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 "W^ RIFT AND OB, LOVE AND VENGEANCi AMOim THE The Most Fascikatiko Ocbak Bomakck Sinob thk "Days oir GOOFKB AKD MaKTATT. "What bthatr DdUa He theo-took from-liia hnmtt m$taL held it fit- his htUi, ^A^^* m^^ tow»td ttilB doo^t I \j C 1 i Bat Captain Morton did not He cootented .hiiotelf hf fQmiy room dow aiild looking but Into 1e-try- hursdv â- fool, and in sum. Li-.trjiool, calling 1-1 -.ji-.s^ieiif/frs fof iiltiir.ore via UalJ. )1 forcniyhtlT da». 'â- ' 't tbe Giayffow Halifax, Portland rs lunK-rbetween :.'0'.v ur.'i Roston, rhui, fnrtijgrhUy. on.ir.lioi: apply to V (-'""d Oo., â- â€¢â€¢ \Vr:i. Thomgon (-hjrag-o; Lovek j'lto Allans £a« ;jdclj)hia; II. A. CHAPTEK XXV.â€" (CoSTiNCED.) The boy ljoke I dubiously at the captain, though he scarcely comprehended what meant, anl then sidled off with a puzzled jcpresaion, ai it he rather felt sorry that he ^id whistled than not. There was a fine, ink, open look about the boy's brow, and jptaia Morton paused and beckoned to ae boy marched up to him at once. " W'hac is your name r" "Charlii." t " Ha\5 you mother " ' Tears ritarted to the boy's eyes, which he 3h3ti oti' with the back of huj band, and aensai'l. haaiily Dead:' A father?" j The boy lurned and looked toward the ea. â-  Yes. Thereaway fishiag. I don't see liinotten." " Chiulie, I have a little girl â€" my own ttle child. 1 am looking for her. Hav^ \ijti seeu here such a one She is tall, ra- lerâ€" 'aaa auburn hair â€" darker than auburn, 'il she niovt-s so lightl3\" ' Aulurn 1' said the boy, with a puzzled bok " wlial'd that 7 Grace has such beaa- liful hair it is like the sea-weed right down at the bottom of the bay â€" the ea-weed that won't ever come up â€" you nay see it in the water, waving all about j tke Grace's hair but that which comes up 80 different." t " Graceâ€" Irace I Youâ€" come, boy, you ill tell ine V Hush I hush one moment." There was a short, quick respiration on e part of Captain Morton, and he pressed s hanils upon his heart for a nioTuent or o before he could still the emotion that ,1 come over him. Then he spoke again ' "You have seen her here, boy? You. ftvj seen such a young creature here " j " Oh, yes, I know Grace She is Grace ilan. " 1 •' No, no " ' I " Oh, yes I she is, indeed. You don't now, ])Ut I do. She and Gerald used often corrie here but they don't now so much, ' d (Jrace wa.s crying when she came last." " When was that " Ti;e boy shook his head. "1 don't seem to recollect just when it I'm coming â€" well, I'm coming." thousand Mrs. Wagner reflected^ "America," she said, "and a pounds." " Agreed. Is my child here V "No." " Whereâ€" where then? In any of these cottages Speak to me I Tell me wher« she is Or can you get her at once for me?" " The moneyâ€" " "Is here â€" here in this pooketbook. Where is my child Woman do not kill me by delay, now. Where is my child " " Wait here for one hour and you shall have her in your arms. " "An hour?" " Yes rather more than less. How am I to get to America " "To British Americaâ€" Canada " " Well, I don't know." " I will take youin my yacht and put you on board some outward bound vessel for their track well." "Butâ€" but^" "What more? What is it?" " How do I know â€" you may get me on board your yacht and then you may land me anywhere and not give me the thousand pounds. How do I know " " Hew can I assure you Stay. I ^Fill do one thing with you. See here " Captain Morton took from his breast pocket a small folded parcel, and upon open- ing it, it was found to be a flag. " I will give you this," he said, " and I will write on it, "Captain Morton owes Mrs. Wagner one thousand pounds." You shall send this were you please, so that you may return it to me when I give yon the thousand pounds, which I will do so soon as I place you on board of any vessel bound for Canada and my dear child is with nie." " Very well â€" wait here. No one will in- terrupt you. I will bring the girl to you. " " Be quick â€" quick as you can. I will pay you fifty pound for every five minutes you are here within the hour." CHAPTER XXVI.