Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1873, Page 3

* Tom mut have bren with the » he could net hetp loki: ginqntringty at the trough, izeon this yer mine,” said J , Con. ‘sshoulders; didn’t knw me. He didn’t Graham Bread, Mufies. 4c. Niagare Falls Dry for a Day. | latively, «I to New York. Isezto | know nothing about you, nor Angel's, nor the | If all the housewives who read the “Country [From Holley’s Niagara.) a@ if expecting to see some traces of the previ- | the barkeep’ o’ the |, ‘Show me the est | quicksilver lode, mor éven his ownname. He Gentleman” could but be eggs to depend The winter of 1915 had been intensely ced sreealition | 0us Jobnson in its shallow de a@octor here.’ He shows me. I sez to him, a 1 knowed it was | lees upom superfine wheat flou:, and more and the ice formed on Lake Erie was very omner’sre-olu- | A Darrew strip of willow alder, and bDuckeye— | ‘Salviated by merkery—a year’s standin’—how | Johnson. Thar was Tommy, you might | Gresham fiour, I feel confident that the This was loosened sround the shores Geils from tue national 9 mere dusty raveiled fringe of the green man- | much?’ He sez, ‘Five thousand dollars, and | have knocked me off that box with a fexther; “and tone of their families wou'd be creatiy en- w. of early spring. Daring | tel that swept the high shoalders of thetable | take twocf these pills at thar was ttm. s when if the twenty-seven pas-| hanced. The chemists and physicians all tell TOm conoet aea ser sed'the onate . i ‘Btain—lapy.d the edge of the corral. The | number 0’ powders at meals, a rengers o” that stege hed found theirseives | us that we injure ourselves by depending © Jake. About sun own the wind «! » Engene Hate; silent pair were quick to avail themselvesof | a week.’ And I goes back 1m a week, cured, and | swimming ip ‘Le American river fivebandred much upon fine, bolted wheat bret, « Hl) denly around and biew a gale fro: from the overpowe signs @ certifikit to that efiect.” feet below tte rosd, | never could haveexpiain- not give strength to the mascles or .igor w the | This brought the vast tract of ice do’ couraged by a look of interest in Tommy's | ed ii satisfacterily to the oom pany—neve: Port Ore ce D Decemt rome ee «will be rene Japuary 24.153 ot 18 curtate ar ocles f Stationery for the Give vs your haz eps. tment for oe year from Febraary Tea ma We Pko @ min with a memory Just such a one ax vo proved to be And we know thay (ne measnre propos by him Who gave his fame fora foolish whim Av‘ as ttled bate, cannot prevail sun. They bad not son, who was walking nerves, but only sai the von which | with euch tremendous force that it filled the | es: msared amy fs bey et | xg, be went on. “The she!) said,” Bille ntinuedt hastiiy, as warims the system, and addsto the desh of the | ne: ko! the lake and theoutlet, so that the ont- aplication “4 «So [gets cured. I goes to the barkeep’, and | if te preciud: any interruption from * oy, The miles: Ie preparing, Soc doar, eX. | thw of the water was very greatly impeded. OC | @ : 2 a Rana eae I sez, mo the biggest, fashienablest how-e *the sheriff said be had been bro! tn three fourths of it wutritions | ¢ urse,it only needed a very short space of Eact proposal meet be siceed by the individent Ps ~ 9 that’s for sale yer.’ And he sez, ‘The biggest | Murphy’s cump, three vears before, dripping | m Lich “is found im | Cae for the falls to drain off the water below | (Fim Making it, snd be ied Ne epre bane stck men as Eaccene Hate, | «Who said you spoke?” said Jobneon, with @ | navally b’longs to John Jacob Astor.’ And I | with water, and cufferin’ with perkassionef the | gi starch; and he also takes from it all | Black Reck. ‘The consequence was that, when | *2*". certined to be resp im While we Bave exch men as you, quick look of cunning. “In course you didn’t | sez,-Show him,’ and he showshim. And I sez, | brain, and had been cared for ally by the | the phosphate which makes wone, and all the | we srose in the morning at Niagara, we found | | punaaer ox Sate ‘ I Gidn't speak, neitk-. Nobody | ‘Wot might you ask for this yer house?” And | boysround. When I told the sheriit I knowed | mavier which would regulat- ths Wigestive or | that owe river wae bait gous. Tue Amcr- | Geocinrtiap inthe makes you think you spoke?’ sez, ‘Go way, old | 1m. 1 got him to kave him im my care; and £ | wane, and purify the blood, and leaves th | ward: be ccutinued, peeting curiously into Tommy's | man; you must be sick.’ And I fetches him | took tm to Frisco, To: dT | Wheat rene eyes. ove over the lett ey: he apologizes, and f | put bim meharge o” thi ‘here.and | ing chi he Lord | “Whe smite that habitually shene there auickly mires him bis own for the house, I'stocks paid his beard myself, There was nothi } fetly to hi u suite rapi | suddenly brong t bimself a companion wila an interrogatire “1 didn’t speak,” said Tom, quietly. ecute & com- e pure | icam channel wi & respectable | tract to furrist, end io qGautities as or- font in such @ condition that D0 gTOW- | C eck Tie Bien ee eee ete ee aepron ety vend in quantities a0 or- shonid feed upon it. it tsoften said | had been smitten with aquick consum| | e he | that Graham bread, rolis and mnftins are not | and was fast away. Far up from the | °°) dnt have ez he wanted. Don’t look that way, | so agreeable to the taste; but if they are pro- | headof Goat Island, aud oat into the Canadian | =e 2 willeftl ad as the boy steppe? «7! at house with mahogany furniture and provi- | companion’s side, and hisarm without a | slont,and thar welive—you and me, Tommy, | my car toy, for sake, don't!” perly made, they willecon commend themselves | rapids, the water was gone. as it was also trom | Son" you snd me!”” BOE ‘ a gone, | »’ said Islington, rising and stazger- | to every one as plessant articles of dict. | the lower end of Goat I.land,out beyond the | Proposals mmaccompanie® by each antyw course you duin't rpeak, Tommy,” enid | ~The son uo longer shone upen the hillside. | ing to the window, “why did yon keep this from | | Gould we housekeepers b tower. The rocks were bare, black, aud for. | no's eres an eee D, eeprees'ingly, “You ain't the beyto | The thadows of the pines wore beginning to | mc?” = 7 apply it, we need not be bidding. The roar of Niagara had subsided al. _ The bids will be considered and accepted, or re: e me. That's | creep over Jobuson’s claim, and the air within “Why,” eaid Bill, turning on bim savagely— | of dyspectics, and should have less cause for ill- | most to a moan. The scene was desolate, and tC'ed. isem by item. or by classes of items, es the | wot I tke you for; that's wot I seed in you from | the cavern was growing chill. In the gathering | why? Bx cauce I warn't a fool. Thar was you, | temper and gloomy homes. White bread would pu: for its novelty and the certainty that it | ee. Le hn SES vo gallantly | the I ez, ‘het "ere boy ain’t