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VOLUME -\XXiV. CAPE MAT CITY, SEW 1 JERSEY, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1888. ; WHOLE NUMBER 1198.

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R.grt- j, ' 1 Wh, -ad I Mm *'iu of M I I TlAKCIB K. Huvi>, 1 ■ sagLE TDj." Tlicie were so many boys on the I streets that morning, on their wi j la I school ; boys of All sixes, from those who I could peno In Lntin and Greek down to I the little fellows In blousc-walsts end to rend. There were mischievous boy*, I with pop-guns In their pockeu end pten- I ty ol strings end pint; quiet boys, wlUi i llowen In tlielr bnndi to praeent 10 the 1 teacher ; good boy* who *lw*y* learned i their leeaone, *od bod boy* who often i played truant, especially when a circus - came to to en. Dut one stood apart, and | watched the takers In silence as they i hurried by. This boy wss tall and thin, and his clolheswere very loose end rag. | gcd. In one hang be held 1 small rusty ' whDc deep down In the looee i pocket ol his blouse was a handful of i bright new ten-penny nails. He smiled whenlbe boy* called "Hello, Tim!" ' he did not raepond nor join them. ■ Though he wae nearly elsteen years old I he had ncrer been to eehool In hie life ; r for Tim wss an Idiot. The le t bell rang I the boye had alt disappeared except I poor Timothy Scanlan, who stood before i the door of his mother's house, watch- < log, until the last one had fumed the ; corner. His mother's house— for his fa- I tier laid no claim to anything. Ho wee I an Idle, harmless fellow, content to sit < by the Ore and smoke, while his busy - wife bustled about the small room, < sweeping, cooking, and Molding— (cold- t ing her huebaad, scolding her two t daughters, " Slimy " and " TUdy," and i always Molding poor Timothy If he was I within reCb of her voice, uulil Tim 1 would run mil of the bonne, or get be- ■ hind his fallter'e chair, stammering apol- I ogetlcally, fi I-I-I-dldnt mean lo." Perhaps there had been trouble of this i In the house this morning, or per- 1 heps U was the One weather that tempt- i ed him to come out; but at any rale I there he stood, and let the wind blow I through his long and tanglod hair. An I did we call blm 1 Let ut say rath- I er just a happy, ilmplo-mlnded child, l with a brad very full of strange quaint I fancies— and nothing else. Suddenly, si I he stood there, one ol these seemed to seme him. He rsn iround the house, darted into the wood abed, where Slimy ' was gathering up an apronful of chips the kitchen Ore, and rushed out I again, dragging after blm a clumsy ' wooden carl. One wheel waa loose, and i the other squeaked In a fretful, complain!^ way, as if It dklnT want to turn i at all, and wouldn't only that Tim ran I •of tah : Out of the gate and down the etreet, ' rattling orer the cobblestones, rumbling i over the bridges, splashing through the i gutters, wlint s racket they made ! No : one stopped him ; so on he went, till at < attracted by the bright ribbons In a milliner's shop, he paused for breath ; i and then It waa thet hb eye oaught ' light of something In Um next big win- i dow-a big China doU, with great star- ; htg eyes and a gaudy yellow drees, i This doU had once been pretty ; but that i was long ago, before the sens of many ' years had faded her black hair, and bt- i fore her terrible experience, one autumn 1 night, when n cruel wind had blown a : sign-board against the window, crashing the glass ond giving the rain n chance to ! get In and spoil her pretty draas. i The ahot-keeper, old Jacob Bleimcr. watched him from thedooorway. " Veil ' —rat you »a, mine poy f " lie said. ",I» It dem marptes In der basket, maypef ■ doae balloon on der sbelf ? Vy dond't . I ah peak oudt f " Dm turned from . the window and gaasd into the smiling German's face, then be pointed a dirty I at the doll. " Give Dm the pretty lady," he begged. Old Jacob smiled broadly, " Oh, It ras der doll you waa ranting. Vat you glf ma foe her, If I ledtyouhaf her? hey'" Tim looked pooled, the he thrust his hand into his pocket and drew out a bright new nalL " See," he saW, and held It out