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 -m- %VV:.: â-  '-^^^r^ 'â- ' ^PPWP PM Mr I n in Id the;' Ithei applel rtet I jar. K*pot] pnnamo 1 close, reads ngF(i m lodvi [â- n hour,J plane i I bright, than hial J given hi] lof untoU Ito his bL I a betterl he can ' ing the ^ning th 3r boys â-  hitn wh^ Lane. H4 tne a boai to an ev out a qu, e invalua it will e with I may be 3g Eeceij ish to teS pie crust. J' of mak^ d it good oonful of three caj )nfuls of the stovd a scant r the flouil very easy â€" Two el cup of SD one teaspo im tartar. ir with ler.i in a quick I e quantity, i itba if put i^ I girls canno â€" Oae cup I one half wo eggs, tw^ Biike in t« The top i chocolate id one-half i f oiilk, a pi riavor will UDDISG. â€" Uoed appled half a cup ol cinnamon, xke about t4 )f Wild Bea| iyor, a Bifl erinj{, emplq as been livi aince he arr iwling all nig ' which set of courage.' I by a bluto-j ;reat velocis instrument! ;he cobweb wire cable lonstrated idolite ' in i another occa tnd ' would ty come to hJ f hia adveni g a big stiol did, and fie J face the ar told him he )ut he expla' nmediately i stick's po« on's TabksA As for the W se they conld [is brother day, and tl ring thanke it himself, would cons 'amily.' All amusement, lelf, saying I Iready been g^ new thing j Bin, the be â- :e to JP-' tenders be Lord I 4 YOUNG polb:s. FomuBoa to 60 Hrane- Beaa went to charch one eoltry day She kept awake» I'm glad to mt Till •• fourthly " started on his way. Then the moments into honrs grew Oh dear oh dear I what shonid she do Uoseen, she glided from the pew. And up the aisle demurely went, On some absoi-bing mission bent, Her eyes filled with a look intent. She stopped and said, in plaintive tone. With hand uplifted toward the dome, "Please, preaqher-man, can I go home "' The treble voice, bell-like in sound, DiAturbed a sermon most profound A titter swelled as it went round. A smile the pastor's face o'erspread â€" He paused and bent his stately head " Yes, little dear,' he gently said. F.HS. What Ohris Liked. Chris had bright red hair and bright blue eyes. When he came into the street-car the March wind had blown a rosy color in- to his cheeks so that he looked like a very bright boy. He went to the front end of the car to put his fare into the box and when he came back a yount; lady was en- tering the door. Chris sat down opp98ite te her and waited until she had drawn from tier purse the little black circle which was the ticket used on the line. Before she had time even to raise her eyes she saw a red m'tten held out before her and dropped the ticket into it with a pleased, " Thank you." But before Chris conld get back again his seat was taken. Three or four passengers had come in and the car was quite full. The pretty young lady had for a neighbor an old woman with a brown veil tied around her head, and who wore a shiny alpaca dress with coarse black lace sewed in the sleeves. She had placed on the floor a thick brown paper bundle, fully two feet long, and of course with such a thing at her feet she could not get up very easily. So Chris offered to carry her fare for her and she thanked him with a grateful smile she had a very pleasant face. It took her some time to find her pocket and while Chris was waiting he collected tickets and five cent pieces quite like a young conductor. The old lady finally handei him a quarter, and as he had to get change from the driver be was away so long that the car had stopped again before he returned. This time it was to let some of the passengers out and the young lady looked up at Chris and motioned for him to take the vacant place at her side. " I am very glad that you have a seat at last," she said, *• for yeu lost yours by your kindness to me; and you have been kept busy ever fince." " O," said Chris, " I like to put money in the box." " I think you like to be obliging, don't yOB? " asked the young lady. At this the red color in the boy's cheeks, which had grown a little paler since he was sheltered from the wind, became bright again. He did not know what to say, but was sure he ought to make some reply. " I guess so," he answered and then he tried to let the young lad; see that he was looking very earnestly at the store window in front of which they were stopping. But for all that he saw a thin-faced gentUnian come slowly in and was instantly on his feet again saying eagerly, " Here ia a seat, sir." The gentlt-man looked very tired and pale and Chris thought he must be just recovered from a sicknes:^. Of course there was now another fare to be paid, and he did it with a business-like air as of one