The Brussels Post, 1890-4-4, Page 6JIM THE TRAMP,
' I[o was a bad lot ! Magistrates, jail chap.
laiu0, and police had all at various thues
told him so, and in, quietly accepted their
judgment, k,m ving it to be pretty !near the
truth, An outoast from his very babyhood,
what chance had Ito ever 11ad? Left by an
unfeeling mother to die in ty ro,ulsido dheh,
he hurl hot taken to the ue11•eot !inion, to 11
be brought up a workhouse foundling, until trielaeitscrcicusthoug!th.ssty now nut ag
dee was old enough to be bound'prentwe and
f courtesy and forget the
the guardians could wa h their bunds of him but they slue, lone 'eyeless hearts as g
e1}tfroly, A drunken saddler eovenante(1 tering stars L7 'brut the '1'1d -flight sky,
to clothe, board, and teach him his trade ;
Hugh Boynton, smoking 1118 nigh -pro
Ilavanmufler dinu0r thltt evening in t
luxuriate.: ease of his favorite louughtg.ol
11114 utterly f •4''tten all about the
words and the dyer culn which he h
thrown to the tramp 31"111 he lead m•
taken tie be rode. house from hounds. Ji
curled lip under the lee of a elovor rick for a
turned the half-crown over and r�or ill 1
hand, tied thmight of how in his life ho 11
1, been spoken kindly to by a real gentlemm
a useful recruit, and poor Jim week have 1-' ' dreary years passed over Jinn's loo
had a cllamwo to rise ,u,1 beep= a credit to lens head, their monotony broken by poli
the service. But ill luck would not let lint °"art, psisan•ceU, 1111(1 vagrant -ward l 011t1
and
go. He was touted out of an old stable by sollle dozen (11(1 Ws �au'O,l 11331 inside
a zealous member of the city police, and most of their ails, and naw, all t'hristzn
01(10
charged next clay with sleeping out at night, drew dear, 11:,1lit'ifterl tnllaatd( York ; no
or some equally Item0us create, the result
being that he was committed to prison for that he had any particular reason forgetting
seven drays, gins broke down his last shred there, but became it hey in lila way nett
of self-respect ;and when that happens to and ho happened to be making in that dire
marl or boy, heaven help hint, fnrhis loam is 1ten, why, not even hehimselfknew, for nor
sealed, 1 south, coot, and west were alike to Itin1.
Jim came out of jail utterly codeless, with haat had a run of bad luck lately. Once
as wild hatred of everybody curl everything, twee' he had found a ensnal'a welcome ml
Ile thought no more of soldiering or getting 8(0,1 tinder col ; but Ile had &rooted obje
work, but let hhuself drift resolutely to the tion to its concomitants, and choose cath
bad. He soon got into 1-icioue oonlpany,and ha d sthe eared). (10301 'tasf'dld and uor ,f the (pen air.
before aunty weeks were ever was agniu y food for aweek, land ll
in the clotehes of the law. The down -hill almostforgowen the feel ffof a copper colt
road is an ea ley one, and the pace always £ 1 ofor tllc peace end the (3 (d•wear lllliseculed ach of tto he fes
rapid, and so at thirty years of age (10 was 1 '' ' f;
pretty widely known to the authorities 80 f1, shut tip men 0 pockets, and ahatp refusal
confirmed regime and thief, who would not
and sootvfttl silence were 0.11 he got fro
stiok at trifles when unee he awns rou8al, 111,3;"t' of whole he asked help,
Yes, there Was no doubting it, he was an the afternoon was olosingashefolludllb
out -end -out bad lot ! And he looker! it, ton, self la the long straggling village of Narsto
as he slnnched:thug the country
1(ne with footsore and done up. The lights at 111
hands deep in hie empty pockets and
the groce ,shopthrewabroadbandofbrigl
his bend lent to meet tete. raw which the 11ess across the road, and .rim could see
November wind drove in his face. But 110 'ran in a white apron busily piling up
was too much used to discomfort to heed the pyramid of loaves which a boy lead ju
weather, and plodded sullenly on through UTI°e soil t waspt01(1 loo from the bakehons
the puddles m the deepening gloom, half o ch for the famish
asleep, and so utterly cateless of everything eand In pushed it waydinto t110 alio
around that henever•heard the beat of hoofs, "Nowtllo shopnl
until a cheery voice cried : " Now, my good muar ly, as he scanned Jim's tattered appca
fellow, if you do not want the whole road to;
yourself, perhaps you will let me pass," " Will t'0 give give ma yen ov there 11111
Jinn never 'milted round, but slunk closer 11na, guv'nor 't I'M high deemed" ; and
to the dripping hedgerow expecting the
nodded towards the bread pile.
horseman to ride on without anther word, No, certainly not ; I never give to b
but something quite unexpected happened, gars m tramps,'
for the cheery voice said " Thanks 1' " I ire not tasted bite nor sup this Meese
It was the first time any one had ever (lay, God knows." •
thanked the pod -for -nothing, and he stared " Can't help that ! Clime, got out of t
up in black aiazomaut,
arid saw a man of; shop, do you hear ?—or I'll set the eonst111.
