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Somehow or Other We Del Along.
The good wife bustled about the house,
lieriace still bright with a pleasant smile,
As broken snatches of happy.song
Strengthened her heart and hand the while.
The goodinan sat in the chimney nooke
His little clay pipe within his lips,
And all he'd made, and all he had lost, r
Ready and clear upon his finger-tips.
"Good wife, I've just been thinking a bit,
Nothieg has done very well, this year;
Alouey is bound to be hard to get- .
Everything's sure to be very dear,
How the cattle are going to be fed,
How we've tried to keep the boys at school.
Is a kied_of debt and credit sum
I can't make balance by my rule."
She turned, her around from the baking board
And she faced him with a oheerful laugh;
"Why, husband dear, one would think
That the good, rich wheat was only chaff
And what if the wheat wa.s only chaff, ,
As long as we both are well and strong;
Fm not a woman to worry a bit-
bemehow or other, we've got along.
Into some lives some rain must fall,
Over all lands the storm must beat; •
But when the rain and storm are o'er
The after sunshine is twice as sweet. -
Through every strait we have foend a road,
In every grief we have found a song;
We have had to bear, and had to wait, "
But somehove or other, we get along.
"For thirty years we have loved each other,
Stood by each other, whatever befel
Oit boys have called us father ' and ' mother,' ,
And all of them living and doing well.
We owe no man a penny, my'dear,
We're both of us loving, and well and strong;
Good Luau, I wish you would smoke again,
And think hew well we've got along."
Hee,filled his 'pipe witha pleasant laugh;
He kiseed his wife with a tender pride ;
He said, " do as you tell nie, love,
I'll just count up on the other side:" .
She lett him then witlalais better thought,
- -And:lifted her work with p. low, sweet song- -
A song that followed me many a year -
'Somehow or other we get along!"
A. Little Sufferer.
I'm taking out my Claribel
' This morning for an airing ;
• She has been sick se very lens,
We bofe have Mend it wearing.
. ,
She'e had the measles and the mumps
And all since last Deceinber, •
'Sided several ovver sicknesses
• Whose names -I can't wemember.
I've had her vac-ci-na-ted, too,
And oh! the scar it's leaving -I', •
Butall these films are 'man to •
The Nine when she was teeving.
1. sat up all night long wis her ;
She grew worse fast and faster ;
I gave her Pollygollic, and ,
Put on e mustard plaster.
She's been sCI patient and so sweet,
I love to kiss and pot her, •
Poor child, she's suffered ev'ryfing!,
' But now the darling's better.. .
I hope the air'svill do her good.;
"
Dear, don't kick' off your cover." r
• I've been so anxious, no one knows
Or feels it like a movver '
--.71arrper!s Youolg' People.
Ali I what would. Youth be doing,
To hoist his crimson sails,
To leave the wood doves cooing
The song of nightingales;
To leave this woodland quiet •
For murmuring winds at, strife,
.For waves thet foam and riot;
• About the -sees of lite? •-
• From stabays eilver Sandia -
• Wild currents hasten down,
• To rocks where ships are stranded -
• And eddies where mon drown.
Far out, by hills surrounded,
Is the golden havedgate,
Ancl all beyond unbounded
• Aro shoreless seas of'fate. .
They eteer for those fir highlands
• Across the summer tide, ,
And dream of fairy islands
'Upon the further side.
They only see tlae sunlight,
The flashing of gold bars,
But the other side is moonlight,
• And glimmer of pale stars.
They will not heed the warning
Blown back on 'every wind,
For hope is born with morning,
The secret is behind.
Whirled through in wild confusion
They pass the narrow strait .
To the sea of disillusion
That, lies beyond the gate.
RONALD.. Rolm.
BrefitL -
Don't offer: Mehake full of sugar and spices, r
And citron and raisins; but, oh, how -I yearn
For bread that is home -Marie, in generous slices,
With sweet, golden butter, just opt of .r,the
That bread of hay childhood, of _mother's OWn.
Is still in tuy memory, never forgot;
How often erre waiited.for Saturday's baking,
• To get the crust slice and eat it while hot
The taste of the crispy brown crust .e -ver lingers;
That golden -hued butter, yet melts on rmy
tongue ; ,• ,
still feel the crumbs stick fast ro-niv fingers,
As out in the garden I feasted and. swung, -
And then at•the table With sistek•and brother,
Each armed with a' slice a foot long at the
That seemed. scimuch „sweeter 'when buttered
No liiug ever knew tbeedeliget of the feast. -;
Oh, bread that, is heard -made; delicious,
•- Vile stuff fr.oni the ba'ker's has your
welawhitened walu, iT
alemuffed up and sus-
• picious ; ' -
1:eat it, mad hate it and share itS disgrace.
