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LILACS?A VISION OF SPRING.
I've seen the pussy-willows
With dainty furry faces;
I've found the pretty violets
Abloom in shady places;
The jonquil and the crocus
Have told me of the spring,
And id the orchard up and down
Hasglanced the bluebird's wing.
But here's the purple lilac
That lifts its fragrant plumes,
And sends a waft of sweetness
Through homely cottage rooms,
Its hardy branches lapping
Against the farm-house oaves,
The flowers it gives us growing
In generous waving sheaves.
I'm sure the mother robin
Is very glad to see
The lilacs' s Teen about her
Wee nest and floJglings three,
And father'wren is singing
In pure delight to-day
That spring is here already
And summer on the way.
And I am glad our Father
Whoso love is over ail,
* Who counts the stars by number,
And sees a sparrow fall,
Has sent again the lilacs
To make the garden fair,
a-rtff fhttir hnnnvpfl
Upon tho wardering air.
?Margaret E. Sungster,in Young People.
I HOW HEJTOLD HER.
? T>T EMMA OrPER.
"She'll have to go; ain't no way out
o' that. She'll ha\*e to skip,"said Da e
Kinney. lie squinted in a cross eyed
manner at the cracker crumb on his
tawny, scraggy beird, and transferred it
carefully to his mouth. There was a
wedge of cheese on h's left knee. When
the l'ence Corners School Board?originally
Fennett's Corners, but thus aptly
abbreviated-he d a meeting, it was. by
genera! agreement, in o d llanks's grocery,
where crackers and cheesc, and
mayhap a herring, might re ieve its tedium.
But to-night there was an a !eriating
interest.
ti A V? r? ni A rtf if " flfl'H
rLUUUU IJUU Oi/g v*. lb,
Saunders. He preferred tobacco, and
rolled a quid under his tongue. "This
ain't no place fer her here. W'y, I
wouldn't answer fer the consequences if
?he sta'd; there -ain't no tel ia' what
miKht.happeo, ner what cussedness them
boys might be up to. Look at Corny
Rourkc, six foot two er three if he's an
inch, and chuck fu chuck ful'. lie's
?!ways be'n the one to put the tea: hers
oat, and there ain't no doubt but what
it's his idee th s time. Barricadin' the i
chool house right out bold first day o'
school; now, who but C'orny'd 'a' i
thought o" that?'
There was something of contemplative
X.- admiration in his tone.
"Goin' to be done, whoevcr's doin' ;
It," said Kinuey, exploring his cracker- ! i
bag. "Coin' to git iu at eight o'clock i
to-morrow mornin an shut up the door j
and fasten the wiudows, and any teacher |
that gits iu 11 have to git in through the I
key -hole er a crack; what they said.'" i
He had told it 1 efore; he had called I ]
the meeting for the purpose of telling it. |
But it wa3 interesting to dwell upon. ' 1
There was an impressive silcnce. 11
" Wal, we 11 have to give her notice. [ <
You're jest the one to do it, Thornton? ; i
eh?'' Saunders observed to the third mem-'
!,?? UnorH TTo w.is himself sn.fi
asy. * She got along fust-rate, sum-! ]
mer term,'' he added. He appeared to i
feel a vugue and impotent regret. "Needs
tha money, should jedgc.''
"the needn't V made no calculations :
to teach no winter term here?not to i
Fence Corners," Kinney responded,with 1
some contempt. "If there h'aiu't bc'a a
winter fer live years but what there s i
be'n & rumpus, aud gcner'iy school shut i
up, w'y, she needn't 'a' looked fer there
going' to be." I
It was unanswerable, but the store- ':
keeper entered a weak suggestion over
his motley counter. J i
,4I should think that gang ought to be ]
broke ud," he said.
He expected no rejoinder, and got
none. The School board's attention j
was centered upon no such wh.niiical'
* irrelevaucv.
"Hcckon your'rc the one to notify her,
Thornton," said launders, again. , !
He wriggled unquietly on his stool. i
Thornton sat motionless. Whether
in fact or by a trick of the ill-burning
lamp on the countcr, his good-looking i
face, with its heavy light mustache, appeared
pale. lie sat with his arms
crossed on his knees and his eyes on the i
floor, silent.
"Jest so," said Kinney, with au air of i
Impartial decision. "Vou can git it oil
better 'n Saunde.s or me, Thornton. >
You're a better look in' man. anyhow, ;
sod you're better rigge 1 up,'he con-!,
eluded wiih a polite amiableneS3.
They made an attempt at a careless
dUmUsal of ihesubect. Kinney got up !
and threw h's cheese-rind int$ the stove.
Thornton passed his hand over his mouth
ad swallowed hard.
"Vou can icst nut it easv." said Kin- 1
ney, encouragingly. il * ou can tell her 1
jet how 'tis, and how it's fer her own '
good, and ain't to be put o'T ner avoided.
You can tell her she done first-class, 1
summer term. W'y you can tell her 1
jest what you're a-nine to," cried Kin- .
aey, magnanimously.
Their colleague rose. He waj a tall
and powerful young fellow, but there
was an odd laxity in h's movements now
as he went toward the door. He held
his hat-brim to his lips, too, and turned
his facc away from (he light. Hanks
tared after him till the door closed.
"I s'po.-e you've found out that Jim
Thornton's about thj bashfulest feller in
town, h ain't you?"' he < ueried.
There was ao response.
"And you've prob'ly susp'cioned.samc
as other folks, that he's kind o' sweet
od the schoolma'am, er would be if lie
dast?" pursued the storekeeper.
The School Board was s.ient.