clout kis own age, un red coat and top -boots' onto you. The likes of you ought not to b
plentifully bespattered with mud, looking' lith eon 1 bo about the country. Coale, o
clown at flim front the back of a weight•cat•I So the somal outcast went fort! vin th
vying hunter without the least gleam of aver- i
8ion or suspicion on his pleasant, fresh•color_' )light hungry and insulted, and the Slee
ed face. tradesman rubbed his hands and stacked h
" You lookrather dace upbeen longou loaves, congratulating himself the while o
the road ?" ' his refusal to countenance a worthless vag
'r ri week an' more !" The replywas; bond, who, regarded from the lofty stat
point of political economy, had no right t
surly enough—not that Jim resented the' live on the earth. And yet Mr. Jonatha
question, but simply because he was so user! Binner was wont to pose on political pita.
to insults and rough speaking that the idea' forms as the heaven-sent champion of 1111
of a " blooming swell" spoakiug civilly to
hall. i'own to Jim with ea elcs8, easy go,
lettere, and, shaking up hie horse, trotted
With a nod and "go,;,11101c•"
IIow ensues a ward or two of synlpat
aro, and yet how' priceless they may beton
11l'O' easy 330 bo graclou0, and yet how
reaehhug the results! We scatter kine
greetings herr and there 00 we journey
lift+'s roadway, and 10 ! they sprig up bri
flowers to gladden some earl, weary wa •far
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THE BRUSSELS POST.
01. gate and at the men like a 1(1401 -cat, and 80
011' sudden was his 011 set that the,ygave ground;
then, seeing he wasalnn0, they rushed at him
by 'with oaths and threats, Weak from want of
le! food and half dead with cold, poor Ji,i1 lead
far- never a elan10,101' a few summit( he holdup
ley doggedly against. the Kluwer of ilnwat thele
on feeding 110 was do11e for, stooped suddenly,
ght hum Itis a17118 trend the senseless Squire,
e•, and with one 1001 effort managed to roll into
air the deep adult, krepiug himself uppermost.
111; The brutes jumped dot'), and strove to make
lit• hien looee ens hold of their victim; but 81tH,-
red and blinded with blood, le oluug fiercely
vod to Hugel lloylilon, sheltering hie bod • with
ho 1118 own, )
uric The world 1oga11 to epiil round'. -another
feu• and another heavy blow ---a chiming of far•off
(d bells ---it Millen, buzzing—and then--bltlek
cr. night for ever,
tu, ' 11 ext morning they were found togot.lter
ace in the blood -smeared ditch --one living and
de the other dead.
ad Hugh Boynton often wonders, as Ile looks
1, at the white cress which he put up over a
k• 113(3(101086 grave, who his preserver was• 13nt
co- the recording angel will one day. tell how
ori• Jim the tramp, the "out-and-out bad lot,"
011 gave Ills life for the. nl(Ln•w130 once spoke
of kindly to him.
a
and at his halide pour Jim hod m dog's life,
until, goaded to 1r 1111.88 by every speeie8
of ill treatment, he straek 1118 master and
lied, For a while 11e tried hard to get worts
ill the villages through which he passed ;
but no one would take nn the strange friend.
less lull, and su he made lip tris mind to en.
list for a soldier.
If only 1e had reached Yolk an hour of
two earlier, her Majesty's army lead nailed
t I Dr. Nanaen and the North Pole,
h, Thosclteme of polar exploration upon whish
e. Dr. Neilsen, the Greenland traveller, lopes
ell soon to embark will probably yank high
He among the wildest and most impracticable
or of Aretie undertakings. He seems to 1av8
ud
abandoned his idea of tryin • to reach the 1
e- Pole along the east coast otl'Greenland in 1
0r favor of a far more surprising project, As
He he announced in a lecture last week, he pro- ' f
ad poses to obtain a strong, well -provisioned
1 ; ship with which 1e will endeavor, by way •
ti. of Behring Strait, to reach the New Siberian
ave Islands unrtheast of the Lena delta. With
Is these islands as a base of operations ho eon. • o
m telipintOO entering the lee does lender the be- ri
lief that a favorable current t110re will carry 1
n. 11m1 north toward the Polo. He thinks he s
u, can avoid tllefate ofthoJenne ettebyhaavinga fl
e specially built vessel with its sides construct•
it. ed at such an angle that ice pressure will i
a lift the vessel instead of crushing it. I i
a Only once has any vessel reached the N cw k
st Siberian Islands, and the chances aro dace"- f
e, 0(11y against the supposition that the grand
ed good fortune which smiled on Dr. Norden. '
sluold'asuterprise would happen to another (a
an Arctio sailor. Indeed, Nansen's chances of
r. reaching that coveted point where longitude 0
ceases would bo shout as brilliant es his s
0 prospects of reaching the New Siberian f
he Islands by taking a ship through Bellying (1
Strait. The fate of Dr Lcvo's ox110dilion 1
be mud of many a whaler crushed in the foe f
floes that imprisoned Nordenskiold, lucky
d as he was, for months, shows that Nanson's d
prospects of reaching his proposed base are
ho very slender.
