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"And OQ*. 'Road-byH' I'm off for Ibe lurkrT, girU ! We could do« h»Tr ooo for (TiriAUnAA, bat we will tare noe for New Year"! diy." It Wll Then Clyde wbo •poke, uibt Wa tided blue reil orer ber draw bat. and drew a ibebby (urcapc ebwrty around ber »Mle throat. She waa 1 rery pretly Rirl.wlth tnrquoieeJilue evr*. and a dub of ""«rlet In ber cberki and lipa. j "If yoo RPt y» nmiey. yr<a meiii " : uid rutely M»ri»i.. Tbeo'a elder Airrr, 1 wbo wore ber ctlic > wrapper with the I grace of a princeu myol. "O. Miu Briorby ii alwiyt pundnAl. and abc will be aalisSed with (be dress. I 1 'And be sure you gel applet and raialus i for Ibe mince. meal. Thoi," cried Madg.-. tbeyouogeat of alt. "Let's hare a rrsl I CbrisunaA dinner tamuro.w. if It ism we- k 1 ] late. Ii'asoluog since we're had a nice ■ dinner!" I "But I'm only to get three d .llari for i ' the dress, you know, Madge. ID do toe ' beet I can with tin " And snatching up I a small basket omiaining the newly fln- 1 is lied dress, Tbco tripped awsy in gay ' spirits. 1 The three girls kept bouse in the Wid- 1 ow Spriggio's third story fmol room. In. I side the air wu mild and balrnly as a I summer morning, but outside it was ' snarp and keen, and a floe, pondrry ao"« 1 The dreni gave entire satisfaction, and 1 Mire Briarhy srialied Then a happy New Year ' Tbeo'a purchase, were a «u mdde. Such a plump turkey ! It almost tilled ibe little basket on ber arm. Then to the meat- 1 shop for heei and suet; ami the Jolly meatman threw in a fresh bunch of celery, smitten to the heart, no doubt, by Tbfu's bright eyre and ruby lipa Next, two ' pounds of raisins, so rich and sugary it made ooe"i mouth water only to loook at Half a dollar still remained, and Tbeo entered a fruit store, tempted hy the display of gnldeu-hued oranges and liananAS. Brazilian dales choice cluster, of Malaga 1 grapes, luscious figs and udorous pineapptea The gas was brilliantly lighted Inside, fur the short December day wu ful A man in s slouched hat and seedy ■ ■ vercoat lounged in after Tbeo, and aloud "Now, then, what do you want *" dc- ' ; .landed the proprietor, roughly. "Nothing," wu the low reply. ' "Then the sooner ytra get out of here ie better!" blustered the render of tropi- ' •d fruits. "We douY harbor Uompa!" ' "I'm not a tramp," answered ibe streo"Then you're drunk; and get out of ' here before I call a policeman." "For shame I O, lor shame !" cri"d ' Tbeo, with blazing eyes. "To treat a j 1 human being so— on New Year's Ere, 1 "He' e ao itnpoeter," smiled the bard 1 I leaned dealer. 'Tre not tasted bread for two days." ' said Ibe man in husky loots. "Here, sir;" and Tbeo [olkisred lie stranger tolo the street; "take this," and ' abe thrust ber basket into his hand. _^"No, no I said the poor man. I—" |J "But you must : You will nred IL wed j take this, too !** And she forced him re- 1 luctanlly to accept ber parse also, thru 1 quickly hastened away. "She's coming cried Madge, flying to I 1 the open door as a (aim footstep souodtd j ( •m the stalre "The basket must be '•eery, she walks so slowly. Now for the turitry— why, Tbeo, you baren'l ! '•rought it I Wu it too beary T Are they going to erad it ?" ' Tbeo related ber adrenlure. "And I'm ouiy sorry you and Marian ' will be disaappoioted j* she added, re- ! gretfuUy. "Yon did perfectly right," said Marian heroically. ~ "We are not starring yet, , thank goodness I and be was. poor man." Bat Then still abo k ber brad, and the r tears sparkled in ber eyes "I'm glad yon garc it to him," cned ' Madge, and added, softly, "yoo bow, Tbeo, who boa uid. 