people tn 0 The Joys of Childhood. emeat bi the Miu'8iPPi rtver~ contains ARE much-of the complaint that bad RAISING SHEEP WUHOUTC tne cSQgfe tor SUPERSTITIONS OF GAMBLERS. ,rest THE ORIENTAL HAREM. [natter of practical iaW existed among farmers and country shippers, of jstate. The improvement our Western If I were a boy again, endowed with irregularities and abuses respecting the disposition concernrs *bonl mays is a subject that MK "daliy yon tUe Scenes on the Islands That Lie OO of their property. Minnesota grades of Raclnsr Men Wn W1IJ Not Bet a'f Certain au at the same wild passion for plucking taterial interests of Minnesota* A Brier Glimpse of One of tne Pe- Hi tb a wheat nre tho now recognized standard in Eastern VK Coast of California Opposffe tore receive snch considerate TimesLucky and Unlucky cnlial features of Moham* 1ay8 S? water-melons in the dark of the moon, and European markets, and the integrity ot as may promise to prove a meat. 31? znedlsm. Mis*,-*S8t'PP*t Santa Barbara. IM^^W^ our state inspection commands the full confidence I would no doubt fall a victim to that ,*J The head of navigation of the lt of the trade. Undoubtedly the adoption em A correspondent of The New Yer% pvifc.1 and practically or the great lake sv^ One of the conditions npon which' a of this system has added appreciably to the ar overmastering passion as I did before s well as of the Bed River of the North Commercial Advertiser, writing fro* market value of our wheat, and resulted in realizing Sporting men are noted as boing the Within onr borders. A large proportion of ou. woman enters the harem is that she much more to the producer that he would but looking at it as I do, now, I would Products finds its way to market through the the islands opposite Santa Barbara, most superstitious persons. Those who give up all family ties and connections mve received under the old order of things. two hrst named of these waterways, and the cost 3 wiser. Boys can not," however, have commencemennt of the pres proved so satisfactory tha any change says: No human being now lives o grades andt rules of inspectio as first es- with the outside world. While ubryimports of heav merchan pi railroad transportationcompetitioen upon th balance is bet on horses are all more or less inby Rrf4VV lessenedo the of these ,he severally objected to bv farmers tablJ ^K 3 mature judgment of mankind with-fluenced polygamy is permitted in Turkey, not either San Nicholas or Anacapa, but a wa theO certain events which they routewsi itn Jp-yVf the carrying trade. The same 8 the experience and the rheumatism deau^1 more than five per cent, of his Majesty's and cas Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa are both SL&i ytkar- fSWift look upon as omens of good or ill luck. vo with it. So it is better that in ent crop cufe coal, etc. The low price prevailing Moslem subjects have harems. inhabited by a few men, who utilize lor our agricultural products make the All. these signs they eagerly look for, Some amenw wfcknilni5to"the ments law correcting imperfections, General Wallace depicted in a humorous otr a ildhood we may anbe able somet to ea S scope and extending question of the cost of their fcransportaWon safety know the islands for the pasturage of largebands ^fe. and are influenced by them on the way vein the curiosity of American ir to market an all-important one at the wit ra# tram "P- the supervision the commissioners to of sheep. Here, by the way, I ot time.problem the with largelyh whic our pro Hj presenotn Therein lies the women to visit the harems. They always country elevators au'* warehouses, are recommended they place their money on the steeds thing: olnti r. by the board. will remark that in California every have a great desire to see the ducers are now wrestling, whether they can successt'ully whose chances they favor. tl stM a great change in myself The successful results aen.'eved under the rail* collection of animals of any sort is meet the competition of cheap labor poor creatures at home, and to devise "No, I'm not betting to-day," was road and warehouse laws haw been so largely elsewhere, in the growing of food products for while eonspj, wing my present condition some means to raise them from their due to the ability, industry aiid aptitude foa called a ''band," A herd of cattle, a the reply of one of the turfmen, in answer %$$. world a consumption. The moderate expenditure their work of the commissioners, tiat I feel they with' t&at erf joyous* childhood. Then degraded condition. After a visit many tad a good diges made by the government in recent years flock of sheep, a party of Indiansanything to an inquiry from another of his have earned the thanks of the people! of tor the aid of navigation upon our rivers and the Duf I had BS'senst of these ladies change their minds the state. They have secured concessions ilk whether he had bought any pools and everything that walkswhen lakes has resulted in more substantial benefit to from the railroad companies greater than about the fearful fate of the Turkish tion.