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WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1884.
_____ M:^ Of Tf^?B??ra?M^??BP^?MMD?WU?i?|
The Black Pawn. ^e ,
, "Sir, I have a mo
There was crying by nj?bt, and the winds tQ sav_j Would spe
were load, ? , > fr
"Worn women were workinjr a burial shroud: YSte, 11 YOU please.
Tour? faces showed paie as the face of "Yes," answered
And strong men labored in drawing of surprised but
breath; "I shall be most ha
^ "She is ?ore." they said; "ay," they said. communication VOt
h*lC 1 ^ ?TO 71 > . y , _
And thf iii; ht winds moaned, and the hours out, as 1 cannOw 1U7
went on. Lodze, being only r
LBut the morrow dawned cJear, and the world ^ ^ere.is ?? 0110 ^
shone bright, and squirrels to ove
? '- -I I.*, .f iV. ii ?1. ? ? ? n?
i SjSfev XrilCt? ^ iCitVi luuuivauiuiuiKuv. iitiri ,,MI I.
mBBL } ounpr faces looked up like buds of the rose, uuu'
|p 'W -And breasts heaved free as the full tide "xes, certainly;
S ?v??,!s:n . . . , Dose'" stammered 1
f conel t 0 l0Tcr' ,t,e ?u? :"Ionfr and more nervous;
t How the niarht winds sigh! Do the lours ?that is, vou must
Clove on.'- that I?vou?vou?i
=: marry Mabel Walto
A FOKTUXATE MISTAKE.
"Its all no use, I can see," said Bob s*on arose more fro:
Morgan, stepping back from the sketch fortunate loss oi wo
te had just made of a pretty bit of other cause.
scenery. "If 1 finish it, and take ifcto "Sir!" said Mr. F
Staunton, he'll only laugh. I am not kim with displcasur
cut out for an artist; neither can I ?-et alarm as if he had
' ?J -L -i lunatic. "Will r<
even ore:ia ana caeese, xei. aiuuw nu ? ,
income to marry on, out of literature, yoursexi .
' I'm sure that was a capital tale T sent "There is nothing
to the editor cf The Snoicflake, last mlv wish you tc acc
week, and he just sent it back with the 0ob, now thorough!
old insult, tiiat I've got so used to, --he other's coolness,
"declined with thanks." I really don't Mabel Walton, with
khow what I can turn to, brought up both parents, when
to nothing, and expecting a fortune; ancle's fortune. Be
it's hard enough for feilows to make a <jause I would not n
position who have studied from boy- daughter, left her hi
hood, with everything in their favor, onlv fifty pounds x
I must either enlist or emigrate; but Mrs. Walton told
there, I'll sro and talk to my pretty qoj marry a pauper,
Mabel. Thank Heaven. I can still see nnr pr? chlct Am en t_ t!
her bright face occasionally." Mabel's sake that I
A few minutes later. Bob Morgan "Well, sir, said ^
was sitting on the trunk of an old tree, paused for breath, '
on the outskirts of the wood, with his young lady is free ti
arm around the waist of a fair, pretty fer."
girl, his betrothed wife, whom he was at all, sir, n
now obliged to meet secretly, in conse- most roared. "I sai
quence of his loss of fortune. it off; bnt Mabel stii
She did not iook mirthful herself to- wait until I can pro
night; her eyes were heavy with tears But Mrs. Walton ]
recently shed, and her pretty mouth mind she shall man
was even now* quivering with partially Mabel will be firm,
suppressed grief. endless discomfort;
"Why, my darling little May," Bob is persecuted about
was saving. "What"is the matter? The ^ "But reallv. voun
sight of your bright face clouded makes have acted very me:
mc feel as if all the world were wrap-- suaded a girl to wai
ped in gloom, this fair summer even- have no prospect of
ing." you encourage her t
"Oh, dear Bob, I am so unhappy, ents, who, very pro]
You remember mc telling you that Mr. accept the richest si
Falkland, an old friend of papa's, had sad."
come to stay with us on a visit? Well, "You wicked old
it is too dreadful, Bob; mamma says y0u were my own &
he wants to marry me, and that if I do have my fist in you
not say yes when he asks mo, -we shall 35 yOU have ho hon<
all be rumed." to j?j only, if votf ds
"To marry you, Mabel!" exclaimed giri, j'u make you i
Bob indisrnantly. "The old fright, how ? And in fearful wr
dare he?" Why, didn't you tell me he his easel, and~strod<
was eighty?" "Stop, stop, youn
"Oh, no. Bob, but he is over sixty, ment; I cannot let i
and that's ouite as old, I think," said pried Mr. Falkland:"
Mabel illo<jically. j and as he glared at
"And what does vour mother mean with savage eyes, tfc
about being ruined?" asked Bob. burst into a loud pe
"Oh, I dont quite understand it,"" ter.
answered Mabel thoughtfully. "Some- j "It's very amt
thnig about a mortgage, which papa ] sneered Bob. longin
let liim have." j head with his own f
"Well, mortgage or ruin, or -what- 1 "It is amusing, si
^ ^ ever else happens, Mabel, don't let j joke I have heard fc
" them frighten\ou into inarrving your i So Mrs. Walton had
w 3 f A ?.'.1 *OT? 1 , J 1
^ ?jLi* v>*v*j-, uuu. ner ULIUU nucu %uo
live on ray poor fifty pounds a year, here for a quiet fish,
first," said Bob stoutly; and then fol- ' I was likely to marr
lowed much loving talk, and many bine-eyed giri, did s
castles in the air, for Bob's presence years younger than
seemed to bring back all Mabel'slight- Ha, ha, ha! Excust
heartedness. , Ha, ha!"
But when she had-left him, and he "Really, sir; if 11
returned to his home alone, all the en " began Bob,
fears and anxieties he had shaken of?. delighted.
returned with ten-fold force. "Sly dear young
"I know what you are capable ofr were more mistaker
my good Mrs. Walton," he soliloquized, 25ow you mention '
apostrophising his mother-in-law elect, -may possibly be the
"It's quite possible tnat tne mortgage" but believe me, nott
story is ail made up, to try and fright- my thoughts than n
en my poor little girl into the idea that stiil lesslhat sweet
she is making a noble sacrifice of her- accept my apologies
self, for the benefit of the others." Ana incr y0U once, Ins
I suppose that horrible old fellow fol- joyino- the joke at y
lows her about, and g^ins at her, and y0a ^3ik back with
forces his oriiou* nre<pnc<? on her. when forgiveness?"
he ought to be thinking of the grave, ! b05 readily assen
; the old villain. He's sure to be a 6oarsa j 0f any excuse to
old brute, for ail his money was made j home.