eagerly; the eld German only onilod the more and his fat sides shook with laagbA Utile girl went Into the shop and something round and bright on the counter, and Tim saw the shop-keeper dowrrs Jar of caady and giro her several pieces. Perhaps the nail sraa ! not "bright saongh. Just then n nan came around the corner Mattering blHi , as he walked briskly along. Home of these ho threw In at the opou windows, Tim forgot his trouble* and ran after lilm, gathering np the bill* is (ut si they fe'.l to the ground, unlU he lost tight of the aUsagar. and then he wandered hack the way he had come, dipping the blDi Into the gutter untU they were thoroughly wet. and pasting them up on the house* and lamp-posts M he went along. When them bills were gone be found small pieces of boards and nulled them up on the fences. But In this he wss lnkotrupted. An Irish woman, srho was hanging up clothes In her back yard, did not care to hare her fence decorated in this way, and lost no time in telling Tim ao. " Be off with yes! "she cried. "Did I Ivor Me rich kaptdeace. pa.Ho' paper* on me ftont windy, *n' anUls' boords on me dean white fence ! Oil swsy now, " orTH be pull In' Ivcry hair out o" y«r hand, sa- no small Job U 'n^ ayther! » And at Tim. not understanding a word •he bad wdd, began slowly to drive in another nail, the enraged Bridget rushdathaasttek la Uu eir. In so doing she broke the dotbM One. which, incoming down, pulled orer the scanty palings ' and the frightened bona dew is all ilisaa»»&&r2 his heels nor ooppad natil he had reach-

alarming then a little black klUen. be i crawled carefully down again. He etUl i , had one board left, and with this In kit I hand he wandered down the track to- - ward the long Iron bridge that spanned i the rivar, It was a new bridge, bet bar- i Ing bten Injured slightly by the spring : Moods the superintendent of the road had ordered new rods to be put In, and olh- . er repair to be made. The work had been going on aU the morning, but now h wss finished, the last workman wss even then leaving the bridge. Tim passed him, walked oarefully out to the ' centre, end leaning orer the edge nailed bit ol board to one of the heavy timthree nails, he took all that he had Irom his pock ot and spreading them out upon 1 the rails drove In one after another until > had used them all, and could not i round room for another If he had i bad It. I j One workman whom ho had passed - had beat watching him all the lime and waited for him to comeback again, ■ for he waa curious to know what kind of i sign the boy could be putting up In 1 I such an ouhof-lhe-way place. And now 1 I as Tim approached, this man jblned him i and said, by way of beginning the coni rcrsslloii, " Well, Bub, that's a queer i I place for a sign." Tim looked up and ' r smiled a very little but made no reply. , " What are you adrtrtlsln' anyhow ? " • . persisted the man. Still no answer. - " la It a patent medicine or a cattle ' i show? What's the nutter with you, ' [ anyhow? Can't yon talk ? " I . A troubled look came into Tim's evened. The workman looked at him silentI ly for a fow minutes, than he turned and 1 ; went bock upon the bridge, his curiosity ! thoroughly aroused. Timothy, just a ' : down the track, pa-sed the depot, and ' - crossing the street sat down upon the ! curbstone to meditate. A lew minutes i the depot, sank down Into tlio nearest 1 chair, and began to rub his forehead ' vigorously with a largo blue banjVer. , chief. He seemed to be very much ex- < - cited over something, and a hack man t standing outalde on the platform, being I curious to know what had disturbed ' > leaned forward a little, rested bis i elbow on the window sill, and remark- 1 ■ ed, " You needn't 'a hurried so, Mister, - train ain't due UU ten thirty." , " Yes, 1 know It," replied the other ■ shortly ; and then he came out upon the - platform and began to walk up and . down. " Look here I " he said, '• who ! is that tall follow Heroes the street, leanr In' against a poet, see him ? " " With a i hatchet In his hand? " "Yes." "That . Teller? " said the trackman slowly, "why , that's ' Simple Tim.' 1 thought oreryt body