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A CRACKER SKETCH.

A two room log house. with low, di
lapidated worn" fenco around II, q
ragged honeysuckle vine at one side Of
the door which Is never closed, winter or
summer, a few stunted rose bushes Dor.
dering the path OF white sand that glis
tened Ulndingly In the sun Of n nlidsum.
mer day from the broken gate 10 tho
rickety doorstep
A traveller drew his horse up ut tbs
gate. and. after tho fashion Of the coun
Ny, shouted. "uel .lor" lie heard a sonor-
Gus growl from within the house. as II an
immense. III natured African lioa bad
been disturbed from an afternoon siesta;
then a shril. shattered voice commanded
you. Watch. git right back thar" and
the great dog Immediately retired to bis
favorite couch beneath tho high, uncur-
tained bedstead
A few moments later there protruded
from the open door an enormous corn cob
pipe, from which the smoke was curling
In q lazy blue column. As the Pipe with,
II seemed, several sections Of stem. grad
ually made itself visible, It became evi.
den, that tho other end disappeared In an
old womans mouth-n dry. expression.
less mouth. surrounded with ever widen.
ing circles Of wrinkles, as Is tho center
Of tree. which circles took In long,
sharp nose. hooked chin, two bright,
inquisitivo eyes. and finally disappeared
under the folds OF q cotton handkerchief
bound over snowy hair.
Then the handle Of tho pipe was with
an effort extracted from its accustomed
place between tho old cracker mothers
lips as sho called, "0lo man, Gle man,
here's sum un as wanster eco you"
Tho pipe Is replaced and tho thin col
umn Of blue smoke curls lazily up MS the
stranger sits In silence rcder- close scru
| q 1. f.nrn ihn e.
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Ano,l,.r Limo OF Work.

The first woman 70 occupy tho position
OF cane weigher on sugar plantation---s
place OF some trust and responsibility
was a young girl from the north. Fortune
,ooh her 10 tho coast country. and. ask
Ing for work. tho situation was offered
and immediately accepted. and. givins
perfect satisfaction 70 her employer
proved there y stin another line Of worH
opened 70 thoys Of her sex looking for EN-
pIoyment. > Chicago Herpld.
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Education In Japan.

The people OF Japan arc greatly Inter.
ested IN the education and elevation OF
women. In 1887 there were i2e now
schools and societies for girls and women
established In that country These arc In
addition TO the public schools. which have
long existed. Opinion
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When go shopping. II Two nl.y doubt
AS TO whether color is fast. | Just ask
for pattern and slip II into my mouth
and chaw 1t once IN a while, and II the
colors haint run by the timo I'm ready to
leave the store. I'm certain they're fast
Youths Conf panion.
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1
she.
The leo was broken. and when the trav
eler again looked toward them their chairs
wcro hopelessly jammed. and an outlines
were confused /
II may have been that the presence OF
| the handsome and well dressed stranger
| promptcd John Henry to unusual boldness
tonight, at any rate he was soon telling
his love in true backwoods heroics II be
was bashful and awkward. she was coy
and shy Perhaps she. too, was thinking
of tho traveller and comparing his easy
unstudied grace with John Henry's heavy,
numbering manner She held BACK ana
hesita,ed long before putting her promise
into words.
"oh. Soonio," he finally blurted ont, III
you likes me. end dont likes TO say 60
Just squoze my hand"
! This appeal was probably trres,st,oie'
for tho next moment there was quito
! reciprocity In tho hugging limo between
.hcin-qute unanimoua, In fact her
heavy masses Of auburn hair hung over
his shoulders. and her bangs were ell
b mussed up with his carroty foreIocis'
c whilo tho red ribbon at her throat ana ms
flaming necktio were indistinguishably
y mingled.
II The fro burned slowly out and was not
d replen.shcd but Henry staid until the
{. traveller, with many sad memories tug
10 rinr at his own heart. drow tho cover
ss over his head and slept. despite the snor
In ing Of his strange old bed follow.
k When he nwalle tho next morning the
IL entire family had been long up Tho old
man was out feeding tho Stock Mrs
y, stubbs sat in tho doorway smoking anC
he looking down tho lonely road. thinking
ry nerhaps, of that fair. brave hearted DO,
at who so long ago went out that way u
Id zine GUNNER Brown" as the smok
ay c1rled blue and lazily from her pipe
I'D Soonie was making bread ut table fey
In feet from the bedside. =,
on GOOD mawnin." she said, with smii
lor on her ripe rcd lips. which looked swee
ng and tempting until he thought OF job
OF nenry's tobacco stained mouth and shu'
,p' dered
to you'd better be gittin' up" sho sail
In "breakfas' Is most ready"
A a Got upl 1t certainly was time 70 .
up nm. but how was that 10 DO done with
ect blooming and bright eyed young laS
lbs, looking calmly ON at a distance OF SIX fec
ear How he suffered as the time hew onwa
Icco and she loitered about tho table, al
at would not go away nor turn her back up
the him. The biscuits were all made ana 3
like began to set the table. calling him ia
boy" and again telling him II was III
,Oas ut TO git up an wash .
A year later the traveller returned u
.erfs way. .a =,
V W new one roomed cabin. and In the doorw
iess' sat Soonio with cob pipe In her mou
.itie' and sho was alternately knitting ana TO
inp whito haired baby. In the p
oaity woods all tho children have white hair
the dog inside the house growled heavily.
the was quickly silenced. Soonie recogni
,ooh the traveller and called her husband :.
49, John Henry came slowly Into view =
'Nn.B behind tho house. elected shower oi
en W bacco Juice upon q flower bed, thre
they well worn "chaw" among the stragg
0 boil rose bushes and said, oil In ono breath
they en'--tollable-light, mister
r and Louis Calvert In Detroit Free Press.
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nIrnify Your CraEr.