â€" The Pieate Captain AT Bay. " High time," she said "high time. I will be rid of Dolan now, once and for all. I 1 don't know anything about Quebec and Can- ada, buc they are somewhere away from i â- ^°Sl*"'i- A thousand pounds I That will The boy's eyes were 'directed^ 'to"the cot- do with what I have got already'from Dolan of Doluu an.l Captain Morton now, by and with what I know pretty well where to â- ollowin.' the theh- gaze." saw that some one 1 1*7 ^V liands upon. That will do. He is raa. table Plat-" I Let this father of tlie] girl have the girl, to That will spite Dolanâ€" ha ha Then, if I myself be oppress- ' '^^^ manage about the boy, too Dear me. r those who have 1 1 "was q"ite forgetting the boy. Now, we will see. Miss Grace, whether you can be found in the cave or not. I suppose you are It the' door and it was instant- j there along with your great favorites, Gerald y opeutd by no other than Mrs. Wagner I and that old Joseph! I hope he will be self, whoh.al a defiant, " well,lwhat- j hung-yes, I should like hxm and Martin to of look about her tliat let the be hung, and Dolan. It would be a great Talked up to tlie cottage door. " Now, calm, calm, calm " he said liiuself. "I mast not let d by too much feelin\5 or lone v.ill ufic it as a weapon against me that rill soon wound my ohart. He t;ipi)-d 1 sort 1 iptain sec she was prepared for resistance, " Mrs. Wagner," said Captain Morton. LATE DOMinOV lEWB. «t#ffi: stop them form mean » r(,dlc»3 nt my nmtir rt: failed il n* i at once for ft enoedy. OIt* lONTO. 'rinters' Lead^ T prices. relief to my mind to hang Dolanâ€" in chains, too â€" a gibbet â€" I should like to do that." " Would you?" said Dolan, as he put his head in at the door of the room. "Would you,-reallv?"' Mrs. Wagner did not screamâ€" she was too horrified for that â€" but she stood like a sta- tue, with her bonnet-strings in her hand, glaring at Dolan. She wa-s certainly fascinated by Dolan's look, as he very slowly came into the room, still keeping hia eyes upon her â€" fascinated as people are said to be by the eyes of a ser- pent, and Dolan's movements as he crept up to her Avere reptile like. " You would, would you " She had to speak. "You would like to see me hung " A gurgling sound only came from the throat of Mrs. Wagner. " Gibbetedâ€" eh " «' No â€" Iâ€" no. Mercy on me " "Ah " It was with something between a howl and a yell that Dolan sprang upon her and caught her by the throat. She fell to the floor in a Swoon. " What is that " cried Captain Morton, as he opened the door of the room in which he was waiting. " What is that " There was no reply. The room opened in the direction of the sound that Dolan had made, on to a little, dark passage, and it was from that again that the door of the apartment where Dolan and Mrs. Wagner were opened, and through which Dolan had appeared, to the surprise and the consternation of his guilty associate. Dolan hardly permitted himself to breathe. " I thought I heard a cry," said Captain Morton. All was profoundly still now, and Captain Morton returned to the room. He thought he might be mistaken, and the natural-dis- like he had to intrude into the other depart- ments of the cottage deterred him from prosecuting a search. He sat down quietly to wait for Mrs. Wagner and Graceâ€" as quietly as he could, with his feelings in such a tumult of expec- tation. I Then Dolan opened the door leading into " Well, sir I" " I want to speak to you." "You have yoiT tongue, then, I fancy." " Out of my way. woman " said the cap- ,ain, with a sudden fierceness, that alarmed ilrs. Wagner. "I wonder jl have pa- ence with your in,solence and don't call my len and lock you up at once. Out of the ayâ€" a chair I Be quick Insolent, indeed nil you be quick I said a chair Oh, dust i'liije it thereâ€" that will do." Mrs. Wagner obeyed Captain Morton's or- ers by a sort of instinct. He r ad cowed er. '• What " she said, " whoâ€"" '• Siknice " She was silent on the moment. ••Shut the door." '• Ye.s, sir " Whfve's the girl yon call Grace? Be uiek " '• (iracc"'" " Now ilare you repeat my words without iiswerii!" nic? Be quick â€" where is she?" The voice in which Captain Morton spoke as 3a;h ;i roar that it tilled the little cot- gc ;md territi-d