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 ga S; THE FLIGHT IHTO £GxPT. ellou Stories Foud fm the '«Mvel of tlie Infiwey-" WJt waa not possible for the active im- agination of the early Christians to rest con- tent witli St. Matthew's short and plain record of the Flight. They mnst know more aboni it â€" how the pilgrimage was made, through what places the Holy Fam- ily passed, what marvels and portents hap- pened by the way, and where they f onnd a resting-place. And so the process of myth-makbig and legend -baildiniz began in answer to the questions of naive and childish curiosity. The brief racord of the fact was enlarged and embellished and embroidered with fancies. The literature of the FUght unfolded itself in the apocry- phal gospels of the second and thbd cen- turies, and continued its growth thronsrh the poems and chronicles of the Middle Ages. Nothing can be more clear than cne difference between the simple statement of St. Matthew that the journny was made â€" a statement which bears every mark of being historical, and reads as if it were merely a transcript of the Virgin Mary 'a rememberances of that hurried and dream-like episode â€" and the WILD, FANTASTIC FABtKS xf later times. And yet I think these fan- ciful stories, which were told so often at the fireside, la the U nt, at the resting-place of the reapers, and by the camp fires of the caravain, are worth reading, because they are so fresh and childlike, and sometimes so pretty, and because they have had such an infioense upon art. • • â-  • • • I 3nt the greatest fund of marvellous stories abcut the Flight is found in the "Arabic Goepel of the Infancy," which was current among tbe Christians of the £aBt, and was undoubtedly used by Mohammed in the composition ot the Koran. It ig an Oriental variation upon a sacred theme an Asiatic embroidery full of all kinds of strange beasts, a sanctified Arabian Nights, Entertainment. It tells of a dumb bride, re- stored to speech by taking the infant Jesus in her arms and a crazy woman who would not wear any clothes brought to her right. mind by the compassionate look of the Lady Mary and a girl with the leprosy cleaned by washing in the water in whioli the child had been bathed and sundry other house- hold miracles even more INGKNtrOUS AKD ASTONISHUrG. It describes the dwelling-place of the Holy Family at Matarea, a town a little to the northeast of Cairo, where any sceptical per- son may still see the aged sycamore which sheltered them, and the"fouDtaia of Mary, ' in which she washed her child's coat. But the most wonderful tale of all is the story of the enchanted mule, which runs on this wise As the Holy Family were entering into a certain city they saw three women coming out cf a cemetery, and weeping. And when the Lidy Mary saw them, she said to the trirl who accompanied her (the same who had been cleAnsed of hw leprosy) "Ask I bo hang^ " ?ayrth'e'sl L»58 gWT^^Tti; tiiem what calamity has bsfallen them. ' o^iy the Chicago belle who eipeoto to find a Bat they made no reply to the girl^ qaes- greid piano in a sock." tions, asking her in th.eir turn "Whsnoa are you and whliher are you going For the dav is pent, and night is ooming on "apw"" '-We ara travellers," said the girl, "'and ureieekfng a house of entertainment." They said "Go with us, and spend the night with UR." Acsordin^Iy tbe travellers accepted the oonrteoas invitation, and were brought into a new house, richly furnished. Kow it was winter, and the girl going into' the apartment of the women, found them again wesplag and lamenting. Beside them stood a mule, covered with housings of cloth of gold, and sesame was put before Iiim, and the women were kissing him and feeding him. And the girl said • "What Is all this ado, my ladies, daoai this mule 7" They replied with tears i "This Aule, which thou seest, was our brother, bom of the same mother with oanelvoi. When onr father died he left us great wealth, and this only brother. We did our beat to get him married, and were preparing his nuptials after the faehion of onr country. Bat soma women, moved by jealousy, bewitched him, nnknowa to us and one night. CHBISTHAS SIOBYEITES. his] prksknt. Charley wanted to give Clara a Christ- mas present, bat oonld not make np hli mind ae to wliat it should tte so the next time he called he frankly told lier of the difficulty under which he waa laboring. " Want to make me a present, Charley