in trade." Bob felt all the contempt < Then the old <*em
. for such a sordid manner of amassing \ an 3CCOtmt of h
wealth that the son of an over-worked i tempts to ^et a live]
rector, with a large family and a small 1 tarn for confider
stinend. would naturallv feel. "How- | nnsal whi^h <r]addpi
ever, he shall not rob me of my darling, caused his hopes of
nor vex her with his impudent atten- i0 rjs0 ao-ain.
tions, without first haying his eyes ??j ^aye a ^eat bi
opened. If he was a young man, now, ctaiit; my shjps are
I could punch his head, but as it is, if i hare no son to hel
ne has any feeling at all, he shall re- j (ia.xxcrhter's husband
ceive a blow of another kind." With gentlemen, with an
which warlike resolution, Bob went to ?is own. There is
sleep, and slept soundly, in spite of his ^ take \0 my busine
troubles. Tf yOU au the 5;
day, ho went off and had an in- closed to you in &et\
terview with Jemmy, the odd man at say you to making s
Walton Lod<re, with which pretentious dise? Will you com
name Mrs. Walton had-dignified her for a month, and if
small house. Bob us id to be a favor- show the aptitude m
--C -1 J T 1- -r,? , . r
{jx uiu o viu 11iv s, uii awwiuiu vx qo a, orreaL Q0ai ior I
merous pucuicts of tofoscco* 6tc?* wlixcii olct friend^ wlio Is &
found their way from his pocket to the rnqp harsftif id pvpp
old ma's, before Mrs. Walton tad for- of a lonely old man
bidden him the house, on account of "v 5"
his altered prospects. heart and soul into
From Jemmy, Bob learnt thfct the t^0 craft bad 01
old gent, as the old man designated Mrs. Walton smiled
the rich man, wonld probably go down. oa the of the
to fisn in tne mill-stream, Detween. Bob soon became i
breakfast and luncheon. of
"Thanks, Jemmy, aad now tell me ashudder of
exactly what he is like,'' said Bob. daT3 d j hts of
.put this information Jemmy was not ar;s { wh^ch ke
able to impart with much success so wKiie now he
Bob felt he would have to trust to . amounts to th
cuance to show him the right man, a baker's
more than one gentleman should se- Mr. Falldand ofte;
lect the same time and place for his he.
It--O-Ul.
7'TP' ., T> , , , . t reuouwuua ui ouu a
"Ah. there he is!" said Bob to him- the miU.stream.
sel? as he uescned a solitary figure on | t.You .
the bank. ag you piease mj
Bat when he drew nearer he was -ionl/know thatfc
not at ail sure 01 lus man. ihis gen- luck ^istake.?
txeman was a joily, sprightly-looking e>_!>
man of about fifty-five, with an air of ., . . ,
_ refinement about him which could At rare mterva.s, i
Hg!j?&. hardiv have belonged to a trader. something of the pec1
Bob drew out his easel and set up characterized them
all his paraphernalia ready to sketch, seems no reasonable
feefin^all his courage of last night de- this was (ana is) du
sertinj him. coming from the ox
j , ? xt? of molten metal tnrc
VJUVU-ULlUi UIUX* a-tViyv * v/v* HUi ?yrw I 0 % .1 ;
verv luckv,'' he said, when the angler i Samples o
had just landed * fine trout. | Z7en? zn7Te
"Thanks; I've had one or two very ! JJ*/J?*?:
fair tak^s this -reek," responded the ! ^? ^? ' 0 .
old senileman, and he then became j P . f ., 3
qnlto talkative, so that Bob soon had j f h lopsioas is
his aouots set at rest. lie \,as Mr. . , J,. . .
Falkland, the man who had come to j
marry liable, and rob him of his lore,-' f,reat Jl,
who had been his since they both woro ! tJ?re wo ,
pinafores. extreme fineness bu:
But though he made many attempts : Sk-a,-e* ~ e:L ?"\^J
to broach the subject, and though ha : Mexico promises
had never disgraced a canvas with a i at the Xew Orleans <
worse daub than he put on that mom- j center of the Mexic:
mg, tne nours slipped by, ana tne oitt ; isil octagonal boildii
gentleman rose to return, without his i in tne inner court o
having said ono word to let him know j be a specimen of
that Mabel W3s not free to be wooed j ?240,000, supported
by him. lars. One palm tree
JJow desperatiom made him "screw quired the* work <
lias courage to the sticking point," and natives to take nz> a:
with a very red face and faltering voice,
v
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gST-- ">>>" ..... *:
. x ? FIXE FEATHERS. "Th
st?that is, I want
akto you in pri- How Ostrich Plumos and Tips Are With the;
, , , Imitated. the colored
Mr. Falkland, look- ? voudoo doci
quite unconscious. "Take the year right through," said fney ?nci e
>PPy kear any a feather dealer to a reporter yester- make then
1 please to make; day afternoon, "and you'll find by ob- them a pret
ite you to Walton serration that San Francisco ladies doo doctor :
i visitor there, and wear feather's on their hats to a greater haired dark
ere except the birds extent than they are worn in any other ecj cane anc
rhear our conversa- city of this size in the world." bling an <
n talk now." "How's that?" asked the reporter. across his
I came on pur- ?it's the climate, I suppose?the aiong he oc
Bob, growing more | cool even temperature of this peninsu- ward, wave
"I want to tell you la, which permits sealskins and Winter an<i Seem3 1
please understand fashioned hats to be worn during the with th0 jn-,
in fact, you can't greater part of the year." such there !
>n, and what's more, "But the dealers in fancy feathers their effect
don't complain on this account?" gro> espech
id defiant conclu- "Not they. It's a very good business who are the
m rage' at his un- here, except during two or tiiree months gU3 doctor.
rds, than from any of the year, when people are well sup- j carries a
plied or have gone into the country nails of de
aisiana, ioosj.ag at i witn tiieir flower ana riDoon-irimiueu curious pie<
e mixed, with slight J straw hats. A good deal of my trade with which
been an escaped is with ladies who have old feathers to yelous cure
ou kindly explain dye or curl or to cut up into tips." It was dc
"What is a tip?" . doctor flout
e?r* I "A tip is one ci those short, bobbing business an
tS said feathers so stylish just now. Last year were promi
r PT^nerated bv | the fashionable craze was oyer wild meat in cas
entered to ! birds' wings and heads for hats and j SUm.