knowed him, he's an ijlt." '• An i Idiot, Is hef Well 1 never! That's I why be didn't talk much, poor follow." , And the nervous little man began his r walk again, up and'down, up and down. I "Do you know," ho began, "If it I hadn't been for that Idiot orer there, I'd r been a ruined man ! and the train I that's due here in fifteen minutes, with . my boy on board as I haven't seen for I more'n n year, that train would ha' 1 wreckod I smashed ! and * hundred lost 1 1 Yes, sir ! that's so ! " And , the excited little man look off bis hal t and wiped his forehead again with the s gorgeous blue handkerchief. " I see > don't believe it," he continued, "ynu t think I'm craxy too, but 1 tell you what! i A while ago I saw that ' Slmplo Tim,' as you call him, out on the bridge nail in' t up a sign, and when bo came back, 1 . says, says L ' What's the sign you were . puttln' up there. Sonny f ' But he didn't . answer, nor he wouldn't say a word ; so l thinks I, Til go bark and read that ; r which I did. I couldn't see It very well - 1 got down on my knees and leaned i orer the edge ol the bridge ; and when I i mw nothln' on It, I Just said to myaelf. [ ' Peter Patterson, you're cooewsy back > to look at an empty board— you are greener than I took you to be,' nod I got , up to go. Just then I mw somethln' I'd 1 neglected to fix, when 1 wse rent out to ■ mend the bridge this morning ; one of ? the nuts oo the msin rod, that I'd fort gotten to screw up ; but It made ibe i whole thing looee, and that train would [ hare broken through rare. II Just makrs f me cold to think of U I I had my tools . with me, so of ooune it didn't take me 1 long to fix It, out all tb« while. I kept > aayln' to myself, ' Peter, you let this be I a lrsson to yon, never to leave your ] work till you are sure It's finished, and s everything as U should be.' And I won't . forget It very soon, 1 tell you ! I feel ; eternally grateful to that boy, 1 do so! e and I'm going over to talk to him as i- toon as the train comes In." Be bad hardly finished speaking, when d the whistle was beard, and before long 0 the sympathetic trackman, who had r been watching almost aa eagerly as did r Peter Peterson, saw a bright lad of Af- • Jump off the car and ruth up to hie falh- ■ er, with a merry 'Tm here. Daddy ! all g right!" But m his Joy over his boy's if sate return, Peter did not forget poor i, Timothy (who had loft his post and 1 wandered down the street after the train r cams in!. And so, having told his son a all about the lad, be took np the boy's it valise. Jammed hie bat down oo his hood i- tin only hie care raved his face from be- >- ing completely covered, and together y they started briskly down the street, n overtaking Tim Just aa be reached the • little comer shop where Jacob Blclmer e displayed hla marble*, kites aotl dotle! is Tim did not notice the two strangers it who had followed him Into the store, h and who now stood red and breathlrat, n watching him aa be drew all his treaaa urea from his pocket. Tim was Intent o upon these treasures, and his thoughts were on the doll la the window. At a laat he found what he wanted, and held re II oat to the ahop keeper triumphantly, a It ersa a small round tobaeeo stamp of r, bright tin. rr "8eo," said Tim, "Mwyf Smt give " me the pretty lady.* ■d Be looked so cage* ao tenfident of in euceaa, Rammed a ply In disappoint Ig plain as gently as be could, "she coal ■e mooch more money than lhi»-l cannot IK glf her awav for ootlnga at all." (I But Peter interrupted htm, "Pj pay d, for It, let Mm have it; he's dene more U- for me thla day thxn that doll h worth, n, and more than I can ever pay him for.' to Jeoob Bleimcr looked surprised, but h- wttaouta word be tnraed to the window td and cot the strings that held Ibe doU in b was Ugh noon, the trackman wasal