Mrs. Wagner. " (iruocDolan V" 'â- No'" said Captain Morton. "You low that's a lie Where his she Quick y the Hciuen above us " He r^,ge from his chair and laying hold of d.ishc.l it to pieces against the floor of the t:a-e. "She is not hereâ€" I declare, sir, she is lot here," said Mrs. Wagner. Not here. Fire and fury, woman If on don't fetch her at once â€" " " I can't, sirâ€" Oh I can't " " Why Why " roared the captain. ' ' Because she is dead " "lead: Dead: Dead! Oh, Heaven 1 oo late â€" too late ' Grace â€" my child â€" my •wu â€" my darling â€" dead Oh, God Oh, 0*1 " He sank to his knees on the brick flooring f the cottage and sobbed bitterly. Ah " said Mrs. Wagner. " I though!? Now, sir, if you have anything to say to e, you will perhaps alter yo*^ ^^ne i ;--^_-^^ ^^^^^.^-j race is not dead and I alone can restore t'^f.^^Sf; ^ere " he said! " What is it that can be here Some one spo^e â€" ^who othing," he aaid. " Tihe wind, t mm- pose 1" Ha doMd the door, agaur and nt _, Faraway, then, flewMs dioitghtrtofift^ happy, but now desolateâ€" oh 1 so desolate â€" home in the New World â€" ^that home which he yet hoped to 'bring the mnridne of joy into by the presence of his long kwt diild. In imagination, he ^onld hear the breexe amoxui the majestic trees ot tusnatiTevDods and we aroma of the sweet flowers seemed to float about his senses. Dolan crept out into the passage again. The ]^tol was now in his hand. "Ah! A man. Ah!" He had no difficulty now in looking through tide keyhole of the door. Tha« sat the bereaved father. A sharp, cold current of air came throng the keyhole of the door, and Dolan's eyes smarted as he shifted his position so that first one and then the other glared into the room. "A man," he muttered. "Who and what is he?" How much does he know? Too much, of course. There must be an end of him. I have gone too far to care about a life now. He has come here, and this place will be his grave." Dolan covered carefully the lock of the pistol with the comer of the rough sort of coatee that he wore. He wanted to place it on full cock, and he was afraid that the click of the spring, would reach the ears of the solemn and melancholy looking man who sat, all unconscious of his danger, in the next room of the cottage. It was a. very light sound that the lock of the pistol made, and Captain Morton did not hear it. " Now," said Do^ijan. He thought he could fit the barrel of the pistol in such a manner to the keyhole of the door that the bullet could be made to speed on its passage and reach the heart or brains of Captain Morton without the ne- cessity of his (Dolan's) giving any alarm by opening the door even a crevice in wi(\th. But he found that this would not do. The keyhole was too small, and besides, he lost all perception of aim when he placed the barrel of the pistol to it. " No. That was a failure." Then Dolan placed his hand on the lock of the door and slowly â€" oh, so slowly â€" turned the handle. He knew that it had an infirm- ity of creaking and he feared each moment that it would make some of its accustomed noises and startle the stranger. No â€" -all was still. Dolan had the latch free. He had nothing now to po but to push the door gently and it would open inwards. Then Dolau nearly cried out aloud, for a shrill voice in the front passage of the little cottage called out " Mrs. Wagner Mrs. Wagner Here be some sojers a-coming down the lane Mrs. Wagner some sojers coming down the lane." Dolan started to his feet, for he had been kneeling by the door of the room. Captain Morton, too, started to his feet. " What is it â€" what is it " he cried. Opening the door of the room in which he was, he found himself face to face with the boy he had met cii the beach. " What is it " "Sojers, sir. Where is Mrs. Wagner, ,-»' sir 9" iERLESS iwers. Jer to you if 3'ou are her father." Notâ€" not dead '" " Certainly not. Get up, sir Sit down! |)o you hear me Sit diwn, I say." Captain Morton looked calmly at Mrs. iVagner. Woman," he said, " if you think to as- ime any power over me on account of what |ou may know of my long lost child, you re mistaken. I know â€" I can guess the elings and objects of such as you. I will ay