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Kzperl«nce Ths world was made whsa a man was born, He muHt taata fur liimaoir Ihv forhlddun aprinKX He can never take waraiug from old-faauioued cbinga. He uiuac tight as u Ijoy, ha muut drinli as a youth, Ho muiit kisB, he must love, he must swear to the trutli Of the friuad of hia soul ; ho must laugh to Boorn The biat uf deceit iu woman's eyesâ€" They are clear as the wells of Paradise And so he soes on till the world grows old. Till his tongue has grown cantiuus, his heart has grown cold ; Till the smile leaves hia mouth and the ring leaves his laugh. And he shirks the bright headache you ask him to quatf. He grows foruml with men and with womeu polite, And distrustful of both when they're out of his sight. Theu he eats for his palate and drinks fur his huad. And a)ve3 for his pleasure, and 'tis time ho were dead. Jou.s Bovi.E O'RKii.Lr. A Letter from Home, Thi' hotel 'bus from the midnight train Hrougbi only one passenger through the rain A commercial tourist, weary and sad. For trade had been dull and collections bad. Kot a single order wai on his book. The disgust he f4)lt was shown iu his look ; With a cureless band he wrots bis name On the page of a book uukuuwu to faiue. Tha drowsy night clerk the aigaature scanned, Then a letter placed in the drummer's hand; See bow he starts, wnat a smile of deligiit Comes over his lace at the welcome sight. Open tin' envelope is iiuickly turn, And over hia face so weary and worn Now lilts, like stmbeauis after a storm, bmiles of joy as the message t^kea form. Thus clouds of despair that will often appear To the travelling man sometimes in the year Aruipiickly oispelled bv such fimpie muana As oue friendly letter â€"How ipioer it aueuis ! 80 wives, swuetliearts, brothers and chums, If you know where wu'll be whou Suu<iay comes, â- Write us if your tiuie will permit, Draw on us at sight and we will remit^Ouu TUA-NKS. Day Dreams. Row they i*ome and how they go. Kver tleetiug. uever slow. Sailing Ui* to heaven ; Tluy, subtle. w«yward tllingi, llrilliant meteors, sparkling rings. Which ilash, aud theu are riveu : How they go and how they 001119, 8omt> so restful, yearning some ; Others like wild ilowers ; Some like fragrant, even wimi ; Some like rluuds upon thetuind. Which, later, turn to showers. flow they cointi and how they go, burn iu sorrow, uursed iu woe ! t>h. happy, useless dreaming! Raiubow tiuted. m^uy starred. Tear drops abed, ^weet fancies marred â€" U all to eud in seeming'.' tVANTKI) TU JINK. But Jlui Finally Cuucluded That B« Wouldn't bnift Ali>rmon, While wBiCiDK at a station ia South Caro- Una one day, writes H Quad in tha Detroit Frc I'rftt, I was joiued Oy a man who oar- riud aa old-fasbione 1 aatuhel on bis shoalder, and who bad evidently walked many miles tbrou;^h (be tuud. Ue was (ally 6U years of a^e, scrawny and homely, and he simply DoJded to me and sat down on a bale of uutton. Iu about 10 minutes along oacne a womau in bume-spun, fully hia a){e and about as homely. i-he had also had a lout; walk. She nodded tu me and sat down on another cotton bale. Not a word was said between us for 10 minutes. Tben as the whistle of the train was heard in the distance she said to the man : " Then, Jim, you «r' fjwine off ter jine the Mormons '.'" " I am, Uaiinab," lie replied. " And you won't take mo ?" " No." '' And I'm to ba leU ?'' " Yes." " And it won t do no goad to argafy ?" " Not a bit." " Wall, then, f{ooU bye to you." Sbe started forward with extended arm, but passed bis hand and sei/.od the aatcbel and lluuK it thirty feet away. Then sbe grabbed nim by the hair and they went otJf the platform into a mud bole toi{ether, and aa the train moved away she waa on top and jaincning his bead into the old i4old soil aud saying between the jams : " Want to jine the Mormons, do you ! Want to leave the old wife who's dun lived with you 40 years 1 Want to jine â€" jine â€" jine, you old rabbit, you I" And fifty passengersgave her three oheera and a tiger as she got a new hold on hia atriarohal whiskers. ABOUT CARPETS. Some Hints Whioh are Very Seasonable Just Now. " What do you mean by the â-  standard?' " " Look at this piece of ingrain. You see the threada are interwoven â€" across and lengthwise. Now, a thread running auroea we call a ' pick.' Count the number of ' picks ' in an inch. There ahould be four- teen. That ia the way we make our ' stand- ard.' If there are one, two or three less than fourteen you see the carpet ia far more loosely woven and less durable, thou!