the^ull consent of j turbans, but this year it's tips. One of th
T w J heir to my "Are they mostly cut from ostrich 0f operaticenraged
be- feathers?" , cn and two
Si, ndonted "Well, that is the supposition; but, He then pr<
and me i bless you, we don't sell more than half half fills wi
lsJ Jn ? Tuen ! the number of real ostrich tips that we 0f silver it
o m353 * should i do of imitations. It's a shame to cut other. He
broke off i up a aice, Ion? ostrich plume into tips, mentally ni
ZSthit was for and the very short ostrich feathers are the enemy '
lough it was tor j ^ JinH fihfir_thfit ? - mk,
rr?F:Sflan^asBob iCthVAfrican kind are not. Many of he drops ar
"in that case the the East India importations of this sort black chick
n o or>t'nnni-hpV of- are very good, however, but they come bling somel
P very high. So all kiuds of feathers are As soon as
?f oiit" Bob (al- fixed op ia imitation of those of the os- 0f money b
(1 her mother broke trich. There's the rhea, or American naturally w
LI loves me, and will ostrich; the adjutant, peacock pheas- manipulate
hpr i home aat, eagle and others, liie Kind used one of the |
has made up her kere to a great extent, especially in im- the one ben
thnncrh itatino- ostrich tips, is the bouth Amer- named aft
^7wUl cause Ter loan vulture. I will show you some of For this tt
vexation if she these imitations and you will see how according t
md vexation xi sne ^ may be distingaished from the $10.
& man. I think you real article. Another^
fnly; you have per- Comparisons were then made be- sew a $1 or
. - -phpn vnn tween ditterent varieties ci learners, i 0f the panfc
marmn<rler and and the difference between the genuine actually sec
S h 'w- and the counterfeit pointed out. It was ingapiece
llv wbh her?" shown how an "ostrich" plume of great instead.
Jw' This is very length might be mado by piercing tne Still anot
1 , ^ soft, short feathers of the vulture on a a small pac
Twish framework of whalebone, stiff cloth or and get a d
tre ?ou would soon other material, the only way to detect package is
? However the imposition on public credulity with- doo doctoi
I t out direct comparison being by a which he cl
' mv P?oor -lance at the-inside of the feather, {ee.
ire worrv^ my po ^ich wiU ^dose the framework. An old v<
X Rob nicked ud The feathers of cocks are also placed ington rece
ath. Bob picked p tQCrether in manner> and when tation by h;
!?3 Ono mo- curled and colored make a handsome girl afflict.
,o man. 0 plume. though more easily distin- cipe beins:;
' andBob did stop guished from the" ostrich feathers by pepper, fin<
and Bob did stop, ^ tMn and w5r? natnPe o{ the fibers.
me o;u geuuemau I ? __v
le latter suddenly j "What is the difference in price be- 50 and^foiT'
al of hearty laugh- tween,imitation and real plurrrs and The mm
tips?" was asked. . Anntar f, t
tspg, no doubt," -Real ostrich feathers run from $2.50 ThevarP*.
9; to hit him on the up to $20 each. I will make vou all the iom secret
ishing-cane. imitations you want at 10 cents up to
r. It is the best $4 or $5 apiece." tfent snr^h
it many a long day. "Are the long plumes worn to a great ;s attribnte
^matchmaking on extent?" is atrriDute
invited me down 4*0h, yes; they always will be, too, that thav*?
She really thought as there is nothing handsomer on a hat
y that pretty little than a finely-colored plume." ^
ihe? A girl several "Are all these feathers dyed before a <
my own daughter, being worn?"
- ..j had a
5 H16. voaao- man. "x> eariy au. vyuiv uuw iu ? vmau j ,,
' " while do we get a feather right o? the "d?y," sa:
iave been. mistak- ostrich which does not require color- ne.ctf,. ^
feeling foolish, yet ing. You see, uniform color is always ^
desired by ladies, and'this is a rare * v v>
fellow, vou never tiling in freshly-plucked ostrich feath- T
U I do assure you. ers. Thoy are generally like this,1' lfc?struck
this, I can see it said the feather man, showing some and never 1
old lady's idea, long white and brown feathers, the col- 5?? ?est *:
ling is farther from ors of which were mixed, like pepper f?"1
larrvino- anv one. aQd salt, over the downy plumes. rememDer.
child. ?But, come, "Here is a rarity," and he uncovered a b*
?for not undeceiv- lovely brown feather, which would have iew
tead of cruelly en- made a fashionable ycun<* lady wild ?Pen'
our expense. Will with envy, if she had seen it on a rival ro?m?
me. to prove vonr belle's hat. "Then they come in greys Piea3*nt
and sometimes in snowy whites, but the ?^ 8,
ted, only too clad latter are rare," said the dealer. 1 a
<To near Mabel's The various methods of dyeing feath- e^e' 83 , 1
? i.c?j tu? pernaps be
CW W CiO CApiCUUUU* XUCJT (biV7 UVU hi .f -, fcleman
drew from terially different from the modes of there foi
is unsuccessful at- coloring straw or dress goods. A feath- naturally i
ihood, and, in re- er may be colored a hundred different F1 8
tee, made a pro- shades, beginning with a light one, and ra^er,a, f
led his heart, and wears well, if properly cared for. JL *
: marrying Mabel "Where do the San Francisco feather 3. ? *
* , dealers get their supplies of the osti^ch partially M
asiness as a mer- article?" the reporter inquired. start, and
on every sea, and "Chiefly from New York. We used w , '
p me. My only to import them, but for some reason or ?*p*anatioi
is an independent other we find that we can get the same plained to ]
ample fortune of feather in New 'York for $4 that we smack upoi
absolutely no one would have to pay 25 francs for in ? . , sure
^" T5ooMn + Kor?o ?c on flnArmmiQ DZTl^Ilt r6(l ]
'ss wnen a am ^ons? * xo. jliwo*uv, ?uw*? m _ ,
ae arts positively customs duty to be paid." it had been
ting a living, what "Do you get many feathers from tbeendof j
trial of merckan- Australia?" "*at ho baa
ie into my office "No; only a few, but they are of good J2^or? than
you like it, and quality." * nmgplayin
scessary, I would "How do the feathers of the ostriches Ju Vferer a ?
;he daughter of my batched in this country compare with through the
? sweet an English the foreign importation?" - on my fore
gladdened the eyes "Very favorable, those that I have discover n
seen. There is no reason why the os- ^"ere was
Bob was plunging trich should not thrive in our southern ^ 80011
the mysteries of countries. I am well acquainted with "terward t
ico despised, and t-3 ostrich-growing industry, having ?af.
as sweetly as ever once owned an ostrich farm near Cal- h*?'
great merchant. cutta. One thing I have noticed about *ply
the haunv husband ostrich-growing in this country which
I was woct to think | 1 aoa't lize is the iauure to secure <rooa ?
nis past hopeless stock to start with. The man who se- fc^e same pi
successful toil at ^cts from the best birds, and those va- seat at my i
had no capacity, rieties haying the finest nluma^e will security th:
:ontinually adding the man who makes the most money "And the
e balance at his oat of the business. In ostrich-raisin^ nothing lib
la everything else, a person must ^ot a 41
a visits them, and start right in order to succeed." caflirty
laugh at the "What are the going colors in feath
i attack on at ers jast now?" * g
> 4,Gold-brown and bright and dark
onr joke as much garnet ?San Francisco Chronicle. At Sao
ear sir." says Bob. ? waTon Ms
" ' ? I Tj;? Ufn TTT fl f
>rmeit proved a xne xwignts o* jLaeunawa. . UW4uu na.
