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IAK MJIOTHBE USED TO MAKE. rJAMES WmITcoxM rnaLE. T

was born In Indlany," maid a stranger lank hisalimU. al

A M ellers in the restaurant was kind o'uyln' him. di

A1s jale Jakewas slidin' him another pun'-Kinl pie

Aid a extra cup o' coffee with a twinkle in hiseye- t

'I was born in lndiany-more'n forty year

d I•'ain't been baek in twenty-and I'mworkin' back'ards slow:;

"t I've et in every restarunt 'twixt here and pSanty Fee. St

Lad I want to state this coffee tastes like git-tin' home to me! r1

-ear us out another, daddy," saysthe feller (;wrmin' up.t

A41cskln' crst a sauoertful, as uncle took his

w aed per srn out yeoder," he went Lon to Uncle Jao-- at

" '*Co(se In and rit some ooffee like your moth-or used to make'-

I taoughtor my old mother and the Posey"onty arams tittle kid IBin -.IaIn" lu (terarm.

-set the pot .a .biln'-brole use esand poured ',m In"-

And the teller kind o' halted, with a trimblei his chin. e

And Uncle Jake he fetched the feller's coffee stS back; and stooda

As suOkUlL fer r minute, as a undertakerwould;

Then hesort o' tnrned and tiptoed to'rds thekitchen door-and next,

Here come his e old wife out with him, a rub-bin' of her specs-

And she rushes for the stranger, and she hol-e out "'it's him! a

Thank God. we're met him comln'! Don't hu know your mother Jimr'

And b the fera her her says."You Itbet I bain't forgot"-

But, wipln. of his eyes, sayshe: "Your coffee's omlhty hot!"

TEE FIGURE IN WHITE. TA Ieteetwe's Strange Stery. 1

"There had been a big robbery of jew- 1Iels from the country r. sidence of Sir

George M-- in War wickshire, on De- ti

cember 23, 1867. The residence of SirGeorg was about four miles from Leam- eingtun, and two from Warwick, andsteool in a small park with many trees.The entrance to the park was at the east ,end or corner, and the drive was some- n

what circuitous. The hou e was a largeirregular building, and at Christmas it q

was always tilled with guests."On this occasion many visitors came tl

a week before Curistmas Day, and there V

was, of coaree, the usual round of amuse-ments. On Christmas e'e there was to t

be an old time jollification, and repre- s

sentatives of the best peoplein theneigh-borho A were to be there. It v as an oc-caslon when the ladies of the family twere expected to look their best, and I

some very valuable jewelry'was to be ex-hibited on their persons.

A PRIcaCL OxNANrrT. t

"During the afternoon of December28, thejj weiry was brought from its usu-al de•oseitory, and displayed in Lady 1M- 's apartments. Much of it wasvery old, including a magnificent set ofdiamonds of great value, presented to the ]frst baronet's bride, by (harles I. Thechief fieture was a stomacher, consistingof one immense gem of great purity andbeauty, surrounded by a circle of garnetsand emeralds alternating. The actualvalue of this ornament was of coursevery great, but the family set a value up-on it which could hardly be representedin figures.

"This piece of jewelry was laid on aemsion placed on Lady M- 's bed,and was gased upon with great admira-ailo" by her fh;ends and visitors. Thebedroom was upon the second floor, andcould be entered in two ways, both lead-ig 1.:om the gallery which ran roundthat part of the dwellin4 where the mainStairway was, anid below which was thegreat al! or entrance room into which I

the main tioor o;ened from the grounds.One door otjenel from this gallery intoLady I 's dressing-room, which op-med again ir.to hler chaber, and an-otoer door opened from the gallery intoa small anteroom, which in turn alsoopented into the chamber.

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'".lt'icr nspectiug the jewelry, LadyM----'i visitore retired, and employedthemselves until dinuer-time, accordingto :lteir several tastes. Lady M--- andone of her two daughterd remained inthe room, and linut away the jewels.Mi-h- Julha, the datghter, seeing too casefor tLe stouncher l ing cloeed upon the

bed, and suppo-ing that her mother hadrestored the artacle to its depository,placl the ease in a cabinet where itwas tiaily kept, remarking to her moth-er at the time that she had done so.

"When the case was opened the nextday, the inside appeared as it usallydid Several layers ot wool covered thecontents, but on removing these nothingwas foundbut a handtful of sllver andeopoer coins! I was not there, of course,to witnes the scenc, hut one may easilyimauine what it mwas like. Wust prelim-

inary steps they took I don't know, butthat msme evening I received a telegrqamat my home in Bayiwater, requiring mypeesence at once at Scotland Yard.There I was dirwcted to go at once to theresidence of Sir t.eorge M-. I pack-ed my portmanteau, took all my stylishclothes and a few ofthose inconsiderablethinrs whici .( o ati.m a :n aderate swe:,and went don oy the London andNi •tI I \Vsteru to Lexington. I receivedthe tele,ram at about six o'clock, and I

was at Leamington by nine. Taking aarrisge, I dro';e straight to 8ir George

M-'.. It want a kely night, and here'ived me at thedoor.

ox TrH aero.