'Inasmuch u ye i hare done It onto the least of these, ye ! ■ here done it unto Me !' " The white pioe floor bad been washed , and scoured within an laob of Its life; the : '■rightly policed window panes sboDe r and shimmered, u If daring one to look at them and not hllnk; the round hraM ' Boots on the oM-faahmocd walnut side, i braid beaming good-oalurtdly in the slant . rays of the morning "son; a pot of bright . yellow chrysanthemums stood m one of ' the white-ctiriaitjrd windows, fragrant ; sod fall of bloom, and a handsome lor. r totse-ibell cat took ber morning nap oo a braided rug before the Are. The three housekeepers washed up their breakfast sorrier, and swept the room and dusted, and put to rights with a seal worthy at least of a more rxteodid . sphere of action. Suddenly a heavy, inmbering step wu beard oo the stairs, and a sounding rap on the door caused a momentary panic in the little room. Marian, rallying lint, opened the door. 1 "A hoi. mum. for Miss Tbeo ClydeThe girts lookw^at each other in astonL :1VRr?inortilTrlini ro Iha hit," uid l I Marian, errnilnlng hcarafuiy. "It's a intake— lib not for at," said "Let's open it." cried Madge. "R can't ^"brt" *nT"r*T'' *be I*0"0®**1 * They pounded and pried at the lid. braised their Burr, and finally ?w Ibe ; box open, and cxpowd |o riew a plump "And raisins.'" cried Madge, pulling 9P« * popes bag, and tiling her nnaith witt. Ibe ooolenl*. "And beef! And suet: And celery:" , i

• "Of wane It's yours: Wb» sald il . a-sio'lf answered Madge, helpiog bra. . Self plentifully to the raisinfi agala. , "Bui H'a what I bought and gase lo ll>e , msn pcraisird Tbeo. . "But yon din*t buy oranges and lemons , and three big pineapples, did yon F asked . ' "No-. but I bought the other tilings— i I know tbey are the same. And look, j Marian, look, Hodge, here's my purse. > too. with the half-dollar still in H ! What can it mean ?" | Nnone could tell. But wooden will I ncrrr erase. Another knock sounded on 1 the door. Tbeo opened it. ber lips and cheeks were scarlet with excitement- Before her stood a man in a slouched hat and seedy orerorat, muffled up to his chin. , Tbeo recognised him. "Come in." she commanded, itnprri1 ou«!v. "and tell. us the meaning of thin." And she pointed to the open box, where figs and raisins lay scattered a bout, oranges • and suet lay in close pmpioquity to pine. apples and beer, and the turkey had fallen , helpless on his back ainupg the may pear- . mains thai lined the bottom. of Ibe box, where be held up ooe plump drum-stick, u if beseeching the sympathy of the specTbe tramp walked obligingly in. He pulled off bis seedy overt- ml; be threw down his slouched bat; Rod there stood a handsome. bmed shouldered young bair. "Cousin Tom!" cried Marian, astonished. "Why. Cousio Tom!" echoed Madge." Bui Tbeo stoid silent, with drooping eyes Aid blush ing cheeks. "And have you no greeting, for me. Then f" asked Tom— who. by-tbe-way, , was only a third or fourth cousin, after Tbco shook ber brad. "How do 1 know but that you are an imputtrrt" abc asked. , Tom laughed. "1 bad oo Intent ion of deceiving you. I thought I recognised you oo Ibe street, it was si dark I full . wed you into ibe fruit store, in order to tic certain, before venturing to speak." "But you said you hadn't tasted breed for two days," pouted Then, relenting s . little. "Well. 1 badn'L You see our train j was snowed up for nearly a week, and the bread all gave out ; we had plenty of meat and pie and cake, though so we didn't miss the bread much." "But what a seedy old coat and bail" •aid Madge, eyeing the cast-off garments "Tbey are rather seedy. In be sure," •aid Tom. "The (set is, when we . changod cars, I chanced to be taking, a | uap, and when the conductor succeeded ' routing me, that coat apd bat were the i only ones in the car; so it was Hobaon's | choice, as you see." I While Marian and Madge were flitting ' about the room, roast ing the turkey, chop- | ping mincemeat, seasoning the plum pud. ping, and laying the table fur four, Tbco I and ChisIo' Turn stood, by the window. ) whispering together over the yellow chryj "And you'll never-never get Jealous ! any more !" asked Tbco, with averted j "Never :" declared Turn. And be elipa plain gold ring oo ber finger, and perI haps stoic a sly kiss while the two sisters , discreetly hasted the turkey —wbo knows ? | Hire Wanted ass I'ndcrwtandlajr. I A girl might as well be up and down I about suet tilings as to suffer