>h you wouldn't notice the difference on the sur- face. An ingrain, yon know, oonsiata of aeveral thicknesaeB or layers of threada woven together â€" ' ply,' aa we say â€" that is, a two-ply carpet is two thioknesBea of thread, and n three-ply three. The three- ply ia the carpet of our grandmothers. After having fallen into disuse for many years it ia coming in again. No, I don't think the rage for the antique has anything to do with it ; people are beginning to believe again initsiiarvioeability, that is all. '60 much for the cheaper carpets. The more expensive kinds, the Brusaels and the Wiltons, are woven on a rack upon wires running crosswise. The standard ia ten to an inch. The wires being drawn, semi- cylindrical tubes of wool are left. This is the surface of the Brusacla carpet. The Wiltons differ in this way, that the tubes of wool are woven thicker and higher. The wires here have a knife attachment on the end, and, upon being withdrawn by machinery, split directly through the top of the tiny tube. A rich and pluahlike surfaze is thus formed. Here you can get effects and delicacy of tints and ahades that yon can't have in a Brussels carpet. Compare these two pieces," and he threw on the door aide by aide a Wilton and a Braasela. " Now. these are exactly the same pattern. That ia evident, made of exactly the same shade and kind of wool. That is not so evident, for it doesn't seem 80 iu the least; their etTuct is totally differ- ent. The plush and velvety surface of the Wilton has a softness, a richness, a deli- uacy which make the Brasada look dat beside it. Still, you wouldn'i â-  â-  itice the difference unless youcomparu ihemdirectly as we have been doing. This arpet, the Wilton, ia thicker and liner aud heavier and handsomer than the other, but it costs just about twice aa much. An Axminster'.' Ub, that ia the tineat of all." Royalty at ttia Kavea. There was the amartest show of dresses at Baudowu races that has been seen this season, says London I'nuh. Grays, green and black, and various shades of terra ootta and brown, seemed to predominate, though two or three white costumes shone bravely in the spring son, and one lady, whose olive greeu dress was adorned with a broad band of vivid brick oolor, was as can- apiouous aa a lighthouse. Soldiers and soldiers' wives, aiaters, cousins and aunta, thronged the enclosure, and the air was full of regimental " shop." There were many drags, and much eating and drinking upon and around them. Boyalty waa preaent on both days â€" the Prinoe aud Princess on Friday, and the Prince alone on Saturday. The Prinoess looked charm- ing in a simple gray dress, trimmed with astrachan and oontrivoa to make the amartly dressed ladies appear very ordi- nary. I am a Kadioal, but granting, for the sake of argument, the ueceasity tor a Queen, I must say that I have never aeen a woman who so perfectly looks tha part as the Princess. His StrouK Polot. " He is diasipatudand heartless. He has no idea of financial probity. He plays cards fur money ; he is recklessly extrava- gant and altogether totally unQt to ba your husband. I cannot consent to the engage- ment." " Oh, but think, papa, how well he looka in a drawing-room. Why, be is tha most becoming man I ever dauoed with." •News of Nelson's Victory Cam« !" Joseph Sutherland, who was a powder-boy on board the vesael whicli first brought to England the news of Nelson's victory at Why Are Deserts Barren '.