MELICIEN
The Ilptery of the'..1[01ed.,..Pietilre.
7,govEL-Py Fara Menem.
CHAPTER VIII:
' Why did Melicent love dlintora ?
• Lookieg met upon. the moonlit landsca,pe,
after all the town had retired torot, and
when scarcely a light twinkled, even' in the
.upper windows of the orderly houses, Itch -
cent vaked•herself this question, and failed
to find: a satisfactory ansvver. But, in Booth
how could Fhb expect one?' Has not the
problem of the eccentricity of •woman's'
fondneee been unexplained some the'world
began? Why did the goddess love the
lemma/ Endimyon ? • Why did Juliet love,
• that fearful man Romeo? 'Why did Deieo'
• thea love Litclislaw ? " Why did Hester
• -Prynneelove theasa,oillating
—13enanaeedale ? Why did Henrietta Went-
worth love tbe craven -hearted Moninouth?
• It is impoesible to assign a reason. But
noble women have everebeen found to cher-
ish the weaklings of thEisarth. ,Perhapls-it
is the vleile part in the feminine charaCter
that creates this peculiarity. ,Worean, as
well as lin, lovesto protect. r • ,
Clintolf walking homeward 'across 'the
fields, wad thinking of the same the
though Lae draughts followed -a -differeht
groove. If he 'had dared,. he would have
asked Melieent • to come with him t� 'a
distant laud, where n011e knew their steeye:
and where they might live at pettee. -But
he had not dared, In her unsuspecting
innocent presence he could not •have
bteathect fee unholy a proposition. Think--
beg thee intently, and with his eyes' flied..
upon the geound, he did not see, untillits
shadow touched hie foot, a tall figure which
stood in lain way. When he becameawarer
of it . be etarted violently. It was Mrs.
Canahredg,e. '
aa-Creed-eveoing V,' she said mockingly.
Did you 'think to escape me? Did11'
t
you. know my patience- was untiring ?
have beesi waiting for you SUMO seven, arid
I should have waited if you had not come
•till midnight." ,
". Good -evening," said Clinton, coldly,
and attempting to pa,ss her. "It is late,
and I must get home."
o ie late, but you must not get home,'
cried the, asiaing his arm. " I requiee
half an hour of your attention. Look me
in the -fele; Oliver Clinton, and tell me
what you were doing with, Mies- Du Lys
this afternoon."
He made no reply. e .
_
r "People say you meanto marry her,"
she went on. " My, servant Mary has heard
it eaid, and old john too. Yee, you may stare,
hut there are other deaf-mutes in Delye-
forclbesidesJohn, and every one can talk on
their fingers."
"You hog !" muttered Clinton.
"No, I. am not a hag," she returned,
obmposedly. "I am a handsome woman
still, and I am still young, though I do
happen to be a few years older than you.
Oh no, I am not a hag!"
. "What do you want ?" asked Clinton.
"They say you are going to marry Miss
Du Lys;" said ehe, "and I want to remind
you --since you want reminding -that you
can't do any such thing."
"1• Shall if I choose," said Clinton, dog-
gedly._ "There are ways ond means."
"N, you 'will not," said Pars. Cambridge,
with a sneer. "There- are no Vf£413 and
'theane to circumvent amother. I don't
care to be your Wife -not 1! No, you des;
picable animal! I would rather be Scaly
Cambridge than ever, so fine a lady with a
rat like you at my heels. And I don't care
about the little girls either Madge and Kitty
Cambridge would get on just as well SA
Miss Margaret and Mies Katherine Clinton.
But 1 Won't have my boy defrauded! no,
not if I died for it !"
• Clinton gave utterance to a terrible oath.
But Mrs. Cambridge wasnot discomposed.
She was not unused to prcfaue language.
In her early life, as an actress on a fourth -
rate stage, she had mixed ',with men
whose education superceded their culture,
and whose refinement was acquired 'and
not inherent. . '-er •
"Swear away !". she •said, tauntingly.
"It moy do you good."