e Blit if he reached the New Siberian group, t
e there is no reason to believe he w=ould find a
ff northern current that would bear hint to -'s
warda his destination. The only Aretie err.
e rents of which we have any knowledge flow
k south except the two branches of the Gulf
is Stream, which penetrate northward for a
n short distance east and west of Greenland. 0
te- To be sure, De Long, in his retreat to the 0
d• New Siberian Islands, fotmd the ice moving p•
a north but the track of the Jeannette, which 11
n often drifted south as well as northwest, sl
t. shows that there is no regular movement of n
et these Arctic waters in ally direction. The tI
d results of exploration tlins far go to show 0
e that if there is any land at the North Pole, '1
S it is an archipelago and not a continental u
r mass, and that the ice fields drift to and fir 9
s between these islands and the coitiuental fm
lands to the south as they are driven by tl
e {rinds and variable currents, 11
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HEALTH,
Useful Hints for the Eyes,
Vregnontdy rest by looking up.
Have abundant light, but no1 daziling,
posture erect; never rend lying down
xtouping,
Cheat enation about study after r(cave
from fevers,
Distance of hook front eye, about lifte
inches.
Sun not xhiuing (u desk or ell objects
front of the sttelcnt,
The book held at right angles to the 1I
of sight, or nearlyso.
C'lothing at the neck loose t the same
regards the rest of the body.
A comfortable temperature, and especial
let the feet he warm and (10y,
Light corning from the soft 103311,1 or left a1
rear; under some circumstances from
front
Little study before breakfast or direct
after a hearty meal ; 11(1110 et all et twilig
or lute at (11g111.
Old and Young Sleeping Together.
A prominent medical writer in dtscm1r
ing upon this by no means uncommon pre
tine says t
A habit which is considerably preemie]
in almost (Very family of allowing chil(lre
to sleep with the older persons, has mine
the nervous vivacity and pphysicalenergy
matey a in omitting ohllrl. Amy parent w
eves his rhlld,tknd wishes to preserve to leu
a sound nervuue system, with which to 101
et seeces8fully the tures, so1rowx, and nal
ns ofjlife, nmst see to it that nervousvitalit
is not absorbed by some diseased or age
relative.
'Children, compared with adults, a
leetricall • '
m is positive condition.'
> 1
{ Th
apid changes which are going on in tete'
ittle bodies abundantly generate ail
xtetslvely work lip vital nerve-electrl
wds. But when, by contact for long night
with elder' and negative persons, the vitali
ng electricity of their tender organization
s absorbed, they soon pine, grow pale
angnid, and dull, while their bed companion
eel a corresponding invigoration. It
imde01ab18 that healthful influences are lo;
and to a fatal extent sometimes by this i
dvised custom. A woman was prostrate
with incurable consumption. Her inf(an
ceupie(1 the same bed with her almost eon
tantly clay mut night. The mother liigere
or months on the verge of 11e grave --he
enlis0 being sourly expected. Still 811
wgered on, daily disproving the production
o her medical attendants. 'rhe child
1eanlvhilq pilled withmnt any Lippman
isease. Its once fat little cheeks fell awro
with singular rapidity till every hone in it
face µ0a8 visible. Finally it had imparted t
he mother Its last spark of vitality an
inlnitaneoualy both died,"
Pleynlg Smart With a auto Negro,
The other day 1 was ono of a party that
attended the lnnhrhlle' 8eesiml of the ',�'is-
censin Perms Aseocialion, which met at Janes.
vale, au old and attractive town, enmity
lying el each side of !took River.
or On 1100(11inrity of Janesville 1s the length
o time no 0very nvul Max lived there, A uegl^,
barber declared timet h0 had lived there forty.
1'3' trine years,
1 nu do not tappets• to be that old," I re.
011 11)¢11(0(1,
".13ut 1 is, 0x11, ever' day n' hit. Samhn
in cede dater way in our fanbly. AV° all looks
young till wegits erbouteighty years old, an'
deem sorter falls into d0 ways (1' ole age."
" So you have lived in this town for forty.
111110 yoals ?"
" Yee, salt, over' millit n' de time, putty
11114 1. "
ly Didn't I see you In Arkemeaw ?„
Doan see how yeti 0(11111 1v'o1( I Heber
td 1W110. Ilan',"
in "I Would (313130st wear that I have ¢Oen you
there. It stripes rue that you once kept a
Milers,"33133 Little flock mud that I owe you two
let
"What slid you say ?" 110 asked with decid-
ed
ccid.ed interest.
" Lilltle Rock,"
" Look yera, dal ain't In Arkansan,', is
0• it ?"
a• " It is tho capital of the States."
" Wall, I declar,' I's Ninth' g og'afy now,
it sho'. I eater lib dal', of lot's whet you talkie'
1 orbont—lilted der an' nater shave you, 01 I
d ain't might'ly off in my mine ; cul' l knowed
of dal some gunmen', dowel da• owed lie true
w dollars, but 1 cattldn't tuck ly fix ]tint in my
m ricol1iekshttn."
f• "I suppose you would like to have the
1• money ?