> the depot again, waiting for thn twelve ! r o'clock train. IWBey* were coming O r home from school, with shouts such as a 9 boys hare to give now and then, "to let j* 1 off steam." They passed Bosnian's , s "Oh, look!" they cried. "Tim- m ■ othy Bosnian's got e doll!" and they 1 -good-naluredlT among them- T - selves Bat tbey never knew why it „ ! had been given to him, and for that mat- .'y I tor, neither did Tim.— leurtas. Apr*, a J A Ortn Armnd Compoouor. I II has been pointedly remarked that i, . "the mother of Invention la necessity." 1 s This applies with at ranch troth ao(l 1 fnreefulnoas to the Individual who eur. - mounts the apparently Insurmountable i which may happen to bar his progress i In the pursuit of a livelihood or further, i an co of an ambition. In this connection 1 an illustration of what indomitable t pluck and perseverance will do is now 1 under my observation. About seven years ago, in a railroad 1 wreck at Allenlown, Pa., Wm. W. 1 Mortbimer met with an accident by , which he lost his left arm below the el. P t bow. Prior to this he had saved an « i apprenticeship In the Carbon Advocate » r office at Lehighton, Pa,,-and eras known " r through the I-cblgh va'kry as a "rapid ° . typo." Recovering from an Illness con- "■ r sequent to the amputation of bis arm, M 1 the natural desire to continue at the "art ■ . preservative of aria" asserted itself, and d . he was employed . to "die" type ;he h 9 longed logo back to the case, however, tl , and determined that a system could and tl should be dtriseil whereby he would bo » enabled to "stick type." The principal " . of the system was delicacy of touch; If h . be could accomplish this his end was u 1 clear lie would take ids "stick at odd * f moments, and placing it diagnoly across t' I after line, taking particular care to space 1 9 patient work ho conquered 1 10 apparent- f ■ ly unaurmounlable obstacle of "sticking a > type" with one hand. The next obstacle <1 I in his way was Ihe "dumping" of his f . his efforts Io this direction would have I 1 of earning a livelihood h ad been sur. r I mounted. He finally red uccd Ida dis- ' . abilities to aucb a low standard that to t pcared entirely. Today h« Isolds the t r position of foreman on tbo Hare! ton. Pa., s 9 Daily Plain Speaker, and can act eight « 1 thousand "cms" per day of ten hours r , hundreds of mute "comp," but it U very r b dohblfid if the whole world over there f armed typographical wonders; of the a . two, William Mortbimer is certainly one t a — and worthy of recognition in the c * world of typographists. 1 '* It has puxxled the heads of a good - . many youngsters to know how the earth , turns round. A German educational ( " Journal published in Frankfort gives the , following directions lor proving that the -i ' earth "does move:" "Tako a good- ^ sired bowl, fill It nearly full of water , I which is not caponed to shaking or Jar- t e ring from the street. Sprinkle over file , surface of tho water n coating of lycnpo- ; dium powder— a white substance which a , Lr sometimes used for tho purpoeo of , ', toilet, and which can be obtained at ai- , ', most any apothecary's. Then upon the , j surface of this coating of powder make, , with powdered charcoal, a straight , " black lute, my an Inch or two In length. , Having mado this little black mark with , the charcoal powder on the surface of , li the contents of the bowl, lay down upon , . the floor close to the bowl a stick or ' , some other straight object, so that it , . will bo exactly parallel with the mark. ] ' If the Hoc happens to be parallel with a , crack In the floor, or with any stationary * object in the room, this will serve as ( ,f lion of the black mark with reference to , r' tho object that It waa parallel with. It , * will he found to have moved about, and , to have moved from east to west— Hist | I* la to my, in the direction opposite to , that of tho movement of the earth on its , axis. The earth In simply revolving has : * carried the water and everything else In f * tho bowl arotrad with It, but tho powder f '' on tho surface haa been left behind a , little. The lino will always be found to , *j hare moved from east to west, which is , perfectly good proof that crcrythiog , ^ else has moved the other way."