A Peekskill man was awarded $2,500 a.nd dollars
^ ^ for damages to his person, received by little tough
our skies still show falling in a hole in the street. The out of all tl
aliar redness which case was appealed to the Supreme do the
ast winter. There Court, where it was argued the man stances, he
doubt, now, that wa3 drunk when injured. In his de- ^ould cov<
e to volcanic dust cision Chief Justice Barnard says: "I His .will p
irsting of bubbles don't think.a man is guilty of contrib- overy hack
>wn out at Kraka- utory negligence if he gets drunk and ed* und aI1
s dust have been falls into a hole. A man wants a o-ood a&ces invit*
picaliy by many street to walk in if ho does get drunk." afterward.
>eems no limit to Public sentiment will uphold this de- so invited
on; the higher the decision: The Chief Justice mio-ht banquet in
the greater the have gone still further, and said that a "^bich a bn
1 l the funeral
seen. The violence man never neeas a gooa street so mucu
deemed sufficient as when he is?drunk. When he is sob- ^e ?ccasio
with dust to very er he may avoid pit-falls, holes, and in? bis wilJ
long suspension obstructions?although he does not al- *dea of ^
ed not only by its ways succeed in doing so?but when see ^ in '
; b-v its electrical "under the influence" fie is not respon- thought of
ur sible for the bad condition of the thor- suranco he
V , oughfares. He has enough to do to spending, t
a brilliant display manage the "tangle-foot" part of this mend, and
-reposition. In the affair without turning himself into an is i
in garclen a Moor- object lesson to illustrate the careless- surance mc
ag is being erected, ness or criminal negligence of those grand I
f the portico is to official persons whose business it is to J". " ,
silver, valued at see that the streets are kept in proper j"?
on amethyst pil- condition. In other words, drunker JMuerp
) for this garden re- men have rights which street commis- . ,, .
>f more than 200 I sioners are bound to respect.?N. Y. A
ad transport it. J Com. Adv. _ He will put
e Voudoo Doctor." HER BUSY T.TPF,advance
of education among 4 Pec Portrait ot the Late Frank
people, the business of the .. I^sHe's Attractive Widow.
sors became less lucrative. , , , ^ , . .
nongh dopes, however,, to A handsome woman sat before a big
: nefarious practice yield K"a co,z5' offic? Frank ^csl.e's
itygood living. The Von- P^shmghonse busily engaged overis
generallv an old white- Jf ^.DS Otters, and at:y,
who waLks with a crook- Jfndmg to the details of the immense
I carries somothiog resem- g^mess. It was Mrs. Frank Uslie.
aid army haversack slocg She arose gracefully and greeted the
shoulders. As he wal)5 reporter cordially. Mrs. Leslie was
1 wUwitr in i nrAW with
casionally stops, looks up-. r*-~r ---s
bis stick in a peculiar way whtotrmmrngs-The only jewelry
to hold mysterious converse consisted of a pair of neat .
risible spirits of tbe air, if P^'. yr-drops. Her dark hair was
be. All these autics have tastefuUv arranged over her white foreuponthe
superstitious ne- head, and her large gray eyes sparkled
illy those of the female ses with ammation as she conversed.
: largest patrons of the bo- 'The public has been treated to so
In his bag or haversack much of my private affairs. ' sa.d Mrs.
. queer assortment, the toe- Ifshv"tbatl think it time to set peoadmen,
roots and herbs, pto nAt A few days ago a letter was ,
MS of iron, bits of wool, etc., Polished m ? Chicago paper, and was I
he pretends to make mar- exiensiveiy copwu, putt
!S> ported to be an account ot my extraviring
slave time the voudoo f|?t life at Lon| Branch. It*tated
ished* He did a thriving ^1 srxty-five different toilets
long runaway negroes, who ? resort; that JL drova
sed immunity from pnnish- Wooded^qorses^upoig the; CoifcO^'..a
of recapture for a small s *' --mjrdianionds a
r peck measure. The fact - is that I was
e voudoo doctor's methods Wf*1 p?n? Branch for four days,
* is to secure a black chick- ^ 0I1ty t;Pe ^
pieces of silver from a dupe. n a^a?^from my. business this seajcures
a skillet, wfiich he I only wore three different toilets
whiiA thprp and those were verv nlain.
th water, placing the pieces 77~,~ , -
l the skillet opposite each 3^lno eit^er or white. Ihe fact |
then requests his dupe to rbaT.e,nof worn any colors since
ime one of the pieces after *. ^es^ie ? death. I drove a team ocHrhom
he desires to circum- ??10nally,but it was not a blooded one,
in the water begins to boil * never owned fi^e horses. My
1 occasional feather from the di^cmds yere only worn at a proper
en into the skillet, mum- tme Place> and arc not conspicuthing
which is unintelligible. g?sgems. Then the papers stated
the water boils the pieces my hotel bill for the four days was
eo-in to rise and fall, as they ^4o0' whlle 1R facb lt but $39-50- 1
-ould do, and by a skillful *oold not notice such gross exaggeraan
of the skillet he brings tJons M tbese were h not for the fact
jieces on top of the other? business may be injured by
Mf.h ji.lwa.va beinc the 0110 reports. I Ettcnd strictly to
? a S i.!..
er the enemy of=his dupe. Business ana superintend lue >v uuxe i
le dupe is expected to pay *?rk of ^is, ^eat establishment. I
o his means?from $1 up to ?m at desk from earl7in the mommg
until late in the afternoon, and I do
roudoo trick is to pretend to got know any lady that works harder
$5 bill in the upper band 7"^ ... , , ,
3 to insure good luck, but ^ "I noticed m a paper the other day
:retinc the money and sew- ffaat 1 kePt a French maid to constantof
folded paper in the pants lJ wait npon me-. 'Ihi? is fal,s? als<^as
I never had a maid of any kind, havher
voudoo trick is to bury ^aufir,mf^th in the proverb that
kage wraDped in red flannel helps those tnat help themselves,
upe to di~it up. When the 1 have ?*ways been treated with <rreat
found it is said by the you- consideration by the press of the United/
: to be a good omen, for ftate^ wlth few exceptions, and I am
larges the dupe a handsome heartily grateful for it. _ But I suppose
? "these attacks originate in the malice of
judoo doctor in West Wash- ?CEf0 persons, although I never knownfixr
Aonrrireri nnite a reiw* msrly wronged any one.