* Why are deserts rocky and sandy ? The answer is that without vegetation there ia no suuh thing aa soil on earth anywhere. The top layer of the land in all ordinary countries is composed entirely of vegetable mould, the decaying remains of innumer- able generations of weeds and grasses. Earth tu earth is the rule of nature. Soil, in fact, consists entirely of dead leaves. And where there are no leaves to die and decay there can ba no mould or soil to speak of. Darwin showed in hia last great book that wo owe the whole earthly cover- ing of our hills aud plains almost entirely to the perennial exertions of that friend of the farmer, tha harmless, necessary earth- worm. Year after year the silent worker is busy every night pnlliog down leaves through bis tunnelled burrow into bis underground nest, and there converting them, by means of bis caatings, into the black mould whioh producea iu the end for lordly man all his cultivable lielda and pas ture lands aud meadows. Where there are no leaves and no earthworms, there can be no soil, and under those circumstances we get what we familiarly know as a desert. When new land rises above tha sea it lirst eiiiergoa bare anil rngged like a sea cliff. No living thing is harbored on its naked surface. In time, as rain falls upon its jutted peaks and barren pinnacles, the rock crumbles, and streams wash down deposits of sand and mud into the valleys and hollows. Lichens begin to spring in patches on the bare face of the rock, and ferns, whose spores have been wafted by the wind or carried by the waves or homo on the feet of unconscious birds, sprout here and there from the clefts and crannies. These, as they die and decay, form a thin layer of vegetable mould, tlie first beginning of a local soil, in which the earthworm- imported ill the egg on driftwood or Moating weedsâ€" sets to burrow, and which increases by hia constant labor. Un the soil thus de- posited dowering plants and trees root themselves aa fast as seeds, nuts and fruits are wafted to the island by various acci- dents freni surrounding countries. The new land tlirown up in the Gulf ot ('lylon four vears ago by the groat eruption of Krakatoa has in this way already clothed itself from head to foot with a luxuriant sheet of ferns, mosses and other vegetation. â€" c'orfiAiW ilaijiuine. A Thief's Novel Ulagulsu. The man who baa done ao much horse stealing in the western part of Queen'a county is looked up at Newton. He was apprehended at Trenton, New Jersey, hav- ing in his possession a horse whioh waa one of a team that he stole from Peter Luystor, of Newton, last Sunday night. The other horae waa found in a atable in Brooklyn. No trace, however, baa been obtained of the four horses that he stole from b'. W. Dnnton, of Morris Parks, or tho flue animal he took from Mr. Van Pelt, of Corona. He has been identified as the man who waa seen in the places named and had tha horses in hia poaseasion at dif- ferent plaoea trying to dispose of them. On these occasions he appeared to have two eyes. When arrested he had but one eye and hia identification waa not easily eatab- lished. A glass eye waa found in his clothes and when placed in tha socket every person reoogni/.ad him.â€" llrookliin Eagle. ^ â€" FcuuUar Faollltloa. Bolterâ€" 80 my wife, sister and daugh- ter eloped together last night ? Bulterâ€" Yes, sir. Boltonâ€" Who were the throe scoundrels ? Bnltorâ€" Only one, sir ; he was a Mormon. ♦ No Letters Lost. A very busy young man, tha week ot whose wedding bad been decided upon, wrote to his fiancee, on a postal card, " What day. Tubs. ?" The Kiiswer came back promptly, also on a postal oard : " No, Wed." HAM&Gl J 8TOVB8. Some Points on the Koanomy of Fuel in tlio Uouaeholcl. How to minimize the expense of heating IS a i^ueation ot vital importanus to the majority of citizens. What was recently pointed out relative to the wasteful uhs of coal for manutaoturing purposes is no less true ot coal for domestiu uses. Few families get anything like the maximum oalorio power out of their fuel, and the reason is largely their own lack of knowledge or their carelessoesa. With the e.xoeption of Ken- tucky and Arkansas lignite, whioh runs very low in caloric power, tha differanoeb between various kinds ot coal are, after all, merely nominal, and tho i^uestion ot economy iu coal resolves itself largely into one of use or treatment. The manage- ment of fires is the one important thing for people who wish to economize to post them- selves on. As in factories, so in private dwellings, different fuels require different treatment. The harder the coal