quite accustomed to his work. •* H*ve I taken your seat " asked the gentleman. It was very kind in you to give U up to an old man." Now Chris had not thought him old, though he looked feeble and he was all at once afraid that in his haste he might have forgotten to be polite. For without know- ing how to put it into words he knew that we are seldom really kind when we act as if we think ourselves so. " I like to stand and hold on to a strap," •aid he. Then, hia eyes happening to fall on the old woman's big bundle, he began to wonder whether if it were heavy and she had far to carry it she would not let him take it a little way. All at once he bacame aware that they were crossing the street in which he lived, and that it was already supper-time. He gave the bell rope a quick jerk and the car stopped. Three faces looked up as he passed and gave three bright smiles. One was the gift of the pale gentleman, one was from the pleasant faced old woman, and one from the pretty yoiing lady. Alchough it was six o'clock in the evening he had a feelin? "as if the sun were shining on him, and he had always liked to be in the sun- shine. Ifaip. Lpckity loaBMaeroMabiaflknd'a "pp. tat the smith was notat hone. I «wd til* woman d tiM hooM tf ate w«dd •UowBM to start afire and make tiw shoe. She ttid I might if I knew how. So I surt- ed a fire and heated the shoe red hot, and turned it to fit my horse's foot, and pared tbe hoof, and turned the points of the nails out cunmngly, as I had seen the blacksmiili oo, so that, in driving into the hoof, they they rfjould not go into the quick, and 1 Shod the horse. At the next place I went to, 1 went straight to a smith and told him to put a shoe on properly. He looked at the horse s foot and paid me the grea-e8t compliment I ever received in my life. He told me, it I put on that shoe, I had better foUow blacksmithing all my life. Now I ?«%«f "hould have known how to do that If I had not looked on and seen others do It." t^o^ a young girl, not twenty years old, who is supporting herself and partially supporting her mother. When she was only eight years old she began work in a large dressmaking establishment with her mother. She watched how dresses were fitted, aeked why tliis or that ^ras done, and when sixteen years old she could fit and make an entire suit. She used her eyes and her mind as well as her fiagers. To be of aM possible use to ourselves as well as others, we must keep our eyes and minds open. What Push Can Accomplish. The first experience ot a millionaire mer- chant of Philadelphia on his arrival in the country aptly illustrates what push can ac- complish. When he stepped ashore from the sailing vessel, he said, "I was without money or friends. I spoke to a man on the wharf, and asked him what to do.' Here- plied, • Work, young man. Have you any motto ' • No,' I said • what do you mean ' He said, ' Every man must have a motto.' As I walked along the street I saw painied on a door the word ' Push.' I said, that shall be my motto. I did push at that, and entered an office. I was asked what I wanted. I said, Work ' and the word on your door gave me not only a mot- to, but confidence.' "My manner pleased the man. He ask- ed me many questions, all of which were an- swered promptly. He said at last, ' I wane a boy of 'push,' and as you have adopted that for your motto I will try you.' ' He did. My success followed, and the motto that made my fortune will make that of others.' The word is old, short and crisp, but it expresses everything, and has carved out fortune and fame for hundreds of thousands of poor and obscure boys. Double Seems:. If anyone should say to a boy or girl hav- ing bright eyes, open to light and darkness, that they were blind, they would surely say, " Why no I see everything around me." But very many of you do not. I've seen bright-eyed gfrla step on their own sacques lying on the floor, and when they were told of it, say " Oh, I did not see it." And I have seen them while hunting for things pull everything about on bureau and table and declare the book or the thimble or the handkerchief was not there, and someone else would look right after them aud find it, and they would say " I really did not see it." Boys will almost fall over the hoe in the path, and yet, when the father comes home and points to it, the boy did not see it before, though he may have walked past it and over it twenty times. What is the matter Well, I think the mind did not see ^^^^^ ^^^^ and remember. These children do not pay j »""^^ slmplicrtyT but the procession of men attention, and it is very unfortunate that j ^^ofoUow