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g new to rem away,"
Wee Sammie Greer, one day,
trete do lust what i choose;
fi velvet have to Mbeki toy shoes,
ptoyface or comb my heir,
¢ u place, 1 know, somewhere,
Ver have again to flit
lhte t*eine basket, so 1 old,
ofifisoridshye rx ttintua, ' be said "good bye I"
dio.ht his norther thea wwetd cry,,
�tatd,
''You going.. dear?" •
,u't shed one single tear,
r, "said & mmie Greer, "1 kuow
es not core if T do go,
ridgetduet,; she'll have to int.
tl quip baisket,so site will,
acnes 'fidget only said, "Well, boy,.
You off for sure? I wish youj„y.'
Sap,mie's little sister State,
Who swung upon the garden gate,
Bad anxiously, as hopassed through,.
"Tcenigbt whatever will you do
'Millen you can't get n? 'lasses spread
tt t suplier•tiuie on top ot bread ?'
One day from borne, and Sammie Greer's
Weals: little heart was full of tears;
Re thought about "Red Rtdit Hood.”
Tine welt' thtit met her in the woodo
The temp eta It boy wbo kept so mum
When he heard the &limit's'"1r?ee fo tuna,"
Of the dark night and the polioetnan,
And theu poor Sammie ilotnewartr ran.
Quick through the alley -way he Aped,
And crawled in through the old woodshed
The big chip basket did he tilt,
$e blackened ilia shoes upwith a will;
Be washed his face and combed bis hair,
went un to his mother's. chair ;,
And kissed Iter twice, and then: be said,
'I'd like some 'lassestop of bread."
mow Abner ER,rrted his School
ing.
1,
Yes, ma'am, replied, the boy, glen°•
•. ing .up front his book,
. It,)d oxine hard on ye to have to give
i op your schoohu' tow, 1 s'pose, said
lttr',s. Si:hatter,looking anxtous1y. it the
-zain, pale face of her son to note the
etfeet of her question.
Why do you ask, mother ? must I.?.
,.was Alrucr's question, atter a slight.
Itesltation, during which the mother's
le sn eve saw the look of disappoint-�
his
S'sli, son, your father`s afraid—he
oust just see---
I know, mother, interrupted Abner,
quietly, but with a tnuge of bitterness
ile'his. tope ; he.doesn't•sce how edu-
•is going to pay.
ri,r've lead more sulioolit' ten
weer thee ever I; had, said the
r ;- who , chine iu just at' this
at, an What goo'I has it rdone ye ?
say edification's ie good, but
al
cod has it one you1 You're
ears old, an' - you know as
atea ;the tetuller, your
tells `use.' Wall an' good.
get any kind ot a Livia'by it ?'
'yet, replied Abner, seeing that
rer•waited for some reply from
ttt 1 can by-atldby.
-and'by ! Ali' the bread and
einiwinle?
the sladit441augh with
did his words eon-
nd be had .great
ttu from a sharp
ed himself, how•
mitiutes went out,
s wrongs,, real, or
bu uowu, it, there was
oachi'tlf in the laugh that.
tarshly en his earn. No;
i :ugh expressed only borne
Hess which filled the seal
leo at the Close of the
saw himself no better
be ire �js�tn;;, and all
ow 141 -oft -hie e. beat-�-
his thin as a sailor.
and hard work, as a
edy,
been season after
ould probably be
e. He could not
nit his boat, and•
ao with it. Had
to holt flim, he
one Dian leo an
MA ,Atari would
t It was nature'
fepl buys when
U,e uw hi boa, 40,11.4ktt •h' flgitwr-
m s> ao /Pel ttrll ed of u*ru3
in
eke, it s not '>l? t .timet Mole'
ap *nt, &utt;V tkae Iasis .sei4 to luimself
ae lie avelked' uno}i,l r -along theStreet,
:flat teach and littlsalta'e terms which
have differeut value, What is little
to one who load is rflnelt to one who
has tet, So It Was •that, in the etruggte
to snake ends meet. the :few dollars
necessary for Abner's 'book* and Ab.
uer's food seemed .to. hie father a large
sum.,
Abner, betrayer, in .his angrymood
would not recognize anything :but the
disap,pointntent which threatened hin
and lin took his way to lois firm friend
the schaolnlaster, full of the settee of
his father's injustice.