* * * "? J A.1 XT
is alleged cure of a colored Ur ^V^116, S1=UeQ' ana , T ^e,w
ed wife rheumatism, his re- Jork c/wnzai reporter remarked: -The
a decoction of sassafras, red Marquis de Neuville has not always
3 and coarse salt, and soap, ^en treatedvwith consideration by the
I vial of this he charged $L- j -j *? T v
a personal visit $5 '0fl' dear? no? stu<* Mrs. Leslie,
re mysterious the voudoo' fact tbere is an antipathy to
be more patients he obtains, foreigners among the majority of
Jldom arrested, as they en- Americans. The Marquis cannot help
7 on their patrons, whoVen- lt because he was born with a title. It
rve their requests. If a pa- wss even said when my engagement
^s their treatment, the cure t<> hi ^ was first announced that his
d to thevoudooist, and if he title was not genuine, but I believe
3nds arc ashamed to confess ? eYeTJ one acknowledges now that it is.
ave been victimized.?Wash- j ^*or part, I would prefer that ^he
had no title, but it cannot be helped.
?? I The Marquis is a thorough gentleman,
strange Experience. , and newspaper flings at his nan
ner and personal appearance are fabstrange
experience on Sat- rications. I never saw him wear a
id a young man who is con- colored neck-tie in the four years that I
1 one of the largest tobacco have known him, and ho always dressjnts
in the city to a reporter es In the most simple manner, It has
nerican recently. "I was never been claimed that he does not
lightning, and didn't know pay his debts, and he is one of the
by a piece of thunderbolt, most charitable of men. No man ever
niew what hit me. I was at applied to the Marqais to relieve his
the store working like a distress and was refused."
ng the books in shape. You "When does your marriage take
how the rain came down, place?"
ight the lightning was for a "When that event takes place it will
es. The back door was be as publicly announced as my enthere
was quite a draft in gagement was," said Mrs. Leslie. "It
as the cool air felt very is always painful to have one's private
All of a sudden that un- affairs brought before the public, but I
,rp flash of lightning came, believe they will appreciate the reasons
rp smack just over my right which impel me to correct the false
something had hit me, or, j statements which have been put in cirtter,
as if a bee or wasp had j eolation."
" a second and stung me. It * 1 ? ..
scared me, and I jumped Kisses in Literature.
eat and looked around in
zed manner, trying to think Georgiana, the duchess of Devonlappened.
One of the mem- shire, gave Sleet, the butcher, s, kiss
he firm, who had been for a vote nearly a century sines, and
inded by the fia3h, saw me. another equally beautiful woman, Jane,
called out to me to know duchess of Gordon, recruited her regihe
matter. I could give no ment in a similar manner. Dancan
i at first, but finally ex- Mackenzie, a veteran of Waterloo, who
bim that I had felt a sharp died at Elgin, Scotland, in 1866, dea
the forehead. He looked, lighted in relating how he kissed the
enough, there he found a duchess in taking the shilling from be*
* *-*- at>A s\-f Vinr*
mark, which appeared as if ween ner teem iu yuo vx uw |
made by a sharp rap with regiment, the Gordon Highlanders,
?ruler. He -then told me better known as the 92d. The old
[ felt a shock himself, and, Scottish veteran of '87 has not left one
that, he had seen the light- behind him to tell the tale about kissg
in the store, making^ as lag the blue-eyed duchess in the market
assage from the front door place of DutkilL
ibacfc, I examined the mark An American naval officer who has
ihead afterward, but could spent some considerable time in China
othing peculiar about it. narrates an amusing experience of the
a slight pain for a while, ignorance of the Chinese maiden of the
passed away, and an hour custom of kissing. Wishing to comhere
was not a sign of the plete a conquest he had made of a
I am confident I was struck youn<* mei jin (beautiful lady) he inbut
I believe I am prob- vitedner?using English words?to give
lckieat .man who ever had, .thm a kiss. Finding her comprehentune.
I believe in the ada<*e sion of his request somewhat obscure,
ing never strikes twice in ho suited the action to the word and
[ace, and shell occupy that took a delicious kiss. The girl ran
desk with a greater sense of away into another room, thoroughly,
in I ever possessed before." alarmed, exclaiming: "Terrible manire
was no noise about it? eater, I shall be devoured." But in a
e a smash?" moment, finding herself uninjured, she
smash."?Baltimore Ameri~ returned to him, saying: "I would I
learn more o 1 your strange rue. iuss
m 1 * me." He knew it wasn't right, but he
id Disappointment kePt on instructing her in the rite of
kee-es me until she knew how to do it
tnento, the other day, a man like a native Yankee girl. And after
last leers with pneumonia. that s.he suggested a second course, re5
insured for several thous- marking: 4,Kee-es me some more,
, and it appeared to him a seea jins? Mee-lee-kee!" (Anglicethat
he was to get no fun American), and the lesson went on unlis
money. Det^mined to m fcer mamma's voice rudely awakenhe
could under the circum- ed them from their delicious dream.
made a will that he thought gjss ?er ecntij, but te sly;
j, xi Kiss her when there 6 no one by;
ir a portion 01 uio gruuuu. steal your Kiss, ior tncn in qiccicsi, i
rovided that at his funeral Stolen kisses are the sweetest.
in town should be employ- Tom Hood once asked whether
of his friends and acquaint- Hannah More had ever been kissed?
sd to attend and take a ride that is to say, by a man. It is almost
All who attended were al- impossible to imagine such a thing,
to participate in a grand and yet it has been asserted by the
the evening at the hotel, at author of "Rejected Addresses." But
iss band, which should lead, to think of her being kissed on the sly
procession, was to enliven and in chnrch time! Horace Smith
n with music. After mak- distinctly affirms that on a certain cc.
ho was so tickled with the casion
3 whole affair, as he could Sidney Morgan T733 p]aying the organ,
tiis mind's eye, and with a While behind the vcstiy ooor
? , . _ , ' . ?ri Horace IViss was snatching a kiss
W hat a large slice of the in- From the lips of Hannah More.
was thus having the fan of
hat he at once begann to There are now 450 deer in General |
in spite of himself got well. Harding's park, six miles from Nashis
far as ever from ths in- ville, Tenn. Notwithstanding the
?j fl,0 lnWOf vpnisnn
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>anquet the brass band and the large number of friends frequently
ig things that were to make supplied with the delicacy, the herd ina
notable event?Territor- creases rapidly. At the close of the
?se. war it numbered but sixty head. The
# park has 425 acres, 3nd has many foxes
in priest claims to have dis- within its bounds. General Harding,
:ey to the Aztec writinjsja. now ninety years old, possesses a grand
>lish a book about it ; farm of 4,700 acres.