"'Sir Georee,' I mid, 'I amen intimate-frl si,, whom yea were expeetl and

S-1-y amae Is -- B•rooke.': 'Th.t will doa sni*h~y Sir Georgeu

replied, and I was shown to a room. haThere I put on my dre-s suit, and after a

brief talk with my hos', who explained cot

all as I have already related it, I went andown and was introduced to the guests. vet

Lady M--had received the cue andsaluted mue as an old friend, as did also wlthe daughters. wt

"[I looked ar.'und aimong the guests-who, by the way, had been kept in com-

plete ignorance of the robbery-an 1 took p>stock of them. That night I didn't sh

sleep much. I lay awake think': *ir IGeorge had put me in possessioL .. all tithe facts and I had quietly inspected at

Lady M---'s al;artments and all their insurroundings. I regretted that I had not tr

brought with me a young Scotchman, fnamed Wats ,n, who had been my assis- witant fur twu or thuee yefs. and was a mi

elry shrewd, intelligent fellow. Next an

miorning, 1 tew;e.aphed for him in ,iph- f

er, and inst:ucted him to come as my

servant. litH arrived the saute afternion

and soon made himself at hloue in the ha

servants, hall, where he admirably sus- eatained the character he lad assumed. wo

"Now, as you may well underltand, baI had no easy task on hand. I had been Sil

a subaltern in a regiment of foot and th.

had served in India, so that it was no g

trouble to mue to associate with the class

of per-ons I met at Sir George's. I made for

myself, as I have reason to know, very

agreeable and was soon on excellent Iyterms with every one in th- house.

There was no doubt in my mind that let

the rolbt ry had been wperpetrate by

some one in the dwelling. It easequat- enly clear to me that it had not b en ac- ancomplished by a domestic. My instruc-

tions to Vatron were to become intimatewith ti-it servant. of thi- visitors and tolearn as much as he could of the 'anteced- then ts and habits of their mostere. w1

THE FIOG'RE IN wHITE.

"Now let m"- go hack and tell 'o' thsomething which haprknecil the first tanight I was at Sir Georct.'s. I am natu- larally, as welt as professionallv of an in-quisitive tarn, sc when all had retired caand the house was still, l arose and open- ied the door of my room. I may tell you p1

that the first thing I did on eine .shown Ito my room otn my at rival. was to oil the Ilock and hinges, so trhat the dotor would inopen without noise. I h.id pursued this hit ourse ever since one of the be-t laid TIschemes I ever concocted, as it ustrated qtby the crating of a key in a lock. Well; PI opened the door noiselessly andl looked tiout. The long corridor reachine from mthe central gallery to the left wine laybefore me, a ver) faint lieht was flunefr. m a lamp at the head of the stairs.As I gazed without any particularobject, clwondering. i.owever, behind which doorthe secret of the robbery lay •owcealed of-for I was certain that some one of the I•visitors was the thier--a white figure stemerged from a room between me andthe gallery. I stepped back and closed itthe door. Then I li-tened. Some oneapproached my door and paused. I fiTcoultl hear the soft footfalls cease. Nay, hiI could hear the breathing of the person olwho paused andtevidently listene at mydoor. Then the footsteps departed. I etopened the door an i saw the figure in hwhite walking with downcast head to- Iward the gallery. It vanished in the itdoorway from which I had seen it come. IWas I suspected, and was this the thief? tlHad she come to teconnoitre and find bout wha t I was about? Had her rest- etlesa and guilty spirit intuitively fixed up-on me, as the orne being in that dwelling Cwhom it had to fear? b

"'Next morn.ng I tried to select the tdoor out of which the figure had come tland through which it had disappearel. ebut in vain. At breakfast I glanced itaround to see whose face gave signs of adisquiet or anxiety, but all appeared gay aand careless.

a wAL AND ITS RULT. a

"After breakfast I went into the smok- to

tng room and conversed with one and siSanother. Then I went to my room, hav- ping first, as already said, telegraphed for bWatson. After an hour spent in thought, ii! took a stroll through the pork. The aair was frosty and bracing. The sunshone bright, and I was beginning tocollect my thoughts, and decide on somecourse of acting. Where to begin wasthe question? As I sauntered down the aavenue I heard a footstep Deland me. sIt drew near, and presently I found Miss IGertrade, or more properly .Mlis M--, ISsir George's elder daughter, alongside ofhSue. 1 tnow~dland made some remark I