T" Clara exclaimed in well- disguised astonlab- ment. " Why, Chrley,yoa forget yourself 1' He took the delicate liint and offered himself then and there. CHBISTMAS SHOFPHfO. Never mind, ladies. The Christmas shopping does not come out of yonr pockets It is your annual opportunity to get more than even with the men, that's alL And really, they are so good-natured just before Christmas that no one may be par- doned for ezpressirg the wish that the holiday season might last all the year round. CHBISLMAS FBXSEma. " The Christmas season's at the door And throuKh the air the snowflakes whirl; The dude now eeks the dollar store To buy a present for his girl." Which r-3minds ua to suggest that if you received any presents last Christmas that you do not fancy, this is a good time of the year to dispose of them. WE DOX'T BUT THHM. " Buy your Caristmas presents now I" Is the legend that meets us in the window of an up town store. Thank you for the advice â€" but we won't do any such a thing, oh, no I ' We always kindly permit our friends to buy them for us. CHISXMAS SLIFPBBS This is the time of the year when nseleu girls derive exquisite pleasure in getting np slippers, the cost of which is out of all pro- portion to their vjilue, and then think it a good joke to tellfthehr shoomaker to " send the bill to pa â€" but be sure and not send it until after Christmas." " Ii is a perfectly safe wager that there la not a " pa " in the land will see where tha joke comes in. CHRISTMAS DLFIlflTIOKB. TheEagliahgirl'a favorite toe: mistle- toe. The key to the joys of Chriatmaa tur- key. A Chriatmu preaent Daccmber 25, 1889. (Lut Christmas ia a Chriatmaa past. See?) CHBISTHAS STOCKINGS* The old saying that " hanging ia too good for them " is never understooato apply to the Christmas stookinga. And talking about stocklnga â€" " Stookinga A LIXILS BEFOBS DAYBBXAE. trhen the door of our house waa ahnt, we saw that thia our brother had been turned into a mule, as thou now bbholdest him. And we are sorrowful, as thou seeat, having no father to comfort us and there is no wise man or magician in the world that we have omitted to send for, but nothing has done us any good." And when Hie girl heard this, she said " Be of good courage, ladies, and weep no more fcr the oure cf your calsonity is near yes, it is presently in your own house. For I alse was a leper. But when I saw that woman, and alontt with her that young child, whose name is Jesna, I sprinkl- ed my body with the water wherein his mother had washed him, and I was cared. I know that he oan deliver you from your affliction also. Bat arise, go to Mary my miatresa, bring her into your own apartment, tell her your secret, and supplicate her to have pity upon you." When the womec had listened to the girl's words they hastened to the Lady Mary and brought her into their chamber, and sat down before her, weeping and saying "Our mis- tress. Lady Mary, have pity upon thy ser- vanta, for no one older than ourselves, no bead of our family, is left â€" KBITHEB FATHXB NOB BBOXHSB â€" to live with us but this mule which thou seeat was our brother, whom women have bewitched into this condition. We beseech thee, therefoie, to have pity upon us." Then grieving at their miafortusa, the Lady Mary took np the Leri Jesus and put him on the mule's back, and she wept vith the woman, and said to Jesus Christ, "Alas, my asn, heal thia mule,by thy mighty power.and make him a reasonable man as he was before.' And when these words wsre spoken, the shttpe of the mula was changed, and he be- came a young man of engaging appearance. Whereupon tiiere waa great y^y in the hcnse- hold, and the grateful »iat«i;a immediately concludes to marry their brother to ^he girl who had leen the means of btiaging him so great a benefit. All this, espacl. lly the happy marriaga. Is qnite i^ ttis style cf Schebereude. It i4 no more like the iober records of tbe svangeliata than a display of fireworks ia like the silent stars; and the very contrajt gnea f ^r to prove, or at leask to ilinstirata tbe hUtoricaJ o^^r»o- terol our 'onrgosfials.