4tWal," he concluded, with a grin,
V.lf nf rl isrrnel Vinlf nf nrlmirafinn "rmi
couldn't 'a' hired me to be n that mean
to a yeller dog?not to a veller dog!" i
V * * * * #
Thornton made h:s way up the road
through a warm and lightly fall nir ea ly
snow that whitened and softened and
beautified it, dark as it was from the infrequency
of building* and hubblv with
the fro ea mud. He forgot to pull his
hat on till he met a man in a wagon, :
who stared at him. His face and hair
were damp with melted flake1, lie went
lowly, almo t crcepingly, for ther.- was
in his heart a terrible, linking dread of
what he mast do. It wa< almost more
than he could master.
Where was she? Bis;el's; he knew
the boaided at Bissel's, and it was not
fir; he could see its light through the
?aow-laden trees. The pain at his heart
wns all but physical; be winced, and
kept his hand on his nervous mouth;!
there wa3 a mist in his e^es, and it i
grew into tears. He was not surprised !
at them, nor ashamed of them: he wiped i
tkero off mechanically with h:3 rough,
strong hand, lie did not know whethe?
thej were from pity of her or of him- j
adf; he was not clearly conscious of i
1
either, but of a dull unhappiueas aucb
as he had never known.
He looked down at his clothes with
faint shame; they were not his best |
ones. lie bad a ready made suit at
home, but these his mother had made.
He wished they looked better. The
light in Bissel'a window cast his long 1
shadow on the whole ground. It
wavered there, shrinking and lingering;
then it pushed on and up to the door.
It was not the custom in Fence Corners
to rap; it would have been looked
upon as a useless formality. He stepped
into Bissel's large, scantily furnished,
rag-carpeted best room.
lie gasped as he stood there. He had
\aguely hoped for a little reprieve, but
she sat there by the lamp, alone, bending
over some work. She rose at his entrance,
and came forward a little to offer
her baud; but he did not see it, and she
dropped it back in awkward haste.
' Won't you take a chair ?'' she said.
She brought one forward. Thornton
sat down. He dropped bis hat as he did
so, and picked it up with a red face.
Then he sat still. lie would have tried
to speak, but he knew he could not; his j
tongue fell thick and immovable.
"It's snowinir. nin'fc it^" said the
school teacher; she bore the marks of
dididcnce herself in her timorous voicc |
and look.
Thornton nooded; it was all he could
do. lie stared at her fixedly, almost
vacuously. His mind wandered back ]
and strove to anchor itself on something.
Once he had spent an evening at Bissel's, [
on the occasiou of a party and taken her
hand in one of the game; once he had i
overtaken her, in a wagon, on her way (
to school, and given her a lift. That (
was all. He thought it might have been
less hard for him if there had been something
more, but that was all his morbid [
self-distrustfulness had allowed him. ;
The ticking of the clock on a corner- ' ?
stand filled the silence. It was a roimd, > ;
nickel clock, aud it ticked so loudly ? j
to fo ce itself upon them. ; ,
''That's my school clock," said the
teacher. "I am all ready for to morrow. I ^
There arc my books over there with it, | ?
and the regi.-ter."
The school director dropped his mis- \
erable eyes to the faded stripe in the
carpet at his feet, but he did not see it; i
bis hat shook with the trembling of hia j
hands.
"I've be'n thinking how many I'll ;
have, likely," the school teacher went
on. llis misery imparted itself to
licr in a degree of nervousness, aDd she !
let her work drop. "I had twenty-five f
this summer; there's always more win- |
tcrs, ain't there?"'
He managed to say yes. His eyes '
were waudenng about the room now, his '
hps parted as if for air. He saw a new s
pane in the window, clumsily puttied?a
camphor bottle left on the melodeon?a ;
break in the cane seat of a chair?a j ^
small tub filled with white asters still in |
bloom. He continued looking at these, i
"They're real late, ain't they/' said ' .
thegirl. "They're miiie. I potted 'em
myself, and I gue>s they'll last best part
o' tho*winter; I've heard thqy will, took i
care of. Do you want one?"
She put down her work and went and c
picked one. Then, with a shy laugh, sho ( *
tcok her scissors and went back to them, 1
".Maybe your mother'd like a few; she
h'ain't got 'era, his she?" shs said.
She made a bunch, and tied it with her ! *
blac ; thread. Thornton watched her; a
slight girl in a cheap and well worn s
drc33, ner dark hair in a girlish braid, E
J , ? :U Tl.:? . , K.,4. I
LlJiu Dcr eyus ni.iu, into j-uc wa-j, uuu
who .< hall tell what he saw I 11 is agony
rose, calmina'ed as she turned to him; ;
lie clutched his hat ti 1 its sti.'f brim *
cracked. She was coming toward him j
witli 1 ho flowers.
' There, maybe she'd like a few," she
repeated, faint lieartedly; but ho did k
ot hear her. lie felt his face afhuie .
like tire, and a choking in his throat, n
He struggled to speak, and did mike an i
inarticulate sound, at which she loosed <
at him in wonder, lie looked up at her ;
pitifully?and then fell stumblingiv on
[lis knees at her feet and buried his face
in her skirt, and groping for her hands, 1 h
pulled them down till they pressed his u
throbbing head and rested there, her
happy, wondering tears falliug upon t
them.
****** j o
"Bashful?" said Pave Kinney to *
Hanks, the storekeeper. "I'd like to
know what's your idee o' bashfulness. ; 4
W y, Jim Thornton walked out o' this
store that night and up to Bissel'a !