- EJaw 1 haven't even' the digestions on the races. the internal commerce of the country than any seen in numbers is known as a band, have ever been accorded to any state railroad women. The Turkish ladies assemble (like expenditure elsewhere upon its inland "Busted?" was another laconic inquiry. commission in the .country, and thev have inaugurated "Waterways. Such results warrant a demand and it is regarded as a sure sign of be*-, a system of state grain inspection in a common reception room richly The' hurryrog years have cavorted opon the government for a carrying out of the which is being quoted and copied as a model in ing a tenderfoot" to use any other furnished. They are attended by ai comprehensive system under which the work over my sunny bet 'd till they have worn "Ko, but I laced one of my shoes some of the older states. Jias thus far been prosecuted. throng of slaves, white and black, who} term. it smooth, but they have left a good deal up wrong this morning. It's a bad There are now in operation 4,900 miles of The utility of the reservoir system at the do their every bidding. The mistresses* railroad in the state, an increase of 738 miles in yet for me'to'leaun, I am still engaged sign. I'll let them alone to-day.'" ft sources of the Mississippi river has been prac- Some years ago i* was ascertained' two years. Cost per mile, as reported, $35,- of these harems wear costumes whi& ,_a tically demonstrated during the past season of In learning during. th\ dayt and putting "Are you superstitious?" a night. 744.81. f that the two islands last mentioned offered 1-exceptional dryness. From June 1 until close the^ speaker, after apologizing for his arnica on-my expevien "I frankly confess that I am," he replied, The earnings of these roads were as follows: Mof navigation these reservoirs were constantly unusual facilities for the raising ie the most glad- 1885. 1886. deficiency on the subject of feminine Jl -drawn upon, and for three months of the time Childhood is-saad: to as he lit a cigar, "and I don't of sheep, and consequently they were Gross S22,617,199 71 $25,102,319 34 a&d in some I to an extent that gave a foot higher water at St. apparel, undertook to describe. Their some period in otMrK-rei. know of a sporting man or gambler Net 11,456,662 68 13,064,052 53 stocked with these animals iromthe Paul than would otherwise have been the case, clothing is of the richest material. Of Taxes paid to the respects this statement ay be regarded that is not superstitious, and furthermore I as estimated by the United States engineer in mainland. Santa Cruz island is under State 611.743 55 612,545 02 the general intelligence of these women |t charge, thus securing a good staae of iter for as reliable, but it is* -t all joy. I I do not believe there is a human bein*who the control of a company, while Santa I the largest steamers throughout the season of their American sisters who have seen, A BESUMB. have had just as- smtcb is not. Of course, SOHSB are more (fun in later navigation. The work for the improvement of Bosa is owned by one man. There are During the five years it has been my privilege them do not speak in flattering terms.-, I the channel of the upper Mississippi is embars*rassed years as-I did in childhoo^ though the so than others? but take gaaiblers and two reasons why these- islands are favorable to occupy the executive office Minnesota has on account of the meager appropriations The conversation between the Turkish/ people with'whom EhaveYbt'cn experiencn throw horsemen as a elass and yem will find experienced a development unprecedented in claim that'their for sheep. On the mainland,. *M*" the purpose, but most substantial benefit in-contact1 her history, and hardly equaled by that of any women and their visitors nearly always*, Uhat each one feas his peculiar quilp. in all directions, grows- a weed which other community of the country for alike period fi|te accrued from thedexpenditureunprecedented. already made runs about this way. Th wonderful an Derbaps has been different. Iiluype thty do not Kow, this morning I laced aay shoe of time. Her growth in-popiilation has been bears very large burrs, and the sheep, nearly GO per cent, and her assessed real and mean anything personal^by tbsA up'wrong. If I &ad left it that way it growth of the commerce of Duluth, and rapid in feeding around, always get numbers personal estate has increased from $271,158,901 "Where are 3 on "from?" inquire the) developmaut of the mineral resources of our wouidhaYe been & lucky day ffer me, I do sometimes- wish'that I GO uld be of these in their wool, and so reduce in 1881 to $458,424,777 in 188G. The industries territory bordering the lake, present in commanding luxurious wives of the Mahommedans^ but I did not. I ttsJaced it, and Wl\ bet and business interests of her people have a boy again, but I smother that w,'sh on form the importance and necessity of its market value greatly. On the island "From America." kept pace in their development with this growth improvement cf our harbors on Lake Stipend two tsg one if 1 bought a pool s-n a account of my parents. What they none of these~burrs are found. On in population and wealth, and the foundations the enlargement of the Sault See. Marie "Where is America?" ^A horse-he-would break his neck before need most is rest and change of scone. have been broadened and strengthened for that the mainland, too, it is necessary to A full presentation of che facts ill* stratinfluence "It's over the ocean." greatness of empire- which is the abundant he came under the string." and effect of these waterways They still enjoy children,: but tkey have herders employed to see that the promise of our future destiny. A brief reference "Do