of you the information I seek and you bust sell it civilly or I will manage to get it Isewhere, and, in that case, I will at once ike you into custody." A truce, sir," said Mrs. Wagner. " I Inow all about the girl. She was wrecked pom an American ship. Old Hutchins lows all about her, too, for she lived with |im and his wife for a long time." " I know that. Hutchins told me so and liat Dolan took her from him. He is ad 1" Hutchins dead " Yes. I was with him in his last mo- kentsandhe told me all he knew. Inow rant my daughter, who is this Grace Dolan, p she has been called so long. If yon aid ke in getting at once possession of tier you ay almost name your own reward." can it be " He went and shook Mrs. Wagner " Wretch " he said. " Wretch, tell me who is in the cottage " "Bah. I must see for myself. It will be worse for whoever it is. " Dolan crept out into the little paarage, and crouched down close to the door of the room in which Captain Morton was. The key was in the lock on the inside, and it was accidentally so turned that it stopped the keyhole. Through the lock, though, on the other side of the entrance end, the key projected about the eighth of an inch. Dolan tried with his nails to get hold of this slight projection and turn the key. He could not. ,. « T I. J "Pincers," be muttered, "if I had pincers. Ah, yes this will do itâ€" this will °He took from his pocket a pistol-bullet mold. By opening their two concave por- tions, he had a kind of pincers, *nd he clutched the end ef the key with ^em. " That will do," he whi^ered taintly. !nie key tn^ed. A sl^ht noise which it made caused Cap- tain Morton to spring to his feet. " She has gone â€" gone â€" I hardly know where, but it is on an errand for me." " Oh, there he is " " Whoâ€" what ' Bound from the back of the cottage there darted a man and with extraordinary speed he ran down to the beach. " Who is that " said Captain Morton. " Captain Dolan." " Ah Holdâ€" stop, villain " Dolan, with astonishing speed, reached the margin of the sea. The tide had risen and one of the boats, that we have remem- bered as being on the beach, was afloat. He sprang into it in a moment and, seizing the oars, pulled off. Captain Morton reached his own boat and, dashing into the surf, be boarded it and called out " That man in the galley â€" overtake him Give me an oar Pull â€" pull We shall have him yet." " Ay, ay, sir," said the sailor and the boat of the Nautilus shot through the water in pursuit of Dolan. (to be continued. When I Mean to Many- BT J. e. BAXB. When do I men to marry ?â€" Well, 'Tig idle to dispute with (ate But it you choose to hear me tell, Pray listen while I fix the date. When daug^hten haste, with eager (eft, A mother's daily toil to share. Can make the puading[S which they eat, And mend the stocUnars which they weai: When m^dens look upon a man As in himself what they would many, And not as army soldien scan A sutler or a commissary When ^ntle ladies who have got The offer of a lover's hand. Consent to share his earthly lot. And do not mean his lot of land When yoanir mechanics are allowied To find and wed the farmer's girls Who don t expect to be endowed With rubies, diamonds, and pearls When wives, in short, shall freely give Their hearts and hands to aid their spouses. And live as they were wont to live Within tiieir sires' one-story houses Then, madam, if I'm not too old. Rejoiced to quit this lonely life, I'll brush my beaver, cease to scold. And look about me for a wife 1 The Tkbm "Hobse Powkb." â€" ^The use of " horse power " as a measure of an engine's work came naturally from the fact that the first engines were built to do the work pre- viously done by horses. John Smeaton, the builder of atmospheric engines before Bolton and Watt had introduced their more impor- tant machine, had already set the working power of ahorse as equal to lifting a weight of -22,000 pounds one foot 14gh in a minnte. Bolton and Watt agreed to place their en- gines " for the value of one-third part of the cools which are saved by its use." They also increased the horse power to 33,000 pounds per minute, so that thdr engines were haU-again as powerful aceax^iiag to tiieir rate aa tiuwe of their oarnqntitea. this way tiiey estaUiahed the 'h power" as 33^000 foot ponada par ^ante, or 660 foofcpoiuida per .