isnotalongone. they do not. Sometimes this habit of mat- j^ ^^^ j^ ^^^^ ^f flattery let him have HOW TO KEEP A HUSBAND. A Mam That Is Worth Weddlnc Is Worth Keeplns. Verona Jarbean, the actress, in a lively interview with a Chicago Inter-Ocean re- porter, gave her views on the husband ques- tion, and her advice may prove valuable to some wives. " I tell you, winning a husband is only a pleasure to a woman, but keeping him is a penance. That is not nicely put, but what I mean is that more than two- thirds of the women who marry let their tiusbands slip through their fingers because they are too lazy, too indifferent, or too ignorant to keep them. A girl wins a hus- band unconsciously. Ask any of your friends how they captured their other half, and they will tell you frankly 'I don't know.' A man's heart is ensnared by a pretty hand, nice teeth, a round, low voice, frank eyes, beautiful hair by tbe way a girl walks, talks, plays, rides, puns by her gifts, her smile, her amiability, good taste, generosity or the very manner in which she greets, fascinates or abuses him. Sie may not know how she won him, but if she doesn't know how to keep him the best thin^ for her to do is to find out. There are many things we know by intuition the rest have to be learned by experiment. Conscious of her abilities and inabilities as a wife, a wise wo man will learn 'how to keep a hut band just as she learns how to keep house, to m^jkke chicken croquettes, chocolate creams, bread, beds or lemonade, and if she doesn't, why some siren, with tht. sunbbine in her tresses and the perfume of wild olives in her clothes and about her gloves and handker- chief, will secure her a permanent vacation. MEN ARE NOT FOOLS. They may be boys, bat they will be treated fairly, and if th«^re is any place where the jams and jellies, custards and cookies are liable to be hidden be ture they will find it. "A man loves to see his wife well dressed. When he goes about in tatters, with big shoes, untidy skirts, soiltsd collar and a halo of curl papers, if he doesn't swear he thinks it. I don't believe in the economy of home toilettes. I never take a dress that is done for and wear it in the houe. When the life is gone out of it, it goes into the rag bag. I make a duty of nice linen with plenty of laces, and my house gowns are not old, they are not wrappers and they are not ugly. Another bobby ol mine is my hair, which I will nave as near the poet's con- I ".eption of 'her fragrant tresses' as possible. 1 jca I have a whole lot of little devices â€" I perfume my eyebrows and lips, keep my hands soft and cool, my teeth in good order and I make my doctor prescribe for a sweet breath. But don't put that in the paper. I only tell yon to give you an idea of the care required to keep a man in love with you. MEN LIKE TO PBKACH DOVTN KXTKAVA- OANCE. and style and dress, but the woman who bangs her hair, powders the shine off her face, hides a blotch or scar under a piece of court plaster, who wants pretty gloves and stockings, trim slippers, perfumes, balms, cold creams, finger- curis and fancy notions to increase her charms is the woman who is admired every time. Those long, lean, lank, common- sense women may gad i about with their wholesome ugliness and tention and carelessness becomes so fixed verses. Not by the volume, but in crisp little Hcmt up poetry for his eyes get that it causes trouble as long as they live ^__ it wastes hours of time, and is an annoyance ^^J°°g rhyme with his fat, white hands to everybody with whom they live. j igt*,nt ^u the big gods and Uttle heroes of Another thing. Boys and giris can learn y, ^^ Bome, whose lew are not half as to do many things by watchmg others, ask- j ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^re cambric by com- ing intelligent questions, and fixing their » .^^^^ j^^^^ his shapely head to the skies attention on the way skitful people work, i F^^ j^^ ^y ^eep bis hair Beecher told the foUowmg story of •»" Mr. " I never saw anybody do anything that I did not watch him and see how he did it, for there was no telling but that some time I might have to do it myself. I ma goi^ j a prairie once; my ' en- cariim is, new pandt yoor knmriidga to M eee d Us. Man ansphu smart woâ€", but have no faolt to find when her taleat is htge enough to amndato their gceatnem An- other puoe of wiMlom on tiw part of a wife is tin caltivatian of helplessiieasâ€" she moat be able to lift nothing heaviw than a box of candy know nothing about the manage- ment of an nmlvella, a window, a knot or a bundle, and just in proportitm as ^e ap- peals to hia strength, size