THE 
lifting for t|c foitng. 
A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW. 
Qcoth th© boy, " I’ll climb tliat tree, 
And brlnir down a nest, I know.” 
Quoth the girl, “ I will not see 
Little birds defrauded so. 
Cowardly tbeir neeta to take. 
And their little hearts to break. 
And t.hrir little I'KK* to steal. 
Leave them happy for my Bake,— 
Burcly little bird* can feel!” 
Qaoth the boy, " My eeneea whirl; 
Until now 1 never heard 
Of the wisdom of a girl, 
Or the footings of a bird 1 
Pretty Mm Solomon, 
Tell me what you reckon on. 
When you prate in such a strain; 
If 1 wring their necks anon, 
Certainly they might feel-pain!" 
Quoth the girl, “ X watch them talk. 
Making love and making fun, 
In the pretty avli-tree walk. 
Whon my daily task le done- 
In their little eyes X find 
They aro very fond and kind. 
Every change of song or voice, 
Plainly proveth to my mind. 
They can suffer and rejoice.” 
And the little robin-bird 
(Sice brown back aud crimson breast) 
All the conversation heard, 
Bitting trembling in his neat. 
■’ what a world,” he cried, *' of bliss, 
Full of birds and girls, were this! 
Blithe we’d answer to their call; 
But a great mistake it is 
Boys were ever made at all,” 
HISTORY OF A PAIR OF OLD BOOTS. 
AN EASTERN STORY. 
In the days of Tamerlane, king of the Tartars, 
there was a man named Abufitilolinan the Tartar, 
a man neither very rich nor very poor, but In a 
middle position of life. And he had made for him¬ 
self a pair of strong boots, which he continued to 
wear for many years. For which they began to 
get the worse ot the wear, he patched and mended 
them with his own hands as best he could, one 
day clapping on another patch, and the next day 
nailing on another sole with horsenalls picked up 
here and there. And tints he continued for many 
years, till the boots wore of an Immense weight, 
aud were as well known to all as Ahu Suleiman 
himself. 
it. 
One day as he was walking with a friend, he 
met a man selling glass bottles, and bis friend 
pointed out how he might do a little business by 
buying the bottles aud selling them again at a 
profit. So Abu Suleiman yielded to the persua¬ 
sion of his rrlend, bought the whole stock at 
twenty-five piastres, and took them to his house. 
Then, on t he morrow, he met a man selling wine, 
and he said to himself— 
“Seeing I have abundance of room, and vessels 
also where lo bestow the wine, 1 cannot do better 
than buy as much as will fill my bottles; and at 
some future time 1 can sell the whole at a hand¬ 
some profit.” 
So ho did us he had determined, and went on 
his way. 
ill. 
Now, the same day. at evening, he went on to 
the bath. And as he came out ot the hath he saw 
at the door a pair of boots that looked much bet¬ 
ter than Ills own. So he put them on, and left bis 
old boots In their place, and went on Ills way. 
But it, happened that the hoots belonged to the 
judge ot that, place, who was also In the hath, 
who, when he saw what was done, demanded of 
the keeper of the hath 11 he knew who was ow ner 
of the old bools. 
“ These,” said the keeper of the bath, “ are with¬ 
out doubt, the hoots of Abu .Suleiman, the Tartar, 
who has just, departed.” 
Wherefore the Judge ordered htm to appear be¬ 
fore him, and laid on him many stripes, and or¬ 
dered hlrn to take back his old hoots. So Ahu Su¬ 
leiman took them up, vowing vengeance against 
them as the cause of his misfortune; and when 
he had taken some foot!, and attended to his 
wounds, he went to the river In great anger and 
pitched his boots Into the stream, and went on 
Ills way. 
iv. 
On the evening of the same day, a fisherman 
passed along the bank or the river. As he cast 
his hook Into the water, It. caught something very 
heavy, which he thought must be a fine fish. 
After much effort, he brought to the bank a heavy, 
patched old boot. 
“Oh,"says he, “there Is one of the boots of 
poor old Abu Suleiman, the Tartar, that some one 
must have stolen from htm; let us try to find the 
other.” 