3traight as a string, and toid that school !
teacher that. ow:n' to circumstances <
that he didn't have nc control over, she! s
couldn't have the school this winter, net j t
likely tnerc cou:an i nououy e.se uenrier, j
but if it'd he any consideration to her, ! ]
shecouhl have him: told her that ri^hi j
lip and down, and didn't make no hone3 ' ]
of it. If Jjin Thornton's bashful, w'y, ! c
the feller that ain't s what I'd like to r
see."?frank LealiS*. i .
|
Olive Culture in the United States, j
There arc olive trees now standing and ;
yielding fru t in abundance thai, are J
from iuuO to COO J years. It is said that ! 1
the trees on .Mount Olivet to-day are the | ?
tame under whose cool shadow the Sod
Df God walked wh le on earth. As they i
are long lived, so they are slow in com* j
iug to maturity, or even to the point i
where they bear sufficient fruit to re- ; f
munerate the owner; and this is one ! 1
reason why fast-moving Californians are j 3
so slow to plant the olive. They want
something that will begin to pay at once.
To wait ten years cn a tree is more than
they can stand. And yet, many of these '
same Californians have owned red hill? 1
Moo nnnnrrV* tn 3
Ulttl IAU acaiV-Uljr | l UU v.uuujj.i WW |
pasture two sheep t<> the acre, that had [
they been set out iu ol.ve tree3 years ago, c
would be worih more than their richest
lands. The olive will grow in almost '
any soil. j
Hut one to plant an oUvc or. hard need
not wait for ten years. Either p!anl j
your trees in the midst of your vineyard, *
or plant a vineyard iu the midst ol 1
your'olive orchard, and you can live ofl
the fruit of the vines until the olive?
begin to bear. The vines can be re
moved gradually as the trees grow. '
There is no more beautiful tree for shade \
and ornamental purposes than the olive. f
How much better it would be to plant *
^1 .i._ 1 I t
Ilium IU 1I1U jriiru, lulling II1VIU Kiav iu\. i
])!;icc of the eucalyptus, the moi.terey cy-:
pre*s, the locust and other such trees. I
The prolits of a crop, when the trees I
are in full bearing, arc in the neighborhood
of $1000 per acre, and this is said
to be a low estimate. Another important
fact in regard to the olive is the time ol
the harvest. Th s extends from about
the first of December to the last cl
January, giving ample time to gathei
the entire crop without a waste, as well
as coin'nsj at a time when no other fruit
demands attention. There is no waste.
All the green fruit when beaten from
the treccaabc thrown into pickle, while
the ripe raay be thrown into the vat fot
oil.
With these facts gathered at randorc
we trust many of our fruit-growers and
farmers will turn their attention to thi<
heretofore neglected fruit.?Han Fran:i
tco Chronicle.
Paint made with turpentine is a better
protector for iron work than when mixed
with, linseed oiL 2
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'"'SV? if ?'
BUDGET OF FUN. "
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Why Slic Refused Him?A Gentle
Hint?Two Professions Contrasted
? Disgraced the
Family ? Etc., Etc.
He loved a stately maiden
Of asthetic. cultured tasto,
And promptly at her service
His loyal heart ho plated.
He struggled long and nobly
Her maiden love to gain,
But she quenched his l.fe's ambition
In words both cold and plain.
For when he stooped in rapture
Her answering words to catch,
She said his "hair was auburn
And his mustache didn't match."
?Judge.
A Gentle Hint.
Mis9 Ketchon?"Did you knock at the
loor when you came to night, George?"
Mr. Tumblety?"Ye?, Amy; why do
fou ask?"
Mis3 Ketchon (shyly)?"I thought
?erhap3 you had come with a ring."
Two Professions ContrastedMr.
Smarteye?"What is the difference
jetween a lawyer and a doctor?"
Friend?''I don't know what you
nean."
"You see when the lawyer ha^ a ease
t lasts for rears and year9, but when a
loctor gets a case he generally makejuick
work of i*. See."?Neto T&rl
Wild.
Disgraced the Family.
Office Boy (to litesary editor) ?
'There's a mud old gent outside waf
vanls ter see yer."
Literary Editor?"Did he say what he
vanted
O.Iice Boy?"Ve3 sir; he said how
'ou printed a poem that his son writ,
ind he says he'll have satisfaction or gel
icked."?Cincinnati Gazette.
Pcrfect in the Art.
Lady?"And what doe9 your fathei
lo?"
Little Girl?"Oh, papa is a doctor."
Lady?"Indeed! I suppose he practices
i great deal, does he not?"
Little Girl?k,Oh, no. He doesn't
>ractice anymore now, he knows how.'1
-Til-Bits.
The Rinsed Planet.
Marie? "So you liken me to a brilliant
tar?''
Vernon?''The star of my heaven."
Marie? "Please do not compare m?
vith Saturn."
Vernon?"Why, ray own?"
Marie?"Because it has a ring."
The ring was forthcoming.?Detroit
Tree Pre* .
Quite a Different Thins:.
Tommy Traddles fame into the house
rying, and in a very mussed up condiion.
"Now, Tommy," said his mother,
'haven't I told you time and again not
o play with that wicked little Mc,'arthy
boy ?"
"I hain't been play in' with him,'
obbed Tommy; "he's been piayiir witr
ne."?Bv-ar.
A Sage Brush Artist.
A Connoisseur Dawdle?"Where doe?
his man Alkal come f.om that desires to
oin our art club."
Bangle?"He's from Arizona."
Daivdle?"Arizona? What does he
mow about art, anyhow:"
Bangle?"Why, my dear boy, ho told
le h mself he wa? chairmta of the hangDg
committee several times iu Coyote
Julch."?Lotctll Ci izen.
Tho Ingennoin Widow.
"And to think," said he, as he pressed
icr little hind, "that I never met you
intil to-night."
"It is sudden," she answered; "bu1
hen "
"Yes," he said,impulsively; "it is the
Id story?the old, old story?love at
irst signr.