herself to be imposed on and have the feelings gnawing at ber heart from ooe year's end to another. The other evening, when a certain young man la this dly dropped himself down in the parlor alongside of the girl he hopes to marry some day or other, abe began: 1 "Harry, Christmas is almost here." "Yea." "Three yean ago you presented me with a pair of ear-rings. Tbey were from "Two years ego yoq presented me with 1 a pair of ISO bracelet a Tbey were roiled- ' plate and ooly coat fffi." "Um." "last year you placed in my band a diamood ring. The ring is washed and the stone is from Lake George, and they 1 retail at about 98 per bushel. Harry I" "Yea. dear." 1 ' 'Are you thinking of mah ing toe a present this year V '• "Of course." ' "Then do not seek to cheat and deceive me. Do not throw away your money in trifle* and baubles, but buy mtnethinc that I can show to the world ' without fear of criticism. Here is an advertisement in the papers of a lady's sad- | die pooy and saddle for ooly 9800." le*lerday morning Harry left for Dro- ' vcr to nurse a sick uncle through a rare ot bilious fever, and he won't be hack until after the holidays. Blili, it was a wise 1 policy oo the port of the girl. That very I day be hod figured with a Jeweler on buy- : ing an 93 silver watch and having It goldplated and marked : "18 K — 81.10 — Harry to Susic-1882.'' — Drtroit Free Pm$. Protecting Mia Character. Entering the shop of his Sixth avenue tailor the other day he said: J. ll'TWjlMli ~~ i "Yes, sir, you do." • j "I hare owed it for a year." "You hare." 1 "And this is the fifth pratal card you 1 have sent me regardmx the debt" "I think it is the fifih." "Now, sir. while I cannot psy the ' debt far perhaps Another year, I prop-toe ' to protect my character as far as passible. Here are twelve two-caps stamp* Yoo 1 Can ore them in sending mc twelve Ihaa rave yvmi postal cards and my feel, lags A the asBM time." it i« oeid that the tailor has credited the"; ! secured more of the ucM than he hqd any ] J reaanu to hope for. - Wall Street -Vests

it Marie Twain Talks about WoI To the toast— "Woman— God bless ber" e —at the recent meeting of the New Eng- t land Society in Now York, Mar* T wain < • gut off the following characteristic re- i i spouse: — "The toast iodides the sex universally. | - It is to woman, comprehcnsivsly, where- I . soever she may be found. Let us cootidrr | •, ber ways. First comes the -matter of. . I dress. This is a most important consid- I oration, in a subject of this nature, and ■ II must be disposed of before we ran iaiclli- | a gently proceed to examine the prafounder ■ j depths of the theme. For text, let us lake t X the dress of two antipodal types— the sav- ■ d age and the cultivated daughter of our ' u high modem civilization. t "Among the Fans, a great negro tribe, a i. a woman, when d rawed for borne, or to go i e wear anything A ail but Just ber com- t s plcxioo. That is all. That is ber entire a . outfit. It is the legitimate cuet|une of the i it world, hot it Is made of tbo darkest ma- f Icrial. It baa often been mistaken for ^ , mourning. It is the trimmest and neatest 1 , and s rap-fullest costume that was ever In ' - fashion; It wears well; it doesn't show i dirt. You dooT have to send it down town ( s to wash, and have some of U come back t r scotched with the flail run, and some of it i e petrified with starch, and some of it 1 t chewed by the calf, and some of it rotted i i with acids, and some of it exchanged for j o:ber customers' things that haven't any j - virtue but holiness, and ten-twelfths of the I pieces overcharged for, and the rest of the i " dozen mislaid. And it always fits; it is ■ ( the perfection of a fit. And it ia the t handiest dress in the whole realm of fash- I ; ion. It is always done up. When you ( , call oo a Fan lady, and send up your card, X r the hired girl never "ays, 'Please take a t •rat; toad am is dressing: she will be down I in three-quarters of an hoar.' No: madam < 0 is always dressed, always ready to reerfve, I and before you asn