Sas of •n
y you pleases, s¢l, 'cam I got ter i
d pay 110 taxes on my prnporq' dos Oberon. •'
" Lot me see, I)mt't I owe you three.
1'0 dollars, in8teml of two
0
H
began r ,
11 t . I it his tt ell.
1 h ]tend " I c 'e
10
6
k .lar'
sah, My ricollcelcsbum ain't 1,0011 x11 powerful
118 good sm00 I had ,tat spell o' de 'fold feber.
'0 Five is er five an' twice is twenty, wed
s nolhili ter Corp)', Six 10 fs ten, wire votltin'
off. I b'lebe, fo' gres101s, sah, Qat it Wm
e three dollars—yes, I knows now' hit 1t wily.,
• .\\"y, you's got 0r powerful memory, hose,
e an' I'll hater 1'omperutelt' you on it. Dat's
is been er good while ergo, &n' I dun alums'
It forgot it. (1 oio,y," he added, holding oat
l
his hand.
I Then I began to laugh at him, I told
t lila that he was a liar, and was about to
- leave the shop when he bade me stop.
' Gfnuny dot money."
r " I don't owe you anything."
e "I\'all' µ•e'11 see about dal. Jinn," he
s
added turning to a fellow who sat near,
"didn't you yore !lis elan say dal he dun
t owed ate three dollars fur er long time?"
Y� " Yes, I heard him acknowledge it.' Jim
s answered.
0 i ` Jim is er jostle o' de peace," the barber
d explained," en less you put up dal money
right now et•e11 theenu up lido de enu'thit
is er'settin 1111' 00w•altinfor jestiee dike:duit.
Is you gwine pay?"
Illegal( to argue the case, but soon saw 'gives
of no avail. J nn put his hand on my Moulder
f and then I reached for the fele dimes 1 had s
e borrowed on the train. I lacked fifty cents i
of leaving enough but the barber was goner•
I on0onough to knock off that amount, 1wa1k- e
of ed about during the entire afternoon, but did 1
k not attempt another sharp trick.--[Arkan• 1
, saw Traveler.
110
as
How to Elude the Doctor.
A popular physician was recently called
n by to friend, to whom, in the course n
am -creation, he said : "There are ten simp:
recauticnl0 which form an excellent rule o
f0, and if people would but observe them
1uld have to resort to some other means
inking a livelihood." Then he enumerate
le following : Don't read ill street ears of
APRIL 4, 1800.
'_'EARLS OP TRUTH,
Ids+ m1urns the dead who live as they de.
sire, [ }'oultg,
Shane le the dying embers of virtue—.
(1L \V. Sllan',
Langlllre is e.onettl nee the knell of n dead
delusion, [111'1"food,
hash (nese 1lalllge xlleeeee to few ; ,111xf01'ten
toutan'.... Pluto dhve,
a [
C'areles0ne08 does more 1101111 than wan
of knowledge. 11Pranitlin,
elcienen seldom render0 111011 alniallle
women never,—[lienueheue,
(-'alit Ix nut 111U 1•elllele, 11111 1,110 aubetit033
of thought, --[Robert hall,
Good humor is the health of the soul
sadnsss itis p0i00n.--ltilnnilatis,
Jealousy is the sister of love, —as the
devil is the brother of angels,--(I3oulllers,
Necessity may render a doubtful act in.
nocsnt, but 1t menet make it praiseworthy,
[.1 ou heat.
I\'o learned once for all that compromise
stakes a good melee:11e, lett a poor roof,—
[J. R. Lowell,
That which is called liberality is often
nothing more than the vanity of giving. —
[Theodoro Parket',
Life is a j0ureey. and 13e who has least of
a burden to carry travels the fastest and most
happily,—[Channing,
It is only through some faults and mis-
takes that most of us rise tm 0111' best and
final 0hataoter. —[ Jlrs. Wl, l they.
\\'o bury love ; forgetfulnesx grows over
it like grass ; that is it tiling to mourn for,
not the deed. [Alexander Smith,
\Vomer are 119 desirous of a lover whorl
ether mets try to hold as men are of 1110 wo
(31e11 whom othermendesire..—(Balzac,
Rath eilthllal}1an111, good 80Ulely
Were nailing hitt moral inebriety.
[1)yron.
\\'e are apt to be kinder' to .tete brute that
loves us than we are to the wnuuan, is it
h0cattxe 110111001331'edtilld,(--'[lleo rge 1'aio1.)
Ill my y•ont11 I thought of writing a entire
on mankind 3 lint now in my age I think I
81oub1 write en tpologgy for tit0m, —(Horace
alipol5.
IIe who is passionate and hasty in gener-
ally honest. It is your cool diescn111ling
hypocrites of whore you should beware—.
[Lavater•.
After a 11 m111er of years of married life a
w•oilual learns to let her 1108111101 lave his
own way in some important matters. --.[W.
I), Howells.
Let urs not dream that reason can be pop-
ular. I'assione, emotions may be made
popular, but reason remains ever the great
property' of the elect few. --(Goethe.