But, Abner, said the schoolmaster,
kinrily, after, he lied listened to his
young frien's story, it twins to me
toes your father is right.
Right ! exclaimed Abner, with 'a
sort of angry surprise. Then he began
•o think uncomfortably of the many
times he bad compared' the work of the
head with the work of the kende, and
Mr thefirst time it occurred to him that
his words might carry a sting for his
father.
Mr. Waiuwright, do you think so ?
he tasked, with, much feeling, as the
tru 11 forced. itself .upon .him that lie was
,pen to thecharge of selfishness.
1)o 1; think what'
Why, all that you imply,
Well, a great deal of it.
Abuer sat still for several minutes,
during which time the schoolmaster
studied his tale with earnest sym-
pathy.
I see, I see, said the boy at length.
1 have been wickets and selfish. There
who islittlec Siulter, � ,o
Ray is a cripple,
y ,
Pp
younger and wreaker, than 1, and yet
lie earns money, while I—
ahere, Abner, don't go toofarr,,..in'
selfcondemnation. Let us,„looli.nuw
at your side. e”'
I don't want to Kok at my side. I ;
can see it witja'6nt looking.
Now,, ridgy Mr Wainwi i Alt, why.
i at' y to avorlc out your father's prob-
lem','and show Min, if possible,. thet
headwork can do some things which
handworketitlnot ? You see—with
his,his genial smile—I tun a school-
master, and I must uphold the dignity
of headwork if I can.
What neohlem do you mean
is asked
Abner, in doubt.
How to make Mary Jane swifter.
Oh; but we can't do that.
How do you know ? have you given
it, all your thought ? •
No ; but I know we can't.
Ono laughed Mr Wain>vriaht, with
good-natured` satire. A nice advocate
of beadwork you are I
Well, insisted Abner, we can't
make. the ltlary:Jane a swift. sailer.
Now can we?
{ ltufore. Tkunt he hastened tat add, I, subdue his, impatience .' to ) a
mut give thti it,ake iliOttglAk. eciholare 1 but Alen. ''t>ottuapallerl
11, by any necessity,,v twd Eosin one
Mr. Wa'►urh;ht ated :Abner did give thing to: entitle • i a4*iu effort to fix
the ellbjeet some thought, abet very : his thoughts, , i at leer, iso if iu .did..
seriotut thought, fir the teacher was ; liairt he t.." ttok, •went to the top
desirous tliat Ida favorite pupil should of the tauua: , ial lett down by i, is
entry out hie de,slre to study law, and empty pigeon tuft,
he watt therefore glad of any oppartuu•'' Ten minutes toter he stood panting
ity to further teat desire by making
Abner, if possible, self -helpful,
A plan was at last fixed upon and
Abner was very. joyous. What the
plan was can best be seen 15y its re-
sults, and they were not apparentuu
til the next fishing season cornmmreed,.
in the rneant!ime Abner by entirely
avoiding t`ll approach to the'topio of
headwork, got along more: pleasantly
at home. By obtaining employment
to ride about with a doctor, and take'
care of the horse while the doctor was
with bis;patieitts, he earned a little
money, and further advanced, Himself
in his fathers esteem,
Indeed, .the change in Abner was
so great that the father could not re-
frain one day, , from expressing his
pleasure to his' wife:
Though he Bald in. conclusion, it's
a queer streak lie's taken.this of having
pigeons. 11ow'ever, its better than his
everlastln' tal1'bout heads and bands,
for we can eat'the pigeons.
Abner had developed very suddenly
a strong fancy for pigeons, and had
bought a pair with the first money
lie could save. Most of his spare time
was given to l s birds,' and he even
took one or th tiler of them on most
of his walks, Lich lie suddenly began
to take, to tbei comfort of his mother
end the lmpro etnent of his health, :
The titre 'passed quickly enough,•
even for Abner, impatient es'ble was
to put his plan into •operation,and the
;fishing season was . close at hand. A
day,,bef ire the boats went out for the
first thee, Abner went to one of the
fish defilers.