It's good thing II you have any partic
ular craze tc dignity 1t by attending to It
seriously A man may DO very Tar wrong
In his opinion; II lie will assert 1t with
sufficient emphasis he win make many
people believe there Is something In It.
san Francisco Chronicle. ----.-...
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LIN "A scnled Envelope.

At Philadelphia luncheon each guest
was handed or plate n rather thick en-.
velope like a long letter. addressed TO her
self. Breaking tho seal carefully. she
found tiny tray inside holding a thick
slice Of delicious Ice cream In various
colors. .--Chicago Herald.
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Ast. Louis man says that he once had
a chance 70 buy the patent for the Mich,
olson pavement for $1,000 A year after
he declined the offer the holder OF tho
patent collected 800, 900 in royalties from
Tho city of ST Louis. Chicago Herald
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Catlu VI l
dr,nl,in' or noth.n Just sctt.-,' up thor, |
along o. her. and holdin' lac. hand.
I never did see folks set sech stoTo oy
zach other as they do.
"woll, they haven't nobody else 10 sc'
store by. you sec. said the visitor, es'ao
fishing herself by the FIRE. and holding out
two substantial feet 70 the blaze.
..No. that's 30. assented Fidelia' tax
,ne out her knitting Now you Just
make yourself comfortable Mis- Clapp
I'm real glad to see somebody It's dread
tni lonesome hero Jest those two stu
critters up stairs. and me anu inc cav
down stairs. aud notEin' on Garth 10 DO
Why, there amt 80 much as teaspoon
full OF dirt TO clean up nowhere IN ihe
house | never did see sech house6cepin.'
"She was a master hand for cleGin'
said Mrs Clapp. shaking her head
thoughfully. land ss say, there warn
no children 10 make dirt
mo. ,horp warnt. but them plants Is
about as bad TO my thinlin', cluitcr!nG
up the place half tho year. ara A"''n 'l
trail around with watcrln pot, and
weedin' aud stewin' over EN- the rost OF
the time Sho took sight OF comfort II
'em though
..she was real good woman. Mis- Iru'
was" sighed Mrs Clapp. speaking III
ready In the past tense
"And he's powerful 5000 inah
..There aint no better"
Queer sech good folks hadhH q is'u
ny." Ana.
.Do tellf | never heard OF 1t bcfor
Boy or girlr' ,. ,,.. -,
,nost tickIed 10 death about Vt. She ".
a. nro,,d as an old hen with ono chick, bI
q didn't last long Twas sent forto nur
her. and she was q dreadful sick woma
ou, Of her head. Jest rayin' about q
baby; goin' on about she was meanin
40 for II She had II oil planned out !
n lifetime bow she Gas ngoin TO rock u
90 sioen niRhts and how. by and by.
Us agoin' TO Get 20 the table In hi
chair alongside Of her and. finally how
,... ,o take the farm and 1.-Two with th'
always My she was ramo'ln on so u
and a smiling away 10 herself whiIo
rest Of us--mo and tho doctor ahu
deacon was lest a. fighting for Thai bOl'
ufa. And at last. when she come 10 u