Iu 0. mals halide silence is the meet ter-
rible of all protests to the woman who loves
him. Violence she etre endure. Words she
is always ready' to meet with words on het'
side. But silence comment hen—(W Col.
side,
0
0
If a man hue reason without passion, or
11(001m1 without reason, be might have
onto degree of peace ; lint possessing bout 11e
s i❑ a state of perpetual w'ar'fare, for peace
with one is {tar with the otter. 1 -Io !s ldivid-
ilagainst hin10e1L—[1'asual.
The question is not yet settled whether
11113111000 is or is not the loftiest intelligence;
b•hother much that to glorious, whether ail
that is profound does not spring from die.
ase of thought, from moods of Mind excited
t the expense of general intelligence,—
Edgar Allmu Poe.
T11oy'.r"he tears that fall into the new
rade grrr ' that 0eruent the power of the
Hest. For the ely of the soul that loves
n1loses is this, only this, "Bridge 0001
dead ; bind the here {vi(h the horeeftor ;
ause the mortal to robe itself in immortality ;
et me say of my dead that it is not dead.
will believe all else, bear all else, endure
11 else, "—[Olive Schreiner.
such as 11e took him utter! bysurprise. I masses. 'l'1ten, Indeed, his sympathy Howe
"Going home ?" Y 1 Dat in such a mighty torrent towards ell
1101 gave m contemptuous grunt. " Novo'', universal brotherhood of man that thele wn
he yam, ve a of not s much las a drop left to give a crust o
Poor chap ! But you lire somewhere, I' even a civil word to a starving tramp at hi
suppose I door.
1' e ?" Three times did Jim try his lack clown til
"011 yes "—with a grim chuckle—"I litre' i
somevvherea—alywheres, I'se not like some ungth of the village street, with no better
folks, must have everything ti 1•top, No ; success ; and then Ile gave it up and bitterly
Mit the houses of his fellow -creatures behind
that's not my style. Ye've a big house, w him and fused the bleep open country again. ' A Mind -Reader,
•course, and lots of slaveys to waft on ye
tier jolting vehicles. Don't pick the teetl
vith pins or other hard substances, Don'
egleot any opportunity to insure a varier
f food. Dont eat hot and cold thin
mediately i1 sueeessi00. Don't pampa
le appetite 'with such variety of food tl1
ay lead to excess, Don't rend, write o
o
any delicate work unless receiving tel
ght from the left side, Don't direct specie
ental or physical energies to more that
t 0
y' T�\ Paris correspondent of theCoarrier elex a
thing
I lives just whore I can, and has to fend fo•r' He dragged himself along fora few weal
'mysei, and don't often get my meals reg lar." "tiles, then opening a gate crawled into
And the cruel contrast between himself half ruined cowshed and flung himself
'and los companion filled the tramp's heart furthest
some blacken and straw litter fu tet
with bitter thoughts. Whyhave them, and dozed off. \\'lion 1
ir,ice up 1110 moon had risen, and was stun
all o goodthingsas of !dao and others none of in., in thou b the alnillks of the roof, an
them ? Hera was a man no older that hien- I Tint could s e the country -side was white
self with fine clothes on his hack and a horse' M1vitlt 0110µr. He shivered and buried hinsel
to carry hila ; while hq poor fellow, had to (,,,mplotely in the bracken and tried t
trudge along ankle deep in the mud with sleep again and forget the eol(1 and hi
scarcely a \Mole thread to cover him
A Famous French Regiment.
Ela(.i Milo gives an interesting account of the [
• Fifth Hussars, in the Frencharmy. In all pro•I
at bability this regiment µ•i11 be at the head of f,
r the breech forces on the first eugagonlont in n
e the coming war with Germany. It Wee first a
I hammed the llealta0bre•Hussars, and fonght
t ]n the seven •ears' 13•(11•. Lntcr On It
eight hots work ill each day, Don't keep
e parlor dark if you value your own and
your eluklren's health. Don't delude your
into the belief that you are an excep
on so far as sleep is concerned ; the 110111 1 -
al average of sleep is eight hours. Don't
ndoavor to rest the 3,110(1 by absolute inaot-
vity, let it rest in work in other charnels,
and thus rest the tired part of the brain.
Duclely—" Too 10ok at me as if yon th
1 thought I was a fool, eh ?"