get the dooMpat be- i fore your eyes she islmgotirkfldst. Then I 1 again, the Fan ladles doc't go to cbufch to t , ace what the others have got on; and fbey j e don't go back home and describe and | e slander it. i "Such is the dark child of savagery at I d to every day toilet; and thus, curiously < > enough, the finds a point of contact with ■ the fair daughter of civilization and high I 0 fashion, wbo often has "nothing to wear;' ; d and thus these widely separated types of i 'I the sex meet upoo common ground. Yes, ' e such is the Fan woman as rbe appears in ' her simple, unostentatious every day toll- i ct. But on Male occasions she Is more i • dressy. At a banquet abe wears brace- I lets; at a lecture she wears earrings and a | belt; at a ball the wears stockings, and I e with true feminine fondness for display I 1 the wean them on ber arm* At a funcr- ■ 1 al she wears a Jacket of tar and ashes; at i c a wedding, the bride wbo can afford It I * puts on pan la toons. There the dark child i of savagery and Ibe fair daughter of civi- | I I i ration meet once more upoo common ' - ground; and these two touches of net are < - make the whale world kin. ■ "Now ore will consider the dress of our | . other type. A large port of the daughter < - of clviliied women would lose half Ibeir " charms without dress, and tome would i » lose all ol IL The daughter of modern t 1 civilisation, dressed A her utmost brat. Is t s marvel of exquisite and beautiful art t - and expense. All the lands, all the dimes. ; - and Al the arts are laid under tribute to r > ftirnlah her forth. Her linen is from Bel- i fast; her robe is from Paris; her lace Is t from Venice or Spain or France; her t feathers ore (rem the remote regions of I 1 southern Africa; her furs are from the i 9 remote home of the iceberg and the auro- t I re; ber fan from Japan; ber diamonds I - from Brazil; ber bracelets from CAtfor- < I nil: ber pearls from Oeylao; her cameos f ' from Borne; the has gems and trinkets , > from boned Pompeii, and others that c ' graced oomely Egyptian forma, that bare t been dust and tabes now for forty centur- 1 ies, her watch is from Genera, ber card t case it from China: ber hair from, from. 9 from— I don't know where her hAr Is from II - I never could find out. . That is ber other bAr— ber public bsir— ber Sunday i hAr. 1 don't mean the hAr she goes to ■ 11 bed with. Why yoo ought to know the - bAr I mean; It's thai thing which she < calls t switch, sod which resembles a switch as much as it resembles a brickbat 1 or a shotgun, or any caber thing which yon . 3 correct people with. IPs that thing which I she twists tod then coils round and round < her bead beehive fashion, and tbeo lucks ' the end aoder the hive and harpoons it i <■ with a hArpin. And that reminds me of a trifle. Any time you want to, you ran t glance around the carpet of a Pullman car t - and go and pick np a hArpin; bat, not to < r save your life ran you get any woman In f that car to acknowledge that hArpin. c i Now, Isn't lhA strange? But it's Iroc. t - The woman wbo baa never severed from L cawiroo veracity SDd fidelity In her whole life will when confronted with this cro- . clA test, deny ber hArpin. She will deny that hairpin before a hundred witnesses. ' I bare nop idly got into move trouble and 1 I- more hot water trying to bnnl np the D owner of a hArpin In a Pullman car than _ hy any other indiscretion of my life. i "Wen, you see wbA the daughter of , - civilizAico la when she is dressed, and . L you bav* seen wbA the daughter of sav. . agrry ia when abe lan'L Koch ia woman ' —as to costume. I come, now, to ooosider ' ' her in her higher and nobler respects — A , mother, srife. widow, grass widow, moth-er-in-law, hired girt, telegraph operator, 1 e telephone hAloer, queen, book agent, wet I nurse, stepmother. basq profeaflooA (A , man'orotSriooAbramy, snd so forth end ' to on. We will simply discuss them few ' —let the test of the aex tarry In Jericho i ■ill we come again. First oo the list, and first in our grail- " tude, cans s woman who— who— [looking A his walcbj Dear me. I am opposed to this ten minute rule, which supposes Al . men hive eqoA powers snd infirmitiesIt takes me as loeg to get out fifty words ® as it floes aome of these glib fellows to aay L 500. and when I've dooe I haven't sAd U anything, and they bavec't either. Bat, „ yoo ree. 1 have bed time to introduce my1 sabjeci. I touk a large oooirmct. and if I a had had until next Forefathers' Day 1 am i- salikfied that I could diacusa it aaodeqaatc1 ly and as appreciatively as to gracious and .