«£ the, Sd pBopwtyto tfae*ViIii^aii£onV^,«WT ' -â-  vT A joraig Bofen #t olkiilroh' f^^llifsf ^nick a B«ijKhbor iR^o refiued to keep, quieti, and was toied f 10 f or the oflfonoe. Xhe Salvatibn Army poipoaa to er^ a 93,000 banntpka in Brampton, and have al- ireiMiy raised $1,000 for tiie purpose. At Ouelph the other day a mad dog was locked in a room, .then lassoed throng .% wiikioir, tied toaii apple tree, ud^aBot. \, U. S. Senator Ingalls now wants to set- tle tile fisheries question off hand \ij annex- ing Canada, and with it the entire Central American States. It is reported that the Lnperial Govern- ment has consented to send out gunboats next season to assist the Dominion cruisers in protecting our fisheries. The rector of All Saints' Church, Winni- peg, has been invited by his congregation to resign, but he refuses to do so. The unsatis- factory state of the Church funds is said to be the cause of the trouble. The house and contents of Mr. J. Jenkins, the reivivalist who resides about three miles south-west of Aylmcr, has been totally de- stroyed by fire. Mr. Jenkins and his wife barely escaped with their clothing. There was no insurance on the building. A young man who was to marry a Brock- ville lady recently found, when he reached Franktown, where he expected to take the train, that the railway was hopelessly block- ed with snow, and in consequence the cere- mony had to be postponed until the follow- ing day. Cornelius Driscoll, of Lower Cove, N. S., has passed his one hundredth year and will soon celebrate the first anniversary in the second century of his existence. He is still hale and hearty, able to eat a good square meal and do odd jobs about the house. Mr. Driscoll came from Baltimore, Ireland, over 50 years ago. The brilliant illumination of the Stormont Cotton Manufacturing Company's mill at Cornwall by the first lighting of the Edison incandescent light startled the people of that town. The lighting up was a complete success and will be of immense benefit to health and comfort of the workers in the mill. The machinery is all in shape again and the mill is in full blast. ' John J. Veitch was charged at the Police Court, Toronto the other morning, for coast- ing on Gerrard street hill. Sergeant Gre- gory tried to stop him, but he denied the right of the policeman to interfere with him, claming that as long as he kept off the side- walk he had a right to coast. 'J 'he Police Magistrate sustained his contention and dis- missed the case. 'Veitch now intends to bring civil action against Sergeant Gregory, claiming damages for false arrest and im- prisonment. A cablegram received from Glasgow at Guelph recently announced to his sorrowing family the death of J. D. Williamson of that place. The cause of his death is not as yet ascertained. Mr. Williamson was for many years the leading merchant of Guelph, and was universally liked and re- spected. He leaves a large family, nearly all grown up three of his sons manage his large dry-goods business, which has made itself famous in Western Ontario under the name of " The Lion " An amusing incident occurred in Port Arthur the other afternoon. T»v'o young men entered a grocery store and purchased biscuits, cheese, etc. for lunch. One of the party sat down on a box at the door to eat his shars, and leaned contentedly back against a bulletin board on which an ad- vertisement of various goods was written with chalk. When he finished his lunch and proceeded 14) the street his black coat bore an inscriptitih of fresh eggs, good butter, cabbages 5c, potatoes -85c per bushel, choice confectionery, peanuts, bannanas, canned goods, etc. A Peterboro' curler who has just played a closely contested " thirteen point " game gave the following figures to prove that it was hard work. In following and sweep- ing the stones, which was done with the most thorough fidelity, he travelled 5^ miles; a large part of it being on the run and sweep- ing with all a curler's energy. The playing of his stones represented the moving of over 2^ tons, and