you ever go out therewith out 3 development of our resources would "That's- quite inteifesting. Wowld would like a chance to select the children sheep do not wander away, and also to the measures and policy that have specially a revelation even to many of our own peoxccurate wearing veils? Aren't you ashamed, you mind giving me same of your experience?' characterized the administration of her public with whom they associate. statistics of the commerce of our that wild animals do" not devour the before the men?" interests during this period may not be regarded *nd lake pores, collected and published in What do you consider a My parents were blest with five bright young and defenseless lambs. On the out of place in this connection. general distribution, would prove useJemonstrating "We don't.pay any attentiom to the lucky OTtasien?*' eyed and beautiful little boys, three of islands there are no Wild animals, and So rapid a growth has necessarily involved the utility of the improvedesired. men." "You want to know what I consider largely increased expenditures in the maintenance I would therefore recommend whom grew up and by that means became the sheep need no herders, and are allowed of the several departments of the state It is the* general opinion that ladies che river commission be authorized to incur a lucky nnen' eh? Thsifs just as the* adults. I am in that condition to wander at will. During the government and in tbe enlargement and support lixpense necessary for the collection of such of the harcni" are prisoners. jBhis is idea strikes me.'. I used toxjount white myself- I was the eldest of the family of her state institutions. Extraordinary expenditures I'jSartcovernorrepresentativesreporte,tnwoulythins. sties, the same to be annually to greater part of the year no more than merely a delusion. Every Tarkish have aiso been occasioned by the necessity A proper expressio of leg- horses. Supposing that I was standing w.th the-exception- of my parents. I half a dozen men are needed on either of replacing public structures destroyed woman has her own quarters ami heri islature, addressed to congress respecting needed at the cornier of Broadwaty and Wall am still that way. My early life was island, but when shearing time comes by fire, notably the state capitol, the state appropriations for our waterways doubtless own slaves to wait upon her. Shean street. I'd take out my watch, when I prison and the first hospital for the insane. Expenditures rather tempestuous in places, occasionally which is once every six monthsthere aid our recognitiontha in bod i their seeurethe demanded take a ride whenever she wishes, for permanent public improvements had one, audi time myself, aad count the flecked with sunshine, but more is a lively scene for a while. Large the past five years have exceeded in the aggregate l*Sfc* resDonse to a manifest demand of the pubJ^jIRnterest and she wear* what she pleases without number of white horses that turned into frequently with retribution. I was not $1,500,000. The interest also upon the parties of shearers are brought over and the popolar will, the legislature interference. The Turkish headdress railroad adjustment bonds which represent Wall street from Broadway in five of 1885 inaugurated a new policy of state control a very good roadster when young, so from the mainland, and they must be our present state debt first became a is, with due defference to the ot railway and warehouse management. The minutes. I would sometimes* go on the retribution was 'most, always in the expert riders, as well as skillful handlers burden upon the treasury in 1882. But notwithstanding laws enacted for the supervision and regulation styles of Paris* and' New York the odd numbers and sometimes on the these l-urgely increased demands act of overtaking me. While outraged of the shears. Many horses are jj'Uof these interests have been on trial for the past most* becoming ef* any in the world. It upon the state treasury they have been promptly even. Like tb If I made up my i wo years, and the results accomplished therejunder justice was getting in its work on kept on the islands, and as soon as the met and the public debt considerably, reduced are submitted to you by the board of makes the home!testwome handsome mind on even horses and an even number me, the other boys escaped through a shearers arrive these are caught and without adding to the burdens of the people in commissioners, who were specially charged with and the handsome angelic. The went by during the five minutes, the way of taxation: in fact, there has been paid their executioS. small aperture in the fence. saddled, and all hands go to one end of as taxes to the state less than was paid during Turkish women are, .next to our /own The work of the commission has been laborious, then I would be lucky, and vice* versa." the island, which is quite hilly, and That is another reason why I do not either of the two periods of five years immediately difficult, in many of its details extremtly American women, the most beautiful Ihave "I've heard of gamblers visfting fortune-tellers preceding. The average for tho five partly covered with husk and timber, yearn to-be a boy again. 