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Franco stands the little vine-clad
village of N .It is a very small
place.
Many suinmors noo I was rather
of an invalid, ami when I chanced in
vV. travels t?? lioht noon this rustic
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Arcadia, my foot wore lo'h t ? 1 >?vi>(
and before hmo I found mystdf duly
installed beneath the roof of its vonerable
pastor.
()no evening, as wo wero seated in
his pleasant study my ovos fell uiion
two objects which struck me as novel
decorations for the room of a peaceable
war detestinir clergyman.
They were, a tiny eoldon star and
a laroe cross of iron, Imnir siile by
sisle on a square of black velvet.
Could my host have had and lost a
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son? I tlioujrht; and would it be
proper for me, by questionintT him,
to perhaps run the risk of re-opening
t he old wound?
lie had evidently noticed my look
of curiosity and my subsequent hesitation,
for I saw his eves suddenly
turn and lix themselves upon the
medals, while an exnression of nain
I 1
contracted liis brow.
"Do not speak of them, sir. if it
will cause von i?r?in," I hastened t??
say.
Ibit liis facr had cleared as <|nit* 1<lv
as it had clouded.
"Why not?" "They belonged to
mil' of Ciod's noli I est heroes! 1
should like to tell you their history,
if von earn to listen."
So, nothing loth, I prepared nivself
to hear the story.
"It was at the time," he hof^an,
"when the bravest and best of my
beautiful France were called forth to
swell the forces of Napoleon, and to
liolit for their native land. In this
villaee lived a youth of a handsome
face and manly presence, named
Pierre Pnvolle. lie was niv favorite
pupil. I was the fi^st to jrutdo ;
his infant mind into the paths of
knowledge; and as he grow to man-!
maidiood the love between us was
like unto that of parent and child.
"In the cottage you see from the .
window dwelt a maiden? the fairest
in all the country round, and it was;
not strange that, growing uj> together,
l.otli so young, and good,
and beautiful, an attachment should
spring \ip between Pierce and Marguerite.
"She was well named; for as the
daisy is modest and sweet, so was
she, and 1 was pleased with Pierre's
choice, as was everyone who knew |
and took an interest in the lovers.
At lcnctli the joyous bridal-day was
r> 4 - j
lived. lint within a week of its approach
a proclamation came, heralded
by drum and martial stir; and with
tear-streaming eyes the old mother
of Pierre, accompanied by his
lovely betrothed, came to tell
me, what 1 learned later from Pierre
himself, that ho had boon drafted for
live years.
' The day of his departure arrived.
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Marguerite clung to him despairingly,
whi'.o the old mother wrung her
hands, and I, who loved him as well,
in the midst of their grief had to try
aril conceal my own emotions and
hid him a brave '(lod speed!'
' It was a hard struggle; but at
last Pierre disengaged himself from
his betrothed's embrace, and hold
bcr for a moment from him, looking
into her face
"'Five years is a long, long time,
in\p\M.vrgu< rite; but years will never
dim my love for you.'
CVHo plat mmI her in his mother's
arms.
"'l.oveand comfort each other,'
he said, 'until I return.'
"Then grasping mv hand, while a
man's bitter tears coursed 0110 after
another down his face, ho exclaimed:
" lMv good friend, 1 leave inv
trphsures \n your cure. I cannot say
more. l^nVewell.'
"lie Mind gone?the light of my
eyes, the staff of a widowed parent,
and a young girl's first love. Such
is war!
"Two years had glided by, blind
with battles?some lost and some
won. Wo often had news of Pierre,
and one day a joyous throng approached
my door and called mo to
come out and hear the rrlad nnw.?
n
that Pierre was home; he hail leave
of absence for a few days, as his regiment
was stationed near his nativQ
village. ^ v ./ * *
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: NOIt'l'ON, i:<ill or.
. <>. !<<>< I ! US, I ?u l>li*lt?>r
' Of course, with hasty ft?c?t I flew
to the cottage where I knew I should
lin<I him. Marguerite met me, her
eyes like twin stars, radiant with
idndnoss. 1 'oilowinir hor, I soon
saw the i?r"ct, soldierly iiouro <>i inv
yoiinif friend.
"'( )nlv throe more yours,' lio said,
as li" u train left its. 'Cheer up, mv
loved oil" ; (xod will lio oood ami
to-unito us all attain!'
