The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, December 11, 1884, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

PICKENS, S. C., T.HURSDAY, DECEMIBEI 11D 84 ni - A Boy's Conclusion. If I had a coch antd horses eight, I would choose to ride on the farm-yard rate; The big, red gate, with its ilvo strong bars, The tippiest-topinost tip to he Ftnrs. It swirigs so slowly against tihe grrtass Wheon lnto the tnondowy the 0:1tt a pass, I hldh ou tight,-1,1 tit b'lln not nafrni<d, WVhen Jerry, the eleverest iellow mado, Tugs it slowly bnck, with "Comnte This is the way they go to Itorie.'' Yet had I a conch anti hors-.s (light, I'd be too grand for it fariui-yard gute. I should wear new j:okots tho wholo year round, And never go barefoot. Why, I'll be bound The President hasn't miuch better fun Than a boy when his mother says, "You mny run I'' I sit astride of the.farn-yard gato Ant innke bolreve I inn onething grent; That I ou I he wend lot, the river, the mill, The house quirc Eih"r buitlt on line il; That pitir of p,onles Miss Efiler tries, And all the Iuffy Elias buys; Or i've Just come back from an Idian war (Thgt's why tho 1lag's on tho school house ftor). It's g"oing to he Fothrth of July n week I T'ho ,Ipy old ennnoi will have to sl>enk. If I haid a corich and horFes eirht, I'<I like to drive it through such a gate, Stupi< old fellows tni! sit sIt insiie, The <-oaelhinan has tne I o-t of the ricle. Oh, thi way I'd niannie the reins and wiiip "Stoatly therel even I" int i s:1t. Woul<n't litrry and waeit 'stre? Unt,tnin Ihuncoune wotl:dl twiic"h hiis hanir, "Iie.tke-s the rotti as I took ito sRn; Really, the youngrter is beating ine" "wVhewl got a tumb!e? You'ri' rather sinall To hnl>nce yotts, ? or Iler t': too tali? Which is it, sotnniy'?' lie rti his hend* Grass isn't dititents soft ts iti Ie i; "'posel . w as cr i;ig? Now, Jerry Lane, \Vnit till you lear i a fellow complain 1 was thinking-well, thoug hts get jumbled so If I had a cotch and ihorsop, you know, Always harnessed to take a ride, 1 wouldn't tmind sitting sinet iues inside I'' -('ia: ot1t( M-len i>nekard. UNJ)ER I)IFFICUL'TJ IES. ''l)o yo'.t really mean it, dntlinn?' "Of course I do, Frank. )o you think I would joke about such a silb ject?" replied pretty Grace Ramsey to her aflianeed husband, as she n'stled her sunny little head on his broad shoulders one bright March evening,as the dying sun glinted through the cosv irawing-roomt, castinfg a golden g'ory Upon the pictures, carpet, and crimlsoi curtains, as if trying to outvio the cheerful fire that blazed in the highly polished grate. "I could not refuse you anything,my. sweet, Grace," he said tenderly, as lie pressed her dewy lips; "but I would much rather you had asked m any thing in the world than this." "Why, Frank ?" site returned, look ir,g up i > his handsome face with (ne of her b vitching smile;- that, always finished any argument in her favor. "Vell, you see, to.spend one's hron oynoon im a new house, and at this ,tyoacherous time of year, might not be so comfortable, my pet, as a well-ap pointed hotel in the South of France or Italy," ho urged deprecatingly, feeling the ground slipping fast away from imu with her bright eyes looking shyly into his, her sweet face in close prox imity to his moustache. "But it is my great wish; and I will obey you in everything after we are mlarried, you know, like a dutiful little wife,'' she said playfully. "What, put this notion in your littlo ltead P" "Gri'aindm:mmut1a; and you must agree that she is4liver. Now vol sit down here, and I w'il tiake my 'old place ot this stool," as she enseoned herself at his feet coaxing-ly. "So grandna has put this totion in to your muind?" "Yes; she said that when she was married grandpa took her straight from the church to their new hole,and they were as happy as birds. 