and gteatoess, just so large will her influence over him be. Men like to be looked up at, depended on, quoted, and referred to. That's the reason \» by a little woman marries three times to the one wedding of the tall heroic lady. "Aa nglv cempor is a trial that few women are able to stand. The only cure is silence. Ton masn'ttalk back. No, senti- ment is just as injurious; you can't kiaa a furious man, it only makes him worse. The thing to do is to keep still, let him cool and let the matter drop. He will respect yoor sense and come to terms of his own accord. TO KEEP A HUSBAND an (Eager hunter, live in a little myateiy. Don't make a sacrifice of yourself have ideas of your own, and secrets, too, if you like. It is well not to be too tame. Men do not cue much for hunting barnyard fowls and domestic animals. They never waste their powder on a meaner bit at game that a fox, a model jests a trifle inferior ti^the neat, trim, capricious little quail. To make the chase interesting be a little uncer- tain and allow yourself to be caught ocsa- sionally. " To be bom a woman is to bom a mar- tyr, but the husband that is worth wedding is worth keeping, and if a little artifice, a pleasant smile, a contented hearti forbrar- ance, neatness, devotion and tact will hold him, by all means let him befheld. Men ^ust be taken as they are and not as they should be they are not a half- bad lot under the refining influence of mutual interest and lve, and he is a very wretehed specimen of humanity who can not be counted on to shield a wife from the buffets of the world, and be an anchor for her when youth and branty have g roved unfaithful. Poor fellow, he is weak but e can't help it. He was made so. He would rather be good than bad, a king than a serf and I think it is a woman's dn^ to do what she can for him. Sick and tired of the bemg and clatter of the world's machinery, a man is ready and willing to go anywhere away from the tumult, and with any one who will help him to forget his cares, disappoint- ments and his very existence. This thing of trying to rule a husband is all buncombe â€" it can't be done. You'can coax most men, bribe some and govern a very few but that vulgar rubbing of the fur the right way wins every time." hotae begui to ^^^ cut; praise his shapelyliands and you solve the problem of unkept nails. Hunt the dictionary for words and synonyms to give variety to your thusiasm. JV HE HAS AHBrnOKS or sohemea, liaten to him with opai eyas of ^Slir^' â- J: Both Crippled. A cripple's aenaitiveness to mimicry is sorely keen, but no more so than his sym- pathy for one crippled like himself. The sudden revulsion nom one to the other makes the pathos of this cnrioua street scene, related in the Detroit Tribune Pedestrians on Woodford Avenue were treated to a singular and affecting incident the other evening. Freddy MtJine, little newsboy, whose legs are so crippled that he walks on bis knees, was trudging down the street, when a legless SAllor came plodding along in the opposite direction on his stumps. They did not observe each other until the sailor attacked the lad. The assault was se sudden that it was all over before any one could interfere. " What do you mean by this " demand- ed a bystander of the man. "The boy is mocking me," replied the sailor. Then ho got a good look at the little fellow's legs, and cried, " What I So you are a cripple like me Ah, my boy, forgive me 1 I thought you were mocking." The tears coursed down a cheek bronzed by sun and wind, and possibly hardened by sin. " Oh, I wouldn't 'a' done it 1" he exclaim- ed "I wouldn't 'a' done it, if I'd 'a' known, for these two hand«, and they're all I've got left. I ask pardon, my boy I ask your pardon." Then the adult cripple hobbled on. The boy gathered up his papers, that had been strewn around in the struggle, and, wiping pway the tears that had filled his eyes as the sailor was speaking, crawled on down the street, but not before handfuls of coin had been showered on both the unfor- tunates. Serenity. There are persons possessed ot such ad- mirable serenity aud self-possession that nothing can disturb them ov -much. What- ever may be the cause they are indifferent to things that shock or grieve of anger other people. An old lady was rescued by a fireman from the fourth story of a burning building. She did not scream, nor struggle, nor resist when he dragged her from her bed, pulled her through a window, and carried her down a ladder to the street below. When he at last put her in safety on the sidewalk she gathered her clothes about her and said, calmly " Much obleeged and if