"Sarah, yoo are a devil!' Clinton burst
'forth. A. great rage possessed him. He
Was convulsed With passion., Inwardly
Dire. Cambridge was •terrified, •but , she
showed no symptom of her fear.' -
" Times are changed," she said, slightly
altering her tone. " It used to be, Dear
Sally /Pretty Sally I Kiss me, sweet Sallyel
Now it is, you are a devil, Sarah 1" ,
Clinton's breath came fast and loud, but
h� did not speak. '
"You do me an injustice, Oliver," said
Mrs. Cambridge.' "'I am not, a devil. I
amonly a naother; and t will not have lit;
tle Oliver ,wronged. you acknowledge
him anclarne?" '
I will not !" 'he cried, fiercely'. " I are
going to do far otherwise. It is no good your
threatening me. I was a boy and you
tricked me -there • was sorne jugglery -
some foul play -and I mean to prove it."
"You fool I" he said, soornfully.
" There"Was nQ.jugglery as you call it. Do
yotathink I didn't take care of that? Do
•you think: I :married you to, be got rid of
when you wereitired ?,, Ncarno,`nay friend,
-I took core there 'werano illegalities. , Our
quiet little marriage is as Sacred and sure
as Her Majesty's own."
What will you take to go quietly away
and never interfere with me again ?" asked
Clinton. -
"Nothing, you blackguard!" she cried,
in exceeding ,conterapt. "'I am your wife,
•'and nothing but your acknowiedgment of
me will I accept."
rThe justness of the epithet' she used
stung,- hien to the quick. His face was
livid with ungovernable fury. Seizing the
woman's shoulder, he shook her vehemently.
Ete was ehoked with rage, and his ejacula-
tioas were scarcely coherent. After a
Moment, Mrs.. Cambridge wrested herself -
from hie grasp, and_again-minfronted-hinra
"You are a worse man than eVera / took
you foe!" ehe ,sold: " But I ought' not tir
be surprised that the person who will not
own his on .should lay hands on his wife."
,, Wretched veomon cried the yoong
Man. ",Is it not enough that you have
• ruined my. life? Away 1 away before I
Eitrike you to the ground 1"
•re I will not move till you promiele to
, acknowledge me and little Oliver,' •sbe
•Peisistecl. " He is your own son, eeinern-
." I will not."
," I agree not to annoy you afterwards..
'Acknowledge me in the face of the world,
and I will go.;my ways. Let me pass one
day and night at Belmont, and then I vvill
• leave you forever."
" I will not."
' " 0 liver,e-
..you-araef ooll -You can ' tm-arr-y-
titss Du lays I"
",And did you suppose I was going to lead.
her to the altar to-merrove ?" he asked.
" I did not suppose it, but I believeyoe
are capable of anything, Willyon acrknov-
ledge me and your son?" - - •
,, I will not," he repeated.
. "Then I shall take my own course.
-Good-night." She began to move away,
but Clinton laid his hand On her arna,
." What are you going to do?" be paid.
. " Thefirsathing-to-morrow-1 shakgeto-
Mr; Die Lye and tell -him the .wholerediek,"-
e. thays is away from home."
•,,•T,at is a trifle. I shall go then to -Mr..
s,
Phil', A the Lawyer,or to Mr.-Fremaine,
who is a 'thnigistrate. At all events, it will
be known -before nightfall that Sir Oliver
Clinton hi a married MEM."' • • I .
" Thew won't believe you." '
; •
• O But they will iniestigate' and if have
• "Why have you ohosen this remnant to
harass me," asked he. •
— " Wh,y ?" she repeated. "Why'? . Ask your
conecience-asif you have .one left. You
should have avoided , Miss Do Eyes if you
'wantedto keep me quiet.", '
e Woman ! what have You to do with.
Mee Du Lys ?" . ' . ' ,
" This, Oliver. • If you have the heart to
deceive an innocent • lady, I am, woman
enough still testes, I will be no party to it..
I hove bided my -time, and now I speak
partly, for Mies Du Lys' sake as well as
_....T.here.was a-dea.d- eilenbe, The -rushing
of the weir alone broke tiae silence. At last
Clinton Spoke. • . , '
" Youneed not trouble yourself," he said,
harshly. "1 will acknowledge you to -mor-
' ," Do you mean it 2" she said, anxiously.
, .'Thank you 1 ' Oh, thank youl" e•
He turned from her without a word, and
strode away. But she ran after him and -
touched -his arm; -'--The -wronged and indig--
next woman was softened. , -
', l'a Oliver, I have vexed you," she -said.
e! -But -it -was -not 'for rayeelf, and the child
iiii.your own son. , .