Sabout her being alone."'Oh.' she said, 'I[ am going to visit

two or three of my pensioners, for whoma I have a few snall presents.'

a"I obesrve d that she held a leatLerSbag in her hand. After a few further re-1marks between us, she excused herselfand hastened on. Whom did she re-d mind me ofa she pse ed away? WhenlI, 1 reached the gate and glanced along the it roadl toward the villaee, Miss M- wasout of sight, the redtaking an abruptSturn. 1 walked on in the direction shehad taken for no particular reason, and

:t soon came to the village. It consistedof two rows of small, unpretentiousSdwellhngls, with one here and there more

Shuamble than tle rnet. I was already ap-g praching the very last dwelling, a lowd thatched cottage at the corner of a lanelea'ing through fltids to a farmhouse in' the valley, wheu Miss M- caae forthl from the cott~lge and turned toward me.-She no longe, carried the bag,and had

t her daildown. She stoe for mo-ment and rasked me whi-h way I was go-inna. I know not exactly why, hbut I e-t solved to deceive her and replied I was

.5oing to see wnere the lane led, pointing

to that which ran by the cottage. Etheraid it would take me to a large ipondtdwhere the village children were sktating.h Then she hastened away. As I looked

SI after her the fgure in white came to my1, mind.

ad r warsraLwar urtasou.id "I turned into the lane and went a

I I few steps and then paused, for I heard aa step on the other side of a thicket hedge

whieh separated the "wall yard at theSrear of the cot*ace from the lane. I peer-

te elthrough the hedge and saw a tall,

stronaly built man of about twenty-five,standing with a meemrchanm in hasmolth, from which he was sending forth

.e volumes of siooke. He wre a asalkinad ecp, hlad andy Ihair and a full fawn-col-

red beaurd. At eavy pet-lJacketcoveredhi - body and his lees were encased ilrs breeebus and Ig booeet. leas a bld,

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handsome looking fellow, evidently very 7powerful. In a few minutes he knockedthe ashes from his pipe and entered the 'cot'age. I w.ent ,ack to the highwayand walked on toward Warwick. In avery few minutes, my frien-l of the cot-tage passed me at a brisk. rate. In his goileft hand lie carritd a bha_-the ba; tlewhich 1 I al seen in Mis .M1 - 's handwhen she pas-ed me in the park. ic

"You may Ie sure tha this excited mycuribsity. Who Alas this man whomMiss M -- had evidently met by ap-pointm"nt in the cottage, and to whom freshe had confiled the ulstody of her bag ?I quickened my lace and the strangerand myse'f entered the station at War- quwick at the same molment. lie bought hea ticket for London andl I did the sam:e.In ten minutes the train comein and the w,stranger entered a car. I tfollowed him.He kept the bag on his knee in the grasp stof his hand all the time. Leamington adwas only two woiles away, so I had not Atmuch time to think if I intended to doanything there. The train, I knew,would stop seven minutes there for 'e-freshments.

A BOLD ACT. fo.

"As the speed slackened, I placed my sohand on the arm of the stranger and li,said :

"'Excuse me-- 'm an offic.'r, and 1want to know what you have in tha ;obag. There was :, robbery of jewels at e(Sir Geo.rge M -'s yesterday and I know ,,that a lady from he house was in comn-munication with you an hour ago and begave you that bag.'

'Thme stranger grew pale and apt eared edfor a moment as thoath he o ould spring son me and crush me. As the trainstopped, he glanced through the window. alThen he turned to me and said:

"'You mpy take the baz, if you will cllet me go.' tr

"' But are the iewels in it ?' I asked."'Look,' was the reply. I opened the hi

snap and under - silk handkerchief theresure enough were the precious gems.

"'Get out,' I said, 'and we will talkabout it.'

"He stepped from t,,e car an i I follow-ed him with my hand on the bar. Atthe same moment he released the bagwhich I clutchedl. Then he :aid:

"'You see that stout we'l-dressed gen-tleman with the white hair and r:.ous-tache? He is the principal in this thing. toLet me speak to him.'

"I warned him not to attempt to es- acape and he iaughed at the idea. Hewalked up to the g ntleman he had aipointed out ana gre:.ted him cordially.The gentleman returned his greeting -with equal warmth. I had my revolverin my overcoat pocket and I placed my trhand upon it ready for use, if needful.The gentleman becaoned a porter whoquitted tle station. In a minute twop 1 c-ean entered. The gentleman and l'the officers spoke together and the next amoment approached me. H

TURNING THE TABLS. C

"MIv man of the cottage followed them fcclosemy, ani pointing to me said:

"I charge this man with the robbery of diamonds from the house of Sir GeorgeM- . He has them now in his posses-sion'

"The gentleman, seeing the officer hee-itate said:

"'This is Sir Georre's son; and he hasfollowed this man from the neighbor- bhood of his father's house. Arrest him iion my authority as a maristrate.' 1