you could jnst run back, now, and get my duds, I'd thank you kindly." When told that her "duds," nor nothing else, could be' recovered from the building, which was now wrapped in flames, she cool- ly quoted the old saying, " Well, them as has must lose,' an' my duds wa'n't wuth much nohow." â-  ^» Excuse Not Accepted. Police Judge â€" " You are accused of hav- ing snatched a handful of small change from the till of a grocery store." Jim Webster â€" " Yes, yer honor, I knows I did but when a man is hungry, and haint had nuffia ter eat for more den two days, he am desperit an' crazy, and he doan keer what he does." " But it appears that at the time yon stole a handful of small change, yon had a five- dollar bill in your pocket." " Dat am so, but I did not wanter bust a fi7e- dollar biU. As soon as yon buste a five-dollar bill, hit melts right away." Jim Webster melted away for a term of sixty days. ' His Bert Distuibed. Old Man (at the head of the stairs) â€" Hasn't that young maa gone yet Clara Daughter â€" No, papa are we diatarbing yon? Old Man â€" ^Yea tha ailanoe d^wn there ia oi^reaaive. TH£ UME-Xnjr QLUB. When the meeting opened Brother Gkvd- ner announced diat Prof. Confliot Jidinaon, of Columbia, S.C., waa in the anteroom and waiting to addreaa the dub on the anbject of The "Nothingnesa of Somethin)r, and the Something of NothingneM." The Pro- foMor waa noted all over the South aa a pbiloeopher, and this lecture would be a practical demonstration of philosopy. Tne gentleman had been in the city three days, the ^eat of Giveadam Jones, and had not yet offered a corn cure or a hairrenewer for sale, riua was pretty fair proof that he was the philosopher he claimed to be, and the President hoped all membera present would pay atrict attention to tiie lectorer. The Profesaor made a favorable imprea- aion aa he entered the hall. He was a small, aawedoff man, with eara atanding out at just the right angle to scrape anow off the top of a rail fence, and there waa a look of deep intelligence in hia eyea aa he cast them around the room. HE GETS TO WORK. The Profesaor loosened hia neek-tie, pushed up hia aleeves, took a gulp of the purest mnking water fnmishra any city m the land, and began " My frena, look acroaa de room at dat atove-pipeholein de chimbly. Dat hole ar' a nothiofmesa. Yon can't carry it away you can't handle it you can't pledge it to de pawn broker de police can't arreat it An' yit dat hole war' made to take in six inchea of stovepipe, and carry off de smoke of a big coal stove. Widout dis nothingness the somethingne'is of combustion, heat an' comfort conld not prevaiL See ' [Applause and cries of hear hear 1] " I turn my breeches pocket wrong side out," continued the Professor, as he suited the action to the word. "What do yon see? Nothingness. An' yet, if I didn't have this nothingness whar' would I put my some- thingness? In odder words, but fur dis pocket whar' would I put de money neces- sary fur my existence At present it ar' an empty aometbinsneaa holdin' a powerinl lot of nothingness, but de nothingness is highly necessary to further aomethinguess. See " [Great applause during which Shindig Watkins swallowed the brass overcoat but- ton he was holdin 4 in his month to cure pal- pitation of the heart.] " Heah is a paper bag," said the Profes- sor, as he held one up to view. " Look in- side an' what do you find Emptiness. It is a somethingnesa full of nothingness. U we had a million of dis somethingnesa we would starve on de nothingness of it. An' yit, when Elder Toots goes to the grocery an' orders ten pounds of white sugar de grocer makes use of this worry nothingness to biing about a somethingnesa. De empti- ness is driven out an' becomes a fullness, an' de Elder goes home wid a bag of sugar un- der his arm. I don't mean to insinuate dat Elder Toots has eber been financially able to purchase ten hull pounds of any sort of sugar at one time, but I simply aupposed a case fur illustrashun I See " [Vociferous applause from all except the Elder, who said that if he was fifty years younger he'd lick the Professor before he left town.] "We look into a bar'l on a dark night. We see de nothinpness of something and de somethingnesa of nothing. Da nothingness was created to hold forty-two gallons of cider or sometbingness. iVe go an' bore a hole in de ground. It ar' a nothingness. Nobody kin take it away. Put a gate-post in dat hole an' de nothingness becomes a sometbingness to once. See " [Long continued applause, during which Pickles Smith lost three suspender buttons by an unexpected careen to starboard.] "As a furder illostrashun, take