goin’ to | darkness his eyes shone brightly as he went on: | winnin’ your bag in college; thar was vou, | soon loose its prestige if Graham bread could be would change before mary hours, would have | atscture and quality aoa fend be furvished at ga , ¢a, Johnson! You can go yout whole | ‘‘ihen thar comes a day when we gives a big | ri:in’in the werld, and of some account to it; | substituted for bolted wheat, hot rolls, maffins, heen gloomy and saddening. Every person who | the contract p ‘oecane m, When Yor can’t tras’ even a bar- | spread. We invite Govners, members 0° Con- | yer was an old bummer, ez good ez dead to it— | etc. | has visited Ningara will remember a beautiful | cotimated quantity crécred.and must be delivered ‘Dhet’s wet isaid. En?” gress, genticmen 0° faskion and the like. And | amanez ougbter been dead afore a man ez GRAHAM BREAD. jetot water hehoots up out of ti about forty rods south of the outer Sister in we would, te piay an old soaker li we fe How they fought "neath the co ty? nipe man the sh | Fille ot si ey tha shrieks of the | {ic ow | zs Tart vy : fying, "Mid ae crash of the by TH! & oe Tommy pradently took Fo notice of | among "em ca — a — as — — never —) j Sig otmpas liked him better a your a ete, andif | = meat thie interrogation, and Johnéon wepton. “Ef | very La ‘an I ence knew; but lvesn't | nor me,” . bitterly. Fee ee se dct he mill where it is made | great rapics, called with a singular contradic- | Ucles, which shell be subvect to exomieation ond . 2 7 I was to ask you nother question, rou wouldn’t | know I knew him, and he doesn’t remember “Forgive me, Bill,’ said the young man, seiz- | freshly, as it does not retain its sweetness a8 tion of t ‘ 44] i a | 5 ‘They dropped, and were bathed in their fast | f, 5 a ing both bis hands. “I know you did it for the | long as‘fine flour. Taso eae fro ane Rock. The wri: | approval ty om expert, detailed for thet parpess.. srpban's on.” | Take one quart milk warm water, or two- Island out to a point above and near to that jet. or the delivery of au article de y chipper, aud be wipes bis mouth with «Thar ain't much more to tell, nor much use | thirds milk and one-third water; stir this imto a | With a Jog-cart and .our horses he had drawn | @ ty yeapt!!). will be beld enM®cient 11 it, a8 T can see,” said Bill, moodily. «He | pint of wheat flour, and add enough Graham | from the outside of the outer island a stick of | Chuse to sunel the coptract, at the discretion of the x could be eured the doctor said 4 | four to make a stiff batter. Mix with it haif a pine timbe elve inches square, and | "ye p"ys¢ Depart ment wil! in al! cases de- what they called monomania—was al alk- | pint of home-made yeast, or two tableapooufuls forty fcet long. mm the top of the middle | cite whether the articles tendered by the comtrac- Jackeas rabbit thet jest passed—eh?— flaseand 1 fille mine, and we rizes. And 1 | ing about his wife and darter that somebody | of baker's yeast; add a pinch of salt. Let itrite | island was drawn a still larger stick, bowed on | iorareof thekind ond ality required by the ese oud say it was or was not, ez the case may be. eaves that wine, glass and all, right into his | had stole aw: ars ago, and plannin’ revenge | ina | apreehagpeny me In the morning add | one side, and sixty feet long. There are few | tract on wouldn't play the ole man on thet?"* damned gtinnin’ face. And he jumps ‘or me— | on that somebody. And six months ago he was | so ii 1 teacup of molasses or brown su- piaceson the globe where @ person would be | Postmaster Gencral reserves the right of re iff, or public land, No.” seid Tommy, quietly. It was a jackass | tor he is very game, this Man, very gamo—bat | missed. I tracked him to Carson, to Lake | gar, and stir inenough Graham fiourto make as | {ge likely to go lumbering than im the rapide of | S12 A™F oF oll bide. if to bie Judgment the inter Cr some other staff that we don’t understand: seme on ’em =. and he sez, — be oe gn City, to Omaha, to Chicago, to New York—and | stiff'a batter as is possible to stir with a spoon. Nj; ‘above the brink of require it. But our stock ef glory is not for sale, Ef I wasto ask you,” continued Johnson, | you’? And I sez, ages in you, . ink of the and Envelopes will be furnished As bas been discovered by En-gene Hale, ef it were, say, for iustance, a green hat, with Leck at me! Gimme back my wife jere!’’ echoed Islington. | letthem stand about an hour, or until ath angel came, and with dail, b jagara, jus jorse- | here! | Put the batter into two bread tins torise, and Sheeteit.> aii the people of the neighborhood | and sempice et atlery will be shows ou applica ‘Ae Seahoan Ghasvered by yon. 5 one. you woridn' piay me, anday | gimme beck the money you stole, gimm “Here! And that’s what brings me here to- | sponge is well risen. If there is any eat | Sanvereer Rabets beak toe toe | ene Aouititut fostmamier Gra Caldwell, O., Dec. 23, W726 yEMoO. | jess” —he added with intensified cun- 8 good name you took ay gimme me back | day. Whetber he’s crazy or well, whether he’s | its joey arg & small teaspoonful of soda The writer went some distance up the shore of {Proposals for Stationery,” and be ‘directed to the “ee 3 ‘onless it did*? the bealth you ruined, gimme me back the last | hontin’ you or looking up that other man, you | diseolved in hot water could be added with the the river. Large fields of the muddy bottom Fret Aesisiant Posimasser General . * said Tommy, ‘of course I wouldn't; | twelve years! Give ’em me, damon must get at . You musn’t see him. | molasses. JNO. A J. CBESW ELL, BRET HARTE’S NEW STORY. »: fore I cuts your heart’ out!” : . play we neither—would yet, fommy?” me. And he comes * said the boy. “Ef Iwas te atk you,” And the orphan Are heard evers di continued Johnson, heeding the reply, bat with a growing | a white hankkerchief, and he smilies, and he of eyo and &@ nervons twitching of hia | ketehes my eye. And he sez, ‘A glass o’ wine f L wes to ask you, fer instance, ¢f that | with you, with Mr. Johnson,’ and he fills his e hobbies enough for great mento ride; | ve Us our only Source Of pr. Se lea Let them talk of the t yon, ay fro nt then, you see, it eid.” uick, And | Youand me, Tommy, will go away on a cru’ - oma ‘van “it aid’ By ; nateraity Tommy, hevenn't ° ie a4 80 : ie cases or Lond years heifibe de iesing Ea, | a “MRS. eGS HUSBAN ix did!” repeated Tommy stoutly; a green | cuts bis heart out, my boy; 1 cui heart | and then we'll come . Come.” And he | moulded wi e hands; it also needs al . bat with s yellow ribbon-and—and—a red | out.” rose to his feet. z Iittle longer than lonves'made of bolted floureit | Was Festored in all its strength, beauty and ma ‘The opening and longest storyin Bret Harte’s | rosette.” The purely animal fury of his eye suddenly “Bill,” said Islington, rising also, and taking | is well to stir the yeast intothe milk warm