-mohica theme daasrasa But, aa the mot- * j let aumds now, let us finish is we began ". and say without Jesting, bat with Al tinly J cerity, 'Woman: God bless ber.' " JAp-

What Use Brook Skid. I wish I owned s farm Just a few miles 1 - west of Cadiz junction. 1 don't care a i cent for the farm, but there rani through J . the crookctesl little brook you ever taw. 1 The 6ttr Route business is straight as the < goiden rule in comparison with iL— ' . Crooked? It goes wandering through Ibe ' r meadow u though all the year were 1 Jane and it bad nothing to do but kill ' . time and loiter about ia ihidy nooks and ' I beaches. Crooked? Not a silver. ' . plated shiner that dashes hit glittprlog < r scale* in the sunlight" down in the limpid ' ' ripples ran tell whether he is going up ' • stream or dowo. The purple-plumed iron 1 ' - weed and the bending gulden rod. bowing < each other with stately grace across the I singing brook, don't know whether they 1 • Banding oo oppoAle Adoa, or, if thry ■ ; are uo the same aide, which ride it ia All ' - the way across thai meadow it plays hide : and seek with Itself, boxlog the compass 1 - its erratic wanderings every huodred ' the ice of the lillls thst fringe the farm. ' i "Oh. my beautiful darlings," it said. "I ' 1 will slay here near you." But the wind > passed away and the violets opened ' : their bine eyes and the butteronps sbsoc 1 : the grasses of the meadow. "I have ' lost my sweetheart," said fickle iiule 1 I "but the meadow iabrautifol since ' came into it, and 1 will Bay here till ' ' you are gone." And it turned agsin and ' i loitered to the north, where the winl- ' i died, and eddied to the east. where ' i bank of violets looked shyly down at 1 s him with their great purple blue eye, and ' . Broiled to the south, where the butternone abashed, laughed merrily in 1 , Ike golden sunlight, and Jie sauntered to 1 i the west, where the wild rose, shivering a ' i wu Just trying on ber new spring dress, round, wine-red anna. And by and ' , the violets dosed their dear blue eyes, 1 - and the buttercups fsded, and the poor ' t brook, wbo had got bock nicely to 1 > the place where he ran under the feochto r get into the meadow when be Brat raw 1 flowers, rippled slowly over to the wild rose ' again, wbo wu now in full dress sod wore lovely pink bonnet, snd hod dusters r of buds Al the way from her throat sod 1 i shoulders down to her waist- "Ah, me." 1 i murmured, "my friends are gone, and - am ao lonesome I wu Just going to run < ! down to the aca zud drown myself. But , are ao beautiful 1 want to Bay here t where I may tee you. And ao Violet and - were laid away with poor Uttle I and SAlor's-breechca. and by - this tune the little brook hod ao many i playmates that Wild Row and Sweet I Brier ooly raw bim when be came around r that corner of the meadow. He ran ■ shout all the time, aioging down little - : runs with the most inimitable trills, beh1 with a family of great hard-headed ' I rocks tbA had settled on the edge of n ■ poo! snd gone Into the moss business. ' i whispering to the blue flags clustered un • der the low bonk, playing with the tall reeds that fringed the Bill pools, and lln- ' - gering a long time with the groaps of ' ■ onlt's-foot where the tresewwere ehAlaw ' ■ ware su many things to see and ao I much to ray in this meadow, no woodrr the little brook ran about In It Al summer ' I before A lofi. When the wild rose had ' thrown away the pretty piuk boa net and 1 put on the iiule red, winter hood, and