"Two of thotn wont I>y. They
lirouoht jrreat chuntros. Pierre's
ajjucl inotlior luitl passed awav.
blessing with hor last hroath hor absent
son ami tho sweet trirl whoso
ministrations had soot hod hor dvinjr
hours.
"Then camo news that Pierre had
won his oj?aulots, and with them a
ooldon star for his eouraoe and
prowess, which, at tlio inotnont of
seeiuinod y oorttiin defeat, had
cSianjrod tin* fortune of hit regiment
to victory.
"I low proud we all wore!
"Still another hnttlo; and then?
.,1, tt..... , t.; ? it: '
Our brsive vounir soldi"!', 111<? winner
<f tin' Star ?if Honor, hud been
killed!
" Then from time to time shattered
vi'tci his, wounded and maimed f< >r
lift1, passed throuedi our villain1,
sccUintr tlu'ir homes only to die."
'''Hitl von know :i vontli named
Pierre HaveHo?' I"usked of one.
The tears sorano to his eyes, and as
wtili his ortlv hand lie dashed them
away, iie exclaimed: 'Know liitn?
know Pierre the Hero! lie was tnv
captain. lie fel 1 in tlie ha111(4 in
which I received the wound that litis
left mo sis yon see me. OI\ hut he
named the title .ill called hitnPierre
the Hero! Had it not hewn
for him wo would have lost instead
of, as we did, won the dav. Onee
hgfore ho won si oolden star?si pretty
hsinhlo; lint this time in the very
midst of Mood and eanisiee, I saw
our imperial loader lean from his
horse, ami take from his own hreast
the only decoration it hore. It was
si cross ?only iron, it is true; hut sin
emblem each one of us would have
boon prouder to own than one <ditterinjr
with brilliant <nmis. 'My
noble youth, wear this!' he exclaimed.
'Should siuoht happen to
toe and you live, know tha* vour
leader could not delsiv till after the
battle was over, hut this rewards you
now!*'
k | I (\ I 1 11 1 1\111 vvnlt l<\iwroo? K * * t
... w.u.v '""S1 ? ) 1/111
spurring his luirso was <>1T to another
pari of the field. < )n our captain's
Iwvust was the iron cross. After
that 1 remember nothing more.
r*>
When I came to myself in the hospital
they told me that mv captain was
dead.'
"As the old soldier thus spoke
Manor: rite was by his side and heard
| all. She had changed sadly in
| those last few weeks; but I knew
that until then she had hot given up
hope. As time passed I could not
I help but notice that the pathetic
grief in Marguerite's face, instead of
injuring her beauty, only made it
the more striking. And so thought
j.Ink's I Jermot, a rich fanner, and a
good friend of mine, but a man
twice Marguerite's age.
"A veer went slowly by, and then
one day Marguerite came to me for
advice. Her father was old and
poor, and growing each day more
feeble, and now he asked of her a
sacrifice. That she should insure
the comfort of his declining years,
and Iter own welfare when he should
be gone, by accepting and marrying
the rich farmer, .lules Dermot. I
thought Jong and earnestly, then I
said:
"'My child, how do you yourself
f i > m 1 nbnii t J t V
"A resolute light filled her pretty
eyes.
44 4 I have thought,' she said sadly,
4that it might ho wrong for me to re
fuse to obey my father's wishes. I
have been taught by you that a
child's first duty is to her parents,
arid inv father has not long to live.
A girl's passionate love 1 can never
givo to Jules Derinot, and so I have
told him; but as his wife 1 can serve
and obey him faithfully and truly,
and lie says he will be more content
to have mo even thus.'
"What coyld I say but what I did
?to follow the impulses of her own
| pure heart; they could not load her
wrong. So they were married; and
the old father left hia humble cottage,
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Z TO T'OUK -"WOIEeZD CONWAY.
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and lived the following year ^whitdi
Jirnved his hisl lin Ills dauiditi r'< new
home. Then eame a Iif11? Mariano- t(
rite to .lulcs I )ermot ami Ins wife; a
tiny ooj?y of her mother. l.iUea u
pure white daisy she lay, just he- '
iriniiinir her vmnie life, while, alas! '
, r> . f-> ,?
the mother, the heloveil nf all was n
|d\ino. The truth eouhl not lono ho ,|
disenised. There was no hope.