tide once mor: w volume, (pablisued by Osgood & Co.,) | «1 didn’t get to see the ros-ette,” sald John- | changed again to cunning. “You thinks they | the handof his friend, with the same quiet ob- | ter, and then turn that upon the Graham and Mrs. Skaggs’ Husband,” is new, and has been | son, with aslow and conscientious deliberation —_ me for it, Tommy, but they don’t. Not | stinacy that in the old days had endeared him | bolted flour. The latter is added to give more | itten only a few wecks. It opens in Califor- | yet with an evident sense of relief; ‘bat thas | muc! among rougbs, and drunkard:, and stage- én’t sayin’ it wern’t there, you know. Eh?” drivers, at “Angel’s,”” and closes at New, aick! among villas and belles. and all the apparat \ iP woman pa! of American wealth. Being too long to quote | ashen-gray forehe: ees: ‘This yer unfortunet man isn’t ag oc young yet, thank God, and can work; and if | spogntuls of ', One teaspoonful of salt; stir | entire, we sbali select portions of it, in which | hair; the hand wi pasmodically in | he’s been salviated by merkery.’ And \ Graham flour requires a thinner or softer | /S3,08"C,, The ringulat syncope of the waters | geeti nat closed over the acd 1 Sponge then wheat four, and it cannot be | strange scene. But in the morning our river Peorosats FOR jesty, and we were glad to welcome its swelling het ey | mi 1 be received at Pr Oy Asi Mesmeric Power. , Tommy. I to the biggest lawyer | to Bill, ‘‘wherever he is, here or elsewhere, | gluten or consistency to the dough. r yo | there, and I ge to him, ‘Salviated by meruery, | tune orcrazy: I shall seek and dad bin ng; | © GRAWAM MUFFINS. Br | ar me—salviated by merkery.’ And he | dollar that 1 have shall be his, every dollar that | ‘Take three pints of luke-warm milk, haifa | 7 | at me, and he goes to the Judge, and he | I have spent shali be returned to him, Iam | teacup of home-made ho} yeast, three table- ~ Sok wise oe ag ee | I, some twelve 5 however, did not | ter ounces. brings ere is a way out of this miserable business, I | it into three pintsof Graham fiour and one = ‘after- 4 the striking traits of its personages appear; | his was cold and clammy, the other which was | witnesses; you comes, Tommy, and you sez ez | sh; of *- | pint of barrel flour. Setitina warm place to | £0,t9 her bus staying with fer tue roses days | *ibcond. Balances of the connecting San es ® brief Rept = = free, had a vague, purposeless, jerky —— how youve seen = a ~f- pw 1 ee — a Penta apo Hse over night, — next — oe it into | she euddenly became insensib! remained | by the emitted parts. It opens at Angel's wi 's | as if attached to some deranged mechanism. ir, he comes, an nm | conceal ‘vident admiration of the calm | ‘‘gem” pans or muflin rings, ein a very three exhibition of our ol¢ friend “Yuba Bill,” the | Without any apparent concers in these phe: | me frightful the jury, withoutleavin’ their | figure before him—‘I knew the partikier style | hot oven. : es twee Gays. She was taken back et «iriver, who is the dues «z machina or spe- | nomena, Tommy pnt. and seating himseli | seats, in @ verdic' o1 id b Ty to’ justifiable insanity; and ex no bet- & very remarkable history. During the next | i thisci ‘200 will be cial providence of the story. | on a log, motioned his companion to a place | salviated by merkery.” ter. Good-bye, then—God Almighty! what's ‘Take three cups of rich buttermilk; add to it |» of ~ ~ = 7 -. Johnson, obeyed without a word. | {Tommy goes to get a doctor for his delirious | that?” one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in hot water; | hand's house etcoey Tater eee ee ee | cect ie a alae ee eee unRY I ve friend, but in the meantime Johnson He was on bis way to the open French win- | mix with it one large handful of bolted flour, | maiming so. He was very Khoa ‘and attentive to | Samples of each deecripticu of Balances must a= ‘am coach to whip vp his horses and enter An- | dent of their singular companionship indi- | crazy, runs off, plunges into the Stanislusriver, | dow, but had started back, his face quite white | and enough Graham flour to make it as stiff as her; she liked him, but whenever he came into | %™'P8PY each bid. and toe bidder who ob ain gels at that remarkable pace which the wood- | cated as completely the dominance of thi: | and is sup} to be drowned or shot. His | and blooditss, and his eyes staring. Islington griddle cakes; put ina pinch of salt, and one | ,, 7 the cou tract will be required te furnish . cuts im the hotel bar-rooma represented to cred- | careless, balf-effeminate, but self-possessed boy | quicksilver mine is deeded and willed to Tom- | ran to the window, and looked out. A ite i wious bumaui 1 find it.’ metric or way be reputed. ‘d—n fool that you was, BUTTERMILK GRAHAM CAKES. | © Sex mnGick and nese get eek. Then Seliows | on SS BAR- ROOM CHBRUSIM. beside hii It was the custom of thedriverof the Wing- | Slight as was the act, perhaps no other inci- 2 | her presence at once sank | ope thoroughly beaten. Puta “gem” pan on | This went on Stoke became emeciated sudent the stove and heat it very hot; butter the aper- | pausted, and at last her ats applied to ‘When he returned, Bili had dropped into d turn in the batter. Let it stand on | the court for a separate maateronnce pe hee | inful reticence and lazy ofi- | “It ain't the square thing,” said Johnson, | Bill to be educated. The de} air. the stove until the bubbles rise in the batter; | While she was in court the husband entered, tial severity whieh he wore on the box became | after a pause, with a laugh that was neither | Angel's and from San Francisco is thus de- it must have been Miss Masterman,I think; | then bake in a hotoven for twenty minutes. and instantly became insensible, and was imtensitied es the loangers gathered about the mirthfal nor musical, and ftightened away a | scribed:} 5 but what's the matter?” These are more delicious than cakes raised with 4 vebicle, and enly the boldest ventured to ad- lizard that had been regarding the pair with it was also characteristic of Angel's that no “Notbin; dress him. It was the Hon. Judge Beeswinger, | breathless suspense—‘‘it ain’t the square thing | feeling of envy or opposition to the good fortune | any whisky member of Assembly, who to-day presamed, for jackass rabbits to wear hats, Tommy—is | of Tommy Islington prevailed there. That he [it was Bi perhaps rasbiy,on the strength of Lis official | it, el Was thoroughly cognizant, from the first, of | mother, his “‘she-devil” of a wife, has over- | quart of Graham flour, and a teaspoonful of ioition. | “Well,” said Tommy, with unmoved com- | Jchnson’s discovery, that his attentions to him | come the sensitive nerves of Bill. She has | soda dissolved in water; add to this one well- te see if there was no trick about it. While she | ®Bieceef his ability to comply with “Any political news from below, Bill’? he | posure, “sometimes they do, and sometimes | were interested, calculated, and ulative, | overheard the conversation, and, captivated by | beaten egg and a pinch of salt, with bolted flour | wee in her husband was muMled — ‘and | titificate trom @ postmaster thet such guarantors ener perch riches, Samay descended from | ey Sonny wont Of Im an Seinced, Dated | ee Se thet Sonclacis cascehs teateers | Mepelf-denying and melodramatic gunorosity | cnongh to make e very sti batter. Butter fat | mage to walk through the Wand, Bho aetl ans | “Stee he te vattclent euretion, will be wv- - | felt he was near her, and she was by no means | quired toeach contract. 