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Here the old man seemed exhausted
from fit Of coughing. but he rallied
somewhat after dose Of his medicine.
and he resumed his story.
Jimmy. my lad, " said he, ''that baby
was you! promised my darling Az
nette that would be both father and
mother to you, and have tried hard to
do the best could for you"
''Oh, dear, dear MASTER" sobbed the
poor lad. You are not going to leave
me and Grimmy? Whatever shall we
do? You have always been so good and
kind to us both, and dear, kind, good
father to me-"
Grimmy, hearing his name mem
toned, came to the bedside, and sat up
begging. with his shaggy head on one
side, rs If trying to say: Il know
there's something wrong. Can't do
snythiug?"
Poor Grimmy!' said ''Spangles. "
You'll be good 70 him when I'm gone,
Jimmy. and never part with him while
he liveso?"
Grimmy jumped on the bed, ana
licked the old mans hands ana face,
and 1t was as much as Jimmy could do
to remove him.
II will. indeed, be good to him. and
never part with him, dear master" !"
said Jimmy. but. oh: what are we to
do when you are gomez" And the poor
lad sobbed piteously.
"Be a brave lad, Jimmy, snd He who
cares for the sparrows will not forget
either you or Grimmy. BE always
truthful snd honest, however you
may be tempted to do otherwise, and
whatever you find to do, do it With all
your might Bear in mind that your
mother is an angel. Jimmy, and ! am
going to join her ut last. In Gods
good time you. too. viii join Us; think
how happy we shall al be there; and
when tempted to do wrong, just think
that If you do it you may be, prevented
from ever coming to US. and God will
help you to do right. You and l and
poor Grimmy have played through
many towns, and tramped for many
miles together; yet we never had an
angry word. whilst We sought to earn
an honest living. Poor old 'Spangles'
is going to leave you, but life is before
you yet, my lad; and although l have
not been able to save much, yet you
will find enough in my bag to bury me
and to give you . start"
He then sank back exhausted. and
while the lad sobbed as IL his heart
would break Grimmy howled piteons-
~. and sat up begging in all directions
During the succeeding night. the old
man rested more quietly. but had sew
eral severe paroxysms of coughing,
which thoroughly exhausted him; he
was also, at times. delirious, when his
mind seemed to be dwelling among
earlier memories and bygone scenes in
| which the name Of Annette was fire.
quently and fondiy mingled.
On the following morning, when the
doctor called again. he was deeply
moved by the intense and unrestrained
grief of the poor lad, who held his dy
! ing masters hand in his own. whilst
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aR1MNY aAr Up BEGGING.

the lips of the poor old man were feebly
moved in blessing.
Even the faithful dog seemed to feel
that he was losing q dear friend. for
he was restless and uneasy, sat up beg
ging all over the room. and had refused
to eat since his masters illness.
The doctor. however, spoke kindly to
the lad. and when the weeping youth
said: "My dear master was the only
friend / had In tho world" he cheered
him up by saying that he must NOT
give way, rs the future WIS before him.
and Is he had been = good boy God
would not forsake him. I'm fact" he
added. - friend of my own is seeking
such youth as you. and shall not fail
to recommend you to him."
.-Oh. thank you, sir" said Jimmy,
s.you are very kind, but dare not be
parted from dear Grimmy. as have
promised master he shall never leave
me. and I have known and loved him
Ill my life"
.Never mind. my lad. }" said the doc
tor. 1--WE must hnd some place for you
where the doggie can 60 toO; SO don't
grieve."
Poor old "Spangles" was fast passing
away, and could now scarcely be said
70 be conscious; but it was affecting to
hear him, q in his delirium he imagined
he was going through his performances
with Jimmy and his dog.
"Houp-la! Hoap-la!" he muttered.
..Oveel over !! OVERT! Well done, sirl
Good lad! Now Mr.. Hr4maldi! steady,
old boy! Show the ladies and gentle
men what you can do! Good dog
And even as the doctor, the lad and
Grimmy stood round him, he stretched
bimscN out and appeared to have fall
en- asleep; bat the soul Of poor Span
rlea;' had vaultod into Heavenl
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Scholars attending the New York
public schools have formed an anti
cigarette-smoking league.
That female teachers are driving
males out of the profession il shown by
the report of the school superin'
tendcnt Of Iowa.
Two sons of Japan, who were sent
to Chicago to represent the japanese
government at the Worlds Columbian
exposition, have been converted to
Christianity.