"And added to that," she gurgled,
'my being a widow."?BoAon Courier.
Be'ieved in Advcrtisin7.
Brown ? "Congratulations, old man!
Saw by the paper this moruin? that youi
afe had been broken into, but as itcouained
only twenty seven cents the
)urg'ars had their work for nothing,
.uckv, eh?"
White? "Lucky! W'hy, hang it,man,
'm mortified half to death! What sorl
?f an advertisement do you suppose thai
eport is going to bo for my business?'
?Burlington Fre.? Prtm.
Outside Assistance.
Next door Ne'ghbor (to Mrs. HenIricksi?
"Well, Airs. Hendricks, I an:
-ery glad to have made your acquaiutnc^,
and I hope your husband will soon
eel better, ( an I do anything for you?'
Mrs. Hendricks?"X0, Mrs. Charger,
here is nothing at all, I assure you."
Bobby--"You can do something for
>a. He says it you'd stop that thumpng
on your piano he'd be willing to paj
i big price for it."?Bazar.
Healthy Rivalry.
Hotel Clerk (of the Tacoma House
vith air of the cheerful and unabashed
iar) ? "Why, yesterday there was suet
i demand for rooms here that we had a
ine of applicants from this o.1ice to the
loor."
Commercial Mao (with a look of guileess
innocence)?"Really! that's nothing.
! was in Seattle the other night, and
here was such a line waiting to get into
he Occidental that the four last fell oil
he end of Yeiler's wharf."?Shotted
Vuym\
Involution in the Eating House.
Yes," said Trenchly, at the eating
louse, ''I like this place. It is so cdiying,
you know, to follow articles oi
liet through their e ver changing course.
Iere's this meat pie, for example.
irst acquaintance with it was in the shape
if a roast; next day it was served as a
agout, the next it appcared ns hash,
hen (roqucttes, and now here it is again
is meat pie. Here, take it back and keep
t until to morrow. I'm just wild to
enow what new guise it will put on.' ?
Uotton Trunscrijtt.
Ho Dropped the Subject.
"He went through the window like a
nan going into his hat," said Mr. Jobcius
t.o his wife, speaking of a burglar.
' How was that, my dear?" she inju'red,
with provo'cing innocence.
"Htad foremost, of course. You never
law a mau go into his hat feet foremost,
lid you?''replied Jobkins, sharply.
VN'o, dear,"' she said domurely; "that
^9, never till I saw you try to do it at 1
>'clock in the morning.''
After that Jobkins somehow felt inlisposed
to cirry on the conversation.?
Washington Critic.
A Timely Hint.
Tliggins (entering the drawing-room
it midnight)?"Ah, Mr. Staylaight,
good morning. Have you the right
time?"
Staylaight (in Higgin's employ, with
aspirations for tne hand of Miss Higgins)?"The
clock is right, sir?ten
minutes past twelve."
Higgins?"Thank you, my boy. I
i didn't know but what it was three or
four hours too fast. Don't keep Mr.
Staylaight after eight o'clock, Ethel. I
want to see him at the office by nine,and
he must have time to put on his business
suit, you know."?D.aar.
Minds With the Same Thought.
One of the greatest banes of a student's
life is that he is obliged to write
compositions. It is something looked
upon as extra work and is usually left'
until the last minute. Then the student
hurriedly < olle ts the necessary data,and
in writing is very apt to introduce sentences
from the encyclopedia.
Unfortunately it happens that one of
the professors of English at Yale has
written numerous urticiea iui me cm,jtlopcdias.
A few days ago this profesi
sor was reading over a composition with
' its author when he came acrcsa a pari
ticularly t'.ncly constructel sentence.
"That's h pretty good sentence," rc;
marked the professor.
' Yes; I prided myself on that," replied
the student.
"So did I when I wrote it," added the
, professor, to the great discomfiture of
his pupil. ? Neio Maom News.
i
Ho Couldn't Eat the Soup.
i An elderly gentleman in a restaurant,
t having been served with a plate of soup
i he had ordered, said to the waiter:
"Look here, I can't eat this soup."
"All right; I'll get you anothei
plate."
On receiving the second plate, the
. gue9t once more remarked :
; "It's no use. I can't eat this soup."
Then the waiter went to the proprie(
tor, and said:
"That old gentleman over there Is
> complaining about the soup. He says
he can't eat it."
; "l'ou don't know how to wait on
people. I'll attend to him."
The proprietor went to the kicking
guest and said, blandly:
"I understand you say tnat mere l?
something the matter with the soup?"
"I didu't say anything of the kind."
, "You said you couldn't eat it."
"Yes, I sa d I couldn't cat it."
; "Will you tell me why you can't eat
i that soup?"
"Certainly. I haven't got any spoon."
BiJtings.
Turning the Tables.
Not very long ago Richard D. Hynson,
of Chcstertown, one of the best known
j lawyers on the Eastern shore, had a Baltimore
friend who is an enthusiastic
sportsman visiting him. Mr. Hynson
took his friend over to Queen Anne
! County one day, intending to give him
some gunning on the farm of a gentleman
with whom he wns well acquainted.
On the way they saw a flock of partridges
, on another man's place, and the tcmpta,
I tion was so great that the Caltimorean
had to bang away at them. No sooner
did he biing one down than the owner
. of the farm pounced on him and ex'
i claimed:
' Here! I can prosecute you for that.
j It'll cost you $10 to go to court."
t i "What'sthat?" asked the Baltimorein,
j taken aback.
"Just what I say. It'll cost you $10.
I Won't it, Mr. Hynson?" inquired the
I farmer, turning to the venerable man of |
t law.
"Yes," quietly replied Mr. Hynson.
"You had better settle with him now,"
, he told his friend from the city. "Pay
him the $10."