8 Tommy | communicating the news to her adopted pa, she | in small cakes. Bake for twenty min , Or y’ af : no fool; | comes very near seeing him cut to pieces by the | until well browned, ina ho: oven. Break tn | Selly but had not 'seen him anywhere abont. | | A fai e verane s tal rate of speed of | Over this diy self-willed, abnormally ex- | my, who thus becomes worth some hundreds of | skirt vanished around the corner of th 5 ryt ‘times the habitasl cited —— a thoasands, and is sent off tothe east by _— dah. a . carried to the hospital, where the case care- aid Bill, faintly; have you got | yeast. Bites fully attended to by Dr. Cullen, in March. this nche, whose resemblance to her | Take one pint of buttermilk; stir into it one | coins att ber Sone eel na ae ek ; eatuotbing. Experiments were carefully made | , Bach bidder mus: furnish with his proposal guar- his lofty perch, withont however, any percepti- | heve Tommy went off in ap animated, but, I 2s belief that, singularly bret. oy ug mama of Tom, she accepts him on the spot. But in | tins, and take out the batter with a large spoon, ble coming | d n of mien or manner. Tegretto say, utterly untruthful and untrust. e first feelings of genuine respect sald Bill, with deliberate cravi. | worthy account of the habits of California | ever shown by the camp. ‘He aii The President 0” the United States hezn’t | fauna, nntil he was interrupted by Johnson. Yuba Bill that from the first,” said the | infuriated Johnson with a long knife. Nothing | halves when eaten, and spread with butter—a | actually becamy Tneeealble ae bin bisself eens you refused that seat inthe Cab. | ‘And snakes, eh, Tommy?” said the mau, | bar-keeper. It was Yuba Bill that applied for | but the indispensable Bill saves the poor mii- | nice relish for breakfast, lunch or tea. | the husband lett the place she -etmaster General, to those conirected for, will be imet. T n’Fal {vein in periiiical circles is | with an abstracted air, gazing intently on the | the guardianship of Tommy after his accession | lionaire, in manner and form following, to wit, | GRAHAM GEMS, ‘The experiment as tothe sotusaee Be ewe cousidered suflicient cause for the fo.feiture of the ? | ground before bim. to Jobnson’s claim; and on whose bonds the | and thie ends the story!) Measyre out one quart of Graham flour, and vand’s presence was tried in all sorts of mond Fe Picemacter © 1 on hn es tene- He was made to pass behind Log and to Hope dedogl od“ bie of atce.& ie required by ing hand grasping.a long, keen | tablespooniuls of sugar or molasses, and one | Chect ‘bur wheneree he nese oue ad DO | 'MB/Crcwnls uinst be hitorsed on the envelope,**Pro- onher face, though muitied ap, or disguised as | Poms, or Letter Balauove,” and dirsct.d to the a policeman, asa sepoy, and so forth, she was | DO at once influenced. N ‘ext day this experiment was re} mg wa petument au les interior, in the irony, even of this ovtrageous quality, was too commen in Angel's te & erafrown. Bil during a cry. spint of eniuiat Ye didn't brin, “And snakes,” said Tommy; ‘‘but they don’t | richest men of Calaveras were represented. It JOHN#ON CARRIED TO THE SKIES. | sift into it one measure each of Horstord’s bak- cite either a smile red the bar-room ! doi move, Uncle Ben, don’t move; they’re | to finish his education, accompanied him toSan | eyes, his trem! which vnlyafaint | gone now. “And it's about time you took your | Francisco, and, before parting with his charge | knife—; jose.”” ‘at least, not that kind, you see. There, | was Yuba Bill, also, when Tommy was senteast It was the tigure of an old man, with rolling | ing powders; add one teaspoonful of salt, two i em gure mo pitiable than pitiless, | tablespoonfal of melted butter e< on the steamer’s deck, drew him aside andsaid: | more pathetic than terrible. But the next that agint of Roth- | Johnson had hurriedly risen, as if to leap | “Er at cuny time you want enny money, Tom- | mcment the knife was stricken from his hand, | ‘ae! the ba sebil ‘General, ‘experiments continued | — decs th.tt sav. 4, 5. Cees . trip? -keeper slowly, | pon the log, but Tommy had as quicklycaught | my, over and "bove your "low: you kin | and he etruggled in the firm grasp of another contin At __ Postmaster General. ’ P prevaliug | his arm with one hand, while he drew'a bottle | write; but ef you'll take my advice,”he alded, | igure that aparently sprang from the wail be. | : nad oe pre ges ew pd PPCPORALS FOR WeArriNd Fares AND tore of conversation. | from his ‘ket with the other. Johnson | with a sudden huskiness mitigating the severity | side him. cape tioe ean aaeee donee ands halt a0 concignion war that c ,” responded Bill, with thoughtfalexact- | paused, and eyed the bottle. “Er you =. 80, | of his voice, “you'll forget every derned ol “D—n you, Masterman!” cried the old man, | and beat into five cups of Graham flour; beat ne The court came to the conclusion that it was itude. “He said he co: Post Orrice Darantxeyr,; December 8.1572. t : = 7 7 | ible that she could live with him, and a Waser n't look inter that | my boy,” he faltered as his fingers closed ner- | spavined, stringhalted bummer as you ever met | boarsely; “give me fair play, and 1’ll kill you | rapidly for fifteen or twenty minutes’ Have | ™Possi . 1 . claim o” Johnson's without first consuitin’ the | vously around it; “say ‘when,’ then,” He | or knew ‘at Asgel’s—ev'ry one, Tommy—ev'ry | yet! > the ‘‘gem” pan heated very hot; butter it, turn | Sie geben to try ir he Comnh ee nore eee | mest yx = Bank 0” i-ngiand.” | raised the bottle to his lips and took a long | one! And so—boy—take care of yourself—an “Which my name is Yaba Bill,” said Bill, | in the batter, and let it stand on the stove until peeing that he bad the no ost dod ¢~ “4 | gielcek noon, for turnishing oot ‘Phe Mr. Jounson bers alluded to being pres- | dranght, the boy regarding him critically. | —and—God biess ye, and pertikerly 1——n me | quietly; ‘and it’s time this d—n’ fooling was | bubbies rise'on the top “gem.” Put it | as quite frightened at the Ices of huginn toy | Te ine for the use of the Post the Uattot ent ae the faded reveler the bar-keeper ad but | “When,” said Tommy, suddenly. Johnson | for a first-class A 1 fool.” Itwas Yuba Bill, stopped.” in a very hot oven, and bake for twenty min- er, and could not itis aving the Fiates for one year from the Lat dey of February, lately put out, and as the alleged claim notori- d, flusbed, and ‘returned the bottle | also, after this epecch, glared savagely around, Re old man glared in Bill's face savagely. | utes, or until well browned.