"A tremulous sioht a loiio up- '
ward look and then a heautifnl inii
animate form was all that was left to
us. .lulus I )ermot sorrowed faith- t<
fully and keenly; then after a time si
an irresistible era vino for ehanoe
came to him. lie had mo^oy, and |
ho would travel. So he brought the a
little Marguerite to me, and left her s
in m\ rare. 11
)ne summer evenine my pe?. and
I were in the 'arilen, when I saw a
y
man's lijniro comino up the road
with slow nnd weary steps. lie h
paused at the eato and looked in at >'
! us.
"'Come in, sir. and rest yourself,' i,
1 said; and liftino the latch lie came ,.
towards me.
"As iny oa/.e fell on the tall at- '
I temiated form and the wan face,
which looked blanched and worn un
dt'!' 11ip 11111111' < clear Seams, I started
; and 11 colt] thrill passed tiiroonh imp. v
"'Have \Dii forgotten Pierre?' hp '
i said.
"Then ! knew hi 111 that it was
indeed Iherre Lavell??! W ith tr<vn
I> 1 intf hands I drew him into the v
house.
" (tli!' lie exclaimed, sinkiiio" i 1111 >
11
a chair, 'how irood it is t > be at 1
home! I doubted if inv s'r -.'iij/tli
w c >11 Id keep me 1 i I! 1 s i w its I
I scenes a?r:tin. Put (leal is am I I '
Mill here at last. I eon., lirsi to Von.
< I
dear friend, to wear off this iu'"iise
fatieue; hut in a little time I must s
iro to niv mother and mv betrothed. V
1 lie said, 'hoys arethev well?'
"I evaded an answer as I pressed
him to pertako of bread and wine. j,
"Suddenly the little one, whose 11
very existence I had for the time
forgotten, eatne into the room, and '
to Pierre's side, lookinif no at him .
11
with her mother's tender blue eves.
1 He drew her to him Pierre was
1 ever fond of children.
Ill
"'W hat is your name?' he asked, j
" ' Ma roue rite,' she answered; and 1
r? ' ' < 1
then, won to confidence by his friendj
ly manner, she added: 'I live here, 1 ti
but mv papa is away, and my mother j (
is dead.' ,
"Pierre's ira/o. fell upon toy face, I
which was working convulsively
spite ot all in\ elforts at control, and \
a vn?ruc fearsooine.il to s? i-ir?<?* into e
. . I r%
his mind. Rising hurriedly, ho put
her from him. o
" 4I must jro now- I feel stronger,' y
he said thomdi his looks Indieveil ?*
^ (
his words--41 must not stay lanwr : si
from the side of my loved ones." | n
" 'Oil, Pierre, stay?-do not ip?!' 1 : <
cried. i
"I lis eves dilated with an expres-' a
sion of terror s
41 4 Tell iiie truly,j he exclaimed,!
'how is it with my Mur^uerile?' o
"I could not answer. lie read the; j h
i truth in my face. With a cry ho r
I sank hack and covered his eyes with o
his hands. Then quickly as I could ti
, I told him everything that had happeiie
I witholdin^r nothino- for it v
, was liesf. ; li
4'.\s I spoke, the little one, awed fi
; l?v the stranee scene, had iioain v
1 . D a 7 n t
; drawn near. With a convulsive I t<
motion he eanoht !ier to him, and i
i . ... I
! I towed his foee upon her shilling hair. r<
4 A ml this is her ehild! Maroue- e
' rite's child!' | e
"It was a piteous si^ht, and I will '
not dilate upon it longer. Pierreita
I stayed at the parsonage; and after a i>
while -I let him take his own time <
ho told iiig how ho had Imen left for ii
| dead upon the Held and had re- tl
covered consciousness P> lino himself ti
a prisoner in the enemy's hands; t1
how ho had boon confined over since,
. I .i ? ...
iiiiiii ill J list escaping, li > lad |<>m li
neyed on foot ovor mountains ami a
through forests, himvo ; ?j|? i>\ tin1 a
hope of reaching his nalive village,*
a11<I there, amid the ministrations of h
his dear ones, regaining his strength tl
iind passing in happiness tho rest of w
his life.