Tho Bultimorean drew out a ten
dollar note and was about to hand it to
(; the farmer when Mr. Hynson stopped
him with the remark:
"By the way, jou might a3 well give
that note to me." Ana when the farmer,
having recovered from his astonishment,
wanted to know how that was Mr.
; Ilvnson simply said:
. ' "I'll charge you $10 for my advice."
It is safe to presume that Mr. Hynson'a
, I visitor lost nothing in the transaction.?
i Bal'.i no. e News.
i A Ten Million Dollar Florida Kesorf.
Curious stories come from Ponce de
Leon Hotel in St. Augustine, Fla. Mr.
Flagler's expenditure there now amounts
I to nearly *<>, 0 /0,001). Two bands were
. j engaged by the notei. une was a
, I Spanish band tint played during the i
. dinner hour on mando ins and sang
i quaint Spanish songs. The other was a
famous New York band which played I
'< in the courts and at the morning and
5 evening concerts. Mr. Seavey, the
; manager of the hotel, wrote Mr. Flagler
i' and suggested, as there were only twelve
i guests in the house, he dispense with one
i of the bands. Mr. Flagler wrote brick
j that lie didn't want any suggestions
. ' from Mr. Seavey as to how expenses
t could bo decreased, but if he had anything
to say as to how I he attractiveness
of the hotel could be increased he would
i be glad to hear from him.
Mr. Flagler does not seem discouraged.
lie has just bought the railroads
, running from St. Augustine to Palatka
and from St. Augustine to Jacksonville.
r i On a recent Sunday he changed both of
these to broad gauge roads and shortened
the schedule more than. half. He is going
to build a bridge over the St. John's
River, so that the vestibule trains can
^ run into St. Augustine from New York
L j without transfer. He is building an
opera house in St. Augustine to cost
| j $500,000, a magnificent church and a
j union depot that will cost about $200,j
000. This r'epot he will surronnd with
a superb park. He is piving every
street running to the hotel with asphalt
at his own expense. In *hort, he is de:
i termined to make St. Augustine th?
grandest pleasure resort on earth. His
' j Russian baths in the Alcazar cost $300,00!),
and are luxurious beyond description.
I hear he says he will spend $!(?, *
, 00i',000 before he has completed his
pleasure plant to meet his ideas.?At.'
lanta Consti'ution.
An Ingenious Thief.
> | A gentleman dressed in a loose coal
entered a ladies' outfitting establishmenl
! in Paris, at a time when the proprietor
i j was alone in the shop. The gentleman
i ' asked to be shown some ready-made
i ! ladies' cloaks, as he wished to give his
. ; wife a little surprise. After a careful
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1 inspection lie iiacu U|iuu um;, uuu uoivvu
! the sa'e?man: "Have you not a young
! lady at liand to put ou the cloak to see
how it looks'?" The proprietor regretted
' that none of the Indies of the establishi
meut were in at that moment. "Well,
perhaps you wouldn't object to putting
j it on yourself?" The unsuspecting shop
keeper slipped on the cloak,buttoned it,
1 and turned round in all direction*,
j "Magnificent;" exclaimed the purchaser
with seeming ecstasy, but at the sam<!
moment he made a grab at the till, which
; he thrust under his coat, and bolted oul
of the shop. The horrified proprietor
J rushed after him into the street, where,
however, he was seized by the passers-by,
who dragged him back to tne shop ic
the supposition that the poor fellow hac
ij gone mad, and before he could evpla'r
! matters the rogue had d:sappeared.
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COREAN LAMES.
PICTURESQUE ADDITIONS TO
OUR DIPLOMATIC CIRCLE.
The First Females Fro:n the "Land
of the Morninc Calir." to Vlnit
America?Their Physique
and Odd Costumes.
A few evenings ngo, lays a recent
issue of the Wadi ngtou Ufar, theie
al:ghted from the Chicago ind Washington
limited a group of strange human
figures robed in "the picturesque and
unique costumes of the inhabitants of
Cipaogo and Cathay. A figure
whose silken robes, stately mien, and
ceremonious reticence has relieved the
monotony of occidental loquacity and
funereal garb incidental to the round of
social gayeties of the capital, and a tall,
young, and handsome American awaited
the train as it rumbled into the station.
The travelers were Ye Wan Yun,
a Corcan olticial of wealth and of rank
equal to that of a minister, who has no
present relation to the legation, but is on
a special mission, and is fluent in English,
and Ye Cha Yun, tho well-known
secietary of legation, who accompanied
the affable diplomatic head of tne embassy,
Prince Pnk, on account of illness,
back to his native land, and who is still
the minister aud may return.
The two oriental officials were accompanied
by their wives, the first of
thoir tex to leave their country to mingle
among "the people of the western
ocoan," and the first women of "the
land of the morning calm," who have
ever visited the I nited States, and are
a novel acquisition to the personnel
of the diplcrraatic corps near
the court of the Republic. They will be
known on the diplomatic list as
Mrs. Ye Wan and Mrs.' Ye Cha. In their
own land the nomenclature of femininity
is not for the purpose of individualizing
but for the proprietary identification of
paternity, as the daughter of?or of
matrimonial possesion,as the wife. The
parly were escorted to the legation, the
women being placed in a closcd carriage.