-",I know it," he, .replied. "Leave me'
alone." ' ' ,
' 1, Will you cane
row 2" ?" she said, still following him.
"1 do not think So." '
" Do, Oliver, db!" .
" I do not thinkeyou would wish to see
me to-naorrow,..Sarah-e-at breakfast time:
teirie-nie, I desires you." '
e " Like, thie,•01fver ?" ,
"Woman, 1 COMEGCLIad you to go I" be
said, stopping short and, epea,king with
great Severity. ' •
Mrs. Cambridge slunk away abashed.
She was in , The right, and he, was in the
wrong, but at that moment it seemed as if
he were a righteous judge,and Shea culprit.
Almost solebiog, she epe,d back_ to the Look
house. She had triumphed, but'her tri-
umph eatuneasily upon' her. ,. She - had
loved Clioton once, and now etre had Made
him miserable. Should she not write him
a note oti-the morrow, telling hina that she
would 'forego her rights, and remain in
seolusion yet a little longer'if only he
would qint Belmont, and see Mies Du Lys
no more? But she did not Write it. Instead,
she went with shaded candle to look Ober':
sleeping boy.. .. ,
' No;.eic," she murmured, passionately.
"1 loved your father once, but I shall love
you always, my darling V'
' CHKE'TER IX.
., Clinton rushed home. in 'a tumult of
angry and excited feelings, and gaVe his
orders curtly as he threw.his hat and -stick
upon the table. •le
"Call me at six, Jennings eq shall bathe
as usual," he Said. "I don't want anything,
mere to -night."
• Then he mounted the stairs, and banged -
the door of the one spacious apartment
. that the little shooting -box 'contained, and
which Clinton, like hie- predecessor, was
ACcustomed to use both as bechhaniber and
sitting -room. Here he threw himself into
ahleair by the writing4able, and, leaning.
• his head upon his folded 'arins, 'remained
for a long time profoundly, silent. He rose
at last, for something seemed to impel him
toe move. Strange forms seemed hovering
round him: The place Was full of aliapes.
The dimmest' corners of the .room seemed
to shelter them.- To his excited imagina-
tion weird little eobliiespeered at hint, from
every' angle. • Every cranny in. the walls
seemed to harbor a 'grinning Manakin.
The air Was loud with voiceless hootings ;
Ike place was alive with Peintifig 'fingers:
The uncouth brew 'Seemed M prance and.
caper: in a uncouth,
delight ; their elfish
sides 'Seemed to shake 'with a savage mirth.
,They -appeared glal_tooheve_been_resusci-
tated out of the • cobweb's of .post ages to
'gibe And stard'at o man who. was disgraced
in his own sight. " Aha 1" they seemed to
sh riekewithout utterance---" You owl! your
idiot! you gapingimbecile 1 You are caught
in Such a humiliation as. no man can endure
and live I" And .then they seemed' to yell
With infernal spite, and "to burst into peals
of r dreadful laughter. • •
• Oh, Melicent ! Melicent I". he moaned.'
Regret clung bitterly about his heart. He
was sore laden; and therprepences around
him jeered with impious delight. .
• He began to write, and, indited a few
words. Then he changed his mind, tore
up the soiled sheet, and threea Alcorn him.
He did this many, times;. Soon the floor
was strewed with fragments of paper. But
he could not satisfy himself, and still the
• mocking crowd of speechless fiends kept op
their gracelessand ill-natured merriment
around, him. Twenty times he wrote,
.:pear friend; before I enter. Charon's
inhospitable boat I must speak to, you mese
more, if only by letter." Twenty times
he, dashed down; "My love, my ,Pdelicent,
farewell." Twenty times he begone." My
dear Miss Du lays -This leiter is merely.
.to apOlogize JO my insolence, and .tolaid
you good-bye." But nothing sufficed Wane
And. the 'mouthing crowd about him gam-
bolled and. leaped 'among the, 'scattered
papers, and twisted them into repos, and
folded them into Shrouds, and. elbowed one
another, and gesticulated at the. human
. fool who at gazing at them in his fevered
• misery. Groaning, Clinton gayeup r the
attempt to compose a letter,' and .begioa
pOoing and'down the long-roorn. " Me-
licent I Melicent 1" he uttered ever and
anon in his deep agony.
• . • .