^ "As you may hnve surmised, the i
poor fellow did not live long to hear .N
his great disappointment. In the h
! v i I Intro cemetery not far from the 11
resting-place of her he loved is a p
grnvo conspicuous from any other hy 'I
tho stately granite pillar which his <
townspeople have erected to the
memory of I'ierro tho ilero, thoir e
.countryman, who by his courage e
twice saved tho day for Franco. e
"Those aro his medals which ho tl
managed to conceal jind preserve t n
1 through all his wanderings. Ho left o
1 them in my charge, for tho child of |>
1 Marguerite,"' 1
IffftIf
8 x%> If
fi.3STDD \X7"03?
'.. TnrusuAY. i i:i?
A ! >?m>? ltl.trlv l*rt?:ielirr.
A writer in a New Vorl\ paper
>!Is !k?m lie ami (iillmore, a thoatriill
manager in licit city, had an tin
stinl e\pnrienee the other evenino.
'he\ left the liar, near the tlmitre,
ml went into the hootldack's an tie.
er\ under the stairs to have tiieir
ether extremes "li\ol.M This r.ne;
one in a most sati-faetorv way I>\
lie venerahie nr^ro in ohar?je hut
lie visitors noticed that rol'ifious
m>k and pictures occupied a promton
t n I n ee t here
I t \
One of t)i?? visitors remarked, "I
> >!< it for a bootblack's nest 1 >111 it
immiis to be :i rooular C.Jospel shop."
The proprietor nio'sttmed a shoe
ith his hreath, and then drove his
rush \i^oroiisl\ over its surface,
he oaslieht danced with the lijnired
hades to ' In? softened strains of the
leatreV music. (idmore touched
im on the shoulder with tin tip of
is umbrella. "I tide," he said, 4ido
ou black boots or praise (bid here?'
- -With all due respect, sir, I do
oth, sa.d 111?> meek neoro, without
etravinoa particle of the Kthiopian
ialect.
44(iilinore looked nonplussed, but
e bad struck a (puiint stream of iituirv,
am! iie followed it to its lojdal
seuuonee. 'Which pavs the
est he asked, as he withdrew lus
ii'ht from t he in>n pedal.
' 'The .\!mieht\ I'allier, sir.' was
Im humble reply. 4! le is til" pa\
taster of the ui iverse, sir. Ilis
o'.kmeu never strik for waj't -. lie
| t l i e i .
eriar's :i i II \ it Km KI ol I ?\ ? ; i > i <! nciu't'
ver\ nii'ht and inoriiimr, sir. It
mis sunshine to tli?* heart, lifts i! e
loud from I ln> lirmv, an 1 it liolilon>
if heavy burden on tin* road of life,
ir.'
"< i i 1 more l>'iu!<?'d nml 11"o*: 11 to
thistle. No seemed dist urhed in
mid. 'I'lio old 111:i:i was u?niiti si.
nt. II" had (km)t himself to work
:i tin' !cl\ foot, with a brush in eneh
iml. a d ho wasia .mi11 / both brush'
wit the re ilti' t \' a lesion ro '.
in* in i .ai *or i t'a t! 'i ti'i n.itlo an
t :<T I a!i.
*' 1 ?roilifr Johnson,' said ho, 4I
11111io*-i' you mad those hooks when
on re all alone here.'
"'Witliali dne respect, sir, I never
.as alone." was t m Innnlih' response.
" 4 A man as pious as yn pretend
> be o'leht never to copper the
ruth,' (iilinore drvlv observed.
444 1 don't nnderstand von, sir,' the
corn replied.
41 'To copper the truth means to
e.' said (iilinore. 4|)ou' you know
n\ thino about faro?"
"'I know that he was drowned in
lie l.'ed Sea, sir; but I didn't knowhat
it was for lyin?r. The (.rood
iook savs it was because (iod harened
hi*. heart, sir.'
4* 4This won't w ash,' (i i 1 more eon inued.
4 You're double banking me.
'nine oil". I )idn't von just tell me
lint you weie never alone, and isn't
lint a lie? Kvory man is alone
[iinetintes.'
4> 4\S' it h all dm respeet, sir, I told
on the truth," the hlnckmoor answer
d. *1 am ever alone. (iod is always
wi'li mo. No man is ever out
i ms presence. lie is ulwiiys with
on, sir, Tim preachers won't ancpt
viinr invitation to sen the plav,
ir, lint ( led accepted it. \ on mind it
ot have SIMM) Mini, lint lie IS there
very nieht, sir. lie watches and
minis you better than lie ouarded
nd watched the I Brooklyn Theatre,
ir."