—Coun‘ry Gentic | POW6T» Snd COMMA Dot control itimany way. | 673, the eaid article to be @eltverad.f:s0 of < ously yowessed no attractions whatever to cap- | quickly. But the color that had risen to his | walked down the crowded gang-piank with a | “I know you. You're one of Masterman’s | man | Sam Patch’s Last Jamp The Pest-Omice Department, Wesbingtes, BO” italists, expectation naturally looked to him for | check stayed there, his eye grew less restless, | rigid and aggressive shoulder, picked @ quarrel | friends—d—n you—let me go till I cut his heart : | [From the Commercial “Advertiser. ‘The quality aud the estimated quantity of each some response to this evident challenge. He | and as they moved away again, the hand tha: | wich his cabman, and, after bundiing thatfunc- | out—let me § Where —where | Vegetable Garden— Work for Jan: | ‘While in Rochester I met Mr. Hebbard, an 5 did so by simply stating that be yrould “‘take | rested on Temmy’s shoulder was steadier. tionary into his own vehicle, took the shim- | is my wite?—there sh f —there! | With us this month is mainly one of prep’ old resident of Genessee county, who siw Sam sugar” iu his, ‘Thelr way lay along the flank of Table moune | eclf, sna drove furiously to his hotel. “it cost | there! Mary!” He would have screamed, but | tion of ‘seeds, manures, hot beds, » &e., | Patch make his famous jump off Gencesce falls the bar, as if'a n—a wandering trail throagh a tangied soli- | me,” eatd Bill, recounting the occurrence so:e- | Bill placed bis powerful hand upon his mouth, | though farther South planting if already com? | thinear torte seu says that jump- the credit of je that might bave seemed virgin and un- | whatlater at Angel’s, ‘tit cost me matter o' | and he turned in the direction of the old man’s | mencing. The hardly vegetable, like ips, | day was a great day in Rochester. The peop! attempt to co ken but tor a few oyster cans, yeast powder | $20 atore the Jedge the next mornin’; but y glance. Distinct in the moonlight the figures | beets, carrots, radishes, onions, tarn! . caD- | gathered for miles around to see this intermit- and empty bottles t had been appa- | kin bet nigh that I taught them 'Frisco cha: of Ielington and Blanche, arm in arm, stood | jon ge inach, &c,, can be sowa as s00n as the | tent American jumper,as he performed his last rently stranded by the “first low wash” of | suthin new about drivin’. I didn’t make itlively | ont in the garden path. soll is dry endugh, and. the steomione aoe | went Sees Ente bed poets aeeeet oe z pioneer waves, On the d trunk of an | in Montgomery street for about ten minutes—O “Give me my wife!” muttered the old man, | not average a iower temperature than 45 de- | Niagara. Then, saying “some things can be 3 pounds and ee Gs oa your bead,” was p dded byt beothers— | enormous pine hung few tutts of gray hair, | no!” hoarsely, between Bill's fingers. “Where is | grees. | done as well as others,*be slashed areund like ee ee i he threw off his liquor with « single dexterovs caught froma passing grizzly, but in strange | [We are next introduced to Tommy as Mr. Is- | she?” ales SgEps should be looked over, and ali of un- | Sergeant Bates through the western part of the | cohasmeshsearaanahaininaapene movement of head and elbow, aud stood r juxiaporition at its foot lay ap empty bottle of | lington, at Newport, or *‘Greyport,” ten ~ A sudden fury passed over Yuba Bill's face | certain character or doubtful'age destroyed. | state to back up his proverb. Before his jast | tion, tresbed. ee incomparable bitters—the chef deuvre of a | later. wooing and winning Miss Blanche Mas. | “Where is your wife?” he echoed, pressing the | Lists for the scedsmen should go forward in | jemp'ce bt a big black bear of a circus | © 00 pounds of coarse Hemp Twine. to be S-piy “Hello, old major '"" said Bill. sud denly set- | hygienic civilization, and blazoned with the | terman, the belle of the season, whe is the | old man back against the garden wall, and | time to be filled before the busy season ap- | man, and led him over the turnpike to Roches. and to measure from > pend =U aed ting down bis glass. “Are you there.” arn of an all-healing republic. ‘he ead of « | daughter of Johneon, and the adopted daughter | holding bim there ae iu a vice. “Whore Is'your | prouches when all wish tobe served at once, | fant? end led him over the turnpike to Roches. wag SEF BD ey it was a bey, who, becoming basht ully con- | rattlesnake peered from a case that had con. | of ire. Skaggs’ second husband, whom we are | wife?” he repeated, thrusting his grim, sar- | and when some must be disappointed. It is arrived in on Sn the bear, and the crowd “~~ Stobonmne Sas ee Soe seeee aM his cruthet was Addressed 10 Bim, | fained tobacco, which was still brightly pla- | permitted to know as Mr. Masterman, living in | donlc jaw and glaring eyes iuto the old man’s | worth while to test eceds, both of your own umired in to Rochester from’ miles around. portation ee eee ee sane ee aceme ys ce che Soorway, ‘there he | carded with the bighls-colored eitigy of a popu. | a grand villa near theocean. Meantime, Yuba | frightened faco. ‘Whore is Jack Adams’ wife? | saving andthose purchased. Falling to do this | ‘Tuekee cree ocneeter trom jump--to Jamp | . Semples of the articl-erequired will be farniebed stood beating his bat against the door-; @st,with | lar denseuse. And alittle beyond this the soil | Bill has been married to Biancho’s mother a: | Where is my wife? Where Is the she-devil that May Cause some intments, and the dis- hundred feet down—down the terrible fait l “4 | to pcreums who desire to bid, on applicet a tothe an assumption of indiiference that hisd Owncast | was broken and fissured, there was a confused | her fourth or fifth husband, and Johnson has | drove one man mad, that sent another to hell by | covery of thelr worth: come too late to the boiling caldron below. A had been | }itet Assistant Postmaster General, Washing, but mirthful dark eyes and reddenin g cheek | mass of roughiy-hewn timber, a straggling line | been in the California Insane Asylum at Stock. his own hand, that eternally broke and ruined | be remedied, As to varieties, hold on to built out over the water, and cam ont ed on 1; S scarcely bere out. Perhaps it was owin ¢ to bis | of stuicing. a ‘of gravel and dirt, arade | ton. Nobody but Yuba Bill knows this inter. | me? Where? Where! Do'you ask where? In | De temedied. As. some of the novelties, if 80 the dressed in weailor's fancy Jacket, | Dancy ct, leas than the estimated guactitive may tive: perhaps it was to @ certain cherui tic out- | cabin, and the claim of Johnson. esting key to the story, and so at the critical | jail in Sacramento—in jail, do you hear?