Hawaii was pagan in 1920 and Chris
tian in 1870. Seventeen thousand were
baptized by the veteran missionary, DIR.
Titus Coan-5, 600 of them in one year
and I. 700 in one day.
The department Of the Salvation
Army's Darkest England scheme.
known as the bridge" bureau for
helping discharged prisoners, reports
failure in scarcely per cent. OF the
convicts received.
-Siddhu and linda Ram. two Hin
docs, have arrived in st. Louis to begin
the work of converting the city to the
tenets Of the Arya Somaj. A few Sum
days ago Emin L. Nabohoff sounded
the Mussulman call to prayer in Union
square, New York.
The Buddhists of Japan ar rec
newing their fght against Christiani-
ty; are organizing salvation armies
and moral associations; buying up
timber so that churches can not be
built; seeking to persuade hotel keep
ers not to lodge Christians; and in
some cases they are resorting to force,
destroying chapels and other build
ings.
st. Paul's is the metropolitan
church of London, and the third ca
upon very nearly the same site as its
predecessors. The first church was
founded, according to Bede. about 4.
d. $40, by Ethelbert, king of Kent.
but destroyed by fire in 1887. The Sec
ond church, "Old ST. Paul's." was de-
stroyed in the great FIRE, 1866. The
corner stone of the present building
was laid June 81. 1878.
The Harvard annex for women is
i hereafter to be known as Radcliffe col
| lege. by which name it has been Off
cially recognized by Harvard's over
. seers. 1t is to be part of the univcr-
sity. and the Harvard seal will be at
. tached to the diplomas it gives. The
name is in honor of Anne Radcliffe, OF
, England. afterward Lady Moulton,
j who. in l64s. gave to Harvard x1o0,
! the first pecuniary gift to the univer.
sity that any woman had ever made.
The Waldensian church is peculiar
in this: it is practically two churches,
though nominally one. The one is the
Church Of the Valleys, the original
church among the mountains, where
| the blood of the martyrs flowed SC
freely, and the other is the mission
+. field. the rest of the kingdom of Italy
in which the mission churches are
The remarkable fact is that the or
dained pastors in the mission churche:
outside the valleys are more than
thrice as numerous as those within
them. The mission part is becoming
the great body OF the church. A cor
responding change of organization il
about to be made.-Cnited Presby
terian.
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SRSeheeE1ees
osfoRE AlLx DOu6u Eu1r1nt
no. LID

H.0,.lAD

tNOpySlenI icSS. Oy the Author.J
rootsorc and weary, one autumn
evening. an old man, a lad, and q dog
arrived In Nottingham. where they put
up ut common lodging-house. They
constituted travelling show. and,
after performing all day in the streets
OF Reading. they had walked over
here-a distance of ten or twelve miiea.
Ihe old man seemed broken in
health, and suffered from a severe
cough; but on this particular evening
ne was worse than usual. for he had
got a chill, and was glad to lay down
his weary bones in bed, soon after his
arrival. lie complained Of feeling very
cold and thirsty. and the lad procured
him some tea. which they both enjoyed.
Grimmyf-or to give him his full
name, Grimwald, the dog, was not for
gotten, for the trio were inseparabl
and soon afterwards they all retired to
rest
During the night the old man be-
came very feverish, coughed incessant-
II. and complained Of a pain in his
chest but Jimmy, the lad. did all he
could for him. and sat mp most of the
night with him.
In the morning, poor old 'Spangles''
IA name dear to many children
throughout England-was no better,
and when the doctor was summoned,
and had examined him, he told the
landlady that he was very i'll. suffering
from an attack of Inflammation of the
lungs, and that he feared it would 60
hard with him.
''Spangles" recognized his own dam
ger, and calling the lad to him, said:
sJimmy, my boy, you've been a good
lad to me, and I fear the show will
soon be closed forever! Sit thee down
beside me. lad, as l have something to
tell thee" When the Tad had sat down,
'.Spangles" proceeded:
"The great Mr.. Shakespeare says: "A
fnan, during his life, plays many parts
and that's the truth; for in my time
have played many parts. and und er
many and divers names: but will be-
GIN At the beginning.