You know father's , ,always: last its
with his catch, he said abruptly, for
le was cousiierably z'xciled, and was
o full, oft„his plan that he had no
bought of?taking aliypreface. ,
'lases, like enough.:
Well, suppose I could tell you se-
eral hours before the fleet -the first
f the fleet—got in just what father s
etch was;, the kind of fish and the
lumber of each kind, couldn't you
give a better price for. theta than the
rst landed ?
Jouidn't a cannon ball .get. the ,beet
f mein a collision.? I rather think
tis. is the old man goin' to take a
elegraft wire oat with there.
No ; but I'm sezious. if I give you •.
artieu1ara of the latera, will you pay
well on delivery ?
..What's up, Ab
Well, that's my secret, but Mr.
Wainwright will vouch for me ;• and
nybow you don't pay till the fish are
delivered. ` You don't run any risk,
Oh, dont I though ? 1 f I promise
be fish to my customers and 1 eau't
deliver, how then?
But NIL Wainwright will tell you
ye perfectly safe.
\1'a -til, all. right, Ab, • `What is it 1
--s^mi blamed scientific” ttiuk
Never ,nind, said Abner, running
away gleefully.
With his:hither he had not such an
easy time, but after insisting that it
as all Duthie, teat too lishniese, he
finally consented to give Abner's plan
a careful and secret trial.
ZIL
The fleet l,ad hardly faded over the
orison before Abner began to grow
neasy, •Mr, Wainwright, who etood
y Abner, tried to reason.with him,.
hat he roust be patient.
Yes, 1 know, answered the boy,,
1
t
v
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fi
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t
p
a
Suppose I. admit that, what then 1
Why, nothing, except . that it's not t
use to'think any. more about it.
Oh dear L :Ob; dear l What a conelu-
Aion> for a ]read worker to cisme to . 1
Rufus Choate, wh om you admire so
greatly, would Never have stopped
Iike that. HI am not mistaken it
was he who always said that he would
never try to unmet. a question nntil
he ktiew• what the asker meant by it.
Now what did your father mean when
he eaid what he ditl about making the
Mary J'tn e swifter 1
I don't know, said Abner, thoughts
fully, urtlests--•no; I don't know.
I think yon Yeo; but 1 will ask
another quDation, Why did your
father want theMary Jane to be
eavifter 1
So that he cows get in with the
other boats, and sell his fish for a
gond price, answered Abner. promptly.
In other words, mill 'the toaster,
fila point isthat yotir father want* to
sell his fish rat a good price. Ottly he
earl see no means to this end bat
swift sailing.
I tree what you ttre*tt, bald Abner, t
Litt it look" zikiipOwt 1,4 till o �t ltow as
w
1
u
before tlteiiall:dealer, gasping : goodHere's
the catch,, If the wind's good the
boat will be iu in five hours.
The man read the items acribb'ed
painfully on a small piece of paper,
and demanded, You're dead site o'
tbib'l
As. sure as. I stand here.
All right. :sill•rials . it. • Nothiii'
venture noth have.
Several hours later Abner hailed his
father as he stepped ashore, tired and
hungry, and almost shouted at him
Here's Mr Siiupgon, father. Ile takes
the whole catch,
Yes, purviditt' firs aocordin' to tete
invoice, said" the fish dealer.
It was. aceordiug to invoice, as.. Mr
Simpson phrased it, and Abner hid
his father kio'aei, probably the most
joyous. boy in Massachusetts that night.
The P4400118 are good for something
better than entueg; aren't they, filth.
er .?
They are that, son. , But who'd 'a'
thought there dumb critters 'ud know
enough too carry a letter home?
Why, father, they are trained to do.
it, and they can go fur five hundred
miles at thirty-five utiles an Hour. Tlie
hest are called .A utwerps, but mine
are only a coition breed. Mr Wain-
wright told .nee about them, and dug-
gested,tilelmtu use, Ile had read,
ulionl 'then
Read about'em, had lie? Got it out -
en a book 7
utenabook?
Yes, sir. Yon see, I told hien a-
bout the Mary Jane beingslow. and
how you•. cotiiidn't anal to keep me at
school, and lie said if I could sell your
fish for a good Own he didn't believe
t would in eke any ditfereuue` if site
was slow.