dow • Stranger—" Why, no ; you can't be snob self
e a fool, attorall. Your remark allows that el
to you reacts, man's thoughts at a glance-
d How He Compromised With Oonsoienoe • ( i
A man, who ut were base flatter' to call
f John Smith, came into this office this nlorn-
o ing and ()fraud the following advertisement
s for publication:
e "Notice.—If the homely woman about
1 forty years of age who lost apocketbook con- P
• tabling 81.1.13, on Spadeina'a0ue this morn-
ing, will apply to — she can have the money tq
by haying for this notice." . 11
o explained that he had seen the woman ria
drop the pocketbook, but that ho wag aux• di
1 10l(s to keep the contents, and he was of the
opinion that no woman fm• as small a sum las 80
$14,157 would 000r answer to the advertise. 011
ment as he had written it an
tenger. He had almost snocooded, when th
off and more horse w ; it at least hada; sound of voices cause to hint on the stir
warm,d1y stable and plenty of food waitingI tete 1 theht shedand ,
minute later three men en
ator
133, t oflehe had bread to eat never a resthlg•plaoe nori " Curse the cold !" growled one ash() drew
Again the cheery, 1(i 011 tones startled' Iia: Ck urse st within n oh meiaan," said another, as
Is oppose Pt You have friends somewhere, he leaned a thick oak cudgel against the war
' and began to blow mien his numbed fingers
"r No ; not me 1 There's never a single " I'll do more than curse him when 3311
soul, guv'nor, in this wide world as cares al time comes," answered the .first speaker,
rap for me ; and when I lies down some clay, " Ay, he'd hest 11ot have taken na i' halo.
and dies in a ditch, there'll noon be, man,' Says he when with the rest of t'heaks 1 e
the Colonel-([enotal Hussars, and at the out•'
break of the revolution it received its present 1 e
- name. It took an active ]part in the battles i a
- of Vasey, p ignies, kind i
General Hints,
Strong salt and water and diluted cam -
totaled alcohol given alternately and in
tantities to merely keep' the mouth and
real wet, are recommended for diphtheria
atient0. A gargle of sulphur and water
s also proved of value in the treatment of
pltlte'ia.
Inflammation eau be rapidly reduced by a
lotion of salt, and for a weakened or die -
sed membrane local applications of salt
d water act as magic. In eases of sore
woman, or child, as'll miss me, None'll be. sentenced Tim and Jeff : ' The poaching
sorry, 'ceptin' the parish bums as'11 have to rascals shall be stopped, if I have to do i
put me underground, and they'll grudge single-handed, "'
laugh
oof that
oevh ed on, the gave
awashrortnugly " Well, he'll be single•haldecl tonight
squish, squishing oitt of the gaping rents of can try s, for he's no groom wd' him, So lie
hhis old boots at every step. He quite ex- can tea' what he's good for wi' three ov us
leave him ected the
to r swethe llrapidlydoe of off now and eh, He'll find it a tough job, I'm thinking.'
gloom " Is t'wire right, Bob ?'
and the wild, cheerlesenight ; but the horse 'r Surely I Iris mare steps high ; but I've
wwas s kept
1(a again alongside of him, cul his 'lowed for it, and she'll patch beautifully.
It's past twelve nowt ho oughtn't to be
long."
• Hist I mate ; there's wheels. Now fort-
Come ou."
The throe mon went out quickly, and Jim,
th
And Didn't Pa Catch It ? sh
is
t Tommy —"Gran'ma, aren't you going
into the kitohen ? They're maltingg such a in
jolly lot of mince pies." Tommy's Maternal w
Grandmother—"I, my clear ? Bless nlysoul, fn
no I Your mamma and cook will see to th
W10m," Tommy—" Oh, but pa told ma to- {vi
day that you wanted to Have a finger unevery of
" Can't you got into regular work and
1 eave this tramp business ?"
"No ; bhere's none'll have the likes of me,
I don't look respectable enough," '
" Nonsense, 171all. Don't get down on
your luck, but pick yourself up. Now, look
, here ; I will give you a chance myself, if
you will take it"
[ Jim could not believe his ears. Some one
e actually talking to him as if he 100,8 all hon.
/ est man, and not some sort of vermin or
venomous beast, A real " tip.top gentle- own the lane. It was occumed by ono
man," too. He must be muddled. But the figure only, the red glow of whose cigar
brown eyes were looking coolly enough at gleamed in the frosty ear ; and Just as the
him, and. their owner was saying, " Well, e 0 i reac ied Jim he SaW the hoese
what do you say?" suddenly plunge and stagger forward. The
" Yer don't know what I be ; a bad wire -snare had done its ivork, the althea'
I I've been in quod of 1 enough," blurted fell heavily, and tho driver, thrown off his
jim, feeling soinehow he could not take balance by the shock, shot Olit on tO the
his new.found patron in. 1 8110W, Before he could rise, the mon were
"I clare say you have, and deserved it,. mmn him but somehow he managed to
too. But believe you can pull around yet alialce them clear and struggle tu Ills feet.
if you like; and, 0,8 I Sidd, I Will give you He face I tl 1 1 11 , d ' 1
; the chance of regular work and pay. Will it right end left homier which sent 011e to the
you take it ?" ground, but the other two closed in upon
In the depth of Jim's warped nature there him.
glimmered something liko a spark of gratie chin loolted en with languid interest. Bvi.
tude and a dim longing after a: new life, for dently it WILS some =gland° 'waylaid by
moMent ; but old habits were too strong t ea men who had a score to settle apinst
for Inm, and the clouds closed darker again him. It was no business of life, anyway, and
as he shook his head and said in 10111,10 which though three to one 'was hardly fair ho
tried to be civil " No, guyeior ; yer mean was not going to interfere, The gentlemen
well ; hut it's im go now. I'm no good for fought well, whoever he Wall, and again
enythink but, etulging end tramping, an' I tient an =intuit backward with a well got
Want to work for any master—an' in blow. But the odds were too heavy. and
neyther." the cudgels told. Ho began to stagger and
expected tin angry lecture and round give ground, and a blow on the head boat
abuse for refusing ; hut the other said quiet- him dovni, "Give it him, lads, if we swing
ly, stroking his hoot with the handle of his for't," cried the tallest of the throe villains,
hunting-erop ; "'Met is a dangerous way of jumping upon him, triad and blind with
thinking, my Mend, and evill got you into rage,
teouble again. 'Yee aro a fool not to beyond A my of numlight fell upon the upturned
pull up a bit ; but you know your own af- face of the fallen man: it was thatof the gen.