the length of the rink 42 yards, equivalent to moving over 99 tons 1 yard. Allowing that the stone be raised on an average two feet at each shot, he raised 4| tons one foot. The residence of Wm. Smith, of Smith's Cove, N. S., caught fire at midnight. The old people were asleep in the lower part of the house and barely escaped with their lives, with nothing on but their nightclothes. Two boys slept upstairs, the eldest of whom when aroused found his brother in a dazed condition. While endeavoring to get bis brother out of the building the floor gave way and the boy was precipitated into the flames and perished, while the other with much difficulty reached tibie window and jumped out, being very severely burned and also cut and bruised. In the district of Gaspereaux, N. S. 8 t tied by 200 families, 71 persons average 77 years of age. In the adjoining polling sect- tion of Harborville, on the Bay of Fundy, there are living 90 persons aged from 70 to 90 years. Of these no less than twenty couples have been married and living togeth- er 50 years and upwards, beside 25 widows and widowers who were first married half a century ago. Probably no other settle- ment on the continent can boast of such a re- cord of longevity. Of the twenty couples who have enjoyed 50 vears of wedded life five of the husbands are brothers, viz. Joseph. James, Daniel, Bradford and William Ogil- vie. American jM^rs have the following de- spatch â€" ^The Hoadey gang of counterfeiters and a St. Paul detective by the name of Frank S. Dacre, who had been employed some months ago by the Canadian Govern- ment to capture this gai^ dead or alive, offering him f2,000 and all his expenses, had a terrible fight last Monday. Dacre came upon the -outlaws, and in the fight with them James Pearson, Thomas Matth- ews and Thomas Doyle were killed. The rest of the band were captured by the mount- ed police. Dacre, the police say, displayed wonderf nl strengtii in the fight, fairly lift- ing one of the band in his arms and bringing him down with such a force as to kiU him. Dacre is only twenty-six years old, was once on the Moa^rMilipdioe aetecti.Te Imras, and was toe fiye ysan • United States BTATIBTiaB. the town population at^Pmasia amounts t» ll,QQ(l!.00Q, while thfe'nu^ population is^r timated 11*17,500,000. ^ool-feesooont for nearly 12b. ahsadi* 8!orlii^Bd, affainst 10*. 6d. i|[ Knglapd, and that MtftwithstaodiBg that lirare is « Car lanmr proportion af bne ichdlars there than in KngTand. Infoi y«an tin ocnisaniptton off raisiai and currants in France haa increased f nnn about 6,000 to 66,000 tons annually. They are uqed in the mannfaoture of wine, and theliqnor produced is decjared'tobe perfect^ whomome, poasessii^ many of the proper- ties of wine made from the juice of th* The number of horses exported from Eng- land to different countries in 1885 was 6,0B1, valued at £363,368, or an average of £59 138. per head. Belgium was the largest, buyer. Australaua, the smallest importer, gave the highest price, m average of £273 6s. 8d. each for 66 horses while the Aiven- tine Republic took 97 at an average of £i210 178. The total area of freen crops in Great Britain last year was 3,480,400 acres, or 41,- 000 acres less than last year's figures. Flu was grown on 3,000 acres. In the few local- ities where its acreage has slightly increased it is stated to be numdy experimentaL Th« cultivation of hops has not been quite main- tained, there being about 70, 100 acres grown in 1886, as compared with rather more than 71,300 in 1885â€" a decrease of 1,200 acres, or nearly 1-8 per cent. The death-rate of English troops for the whole of India in 1883-84 was 12.56 per 1,000, as against 10.88 diiring the previous year. In connection with this increase, it should be mentioned that the rate for the period 1870.79 wasan average of 30 per 1,-000, and that in the older days it was as high as 70. The returns for the native army are more favourable. The hospital entries show an increase of slight ailments, but the death-rate fell from 11.76 to 10.50. With regard to the civil population, the registra- tion of vital statistics is reported to make but slow progress. Within the last