11|delicate, but in all respects most efficient showing ever seen. Glimpses of them* years ending with 1876 was $472,986.21 per for tips. Did you ever visit more substantial results than could reasonj The shearing corrals are about the center When we ran away from school to annum, for the five years ending with 1881 II sbly have been expected from the administraIfcion can be caught on Fridays* the Turkish** them?" of the island, and the men form a $473,878.58 and for the five yearn ending with catch chubs and when we built a fire to of laws necessarily imperfect, inasmuch as Sunday, or from their" camges. They* "Many a time. sir. Here'a an instance. 1886 $448,617.97. This in view of the enormously hey were largely experimental. An early noted line at some distance from each other, cook then* and the fire got into the|tall increased assessed valuation of the state do their own shopping.: It is theirs to* defect in the law for "the regulation of railroad I'm a red-hot republican, and reaching from shore to shore and so dried grass and burned four- miles of would further show a largely diminished rate of companies" was the limited power vested in the buy as- they please and 1 t&eir husbands'* at the time of the presidential campaign taxation. The averaged rate for the first period sweep it clear of the sheep, driving all fence and sixteen tons of hay for a gentleman commission. Thib often proved an embarrasstaenr, to pay for it It is- incorrect to say, named was 3 28-100 mills per annum and for was backing Blaine for all I was but the sagacity of the board largely obviated before them to the corrals. This process for whom I had a high regard, the last 1 46-100 mills. This showing has been) the effect. They could "advise," "re- that there is no home-life among the worth, when I went- one dav to see a is repeated from the other end of made possible mainly by largely augmented! and I went back to put out the fire, the quest," and in exceptional cases promulgate Turka. Laying aside- the tie of husband fortune-teller. Says she: *You have revenues of the state from other sources, especially then judgment in an "order" to the railnj-yrt the island, and in this way few of the other boys escaped and have remained receipts from railroad and insurance companies. and wife, there remains that al-^ WICU JUUKUiUUb 111 Hi companies, but compliance, as a rule, been making foolish bets? go and bet animals escape the "round-up." so ever since. The trust funds have been increased ro-jirt companies, but only by the voluncorporations most as dearparent and: child. The the other way all that you haveall from $6,278,911.72 in 1881 to $9,601,637.14 in .V'TMfl be obtainedth A just'retribution has never had any themcause The scene in the shearing sheds is an residents of the harem, which means a \/V action of the 1886. These additions are tho proceeds of the the money that you can beg or borrow.' for congratulation difficulty in overtaking me and walking interesting one to the observer who has selves. Ito imuch therefore sale of land and pine stumpage belonging to the, rha has been realized In the way sacred or secret place, are passionately I told her I was betting on Blaine and up and down ray wishbone. several funds, except $142,806.11 which has never been present at such a spectacle of relief. Briefly outlined, there has been secured devoted to their children? upon whom she said 'Wait.' Then she went into been realized as profit on the sale and exchange under this law, through the agency of the When a party of us had been engaged in California. ..Fifty or sixty swarthy of securities held by these funds. Eecent in-^ they can shower all the tenderness of a' commission, a free and open market with the another room and came out in about a in gathering. Easter eggs in the barn of vestment, of these funds have been in the bonds natives or half-breed Indians, stripped rlghr, r.f unrestricted shipment for grain on woman's nature.From a Lecture bxf^ minute. Cleveland will be elected as of the State of Tennessee which have largely increased a gentleman who was away from home every line of railway in the state save one a to the waist, are gathered in along shed General Lew Wallace. in value since their purchase, and if sold sure as you sit there in that chair, but materinl reduction on all the roads of rates at the time,, and he returned just as we open at the sides. On one side is the at tho price at which the last. purchase was charged for the transportation of grain, live he will never serve his term out.' That had filled our pockets with the choicest made a further profit of $194,810 would be realized. corral where the sheep are waiting to stock, lumber, wood and general farm products, was a paralizer, but I took stock in it, FRANCIS BACON. amounting in the-aggregate to over one million vintage of the sun-kissed- hens, the be deprived of their coats, which in loilars vox annum: a general reduction of all for she never fooled me in her life* I As an agency in the line of public reform and other boys escaped while 1 was occupying this climate grows so rapidly that the I passengi.