'fairs best. Well, here is a suppee and a bed Oman who five years ago had talked with
for you anyway, Look out." Ire tossed a jim in the lane; In ithinettuithewae over the
folluwing to the door, Saw them lear into
the road and hide in the hedge t o
roet, sore eyes or catarrhal affections,
nple salt ancl miter as a, gargle or douche,
ti most efficacious applleation.
For rheumatism teke celery and °taint°
eh pieces, and boil in water until soft. ITO
Mar must be poured off unless dreatk by the
valid. Then take new milk, slightly
token with flour, flavor with nutmeg and
toasted bread, and eat with potatoes.
Didn't Like The Teacher,
Are yon still taking paIntnig lessons,
Mamie ?" "No ; left off yesterday. I
don't like my teacher." "Why not?" "He
has such a disagreeable way of talking. Ho
.Et is as truly a religious work to pass ood
Doubt is faith in the main, but faith, on
the whole is doubt
I'm not one o' those 115 00,11 800 the eat i'
the dairy, and wonder what she's come af-
told me that if I kopt ou for some time long;
er I might be able to whitewash a fence.
potato dole ; then he stole down to the grate,
out of mere curiosity to watch what Omit
game was. In a few minutes the ring of
hoofs grow louder, and a high -wheeled dog-
cart spinning round a corner (tame rapidly
"Liters Scripts,"
W000r—"0 Miss -0 Lavinia I may I not
still hope —or is your cruel rejeotion of my
"Yes, Mr, Brown, I seriously desire you
will regard it so." Wooere—"Then, cleatTst,
from adjacent writing table ).—"to—ah--
put it on paper I shall feel safer
A Warning To Baby.
Mother ho 111111001.'S
(NAV tootiy ; muzzor loves her little darling
evenly (Whe 1111,9 inst been spanked) --
Don't you belieee her, baby, When you
(sob) grow up she'll spank you, t•t•too
A Matter of Fashion,
clut.,s, You know the bustle has gone out,"
A Survival of Paganism,
The judge—What is your Christian name
Johnson ?
Mr, el 01111Si7 —Itain't got none, salt, My
laws as it is to preach sermons; as fy
work to lead a,crusade against filth, vice and
diseese in shuns and cities, and to seek the
abolition of the disgreoeful tenement houses
of our oities, as it Is to send missionaries
to the heathen,
Religion m its purity is not so mach a
pursuit; 0,0 0, 'Wolper; or rather, it is a temper
loadin : to the ursuit of all that is high
and ho y. Its oundation is faith i its ao.
Mon, works ; its temper, holiness; Its aim,
obedience to God in improvement; of self
19 woman s young and pretty, X think
you can see her good looks all the better for
hor being plainly dressed, It seems to me as
a women's face &mina want flowers ; its al.
most a flower Itself, It s like when a, mon's
singing a good tune, you don't want t' hear
bells tinkling and interfering wi' the sound,
After till, the most natural beauty tho
world 15 honesty and moral truth. For all
beauty is true. l'ute features make the
beauty of a face ; and true proportions the
beauty of at;chiteeture ; as true measures
that of hmenoey and nursie, In poetry,
Which is till fable, truth stints the porfoetion.
Why poison your happiness with hatreds ;
vith thoughts of retaliation ; with bitternees
of fooling Revenge tho weapon of the
oolish. Anger is the langeage of the vulgar.
To make another stiffer is the tel.& of &mean
ature. To smile whon others frown ; to ex -
fust mune am upitor, 1
tend the hand to ono who has injured you •
The Epicure, t
Amid Membley, l'
" Well, many people like their game protty t
o bo as polite to your wife as you wore
our sweethetut ; be, at haat as kind to
ott. children as you are to your pot dog—
hese are Inallta of beauty, for " betuttylivos
with kindness,"
Jenmla os \\ art 1
other engagements i1 Holland, Germany
Spain, and 'lessee It 11,11 a land in a:
the groat military 0ffaisr, mud several tinge.
mind the eulogies of the first Napoleon
Why, elle vet' horse was a long way Letter
n January, 1:02, it performed the stranges
feat that was over accomplished by any
cavalry regiment since the world. began
namely, the cepture of an eetire fleet A
that time the Dutch war vessels got fast 11
the ice of the Texel. A cavalry charge wa
alma the last thing the Admiral expected
but that is just what he received,and the los
of ell his vessels was the -consequence, At the
battle of Hohoulintlee, in 1800, the Fiftl
Hussars decided. tlia contest by temente:
charges and the capture of eighty guns. h
1808, after Them, it formed a patt of the fain
ous "infernal brigade " of Gen. Lasalle, and
captured the fortress of Stettin It was this
extraordinary exploit that brought out
Napoleon's later to Maynt ; "Mince yom
hussars can take fortresses, I may as woll
dismiss my corps of engineers and have My
heavy artillery molted.'