self. there warnt nothln' but dead o'
20 show 10 her."
oDeer. dearl Did she take on niue
said Fdelia. dropping her knitting In
lap. u 49,. Tito soro fo
ehe didn't screech. nor cry; but sho
,rrnea awful white. and her eyes got
end bad loolKin' II was enough 10
,ou 20 see 'em. and she never haid not
;o me. lest nioaned. and caught hol'
the deacon coat sleeve rs u sho ne'
somethin 20 comfort her. II did see
n her heart was broke sure she ~
had no more children
81 guess that's why they've bech b
on each other musod rdella-
"Wel. as 10 that. there amt no te
Some few folks are SO. any--cohsiu'
and feelin'--but mighty few. aoS'
rsed folk get tired Of hvin oose'ne'
"a any rate, they appear 30. 70 nome
DEACON and Ms Truo they've boen
thew was a a-courtin' all these years
Aone Ill the chores for her that ~
man could DO. and shes been as s"e
bim--weli. as sweet ~ one OF ,heni
a-cooip' away out there on the Darn
.Harki What's thstr SAID III
heldhaa up one hand. sarningly
1, VAS only the sound OF weak
atoys aud deeper voice ;iying 70 "
sooslimdy
Wtlls the two woman Aap 's'Ho
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posed that a thief had concealed
n valuable harness. AS he peered into
dark closet the wife OF the thief re-
marked That closet, sir, contains abso
lutcly nothing except my own wearing np
parel." -,
Then. what's this2" exclaimed the sher.
IN. clutching at the stolen property MY
wife don't wear any such tremendous
loolsin' riggin' Os this. s."-Detroit hec
| pfasS
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DOING GOOD.

Es useful where thou nvest, that they may
Both want aud wish thy pleasing presence stDL
Kindness, good parts. great places are the way
To compass this Find out. mons wants and
will
And meet them there All worldly Joys so less
70 the one Joy VI doing kindnesses
-Gcorgc Herbert.
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The practice Of softening food for ebil'
dren Is decried by dentists. "it IL at the
bottom Of many set Of bad grinders.
one scientist declares.
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A year later the traveller returned

Tho total number Of immigrants ar
rived In this country In 1887 was bl0.9sS.
Of whom s22, ,O28 were males and l04.voa
females. OF these there were i1o,Gov
from Great Britain and Ireland. Iva 100
males and 75.454 females. From tho 70,
mainder Of Europe there were 82S, 0oi. O
whom etl.778 were males aud lloso7s
fomsiss. brooklyn Eagle.
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DR.. uonocque, of Paris. has invented a
new spectroscopo for investigating the
changes in the blood. II is expected u
prove OF Importance In studying nutrition
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The best books are within the reach Of
Tie most meageI paisa- You can get ?
good companion Tor ~ nttis COST ~ Z
GOOD cigar.
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sho couidn'. Evado Him.
oosed that g thief bad concealed