"The old man had jmt a final (doss
n the tnaiiawer's vhoes, as he stood,
rush in hand, in the rapture of a
tdipious fervor, lie turned a stream
f lierv exhortation upon his rpinsiouer.
(iilrnore sat as though spell*
onnd. Such imagery, inetaplior,
.'a nil til, sincerity ami eloqueucu lie
ad never heard before Tears welled
cm tiie old darkey's eyes as he
arned the manager, in pleading
me-, to flee from the wrath to eomo.
t vva ; prohahly the most e< ndeiiscd
ivivnl ennon that was over dolivord.
The whole plan of salvation was
overed in le-*s than five minutes.
iltnoi was fairlv oaralvzed. lie
eineiI fascinated hy the rude soph1
iy of the m ryo. NO psychologist
ver had a man more completely in
is power. The sinner was fairly on
in point of conviction and eontriion
when a blare of trumpets from
he heart of the theatre broke the
pell. Satan had put in some of his
ne work, and (Jiimore s:t8 aipiin
di ift (in the Sea of sii . lo drifted
way rio'ht nobly, howeier.
"'That's worth a halldollar to me,'
e said as h i dropped the coin into
ie old man's palm and disappeared
ithout wailing for any polish.
"Knur davs afterward I met lien.
V < lair. 1 at<> superintendent of 11??
lotropolitun. On hearing the story
e said that tin1 hootblack was a renp
Inrly ordained minister of the Cosel.
I lis iiHtno is tilO l?ov. M. ( .
'ho Mas, and he has a church, as
'lair put it, 'up country somewhere.'
"'lie's the happiest man in the
itv,'Clair continued. 'He makes
noufrh hy bine kino hoots to run his
hureh and support his family, lie's
lie most pious man I over saw. lie
ovef eats even a hit of cheese withtit
syyin^r jpaoo, and lie's sinoino
salmis aim prityiiij^ all day lonjr.'
"ly'.saw'thcMfov. Mr. Thomas a day
(\ ; .'
ue. .^ jsr:o "x"o oo1
Kl'AliY 1 sss.
or t w ftorward, ami nskod liiin
whether it was trim that lm was tho
haimi'st man in tha < it v.
"'I would In',' replied, *if I could
onl\ l>" tha means of sa\imr tlia soul
i.f Mi. ( iilinore.. llo needs tho saltpetre
of salvation powerful had, sir
j?(t\\ erfn I had.'
\ l^iii'cr Postmaster.
.\ tiavt'liiiLT posh?Mi v"?? inspeetor
went nit to Seott eountv a few ilays
iioo fur tin' purpose ul investi^pitino
eerlain reported erookeo ess. I hie
afternoon hi* reached a small ral.in
situated iicitf a lonely road. lie
stopped, i'i tend mi o to out a drink of
water, and as lie drew near tlio Iioiisu
was astonished at seeino a sionhoard
hearing the following inseri pt ion:
"I'oost olis." An old fellow with a
ori//l\ heard and a hairy ohest
displayed, as his shirt was unhiittoned
? ean.e out, and, merely nod
d u at the insneetor, sat down on a
" i
stump.
"! low are yon?" saiil the inspector.
"Tol'ltle."'
"Have von any fresh water
handy?"
"Plenty ilv it down thar in the
hraneli. (he1 nv the hoys shot my
hiieket all to pieces, an" since then I
liafter uo to ther hraneli w'en I
w a liter drink."
hot then a man moulded on a
mule, rode up and asked: "Mr.
l'l iinnier, oot an\ letters for lite?"
Vas, thar's one here, Pill Patterson,
hut you kain't oet it. < !o on
awav fru n here, or I II make you
wus'i you hadn't eotne.''
"W'ush yer would oive it tor me."
" \ as, ind ther iiioijor wushed that
(lie eooi i would eotne down outer
ther trye, hut lie didn't come."
"Sa \ , M r. I >l 11til titer
Sled your month tin' say nuthin',
I in * \ Mt'd hotter mosey
awa\ friuit lief '."