He resurned ' his pen with • a stern
determination • , •
• "Mr DEAR Sin" -tie wrote in a firm
hand-" I beg to apprise you
-that • the woman- now living at the Lock
Cottage on the Belcaont estate, and calling
• bereelf eine Cambridge,is my wife, and that
'her Child ismy gen and. heir, , 1, married
her on the 131h of May, ten year e ago, two
days ,after my coming . of age, at St Jude's
Church, in the City. • .. '
Thankine.y,oii for. the 'politeness you
have ever shown .me in all matters of busi-
• e I remaimyours sincerely,. .
OLIVER LINTON., ‘.••
He perused.this epistl twideethen folded'
it neatly, enclosed -it in an envelope,-aocl
directed it to the head of a firm of solicitors,
in London. ' • ' '
"That is done," he said 'drawing a long'
breath. '." I will go to bed."
.He began to -.think .of Mrs.. Cam-
bridge and r her ohildren-hie . chil-
dren.. How-bre--hatecithern--edll---hW-aer
it possible that he 'had over loved. -that
-Yeoman ? He remembered the night when
he had seen her first. An acquaintance'
had nonducted him' to the .disreputable
little ,.thea.tre where she played, ad 'had.
,bidden him admire' that devilish • pretty
giib ,'Sally.,r Cariabridge. '. He remembered
hew she had presently. appeared in boy'a
clothes, and how she hadcapered emd,sung, •
and mode' eyes, and how the audience r had
Yeciferonelyeapplooded. her; ' eind-heve- he
lhad,clappe.d aod atariiped and encored from
his conspicuous position in the stage -box..
And he.remeinbered hew, at ilreend•.of the
'play, lie' had. gone behind.the scenes, and
how'he had been introducedto the' devilieh
pretty girl; encl. how they had 'supped to-
gether, and. hew: she had entertained him,
with ' her lively' chatter ond he geroh
repartees. Again hiseyelidsfell for an
histitit,,and he groaned. . Efeeaw himself,'like spao, '
littleranoth; hovering- round
fierce and unhallowed light, hurrying to
that theatre night after night, and night
after night applaudingthe Cambridge, and
night after -night 'being fascinated byher
Wittidisms and 'drolleries over -the supper
for which he always paid. And then he
knew himself to be madly in love with:her,'
a.ed he heard ineeeself I`vvildly..bengenlee_
inglieFTOTre, in re:inn-1.o aed finallY he Saw
himself wedding her at St. .Jude's.Chiarch,
in the City,' with much eiultatiom and
exceeding joy.' Fora while he knew him...
self to have: been happy.' He had been
intoxicated with -a -strange delirium'. 'Hie
finer sensibilities. had' slept,,until-until-.
He could not bear the thought. He pressed
hie handsupon his eyes, he Strove' to stop
his ears: For the tricksy 'goblins around
laina geemed• to be bellowing triumphantly
that he had played and lest; and 'to be
ohuekling.withnaalevolent glee ever his dis-
may and mortifleation. , ,
With .a convulsive. effOrt he conjured
Up the • remenibraeure of' the grand
another who had brought him up. He had
thought her' so venerable, he had thought
life must seem so tediouslylong to here
anduawahaknew thatsheleitillseenteharely-
siaty When she died. He recollected isaying
to her one day when he was a little hoy,..
t' Ggannie, you are as old as ahy one cien
beLeyuno?" ?" And he recollected how
ehe had smiled -and filiSed hien andrePlied,
".Wheti.yon are as old as I am, dear boye
youwilleknow.".. And now. isa would never,
Ie afield and he •wohldnever know Andl
the unholy ehapes enciecling hien assufned
moee, repulsive • attitudes aedperformed
more repellent gestures than ever, and the
, 11.0,ise.Of their ungodly mirth sounded like
• ,
the cannon on a thousand battle -fields. He
turned iintistiently to another thought.
He remembered going to church with its
grandmother on a day when she had hast-
ened him forward and bidden him be quick
lest they ;should. not be in time for the
opening hynan. It had been Easter -day,
and he had strained every nerve -to, run;
but before they reached the 'Yoh -gate a
guar.' of Melody' had,' been borne to them
across the gra*es, and jubilant voicehad
Bung aloud
Jesus ohrist 15 risen to -day;'
Alleluia • •1
He had panted to join the neavenly anthem,
and be had run with all his might, and,
slipped into hi Ei square pew, and gazed at
,the choir singing so exquisitely in the
gallery. A kindly hand had doffed, his for-
gotten hat for, him and bad put ahook
before laine,,e.nd he too had opened ,hi fi lips
and sung- •
• Now above the sky He's King; '
Alleluia! •
He raised his voice now, and elingthe long
unheard verse, and as -he sang the fend and
steering phantoms fell away, and seemed
to dissolve into nothingness.