â€" [Heary van Dyke, iB.HaEpai.'4Msgtxse for D.'cember. HER CHBISTMAS GOOSS. Mrs. A. Are you going to have a goose this Christmas 7 Mrs. B. I have cooked my Ciuiatmaa gooae already. Mrs. A. Why â€" you don't tell me so t Mrs. B. Â¥es, I badgered my ,dear hus- band out of a aealskin sacqne worth four hundred dollars I HEB CHBISTMAS FSXSXRT. A gentleman aanntered into a large dry- goodaatore, a few daya before Chitotmar and remarked **I want aomathing for a Christmas preaent for my wife." The olerk anggeated variona things, but the onstemca seemed not quite aatiafid. At laat he aaked: "Have you ootton cloth " "Certynly, air." "I want eight new shirts. Eight timea four are thiryy-two. I'll take thirty-two yards." The gratitude of the wife at reoaiving ai a Chrisunaa preaent the oloth for eight new shirts for her nusband can be inuigined. XDIT0B3 PBlaXHTS. The dry goods olerk always gets the bulge on the poor jaurnaUst in making Christmas proMnta. iL'he editor can never put liia bands on anything except an old mouldy paste pot, a rasty pair o' scissors, and a box of steel pens, suspender buttons, and burned matches. And yet we hear people talking about the even distribution of justice. That is just-ice a fellow looks at the matter. We are open for an engagement as dry goods clerk. Oar girl muxt have an even ahow aome- how, when it comea to the matter of Christ' mas presents. TOO MVCH TUBKKT. Little Frank, having eaten more turk^ on Chriitmas thui was good for him, oomplain- ed bitterly. On being asked where the pain waa, he answered, with great serionaneaa, preaaing his tiny hand upon hia cheat, "I think, papa, it mnat Im in my wiahbone, 'cause It's right here." WTLrUIj WABTS. "Did yon stop at Shears the tailor'a?" "iea and I gave him fita." "What did you do that fori You'll never get 'em back.*' A Sourca of Annoyance- A gentlemen, condng home at evening, spoke harshly to his little three- year-old, who waa playing very noisily. The little lady dropped her playthliiga and retreated baatily to a comer. " WhaVs the matter " aaked papa. " WeU," aidd the child, "I've been a good «rirl all this day, and now yon oome home and make trouble the first thing." Vezy Seldom. "What ia the uss of fleppmg yonr olawa around In that fashion " said tae oyater t» ataeorab. SherVa no use ia getting excit- ^U bet you'd be exoited if yon were in £^ yoa'd -.. f .. .•^»fcaorab. • 1 don't lose my temper." A OAUHL DEATH. :•!• BkcrUriUU Mew I FecU te be â- anxed. Jamse B. Morgan, aheriff of Sherman county. South Dakota, ia a native of this city, aaya the New York "Star," but haa been In the west over thirty years. He is here on a visit to his relatives on Staten island. "I find/' said the sheriff to me the other night, "that the question whether a man should be hanged or executed electrically haa been aettled. I am glad to find that elestcioity haa carried the day, for I aasure you that death by hanging ia intenaely pain- ful." "Why, aheriff/' I aaid, "ia itpoaaible that you were hanged " "Qaiteao, and it waa no joke. When the war closed I went west to seek my for- tune, and had a pretty hard time before I found any^dng even resembling it. One hard winter two others and myself went into Wyoming en a prospecting expedition, and had w maintain ouraelvea ohiefly by hunt- ing. Antelope were very aoaroe just then, and we suffered oonalderably from hunger, One morning we aeparatad, the better to acour the country, agreeing to meet on a diatant hill at noon. My companiona were hardly out of aight when I ahot a steer, and was in the act of cutting it np when three fieroe-looking cowboys swooped down upon me. I am, as you aee, awarthy, and they took me for a Mexican. Aa they alao were dirty lookiuj^, I made the same mistake, and aaluted them in tbe little Spanish I had picked up. It happened that a tall cot ton tree was conveniently close, and, with- out saying a word, one of the men threw the lariat around my neck, tossed tha other end of the rope over a stout limb his two companions pulled upon it, and I was in the twinkling of an eye going through all the agonies of hanging. The pain was frightml. There was a tremendous rushin? through my ears, the sky and everything else turned blood red, pins and needles seemed tc be sticking into every part of my body, and at the same time the back of my head felt as if it were being sandbagged at the rate of forty strokes a seaond. How long it laate:! I couldn't tell. To me it seemed hours. When I regained consciousness one of myfrienda waa pouring whiakey down my throat and the otaer waa rubbing my chest with the aame liquid. It appeared that my comradea liad reramed in time to out me down I)efore life had fled, but jaat then I wiahed they had let me be. The process of resuscitation was if possible, aUll more agonizing than the hanging, but, aa the man condemned by law doea not auffar in that regard, there ia no use in dwelling upon it." " But why did they hang you " " They were driving a herd of cattle to Idaho and it was one of their ateera that I had ahot. When my frienda arrive4 and explained, the oowboya cut me down and wLen I waa ready to receive them they were profuse in their apologies. ' That is how I know that hanging Is one of the most cruel deaths to which you can put a man." A Bad Oase. 