After a while, he found the other, and went to¬ 
wards the cottage of Abu Suleiman, to give him 
his hoots. But as he found the door locked, he 
pitched the hoots In by a small upper window that 
was open, and went on his way. 
Now, the boots, falling upon the glass bottles 
containing the wine, broke the bottles and split 
the wine. Attera lime, Abu Suleiman came home, 
and seeing what a loss he had sustained all 
through his old boots, seized them In great anger 
and pitched them Into the common drain that led 
near his door, and went on Ills way. 
Not very long after, a had fever broke out In the 
neighborhood; and when many deaths had oc¬ 
curred, and au examination was made, the com¬ 
mon drain was lound shut up by a pair of old 
hoots. All the neighbors recognized them as the 
boots oi Abu Suleiman, the Tartar, who w’as ac¬ 
cordingly beaten with fifty stripes, and Imprisoned 
for three months as a correction. So, when be 
was released from prison, and Ills boots delivered 
up to him, he said to himself: 
“It appears they cannot be subdued by force; 
let us try them by gentleness.” 
And he asked a woman to light a fire and get 
him some warm water, with which he washed the 
boots clean, and placed them on the house-top lo 
dry, and went on his way. 
vu. 
In his absence, a dog got up to the house-top, 
and began to gnaw one of t he old boots. As he 
gnawed, lie went backwards and backwards, 
dragging the boot, till first one foot slipped over 
the edge or the roof, and then another, and 
finally the dog tumbled from the roof, hoot and 
all. But tho boot fell upon the head of a child 
that was playing near by. and killed the child. 
So when the parents of the child found out the 
cause of Its death, they Informed against Ahu 
Suleiman, who was punished for hts carelessness. 
And at night, when all was quiet, he went Into 
the gardens behind the houses, aud began t.a dig 
a hole In which to bury hts old hoots and get rid 
of them. But the neighbors, hearing the sound, 
fancied he must he a robber, and came upon him 
In the dark with sticks and clubs and beat him 
without mercy. It was only after a time that 
they discovered their mistake, and allowed him to 
go on his way. 
vra. 
Abu Suleiman saw no course opeD to him to es¬ 
cape from ills misfortune but to leave that coun¬ 
try altogether, and leave Ills boots in some distant 
place. So he placed them in a box, and took a 
journey of three days Into a land where he was 
not known. Now, he was a man of venerable 
appearance, with long snowy beard and broad 
white turban; and as he traveled, the Walee 
(governor-general) of that country admired him, 
and being In want of a Judge for a certain district, 
offered him the post. Ahu Bulelmann declined 
the honor, saying that he was an unlearned man, 
and unacquainted with the law. 
But the Wulcc said: “ This Is only your mod¬ 
esty, which in itself Is a recommendation.” 
“Nay, but,” he says, “I know not how to 
answer those who siiall come before me for judg¬ 
ment, for I know that the accused party will 
always deny the charge.” 
And the Walee said; “I will give you a few 
simple rules, which If you observe, you cannot, br¬ 
at a loss. When a person comes berore you and 
states hla case, ask him to produce his fitness; 
If he has no witnesses, require from him an oath; 
If he will not swear, his statement Is false, aud 
he deserves fllty stripes.” 
So Abu Suleiman was appointed Kadco, and, as 
rood as he reached the place where he was to re¬ 
side, ho went by night and dug a deep hole, In 
which he burled the box containing his boots, and 
rested that night Tor once In peace. 
IX. 
On t he morrow came the rich and noble of the 
town, to offer their salutations to the new Kadee. 
And when they were assembled, they compli¬ 
mented him by praising, in his presence, the care 
and attention of the Walee, who had done such 
kindness to them as to send them tUls Judge of 
noble standing. They also said to him: 
“ We ever pray that your Excellency may 
always remain as Judge among us.” 
Aud, with many such words, they continued to 
compliment him, he listening gravely all the 
time. When they finished, he stood up and said: 
“ Have you witnesses to confirm what you have 
said?” 
“Our hearts are witness, most noble Kadee,” 
they said, laying their hands on their breasts, 
and bowing low before him. 