'Four o'clock. Clinton was asleep.
Six 'o'clock.-- Jennings was standing
• gravely_ by his master's disordered., bed,
• acquainting him with the hour, and prof-
fering his assistance tit the toilet. Clinton
awoke with a start, and a full and instarit
recollection of the, visions of the night.
He wondered whether' he had awaked' with
the song of triumph on his lips. He scanned
the servant's countenance, but it was imper-
turbably discreet. He dismissed the; man
pleasantly, Bald. Jennings, ashe q.uitted the
room, eepied the letter on the' writing.table,
and inquired . if he should send it to the
post. a .,•
"Yes," returned Clinton. "Be sure it
goes by theeparly mail." -- .
Then he rose, equipped irnieltfer hie
mornieg eveim, and went out.
• Clinton strode- forwaid, and before he
swas'aware she found himself singing the
Heater .hymn in a loud voice; and oehe
sang his goblin foes seemed to vanish. He
had reached the deep dark Pool above the
weir, and there he sat downalipon_athe
graesTret-i-A-busied himself with.the „laces of
hie boots. But he was not unfoetening
theta. Was he inextricably lacing one boot
to the other ? • ' , •
When Clinton rose he stood for a moment
looking thoughtfully into the still Waters.
The lark above still Carolled gayly. ' The
eky was cloudless, the hay -scent sweat;'
rnen's voices still enlivened the air. But a.
contorted, hideoils.faee floated on the water
and grirnmaced at him; and the weir. called
to him tumultuously. "-Come! come 17 it
" Od! • on 1" cried his gra.ndnaother's
"On,! ' on ! or we shall miss the
Easterhym_n I" •
Then Clinton burst into the hynin again.
" Now above the eley he's King,er" he
sang, triumphantly, ecstatically. •
" Corne ! Come!" thundered the weir.
, On ! onl" urged' his grandmother's
voice. " On ! on-!' lest we raise the Easter
hymn 1" , .
"
Alleluia' " he sang in reply. - •
Then he plunged into the black, terrible
pool: tie was a good Swimmer. Botha
did not rise again to the, !surface. ' •
Alleluia, I": sang. the remote • echo;
faintly.' • • " ,
- The' lark 'Continued his song, hut the
Easter hymn had ceased.
• Seven o'clock: A man passing through
the fields saw 'something in the river whieh-
• Oloimed his attention. He started and
turned pale. Than. he rushed from the
• spot shouting for aid. • '
' (To beerontinnede
About the ParcallSe Called Dakota.'"
" The story of Dakota," says the Chicago
Tribanc," has been too highly colored; the
emigration business has been overworked ;
the excitement is about over, and now
comes the relapse. Dakota is, no doubt, a
good place for wheat growing purposes,'and
is just the Place for the poor. -foreigner
from SWeden or Noiway, or any otheacold
country in Europe, to settle in; but the
climate is too severe for -a man who, leas
been reared anywhere south of the fortieth
parallel of latitude. As a matter of °gorse
on the part of the geographers, Dakota is
placed in the temperate zone;' biit when.
wells twenty feet deep are frozen over, and
winter sets in about the lit of October
with a coldness that defies the registry of
• Fahrenheit, and continues till May, it might
as' well be called a coed section of country.
:From a letter written to the Aledo (Ill.)
Becard by Mr. Thome: S. Sharpe, who has
'been -a. resident of Hutchinson County',
Dakota, for the last five years, some facts
may be gathered that will 'enlighten those
who are contemplating settling in that
Territory. We quote some extracts : " Per-
sons East well_d_moveelLetoaatcceptawith-•
Tee-eitiOn reports about Dakota. They appear
mostly written by pet Mae who have never
raised a creep or • sleet' one raised. North
Dakota is a wheat region, South Dakota is
hot, and beteveen is debatable land. I have
not seen a crop of wheat of twenty.five
bushels per acre..; 'have asked old settlers,
and they have not. Laet year the Depart-
ment of Agriculture made the returns for
• his county at fourteen bushels. This'was
rather light, but the crop was the beet in
-five years. Forty bushels °feats and- thirty;
five of corn are good crops, • and it
takes five acres of prairie to pasture a steer
through summer. Flaals our nroin market
crop, and is fast ruining lands r deVoted to
it. Many who undertook- sheepfarming
have given it up.. There is a heavy Mimi -
*graded thie Territory, and much of it
of a. land -grab -Mg nature. Six months'
fictitious residence, then prove up meet.
gage; or sell for $300 to $500, then leave
Dakota, or repeat the...game, making a net
gain of perhaps e200 forIlie six ,inonths is
the programme by thousands. And raaany
an honest pioneer takes hie clothe,' toils to
make a home, and in it year or, two finds
himself almost isolated from neighbors and
debarred from the blessings of soeiety.