-r tariffs to a maximum charge of three retrenchment in public expenses the state board hedged and bet on Grover on her ac-. the attention of the dog,, and I had History of the Man Who, According ]J tents per mile, and a' virtual abolition of the ot corrections and charities was organized id clipping^ process takes place twice a count, and made $2,000 clear above my 1 odious transit system, by an elimination of its 1885. Its efficiency in this service has been to slide out the second story of the barn. to Some, Wrote Shakespeare's year. Each man goes into the corral, objeo.ionable and burdensome features. shown in the improved methods adopted hedges, and off Kelly, the bookmaker. It is still fresh in my mind as I write. Works. which has numerous gates, and, seizing i These results have been reached through the through its instrumentality in many of the Here's another instance from the same d-ags it on .ratient. persistent and otten prolonged efforts of eounties of the state, in the administration of I wore my father's vest at that time, a sheep by the hind-legs, Francis Bacon was born in 1561. Hewas woman. I had been playing in hard tie commission, involving an exhaustive investigation their local institutions and the decrease in cost and it was larger than was necessary. the shearing floor under bhe shed. thus Shakespeare's senior by threeyears. of the subject- of railway transportation of maintaining their charitable and penal dependents. luck, till I had only $12 left I went My father was larger than I at that ..j'n iis many phases and to its remotest detail,ffi/id The board have also instituted a Here it is thrown on its back, and the His father was Lord-Keeper oi*T"*i to her and told her how I was fixed, elaborate illustration bv comparison of its "aniform system of accounting, under which all time, for I was only nine years of age shearer holds it motionless with his the Great Seal, an eminent scholar,."^ l&Iative cost as between different companies expenditures at our state institutions are spread and that I wanted a tip on the races. and had not arrived at my full stature. legs while the rapid snip, snip of the .JDder varied,and diverse co::ditious. The facts patron of art and literature. Thetmothers before the public in an intelligible form. She told me to read the names of the I jjkreloped by this research fortified th ^rjommission In sliding down the batten I discovered The change from annual to biennial elections shears cuts the wool from the animal's of great men have often beea-. horses. I did so, and when I got in the presentation of its c'e.nands upi the was made in 1883. As a measure in the interest of that the upper end of it was loose, and body. Walking up and down the remarked upon, and Bacon's was em-* .-tomp -nies, and secured concesf ions which ntiierise public economy and reform this change must be through the list she said: 'Tdford is the that my flowing vest had slipped over it would hardly have been possible to oban. length of the shed is a boy with a eaa regarded as a most salutary one. ienently worthy of her distinguished one I am sure of bet on Tilford.' I In but one instance has the commission it, so that when I got down about four The present complete sanitary organization of full of a peculiar kind of composition,, son an estimable lady, pious, shrewd,. 'id to resort 'to the courts to enforce its demands, went down to the track, and when the the state, and its effective measures for the protection feet I hung with the board buttoned inr which he is ready at call to apply towounds affectionate and, in the best sense of and in this case the lower court has desided of public health, together with its ample horses T^ent to the post there were only in favor of the law. The cause is now side my bosom and the scrambled eggs^ provision for the management and control of unavoidably made by the that age, accomplished learned amono* four tickets sold on Tilford. This was pending in the supreme oourt. diseases among animals, are mainlv the results oozing out of my knickerbockers. shears upon the animals which are learned women, a capable authoress, I of the legislation of 1885, supplemented by the a bonanza, you know, if he won. I Minnesota has now fairly inaugurated a policy The batten had. sprung back against more than usually obstreperous. It is yet motherly among mothers. Bacon vigorous and efficient action of the state board of respecting state supervision and control of bought one $5 ticket. The track was a health. No state is now better equipped than the barn in such? af way as to prevent the mark of a good shearer never to railroad companies, which, if sufficiently was the son of old age precocious, but^ regular duck-pond slush up to the our own to deal with, emergencies growing out strengthened and wisely and firmly administered, J'/**4 my unbuttoning my vest, and while I, send a blood-stained fleece to the packing-bench, not ephemerally so,- for his genius of epidemics or infectious diseases. horses' knees. Tilford came in last. will lead, I believe, to such successful and hung there on the side of. the barn like) but sometimes the sheep As a great public chartlty and an agency of went on expanding through all his life. just adjustment of the relations that should obtain Oh, I forgot he was entered in two moral reform the state school for dependent and a coon skin, the proprietor came between these corporations and the public struggle so that it is almost impossible His imagination, differing from that of neglected children, reoently onend at Owatonna, races that day. The next race he was as is possible under separate and independent around and accused me of. prematurely to avoid wounding them. Each man, many other men, deepened, hightened, Xv* will command a place alongside the most worthy state action. The problem cannot, however, in 1 heard that Mike Daly, his