'"For a time I was almost dumbfound- wIed at this man's audacity. I protested,however, that I was .n officer and that bI had been summoned by Sir George afrom London to in vestigate the robbery.I told Colonel Wyse as I found the gen- atleman was named. all the particulars,1 but it was all in vain. Col. Wyse dir-ected the officer to lock me up and order- tied the jewels to be delivered up. Sir s1

t George's son, mind you--I doubted his bbeing anything of the sort-took the bag, Bsaving that he would return home withthe jewels and set the minds ol his par- eents at rest, and be back by three o'clockin the afternoon, for which time my ex- If amination was set down. a

"Of course my accuser failed to appear,and Col. Wvse felt constrained to allowme to to. I returned immediately to ISir George's, and soliciting a private in- rterview in the library, told the whole ai story. He stood leaning on the mantel- 'piece and never spoke once. Suddenly

r his arm tell and lie dr)pped to the floort, in an apopletic fit. He never ral•h d,e and was dead before the morning.

THE NEW SIR GEORGEO

e "I found that Sir George's only son*had incurred his father's displeasure bye ma .y evil courses, ending in his dismi s-.al from the army. Nevertheless he was i

I his fathei's heir, and was at once sum-Smoned by teleiraoh. By noon he ar-

) rived,and in the new Sir George M----l Irecognised my stalwart friend of the I

cottage and the railroad train. He en-it ter d the hall carrying the very bag' whose contents I knew so well.

"The gu- ets were, of course, leaving asr fast as they could get tcgether their- things; and I was about tostep into a

if carrage, when the but'ter said that Ladye- M dlesired to see me. I went with

w Ithe messenger, and Iound her ladyshipe in her private parlor.s ""Mr.Brooke,'she said,'wehavefound

Pt the missing jewels In fact, they weree -simply misaid. You have had sonmed troub•e, and must not go unrequited."td "Thereupon she handed me a hundreds and fifty pounds. As we msat in the train,

ei Watson told me all he had learnedin

p"Ithe servants' hall. Younna George hadeI gambled away a fortune left him by an

e aunt, ani had become so involved thatn he had to resort to the usurers. After

th that he procured money from his sisterIe. Gertrude. All her allowance went toad him. Her jewelry vanishedt and shel> even borrowed money to furnmshed him- with means. Finally, at Gerge's sug~-- gestion, without doubt, she was induceda to steal the stomacher. How cleverly

1 she did it needs not be told.he "Sir Geore is married to an ear.'stadaughlter, and one of these days will beg. a member .f Parliament. He has sowned his wild oats and escaped better than'Y most. He didn't forget his sister, for

when she married recently he settledupon her an income which will enableher to keep up princely state as long as

t a shte lives, indepet lently of her husband.ia "How do I kuow ,hat she stole thedia-Ige monds at her brother's suggestion?he Well, I don't know of my own knowl-er- edge, but I can put that and that togeth-al, er. You can easily understand the case

re, from hat I have already told you. Ofhus coursne, my discovery was by the purest

rth accident, as Miss Mh- was thelast per-in son in the world I should have suspect-ol- ed of such a amie."

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i Few things are impossible to diligenceldl nad stkrill.

THE DBR •IMME'! LAST TBIP. only

'Wall Me For the Pirt Train Porter, iler'mn Going'Wom. Tl

"I have taken my last order. I am is a

going Home," he said % the clock struck mdr,the minight Lour. 4t wet,

The nurse looked at•e doctor with a and

-itnificant glance, an hispered :"His mind wanders culr

Presently he lifted bhb feverish head at-armfrom it' pillow. ertl

"An! letters from th ouse?" he in- BMW

quired. 'Thepe ougl t to be lettershere." gnpn

Then he slept, and 4h his sleep lie l+!

was a boy again- •bled of fishing tiak

streams where the out played- of onschool hours and rom• with his. mates. teAt twelve he sudJdenly -takened. pull

"All right," he called in a strong voice, t1 "

"I'm ready !" mIri,lie thought the porter had called him it w

for an early train. The doctor laid a I, :o

soothing hand on him and be slept. In TI

his sleep he murmured: for t"Show you samples of our goods. I'm ytal

going off the road now. This Order mnch

closes me out. The House has called the

uae in. Going to have my first vacation oft

but I shall lo'e time-time--time !" roHe drowsbe' off and the doctor count- hea

ed his pulse. Suddenly the sick main wlhistarted up. can

"Give me a letter from home. Ellen oftlalways writes to mehere. Deargirl, she bavnever disappointed me yet-and the Frchildren They will forget me if my wortrips are too long. I have only a few andwiore towns to sell-I promised to be soilhome Christmas-1 promised to be Home wei

-promnised-"He slept atain, and again awakened

with a start.S"No word from the House yet?"He was goivg fast now. The doctor

heat over him, and repeated, in a com-,forting voice, the precious words of A

promise: :er"In my Father's House are many man-

sions. lf it were not so I would have Ifotold '.ou." but

"Yes-• es," said the dying traveler, andaintly. "It is a clear statement. It is a out

good House to travel for. It deals ,airand square with its men."