Upon their arrival they were assigned to
their apartments, and have not been out
of the house publicly since. Mrs. Allen,
the wife of the foreign secretary, called
immediately. The little women were
overjoyed at her presence, particularly
as she spoke to them in their OAn
language. (. n board the steamer coming
over they were very much restricted
and in crossing the American continent
they were seven days shut up on the
car in a drawing room compartment,
which, for the time being, wa9 converted
intc a Corean ang pang, and where their
meala were also brought to them. The
windows were open so that they could
admire the country, a fondness for scenery
being a national characteristic. They
spoke to Mrs. Allen of the wonders of
the mountain scenery, the giandetir of
the river*, the magnificence of the cities
and of the new and terrifying way of
traveling in this country. They said
they were happy, but were aston'shed
at the greatness and size of this mighty
nation. The two types of Corenn
ladies who may after awhile, when more
accustomed to their surroundings, be
permitted to follow their husbands
among men and women in what "western
ocean" people call society, are short
in stature, well formed, very dark, with
heavy oriental hair, almond eyes and
fiat features, the distinctive mark of
Mongolian physiognomy. 1 hey are very
sprightly in manner among themselves.
In their native land, l;ke the women of
China and Japan, they are great gossips.
When the nlmond eyed ladle3 arrived
their toilette was a hood of black fur,
opened at the top, and ending at the
rear in a point turned up, and had a
trailing plume of rare feathers of their
country. Their persons were enveloped
in loose robes, concealing them entirely.
After retiring to the improvised
ang-pang of the legation and arranging
themselves thcv descended to the dining
room and ate their first dinner in Washington.
Their dinner costume consisted
of the richest fabrics of their silkproducing
and silk-weaving country.
The skirt wai of indigo-hued rich
native silk, cut long and en traine,
in the style of ladies of rank.
The waist wa3 of a lighter shade
of blue silk, trimmed with white.
Their shoes were light colored Corcan
cloth sandals. Their thick raven tresses
were held down smoothly aga'nst the
head and fastened in a sort of a long
kuot at the back and he'.d wi:h a jade
hair-pin. Around their waists they wore
a belt of heavv material, which not onlv
divides the upper and lower portions of
the body,and gives the outlines of beauty
to the figure, but is also utilized for
holding the end of the train when not
in use for display,it being brought gracefully
around on the right, and.tucked in
the belt, the end hanging ovefiu front.
The Japanese ladies, who associate
only among each olher, according to
custom, are very exact in their toilettes,
and are more graceful in the use of their
train than the ma ority of their western
sislers. An American lady wi.l carry her
train, when not in uce, over her arm.
The Corean lady, bringing it gracefully
around her person, hangs the end over
her belt, her arms being free. The ladies
are twenty-two and twenty-three years
of nee, and are the wives or rulin<r
women of the domestic surroundings of
the Corean officials.
Mules Fashionable in Go'.hnra.
It seerae3 to be fashionable now to
drive mules. If you ?et a good pa:r of
mules they are much more desirable
(that '8 it you want tooe in tne rasmon;
than horses. Quite frequently now I see
in the Park or up on the road several
gayly painted little traps with several
gayiy painted l ttle ladies with very
dark-colored little footmen drawn by a
pair of mules. They seem to attract a
great deal of attention, which to me is
a matter of no little wonder. I never
saw anything attractive in a mule. I
would much rntlirr look at a mule,
though, than drive behud one. Still,
as society sanctions mule*.and we musn't
buck against society, it doesn't du to be
too critical. There are many other
places where mules can ba seen without
going half the distance to Central Park.
Just look into the windows of the
Avenue Club some day when you are
passing by. But these kind of mule<
don't know enough to draw a cart, and
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so scurccijr wuiw v-. ? ,
York News.
Illinois One Vast Dairy. I
The dairy interest of Illinois is growing
rapidly. In l^sa the value of milk
products in the State was over $4,00
00;?, while the value of such products in
the I nited States was 000,000.
The number of cows in the State is ! 0'\000.
The average value of the product
for each cow in the northern part of the
State, where the interest is most extensive,
is over $:o per annum. In the
southern portion creameries are multiplying
rapialy, and the value of milk
products in the southern counties has
tripled in the last two years. Dairyirg
has become an established interest in
eighty counties.
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The Evolution of the Steeple.
As the very earliest churches had no
bells, and therefore no belfries, there
were no spires. When bells were first
used to summon worshippers they were
small and were suspended in smail bell
turrets or bell cots. After large bells
were made high and rich and imposing
steeples were crected for their reception.
Communities vied with cach other to
make them as magnificent as possible
and in the number of bells they placed
in them. They seem in early instances
to have been placed at the west end of
churches, probably in continuation of
the custom in vogue before they were required
of placing strong towers there for
the purpose of defense. Eventually,
central towers were adopted, in cruciform
buildings especially. These com|
bined the purpose of a belfry, with the
| addition of a vast open space in the in|
terior, which gave light and grandeur to
it. Small edifices may have been content
with low coaical spires or spirelets
in these remoto times; but as years
passed, succeeding builders made them
more and more pointed or needle-like,
nnd orpnpmllc r>f the same height as the
"~ *? o ?
towers on which they were placed.
Every church tower was either finished
with a spire or intended to be so finished
at a future time. I ondon wh;u seen
from a distance is said to have presented
the aspect of a forest of spires. There
were particular laws of construction always
carried out, which need not
be described except to mention
that much of the sober, soaring,
light,and picturesque effect of their
outlines is the result of the clever treatment
of the transition from the square
of the tower to the form of the pyramidal
octagon. .Recorded particulars concerning
their erection are extremely rare;
but more frequeutly in old church
wardens' accounts there are entries in
which mention is made of them. For
instance, the church wardens of Ludlow
recorded in 1315: "In primis payd for a
key to the dore that goothe up into the
stiplei d.'1 And aga n, in lo50: "To
j Thomas Season for gowinge up into th?
stiple ij. wyndy nyghtes to save the glase
ther in the wyndowis, xd." The
materials used differed according to the
1 A.AAfinn nAei/laa cfnnfl
I iUWllitJT UL tliOJi CiC^tiUU, vvvmv
I and timber covered with lead, we have
j examples covered with slates, and others
I with oaken shingles. This last covering
is seen only on the spires of village
churches in our southernmost counties
? Chamber*1? Journal.