owner, institutions of the state. Its work in reclaiming gathering his eggs. as he finishes taking the fleece from widened with his vears. He had ample^'l reach a solution entirely satisfactory until the wanted to scratch him, but the judges from the contaminating influences of ignorance general government shall snpplemeut state- ac- the sheep, runs with full speed with it I had heard truth very highly spoken access in his father's home to books.',*Xj and vice these innocent dependents will would not have it. This wasn't very tion bv the adoption of a federal policy which to the other end of the shed, where he of by people who had dabbled in it be felt in future years in saving to the citizenship A student of Cambridge at the age of JJKiall have in view the determination of queslfjus encouraging, but 1 stuck to him and of our state thousands who might otherwise relating to interstate commerce. The hands it to the packer, while a tallykeeper" more or less, and so I resolved to try it twelve, he was at sixteen wiser thanhis./*f contribute to swell the population of her penal put my last fiver on him. His jockey public sentiment of the country, with marked gives the shearer a brass check in this instance*. So I admitted that teachers. In 1576 he entered Gray's institutions. unanimity, is demanding of congress legislation fanned him with every jump, and representing the value of 5 cents, and such was the case,, and it was the best In 1881 the state militia was represented by a Inn on his legal career. Next year.he**fcv to this end. It remains to be seen how long adverse brought him in a winner by two few independent companies, scattered, neglected influences shall postpone its enactment. at the same time enters a record upon thing I could have done, for the man was sent to Paris as one of the Buite ot V& and poorly organized and poorly equipped. lengths. I got five hundred and odd The commissioners recommend such amendments a book opposite the shearer's name. said as- I had been so frank with him Sir Amias Paulet. the English Anibassa-f^ From that nucleus has been developed our present and changes in the law as their experience dollars for my ticket. So much for fortune-tellers' effective organization of national guards, as he would take me down as soon, as he dor. He traveled on the continent with,!, The celerity with which an accomplished and investigations have suggested are tips. Some fortune-tellers compact, well disciplined and reliable a body of necessary to make it more effective. I bespeak got his other work done, and he was as the French court, and.became familiar*"*- shearer will remove a heavy citizen soldiers, in proportion to numbers, as are snide, but take those uhat are educated for them your hearty indorsement, and I earnestly good as his word.' After he .had milked any state of the Union can show. with French, Italian and Spanish. Oa^ fleece is remarkable, and there is always invoke your early ac:ion respecting the or have it born naturally in them, The immunity from taxation of the lands held nine cows and fed nine calves, he came additional legislation contemplated in the drafts his return to England he bore a, dispatch more or less rivalry between the apd they get there, as a general rule." by railroad corporations has for years worked of laws they submit for your consideration. around with a ladder and took me to the Queen from the Ambassador, men on such occasions. Whenever visitors hardship and gross injustice to settlers in "You gamble on cards, do you?" Clearly, in my view, the commissioners should sparsely populated sections of the state, and down. He also spanked me and set in which he is referred to in. the are present the swiftest men make be authorized to revise and amend the tariffs of "O, yes, I make my living as a sporting that, constituted a grievance of great magnitude. Relief the railroad companies respecting rates charged the dog on me,, but I did not mind most flattering terms. In his twentyfourth a point of getting up a match, and I in great measure has been afforded in this man?" lor transportation of freight and passengers. If for I was accustomed to- it. To hang regard by the result ot the recent prosecutions year he entered Parliament,. andiTV have held the watch and seen a fleece 'ipon complaint, or otherwise, it shall appear to "Does your superstition affect you in by the attorney general against five of the corporations, on the side of a barn, however, like an In Vhe commission, after careful investigation, that soon exercised a remarkable ascendanl^ removed in just four minutes and twenty playing cards?" which pieces the lands held by four _* ach rates are in any respect "unequal, unjust autumn leaf, trying to kick large holes cy. The author of many beneficial seconds from the time the sheep left of them upon the tax lists. "Yes, indeed. If I am going to play I'll unreasonable," it should be authorized *to require The law of 1885 prohibiting the manufacture in the atmosphere is disagreeable* measures, he was at all times thechosen the corral. This, of conrse, is rapid and compel such changes' as shall make cards for money I always hunt up a and sale of adulterated dairy products has had them-equal, reasonable and just. There can be representative of the Commons. ini.