Ile said that, eh 1 ,
tis, sir.1Va=al, Ite's,got a long head.
Yes, sir.
I guess it's all right about the books
son.
Thank you: sir.
Abner !
Yes, sir.
Maybe there's moron 1 thought in
what you used to say 'bout headwork'
and handwork..
Abner studied law,;supported . as he
auci Oevoid,ef t'ti ll' helit vegiffp
can tAn, yet tide/ latisillnimul inf4vitr
to an extent not, to bta tendered t►t
in husiness letters
Vary Respet bfuily and ' urs .i<I«.
speotfullyaro ,suitable t no, wham
the person receivil,g the le r is tenor
older than the bender, or by reason of
his position ddt=ervtis some Marked ex,
presswn of deft'reuce,bet the pllrusbe
are too often used title tut regeru to
their sigttifioaum.
Yours, etc., tied the: abbreviaUc
form Resp f .r It,aepeotf ally, setae
half',hearted, lazy twit ot signatures
a zigzag line would Risen ae moon
end he easier to make. They have
not even the slight merit Of Iii Tiaate
or hastily, which at least beryl, as an.
apology for poor writing. As far:, #u+
siwphcity goes, Yeure Truly is prefer-
able by £ar,and, indeed is the best ani
to say something and not mean any.
thiug Lbeaauee the shorter the meau•
ingless formula the better.
Some polite ending to a letter is
bettor no doubt thau the abrupt, sig.
nature alone, and each person may
select for himself, but for ail ordinary
purposes there is no better form than
Your Truly.—The Writer,
Wilson's Wild Cherry cures Coughteund•
Colds.
What a Woman would Lille to See.
Being a woman I would like to :see
men a Iittle more unselfish.
1 would like to see children a little
more respectful.
I would like to see servants do
honest and honorable work rather
than eye. service,
1 would like to see sensible fashiops
used, and not abused.
1 would like to see babies sensibly,
rather tban elaborately dressed;-'
I would like to see eieople : return
borrowed books.
I would like to see simple, sneak
well cooked.
1 would like to see the pretty words
thank you always given'when ,a
service is rendered.
I wend like to see my sex more
interested in good than in bad reading.
I would like to see -the lriillenniun►-v
though it may be doubtful if 1 wilt
However, it is in our power iudividu•
ally to make itseemas if it had come,and we can each of us 'help by precept
and practice. to -bring about this de.
iiglitful state of affairs:
I ant goiug to try. Will yati'i
Tattoo Marks Cannot be >ttenteven.
Boston commercial Ballston
It has oftenlieen claimed that tattoo
said, by the•wings of a carrier pigeon, marks may be. removed by pricking
—John R. Coryell, in Harper'sYoung over thein goat's milk. This is a mis
fi. ' taken idea. Chemists and, others have
for years experieeced with various pre.,
parations in the - hope of some agent
to wholly remove India ink narks
from the human akin. Nothing, how-
ever, has
ow•ever,"has as yet been fonnd`tiiat will
remove a portion even of the okjece
tional tnarks, unless, probably, the
attempt be made iinmediately follow.
ing the tattooing process.
.At Mount Washington University
hospital, Baltimore, an experiment •
was some years ago made in presence
of the writer upon the forearth of a
noted character of that city who
died there. Before his death the man
grouted permission to the stridents of
the university to experiment as they
saw fit with his dead body. One of
these students, ettrious to learn every --
thing poesible connected with •'th
practice of tattooing,cut fromthe dead
man's arm a strip of skin upon which,
a coat of grins appeared. Beneetle
the skin the design in Tndht ink still'
remaining hi sight until finally the
bone was reached, After a thorough
evolving for the purpose of removing,
the blood and pieces of flesh remain.cl•r
ing, it was found that the,resenta..
tion still tippcured. •
After cutting away a. small.sectioi
of the bone the Italia ink mark warn
yap. are. it its yearrtrlurtatiota, lie: Your bumble 'Se.rvatzt was not found fauurl, to kiave even penetrated lie.
went on, laugiiingly, but it's my repos at all, acu
Wien, that is et stoke. Nearly bell the letters were aigued fite.x mono r4ian'+vc"t itirk, orooken
gowovet Air, WMMMtitt'right"tried to "Fours Truly, (s, te, t ttytiiglipluees, 'uruitu►e, stem ,gd by alt utcuggtata.