The ilia a ; w tty. and tin* in
.peet. ir. - 11 o ic-tn -1 r,
asked:
"Why didn't v<mi <d\e that ititin
iiis letter?"
4*Ka*e 111' worked a?dn mo when I
rim for justice uv the peace."
44 \ i's, Imt the government doesn't
eare an\ thine- for that."
! icrkoii not, l?nt I d<>."
"lint vdii were appointed to aerve
'lie |ieojtie. 1
"Was, an' I sarve 'em too?sarve
i some ii', em like Old Nick."
44.M\ !' i md. I am a traveling postollico
inspector and
"All rie-ht, then, travel."
"If I report yon to the postollico
department, which I shall lie very
apt to do, \ on'll travel."
141 Jeckon not. This establishment
; h'lonos ter me an' nobody's irot a
rijdit ter tell me ter wit out."
' I low lone- have you had this
ollice?"
"Kver settee . built it."
"I mean how l"iiw have you been
post master?"
44 'Bout a year, I reckon."
At this juncture an old fellow
cautiously piekinw his way amonw
the bushes, approached the postmaster,
who, upon sceino him, sprang to
his feet and exclaimed:
"What in thunder do you Avant
here, Abe Smith ?"
"('oine after that paper."
441 )i dt it I tell ver til at Mir k ain't
iiril it?"
"Yes, !miY I lowed tliiit yor moiit
ehanyo yor mind.1'
"Wall, I hain't. When you re.
fused tor lend mo yor slide an' lioss
t'othor day week, I told vor that yor
couldn't <dt nothin' olso onton this
1 iv ?
ollioo.
"I'm or o'oin' tor oet that paper."
Not lessen vor a hotter man than
I ho."
"And that's ahout what I think
"Wall, help yorso'f."
With ability surprising for such
old men they grappled each other
and heoan a dosporato st ruifjtf l<*.
Aho Smith sueeoodod in throwinir
the postmaster.
"Now," said Smith, as ho hejran to
choke ohl I Mummer, "man' tor let me
have thai paper?"
A ourolod "Yes," eamo from 11m-*
postmaster's throat. Smith ndoasod
his hold and suffered Plummer to
jrot up.
"Wall." said ! postmaster, as he
stood !>rus!. no- i'i ionionts <?f loaves
and hark from oard. "I tockon
1 wu i '<t i alo n in yor. I
didn't know that wits such a nice
....... < " \ iw. .... >
- i - ? ? i K" >?;>paper,
fur \er haw* earned it like a
wliito man. "
"Ain't t liar a lest tor fur mo, too?"
"Yhh."
"Wall, 1 want it."
"Kain't oet it, Abie. Yer fit fur
the paper an' not fur t.lio letter."
(? >t ter have It, rlummor."
"Not sen yer whip mo ordain."
I ken do it."
"All rii'lit Abio."
Tlioy went at it a^ain, pranced
around; striking at each other. Finally
I'lnnnm-i struck Abo a heavier
blow and foiled him; then seating
himself on the prostrate man, he
. said:
"Don't want tlier letter, do yer,
Abio?"
"Reckon not, IMummor."
"All ri^ht; come oihead an' ?;it
\\
Ml. .10 l*?T Villi 11 III.
! yor pnpor.1'
\\ lion Aim Inul fjiiiii' tho postman
tor turned to 11 insnoctor and said
"\\ ant anything outon mo?"
"No, I lioliovo not.."
"Kf vo had or lottor lioro an' I
didn't, want ver tor liavo it yei
wouldn't aroy thor p int, would you?'
"I don't think that I should.''
"l)on't want no truck with mo?1'
"N'oiuv"
liVV.ill ?I... 1 I... I ! .. -
y * ">
co in now an' niaUo u|> ther mail."
\\ I?\ Vimii' 11 rail Aclii'M.
I 'rolmlilv one of the most common
headaches, if not the most common,
is that call< J nervous. Tito class ol
{iconic who arc most subject to it arc
certainly not your ottt door workers.
If ever in\ old friend, the irardner
had had a headache, it would not
have been one of this description.
Nor does I htrliy, the plowman, nor
larcey, bus man, nor 'ireatfoot, the
cancer, sutTer from nervous headache,
nor any one else who leads an
outdoor life, or takes plenty of exercise
in the open air. Mut poor, Mat
tie, who slaves awuy her days in n
stuffv draper's shop, and .leannie in
her lonesome attic, hemline over her
white tie"m stitch, stitch, stitch
till far into the nioht, and thousands
of others of the indoor working class
arc martvrs to this form of headno.