few years there has been a decrease in the number of sheep in Vic- toria in 1879 there were 11,750,000 sheep in the colony, in 1885 there were 10,637,000. Notwithstanding the decrease, the export of wool has not. diminished. In 1881 it amounted to 98,467,369 lb., valued at £5,- 810,143; in 1884, to 119,502,240 lb., valued at £6,342,877. The bulk of the wool goes to Great Britain. There were 1,096,354 acres under wheat in 1885, showing a de- crease of 8,038 acres compared with 1 884. The entire area under cultivation of all kinds in 1885 was' 2,323,493 acres, showing an in- crease of 107,570 acres over the previous year. Over 4,000,000 bushels of wheat were exported in 1884, valued at £1,420,000. Newspaper Favors. A trade paper, speaking of the frequency, of puffs asketl for and received by small advertisers, puts a somewhat gray-haired chestnut into new fdrni as follows "Eight out of every ten persons who insert an advertisement, ask that a notice in the reading columns be given â€" thrown in, so to speak â€" with the other. There is only one man out of all the' subsjeribers who takes any particular delight ' in that paragraph ^nownai^tbe notice, and that is the man whose name it contains, and he smiles in a sort of delirium of blias. Nojv, when the editor goes out to buy he does not, after making his purchases, ask that $2 Worth of articles be thrown in. The grocer would kick the maniout of the store who habitually asked to have a pound of sugar thrown in for every quarter ot a pound of pepper he puchased. ^h^ hatdwate mail would be aghast if .he t^as cbnipelled to throw in a pound otiliails for every ten cents, worth of putty he Jold. The dry goods man woula go jout of business if hefnlust put in a yard of cloth or a parcel for every bit of calico Maria Abigail Simpkins happened to pur- chase. The funniest thing in the " notice" ' business is that the large advertisers do not ask for the extra, the complimentary para- graph being merely given as an act of cour- tesy for their large trade in printers' ink, while the man who spends $1 a month has his feelings wounded if he does not receive a notice worth §2,50 in hard cash every time he favors the paper with his custom." WISE AND OTHERWISE. " No, sir," he said to the captain, " I am not seasick, but I am really disgusted with the motion of 'the vessel." Before the wedding day she was dear and he was her treasure; but afterwards she became dearer and he treasurer. An old clergyman once said to P. T. Bamum, "I hope to meet you in, heaven." " You will if you are there," answered Mr. Bamum. " I wish I was a public house," said a loving woman to her husband. "Why?* he inquired, with some degree of surprise. "0, because you would run in eighteen or twenty times a day to see me." " If my dog doan' bite anything," explain- el a Gratiot avenue saloonist, "eaferypody s '.y he vhas no good. If he bites sompody, dsn eaferypody says he must be killed. Seems to me dot dog doan' get some fair show." A cobbler visited one of the large manu- factories the other day, and for the first tims in his life saw shoes made by machine- ry. " What do you think ot that?" asked the foreman. "It beats awl," was the laconic and significant reply. A little four-year-old, chubby-faced boy sat blenching his fingers around a silver dollar at the Sunday-school service at the Meti^odist Episcopal Church in Tyrone, Sunday afternoon, and later reluctantly surrendered it to the lady who collected the contributions to the Church funds, saying afterwards " I didn't want to give it to Mrs. B I wanted to give it to the Lord." An amusing incident occurred at a Christ- mas tree at one of the colored churohes in Elberton, Ga. As but few of the members CO old read or write, they selected a colored damsel who had " been to school" to write the names On the presents, which she readily consented to do When the presents were distributed and the names called out, the assembly was greatiy surprised to find that all the handsomest and most valuable pre- sButa had on them the name of the. girl that did th)B, writing. An indignation meeting was hllKty hdd, and a redutiribation of th* pre se n t s »dered immedi a te ly.