But he replied: “Do not suppose that I am a 
child, to bo deceived by words; for I am one of 
the greatest judges of the time. Wherefore have 
ye dared to approach me with statements which 
you cannot prove ? and how do ye trifle with me 
by offering your hearts as testimony? Thus I 
see that your words are false; but If ye will yet 
save yourselves, take a solemn oath that what 
you have said la true.” 
They said: “ There is no need of an oath, most 
noble Kadee." 
Then he commanded his attendants, who were 
standing every man with a rod In his hand, say¬ 
ing: 
« Down upon these hypocrites, who trouble the 
peace of the community; heat them without 
mercy, for my desire Is to discipline this district 
and make it. subject to my lord who sent me.” 
So they were beaten till they cried out In pain; 
and when, at last, they were let go, they departed 
and sent a petition to the Walee, complaining of 
the conduct of the Judge. 
x. 
Now when the Walee heard of tho bad adminis¬ 
tration of the new Judge, ho ordered him to 
present himself at the court or the government. 
So Abu Suleiman made all Ills preparations for 
t he journal that night, and noxt morning, early 
set out tor the residence of the governor. Tho 
Walee examined him as to his conduct, and 
found that the fault lay more in Ignorance than 
in perverseness; and so, asking htm where his 
native country was, he gave him a sum of money 
to pay his expenses homewards, and sent him 
away In peace. Therefore Abu Suleiman de¬ 
parted. greatly delighted, above all, that he had 
at last got rid of his old hoots. 
rr. 
Now, Jn the country In which he had been 
lodge, it happened that a man digging the foun¬ 
dation of a house discovered a box. and brought 
It to tbc surface, thinking be bad found bidden 
treasure. But his neighbor perceived him. and 
envying his better luck, demanded half of the 
contents as hush-money. But. the man would not 
agree to this, and the controversy increased, and 
their voices becara® so loud that all the neigh¬ 
bors gathered together. Some said that all 
treasure-trove belonged to the king; others said 
t hat hall belonged to the king and halt to the 
finder; and others said, “Nay, hut. a third 
goes to the. king, a third to the finder, and 
a third to the owner of the next piece of ground.” 
To this the t wo men would have agreed : but the 
envious neighbors made so much noise that offi¬ 
cers from the local governor came and took- pos¬ 
session of the box. And, as tho finder of the box 
would not, consent to have It, opened there, the 
local governor said It must, he sent to the Walee, 
who would decide the dispute according to law, 
xn. 
Then you might have seen an Immense crowd 
of people marentng in front of the box, as It was 
being convoyed to the hall of the Walee—some 
curious to sec what would happen; others going 
to receive their Hhare; others rejoletng In the 
good luck of their friends; others, of an envious 
mind, ready to give their evidence and to cut off 
t he good fortune of t he finder. And the people of 
the province, as the procession advanced. Joined 
also In the crowd to witness the valuable antiqui¬ 
ties that had been found underground. 
When they reached the presence of his high¬ 
ness, ho ordered the box to bo opened: and. be¬ 
hold 1 a pair of old clouted boots. Then you might 
have Been that same crowd In many guises—some 
laughing In their sleeves; others crying over 
their misfortune, and so forth. But t he Walee, 
hearing that Ihe box had been found In the gar¬ 
den of i he house formerly occupied by the Kadee. 
concluded that, this must have hcen a t tick played 
by Abu Suleiman, the Tartar. WJu refore he had 
the hoots placed in another box, and sent the box 
to the Walee of the province In which Abu Sulei¬ 
man lived, with a letter requesting that the per¬ 
petrator or such a loke should he duly punished 
for ids impertinence. 
XUL 
After three days the box arrived at, It,a destina¬ 
tion, and the people, hearing that a box had been 
lound underground, and was sent by the Walee 
of one province to the Walee ot another province, 
concluded that It must contain valuable treasure,, 
and assembled at t he hall of the governor to hear 
and sec what It, was. Ahu Suleiman himself was 
present, And when the Walee had road ihe letter, 
he was called upon to come forward and open the 
box. When he had done so. and saw his own old 
boots, ho cried: 
“ Alas, me I and oh, my misfortune 5 Wherever 
I go, they follow me; wherever l place them, 
or hide them, they return again upon me." 