the 1 i rushes were brown and the ooH's-fuot ' withered, and the golden sod wu gray and i the purple iron-weed wu plumed with ' tufts of feathery brown, it turned to the 1 end of the meadow, and, creeping ' 1 under Ibe fence, went hurrying away to ' the Muskingum to get down to the Ohio i and lower Miraisrippi before the winter ■ caught it and fastened It to the meadow j i the next five months. I don't rare i rery much to stray Aong the bonk of a ' ranA, but I would like to saunter ' Aong 1 i the bonks of that little Ohio brook; And 1 > I think it would lake just about a week 1 I to croralhu one meadow. A~ Policy of SHcncc. "General, raid aq Arkansu gentlemsn - approaching a weil-knoWn politician. "I i suppose you raw thA article in the Blur ' ■ Wing this morning, in which the editor ' ■ rails you a liar and a thief." "Yes, I asw the outrage." "What are you going to do about it? ' i Answer it I support?" i "No, I (ball treat tbe fellow with the 1 I contempt he deserve* A man wbo would ' i willingly assail character is benrath tbt 1 I notice of a doe." r "Bat yoor constituents will expect you 1 i to defend poarscif. Tbey do not believe r tbe charges, but tbey do not wish to see j i you rflST quietly under such abuse." i "1 think tbe brat plan is to keep clear 1 . of such contemptible men snd not notice ' their vile utterance*" i "Why do you think so?" "Because the scoundrel hfil got the "Well. If that's Ibe case 1 wouldn't no- | lice him"— Aribaasne Tnmllrr. i How mocb more in love with life we should be could wc A ways fed thoHear- [ cn -touched kiss of Christmastime I There is oo other event A whose approach hui inanity glows with such rosy welcome, r There are no skies so mellow as those 1 which bend above us In this recurren season of soog snd peace. The promise, t lb* fullness, tbe fragrance tod Ibe calm, 1 sweet joys of tbe summer earth are very : beautiful sod vt^ gracious, but thsro is , something loftier, nobler, diviner in tbe J spirit In which msy yield obedience to the Christmas law. There Is no other touch • to which tbe broedcA human love re- ; spooda with inch alacrity. There is no ,, ordinance, written or unwritten, eo potent a this. If I were ssked to And. in . the fashion of msa, a fitting title for this beneficent law, I should recommend An J Act Entitled An Act to AnnuAljOblitcinltri; it requires no machinery fcr ill en- ' Uiy— Bignm r Maxim Frm Prtm. L KorMd IMostraltag nostrums and use

Tbe evangelist then look up the sub. joes of atheism. He raid that Colonel has a closer grip on the thoughts or ,Uic people titan e ny fifty nran in the J nation. 1 respect his talent," the speaker j raid, "his beautiful private lite, his con- j Uinly kept his temper better than any one | who has been in controversy with him. 1 j wish I could convert him. and I think 1 j could if 1 had a chance, lie owes his in. j flnrnce over tbe people to the fact that lie j is attacking a false U.xL There is no man | j in the world who can answer him from I ! the standpoint from which the replies to I him have been made. Ingersoli is making ; infidels faster than Moody makes diris- j liana, and MaAv is making christians ! faster than aoy other msn in the world. ! The brat men in the country are running Atheism. D m't be afraid ot Roman, j the danger lies in the direction of Atheism. But Ingersoli' lias never at- j tacked my God. Tbe devil himself hasn't ; brass and cheek enough to attack tbe God ; who is love. I beleive Ingersoli is an honest infidel. I could not defend the God be attack* If I had no other God to believe in Iban a God who kills hAf the | the other hAf ami sits clipping off the of human beings, ai with a t heart, with every tick of tbe clock, I tell you, my friend* I'd be an AthciB too. I am glad our instineu override our tbeories.to thA we may make a bop. skip and s jump over all such theories snd land in the bosom of tbe Gad of love." Ik Barnes spoke of Mr. TalmsgC as tbe* great Dr. Talrnage, who has pro. f eased to tear Ingersoli ail to pieces, but has never knocked a feather