—in | inclined, but put not your trust in seedsmen', fod 9 ook vod fancy = et. be ordered as the nccossiiice of th» D=partment line of face and figure; Perhaps toapecaliar The claim worked by Johnson in his intervals | moment, when Blanche is about toaccept Tom, | jail for murder, Johnson—murder.”” pictures. In many cases “the old is better.” while Sams Gueeg bie bet cape ped Ore, | wer require, at the discretion of the Postmaster Ea adlnes Of expression. Ghat he did mt look | of sobriety was represented by half adogen rude | and Jolinson is about to Kill Masterman, we | | ‘The old man ‘gasped, stiffened, and then, re- | "'Huscnpe are to be gotten ready; the plese | vk Seu SWOBE, his hat and said after jamp- i bait his age, which was really 14 s | openings in the mountain-side, with the heaped- | have this scene of] taxing, Suddenly Slipped, & mere inanimate | repaired, if broken; straw mats should be made | over. ‘Then, amid a death-like etitineas we most us to the Department Everybody in Angel's knew the boy. .Sither | up debris of rock and gravel before the mouth YUBA BILL AT NEWPORT. mass,at Yuba Bill's feet. With a sudden re | ready, the earth perly prepared, and the few te | wg “ leap fi a jormity with this advertise urder the venerable title bestowed by I Wil,or | oteach. They gave very little evidence of en- | fan arm chair, in the center of the reom, a | vulsion of feeling, Yaba Bill dropped at bi | frames painted. Kine beds ‘are’ to bo started | tertvanihe y the’mist Like a icad sinker, twa Tut pili.not be considered a Tom Islington, after his adopted fathe , his | ginceringekill or constructive purpose, or in- | man eat apparentiy contemplating a large, stiff, | side, -and lifting him up tenderly im his arms, | earlier Routh than in this latitude, of course, hundred fest into. th tht irlpool. = stees of Bis abiiity to comply, with tie Old oa a Hmiliar presence im, the settiemon t-xnd | deed showed anything but the vague, ucces. | yellow hat with av enormous brim, that was | whispered, “Look up, old man Johnson! look | the rule given by Henderor erste Corre? | hundred: his body eootudent splices | sutiiuas Gerapeaaene laae omen Seance roca Cejuctae and come | svety-abandoned jcesays of thelr, pFojector. | placed on the floor before him. Hishandsrested | up, for God's ake! it's me—Yuba Bill, and | sional gafdeners is to. sow seed about reais |e ee ei NEE ee eos seemed an oblige | Ce lial persue. e er way wardness, indolence, ‘o-day they served ano! purpose, for ag the | lightly ween his knees, but one foot was yonder is your da r, i—Tommy !—don’t | befo i +4 “4 | bend eufttc euretios wil * ple amiability—@ quality at Once s wpi- | sun had heated the little cabin almost toths | draws up at the side of his’ chair ina Peculiar Jou know Tommy: little Tommy Islington?” defere the probable time the plants can be set | Sy he sack ihe water there was sdreadfal | .cired to each contract _ Sne ratnitus, im a plomest comma wire roint of combustion, curling up the lovg, dry | manner. In the first glance that Islington | || Johnson's eyes slowly opened. He whispered, | ° Maxvme—It should always be a spscial care | *UeCe; While the populace awaited w - | “A isilure to faruish promptly any article con- Seg ee ate le gapioe fof | shingles, and starting aromatic tears trom the | gave, the attitude im some odd, irreconcilable | “Tommy! yes, ‘Tommy! ‘Sit by me, Tommy. | that plenty of this, well rotted, w reqdy torene 2g, breath, his reappearance. Qne minute— | trscted for, or au ae fierce discussion. A large and reputabie i ta- | green pine beams, Tommy led Johnson into | way, suggested a brake. In another moment, | But don’t sit so near the bank. Don’t Pacha garden. See that in proper time a Tull supply aan ree —- no signs of © . articles inferior. in the * jority believed bim destined for the gallow- ; @ | one of the larger openings. and with a sense of | he dashed ecros: theroom, and, holding out both | how the river is rising and beckoning to me— | Is provided for the hot-beds, Ab 2 ee Minority not quite #9 reputable enjoyed satifaction threw re ycanp papa 3 Ge its | bands. cried,‘Yuba Bill!’ hissing and boilin’ over the rocks’ Ms gittin’ ‘OOLS should be put in order, broken han- ae At a a ee er hake was | contract. Presence without tronbling themselves m' rocky floor, Here and there the grateful damp- | | The man rose, caught Islington by the shoul- | higher?—hold me, Tommy—hold me, and don’t | dies refitted, lost ones replaced; hoedand spades | 2°, king during the day, awd iailed to keep hia | , 8 Tis majority pousessed Welther Aoveliy | {um fonotonous and svothing ‘rip from ins | fie ribs like a: good: nataredegrer abbas | Remene2 Teh, Wout Mego out Ms eart out; | should besharpened, linesexamined,andevers~ feet together and his body perpendicalar-aeon | Sy seat tiens of the majority possessed neither nove! iin iP m the is '» a \- ni ogre, shoo! Tommy—we’l! ive—we’ —" ead | thi r 4 ; y, aon tone i | rocks above. Without lay the starmg san- | hands violently, faughed, and then eaid, some: | sani and the rushing river, iuvisitio tocat cred, made ready for work when the campaign Sr Eee in ie a ee oe | "Proposals “Anything for me, Bill?” asked the boy, | light—colorles, claritied, iutense. — what ruefully, ‘And bow ever did you know | eyes save his, leaped toward him out of dark- TomaToRs.—An experienced ner in the pew # e cee: a ee Rene! hait mechanically, with the air of repeating | For afew moments they lay resting on their | me?” ness, and bore him away, no lenger to the dark- | vicinity of Washington recently gave us his thes focmd bie Gedy seen er io afterward | or eoter ‘pie jocular formulary pertectiy understoud by j eltoms in biisetal contemplation of the, heat | "Secing that Yuba Bill evidently regarded | eas, but through it, to the distant, peaceful, | method of rainy Wie reskestan WERE beens | (wey found ee Bill. ; they bad escaped. ‘‘What do you say,” said | himselt as in some elaborate disguise, Pg ea shining sea. erally markets from two to three weeks earlier = SS _ —, “Apythin’ for you!” echoed Bill, with an | Johnson, slowly, without looki 8 com- | laughed, and suggested that it must have SSeS eS than any of his neighbors. He sows the sced Judah P. Benjamin Qveracted severity equally wel! understeed by | panion, but abstractedly ing himself to | instinct. fey . The Story ef Poor Lit Stephen | about the 25th January,in ahot-bed. When-| A: the most striki ‘of the times LAND SALES. Tommy—anythin’ for you’ And its my | the pe beyond—*wot do you say to two “And you?” said Bill, holding him at arm's Girard. ever the temperature will at all allow of it, he has been that of Judah P. Benjamin, who long - } QFinion there won't be anythin’ for you ex long | sat games fcz one thousand dollars” length, and surveying ‘him critically; “you !