— /xrmfcn n MHS. HARRISON'S MANNERS. ' j V*ry Pleasing. Indeed- Hair That : CaptlvaMejn* Ladl*a. , Candidate Harrison's wife haa been visiting Cincinnati!, and thia la what the : II Bnguirtr rays of her-. >, The first effects of Mr*. Harrison's ap- - )r pearanoe is that of a woman who la ; j thinking first and always of those about 10 her, and who is not thinking . In the l0 Least of herself. She never touches her ,a dram to aee If It hsnga right; she never 4 adjusts her bonnet- strings or looks at e. her gloves, or makes a movement of any ,r kind that suggests she haa one thought , of her personal appearance. ^ To be ears, her mirror must Lave told n her yesterday that she waa dressed In rxqnisite taste and that every detail of ' her costume waa fanltieaaly adjusted; her dress of brown groa grained silk fell ' In graceful folds, and half hidden In ^ those folds ware panels of palediluc brocade in patterns of rich embroidery In tt tho same shade of blue, and eoft folds of U white Olnslon and of lace formed n surU piles trimming from Ihe throat to the . waist; thia trimming was caught with a 0f long diamond pin, and tho only ornament of the costume; her bonnet waa of black velvet, tufted with white, and on the black loops of tbo trimming ot the front aoftly nestled the wings of a dove. n, Tan gloves completed thia hindsome J. costume, it, gone without my lag, WSJ ^ (Kicullar becoming to the wearer. ^1 Mrs. Harrison's hslr h of that beautiful shade between gray and *nowy white JI man to tho prospect of her own hair b turning. If only 11 would be sure to torn that kind of gray. It rests ,ln wary Hnra about a forehead which laiitifnlar. ; ly smooth and while to be crowned with ,w gray hair, and above a pair of calm, in penetrating eyw, whose kindly expraniI km at once makes everyone who lakes her band feel at mm snd unite wall Milsat i Owl with bunif or hlraaaU either.

Kara o*Vf*aat* me whang Barm, cl and Malar* In ber fmro or UnU T q boosuraw Asuaa ! «aMiMlio«nrtriw^| d| Ijd* wwisaal win lb nr-r-rtis* wrau ; m •« "WW. and rras l», fl *ris^WdLMraUuafmui9 of rear, sal IMS, si w,b * DR. INGRAM OTTHE OHUTESE, J, of Blbllonl^Cuatoma or There arc many customs which this gesllrc of some of the customs and man- B of Bible characters. They win pnt ,, off their shoes when entering the house o off a* superior. They are very 'particular u about forms and ceremonies, often much T the expense of truth. They >re do- T signing snd artluUnways whlch^are not u to palronle- when tbey go up to u great wall. The landlord, when n arrive, insists that he keeps the inn fi rest easy without being charged. If, when they leave, they do not give him llial't? considers them very mean. Till* " action la not unlike that of Ephron. the when Abraham wanted to buy place to bury bis dead. He mid. al J limes the value of the field. Abraham weighed Hie silver. Silver is always ^ weighed here, lu Uic XV 111th chapter (| e-1 Abraham where Sarah, hi* wife, was. ^ replied llral she wm in the lent. Thai ^ strong llral when a woman is taken with acrl >us trouble with the eyes, in cases, they will alio* her to go medical aid. When a girl is engaged, her betrothed givreher. like lraac, ear ringj. bracelet. \ would certainly be afflicted on account ' of It. Tho dress of the children re ( 1 The clothing of the people is loose and ' upper garments when nl work. 1 In Uie pelsCe, lo Peking, there arc 1 employed by ail who can afford it. 1 Many ot us doubtless hare thought It ' • servants and so little wine. Title would ' 1 there must be s man for oach kind ol ' ■ work. The people only buy from band 1 Just equal lo those referred lo In the ' ' New Testament— a penny a day. which 1 equals M cents. On this income a man ' has to support himself, wife and children. ' The people of a family remain togcth- 1 1 many generations. In tho cities, in J one yard there will be from 80 to 40 per1 sons, all related. In tile country tbey 1 * remain longer together. Village* of ' ' from 50 to 400 peraoos are *11 of one ' 1 Tills is for protection, aa there ' are many bands of robbers roving the ' ' ready lo pouoo* upon any weak or | 1 tho going of long distance* to their ' 1 fields, as all the villagers are farmers, so 1 there are many foot-paths running | r their grain. In Palestine She same is , 1 true, and it wm oo one of these paths | ' that Jesus and hlsdeciplca traveled when , ' they rubbed the ears of corn In tlielr , 1 bands snd did eat. They use wooden ; ' plows. Famines are of frequent occur- | rrnce. At these time* the people go In i swarms to where there is bread. Oil is , largely used as an article of diet. The , ; lamps are Identical with those described , In the Scriptures, a shallow vessel con- , t talnlng vegetable oil burned by means of j a a wick which Is simply laid into the , dish. The roofs of the houses are all , - made of Ule or mud. Wells are scarce, ( i hence we hare drawers and carriers of , t water. The wells are covered by a large , r through it large enough to allow their | r long, slim baskets to pass. This pro- . t vent* anything largo from falling in. f Tbo baskets are quite a curioaity.' but ; i they do the work of a bucket in a very , satisfactory manner, and In some ways . 1 are belter. The bottom being round, t they fall over m soon m they touch the f water. No hoop* To got off and no fear ; of falling lo stare*. In an old well the , 1 stone at Ihe mouth Iras deep groves worn , • Into it by tho rope. I should say that . - tho baskets are made ao perfectly that , a tbey are water tight. f The pillows are very hard, and a stone •- is often used when on a Journey. Cities I e are walled. We see long caravans of s camels. Wc ride on eases. Scorpions ! >- are plentiful. A creditor can imprison 1 ff a debtor. The debtor will sometimes ' a sell hit wife and children lo get his lib- 1 c crty, In prisons stocks are used. If, !. on examining a man, be Is impertinent, e tbey slap hit cheeks with an Instrument a which looks like the sole of a shoe. Criminals, after the trial are first whip. I- pod, and then sent to prison, or to whaU e ever their rentence may be. If nMeeaary •- they examine by torture. Capital panic lahmert Is Inflicted by decapitation, n Soldiers Lore lo the land of powder drill y with the bow and arrow, but they are r- not confined to nrehery, u they have When a person Win! a a great favor * they will knnl nwl strike the brad, loj t- the Round- T he Wrdl'ltJ over .ittl id could hardly be wore -hi vow J4gK

sackcloth they have a coarse white which remmhlM burlap In texture. blind are often seen leading Ihe . blind. : U The moon mcMuree off the years, tan- „ sons, months and feMla The night la w into walchra. In the day tin b, sun dial la their only gude. Their slow u methods of travel am In no way Impror. t> ed, either m to comfort or speed, aloe* e, tho lime when Abraham of the Ctral- if decs left us.- Gram and stocks are the tl Swine and dogs could not hare a are here. Cases of demoniacal posaes- q are not rare. Soothsayer*, fortune tellers and people who pretend to be n are numerous! The worship of *- ldob is everywhere seen. la The celebration of the Chinese new lias some points which resemble n the paasover. On New Year's eve they paste on the door poets and lintels red astrips of paper on which are written re- n quests or prayers lo the gods. In each dwelling there U n feast which lasts tj most of the night. b I write these customs so the young people at borne may know that oven now lie seen many of the strange things recorded io the Word of God. I know b of one family of nloe who live and keep themselves respectable on 14 cent* a day " This lraa to clothe M well ra feed them- y winter I saw famine refugees by h the score kncellog In a row, begging for | food to keep them alive. These things b seem strange to one brought up in n y so favored a* ibe United .States, but r we are not half thankful to God all the blcMlngt which are showered t upon us. This people lebor and are i heavy lad-n. J. H. Ixotrax. Tungcbo, Peking. China, L August, 811888. The provisions of the existing law for the sale of desert lands, allowing the ' sale thereof In certain States and Territories to the extent of one section or 840 0 acres at 01.35 per acre or 03 50 per acre m the case may be (Act of March 3, 1877), are ao modified as to limit the 8 quantity that may be entered by any ^ per acre for the price mentioned, and to ^ restrict entries to bona fide residents of ' the State or