It. Are they alone in their misery
No; for inv l.ady Itonhommc, who
comes to have her ball dress fitted on
has often a fellow feeling with .leannie
and Mattie. She, however, wc
cannot aflord to pitv unite so much,
be ausc she lias the power to chatica
her modus vivendi whenever sin
eI a inses.
What, are the symptoms of this
complaint that, makes your hoarl
j ache so7 ^ on :iluios( know it b
foiniiio- fr<> n n dull, perhaps sleenv
ft'i'lintr. \ mi I in v ' no heart m < I lit
: I ! hope. ami y-u an* restless a'
nit/li Still 1111 in restless, though
; when it comes tat 111 lull force, ami
tln-n tor 11i?_r111s, perhaps, howevel
I in tic li vou may wish to, \< ?u nil
j scarcely sleep :it all.
"I low my poor head does ache!'
j This v< i will suv often enoiiirh; sad
! 1 v to voursolf, ami hopelessly t<
tin so m-ar vou, Ir? m whom vou ox
I poet no sympathv and Kot none
And vol (ho pain is liad to hoar, al
! thotiirl. it is oi > n o r?i 11 v confined tr
, on I y oik? | nirt of t ho head.
The worst of this form of headache
lies in the fact that it is periodic
Well, as it arises from unnnturu
hahits of life or peculiarities of eon
stiliition, this periodicity is no more
than wo mioht expect.
If I just nolo down some of the
most ordinary causes of norvom
headache, people who suffer there
, from will know what to do and w ha
to avoid. I will then speak of tin
I t real moot.
()verworlc i ndoors.
()vorstml\.
Work or study indoors, carried oi
in an unnatural or cramped positioi
j of body. I.itorarv men and womoi
(luirht to do most of their work at '<
i standing desk, lyino down now am
on a sofa to ease brain and hear
and permit ideas to How. Thej
should work out of doors in tint
weather with their feet resting ot
a hoard, not on the earth- and uu
dor canvas in wet weather. It ii
surprising thejfoood this simple ad
vice, if followed, can elect.
Xeoloct of the ordinary rules the
conduce to health.
Want of frojjh air in bedrooms.
Want of abundant skin exciting
exercise.
Nerrloct of tho blltll.
< her indulgence in food, especial
l\ of a stimubUino character.
\\ t'likni'ss or debility of body* how
ever produced. This can' oidv l)(
remedied I?\ proper nutriment.
Nervousness, however induced.
Tho excitement inseparable from i
fashionable life.
Kxcitinm passion, auger and jeal
on; v in particular.
\ Si111111e Way Dctcrt Conn
terleil Hills.
"How do v.ou detect spuriou
bank notes?"' asked tho Kvoiiin<
News a-< ho leaned one hand on tin
counter at the window of a wol
kno vn Broad stiee bank teller am
with tho other hand stuffed a plothor
ic pur.-o deep di.wii into his pocket
To discover spurious nationa
bank notes,M answered the polio
teller, "just divide tho last tw<
limires of the number of the bill b'
four and if one letter remains tin
letter o tho genuine will bo A; i
two remain it will be 13; if threo (
and if there should bo no roinuindo
the letter will bo I). For example
this note I hold in my hand is regis
lered 24(31; divide the sixty-one le
four and you have one remaining
According to the rule tho letter 01
the note as you will observe is A
hi every case the rule fails, you cm
bet your week's waives that the bil
is counterfeit." Amjunta A'veni/ii
/W.
There is one thino that an edito
escapes, and that is lyiujj awak
hinhts ihlnkiu^ where ho /.ill spent
' his vacation.
N I' .M liKR :!l.
N i UH|in|M r 11 Minor.
: A 111:111 overboard! The editor.
i A cent lessaffair vn editor's pockI
etbook.
Society is the hardest baked on ita
' I upper crust.
, 11unory rooster don't cackle when
, lie line a wiiin.
I >e proudness ov a limn don't
Count w\?n his lied - cold.
' )no-oved mules must not he handled
on tie1 blind side.
I .inker talks mi?dity loud when lie
I ?rots loose from de juo.