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Eandsome English Girls. Alpine Grapei
There are more handsome women in . ^ Giornico, altitude
Brighton than anywhere else in the ^rst grapevines 0:1 t"e I
world, says an English journal. They ^ 1PS were se?n
are so common that gradually the stan- churchyards are adori
dard of taste in the mind rises, and painted chapels, someti]
good-looking women who would be ad- *?ur ?,r "vc a single <
mired in other places pass by without nver has swollen to abo;
notice. Where all the flowers are ros- J^e niountains rise fron
es vou do not see a rose. They are all *eet above Its h?d. -^h'
plump,?not to say fat, which would be races as yet The bed
rude,?very plump, and have the glow Pave<i ail<* wailed in
of youth and bloom upon the cheeks, stone. Each village has
They do not suffer from "pernicious with a clang of bells am
anaemia," that evil bloodlessness that ed ?? lt?
London nhvsicians are not unfre- crucifixion, the Madoi
auently called upon to cure, 'when oiner reugious seem*,
tue cheeks are white as paper, and trai^d on arbors suppoi
have to be rosied by minute doses of Tougb granite. .No pi<
arsenic. Thev extract arsenic from urQes; tne peasants are
the air. The way they step and the moaern clothes and r<
carriage of the form show how full men and '5v'om?n' onl3
they are of life and spirits. Sarah *ore commonly brow
Bernhardt will not come' to Brighton Man7 f{ thc men we
if she can helo it less she should lose anu altogether present
the high art angularity and slippery- appearance tnan l expe
ness of shape which suits her role. P.00.' ajtitude I, iGQ feet,
Dresses seem always to fit well, be cause ^c hydrant at the raiir
Jnm instance of . SUCfc
' becausethe limbs do not drag, the feet .^ougnou* Kance, Gei
are lifted gayly and with ease. Horse Iand' nof ???? th?s fai
exercise adds a deeper glotf to the eler wash his hands or
- or craterwitnout payi
lace: taey rme upon ice uuwua uiat, i ? . ,
out of pure cunning for the air iscer- | iley 13 ab?ut a mile '
tain to impart a freshness to the fea- i ? gold-mining appear
tures, like dew on a flower, and then bars. The only damage
return and walk their horses to and ?? C?^n T+i
fro on the king's road, certain of admi- ^ltivable portion of tl
ration. However often these tricks are ?fe-fourth of a mile,
played they are always successful stones are employed to
These philanthropic folks who want to a ^a7 '
reform woman's dress and call upon ^te ^ie Tlcm?
the world to observe how the present P.Herk ~ern* . ,?,W1
stvie contracts the chests and forces g^de-books, whichdesc
the organs of the body ont of place
(what a queer expression it seems, "or- oaraeDS? eu;" Ve CIUI
gans?M), have not a chance in Brigh- fragmentary and spa
?on J ? chiefly of rye and hay
Girls Jacc tight and "go in" for the c^JaiF5&a*
tip of fashion, yet they bloom and" races* ^ ^ ^
flourish as green bay trees, and do not
find their sKirts any obstacle in walk- Bohemian Corps
ing or tennis. The horse-riding that ?
goes on is a thing to be chronicled; When anyone dies, m
they are always on horseback, and you tne corpse is nsmuvcu. i.
may depend upoa it that it is better bed and laid on a board
for them than all the gymnastic exer- and prepared to recen
cises ever invented. The liability to head is a sort of pent-rc
sirain, and even internal injury, which lower down is a bar acr
is incurred in gymnastic exercises and a little shelf at the
.ought to induce sensible people to be feet- On this the corps
extremely careful how they permit the funeral. After this,
their daughters to sacrifice themselves the board is completed,
on this scientific altar. Buy them filled up; it is then nai!
horses to ride if you want them to en- to a stout post, which i<
joy good health and sound constitu- ground by the roadsidt
tions. Nothing like horses for women, "corpse-board" stands
Send the professors to Suakim and put post rots and allows it'
the girls on horseback. * crumbles neglected int<
Whether Brighton stows handsome entrance to a viilasre
^ ? .1
girls or whether they flock there by avenue 01 tnese com
instinct, or become lovely by staying Sometimes, however, tl
there, is an inquiry too difficult to pur- in the depth of the woo
sue. There tney" are, one at least in fork?beside mere patl
every group, and you have to walk, as lonesome spots. As t)
the Spaniards say, with your head over age they decline more ?
your shoulder, continually looking the perpendicular and
back at those who have passed- The and left. In the eveni"
only antidote known is to get married appearance of a row o:
before you visit the place, and doubts that of a line of tipsy
have been expressed as to its efficacy, effect is enhanced by th
In the south coast of Seville there is their ornamentations,
nothing done but heart-breaking. It under the weatherboan
is so common it is like hammering the head of the corps
flints for road mending; nobody cares round white disk, whi
if your heart is in pieces. They break with figures of th? virg
hearts on horseback, and while waik- in the sky, or the trini
ing, playing tennis, shopping?actually middle is the deceased,
at shopping, not to mention parties of upright in his best S
i every kind. No one knows where the Another variety is a clc
riqno-pr will he encountered?at hands pointing to the
j the very next corner, perhaps. Femi- Further down is a tabl(
i nine garments h^vc an irresistible flut- tables, on which are
ter in the sea breeze; feathers ' have name, age, and merits
beckoning motion. No one can be al- asd some verses of mo:
; together good in Brighton, and that is nality and merit.?Cor
j the great charm of it. The language * ^
! of the eye is cultivated to a marvelous A Henpecked
| degree; as we say of dogs, they quite To tell the tru:n> a a
talk with their eyes. henpecked as could we
^ ^ The good old days
The Model Wife. quietly strangle a refn
_ . ~ , . drou her into the Be
' S?rinture and historv and poetry vie at the State's (
I "ith one anotner sounding the praises away a quarter of a cer
j of the model wife. The man who is European spasm of
j blessed with a companion worthy the tablished the "joint, c
I name of a model wife can snap his fin- then he has been too dt
<^ers in the faces of all the old bache- ^is po^yer, and as a r<
! lors that ever breathed, and give them do yery muc? as they
! points each day in every exalted pleas- stay in or g0 out< ra
j ure that makes life worth living, thoroughfares alone, ri
j There is no danger pf his applying for cars orrtlie caiques> g0<
a divorce. and freauent the baths
I Unfortunately for the married men kad no fords and mast
j of this generation the model wives-are ;n point 0f fact tkere ,
most all dead.. The struggle for exist- a paradox in the rules i
enee was too much for them. The down for Turkish worn
j ceaseless, silent', self-sncrifice needed covering of tlieir f&cc
to build up a model domestic character and the?strictness in th
could only be met and borne as long as intercourse throw a
there was a living appreciation of the tlieir treatment that 1
personal laws of duty that underlie ail d0 wjth makin^ it see:
sorts of ideal existence. The men who on thp othpr hand ther*
appreciated model wives and were "in nation in the world w.