'â-  I reckon," aaid farmer Begosb, ' that Joaiah might ez well be kep home from college. The base-ball is over, an' he can't learn much anyhow. Beddes, I'm afraid it's kind o' mixin' hia mind np." " What makea you think so, Ezra " aaked Mr*. Begoah. " Waal, I waa to aee him the other day, and every enoe in a wliile he would aay anmthin' that seemed to her no bearin' on anjrthing in pertiokler. £z we wna walkin' together along the atreet, he interrupted me an' aaya and tiie band played.' " "Itiienghtl might aa well humor Um, *n' I aays gently 'WeU, apoaan' it did, Joaiah r Sayahe: Xhata all right, pep; you're a good one, but yon ain't on.' 'Ain't on what I* a«c L 'You ain't tryia' to give me tbe raule dsc^, are yon T he says, with an air of serionaneaa that made me aad. I tald him I hadn't no raszle dazzle to |dve, so as to Idnd o' quiet him, ab' he laoghM in a tatitfied way. He was party quiet after that, en'r for aakin' me where 1 got that liat over an' over ag'in, although he knew as well as I did where I bought it, havin' been with me at the time. I don't know whether to bring him home, or have him sent to a heapital or aomethin'" Practical Demonstntion " I nnderatand," aaid a handsome young woman, entering the printing office, ** that yon employ only giria and t£at yon are in need of a forewoman " "Yea," replied the printer. "Oan you make np a form I" " Juat look at me and aee," ahe answered, turning herself around. Site waa engaged. Two of a Kind Oot Aoqaainted. "Thia," aaid the man who was tMveUing on the oars, aa he opened hia valiae andtew out a bottle, "ia a mixture called Dr. Jen- kinaon'a Indlapenaable. I never travel with- euk it. It ia the .best and moat agreeable tenio now on the market, 1^ all odds." "I am not so sure about that," replied the man who waa oooupying the scat with Um "I have here"â€" and he opened his own valiae and took out a bottleâ€" "a tenio oalled Dr Bybeld'a Extraot, which I have naed for aeveral yearn and oenaider the beat prepar- atioh aver made. No man ought ever toâ€"" " I have no doubt it la a fairly good medi- cine in its way," broke In the other, "but if you had ever tasted Dr. Jenkinson's India- pensalle yon would throw that stuff of vonra away.-' ' " ^•i know all about Dr. Jenkinson's nos- toun, and I know exactly what it s made "You do, eh T" "Yes. sir, and I know Dr. Rybold's extraot Ismsdefrom precisely the same formula only from pure materials instead of the vile and adulterated ingrediaou old Jenklnaon Wv' "?*•"«"«» Ae same formula, ia it?' "Exactly the aame." "I am glad 1 have found Ohnstmas Another Quristmaal One mor^ year has passed to the eternities. What have yon been doing daring thia thne The great Naaarene eameinto the world at Betiilefaem to reetore a nearly lost squilibrinm and fr-^e us a new testament of that immertaiiy which was dimly ioreshadowtd in the old testament of the patriarohs and prophets and aingen. It waa Hia mtasion to sweep away the oiouds that obscured the heavens BO that man oeuld stand up and ask of his Father that which he desires without the intervention of profesaional oracles in Greece ortheprleata of laisin Egypt, or of other intermediaries, pagan or non-pagan. A poetess below speaks of the gospel of love aa a catholioon far evU and a creator of happineas in the Here. So It is, also, in the Hereafter. Oar dual tlvee, natural and apiritual, enable as to live in both the Here and Hereafter. Who preachea the gospel of love Are they those who leave Jesus of Ni^veth and his supernal dootrines to make the pnlpitring with seetional politics. Are they these who keep alive tbe embers of the dead past aa journaliats and other authors and peUtioians, and thus make mia- ohief whidi dellghta cxoaroated spirits T These people preach the gospel of hate, and the gospel of hate fa the gospel of the hells. There are other preachers «f Hxe gospel of hate, the