The chill December morning dawned balm-the end was very near. The sick man othwa, approaching the undiscovered land as Ifrom whose bourne no traveler returns.

"I've changed my route,' he mcurmur-ed. faintly. "Tile House is calling me Ian,in-write to Ellen and the children that bedI': .- on-- my-way-Home-it's in my rusample case-without price-a goodHouse-fills all its orders as agreed. J~Call me for the first tra.n-1 am goingto make the round trip and get Home tofor Christmas."

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They laid his head back on the pillow. uplie had made the round trip. He had YOugone Home f.r Christmas." Mrs. Rayne. ant

eveINDIVIbUIALITlES. oft

The Marchioness cf Lorne is said to walbe an invete'iate :moker of the wicked butlittle cigarette, and can make one with mothe grace and dexterity of a Spanish blewoman. for

1+ Campanini owns two hundred and fifty IA head of cattle in Italy, where he now doie acts as farmer, wine-iaker, miller, silk- ys'r grower, linen manufacturer, cattle-dealer neJ and tenor.

" iwo prelat s most conspicuously men- dir tioned in connection with the successor-ir ship to Cqrdinal McCloskoy are Arch-is bishop Feehan, of Chicago, and Arch- he'3+ bishop Biggons, of Baltimoie. to

h 'I never allow ,;usinesa of any kind tor- ent.r my chamber-door," said Mr. Glad- twik stone, recently ; "in all my political life, tin

F I have never been kept awake five waminutes by any debate in Parliament." Pri

Dr. Von Bulow has been at it again.Po Playing a Brahms concerto at Frankfort,recently, he stopped in the middle of it,le said the piano was out of tune, and he 11- would finish the piece some other time. go,

ly "R. M. Bishop, once the Chief Justice spiSof Ohio, is iow a cigar peddler; Frank seiJames, once a great handit, is now aMlissouri politician." Soch is the braceof ducks humor3usly held up by the anCurrent of Chicago. toi

y It issaid tlhat Proiessor Edmund Gosne,a of Cambridge University, Englana, who foias is lecturirg in this country, has never-atlended school or college, baut was edun-Lr- cated at home, under the carelul super- th-vision of his mother, a lady of rare cult- hi

I ure and force of character. er- Major Ben : Perley Poore usea a colon mg after the abbreviation of his first name, g

in accord with the usage of the "Father hiU o! ihe Republic," citinm Gee: Wash-ir ington, Thee: Jeffereon, and other emi-a nen authorities, of whom he has auto-

P graph letters with that form of punctua-t ion.

Mr. Edmund Gosse's determination, ad afier ariving in this country, to drop l

e the middle "W." from his aigrature, is olSquite in a line with a special American kicusiom. Not a few eminent men in art,ed letters, and iournalism hereabouts have bin, recenly followed a similar practice, is

in especially with respect to the initial of ad first nlame.

n Mr. Labouchere: "The Emperor Wil- Cliam has a saeacious aversioa to washing S

ter dirty linen min public, and never forgives Iany royal personage whose adiscretion

o anes a scandal. 'Do nothing; amyhe nothing; time will put everythimr to

a rights.' This •s his invariable answer

* when one member of his family comesto complain of another."

General Wade Hampton, it is said, a' imtended to send to the New OrleansExposition a wonderful tame crow whichn could talk nmuch mrore fluently than an Edgar Poe's raven. Its favorite phrase

ur was, "iltllo ! how are you?" and on one

d occasion it put to flight a i oe flock of

bie crows by appearing am ttme midst of them (tas and uttering the words.nd. _

PeemItarltes of raleloba 3 .1l.

wl- On the Canadian Pacific railway, westth- of Winnipeg. ;t is noticesbie that all theSprairie lind is free from stoners. For