my father died when l was only q
boy, and my mother married again
some time afterwards. my stcpfather
being an ill-natured, cruel man, who
hated and ill-treated me: and, unable
to bear his cruelty any longer. / ran
away from home and Joined a travelling
circus
But soon found l had gone from
the frying-pan into the fire. for the
new task-master to whom l had been
bound had no compassion. and during
the earlier part of my appren'
ticeship used to treat me shamefully
II was clumsy or made mis-
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ss .vhen learning the acrobatic
-. - - -.
ssSs !. few ve.rs, however. I became
.e,ss -. irving Wonder then =
e.:.s..r 81 The Illustrious Schmidt
,.ss;sssiv !, then an acrobatic clown, and
e..S;,v . rinr.snaater. during which lat
Isriod became devotediy attached
:. illlc. Annette, the Daring Eques-
ssIasire. and we ultimstely got mar
ss.....5::s.stleft the circus business alto
.s'S~ happiness, however. was short
,.zssl lor nv poor young wife-who
sssss,ered IN her affections between
,spa ssle Lnpiao. tho Matches. shas.
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she MERELY WANTED TO KNOW.



And Did Not Realize that Her Curiosity
Was Dslaying Tra0e.
The cable car had just stopped at
the corner when she started to enter it.
''Let the passengers on first, yelled
the conductor.
She did not seem to hear him. but
climbed mp with her two hundred
pounds upon the platform. Stopping
Just before the door, she turned
around and inquired sveetly il the
car went to the postoflice.
s'Take the downtown carr said. the
conductor. adding. Lat the paasen-
gers or"
Indeed she chirruped back. "and
how long will it take to get down
thers?'
Twenty minutes; let the passen-
gers OF please. fairly screamed the
conductor. Another car had come mp
behind and two had whizzed BY on
their way downtown.
Twill I have to change cars any.
where?' she smilinRly inquired
The conductor was about to do some
thing desperate. His face had become
u red ~ the proverbial bset. when the
woman suddenly dropped her fan upon
the ground
.Oh. my." she exclaimed, and started
70 climb down. In IN instant the
whole line Of passengers who were
waiting - lesvs the esr pushed for
ward, the stylishly-dresssd lady Wa
showed overheard. ana. beeers sho had
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-03
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Sss0
termilk. = tablespoon of -four. two
eggs, one and a half cups sifted meal,
teaspoon of salt, three-fourths teaspoon
soda. Bake in thin cakes ON = hot,
CREASED griddle. II they do not turn
we'll. little more -four or meal may
be added. Butter while ho..-Detroit
Free Press.
Chill Sauce: One quart canned to-
matoes, two onions, two tablespoon
fuls each of salt and sugar. one tea.
spoonful each Of pepper and cinnamon,
three tcacupfuls Of vinegar. Boil tho
tomatoes and sliced onions an hour.
then run through colander and add
the condiments; then boil half an
hour.-Ohio Farmer
Pickle for Ham: Six gallons Of
water, nine pounds of salt. two pounds
of sugar. one-fourth pound Of pepper.
one-half ounce of saltpeter. Pack the
hams tightly in cask without salt.
press down with heavy stone that tho
boiling hot brine when it is poured
over them shall not scald one place
more than another. After lying in the
brine six weeks, it is ready for smok-
ing.-Housckeeper.
Celery Cream Soup: Boil = small
cup of rice in three pints of milk until
it will pass through sieve. Crate the
white portion of two or three heads Of
celery on a bread-grater; add this to
the rice milk after il has been strained;
put to it a quart Of strong white stock:
let boil until celery is perfectly tender;
season with salt and cayenne and serve.
II wanted rich, substitute one pint Of
cream for the same quantity of milk
n. Y. Observer.
Almond Macaroons: Blanch and
pound finely six ounces Of sweet al.
monds. Mix in q large bowl the whites
of two eggs and twelve ounces of pow
dered sugar, and beat with = wooden
spoon for fully dvc minutes Drop
through a pastry tube in pieces about
the size and shape of . silver quarter
or to sheets of buttered paper placed
in baking pans. Bake in q slow oven
are of a golden brown.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
-Vermicclli Soup: Cook q cupful Of
sliced vegetable oysters, a stalk or two
of celery. two slices of onion, psrsnip,
and half q carrot in water just suf-
| ficient to cover well. Meanwhile put
a cupful of vermicelli in = quart Of
milk and cook in double boiler until
tender. When the vegetables are done,
strain off the froth and add it to the
vermicelli when cooked. Season with
salt and a cup of cream. Beat two
eggs light, and turn the boiling soup
on the eggs, stirringsbriskly THAT they
may not curdle. Reheat is not thick.
| ened, and scrve.-Good Health.