dis room when empty. All ar' nothingness. De reg'lar Saturday night meetin' comes around an' de nothingness becomes a sometbingness P. D. Q. De meetin' adjourns in due time an' de somethingness resolves itself into nothingness with promptness an' dispatch. But, my hearerS; I do not intend to take tip de valuable time of de meeting. My objeck was to prove to you dat riches do not con- stitute happiness, and dat de Standard Oil Company does not run dis ken try." [Cries of " Go on " from all parts of the hall, and during the confusion someone hit Trustee Pnllback in the left eye with a po- tato.] " De Pyramids of Egypt ar' anoder illus- trashun," continued the orator, as he wiped his brow, with the back of his hand and gulped down some more water. " At fust sight dey ar' nothingness. You pause an' ax yerself what dey are good fer? Presently along comes a newsboy an' pints out de fact dat de great heaps of stone break de raw winds of spring off lots of truck patches, an' you at once diskiver de somethingnesa. But it would be idle fur me to purceed fur- der. My sole objick was to convince you as a body dat bein' discouraiged nebber incour- ages anybody, an' dat Jay Gould must obey de laws as well as de poo' an humble citizen. Thankin' yon fur your dessicated attensuun to my disrupted address, an' trustin' dat de seeds I have sown may fall upon sporitic ground, I will now bid you good deevning." [Cries of "go on I" and "come back I" with much app!ause, during which the Professor made good his escape aud a couple of lamp chimneys were knocked overboard and broken.] A CIIABTEB WANTED. After order had been restored the Secre- tary announced the following communica- tion from Selma, Ala and several of the members moved that it be at once acted on Dear Sirâ€" The following persons whose names are attached are anxious to form or organize a brtnch club at Possum Trot Dal- las County Ala. Bill Limkum, Jud Lim- kum, Bob Eptraim, Will Eptraim, Frank Jeems, Jesse Jeems, Bill Shallowfoot and Jim Cummings. I am told that seven mem- bers constitute a club. If you will send Giveadam Jones down here to organize the club and start tbe ball a rolling, we will send him a round-trip ticket, and will have his shoes half- soled be- fore he goes back. We will also send him the first watermelon that ripens on the vine in June. We also promise when 'possums are ripe, and the perssimon and yams are sweet in the fall, to send him an invitation to our annual 'possum supper. We will guarantee him a jelly time while here. Lotus know if we can obtain a charter, and when we may expect an instructor, se that we may be ready for business. P.S. â€" Since writing the above a man call- ing himself Jay Hoo, was arrested for va- grancy. On his person was found among other articles of no value, the eye of Cleo- patria's Needle. Is this an ancient relic be- Lnging to Paradiae Hall IE ao it ia here anl^aial to foor ocdafi^ api ohi: Y ODxa aaacbl^. Whey Walk Aloto JoHNSoir. ' The anbjeet waa refened to the Committee of Investigation, with a rrqaast to r^piwt.aa Boon aa poeuUe. and in oaM of a f avanble report a oharter will be granted the 8«lm» Cinb to work to the 28th, or Poaanmd^n*. Members of any degree b9twean the xlat aad 28ch are entitled to half fare on railroad* and to free admitsion to circuses and leotuw on miasionary work. The hour being late, all perishable bad-' neaa waa depoaited in the ice box and Hg^ meeting adjourned. ThePangB of Authonhip. Nobody but ua literary people olieely growa the attacihmant author and hia charactera. It ia ralat Mra. Harriet Beecher Stowe that wl the pagea of her manuscript die death of little Eva, the entire t^oiMj. aat bathed in te'jMv, nor could one of then a word, but all mournfully aeparated, to their rooms as though they liad jal tended the funeral of a dear mead, friends met Thackeray on the street^ day, and his countenance bore traces tense grief. "What is the matter?' asked. "I have just killed Colonel combe," he sobbed, bursr^ing into tears, hurried away. Charles Dickens had same experience. So hiMl I. Mine was ei more hirrowing. When I wrote my ^rst funny story about Mr. Bilderback guingj up on the roof to shovel off tbe snow, and m\ak- ing an avalanche of himself and sliUng doWn into a water barrel, I was almost heiiTtjb- brnken. I didn't kill Mr. Bilderback mjr- self. Ah, indeed, I haMin't the heart to ($0 that. The managing editor â€" that dear, o^ii- aiderate aoul â€" saw how -I felt ahtut it, ajnd he killed him for me. He also killed all il;he other dear, loving, gentle characters in the sketch. And as I was leaving he remarked