Territory hi which the land ' situate- It Is required to be shown ' before patent laaues that agricultural ' raised by irrigation upon al loMt one- 1 eighth of the entered land.. public ule for CMh, according to existing laws, with the provision, however, that the Secretary of tho Interior may, in bis discretion, have snch lands dls- ^ limits of an incorporated city may be ! reserved by ot.ler of the President for lure contained In the bill is one dedica- ' Of the width of two tods on each side ! tided for establishing public roads by ' Uic State or Territorial legislature ; and t tcrwarda vacated. It shall he considered j a part of Mid sections respectively, and shall pMB lo and vest In the owners of , said sections, subjoet only lo the right , of highway m aforesafi^Tliis provision ' is expected to have an important inquisition of large bodies of land in the j "small holdings," in the new States and Territories lo be effected thereby. , noder the public land laws. In defending their titles against land grant under sucb corporations or persons, by permitting the settlers In such cases to raise and Interpose as a defence any misact of Congress by the Interior or Executlre Department, In making certification or latent of said land, and to raise any question which the United effect as if raised by the Attorney-Gener-al in a suit in equity to set Mlde such equivalent, latest fads, It the good 1 luck ring. The Idea originated at Chautauqua and soon became ao popular that ' Ibe other wm cither wearlog a ring or 1 had one or two in the protean of manufacture. They are worn on the little 1 Anger, and when properly made are 1 quite pretty. A bran new dime and a stout penknife, combined with patience. 1 are what are required for tho completion of one of tlirae finger rings. The center > is cut from the dime, leaving only Ibe 1 off and polished with emery paper or a i fine file. Beveral of there little silver wires may be worn upon the finger and ! serve m marks of devotion from the wearer's friends. The idea is lees exwblch held sway a short time ago, as ' loaded down with monogram bangles, clanking and banging with every move, 1 reminded one forcibly of the noble red > man reluming from the chase loaded 1 Willi the trophies of bis adventures. ' But the good luck ring combines the r qualities of eheapncM and modeaty, and 1 wearer of the time spent by the glrer in 1 patient toll and kindly thought, i rii.- exlraqt from the Ufa at America's i greatest philosopher and thinker, Ralph [ Woldo Emerson, will bo rend Willi deI light In every Amtricnn borne; "His in- , t .rest and sympathy about every detail i of school affairs, school politics, and . school ploMures (lays one of hit children) were unbounded. We told him every wcnl we ebould have told our [ mates and 1 think be had M much enjoy. . our duty lo look after all Ihe strangers . tlrat came lo the school; at his desire we r bad large tea-part los every year to be sure to have ill the out-of-town boys sod girls come lo the hosaee. lie used i to oak me when I told him of a new , scholar, 'Did you epaak to berr 'No, I hadn't anything to ray." 'Bpsak, speak If ro-th\r*V *ayt1ag Id ray. , Ask her. Don't joo -doom my shoe i atrlad*?1 And bo slw.y. wee kind and " 1 friendly to Hum wtwu tbay i sue u> tea. .1 made Utem ulk, an! e ilnred Into what y

A Woman's tuff. After two or time dap off weary search a Canadian named WBBams, living near Bt- Thomas, located kit etoptag wire in Detroit. She had run sway with Um hired man, and they win with a family on Cham plain An officer went with the hocto Interview the fslthlere ooe, rather expecting trouble, but there was none. ting rqom, and the wife rose up gad calmly a^ked ; " Who did you wish to M0, gentlemen?" V . ' ' Mary, I've come In for you ! " repllfrom me and the children ? Where " Mary? Mary ! Haven't you made a mistake, sir f "the queried. " Come, Mary, none of that," he answered. " You've got to go back with "Sir, what means this language?" demanded. " Officer, did you " His wife ! I never Mt eyre on him before. He Is either druk or craxy." " Not my wife ! " he shouted. Haven't we lived