But the Walee smote him on the race, saying: 
“ Wretch! you have brought disgrace upon me; 
take your old boots and begone.” 
XIT. 
So be took up his old boots, and returned to his 
own house, sullen aud downhearted. He threw 
them down at the door, and entered to brood over 
his ill-luck, and think what to do wit h his old 
boots. Now, a mdghbor, hearing liow Ahu Sulei¬ 
man had been disgraced, came let tho evening to 
condole with him. And so It, happened that, in 
the dark be stumbled over one boot, and, railing, 
peeled hts nose on the ot her. When no entered. 
Instead ot condoling with his friend, he began to 
lament his own mishap; but Abu Suleiman said 
to him— 
"My friend, If you had held your nose to one 
side, you might have save your skin; but as to 
the hoots, they are entirely beyond my control." 
So his frienu was appeased by the good-natured 
remark, and alter he had spent, some hours with 
Abu Suleiman, he wished him good-night, and 
went on Ids way. 
xv. 
So, after his nedghbor had departed, Ahu Sulei¬ 
man. wishing to go out lor some purpose, and not 
finding bis Bltppers at hand, slipped his loot into 
one ot the old boots. But no sooner had ho done 
so than he cried aloud, ror a snake had taken ref¬ 
uge lu the boot, and stung hla toot. So he cried 
aloud, and said— 
“ Is there no one to succor me? is there no one 
to do a neighbor’s part ? Is there no one to help 
me, and deliver me from these boots?” 
Then he took his way, though It was near mid¬ 
night. to the house of the Kadee, and cried and 
screamed till the Kadee a woke from his sleep, and 
asked the cause of the alarm. And Abu Suleiman 
told him the whole matter how it stood, and the 
whole history how it proceeded, and concluded— 
"Life to the head of our lord the Kadee; write 
me a writ or release from this pair of old bools 
else they will kill me In little time.” 
So the Kadee, seeing his simplicity, smiled and 
took the boots from him, and scut him home in 
peace. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA. 
Mv first Is in aunt but not In niece, 
My second Is tn yarn but not In fleece; 
My third Is In currant but not In berry, 
My fourth Is In Edward but not In Jerry; 
My fifth Is In ermine and also In sable, 
My sixth is In chair hut not In table; 
Mr seventh Is In pitch hut not In gum, 
My whole Is a city In Belgium, 
pr- Answer in two weeks. l. w. 
DOUBLE ACROSTIC. 
1. A projecting rock. 2. A cutting tool. 3. 
Mere state of nature. 4. A cape of Siberia. 5. A 
public show. 6 . A noted female slDger. Prlmals 
and finals form two signs of the zodiac, 
ty Answer in two weeks. * B. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Juue 16. 
Hidden C apitalb.— 1. Augusta ; 2, Concord ; 3, Mont¬ 
pelier , 4, Boston; B, Newport; H, Hartford: 7. New 
Haven : 8 , Albany ; 9. Harrisburg; lu, Trenton ; 11, Do¬ 
ver , 12 Annapolis; 13, Richmond. 
Okoks-woiid Eniq ma.—T iconderoga, 
Po lT8Ti.LA.nic Anagrams.— 1, Mi nor a logical; 2, Mis- 
eoneeplion; 8, Microscopical, 4, Misanthropical, 5, 
■Wheelbarrow; 6, 'Wintenm-eu ; 7, Yellow Fever; 8, Be- 
upcinsibleness; 9, Respectability; 10, Resusitation; U, 
Restaurateur; 12. Valetudinarian; 13, Superincumbent, 
Wohd-Squabe Enigma.— 
B A B M 
A K JS A. 
BEAK 
MARS 
’TWERE HARD TO DIE! 
In spring I would not die, for then 
The earth, by winter tried. 
Casts mourning garb aside. 
And dons her joyons robes again. 
I could not leave the thousand things that please. 
Iler blooms and flowers bright, 
The soothing zephya light, 
That gather fragrance from the bloss’ming leas. 
Nor would I pass away, 
To mingle with her clay, 
Until we've spent the fervid summer time. 