that he would kill me if I ever. came biuck with any more such stuff. He meant it, too. People who baw me coming out of the offi.Oe scraping dust, and lint, and pine alivers, a^d gouts of paste off my back, sav at once, by my grief stricken face, that something ^ad happened. But I could not tell them whjati My poor, bursting heart was tob fuiL â€" Biac- dette. â-  m fioles of Frocedoie- ' The St. James' Gazette, speakirg of the ne^ rules of procedure for the regulutionof business in tbe English House of Uommons, says â€" "The new Rules of Procedure are more remarkable for the restriction of de- bate than for the panishment of disorder. The lule which requires the Speaker ipr Chairman to order members whose conduet is grossly disorderly to withdraw immedi- atwy from the House during the remaiudier of that day's sitting, seems to have been more warmly opposed than an}' other for the reason that the offending member isi to withdraw not only from the debating-room of the House but from ite uttermost pi;e- cincts. So to extend the order of exclnsi|in was called an indignity by some EogliV-*- members as well as by some Irish ones. T us it seems a punishment far too mild fo such offences as have disgraced the HousV session after session. As one of our cone ' pondents pointed out on Monday, in Franc and in most of our colonial Legislaturep ' offenders like Dr. Tanner (for one) ara pui^ ished by fine and while it cannot be aa:" that there is any "indignity" in that, it undoubtedly a more efficient penalty tha, any other that could be adopted convenient ly. Exclusion from the precincts of tk House for a day â€" what is there in that t frighten into decency men like Mr. Healj Mr. Conybeare, or Dr. Tanner The sug gestion of our correspondent was a wise one. Wnen a member has been named by the. Speaker or the Chairman, he should be' liable, in addition to exclusion from the House, to a fiae of £50 far the first offence, £75 for tbe second, and £1C0 for the third or- any future offence. Lass would suffi.-e probably." â- ^\f n â-  ' i- fi ^â- M t.^-. '4'i. im:m f IJnsoundaess of Arabian Homes- Early last winter Senator Palmer of Wash- ington, sent an agent to Arabia to purchase for the Senator's farm on the outskirts of Detroit, five full-blooded Arabian mares, which he desired to cross with Percheron horses and produce, if possible, a breed of horses that wou'd be superior to, or at least different from anything in America. The agent has telegraphed his inability to secure the hor«es. Upon his arrival at Damascus a few weeks ago he learned that a firman had been issued by the Sultan prohioiting the further exportation cf horses. This did not daunt Senator Palmer's a^ent neither did the historical believe that no Arabian horses are ever disposed of except as gifta to royal personages, cmd for purposes of war. He pushed on, and had little trouble in persuading the Sultan to revoke bis dr- man in the interest of the United S'ates Senator. He was elated by his success however. He failed from a different cause, it being none other than tbe fact tha^ every horse shown him was spavined, ringboned, windbroken, blind, or afflicted with some other disease to which horses even the pink- eyed, soft-skinned Arabian species are sub- ject to. Only one horse did the Senatorial i agent see that apparently was worthy of being transported to America, and that one on close inspection, proved also to be ' unsound. The enterprise was given up in despair, and the Senator 'has received a I cable that the search has been abandoned. ;m^--.}::|;' â- : 1 The Stockmen Scooped. A few days ago there dropped into tho Chicago stock yards with a drove of steera a quiet, unassuming man, who allonred he was from the countiy and was ia chiirge of " dad's steers." He had on a suit of roush clothing and looked like a barnstormer. The stock yards boasted a footracer by tho name of Cody, and it was that footracer that the country lad was after. The latter soon talked race and a match was quickly arranged for $250 a side. In addition tho stockmen bet $3,000 on Cody. The latter lost by a foot, and the race was won in lOJ seconds and won easily at that. When Billy Bradboure, the pugilist, called tbe country boy to account he said â€" " Dad's steera are pretty near right," It turned ont that the young man was M. K. Kittleman, the famous sprinter of Harp- er, Kan., who can easily run the distance in ten seconds. The millions in the treasury vaults at- Washington are being counted. ^isfe8sViisfe^ ^;;:rv^^lS!-r::?;u^»t: .iS,r^:':-£arisSi^:^ji-'£si4\l!Sa#«^ ;6sS)««l«B-•^:»»Ie?wr'^^«r!'SSISSB»*^'*^^^ '