Any one eroming to Dakota Territory ought
to_be prepared to accept the regular hard-
ships of pioneer life; Don't build your
hope§ .on enormous crepe. Every dollar
you earn here is well earned. The busiest
man in South Dakota, is, Shylook. His
grip is on some quarter onmore of nearly
every section, and five years will me theius-
ands'of faapeers in his hands."
•
r: Suit es and .F.litts.
That prisoner has a verse , snood] '
countenance," said the judge to the sheriff.
" Yee, my lud," said the sheriff," lie eves,
ironedjuet .before iso was brought in.7.
" The census show that 15,000,000 of the
50,000,00 people in the. United States are
When as 'moved into an apartment
house, Fogg remarked to Mrs. B., " Chita
7tppropriate, Mrs. Bass ; sweet to the suites,
you know." Fenderson, who was present,
thought it was a pretty nice little conapli.
ment; eo when he saw Base next -day he
thought be vvould try it. "I bear you have
moved into a. family hotel," he began;
quite,a,ppropriate, flat to the ilate, you
know." And Fenderson still wonders why
-Birefshould get mad over a remark that
had made Mrs. B. smile so sweetly. -Boston
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foreigners,- of which foreigners 4,500,000
are Irish. These are round minehers, but
the proportions hold good. enemy of the bad.
PEOPLE IN CRUNCH.,
Sleeper, Lounger, Fidget, Watcher, Time
Keeher,'Squeaker.
ECCENTRICITIES OF HEARERS AND. DOERS.
•
As you preach the.word, my, dear young
brother, cast your eyes' around upon the
congregation and you will °beery° these
people, as follows, to, wit, namely, viz:
The saeepen.
He will be there. Peradventure lee
leaneth his chin upon a cane; so that When
the moment of deep and pro,found slumber
cometh upon him, his chin slipped' off and -
with the bang of his 'bead upon the pew in
front of him. he is awaked. Howbeit, the
bang upon' his wife's • head ne man can
bear. Or, the slurnberer may sit bolt up-
right and nod in time to his deep Lind regular
breathing. Only when you casayour eyes
upon him, the watchful wife, ofhis
hosona•stabs him with her elbow, and he
glareth upon the congregation as who
ehould eay "He that sayeth I slept, the
Beane is a liar. and al villain,' and a horse -
thief." Or, if he be so that he leaneth" his
head back until the lid thereof falleth down
between his shoulders, and he playeth fan-
tastic tunes with his , nose, insomuch that
the boysin the gallery rnake merry over the
same, then is it hazardous to awaken this
slumberer' right Suddenly, because he
dreameth of divers things, and sayeth to
the tithing, man -who shaketh 'hien up,
" Hey? hi 1 hit 1 yes, yea, all right 1 I'm
up." And thus is the congregation much
scandalized. But if he foldeth nis handker-
chief over the back ot the pew in front, and
boweth his head devoutly upon the settee,
even in that moment when the text -ie 'pro-
nouneed, then will that aleeper trouble no
one, but will slumber sweetly on until the
time of the benedictiOn, and he Will awaken
refreshed and smiling,aud he will extol the
sermon and magnify the preacher. He is
the old-timer from Sleepy Elolloir.
THE LOUNGER.
-=-H-e-fallstertheepew andelides easily
into the most comfortable corner Fie,
shakee himself down into a comfortable
attitude. His legs extend .under the pew
in front-end meet his, hips at the orookedest
of obtuse angles. He crooks hue pliant
• elbow into the arm of the pew, and drops
the side of his face into the fearful hollow.
of his hand, by means of whioh lsapushes
his cheek up into' his eye. His shoulders
are nearly tan.a. leVel with his head. Every
time you look at himr,you expeot io see him
slide out of sight. • And although You are a
good man, soinetimeEi you wish he would,
and never othe up again
•
TAR FIDGET.'