*) This incident cast a gloom over my work, the average time being from the effect, to stimulate in a marked degree an beggar and give him some money for no good ground of objection to this regulation their conflicts with the Peers- and the*'* whole life. It has also' reconciled me important industry of the state, which had begun eight to twelve minutes per .sheep. The upon the part of the companies themselves. Indeed, luck. I have walked sometimes two to languish by reason of the importation of Crown. His wisdom, patriotism! and they should rather wish to see It established, to the awful decree- that Icanneye standard price is 5 cents a head, and,, miles to find a beggar. I know a gambler fraudulent imitations and substitutes, with as the process of its enforcement would eloquence were conspicuous. Carefnk be a boy again.Bill Nye., as the men are given their board, it is which the honest products of the dairy were who goes daily to an Italian on give opportunity Jor such vindication of their brought into competition. of the interests of the people, he* was seen that very fair wages may be made. |jQuitable policy respecting the public as the Green street, who has three little canaries Probably the most important measures of reform, {pacts in each case would warrant. at the same time loyal in his alleg-ianceto The work isjvery unpleasant, however. more far-reaching in all their future influence that tell fortunes by pulling an A Tale of Two Fingers.. The excessive and fictitious capitalization of the Crown. His powers of persuasion for the relief of the people than any that The dust and scent of the sheep rises envelope out of a pack. He always the property of railway companies is a proper have been instituted in recent years, are those He took "twoflngeus""before he went,! were uniformly employed in* furthering in clouds and is perfectly stifling, while subject for legislative consideration. It is notoriously follows the advice of the bird, and I which constitute our present policy respecting To brace his nerves a bit the practice of these companies, after and reconciling the welfare ot the effort to hold the animal in position the control and regulation of railway corpora- have actually seen him shed tears over On hunting woodcock was he bent, realizing from the sale of their bonds money tion**. The legislation of 1885 upon this subject, all concerned. Johnson bears- tribute*, and at the same'time remove the wool And hunted away with grit: sufficient to build And equip their lines, to issue some of the slips, he got, not from and also that respecting state supervision In addition stock to an equal or greater amount, to his eloquence. "There happened," But the liquor muddled his whirling brain,. without injuring it is very trying, both grief, but from vexation,, if it went of warehonsee and the inspection of grain, was representing as a rule no value whatever, but As liquor will often do. he says, "in my time one noble speaker, hailed by the people of the state at large as the to the muscle and the patience. against his grain." appropriated as a gratuity by the syndicate And the gan went off in a moment vain, dawn of their deliverance from monopolistic who was full of gravity in. his. -controlling the franchises of the company. To After the day's work is done the nie^n *-I have had gamblers tell me that ..And it took two.fingers, too! exactions and oppressions. I believe the reasonable give these als issues of securities real value, speaking. His language* where he*' gather in their, quarters, and, with expectations of the people have not they had acquired the habit of trying Tid Bits. dividends mni be earned by the road and paid been disappointed in the result thus far reached could spare or pass by a jest, was- nobly greasy packs of cards, gamble away thereon. The practical effect of this is the perpetration their luck in different ways, but I claim in the administration of this new policy. censorious. No man ever spoke more ot a fraud upon the public. Bates of trans'portation the checks which they have received Recognizing it as the agency through which (A Miser's (iold.. '^0^04 it's not a habit it's nature, born in a must be fixed high enough to realize neatly, more weightily, or suffered*.,less their ultimate emancipation may ba worked out. for their labor. It often happens that man, and it never ccmes out. Why, 1 I net earnings sufficient to pay these dividends Somebody told the story of Hugh- M., they patiently await such action at your hands emptiness, less idleness in what lie attered. the shearers go back to. the mainland after fixed charge's are met.. As a rule, if complaint know dozens of people who laugh at as shall make it fully and completely effective who died in Durham forty years ago. No member of his speech but is made that rates are high and that commodifies after a hard month's labor without a to that end. superstition that will have a regular He was a determined man and every pe-' will not bear cost of transportation, consisted of his own graces. His bearers CONCLUSION. nickel to show for all they have done, case of the dumps if they see the new the company responds that it is charging only nurious. He died at an advanced age. In-surrendering the high trust with which I could not cough or look aside from 'what is necessary to earn a fair income upon its while someone more fortunate with the moon over their right shoulder foi the have been so long honored, I desire to express to On his death bed he kept his right investment, and, perhaps, refers to its sworn him without loss. commanded cards will have gathered in a good my associates in the administration my sense of first time. They think if they see it ..