together eighteen ? Didn't you and Pete skip from ten days ago? Haven't you got children waiting for you to oomo ? And haven't I come to waits home and pound Pete within an rach of his life?" the raid to the officer. " This lraa gone oo far already. The man must be craxy. " I want her arreried," arid the hus- " Try it at your peril," aha replied. " My husband will demand ample tatls- " You most be mistaken;*!," said the officer. " No, 1 haint! » " But 1 guess you are. and we w$I. " Your name and the number of yam ' wben they were given she wrote them and bowed the officer out. The went too, but vigorously cootended that no mistake had been made. Two hours later he returned lo the lo make another effort, but the wife had disappeared, leaving behind a note which read ; To the Police. — Please use the old man gently. He la very soft on top of *the bead. Yours truly— Pe'e snd 1."— Detroit Free Press. People have to pay for being stupid. Friendship It a golden coin that with the using. He is the best Christian, flofWho talks most of God, but who walits most with Feelings come anil go like Ughtkroops following the victory of the present ; piinclplM, like troops of the line, are undisturbed and-stand fast, i To divert at any time a troutjjjsome V fancy , ran to thy books. They presSfC' 4 ly fix thrc to them, and drive dull care from tliy thoughts. They always meet thee with the same kindness. " Every man should Interest htmMlf In some hobby to relieve bis mind off the knows nothing bat business morning, , noon and night may become a rich man, | is quite M likely to land In a mad- ' There Is dignity In accepting the altuation In which you find yourself, snd greatnesi of soul In being equal lo It. J Bo, the wise heads of the household will not sit down with folded hands, when the emergency Is risrmlng ; Utey will look shout them, take account of their | environment, and adjust their actions accordingly. ' A note by a minor Is void. ' It Is a fraud to conceal a fraud. r A note dated on Bunday la void. ' ll la Illegal to compound a felony. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. [ A contract made with a lunatic is void. Signatures in lead pencil Ift good In law. ' Principals are responsible tot their agents. The acts of one partner bind all the " others. 1 The law compels no one to do impossibilities. 9 An agreement without a conrideraI lion Is void. Contracts made on Bunday cannot be , Written contracts concerning land r must be under seal. A note obtained by fraud, or from one 9 intoxicated, Is void. Each individual in partnership la re- , sponsible for their whole amount of the debts of the firm. 9 An endorser of a note la exempt from r liability if not served with notice of its r dishonor within twenty-four hoars of Its il " Death would be preferable to this . ing back," despairingly complained a 9 suffering mother. " And tha-worat of ■ it It," she added, " than moms no cure a tor tt." " You are mistaken," rspltad , the lympetixing neighbor lo whom the , sufferer coraptatnad. " I suffered for 1 years just at yon do, and found no re1 fief till my physician finally prescribed l Dr. Pierce'i Favorite Prescription, which e cured me, and I have ever since been 1 well, and the wealth of Indie would not t Induce me to be wlthoot the remedy. If „ a like affliction ihould return." " FarortW Prescription " la the only medicine for women, ao|d by druggists, *•- » der a podtite pnarantt* from the manuh lecturers, that It will give satisfaction In " every rase, or money win be refunded. - This guarantee lme been printed on the 1 bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried il out for many year*. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative PeL " lets— gently laxative or actively calhsrtc 1 according to doae. We desire to ray to our cltlxena, thet ° King's New Discovery for Cnuenmption, , Dr. Klng'i New Lite nils, Bnekleo's J Arnica Salve and Electric Hitters, and „ hare never handled remedies thai soO m , well, or that have given such tmlrenal eatiafactloli. We do not nealtate to guar»e tee them every time, and w* stand „ ready to refund the purchase price, If