and the stronger tha draught the thicker ahould be the bed of coals, or, in other words, tha deeper should be tha fire- pot. Henc9 aiza ot stove, height ot chimney, supplying of fuel, and judicious shaking or puking of the fire are important factors in the economy of fuel. In a general way the loss uf heat results from one or other ot three or fonr causes. Whenever the products of combustion are removed at too high a temperature, or there is a greater influx of air than is necessary to keep the fire anfficieutly lively, or warm aabea or cinders are precipitated too soon, or the combuationid imperfect, there necea- aarily results a great loss ot heat. 60 far as imperfect combnation is concerned, the escape of combustible gases, the fall of coal into the aahpan, and the precipitation of carbon as soot are the chief cauees. Now, these are facts that the massea are apt to overlook, aud in a measure they are all under the control of the one managing the tire. It will ba noticed that the only effort usually made to reclaim this loss ia to sift out of the ashes the bits of coal that have dropped down. Why not aim to save the other lost products? To begin with, there is no ecunumy in small stoves. A stove with a large tire-pot can be run lower in point of heat and expense than a smaller stove. The thiokneas ot coala over the grate can be better adjusted to tho draught. A greater or lass accumulation of ashes on tho bottom of thu put is all that is neceseary to regulate this matter. Poking and shaking should be avoided as much aa possible, and tha large stove re- ijuirea this less than tbu smaller one. There is thus loss partially burned coal precipitated into the asbpan, and the heat of the ashes constantly accumulating in the fire-pot is utili/.ed to tbo fullest. When these are poked or shaken down they cool almost immediately, and thu heat is lust. Another important point is the care given to tha draught. No stove shonld be forced any more than possible, aud with proper attention tho necessity for forcing can be miuimized. (^'ombustion re<itiires that the conutituenta of tho air and tue fuel ahould unite iu exact proportions. Too much or too little air will entail loss of beat. As the '{uantity of air admitted into the stove in a given time increases its velocity is accelerated, and tho air passes up tho chimney in a highly heated couditioii and bears off heat iu the measure ot the volume and velocity ot the current. If too little air is admitted, carbonic o.\ide iustead ot carbonic acid is developed aud paasea away in like manner. Hence a fire- pot adequate to the needs of drauijht, the avoidance of poking out hot aabea into the aahpan and of dieturbiug thu coals, and the clusing of all direct draughts of the sluve that would afford egrujs for hot air, gasees, and un- conaunied carbon iu tho form of aout are factors in tho economy of fuel more im- portant than the seleotion ot the material. SOMBTHINa IN A NAMB. Hew a BCembsr of the Smith Family Knded » Dilemma. James Smith suffered some tronb e from his surname. Sydney Smith is reported to have named his sona Douglas and Wyndham, not that he had any connection with these noble families, but to distin- guiah them from tha other Smiths. Jamas Smith, when a aolioitor, aaya a writer in " Temple Bar" tor March, was very much troubled by another James Smith, wbo came to live in the same house. Deeds and oon- fidential aecreta went to tho wrong Smith. James Smith determined to put an end to the dilemma, and told the new arrival ba muat leave. " Why should I leave .'" said tho intrutiui "Because," said James Smith, " you are James the second, and must abdicate." There is something in a name. The Duke of Newcastle, of borough mongering celebrity, was once asked for a day's fishing by a newly arrived clergy- man. The reply was : " The Duke ot Newcastle cannot comply with Mr. Nose's roqnoBt. P. a. â€" Finding Mr. Nose's name ia Rose, he is pleased to grant hiu r£()ueHt." BARRYINQ WOMKN AND BABII A Scotch Courtship. I knew a young fellow who was very sweet on a Scotch spinster. She was a wealthy Scotch spinster, bnt if there is a kind of woman who must ba loved economically and for herself alone