Getting Beady to bo Burled AIIvp.
"I propose," sad Dr. Tanner, the
faster, "to so discipline my body and
mind that I can take upon nyself at voliticn
a trance state, and while in this
condition be buried. I shall remain in
the grave four weeks, then be disinterred,
and, I believe, resuscitated. Impossible?
No! The East Indian priesta
have successfully demonstrated for centuries
that it cau be doue. The study I
have given this subject ha3 revealed
much to me. Many of the secrets of this
performance have revea'ed themselves to
mo. One of the prin:ipal acts is to
throw the tongue back into the gullet
' -r it.
ana cause a cnange 01 me cnuuiunuu v>
the blood, so that it resumes the conditions
of the pre natal state.
"in that state there is no respiration;
the body thus becomes air-tight; it is as
if hermetically sealed, and the valves of
the heart are changed to a condition
similar to the position occupied in the
unborn child. This is but one of the
secrets I have learned; but to ascertain
them I have studied every book upon
the subject, although none contained
many rays of light. I have killed scores
I of raccoons, opos3ums, bears, and otliei
: hibernating animals when in their winI
ter's sleep, and dissected them to learn
the changes of tbe organs while in this |
letha-gic state. For years I have dieted
! to gain all the strength possible for this
great achievement. Iam now prepa ed
(to say that but a comparatively short
I time will elapse before I will announce
I that I am ready for the undertaking.'"?
Chicago Tribune.
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An American Isthmus Canal.
Admiral Ammen has for many years
been intimately as30c:atea w th explora- i
tions on the American Isthmu* with
referea e to a canal, aud i9 probably the
most accurately and fully informed man
living about all the canal route3 which
have been proposed. He writes to the
New York Ber-ilJ: "As located, every
part of the work on the Nicaragua
j Canal can be carried on without delay
| and with economy. The summit be- J
tween the two oceans on the Nicaragua
route is only 153 feet above low tide;
the bottom of the lake is for the most
' part at sea level, and the surface of the
lake, as it will be maintained, is HQ
| feet above the sea. This level will cx!
tend to within fifteen miles of the harbor
! of Graytown on the Atlantic side, and
to within three miles of the harbor of
J lirito on the Pacific. Lying between
| these distances wiil be an uninterrupted
i waterway of 152 miles. The actual
| length of prism excavation will be less
i tha ? twenty-nine mile?, of which, when
' cleared of the forests, sixteen can be dug
; by dredges without rock or < uicksana
to embarrass the worK. ah oi cue cascu- i
tiftl conditions that insure success are
fultil'ed to a remarkable degress: 1. A
superabundant water supplj at the summit.
2. Asurfa e drainage that assures
immunity from floods. 3. \ ery great
economy in construction. It as an cs!
tablished fact that the country is exj
ceptionally healthy.''
Admiral Amman believes that the
canal can be completed in live years.
The Author of 'Heautifat Snow."
Stop! I have discovered the author
of "beautiful Snow." His name is ohn
W. Watson, and he isabrakeman ou the
Mnth avenue elevated road. A cynical,
soured, seltish old man pointed him out
to me the other day?not pitifully, but
with an idle, snceriug remark upon the
I reward of fame. The poet-brakeman is
! tall and dark and slight. Gloomy fancies
are rippling across his sensitive face as
he stares down upon the roadway below
him. The author of one of the mo3t
beautiful poems of its class in literature
is poor, neglected, unknown. The throbbing
lines which have moistened the eyes
of millions have brought him nothing.
The verses were sola by ti m tor ? auu
printed some twenty years ago?in the
Sunday Mercurr, I think. Perhaps he is
forty-live now, and among old newspaper
men his claim to their authorship
is unquestioned. All that sensibility,
tint artistic feeling, that literary genius,
is throw u away. The poet is lost and
forgotten in the clatter and dust of the :
elevated road. What a queer thing sue- I
cess is, to be sure. How odd are the |
qualities and circumstances which com- j
j raand it.?New York Star.
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A Cure for Smallpox.
| "I am willing to risk my reputation as '
a public man," wrote Edward iline to
the Liverpool Mtrcury, "if the worst
case of smallpox cannot be cured in three
days by the use of cream of tartar. One
ounce of crcam of tartar dissolved in a
pint of water, drank at intervals, when
cold, is a certain, never-failing lemedy.
It has cured thousands, never leaves a
mark, never causes blindness, and avoids
tedious lingering."
POPULAR SCIENCE. t 9
Sorbite is said to be aa unfermeatable1 BR
Silicious earth is the cleanest, whitest, H
purest sand. IE
The specific gravity of dry is greater
than that of moist air. Hj
Cold dust, flour dust, starch and flour - H
are all explosives when mixed with cer- IB
tain proportions of air. Qj
Paint mixed with turpentine is a
better protector for iron work than whea
mixed with linseed oiL
Aluminous earth, or argil, is purest
:lay. It is composed chiefly of the H
chemical earth alumina. SE
In India when a hot wind is blowing nR
the wet bulb sometimes sinks forty degrees
below the temperature of the air. 9|
All the lead work about the recently iflj
discovered l oman baths in England was H
in a wonderfully perfect state of preser- I
Mr. C. J. Symons, the British meteorologist,
has expressed the belief that
togs are increasing?not only in London M
but generally.