For then the earth is in its Insty prim6. 
Aud I should love to watch her force display’d 
In ev’ry strength’ning stalk or pushing blade. 
Oh, not I would not die 
Till summer patseth by ’ 
Nor yet until the rip'ning autumn’s past. 
And all its gorgeous foliage is cast. 
For wa Wring fields of grain, 
That change each fruitful plain 
Into a golden sea, 
nave e'er a charm for me. 
I fain would linger 'mid the new-mown hay 
Until the harvest-time hath passed away. 
Nor e’en when winter’s come 
Again from out hiB distant Arctic home. 
Would I be summon'd from this earth away. 
The somber brown and gray 
Subdue the streaming light, 
And makes lr grateful to the wearied eight. 
While tired earth by sweet repose is blest, 
I love with her to rest. 
Aye, true! ’twere hard at any time to die. 
For as they pass away. 
Each dallying season lends its charms to bind, 
As tendrils soft which wind 
Around our hearts and make them captive fast; 
And when it comes at last. 
The time when by death’s hand they’re torn apart. 
It tears as well the heart. 
(A’. 0. Picayune. 
RELIGIOUS DUTY. 
Many persons have an idea that they are free 
from religious duties until they agree to be bound 
by them. They think that attendance upon 
worship, the support of the church, the avoidance 
of unprofitable amusements, aud t he maintenance 
or high Christian character may be binding upon 
the acknowledged Christian, but they do not 
apply to the irreligious man, especially the 
avowed sceptic. 
But moral obligation Is not created by contract, 
nor does It depend upon belief. It requires no 
contract to bring a man within the range of God’s 
jjJnjsical laws. Disregard o 14 tie laws of health ts 
punished. Irrespective of the Ignorance or disbe¬ 
lief of him who disregards them. Strychnine 
would kill, even though the victim did not believe 
in the power or poison or the fact of death; and 
so of the olvtl laws. It requires no contract to 
obligate a man to obey the laws of the State. He 
may be Ignorant ot those laws; he may refuse to 
obey them; he may deny their existence; yot 
they blind film, and ror their violation hels Justly 
punished. And so of the moral law 3 ; It requires 
no contract to bilng man under their authority. 
By the very nature of his being he is under 
authority. 
There can he no evasion of tho laws by which 
God carries on ills moral government- They 
must be obeyed or disobeyed. Among those laws 
are the duties pertaining to the church of Christ. 
That church Is a most Important part of that 
moral government. It ts the duty of every one to 
whom that church Is presented to enter it, to sus¬ 
tain it, and to he contormed In conduct and char¬ 
acter to its teachings. Each one ot these duties 
is binding; and the non-performance of the first 
—that ot entering the church—by no means 
lessens the obligations of the others; nor does 
disregard of them all either change their nature 
or diminish their force. The Divine law, which 
lays these duties upon every one, is an eternal 
fact; and ne ither its existence nor its powers are 
in any way affected by men’s belief concerning it. 
THE SPIRIT OF SELF-SACRIFICE. 
The spirit of self-sacrifice Is one ot the great 
beauties ot holiness. Husband yielding to wife, 
wife to husband; brother to brother, sister to 
sister; friend to friend; In great things; hut In 
small especially. First and foremost, see tfiat 
the spirit Is with you at home; then carry It 
abroad Into the world. It Is a spirit that will 
sweeten happiness and lighten troubles; and 
when the soul Is ready to wing its flight to Its 
eternal home, It will have the unspeakable conso¬ 
lation of knowing that It has not lived to Itself; 
that It has left the world happier and better tn 
some degree than it found It; that It has been 
faithful to Its earthly mission. So will It listen 
with unutterable bliss to the sentence: “Well 
done, thou good and faithful servant; enter thou 
Into the Joy of thy Lord !”— Argosy, 
KiNosmr Is a profession which has produced 
few among the most illustrious, many among the 
most despicable of the human race. As In our 
days they are educated and created, he la deserv¬ 
ing of no slight commendation who rises. In 
moral worth, to the level of his lowest subject; so 
manifold ancl so gTeat are the Impediments.—Law - 
dor. 