Slcepiu' in de fence corner don't
fetch Krismus in do kitchen.
The watermelon :s like a hook. It
isn't red until it is opened.
A tramp calls hi; shoes "corporn.
tions." hceause the\ have no soles.
The Lfirl who chalks her cheeks
thinks it is better t< mark the miss
1 j than miss the mark.
The fellow who picked up the hot
penny originated the mark, "All that
irlitters is not cold."
' The compositor who set up "pimpled
chops" for "dimpled cheeks"
1 didn't look a let natural iti deu'h.
"I low sad! exclaimed one blade
of a pair of scissors to the other;
"how sad! W e only meet to sever.
Authors ace spoken < f as dwellers
in attics, because so few of them are
, able to live on t h< ir lirst >-tor\ .
1 \ W hitehali woman calls her husband
"kind words" because h" is so
1 bald headed that he can never dye.
A voting lady, who has studied all
I tae "olo^ies" at Vassar. wants to
know if the crack of a ri'le is where
| the\ put the powder in.
h is claimed, !<\ some medical
men, t! at smokine* weak< lis the eye
, jsioht. May he it dees, lint j"-J s,'('
I how it stlenptliens the bputh.
Some men could not iret alonei
10
without their navy tooaeco, ami Kuo,
land feels that she could exist withi
out her navy to bacl< lier too.
,! . If a man empties his pnrso into his
. \ head, i.o man can tako it away from
. him. An investment in knowledge
. always pass the be-t interest.
' \ ouno HiilTki i \ cut out i/iinninc
. > n n
yesterday, and shot six times at an
owl bef >re lie discovered that it was
j a piece of mud on his eye.|r|assc>.
It's just about dou! to the work to
J spade up a piece of eround for ipir|
don purposes that ft is to dim over
, the same, space of oround for worms
J to fro fishing.
Pecauso Dr. Tanner bolted a door
t and threw up a window last ni^lit,
J before tfoinif to bed, it is no sii/n
r> 1
I that his ravenous appetite has not
( yet been appeased.
| Popo says that, bounty draxvs with
a single hair. It doesn't nowadays,
j When a beauty o'Ots so bald headed
l that she has but one hair left she
I j doesn't draw much.
tl Spriohtly younjr lady: tkl am
, afraid I have a very Inroe foot." Po
0 mo shopman: "l.argo miss! O, dear,
1 no miss! Wc liuvo lots of irent-?tlnit
| #
. i is, customers with much larger,
*; miss."
An old lady in Vorkvillo, with sev.
i oral unmarrioil daughters, foods thorn
t i , , ....
on fish diet because it is rich in phosphorus,
and phosphorus is the essonj
tial thing for making matches.
1 A printer down in the city of 840,<100
inhabitants, says "that the (,'hie"
i ago type of a girl has a nonpareil
! head on a brevier body, and a long
* primer foot." But you bet she is
5 alive, and counts one cf that o0'i,081
inhabitants.
l: "Why, I'at, for heaven's sake
what's the matter?" "Well, sorr, I
* swallowed a pcrtater bug, an' although,
sorr, I tuck some parrus
green widin foive tninils after to kill
the haste sthill he's just raisin' th'
mischief inside o' me." fjif \.
t> ?
H I
t A ('reston lover who addressed a
"" love-scented letter L<? the obieet of
vt* *
I !ns ufTeuttons, asking tlio younif ladv
I to become his partner through life,
inscribed on one c< rner of the envoi- ,
ope ''sealed proposal." The result
] was that lie was awarded the conn
f tract.
:> i ~
v .M us. A. (who is taking French
lessons) "Now, Bridget, when
f Brof. Bdampie comes voti must say
'Kntre/' to him, and ho will know
r what you mean and come into the
, parlor." (The bell rings, and llrid.
get goes to the floor. It is the prov.
feasor.)" 44( )ntar;i?." ??vs Bridget.
. "NN'ud ye walk int'f^fmrpurler, sur?"
I-, (The professor walked in, and llrid
# I reported nor triumph to the
i, cook.)
1 - - - r?
"Look-ft here, waiter," shouted a
disgusted customer in u Washington
restaurant, "here's an old moustache
r comb in this pot of pie." "Mover
e mind sir," said the napkin flirter,
1 calmly, "just throw it under the ta'
hle:ai is an old one!"