return willing to be model husbands js so jealously guarded
were so few that the good wives?that ]jfe and property and i
is, the model wives?grew discouraged tected against her
and took to their graves or some more Turkey. ?It is consid
COa^UIllUi uuuupauuu. Miuig 1.UA u jcaiuuj J. ui
The few model wires that are left are the old pier at Ser:
cherished by their husbands beyond ruminate on his con
even their cigars or their horses. The Marius-Carthage fashi
model wife of the workingman, clerk expect to better his s1
or business man has some appreciation more than to rcstor<
of tno 10,000 little labors, petty care? merged masonry to its
and annoyances that her husband has tionfbut it is quieter ti
to go through each day in his work- home, and he gets a jr
shop or office. She considers that such faction in the recollect:
worrying c'ares are a part of the duties ber of faithless spouse;
by which her husband makes a living their punishment from
fnr- Vii'n-crtlf fnr lipr and for the chil- m , nr
dren, if there are any. And when the Sitka Jack's ]
husband comes home from his work, ?
I tired, perhaps cross, and hungry and Sitka Jack s house ;
out of sorts, she is always ready to one fronting directly o:
meet him with some quiet and gentle during his absence at
j good cheer. Her own person is attrac- bortno square hearths!
tive and restful to him. She always 1S, V7aJm. ^
has some pleasant scheme in mind to ^as 'eft'behind him. i
make his home hours delightful to him, was 1877, it w
" >- - vi 3 o-rand notlatch or feast
and so maKes nerseii inui5Tjtfiisu.Lix?aiiu =
a constant jov. " tribution that distance
The model wife does not see how ffforts of any rivals, j
many poor and silly and exacting is considered rich in pi
things she can say to her tired husband. gives away his posses
If she has anything to ask she waits "ack rose an hundred-:
until he is rested and fed. She invites esteem when he gave ^
pleasant people to her home, not to ? *"S re^atr
show how many rich things she has, building the house, an<
but to make her husband's home hours ^nnityidea entitles thi
pass cheerfully. She knows that if she fver ?00 blankets were
is half a woman no other can displace his grand potlatch, anc
her in her husband's affections. She is followed by a great 1
always more attractive in her manners mu^h whiskv and natn
to her husband than to other men. She are^- _ ?en -lolladay, !
is the genius of the household. But, yachting party, was in
unfortunatelv, most of them are dead, j "-hfetime, and lent into*]
v. ,,* I casion by offering pi
??x /^c-tu'uc'wy/c^t.v u. t//vw. .
0 , a- ; races and adding a w:
M. Pasteur sucks up the liquid con- | tiie other festivities. ?
taining the microbes of rabies through ! ^ beggared himself by
I a glass tube to inoculate the unfortu- . t his fame was settle
I nate animals who die from hydropho- j basis' 3U(* he has s
; bia a few hours after the poison is in- Part y recuperate, lie
I jected into their reins. This he is able j W ?* i3tjf an.^
to do with perfect safety, for the rabid ?rouc" his fireside 1
i -cii-nc ic nnlv r?nncrerous when conveyed i Ino? 3 , relate tne stoi
| into the system through inoculation. j P0Jiatcil 01 seven years
| The scientist is not yet certain as to | " "
i whether artificial inoculation applied | Harvard University 1
i to a subject who has already been bit- \ Sabbatical notion in
I ten by a read dog would prevent the j form. It now allows
| appearance of symptoms of hydropho- [ teachers one year in s
I bia. " I study.
\
rines* WIT AND HUMOB.
1,560 feet, the
ialian slopes of Many yonng men from the country
The village are ruined in large cities. They fall
acd with little into the habit of wearing tight boots
nes as many as and are crippled for life.
jcmetery. The We are told, "No two after-dinner
it 8,000 inches, coffee-cups should be the same." After
x 2,000 io 5,000 a set has been handled by the hired
ere arc no ter- giri any length of time they are not the
of the river is same, either.
A yonn* theologian preached before
i a oanel paint- ,tn0 "MfSbkd classes of a female cot
+v,a lege. In his openmg prayer he cned
TmT^nr^nmfl otlt: "0 Lord. kindle a flame of love in ? \
The Tines are oar heals, and, O Lord, water it-wa- ;..
ted by posts of ter iV'-Lift. _
sturesque cost- "Two girls and a merchant have disall
dressed in appeared from the town during the
ssemble French P3^ shree months, and have not been.
j their hair is heard from since," says a dispatch.
n than black, from Clarinet on, Ohio. If the trio went
ar white shirts, together Utah should be searched.
a more thrifty "Mr. Jones," said little Johnny to
cted. At Bias- that gentleman, who was making an afthere
is a pub- ternoon call, "can whisky "No,
3ad station, the my child; however can you ask such a
t .a ^convenience question?" "O, nothing! only ma said
Nowhere else whisky was beginnings tell on you."
many, Switaer- ^ Louisville man has turned out some
' . v- sort 0f aa e] CtricaI invention bv which
obtain a a man can lie in bed and'fish. There
T/M* ir 1 h A 3 y _ ^
? is no- demand ior sacn ? uouurapuvui,
wide, and signs for everybody knows that a man who
near the river ciln He anywhere.?Merchant
e it could have Traveier,
t to lessen the . ,, ... . ..
ie valley about . They now.fi'1 f ^^5?
Slabs of fla?- A woman with a tooth fuU of electronline
and fence and an e^e of ?re ^ he a / |
ibly schistose bal^ ob3ect f?r \man meet on the
i looks like the t0P landing when he comes home from
hstandino" tho oalancmg his books at 2 a. m.-Pitts:ribe
this vallev **rg Chronicle.
succession of Ladies are informed by a fashion
;ure thus far is writer that it will be entirely proper
rse, consisting during the coming season for them to
patches on the stand up in the street cars, aspinbacks
gardens en ter- will be so tight in the Autumn dresses
yisco Chronicle, that sitting down will be uncomforta
ble, as weil as almost impossible.? . v
^ Cleveland Leader.