! Barley Soup: Cut three slices Of
bacon and two pounds of the neck Of
veal in small pieces, put them in q
saucepan with pint Of water. Let
this simmer for thrce-quarters of m
hour. then add one small onion, car
rot. two stalks of celery. all cut fine
a bouquet of sweet herbs, a tcaspoonful
of salt, half teaspoonful Of blacl-pep
per and two quarts of water. Let thi.
boil two hours or more. Strain the
soup, and when cold remove the fat
Place the soup on the fire and add 1
pint Of barley which has been WASHED
and soaked in water for at least thre,
hours. There should be pint of tht
barley after it is soaked. This is th,
right proportion for two quarts o
soup.-Boston Budget.
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She tripped down the stair and an
swered the postman's knock, for she
was expecting letters far too precious
to be intrusted to footman or maid.
What have we here?" she inquired
smilingly, as she took the missives:
''Billets doux:"
Not exactly. miss" replied the new
letter carrier with a blush: my names
Bill Dooley. y.'-Washington Star.
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COURTESY ON 4 jsrREEr.cAR.



'Come in here. boys. Lots of room"
The speaker entered a car on . suburb
IN road, flung the seats over with q
crash and hang, threw open a couple
of windows and dropped upon one Of
the cushions with d self-satisficd air Of
proprietorship that might have made
those who did not know him suppose
that he owned the railroad.
1t was blowing a gale. and the air
WAS damp and chilling. but dressed in
thick clothing and with light overcoat
on, this specimen of the genus homo
evidently cared very little for the ef-
fects of his conduct on the passengers.
II was sudden cold spell in autumn,
and many Of the people in the car
were thinly dressed. After. awhile.
first one passenger. then another, rose
location.
The party Of half dozen men either
knew or cared little about the discOm.
forts of others, until some one, In y
tone sufficiently loud to be unmistak-
able, made some comment on the open
ing of windows and freezing the rest
Of the people out. This was met with
an insolent arrogance that left no
doubt as to the character Of the Of
tenders As the open windows were
about midway of the car, it was impos.
sible for all Of the passengers to get
out of the draught- The train man
was appealed to, bat he took no notice
of the matter; also the conductor, but
he declined to act. Then passenger.
who evidently was aroused to pitch
Of evaporation. asked to have the win
dows closed. as women, children and
delicate men were suffering from the
cold air. The request was met with
the. most outrageous insults and abuse
and positive refusal to shut the win
dows ON the ground that. at that time
of the year. no one could take cold
from an open window.
While there are many people who are
willing to put themselves on record as
asserting that fresh air never hurt any
body, there are many others who know.
from the most disastrous experience,
that summer draughts and chills are
among the most exasperating and try
ing of all nnnoyances in life.
1t would seem as though there might
be some provision for persons who car
not endure such exposure. A part oi
the windows of every car should be
permanently closed. and notices put ur
to that effect: then people who are un'
able or unwilling to expose themselves
could take refuge in such situations
The fresh-air fiends would probably be
willing 10 go elsewhere; If not authority
should be lodged in the officers of the
train to compel them to vacate those
seats for the benefit of persons whose
health and, possibly, life would be
jeopardized by the exposure.
AS it is now, the travelling public i.
literally at the mercy of few incon
! siderate and robust individuals. These
warm-blooded persons are rarely at
fected with any undue amount OF
| thoughtfulncss for the health or feel
ings of their fellows. Because they
| can endure any amount of breeze, they
take it for granted that other people
may or, at least. should: and AZ fol
them and their house. they show b,
their conduct that they intend TO as
sist them to an acclimating or harden
ing process that they think will b.
beneficial. regardless of whether i
kills of cures them.-N. Y. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-03
The Wisdom Of Yearp.

Father-Your income is small. and
that girl hasn't penny in her own
right.
SonIThat's true, but she has lots Of
rich relatives, who arc sure to remem.
ber her.
Nther-That's the trouble. They
will visit you by the dozen. eat you
out of house and home, and ,outlive
YOU both in the cnd.-N. Y. Weekly.
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ANTS BIGGER THAN FOXES.
Pliny Could Discount AnAnlas In the Ar
Of Drawing the Loag Bow.


Of Drawing the Loag Bow.