Sgreat distances alonug the lir.e, one bushel

er-of stones could not be galhtered in fifty

elt- miles. In she neighborhood ofBrandon

the soil is gravelly, and there are some

e large bowlders, which are straited in the

astand westdireetion; these are the

only bowlder- to be met with ',r 415

miles from Winnipec. Ku,The ablsen!ce "f eartlh.r-oris and slugs

is a marke I •ca'ure . f iths soil. When Idry, it is hard to work ; during the sum-merit can cearcely Ibe plowed, when I'

wet, it adlhre- -o, bard to c irrince' wheels Theand I o 'l!. Ithat i. c D. ollly be removedl ifehy bI, t :ilapd ,.ii. A v.er litl ino,::s-tlre ,1-t h c•' thl:is state. It i- very d:tli-cult * woek in Ihi. conllitioln at it tc.I tnscarcel\ te cast <ff the -hovel or the iit

sc'raIler; ith 20 per cent. unosture it u,.souxebult rt.-tnodles halms--et it:a-tic ,rm

clue. The most adhe: io qt:alities ofthis soil are termed "g'nullb." When he

'gunhbo" dric- it Irkes too hard it Ie illi

lp!ised ; in s5eve ral occas('sll It was tinttakes out with IDicks, in iar.e blocks. l, rand laid by hand in tie 1IoIup. In itswordt csndti n .it iooi-ture i' will holdithe hsf- oft'erse- , akin, in it anul ti

pull their sh•its. .if; Itiis i as oenuirredl h

r. 1 *tll;., at d within one hotl , hitkerh. .v'u been et. Tit authr. kltin- rdrit d ,nd soaked s n.i, ,f it, and e foi. 1it w 0l I ab-or, 72 p r ce•it. or i, istureehi :ore b•eouing "'lurry."

The fr-t pe-netrates the ground to aconsil, rable depth. In the excavationsfor the Inimit sewer in Wiillllipe sI•l, ell

ytars ago, a layer of frozen ciiy, twelve liei'nchels thick, was found eight leet I, lw il

the surlac, in the Mconth -it Atu.u-t.Thl, presence of fro-t ia the lover layers m.of the subsoil is not ureju.icial to the b'

'rowth of the csop. The soil does not tiheave when the frost leaves it in spring. leswhich is a marked difference to the claysubsoils ol thie eastern provinces. Houses mycan be built on sills laid on t .e surface uof the ground ; foundation walls of piles wothave to be carried down eight feet. edFrost has a beneficial effect on the earth-works, crumtblhng down the "sumbo' al"and causing it to fail like fine garden Nosoil. It also consolidates the embank- 111

ments. lcisntiflc Am-rican. It

ifiTREED DY A COON. no

How a Sarkey Waiter Got Even with a alJudge Who Wouldn't Fee Him. Sh

As ve got into Soutfh Carolina we sh'

were joined by a judge from Pittsbura. re

I forget just what coutt hlie was jude of,

but he was traveling S :utth for his health enand had just figured up that he had paid l.eout $25 in fees to waiters and was mad

all the way through. He vowed by his wi

baldness that he wouldn't pay out an- ed

other red cent and we encouraged him foi

as hard as we could. iWhen we went up to the hotel the Ai

landlord gave us a bif room with threebeds in it. A big tg br brought up the

trunks, and when he was ready to go tLe

Judge called to him and said: t"Colored person,stand up now. I want

to say to you that I shall expec, proper Psrservice without fees. You have brought reup my trunk; that's all right-it was giyour business to. I shall want water laand I may want a fire and I shall proba- wibly want you to go of errands, but if youeven look fees at we-I'll throw you out beof the winilow."

We were there two days, and the biwaiter was vigilant, humble and willing, abbut as we made ready to depart the tomorning of the third in comes a consta-ble with a warrant to arrest the Judge nafor personal violence. thI It took two of us to hold the Judge ead clown on his back during his tir-t parox- inysm, and when he cooled off a little the lar negro lipped into the room and said: in

White man, stand up! Now, I wantto say to you dat a five-dollar bill settles nedis yer case jist as I feel nowt but if you ofoto pullin' hair or kickin' I 11 stick fur fe25. Dst Justice am my brudder and of

he's jist achin' to send some white man u,to fil fur six month's." do We sat on the Judge again for about in

twenty mninute:, at the end of thi-hl btime le handed over the amount and tte was pronounced sane. Detroit FreePres. of

YANKEE DOOMDLE. I

st ppeed Orsigi of the soag.

e Every once in a while oar n stional

e. song, "Yankee Doodle," is toe cause of a

a spirited dispute among those, who atk search after the origin of such things. n,

Such a controversy is on just at present d4

and it is reviving some interesting his- ai

tory about that old-fashioned tune. 11

, From the beet theories that can be b

Sformed, it is probably that "Yankee f

r Doodle" first came from tiolland. In 0

the low countries of that kingdom there '

t- has long been a sonr which the harvest-

ers sang, illustrating the fact that butter- o

en milk and one tenth of the grain theye, Igathered was given as t'ie price of their

r labor. It uns thus: e

Yanke dldel, doodledown,S Didel, dudel lauter,S Yanke viver, voover vown,

-. [ otermllk und Tauther.