it is a Scotch spinster. Scotch spinsters are warranted to make good wives all tha time. It is awfully hard to be untrue to a Scotch woman. She luakes you so vary comfort- able and holds you to her noi ao much by your heart as by your bank aocount. Shu doesn't always want new bonneta ; sbe ia rather liable to object even to your having a new hat until thu old one is cjuita worn ont. A Scotch wifa can keep her husband neat and trim and herself aud her children as well at a smaller expense than any other. She doesn't want diainond earrings for her birthday. All yiiu have to do is to show bar your bank aocount and kiss her and tell her yon owe the balance to bar, and she is quite satisfied. This young fel- low did not understand tho Scotch spinster, and when ha thought to please her he sent bur a lovely and expensive basket of How ers. Ha went np to receive her thanks and smilen, and ho was <|uito knocked over when she told him that he hadn't a big enough salary to waste it in buying tlowors for her or anybody else, and she was sorry to see be was so extravagant, because other- wise be was "a very pUasin' ymng man." lie lied himself into ber good graces by saying ha had got the Dowers for nothing, and he thought he could not make better use of them. She smiled graciously and said : " Seein' they did na' cost you any- thing it's a great compliment. " She waa a woman after all. â€" Sun fruiicifcu t'hruiiicU. The Brutal Kvictlona uu thu Ul^kert J at FalamrraKh. Tha police having ascertained that tlw houses had not been fortified left the bat- tering ram and the bulk of their militaiy and civil forces in reserve in the villa|{a. Only 60 constables accompanied the sbahff and his men throughout the distressing day. The houses visited were grouped togetbeir, rendering easier the work ot the crowbar brigade. In some instances a feeble attempt at barricading had been made. The tenauta of tha first two bouses found themselves on tha roadside within a half hour o£ attack. At the third house the painful monotony of the proceedings was variad by a vigoroQS attack made upon th* sheriff by the tenant's wife who, despita the incumbrance of a 7- weeks-old ohild in her arms, belabored the minion of the law with a stick until a polioeman came to tb<i rescue. The poor woman retreated insids aud clung tenauiously to a bedpost, wbenoa she was brutally torn by two burly bailiffs, the baby being almost killed in tha struggle. Patrick O'Brien, M.P., at the risk of being sent to prisou for another long term tor obstruoting the police, rescued tha infant and lulled it to sleep with matronly skill. At the fourth bouse the bailiffs turned ont a bed ridden old dame deapite indignant protests that the exposure would kill her. Real resistance waa only offered at the last t'ffo houses visited, but the defences were ao feeble that they were soon broken down, and the garrison, consisting all told ot oiM man and ten women, were sent off to prieou. Fourteen out of 70 families wero evicted to-day. â€" Londun Ciirretpondent of the Nnw i'lirk .s'ufi. COAL ANU PUIL.^NTUROPV. All Kngll^h Metier Fluud fur UIvId|[ Hia Cuntofuera Overweiifht. " Do good by stealth and blaah to find it fame" may have been excellent advice when Mr. Pope wrote, but it would require reshaping to bring it into harmony with modern rtiguireinunts. A Yorkshire coal dealer, who has been doing good by stealth on quite an extensive scale, now has cause to blush at finding himself fined by a police magistrate. The philanthropio trader owns a weighing mauhiuu which gives his ous- toniora 21 lbs. overweight on every hundred- weight. Soma time ago his attention was officially drawn to the fact, and he received solid warning that It bo continued his sin ful benevolence be would be summooeii. .'V weighing maohina that gives overweight is as illegal as one that dues the other thing, thu law tiemauiling a perfect adjustment of balance. This uoally Samaritan refused to believe, however, that his stealthy bonefao- tiona were punishable, and so persisted in adding the little bonus to every huudred- weiiibtof blaok diamonds that left bis shop. A fine of OS. and costs is the result, the bench expressing the opinion that