-statements made to the board of commissioners hand closely clutched. As he drew his. obligation for the cordiality with which their cooperation when-he spoke, and had his judges vngry store of checks withont having touched asto the amount of such investment, which aliys over the left shoulder and make a wish has ever been rendered in my support. last breath he tightened his hold. or pleased at his devotion. No includes such overissue of securities. a sheep. Ability, integrity and a conscientious regard for they will.get their wish."New York 1(B jis practice does not require elaboration to exose Everybody knew, what he held. It man had their affections more in hisl-ml the public interests have especially characterized Mail and Express. its oppressive and dishonest character, but the management of each of their several departments. was thejffey to the chest in which he power. The fear of every man wholfcW 'loudly calls for a remedy. The drafts tor acts Trusting that my successor mav enjoy A Pure Woman's Worth. propoposedby the commissioners, to prohibit kept his gold. As his nerveless hand heard him was that he should vukt^M the advantage of that consideration and support the "issuing of fa^se, fraudulent, and part-paid unclosed, the key dropped from them an end."Nineteenth Centtery. 'Xm from his associates and the public which have p^^Easay Identified."*&'*': Dr. Elizabeth H. Bradley, of London, or unpaid shares' of stock of railroad companies," been accorded me during my official' experience, and clattered against the bedside. As and to "regulate the proceedings of a leader in the social purity movement, yva. I conclude the duties devolving upon me with Tflb CzarBrother Jonathan, do von railroad companies desiring to increase their if to hold it even after his soul had an earnest hope that the richest of heaven's who lately addressed a Chicago audience capital stock," will protect the public against a blessings may be vouchsafed the future of our passed away, the miser had tied the growth of the evil. The evident remedy, as regards under the auspices of the W. C. T. beloved commonwealth. js fie Met the Question. & wn existing corporations, is an adjustment key about his wrist by a strong cord U., says to mothers: "Don't let your of their i eveuues and dividends upon the basis Old Mrs. Brewster: John," here's^'!! ST and bad grasped it as long as life remained. Brother JonathanI should sayl did ~of a fair and liberal estimate of the actual cost daughter marry a man to save him.'' I don't understand. The paper'l%|3 or value of their properties. suthinr Why? Tie had wanted to take his This is not Christian sentimentality, it The incorporation into the fundamental law of SS^' Bad lor the Bailiff* $$ffl?*Jitk "They have been buying land and gold with hinx They buried him as he says "The last seen of the defaultet^lil the state of an amendment asserting the full is betterit is Christian expediency. A DUBLIN, Jim. 4.Whilea number of bailiffs wells over here." was, with the key to the money chest power of the state as to corporate control is a was in Victoria* B. What doe%* were endeavoring' to effect an eviction at pure woman is worth a legioa of "corrupted recommendation of the commissioners in which "They have? Have thev made you dangling about his wrist, and to-day C. mean? ,0 Achill yesterday they were attacked with men, Chicago Inter- Ocean. I cordially concur. Though this principle is an offer for vour throne yet?" stones by the people. The attempt had to the key is in his grave, turning to rust sustained by the courts it is *not wholly admitted Old Mr. Brewster: Why-^ befojfer' be given up. Several arrests were made. by the corporations. As an authority coming "Oh! no." probably. "And what became of the Christ. from the constitution it would command ac- After tbe eviction of a tenant Athenry Woman's Progress. "Haven,'t they hinted that you could gold?" "Oh, the heirs took care of Old Mrs. Brewster: But the neper I, mAescence. neighbors maltreated the bailiffs and the .Woman is gradually working herself make money by selling out now and retiring /The labors of the board under the law for the that just the same. They split open says he didn't steal the money un^day landlords. |eulation of warehouses and the inspection of to private life instead of waiting upward in spite of adverse circumstances. before yesterday. _,, the chest with an ax and divided the ROUE, Jan. 4.*t is stated that the pope ain have resulted in the inauguration of a sysof -until they squeeze you out?" A girl has just been arrested for state inspection and weighing which has recently wrotethe archbishops of Dublin and gold, and let the miser sleep on with Old Mr. Brewster: "Samajathv, yonFfeiJ irked most satisfactorily. The grades estabghed "Not a word," Cork instruoUn-z: themjiot to HpLpsort the 1Leipiston robbing a mail coach in Pennsylvania. shouldn't believe all you read tin)' %lf the key about 9 *$& and rules adopted by the board lor the NataonaiiBts* rent movetfitint, bullae tDiunotion "it's some other company then?'- handling of gt&U hare hjid the effect to remove (Me.) Journal. newspapers. They never get thing* Baltimore Herald.- has been cUaragardedL Omaha World. S^S* 'i &