Excepting the skin and bones, the H
various tissues and substances constitut- I
ing the human organism have practically fl
the same electric conductibility. H
The eider has greatly increased in Ice- MS
land during recent years, thanks to strict H
preservation and to the fact that the peo- M
pie are realizing tha value of the bira. H
It is recommended to shade the lights H
on Brooklyn Bridge so that they can H
illuminate that structure without their
glare interfering with pilots of passing H
vessels. S
In the German weather reports since B
137(5 Dr. Less has found twenty-eight H
cases of snow-fall at temperatures be- H
tween 41 degrees and 53 degrees F.
Thunder accompanicd eleven cases.
Prisms are made of glass and other re* H
fracting so'ids and fluids?like carbon
?nnp)nv>i^ in alftSS : and thev HI
| i/iguij^umv VMW?W?V?* ? p.-.? , m
give spectra corresponding to the light* fl|
dispersing powers of the material. H
| The purest blue clays, or pipe clay, H
! contain no more than thirty-six to forty |H
par cent, of alumina, chemically combined
with fifty-two to sixty per cent, of IB
silica, and three to four per cent, of B
oxide of iron. ^
Shells found in the lower levels of the H
caves at Dordogne, i- ranee, indicate that H
the Neanderthal man made common use H
of the oyster, which is thus proven to H
be the oldest domesticated delicacy . H
known to man.
The amount of waste material that 9
should, according to calculation, pass ' H
through the Narrows at New York every H
year is sufficient to make a solid dam |H
from tower to tower of the Brooklyn H
Bridge as high as those towers and widet Hj
than it is high. H
How spoages bore into solid limestone H
or shells is as yet an unsolved problem.
M. NassonotI has investigated a new
I species of Clione wnich tunnels oyster and H
mussel shells, and he believes that the H
boring of the canals and galleries is p?r- H
formed solely by the soft parts of the H
sponge. The penetration of the prolouga- Hj
tion of the body of the sponge into the shell
appears to be accomplished by the H
secretion of a corroding liquid, probably H
an acid. H
A Frightful Situation Under Ice. Sfl
Merrick Belden, ot Hanover, Mo., EH
who walked into an air hole in the Miss- H
issippi while returning home from chop- H
piug wood, and was miraculously saved M
while his companion, Chas. Bailey, a H
farmer of Sand Piairie, was drowned, H
related to the Gbhe-Dtrruxrat < orrespon- Bfl
dent his horrible experience under the MB
ice, and the circumstances attending hi* H
rescue. H
"Bailev and myself," said he, "wer# H
| walking at a fair p.icc on tbo ice in the H
I evening on our way home from oao of Hj|
the islands where we had been chopping H
wood. The moon had not jet risen, n
and we were busily engaged in con versa- H
tion. Suddenly Baily, who wa3 a foot H
or two in advance of me, uctered a cry,
there was a quick splash of water, and H|
before I could save myself we were both H
in the air hole together. My fried tried . H
hard to clutch the ice so as to prevent H
himself from being hauled under by tha H
current, but was unsuccessful, and dis? H
appeared in an instant. As for myself, H
1 succeeded in grasping the edge of the 9
ice, and held on for about the space oi H
a minute, I should judge, making a su- H
perhuman effort to haul myself to the H
surface. But the ice, wh ch was thin, IE
gave way, nnd I was drawn under the Rfl
water and whiled along, my head and body H
scraping against the under surface of tha H
ice. My sensations for an instant wer? H
horrible, but these feelings were super* 99
scded by a trance-like state, which was H
like going into a sweet sleep. All at H
once I experienced a sudden jerk, which
| roused me from my lethargy, and open*
| ii:g my eyes I found myself foundering
*1 ~ J nt* fhon
in QQOicer uou qiucij i&~uwiv wuuu
the one into which I had fallen. I
clutched madly at the edge of the ice B
and cried loudly for help. The current,/
which was very swift, carried me to the e H
lower edge erf the hole, and throwing
my arms out onto the ice, I succeeded in
holding on and braciog myself until I
wa* hauled out by John Connelly, a fish- H
erman, who heard my cry for help. I
cannot tell how long 1 w.-:s under wfctor,
But the air hole from which I was res- H
ctfed was upward of 300 feet from where ?H
I first fell in. I kept my mouth closed H
all the time, and when takien out the
blood was issuing from my nose and ears.
[ wish I was able to explain to you the
horrors I experienced the first few jH
seconds I wnh being whirled along under
the ice, but words cannot express my
sensations. I can only tell you that I
lived my life over again in that brief H
neriod. and that I would not go through
the same e : pcrieace again for all the gold B|
in the universe." H
A furious Will. fli
This curious will has been offered for H
probate ia the Surrogate's Court,Brook- H
In the name of Oo l, Amen. This is mv
last will ami Testament an.I my will is such HP
that after my death everything I poses and Ml
own shall belong to my biloved wife.
his X mark. gU
Signed in PresenJ of Henry Meyer.
c'nahlks Bennjes. |b
November li>, 18SS. |K
Although the name of the testator, B
wjiimtn i\ ipinp not aouear ou the
little piece of yellow wrapping paper oo 9H
which the will was written, it will be
adm tted to probate. Mr. Kleiuc left
considerable real estate.? Xiw York Sun.
Difficulties of Yenti tion. fl
The circumstances that makes ventila- fl|
tion a well n gh impracticable reform i? H
that nearly every one think3 he has got
it, or can get it, through any hole or flB
frivolous guncrack that will let in or
out, or whirl about a whi!f of adjacent
air. The strong, sustained suction in H
all weathers that will draw the sluggish V]
air from every corner and cranny, is not
only unknown, but unconceived, in Al
nearly all efforts at ventilation, so-called. K J
Sir Humphrey Davy's auger holes in the H
ceiling of the House of Commons are not
often improved upon at present day. B
?Sanitary Era*