' Don't Be a,Cfam.
When troubled with a Cough err Cold,get
a bottle of Wilson'a Wild Cherry nnd.oure
it at once, before it has time to settle on
yourluugs. Why' experiment with new and
untried remedies, when this old and reli-
able cure may be got from all leading.
druggists. Tbcusandw bear testimony to
the remarkable curative properties of Wil..
son's Wild Cherry in such diseases as
Brouohitiii, Cronp,Wlioopiug 0ough,Cnlds.
Coughs, etc, Get the genuine in white
wrappera only,
•
Yours 'Truly,
It is the fashion of the day, to class-
ify and to generalize—a tendency that
may be a result of the extraordinary
interest aroused in the present century
generation by the observation of
nature in all its mnnifestationt for the
purpose of deducting general laws.
'1'lle matter to which classifier has
just turned his mind is the war; in
Which letter.writers elose olf befote
signing their names.
Curious to test the popularity of
the various phrases used, I examined
three hundred of my old letters, and
an equal number of a general nature
I've boars to watt; but en multi de.; front friends and itctlaaintances, not
j►encis on first success, I Galli help ! two from the Hanle person,
being anxious, You eauldn't if you In the three hundred letters I found
Were In my stare, but two instances of the signatures
I can't, enyhotv,said the emitter, Iso Well-aigli universal a cental'y ago,
may tie well confess 1'ni as anxious rite spelt as
71our Obiedient Servant,
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fi'i ail tiDviG:"�
�►° rtttNXMP,n SHOWS»
• valo>l,.11t nn xs
New
Atrier, , Ghe pellet
'l}i i $ra fr fi Ouha n
lay tree Plant steals."
yctunt; scion of a hin
fdatat,zar, whom f
Rely m»ntion afros„Sen
I`T,e was;just front 3
1' ereYork and i?u
vacation..
He pureh'ised to
.T •l'sey City end eutf
mach of tlont'se, • T
e sndeetor, when ki
oolleuting tickets,ey+
dark complexioned
until suddenly resss
n!' the latter's torah;
ed to be pnukeriug
,'ay semithin;;.
When the train r.
rry a beautiful,.
coon girl of about
(tutored the car and
aortae) fr'rtn the
A nod of res poetic
them, '1'lie.girl ole,
.Spnnish, and the t
in that s vset trepi
the udue'i'
Whcoere's; ytoer gwcattleiu
To Gainesville, si
Well, git buten t
io fur niggers.
Isn't this a firstM'
Yea, •
Wetl, 1 bought K
1 don't give
P it
h a ht
..ear
0 r
y l:
g
sill yer.
" The girlredderle,
something that I c
hesitated.
Just then the e'
grip of the Spaniar
Qne quiere,,seno
(What do you want
suihis
theting contductorlady1) t
big as he was, but
uitdehinti
'she Spaniardrsrandte Sp
Wit -ming he widen
landed his poeketh
tolyl her to pay her.
$he ban led it b
flit his gal•antry,
Flan e time her tick;
His eyes flashed
on the gentle toe's
threat his coat opo
brace of glittering
in his belt, and qui
door..
The conductor ti
It.was afterward
young octoroou,'t!i
New Orleans, is th
Young Cuban cigai
Middle Merida.
• Ins rather. sew
New To
There was a big
and ready to go on
.
of the South Street
clay, when a colorer
around it, and eyoie
pat interest.
tt isn't running;
shipping clerk.
I kin see bat mu
reply..
Then what are yt
1 isn't 'fratd of n
sorter anxious, ,
Ever ate one of t
Can't say as Thal
'Oen what are y
.persisted the man.
See yere, boss, s
retreated a step ort
when I was only a
Well,
I lost him knee
wrong and of it b
to git cotcbed in do
I ate anything 'avid.
trlty oft' or dodge he
f).,t of every 1
throu„ h ;ns tray, C