The air to which the-e wor is were

I, sung was afterward carried to Eqgland IoP and applied to words written in deristion

a ofCromwel. slmostexactly as they were sa known in thist country, and nramedrt "Nankee Ik)ondle." The scng wasbe brought to this land soon after the land-e igof our forefathers and was known ifa as"Lydia Fisher's Jiun." In 1775 the

regular troops, while the ContinentalSCoosress was discu'sing the question of

teprating from the mother country.Se to sing such verses as these:

Z Nankee Doodles4.e to townFor to buyr s mk;

we will tar aod feather him,And o be will John HRSho.

SIt was not adopted by the Americias

aa familiar air untilaftLerlthe battles ofConcord and Lexington, whna tuhe brisid, ade under Lord Percy marched out ofn t Boston, playiog, by way of contempt.ch "Lvdia Fl-her's Jig," or what is now

'- known as 'Yankee Doodle." Phildel-

* Fhia Times.

of Tuere is another fellow who ha.s some-em thing to say about Belva Lockwood's

candidacy for th re iiidenev. lie li eain Wood countyv, anl remarks that nope-on yet was ever chief mgiastrate ,of

this great countyv, and never will be.est who puts on his clothes over his head.

the Toledo American.

For "Duspairing Housewife." Yes, there

ihel is a wa" to solve the sc rvant girl prob-

lfty Lem. First, the world must learn to live

don on scup, and after that all will be easy.me 8.up companies can be formed, the soupctveyel to houses by pipes. and then

the kel t con.ttntly on tap the same as wa-ther t rj... Philadelphia Call.

AU ITION EB TK.•!O AH WB1 *.

KIlao-kina dowS a Wilfe for •wesat)Shillings and a Dog. Th

l'he' Aunnial I:R i-ter firl I S3a : anIt:l t"iutit f i sit nlar wife .a'l,. .Iot!('l !

Thinlllll. farmer, alter a bri '1 mnarried

lifte of lthree yea:r-, linlirg thiat the un-

itn wa- irks, me. aerc il with ihis wit'eti -eparate. ..Actin g ip'lln the Irevtalenit

0 t i nth.it lt) iutttung iis slpu u'i to

.uit iln. lnd .ii I.ilr.inll wi:h fI or, the

Ina r' It nd' were lorl unlooe1

lie cauI,' tn I artile and • i, y li n II .e l- i

aiii ailt'l'e the -ale. At inoon thI, ni1'

tio•o 'oniimerlt'l'd in the ltrt".emeel of a

liare unilietlr of Ip " lIts; tl:: wif, a

Sain! V, I ve y ;nmslclu 4 th-u4 I4 wo anti

at i tl I' . i-' ' I , _P!,. 'cull pei I tt'tn' i

I.'u .k b:ail', \ith it hallerl(r l s'rai

r itld lit r inecl. l' ., i."st, - ai p ki

"'t in:leitn, I lave tol I icl tr i yovlur

nt•ite hi wir ..% ii.a , Annet Thinton,

clit. het eV I hlais, w lh,l I ui'e.n to

sell tothe hliie-t land falire-t biddel. iientlemen, it is her wish, as well a- prolline, to part foirevr. She ihis bIen to cor

me only a thorn serent. I I.ok her for six iml e n:trl atllt the go ii llf iy llowe, aseblut s•' ite.uie miV titientor, a dim•ies- seItic :curs, a niglit invasion anlid dailydevil. Gicnti-uan I speak truth frommy heart licit I say l:lay God dit liverus irt•m tr'tultlesolne wives anti frolic-some wnuen! Avoid them as io:!would a mad doe. a roaring lion a loadl-ed pistol, cholera mnorbus, Mount .Etnia torany oither pljtilential thing in nature.

Now, I have shown yo:: the dark side ofmy wife, and told you oif her faiults antitailings; I wil

l ineodtiue the bri•lit anisunny side of her, and explain her q nal-ifications and goodness. She can readnovels and milk cowI ; she can laaiisiand weep with the smune ease that Vou

could take a glass of ale wlihen thir' !.She can make butter anti sold lthe mea; Ishe can sing Moore's n•eholies, anti pla;ther frills and calp; she cannot i:,akerum, gin or whisky, but he is a goodljudge of the quality Iron long exleri-ence in tasting them. I therefore ofierher with all her perle ctions and imper-fIcitios for the aint o. fifty hiill ngi:."

The sequel of tha stort is that alterwaiting albout an hlioir. lhouison knocwk-ed down the "lit" to one Henry Mearsfor twenty shillings and a Newfounm-land •eg, and the parties separ.ted. be-ing mutually pleased with theirbargain.Al the Year Rund.

Wasted Her Walked Through.

The other night at Compton hall a shi

niasqueiade ball was in pro.res.. We

pat on black dominos and jiined the

revelers. A quadrille was about to be-

gin. I saw a sylph in pink, with a whitelace mask, seated on a bench along tiewall.

" May I have the the pleasure?" mid I,boldly.