— The man lives in Philadelphia who, when | admits air, his rule being to keep as cool as p re] ted Louisiana in the United States = ho. 776) ez you hang around bar-rooms, and spend | ake it five thousand,” replied Tommy, re; | ‘oe think— toe think—s littie cuss no higher nor | young and poor, entered @ bank, and says he, | sible during the day: Dat ware af sion: fon, | ere fubsequently became the leading mem- ee at rv alooable time with loafers and bummers. | wirwocws Loweses Pee pee Ge aero eee oe oe I ae pel aniee Coaread with *Please, sir, don’t you — @ boy?” ana he claims, producing not large, but stocky, ma- ber of the cabinet, and, the By the President of the United States, it Se ? ” » time 5 z never hed much | statel; mage said, ‘‘ No, little boy, I don't ' 4 4 ‘ ‘The reproo! was gecompanied by a suitable | s lengthened silence. Clothes’ to speak of, ‘inte @ sport 1"? want alice boy.” The ttis boy, whuse heart | to perceptibly decline he renee eas sekne | close Of the war, removed his Fetidence to Lon- cops exaggeration of gesture (Bill had seized ade- | ype hundred and seventy-five thousand two Islington remem! |, with @ thrill of ludi- » 3 naturalization in England, canter) before which the boy retreated, # good-humorediy | was too full for utterance, chewing a piece of | toes in afresh bed, giving only about 25 plants | , 1 | hundred and fifty dollars,” replied Tom crous terror, that ke still wore bi ren ick he had bot ith plants | and, upo. complying with the requisite condi- Bill followed him to the doer. | with business like gravity.) = wore his evening | lcorice sti ught with @ cont stolen | to a sash, continuing the same harde dress. z tions, ¢hean’t gone oH with that | *-Well,” said Johyoom, after @ deliberation | ' “Turned,” continued Yuba Bill, severely, | audible, Sand ‘with great globules ot” water | Corin shen time he season comes for setting | Lincoln's Inu Courts. “Dern my skin. | J a) great globules of water and, tho. vines lis progress bas been so bummer, Jolnson,” he added, as he looked | commensurate with the itude of the trans- | ‘turned inte a restyourant waiter—a garsong | ground, generally have pid that, although he has beem at the down the road. j action, “ef you win, eall it @ hundred and | Eh, Alfouse, bring me a patty de foy grass and | ooubEs ren Se pasar Pasi. Heuling hismmoble | {rat,00 them! ae large as abickory nut, and the | English six years, he has received > ‘What's he expectia’, Bill?’ asked the bar- — thousand, round. ‘ Fees wee z a — . jie form, the bunk man dodged bebind a ,forhe | them to endure the — —ae rally | the ae ons —- eepe4r. } ti in a crevice ofa said Jittle | stone ‘, carefi traditional gown,’ taking + “SA letter from his acut. Reckon he'll hev to | rock sbove his bead, Joamson dealt albert tie raed | crise’ Dec the ted platens wmanki pee ahead at him, But the bey ploked up so and | fit for market mane nett al Chace sown ts | Dag smeng the apper grade of besristers. It kely they are glad to | right hand was still uncertain—hovering, after stuck it in his poor ‘Uome | March or A: ‘sold. is now intimated in some of the Eaglish papers : : ‘ | GSpping the cards, aimisssly about ‘Tommy, | yourself! iL” And, indeed, | here, litte boy.” and the little boy did ceme | cents per dosen.’ In the hot'beds hen wsee, c, | {Ut Mr, Benjamin is among the foremost lniftless, idle life here,” inter- | and being only recalled by strong nervous light, Bill's eyes ap- | here: and th man said, “Lo, what piok- | soon as the tomatoes are removed, radishes are | aia — Seen nuns in likely to be ithe 1 Assembly. | effort. Yet, notwithstanding his Incapacity tor | peared cadavero: Mage his hair and beard | est thou up?” And he answered and rep) ited, | sown, the heat remaining being quite sufficient | it would be curious to: renin ced’ States ~Weil,” said Bill, who never allowed anyone | yen honest manipulation, Mr. Johnson co- | thickly streaked w th gray. i “A pin,” And the bank man said, “Little boy, | to quickly produce a crop of that mone ra | as sec an ex-United States but himself to abuse his protege, * seein’ vertly turned a knave from’ the bottom of the | | ‘Maybe it's this ver harness,” said Bill, alit- | sre you good” and he sald he was. And the | vegetable. dena '¥ | Senator and an, ex-Confederate Secretauy of ain't expectin’ no offis from the hands cf an e: peck, with such shameless inefficiency and | tle avxiously. “ nm I hitches on this yer | bank man said, ‘‘How do you vote?—excuse J | State eitting beside Sir A. Cockburn on the lightencd constitooeucy, it is rayther achiftless | gestuitous unskiifal that even Tommy was | © cy indicated a massive gold watch-chain | me, do you go to .3anday School?” and he said Unele Dan Welf's © P via Queen's Bench, with patched and ermine mane : go Kite”* obliged to ‘and look elsewhere to hide his | withenormous links,) “and mounts this ‘morn- he did. Then the’ _ odes “4 | -. After delivering this Parthian arrow with a rT i t ing etar’ ” (be pointed to very large solitaire if . ik, (From the Cincinnati Commercial. ity as an advocate, and embarrassment. Possibly for this reason the — ory a ee, = — pure gold,..and flowing with in! J E } i H i i pure gratuitous twanging of the bow to indicate its | Soung gentieman was himself constrained, by | pin, which and Eownete “St. Peter,” | At the meeting of the finance committee | SOuncils; his speech on retiring from offensive personality, Bill winked at the bar- | Way si correction, to add a vaitable card to his | whole shirt front,) ‘vit kinder weighs heavy on | slate meg ou. Doy what it stood for, | terday mn, Mr. Fitzgerald, the presitent | 290; just before the war. ‘wasone of thrilling Keeper, slowly resumed a pair of immense, bul- | own hand, over and above the camber helegiti- | me, Tommy. Otherwise; I’m all right, my boy, | and heeaid “Salt F'eter.” Then the bank man | of the board of councilmen, surprised Uncle | not soon to be forgotten by those who gy buckskin gioves, wich gave his tingers the | gyetety bela. all right.” But he evaded islington’s keen eye, | said it meant “Sai1t Peter.” little boy | Dan Wolt by standing him up inthe corner, | B€atdit. He is of Hebrew es and if appearance of being painfully sore and band- | Nevertheless, the game was cnexciting, and | and turned from the light. said “Ob!” and, in the presence of the committee, making | Promoted to the English bench, will be the first ‘aged, etrode to the door witho: drag, tlessly. Johason won. He recorded “You have something to tell me, Bill,”’ said ‘Then the bank mo: ¢ took the little boy to his | him the followi: 7 judicial Ly body. called out, “All aboard, | the fact and the amount with the stubof a | [alin ing speech: | of that faith Jp occu; eh iw with almost