it looked a little hard to punish a man for cheating bimaolf to benefit his customers. It does look bard, no doubt, but what a splendid advortiaement. â€" London Globe. Wuntml to l>e Hoard From. If any person has ever given Dr. Sage's Catarrh Romedy a fair trial, and has not been perfectly aud permanently cured, that person should write the proprietors of that wonderful remedy, tor they are in dead earnest and "mean busineea " when they offer $iJOU reward for a case of naaai catarrh, no matter how bad, or of bow long standing, which they cannot cure. The Remedy ia sold by druggiuti>. at only 50 cents. It is mild, eoothiug, deodori>;iug, antiseptio, cleansing and healing. Popular TlHiuuh Ue Oiil Not Dance. A popular yonng man who, despite the fact that ho does nut ilance, is rather pro- minent in tbo 'iocial life of the town, told mu recently how bo managed to transform his inability to dance into a new element of popularity. ' I got the idea from a girl," ha explained, " and I have frozen to it right along. I met her out oiiu night, and observing that I was not dancing, she asked me if I never danced I confessed that I did not, and went on to nay that I was oon- stantly bemoaning that (act. ' I'ndoubt- udly,' she said, ' yuu iiinat find it annoying at limes ; and yet if you know bow to make use of it, do you know that in one way you have an advantagu growing out uf the very fact that yuu do not dance /' Of conreo I wanted on explanation. ' Why, it's simple diough,' she said. Never put your name down for a dauoo until toward tho eud of tlio evening. Then put your name down for just one dance with each of the girls in whuin you are most interested. By the time that your dances are due tho girls will have been dancing for hours, and will have become pretty well tired out. Then as you lead them out on the Moor, propose a promenade instead of a uance, and depend upon it they will mentally bleu you for your consideration- you will have gained far more than though you bad danced with them ever so gracefully.' Well, I've tried that Hiiggpation," continued tbo youth, " aiid 1 nuver know it to fail, it's a great idu&." â€".ilbany Expreim. The ^•lUKlUE-T«aGher Dodgn. Thu following is the latest swindling scheme reported : A aluek party repre- senting himself as a first-class singing teacher goes through a neighborhood and gets aeveral of the bi st farmers to sign their names to a subscription paper. A very iow price is asked, and no trouble is liad in gutting all thu good ones he wants. The " teacher," of course, fails to put iu an appearance after the names are obtained, but those who signed after a few days find their note at the bank for collection, the subscription paper being a promissory note payable tn bearer. Thu tiogers have ample time to sing after the ' teacher" has gone to look for more snckers. Is it possible that people will ever learn to oarefnily read papers which they are requested tu sign by strangers '? Wash Your Hands. Cases ot infection that could be accounted for in no other way have been explained by the fingers as a vehiola. In handling money, especially of paper, door knobs, banisters, oar straps and a hundred things that every one must frequently touch, there are chances innumerable ot picking up germs of typhoid, scarlatina, diphtheria, smallpox, etc. Yet some persona actually put suuh things in their mouths, if not too large I Before eating, or touching that which is to ba eaten, the hands shonld be immediately and scrupulously washed. We hear much about general oleanlineaa aa " next to godlineaa." It may be added that here, in particular, it is also ahead of health aud safety. The Jews made no mistake in that â- â-  except they washed tliey ate not." It was a aanitary ordinance as well as an ordinanoa ot deoenoy. Qreen the Popular HprluB Shitde. What I waa most struck by in this early display of eiimmer millinery was the pre- dominant color of green in everything. All the hats wi rj ayniplioniea in light shades of green. I thought porhapa tho winter mind waa merely startled by the color of tipo nature, and that probably tlieae hats were no greener than Ihey are every year, but in tho next window 1 was confronted