out of him." The stately preachers in stately pulpita, lie raid, are asking what is to become of evangelist, leaning forward with out. wretched fingers, "are going to hell I What tbe masses want is somebody wbo will preach a Gnspcl tbA will draw sinners as molsssss draws flic* The preacher . say, "wo preach the Gospel; but I ray •you don't and the proof is that you don't draw sinner*' It has conic to this— that preached is enough to drive Anners awsy. " The mac of The "Hark Twain." A humorous paper on Mississippi River ' travel, in the January Czsttut, ia entitled "The Trip of 'Mark Twain,' " and it cleverly illustrated by I'com ll. A typical character of river life is Alowed to speak fur himself S3 follows; The first male of the vessel, be of tbe | prists- to find him in the Stork Tirol n. He wu laild and looked very old, but declared be wu thirty. "Ef you had been through w hat I bev, t ravelin' stranger," quoth be, "you tou would look like an example of the longest kind of long-gcvity. My name figures prominrnily in history. I've been published In four hundred and ninetynine newspapers and one almanac. I've ; '■een blown up by steamboats in twentytwo States and several Territories. On moat occasion* everybody on board per- , ished except myself. Pieces of my skull is layin' round loose Al up and down this river, and numerous of its tributary)-* Awful? Yes. Once I wu aboard tbe OSimo. 1 knew wc were goin' to bust that afternoon, for it wu about bustle' time with me, and bust wc did. When 1 down 'I couldn't find notbin'. Everything bad blowed to dust, or gone so fur ihai ggihi..' wu within visible distance, But, blest you!— that's notbin'. Minor catasterflos? Oh, ye* Oooe wc smashed a wbezl against a snag, o' course when we progressed ire went round snd round, snd so went round and round all the way down to New Orlran* dr. scribin' circles of the whole time. We ail got orful headaches ow'to' to the cenSripe. tA tendency of the periphery." First: Be true— he genuine. No cducatioo Is worth anything that docs not include thi* A man had better not know how to read— be had better never learn a letter of tbe alphabet, and be tauo in intention and action, rat ber than' bring learned In Al sciences and in Al lyrfgwiges, to be A Ibe same time false in Lean and counterfeit in life. Above Ml things, leach the boys the troth is imre than riches, more than culture, marc than earthly power or position. Socond: Be pure ic thought, language— pure in mind and body. An impure man, young or old, poisoning the society where . moves with smutty Boric* and jmpure , examples, is a moral nicer, a plague spot,- ' a leper, who ought to lie treated u were tbe lepers of H* old, who were to cry , "Unclean!" u a srarnlng to rave others from the pestilence. Third; Be unselfish. Care for the feelings and comfort of other* Be polite, lie Job In Al dealings with other* Be : generous, nobis and manly; this will in- ■ eludes genuine reverence for the aged : snd things sacred. Fourth: Be self-reliant snd self-helpful even from early childhood. Be indus- ; trious alwty* mod self-supporting at the earliest proper age. ' All bomsl work is , honorable, an idle, useless life of depend - , eoce Oo others ia disgraceful. I When a boy has learned these four E thlsnt, wWLsTfaas mads Usara tdsas a pan of bis being— however young be msy I be, however rich— be has learned some of i the moB important things be ought to . know when- be Ix-ooJhSs a man. With i these four properly mastered, it will be - easy to find Al the re it. , A. Question Fall of rhllooophl . 1 s prime eW Heprt-bcao. " A Washington young lady of tbe ms- . lure age of Ax propounded the following question to ber stmt tbe other day. It was after the Bory of tbe CreAion and the Fall had hern related, and the young lady bad been meditating for some. lime oo the moral of it. when abe suddenly e broke out wttb: "Aunty, after Adam ana :- Eve disobeyed God. why didn't He kill d 'em and begin ever again U It is not Ims praaUfir thA the question has occurred to older people.