•
Whether you look for nimeor not, you
know where he is:. He pushes the hassock
away with a long, resonant groan of its
own. • Then he site bolt upright, hooks his
shoulder -blades over the back ef the pew
and bangs on. • He is going to Bit still tine
Sunday itit kills him. But the pew is too
high', so he settles down a little. Then he
puts a hYmn book ;between his back and
'the pew.' Thedhe' leans forward and lets
it fall with a crash: Then he folds' his
armee. he half turne and lays one' arm
along the. back of the pew. Suddenly he
elides dawn and braces both* knees against
the hack. of the pew in front.'Ah; that's
domfort. It lasts ninety Seeonds, when he
abruptly straightens up; ',elevates, both
arms and hooks his elbows over the back of
his pew. That , isn't What he wants; his
legs are tired ; he reaches for the hassock
With both feet, upsets it, ;and in it frantic
effort to- stay it, kicks against the pew.
Covered with .burning embarrasam,ept he
pulls out his watph twice or thribe Without.
once) looking at it. ' He. folds his' arms
across his breast there he crosses, them
behind his back • he thrust g his hands into
his pockets; be drops .a Bible on the floor
and puts his feet iuto his hat, andat times.
'you look to see him go auto pieces, but he
• doeenrChlle stays togethee and comes back
next SUnd "ay, every linab-and joint of him.
' TH131 WATCHER.
His ,neck is fitted o� a globe socket and
. .
turns „clear, around. He sees everything
that goes.on. The man who coines in late
does not escape him, and it is vain for
the tenor' to think be got that little. uote to
• the alto conveyed hetweenthe leaves of the
-hymn bookunobserved. The watchersaw
it. He gees the hole ' in . the quarter that.
Elder 'Skinner 'dropped in the plate. Her.
„sees that Dreacion Slowboy hies but one-ouff:-
If the door swings isa leeks around; if the
window moVeanoiselesely he looks up. • He
sees the ' gtrvaiger in bis r neighbor's pew,
and heeeees Brother Badman sitting away
back underthe gallery, furtively taking a
.cheve...ofetheeinhibited fineeut. All things
that nobody wants him 'to see the watcher
sees. He Eisele so much he has no, time to
THE TIAIMIEEPER. •
As you pronounce. your text you see the
tirnekeeper take out hie watch, look at it
carefully and close it with.a snap that says:.
" Go! "clear to the pulpit. You know that
• he has you down to a second, and that he
keeps si faithful record of the length' of
every sermon you preacheusually adding
fiveor ten-ininutee to -the recorda" to allow
-
for a difference in watches." During .the
serrialinlieTaTifereato-that watch eve* feie
.
minutes, or (re of fence. And 'when you , leave
been preaching, eay, twenty-five minutes,
the timekeeper looks at his watch and starts.
Can he believe his eyes? • He looks at the
watch;• . then he gazes at you. Then he
looks around at the clock on the Colicky to
be assured that his watch hasn't been
stopped ever since last Sunday. Then he
makes a movement to'close the watch and,
return it to his pocket; but changes his
mind, looks et it again, smiles a deepairiog
smile, end holds his bend up a little so that
his neighbor Can see whit time it ie. Then,
with along, .fixed look at you, he clicks -his
watch shut and slowly returns it to nis
pocket with the eXpression of a naan whose
amazement has 'struck' hioa. dumb, and who
cannot actually believe the evidence of his
own senses. If the tiroekeeper cannot ruin
the closing five •minutes of your 1301I1011
you are proof against annoyance. •
THE SQUEAIIER.
He comes in late: His pew is the
efurt est ro e . o
h the door. ' bo ts are
vocal, =Meters. that are never worn save on
the Sabbath Day to keeP' it noisy. Down
the long aisle he • walks, equee-squaw,
equee-squiew. When ile reaches his pew
there axe strangers in it. He is the soul of
hoepitalitY, and he wouldn't dieturb one Of
them for-et;•000:----Backehe-goreie to= a se -At --
under the gallery, squee-squaw, squee-
equaw. Then he remembers that, babas a'
notice for you to read; 'andbackle squeaks
to the pulpit, halide you the wrong ,notice,
•and solemnly equawkabacheto the pulpit,
delivers the proper, „notice, and _calmly
squawks e ohs an e a one .
solemn,'•while alt others. are' inclined to
smile. The oqueaker such a. good man'
'you can't bear to scold hint. He is aVvfully-
good. And tbe gpoder [he, is the wOrse he
_eqieeaks.-Be :r Burdette. in, Cincinnati
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