Czars and the Alexandera, and the epauletted professionals who make war their pastime and their aggrandisement. The only real gospel of love which has been preaohed in its fullness is that which rose and rises from the hearts of mothers for their c£GspriDg. Were it not for motherhood and thoee little refijierB, babies, tSie world would be in the shadow of night. George Burlaw, the " new poet " of England, beautifully writes Bach child upon the planet bora Brings baek that planet's early morn In the sweet tunrise in hia face. Chriatiauity commenced with a weman emd will end with a woman. Mothers like Mary tllustrata beat en the birthday of the Reformer and Savior the love and tender- ness and beauty of true Christianity. Hers is the poem CHBISTMAS. Eighteen hundred years yea, almoat nine- teen hundred. Sfnoe over the manger-oradle the wiae men leaned and wondered. Bfgbteen hundred yean; and yet the world to day la bliod *e the meaning of tratha that Jeana waa sent to say. Bigfhteen hundred years and yet m«i stand and preaeh Oreeda and eaaona ud dogmaa, beyond Ao rired mind'a reaeh. While all the aad aeola want and aH the aad asnls need, la Love, Love, Love, for that waa the Savieux'a creed. Sfghteen hundred yeara I and yet the eharehea oentend But Lo\e was fas the beginning, and Love will be in the end. For Love is the only law that knows no alteration, And Love ia the only door that leada tia into a«lvati6n. H^hteen hundred years I and men are doabting still] But love ia tbe way to peaoe, and all may find H who wilL We have only to keep en levlng, and lo 1 the path appears Though the world has been riow to aee i for eighteen himdred .yeara I Sala Whulxb Wnoox. The Feiik ef BniBdo-hBatiag. On the oeoaalaa in qoeation, gay brother and aoasfai wars on thsir way hemeward. They were jast mooMlag one of tiie long, low swells into whiok the praMe waa broken when they heard a law, zsntaaring, rasablfng noise, like far-eff thiader. It grew steadily loader and, not kavwing what It meant, they harried forward to the top ef the rise. As thar raaohed 1^ they stepped Aert in terror and a m sfaeo^ for befere ttiom the whole praiife wm Uaek with madlT radtlna buffaloes. Afterward they learned that aMth«f oeuDle of hunter^ fear or five mUes ef^ had fired into and stampeded a large herd. This herd, in ito mah, gathered atkeni, aU Pan- dering along together in uneentrellable and inoreaalna panio. The sarprisod hanton wane far away from any broken ground or ether vlaoe of refuge while the vast herd af huge, plungfn?, mad- donned beaata waa ohargfaos atraight down on them not a foarter e a ndle distant. Dswn they oune 1â€" theueanda upon thouaands, u^ .^•°* extending a mile hi breadth. whUe the earth shook beneath their thunder- ous gallop, ud as they oame eloaer, their shaggy frontleta loomed dimly through the oolnmns of dust thrown up from theldry soU. The two banters knew that their only hope for We was to apUt the herd, which, though It had so brMd a front, waa not very deep. If they_^ failed they would inevitobly £ trampled to death. ' Waiting untU the beaste were b oloae range, they opened a rapid fire from their r^^^w"**"^***^ riflee, gelling at the !2 l}^"'^^^,- " » mwnont the resolt ^Mv ^h""" J^"" '"« thundered m2S'r .!'.*"« •'*»• brutosim. me^toly in their front feU beaMath the SS^*.!iH! *^".!?*^^'" «n»de Solent efforts to preae off aideways. Then a narrow J^'^tJ^*""' *• hanterawere i^*?*""**.^ •*•«* •' ^»" through whieh they oeuldaee the stream of dark huj. !^ • !7'J?*" '*• W» *l«" « the plain! snaceu. lh» herd oareered on toward iha hor««. «,,ja fi„ bdlvlduala wfafh^ bJS Buffalo-Hunting," in St. NioholM fS The Christmia Oarola form one Carol. orm one of thp ni.;. • ival which ircVeb»N •er the niWll,~j ".^°- »t nkJ* of the fesi mas all over the ciVilfes^'w;;,^ »»tChri;: not by any mciins of recent orjdn ,S tti weroa?ed by devout ChristiaV i '"'J when every country was ruled bvk .« !* and tho life of the people very dH • "^fi^ early as the second century thev "*«' 4i and have been in vogue ever sinL ' ««!* The early ChriBtsnas carols "wTr. religious. Ttey showc-l plors f«lH aentiments, but in a few ye.ra devi"" to wild bacohanahan Ecsjja which a " in- promptly forbade to bs uae- rt ' "«» which followed caused the carola 1^ v**"" religious agim. but all durinc ths t *«t they were decided'y frivolona "a *?