by a g] eat assortment ot gloves, some ot them nearly a yard long. These wore of the same shade of green as tho hats. In another window were stockings just aa green as tha gloves. Then there was lovely silk underwear, likewiiie pale green. There were green parasols, and I assure you that one window contained a bat covered with light green roses. So, you see, the beautiful brightness uf nature is to adorn our girls during tho coming hot season. Tho shops are certainly well atooked for the Kaster trade, and the sidewalka in front of the windows are con- stantly thronged with eager young women who rapturize over this dream ot a bonnet or that love ot a hat with an enthusiasm delightful to witness. â€" Clara liclU'i Letter to the Indiantipolis Journal. Tbfii lie iilasped Ih^r wilb > Tuolioll, Drew I be MiuiiUstl t,) Ins Oitiaut, WbiHper(,d vtiws of true ,ltivulioii, Till- old, old tale vou k'Ow ibn r.«t. From hiM iirob-il arms iipApnnglug, With a u-ar she turued itway, .\nd h,-r vuic- with sorrow ntigilig, " 1 !,llaU not hue iiiy biidul day. This liramatio speech broke him up badly : but wheu she e.<(plaiuud that her apprehensions were founded on tho fact of an inherited predisposition tu consumption ill her family, ho calmed her fears, bought a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Mslical Discovery for her, and she is now ilio in- carnation ot health. For all bronchial, throat, and lung affections, it is a potent remedy. . ^ ' . (kirveil Hlni RlRht. " Is i'. .ija, .\ngelina," said a young lady addressing an acquaintance, " that there has been a rupture betweou you and Clar- ence DoJohnes?" "It is quite true." "(IraciousI What was the c»ubo,'" " Ue waa addicted to tho use of alang." " Ob 1 " " Yes, I begged him to disoontinno tbo habit, but ho persisted in it." ".And tha result'.' " " The result is he is in thosoup.'J Too Much Dandollon. California has a no ,v grievance- tho dan- deliuii. Some years ago it is said that a citizen imported from tho east tho seed of tho old-faahioned dandelion. Ho wanted something to remind him of hia early home. Like the man who imported tho sparrow, he did worse than ho know. Tho sparrow is everywhere, so is tho dandelion. The seed drifts lu tbo wind like that of the thistle, the down is built into thu nasls of birds, and every sued which gets a lodge- ment on a lawn or grass plot will, in duo time, produce a million more. Now lbs solitary dandelion is very attractive in bloom, and hardly lesa ho when after the blossoms iho gau.'.o globe appears, and a few days after vsrl goes sailing off before the wind liku a small balloon. But the oitizon who is force! to dig up his lawn beuausa a million dandelion roots have strangled tho grass will utter no benediction over this rich ^^olden blossom. â€" .San i''ron- Cisco DuUelin. tfUb. Dresses iiiid Now Bonneta. " I haven t had a ailk dress since I married, nor a now bonnet for three sons,' complains Mrs. C. V. R. She de- All in Harmony. .V. â€" What is a dude, anyway? B. â€" Ho is tho gracoleas son of I'jiiotism and Stupidity . Ilia sisters are Vanity and Heartlessiiess. There is only one thing to praise about him. and that is he lives in harmony with tha rest of tha family. t> f •• < . I H H». A mar in California has played 78,832 ganiea ot whist during the past 51 years, Trafalgar, has just attained his lOOtb year ' and he thinks it is a wanton waste of time at Milton, Sittingbourue. He baa good for women to paint long-legged storks and tttalth and has all his facaltiaa intact. ' water lilliog on brass plaques. Uneasy About Johnoy. Wife (at bedtime) â€"Cyrus, what day is this'? H u Bbandâ€" Wednesday . Wife (anxiously, holding a amall pair of trousers at arm's length) - 1 am afraid Johnny isn't well. Cyrus. Ha generally has at least two pounds more of marbles in his puoketa at tbia time in the week than be has to-night. jiares she is bound to have a now bonnet if she has to work for it herself. Thia is true grit, but many ladies who would gladly work hard to attain a desired object are unablu to do so beoauso they are almost always constantly afflicted with diseases peculiar to their sex. 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