b. was searrh'ro, house .---''~-
The Washington critic., 1888-08-20
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Washington Fencibles give ball at the
Fauquier Springs this evening. They are ex-
pected home tomorrow.
General Eppa Hunton has been invited to
deliver the address at the unveiling of the
Pickett moument in Richmond next fall.
United States Marshal A, A. Wilson is
domicilod with his wife and daughter at the
States, Saratoga
Ex-Governor McEnery and family of Louis
lana are at the Roanoke White Sulphur
Springs.
The wife of General IIazen, formerly of the
Weather Bureau in this city, registered at the
Brunswick, Boston, Friday last.
Senator Wade Hampton and friends were
out fishing on the Potomac Saturday near
Williamport Md, and left on the evening
train for the Blue Mountain House.
Registered in New York last evening; Ex-
Secretary Robert 7. Lincoln and Congressman
Weber OF New York, at the Fifth avenue, and
Jefferson Chandler at the st. James.
Justice Gray OF the Supreme Court of the
United States, has been spending few days
at Newport.
Candidate Harrison Of Indiana is celebrat-
ing his 55th birthday to-day.
Miss Belle Claws has returned from Colon
ial Beach and will accompany her mother to
Saratoga on Saturday.
Mrs Daniel +. Beatty and Mrs. General
Casey were registered in Paris yesterday ut
the New York Herald Office.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-20
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

4 bell for tho Methodist mission at Yo
johanna, Japan, Is being cast at Baltimore.
Tho ancient city of Tarsus will soon
hayo an American training school for or
phous IN operation.
Tho new "Amcricans party seems to
De laying wires to catch the electoral vote
ol the District of Columbla-N Y. Tribune.
Tho British American Association at Chi
cleo although OF recent organization. has
fourteen branches and membership of
over 5000.
pcrsons with the rheumatism should
put hinges on their galt.-Washlngton
critic. "Spring Hinges" suggests the New
York Lock and Boil.
good thing to remember about now
that tho fastest tmo over made across tho
Atlantic was by the EtIurla--slx days,
ono hour and 80 minutes.
There arc 762 kinds of flowers I'm tho
Arctic region, but IL is a curious crcum-
stance that within the Antarctic Circle not
a lowering plant has over been found
IL has bocn computed that during u
lifetime of three score years and ten the
blood of human being travels d,202, 400
miles, that his heart beats 2,539, ,sd9 900
times.
Gen. sherman's recent purchase of a
house on Sevcnty-nrst street. Now York,
has already caused an advance of twenty
iivo per cent. I'm prices of real estate in
that locality
The gathering of snals about tho docks
and piers of New York at low lido Is bccom-
ing quite business for tho children I'm tho
nclghborhood They sell for ten cents
hundred and arc esteemed a dclicacy by tho
Chinese laundrymen,
The unvcillng Vt the Robert Burns sta
tue at Albany, N. Y, will take place Aug
80, and Rev Robert Collyer has been So
lected as the orator Of an occasion that
promises to be memorable among tho
scotchmcn of this country.
Tho youngest grandfather I'm the United
States is James Lindsay, of Augusta, Ga.
He was married In 1870 when only II
years of age. His son, born In 1871,
eloped in June, 1887, with a young lady
of nineteen, and to them was recently
born a son.
Says Marshall p Wilder in the New
York Herald. "Tho receptions given by
Mrs. Henry Labouchcrc, at Pope's villa,
on the Thames, are really delightful She
Is great politician, and there IS no one
in Parliament who, in her opinion, can
como near her husband. That Is what
| makes her so charming.
"Notcs and Queries" this week, in an
swcr to correspondent who desired to
know the origin of the phrase "The Lost
Cause" as applied to tho defeat of the
secession movement In the SOnth, says II
was first used by Edward A. Pollard, the
historian, and with the approval of his
publishers, tho Appletons.
An old Irlshwoman in the stccrago OF
tho Umbria alternately cried into a hand
kerchlef and waved It frantically as the
ship moved away. "GoOd-by TO ye, Kit
ty," she yelled TO friend on tho pier
"Good-by, TO yc, and If I'm drowned In Z
colluslon, It's the daycint burial that L want
yeZ to give me. D'yo hear. Kitty Ma
honey? l}oo-hoo !n-Ncw, York mribunc