« In Bn^and, under Anglo-^ixon kin*^-' were very merry songs, bnt oooaeS' ' toba more than indecent Taees-'vP ^•* abolished the uea of Chrt^mas^- i ** gcther, and never allowed aay^hinl K "'" psalma to be sung. Since tbat time th l'** been about the same in style aa at « " some religioag and others h'eht anl^^'"" The first regular collection of Ph^L carols known to have been made w«„^^ lishedinthe Tear 1521. TheX'T* many issued eince thee, and at BreJ-lr" ers in sheet music find them m « t" The custom of singing carola on Chrh5 eve 18 an old one, and though nolTt indulged in throuj?hout this conncrv il .^°"' hoEored practica in Eogkcd, whe-a th • oipal families of each loatlis? are^.S by the waits. Chrisruias carols Eeem ' confined to Scadsy eohool festival, t!!" anything else a.t the present time O- â-  ally a merry crowd gather. toain'jeo^S" 0U8. glees on Chriatmas eve, bo.ti the JJil is quite rare. *^ "" Nearly all the cards are of EaglUhorijin very few being other than the work of W liah barda. Some exbeinely pretty ones^ the results of American hymn wtiteri. b« they are aecidedly infenor, Tiie Pumpkin Pie. Take a sharp knifeâ€" the beat of iia kind- And para off the pumpkin's golden rind â- " Then cut into cnbo- shaped biocka of bn£ And dlowly simmer till soft tnoujjh. Ran through a sieveâ€" the beat to be b-'jght, TIU you have of the sifted pumpkin a qaart. Oh, the "cropple-crown" hen wUI monn to- day For her rifiad nest in the scented hay. For ere your pumkin pies yon can bakE Out of her nest you must nine egga take. Beat yolfcs and whites in a separate diili Till Ioth are foamy and light as yon wish, White sugar, one snp and a balf yon take, And two qaarts of milk yonr pies to make; Then of cinnamon, nutmeg, and mace, eub one; You take a teaspoonful ere yon are done. Next spices, sugar, eggs, pumpkin, and milk. You must beat together till " smooth u silk"â€" (That is tbe curious, homely phraae, My grandmother used in tiioBs oldtiae days.) New a dezen of raisins, more or leaa, To each pie will add flavor, yon mut cod fees. The whole must be baked in a ahell-Hke crust. And, juat aa it hardena, with sugar yon dan. If yon follow thia rule, when done yoal cry "Here'a a genuine, old-time pumpkin pie!! Lizzie M. Hadlbt. A Hew Exploeite- The Auetraliana, it would seem, hn tasen hold of a new and valuable ezploiin oalled ejrasite. It is the invention of two engineers named Liersch and Knbin. Itii impervious to damp, shock, or fire. Ia power is to dynamite as 100 to 70, ud it oan le carried frobi place to place wibc tiu utmost sfttety. It emits a tMck, bluk smoke, and the detonation is loader tbu that of gunpowder, but shorter, Bfaupeii and olearl It oan be used for rifle cartid^ or aa priming for cannon. A bombshell loaded with It eaploded with such teirifi! force that experiments against ptluu^' representing 100.253, and 5C0 menatrangei of 300, 750, and 1,200 meten reoerded marka in very division of tde p»li»da atanding for a soldier.â€" [N.Y. Times. yoa infernal Ho^ ~limD;rj^^J^' Pxamioed for Admiwon to the Bar .ifssssi£jrt£---««'»j^ Djoember. ..TV-, TookitlriteiaUy. «.«^iSLf' '?^"°'" â- ^*» Frenchman to the captain of a ateamboat, "bat «»w^ la "°f. *i?g ' !•«" »»ik to toU yoa. "What is hi" ,y V,^** •â-  *» daagear of as explosion present- j^'j,« oxploriem Is there maHay en Forsmng His stadies. "I don't aee your aon about anywhere,' aaid a travellhig mMi to a merchant vm he had oalled on. " la he out of the city!' "lea." " PuratUng his atudiesf „ "I think he la pursuing his Btndie»,f» from what I oan hear I don'othinkiieiM muoh ohanoe of catching op to them. Very Lucky. "Dinnb." "Phwatialt!" "Tell me wan ting?' "Ifoioan." " is it lucky to foind a horss shoe "Be the powers, yis-if it'a In .» "' of a diffisulty yez happen to bs »» "" slilaleh bandy I" With an Improved Seivice. "It aeema to me, limily," said the^^^°|," try pcstniaster, mildly but firmlyi .-^.^ these thrte yonsg Itef would ba pleasitfiter for all conoei would fix it Be woaldn't oome at tho same time just ait and glare at each other all tte ing I" ^, "Yes. papa," the young \^%^^i obediently. '-My Winter male arrwR»» will go into efftc) next week." Cause aud iffdct. Mrs. Chancery Line--' What « '» new sealskin, my de^^r 1 „ â- Â»Â« I "Mtfc Ilf^oombo-" Aad i^.Zc^ never saw yoa with that diimona before. " ,,^titii' Mrst Chanoery Lane-"My^» didn't oome home till four this ni»r^djt aniTottt him." IlfraMi ,mbeâ€" " And aiy.Jfy^ 5. and tbenlhaaw*'