During the Franco•Pettssian war this regi-
ment did some of the hardest fighting. At
the battle of Rem:twine it saved several guns
that wore on the point of being taken by the
Prussians, and ab Bitche it contributed to
the splendid defence of the plaoe and came
out with all the honors of war along with the
rest of the garrison, which hold out until
after the treaty of peace,
The Fifth Hussars is atpresent commanded
by Col. Brice, a daring soldioe, whose value
is well knolvn in military circles. It is sta•
tioned at Pont•a•Mousson, ancl forms the ex.
A little incident emunicted with Stanley s
travels on the Congo, after Ills first trip
down the river, is told by his comrades in
African toil, although Ile did not thith it
worth while to allude to it in the two big
t volinnes in which he gave the history of the
founding of the Free State. When the OX -
8 plater was prepaying to ascend the river
among the tribes who bad fought him SO
terly a few years before, he wait apprehensive
lest hie mission of peace among tile natives
,1 should be thwatted by their memerics of the
red-hot times they had when they did their
1 utmost to add hiln and his party to their
culinary supplies. He thought it would be
wise to conceal from them the fact that he
Nt le pal tioular htte Man Who had time
and again defeated them In battle.
As Stanley had no idea that their recol-
lection of his persomd appearance wive ViVid,
110 imagined that he iinght be tible to pass
among meet of the hostile tribes as some
, other man. The explorer was encouraged
to think he would not be recognized as the
only 8tanley by. the faa that when he first
floated down the river his hair was nearly
white, while now it had resumed its origin-
al color, As &further precaution he decided
Ile greatly surprised his oommdes ono Morn-
itg-by appearing with a clean-shaven face.
, made considerable change in his appear-
, atm, and he thought that tho natives would
' not detect the slightest resemblance to the
', man with flee terrible shooting irons who had
sent them howling to the shore every time
failure,because he was recognized everywhere
atnong the few friendly tribes who had sold
lihn provisions on his way down, They sent
word up the river a good deal fester than he
could travel that Tendele, the white Mall
whose doings had been the talk of all the
tribes for many moons, had come again. He
heaed Tendele shouted at, him before he land-
ed at Bangala, whoro ho had had his hardest
fight. Fortunately his past record did nob
prevent his making friends with the very
savages whe bad tried to kill him. The moust-
ache had been needlessly sacrificed.
trout° advance maul of the French army,
within sight of t ie city of Metz,
A Bed of Tea Roses,
Abed of tea roses may not, perhaps, make
such a brilliant, showy parterre in the me -
den as ono of coleus and geraniums, but it
will surely prove to be the spot where the
real lovee of flowers spends the most time
atid finds the most pleasure, for there is al-
ways some fresh oilmen &boa it ; some now
waxen bud of "novolt ," or an old favorite
Nob openireg; seine talf-exprinded flower,
rioh awl full. and meet, whose odor is entic-
ing, and intoxicating; some royal blossom,
which is jeet the thing for the unitive of a
bouquet you ere tnaktng, yet which you mit
very carefully, There is nothing in the worlcl
of Rowel% which has such au over-froell, per -
ritual, drawing charm about it as the rose.
ush ; no other flower so dainty and elegant
and captivating tu as perfect beauty to every
sense whielt ie can gratify as a rose, To
study and gratify the quips and tildes and
cameos of one's favorite flower is -deo an
unfeeling soma: of pleasure, and I cannot
imagine time more pleasantly spent than in
working over 0, rosebud, and wetchiug the
eepoese mado ingrowth and blossom to some
anticipated need, new disoovory in culture
or method of ministering to its comfort.
Mr, Dolly—Jack and sat them smoking
eigarottes and blowing dugs.
Oldgiel—HowIwish I had been there.
Miss Oldgirl—Mo Temild have run the third
finger of my loft hand throtIgh ono of the rings
Mary Anu all Right,
"An' have yo heaed free, Mary Ann
since ye was WWII' me she tuck sick, Mrs,
O'Reherty ?"
they mils it It's a very catchin' tli
among the female actors ivory 1101V ell'
them It seines that they all do gib sick
once hi a whelk, wid ; an' ay worse,
Mary Ann, it-Andy/in' for the alitage, was
liable to gib it; anyt day. Now, thee's
Langtry, they say she had it in hot. fate ;
a tryin to' lead the 0111011e, ye know, by
havin' it in her fate. Who Woe heard
am the nownionee befit' in wan'e fate ?"
" An' 10 Alery Ann shtill In Now
newmoneo she's got—Thn WAS so "fraid it
moight bo the typhoid favor sho did be
havm.' "—Kentucky State Journal,
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