"Going out with your bride to select
an or woman, your tableware, are you?" "Well,
rom the death- ?ounS man, let me give you a ^hint
[ previously cut Jigni cups ana smau piawjs. many
'e it. At the a man an^ wife have been seriously iniof,
alow gable; jured in a dispute by big plates." And
oss for the seat, ^r* Budger chuckled and rubbed
bottom for the his head and the happy couple passed
e reposes until oru
, the painting of "So you went to the circus, Mary?"
the inscription "Oh! yes, and enjoyed, myself very
led or screwed much." "Did you see the kangaroo in
5 driven into the the menagerie?" "I did, and felt sorj,
so that the ry for it Poor thing, it is dying, isn't
upright till the it?" "Why, no. What put that into
to fall, when it you head?" "The way it acted. When
> the soil The I saw it it seemed to be on its last
is through an legs."
ible memorials. tramp stopped at a house on Mgirt
ley are planted street the other day and asked for
d, where roads something to eat. "Which do you like
is in' the most best," asked the hired girl, "steak or
iiey advance in chop?" The tramp hesitated a mould
more from raent, and then replied, "Chop." "Step
lurch to right right this way," said the girl, "here's
gloaming, the the ax and there's the wood pile.''?
? these is just Beaver Falls Gazette. \
e?pecnHaritv *of "Molly, I wish you would be a better
At- tliP hpiri little girl,", said an Austin father to his
i, where S Httle daughter. "You have no idea
. rxiintPfl <?. how sorry I am that mamma has to
fch fe adorned scold you all the time," "Don't worry
in and a saint about ifc? Pa>" was the of the lit- ,
ity, and in the tie angel; "I am not one of those sensikneelino
very tlve children. Half the time I don't
mnday clothes, hear what she says."?Joaw Siftings.
>ck-face with the A lady living in Chelsea employs a
hour of death, girl named Bridget to take care of her
it, or a pair of youngest child, a two-year-old bey
inscribed the named ureaay. .Dnaget look me iiiuu
of the departed, one up to bed" the other evening, and
re or less origi- "when she asrain appeared was asked by
nhili Slagazint. her mistress if Freddy had gone to
sleep. "Yis, mum," she replied, "I
Turk. waited till 1 heard him sthiH"?Boston
; , . . ? Globe, v .;
,urk is as badly
til be imagined. "Wall,11 said the bootblack who sat
when he could next the alley, and who had been
ictory wife, and keeping very quiet for a long time, "my
>sphorus to be ga* a*11' stylish nor handsome, and she
expense, passed b ain't got -small feet and a Grecian
itury ao-o under nose> but she's awful good-hearted."
: virtue that es- "How good?" asked the one who csr:ontroL"
Since ried three cigar stubs in his vest pocksjected
to assert "Well, the other night when I'd
>sult the women ^een eating onions and sh? hadn't, she
- -- ? ?
please. They rubbed iimberger cneese au ever ner
mble about the mouth so as not to make me feel emde
in the horse- barrassed. "?Detroit Free Press.
>sip, study, read A young man in Shushan, N. Y., fell
much as if they deeply in love with a youn^ lady of
;ers at all But Hoosick Falls. She, alas! did not rellways
has been ciprocate. What did the young man
of conduct laid do? Did he mope around, and get thin,
en. The forced and reduce his 'father's meat~bill ten
:s in the streets per cent. ? Not he; he went and set
e lines of social the girl's father's house on fire and
mystery around then saved her from the flames. Suclas
had much to cess rewarded his bravery and devom
severe. But tion, and now he is hard at work help- ;
i is probably no ing the old gentleman build another
here the woman shanty.?Burlington Free Press.
J11 A blushing young man called upon a
jw jjdaaisou avenue iiurisi, oats u?j juwt?
nusband _ as in week, an(i gaye proprietor $16 to
.ered quite the construct a bouquet which would say,
k to go down to ^ forai lan^age: '.'Dearest one, I lore
iglio point and y0U?be mine," and which was to bo
dition after the delivered that evening, without fail, at
on. He aoesn t tjje residence of a beautiful, accom;ate
thereby any pijskedt and anbnrn-haired girl on
b the naif-sub- Thirty-sixth street. It evidently was
; original conai- delivered, because at an early hour
lere than it is at nexi morn-ng the young lady called at
lelancholy sat? same florist and invested $2.75 in a
ion of the num- b0Uqaet, conveying the message: "No,
w"? ^ave met vou bandv-legged clam."?New York
its edge. "Star^
~ " ~ The horse had stopped and refused
to budge, seemingly aware that the -?
is a large square two young lady tourists were novices
a the beach, and at driving. "Jennie, what in the world
Pyramid Har- shall we do? The outrageous brute retone
in the mid- fuses to budge," "Laura, there is an "
le relatives he awful wicked word that I have heard
rVhen this house men use, but?" "Oh, my, we couldn't
as warmed by a but?" "Oh, say, I'll tell what won't be
and gift dis- wrong; I'll say" one-half and you the
d all previous other; Gosh!" "Darnit!" "Gosh!"
in Alaska chief "Darnit!" "Gosh!" "Darnit!" But
roportion as he the horse stood stilL "He don't apsion,
and Sitka pear to understand us, Jennie," said
fold in Siwash Laura despondently. "No, the horse
his grand pot- don't, but the devil does, Laura."-?
"oa ococtp/i in i Pittsbura Chronicle- Tdearavh.
i this same com- a woman is far more sensitive than
em to live in it a mac. She has finer feelings and a
3 given away at more dclicato mind. There are a very
I the dance was few men who realize this, and in conse:east,
in which quence woman is made to endure much
re hoochinoo fig- unnecessary sufiering. One of our
Sr., with a large merchants was going to church with
the harbor at his wife on Sunday morning, when she
rest to the oc- suddenly stopped and put her hand to
rizes for canoe her head. "What's the matter?" ho
iter carnival to asked, startled by the look on her face.
Jitka Jack near- Oh! I have got on my brown hat."
his great spread "Eh?" ejaculated the astonished man.
d on a substan- She burst into tears. "What, Martha,
ince had time to what is the matter with you?" he dehas
aged rapid- manded. "Don't you see what is the
>w,he delights to matter?" she returned in a sobbing
n winter even- voice. 'Tve got on my brown hat
ry of his great with my striped silk. Oh, what wiH
; ago. people say?"?Danbury News.
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las adopted the V Dr. Pratt, of London,-states in alec
a most useful ture that in 1,000 married men between
to each of its the age of 25 and 30 there are 6 deaths;
eTen for private in the same number of bachelors there
are 10 deaths; the widowers number 22,