"Well, I had a partner for the dance,but I guess he ain't going to turn up,"she answered, in that tiny voice that be-tokens the democracy.

We joined a set which was formingnear by, and the dance struck up. Atthe calls to swing partner or vis-a-vis,each couple would embrace and indulge Rin a half-minute waltz. To be in thelashion I did likewise, my pertner noth-ing averse.

t Looking around after the first figure Inoticed that a short little mtn in ourI own set was eli.ring at me in the mostr ferocious manner thro through the eye-holesSof his sky-blue mask. I glared back

' undaunted. The second figure wasdanced with more turns and more waltz-ing. The little brute glared fierc.r than

before. Presently, as I passed him inthe dance, lih hissed in my ear:

"Just walk my wife through the restof this, will you?"

And I meekly did. San Francisco rtIngleside.

Didn't Deserve It.

a f you had looked plump into his eyes

0 and saw tie rogush twinkle, you would

i. never have been taken in by the ver-h dant youth, who had, apparently, just

arrived from the interior of the State.

He made a desperate effort to conceal

his greenness. Yet she was a trifle too

fresh when she attracted his atlentionon the street the other evening. Shewound her arms around his r.eck and

rmitted her love to go out to him; shethed him in wine, and in the ec-tacy

- of his delight he could 'rnly explain :"I don't deS-erve all this"This seemed to increase her dt votion

r to him, and her warm cears of love wash-ed his flushed c teeks

"I really don't deserve all thmis.""Yes you do. dearie. I know I can

win your love.: And more love and atightened embrace followed.

e "My G--d, I don'tdeserve all this hap-

n- "You certainly do, my darling." she

e exclsined.'d "Oh, no, I don't."

a "Why dn't you deserve it, my love?"- "I aint got a d-d red cent." Carln Pretzel's Weekly.

The sweetest onad food ear ca nearIs sole of maiden in her teens;

The sweetest voite of damsels dearIs balmy-breathing Adetllae's.

ShiTL the e th tou eoe I

iThedarkest eyes e." loveli st lght

It Is that of blooming Adelnme.

e The sotest light of darkness madeIs raven tresses temper'd sheen;

Of Jetest gloss are those taat shadeThe brow of radiant Adeline.

The purest grace of earth or air,.Is gentle girlhood's winsome mien;

te No fairest form of maiden fairno Were match for dainty Adeline.

For heavenly dower love's wealth Is beist,he. Thbe simple sirs ma;e more than queens;

d And fondest beart that beats In breastDwells within tender Adedne's

"You must come and see me, my dear,"ive said a lady to a little girl of her acquamin-sy. tance. "Do you know my n::nober''eup "Oh, yes, nma'anm," reap nded the in-

ien o,-ent child. "Pam sars you alwaysWa- liv at sixes and sevens.' Detroit FreePressa.

ROLLER SKATING.

The New 4rale, Thiat lian Taken.I Pose

eaatonu of the o'oteslr).

Roller skating la.s reached \\onderftul

piroaiortioun in the .ities and towns of the

coulltry. In one small c(it) there are twenty-

six rinks in operation. lIhelow will Ie ftoundt

a series of sketchlies illui.tralinim somet of thesceneltin the skatin:t rink.

A rear view of the skaters on wheels.

-/s

' 1 I

Side view of a pair of substantial but welltshaped ladle's feet.

The belle of the rink with dainty feet andgraceful motion.

The duel act. A familiar scene in theSrink.

A collision--big feet in fantastic attitode-

e Thebelle and herbean. Theenvy of themultitude.

k A1 .aII-em-.oplll.

"Yes, my friendls, yea s!" he thundered

as he waved his arms around and grew

red inthe face. 'These rjilnroatls are

the leeches of the land! They are suck-

ing the life-blood of indattry! If elect-

ed to the Legislature, my first and last

and greatest effort shall be directed ton; putting the bharness on this rampant rac-er of monopoly !"

He was elected last November. Hestarted for Albany ye.terday and a crowdof bis constituents was at the depot tochIeer him off.

"Yes, my frienls, w,. will humble thisiaonopols." he said, from a rear pli -iform; and then taking a seat in the Carhie gAt his railroadl pass read to show to,t;e ,otndiwtAor! Wall Street News.

.nore Io de Than mLake up iHer lald.

H,--"Ils't Misr Paudinzton a hand-et, sonmeC girl ?"

Shte -"Do you think sot"He-'-"I do. Her rorm is elegant."

She--"Appear.inces ttften deceiv,.

SFor instance, -lie is lifferent from jrt

in.- Wlen I mtake ui, Iv m ind to ,to to :party I go,, It •'e-

in i ie-' We'?"avhs Si--\,'Wll, ait r hr. 'i • ,•., ti 1l t

ree nd in~he i oble hed lt, itnikI' u lr"body, too."n loston Courier.