fltir ^drntisroriits. Holiday Goods at Wanamakets. One quarter in the store is peculiarly a Holiday quarter, a gift quarter; a place where iusta little use' is made the vehicle lor a great deal of , luxury. It is lull now; full I of wonders; full of pretty •i things; full of silly things; 1 1 full of surprises; full of wnat nobody experts; full of what everybody expects; full, as it I has been full near Christmas - time before. Beginning at the very cenj tre of tlie store, next north 1 1 are two counters, one of j them very large, and one lialf as large, filled to over- ' flowing with perfumeries and other toilet articles and implements. We positively i must not begin to mention » names, nor even classes. ' The only way to get away from these miraculous things , is to break away. Next northwest is a colJ lection of small things that people used to luxury will ; recognize tinder the name , small leather articles. About - the biggest thing there is a portfolio or writing-case. 11 Pocketbooks are the com- ~ monest But such poefcetr bpAks ! Oh, yes you can t get good substantial pocket1 books there, with not a cent ' of extravagance in them ; but naturally we are thinking ' of the brighter ones. Leather r isn't fine enough. They must - enamel it, paint it deck it 1 out with silk and shining sili ver and gold. Every year people get worse and worse. 9 Every year they must have • stranger and stranger things. ' Silk, plush, velvet and fur bags arc there, with all their ' pretty and handy and cunt ning fastenings. But we | must hurry on. | Next nfirlliwi'^l ^rqjrrit- . ing-papers. • Here's room i for a treatise. We're not - going to stop. But anybody 1 who passes that white-Iook- , ing island of trade in the $ea i of people, without finding . ; out what War.u.r.akcr Besl i means, in or out of Holiday ■ time, is a loser. What a glory lias a jtage of • v paper ! ' Photograph albums are next on northwest ; and here the circle widens. Is all that long row photograph 1 albums ?• Is it possible that so many people didn't buy i albums last year, when we brought over a ship-load almost ? There's a new set of people this year, may be. At Icast-the photographers haven't gone out ol business. At tins end are velvet • frames ; yonder are boxes | of leather and plush. You can pay $60 for a box that a 1 touch will spoiL Don't suppose tliat tlie things put out 1 to show, even under glass, 1 are the fine ones. Whisper to tlie saleswoman that you. pocket isTull ol money, am . • that vjbu are aching to get 9 riji-oi it. " Brass and bronze! Oh, [ see the mob of brasses and t bronzes. Open your dictionary. The first word you come to lias its image there. Preposterous tilings ! Have c your wits about you. An , artist has studied out -every one. The artistisawagtoo; l for jokes abound ; little touches of humor and broad ^ farces. So there is pathos; and beauty everywhere. Btit shall we presume to disl course ol" n-n thousand things — 1 in a Ginp c:!!-1' i >1 which WUS J born of Art? 3 Krothfnsn centre, at: ko «*r to the our I Everything i;i Dry Goods, Wearing Apparel, and Housekeeping Appointments sent by mail, express - or freight, according to cirIJ cumstances-subject to return a and refund of money if not ® saiii actory. Catalogue, with •mule.! on appjica- - John Wanamakek.