brusque | borom, and the little boy said “Ob!” , for Mz. WoLy: On behalf of your man admirers | there. Wi to Chier the — spout. gravity and deliberation, yer. athe bande. For s few moments only the ont Gy & Fe. Toar's an ag’ ‘om took his place at | the mate to this Ma Justice, fanetery air of supreme indiference whether | pencil and shak! fingers in wondering heiro- | directness; ‘‘out with it.” : ‘em the bank man took the | in the old and sul ward, it affords | *24 Mr. Di li again Premier, the the invitation was heeded, remounted his box | viyphics all over ® pocket diary. ‘Thee there Bill did not speak, but moved uneasily toward Bitte top tate naxtao aap and gave him half | me extreme pleasure to present to om this | Sperincte would bo cxbibited of Jewish onde and drove stolidly away. was along pause, when Jonson siowly drew | bis hat. the its and all the c and he married | slight, but, I take it, singularly app: re- | of the English administration andthe English (Tom is the youthful hero of the story, and | something from his pocketandheld it up befere | “You didn’t come 3,000 miles, without a | the bank mants daughte.t, now all he has for you as a man, and (handing Uncle Dau | iaw—allany Argus. Goes not die or Come to any badend, in spite of | yis companion. It was, apparently, a dull red | word of warping, to talk to me of old times,” | in all ‘his; and all his own’, too. ‘i ) the doubtfi! circumstances of his introductioc. | stone. said Islington, more kindly; “glad as I would STORY OF ANOTHER (‘OGD LITTLE BOY. How to Save Your Eyes. ‘and the still more questionable conduct now to | + Ef.” said Johnson, slowly, with bis old look | have been to see you. It isn’t your way, Bill My uncle told me this . ory, and 1 t six Ph gn will a enema bows be described. No sooner does the siage go o% | of cunnin; f yeu happened to pick up such and you know it. We shall not be distar in picking up pins in: rout of atenk. I e sense to understand use of to than “Johnson,” whose ree! name turns out to | 9 rock ez ‘ommy, what might you say it | here,”’ he added, in reply to an inquiring glance Petron la bank man would call mein and pretect the ‘We see persons sitting hold- be Jack Adams, the first of Mrs. Skaggs’ hus- | was?” that Bill directed to the door, ‘and 1am ready | say, “Little ‘are you ,yood?” and I was oa ag or other work before or near to ands, begins to go of: too, into incipient delir- | "sDon't kpew,” seid Tommy. to hear you. te tae Then? ced i mon be anked ‘tee a lamp, while the light is full into their jum tremens. Whereupon Tom, ab below de. | «Mightn’t you say,” continued Johuson, cau. | “Fi ,”” said Bill, drawing his chair | What “St. John” stood for, going to cay S7es, itis plain that the object thet they work scribed, at once becomes the umprompte super- ptiously, “that it was or silver.” nearer “answer me one question, | “gait John.” But I igusotaa quan wasn't while be seen with 8» great intendent.) ‘sNeither,” said Tommy prompt. Tommy, fair and square, and up and dows.” anxious to have a » And I the while the Seld of their retina is already occu- CALIVORNIA INERRIATE ASTLUM. «“Mightn’t you say it was quicksilver? | “Goon,” said Lal! with @ slight smile. ter was 8 eon, forone day ‘to me, pied by @ blaze. But they work on for hours, . By this time Tom, half supporting the ansta- | mizntn’t you say thatef thar friend of | “If I should say to you, say to you, ‘Little boy, what's that you're ‘up? and {he next morning their visual or- | 7 Soe | Senneun, who developed 6 teodsncy tovces: yourn ez Knew whar to go and turn out tem ton | to-day, right here, you must come me— | says I, awful meckly, “Pins.” Says he, “Lot's gane tell of the abuse by redness and inflam- | { suid tionally dasb across the glaring road, but check- | of it aday, and every ton of it worth two thou- — ve this place for @ month, @ year, | see em.” And he took ‘em, z of my Ration the workers are too dull to learn the have @dhimself midway each time, reached the corral | sand dollars, that he Sed 0, soit tung, 0 very years, maybe, perhaps forever—ia there any cap, to go inthe back and become & lesson of experience offered them. Circular | sale eRe alee peopermnny sy At ies tar. soft hing ahowin ’ y that you used Said that pg keep, Fou—anything, my boy, ex partner, at merry bis daughter. Bet} éian’t to peepee en be og Pa J ther trem! aap horse- ag. LA you don’ coul any vitation. ee only protect from Here, without a word being spoken, but evident | “i GBur'said the bey, tothe point with | “No,” said Tommy, quietly. “I am bank, and if I catch Rearing excess of light, but serve as a behind Jy im obedience to some babicaal an, TOU “do you know whore to getit? Visiting here. 1 thought of leaving rote here an sore Pl eat ce gon you! have 20 re | Seaeenthneeenane tne ot ay we you struck it, ? to-day. ‘Then meanold cuss kept ¢he plus. | honored me, and renew my pledge of undy- | there is that Jobnson looked care! around. ‘I hev, “But it I should say to Tommy, come | Such ‘Gnd it—Mark Twain. devotion to their | of the Ci ‘thrown into the |- aon et 4 back the collar of his shirt,end gravely placed | Tommy. Listen, I know what that’s arto Gniny aes ag cao taaeet exe by ts ap suddenly ‘S00 “ Bis beac beneath Wick equal | oc it But thar’s and toward i ; g i fi it t nt comin day or two to look into it. I sent for splashing of gz broke the solemnly ludicrous silence. | pj there was a pause, in which Johnson put hee head, feit of it criti. ee cally, as if it tcueeel ae somebody else, aud | silver mine, which tarns out to be a real dis- are mentioning, is raised his eyes to his companion. covery, and then at ‘1t must be borne “That ought to teteb aid Tom. in answer | of his lite.} 2 Ct TF Sedge, with an exc St rotlarian saree ah | seh a pamed hin band over bie cold fi Tr} ‘the great > wi ot ing himself of al johnson over for = x Feapoalbilts in the meter, “it’s gotto, | head, — the hi amore eminent for thes It “it” referred to some change in the physi- | bad ex | was to-day, the —— ne __ NEEM ae ees at ead ‘as | easy tpi ataaen ee i Here est So “Tetel - Pi ‘Toe ‘ommy. head that went under the pump was large, and | what's the matter me. I'm salviated! has bad two wives for 2 years clothed with bushy, unvertain-colored hair; the | Ss!viated with merkery.” face was flushed, puffy, and expresviouless, the “I've heerd o’ it before,” continued J eres Injected amd full’ The head that cemsout | son, appealing to the boy, “and ex @ boy O° per under the was of smaller size and | miskus . 1 reckon you hev too. Them Nhe batt atraigh", dark. and | men as works in Cinnabar svaner ac ales pot tleek,the face pale and hollow-ebeeked, the saavineed. It’s bound to fetch ‘em some ascetic that rose from the horse trough ‘What are you gol there waa very little trace of the Bacebus that Tommy. badbowed there a moment before. Familiaras When the agint comes up, and I begins to th