Pliny. that rare old gossiper. tells,
among other extraordinary stories. that
of the Bactrian method of obtaining
gold. The sandy deserts of Bactria in
the days Of that historian were, so the
old man says. literally swarming with
ants slightly bigger than foxes"
These gigantic representatives OF the
genus homenoptera burrOwed deeply
into the sandy wastes, their tunnels
and galleries often being hundreds of
feet in extent. The earth removed
from these burrows was always car
ried to the out side and thrown mp in
hills remember Plinv says thisl "cf a
bigness exceeding that of palace" :"
This debris-sand. earth. etc.-was
soon found to be wonderfully rich in
small nuggets of gold. The danger from
the ants was greater. however, than
that from the Indians in the early days
OF gold digging in the western United
States. and many stories are told Of
men who were literally devoured in n
few moments by the fierce owners of
some disturbed burrow. Some observ-
ing old hunter at last discovered that
the giant ants slept during the hottest
hours Of the day. After that the seek
ers after the yellow metal only made
their incursions at the proper time.
and then they only stayed long enough
in the deserts to fill their sacks with
the golden sand. which they took home
TO sift at leisure. With all this pre-
caution the ants often swiftly pur-
sued the fleetest horses, and IL was
only by using various stratagems that
the invaders managed to escape alive. v
Chicago Tribune.
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AEaoNAuT,c SPIDERS.
They Can Build Dallooas and Mako Jeor.
neys In the Air.

fhsy Can Build Dallooas and Mako Joor.
neys In the Air.
There is a certain species of spider
which Is moved by instinct at certain
seasons Of the year to travel. and to
travel distances that no one would
suspect him desirous Of covering.
What, then, is his methods: The
spider select the right kind OF day.
one on which there is almost . calm in
the air. rather one when there is just
the slightest breeze.
He crawls UP . tree or a Flagstaff. OF
. bullrush. or anything that will give
him = free position. He then begins
to emit the free end Of u web from his
filament bag. and this is SO light and
fresh that IL floats away in tbs air and
is carried along by the light breezes
He may emit one hundred or two
hundred yards, and every now and
then he tries whether there is enough
out and floating to buoy him II he lets
go his grip on the tree or other eleva-
tion. BY . nice system Of calculation
he ascertains just what will buoy him.
and then, letting 60 his hold, the fila
ment is borne OF by the wind. and he
himself Ut the end Of it. and In thie
way he can travel miles and miles.
II he finds himself coming near the
water he pays out more of his cable.
and in that way he obtains more float
ing 6lament to bear him up. II. on
the contrary. he finds himself going
too high he draws in his cable and
descends by lessening the amount Of
floating filament.
II You anchor pole in \ body Of
water, leaving the pole above the sur
face. and put . spider upon it, he viii.
exhibit marvellous intelligence by his
plans TO escape. At first he will spin a
web and hang to one end while he al.
lows the other to float of in the wind,
in the hope that it will strike some
object.
OF course, this plan proves failure
but the spider is not discouraged. He
waits until the wind changes and then
sends another silken strand floating
OF in another direction. Another fail
ure is followed by several ,other simi
lar attempts, until all the points o.
| the compass have been tried.
But neither the resources nor rea
soning power of the spider have beer
tried. He climbs to the top of the pole
| and energetically goes to work to con
! struct q silken balloon. He has no
| hot air with which to initiate it. but-h
has the power Of making 1t buoyant-
| When he gets his balloon finished h
does not 60 of on tho mere suppositiol
that it will carry him. as men often do
but he fastens it to . guy rope. thu
other end of which he attaches to th'
island pole upon which he Is prisoner
He then gets into his aerial vehicl
while it is made fast, and tests IL to Sc
whether it is capable Of bearing hin
away.
lie often finds that he has made j
too small. in which case he hauls
down, takes it all apart and construct
it on q larger and better plan. Aspide
has been seen to make three differen
balloons before he became satisfies
with his experiment.
Then he will snap the guy.rope and
suspended from q hlament will; sai
away to land rs gracefully and Jes 81
premely independent of his Surround
ings as could be imagined. d.-IorOnt
World. i. ~
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"A Frenchman WAS teaching in Q
large school. where he had reputa-
tion among the pupils for making some
queer mistakes. One day he was TAX
Ing . class which WAS rather disorder
". What with the heat and the
troublesome boys, he was very snap
pish. Having puaished several boyA
and sent one to the bottom Of the form.
he at last shouted ont IN . passion:
.'Zs whele classge to - bcttom!'-Tit-
RitA