'Bitt what tinu of year nioAht that happy event, have taken place?" lie asked imischtievoursly. ",July, I ib:lieve,''" 'ace saidu dec miuretly. "WVhiat matter's the time? Surely) it cotthli mtakt:e no dife rnce." "Tit at is jushtY lhat dotes. \l ar(ch anrd Jurly, little sweethearti', arce 'rv ditifer en1t iln0h our angeall climai :te;~b)esid es, I fancy a lit tie birdt whtispeored to mue that their homne was a fine old mnisioni thait htad .,uAcomUed severai'l b)rides, wvhereas our is a nrewly-built, mU(oern villa, that sh%,uld( be well1-aired before we Lake po)sse~sson." ''So it is,'" site ptersisted. " 'Jane atnd grandima wveie threro all mast week, anrd the fires ai'e blazingo beautIifurlly from morning till ight. Comne, say 'yes';'' arid hier soft whltito arms were irountd his neck, antd a panir of temupting lips placedI dlang.eirsly near to htis; andri Gra ce,as usual, gain ed her poinit, r>ut shre had to pay her lover thte penialty of a score of kisses. '"T'his is delighrtfuli, d arliing huisbatid,"' wvhiisp)ered Grace, as thley throve to) thteir' new home at Cliaphami, 'tafieri tire wed dingi-breoakfatst. "'I shalhl beu such a hrappy little wiey-couinencing~ life ini our1 own deair htomie; it, mu tst be be:tter - thiani these btig, (cold-looking hteld s, with starinig we itns atnd p)ort chambter inaidhs.' * "So long as mty swveet wvifo is happy, I am contenti," lie said tnderly; ''but there is a nasty east windl to-da'y;'' thris ats iro folded heri P fry riounld liert withr . lover's alnxious~ catre. " i hiope UV very-. tine is ready for its.' " ,you need not, be unteasv I feel sure Jane ill at,tentd to everyritting; sheo Is a p)erfoot pafr'azon." "'liert we are ait la1st! W\oleomre. dart linig wvifo, to your home!"t h' le said as het led hter up the ihlight of .steps where'( ob1l Jauno stood wvith two nitrad-servanits to receive theIr young m13istress. "'I ivondor why Janoi looks so aliX hous, ''though t Gra'ce; "'I hropo evt:rv thmng is all right. Oh deair! whart shiotuld I do if there wvas anlyt.hing gone wvrongP Fr'ank wvould never c0aso terni e whiispetredh, w'ien they were in thbe dlraw.. illg-I(roo., "I thotughit ever'ythng was st,raight.' ''So it was, hut the dratted cistern too)k to leak ig thIis mornlinIg, and be.. in g Easter-thnre no mialt caii be got for 01'o moneliy. I never saw such a g;igerbread hrouse as tis ill tall my borni (lays!" she sarid gloomrily. "Cain't youi tmaniage to pult them down, so thrat Fratnk wonr't notice it,P"' the poor little bride faltered. "Pt themu down to be spoilt! Why, they aird alreatdy wet, thrrouigh in somei plaos; but hero conmes the mai:ster,'' as sire btnstledl out of the r'ootm. "'This cort.ninly looks conv and Iromi-. like.'' saitd Frank Whiarton~:s hre clasp.. ed his bidte ini a loving embrace, anld seatetd her in an easy-chair by time lire; "'but whiarts the matter with that, wall? Why, I' he on we' anm tir --..e Is perfectly wot and pooling off. I mus set the fellow who papered it; such room cannot be lit for my little wifoy. "Oh, that is nothing, Frank, it is of ten like that in now houses, I believo, she said timidly. "1I must insist that you don't sta another moment,'' ringing the be sharply for Jane. "Why did you per wit your mistress to com in this dam vault?" ho said testily; "it's enough t kill a dog." "I am sure, sir, it was no fault < mine,'' said poor Jane; "they say tha the paper im new houses often sweats at least, that's what the man style it.'' "Is there no other room fit to receiv us?" lie asked; "surely the dining-roon would be better?"' W''Weil, you see, sir, the stove is wh they c:ll slow cobustion." "Slow wlat?" lie said, laughing i spite of hinself. "I dlon't know exactly how to pro nouclie the nlamne, but, it's a sorry thin at the best, and won't act nohow, try a you will." "It's a beautiful grate, Frank," it terlosed( Grace; "its one of the mod ern onle1, and is called slow coml1bus tion." "It's dratted slow!" grumbled Jant "I've splent three-quarters of an hou o\ver it and can't get a lire to burn, s it's slow enough in -ll conscience." "Never lii, Jane; 1'm beautifull waru :anl icomlfortable-inldeed I an de:ar Fa:uik." "'ell, I suppose We mllst make th best of it now," he said, trying to ap pc:ar chlecrfuli. '"I inow what I'll (o,' mlurmutrc Grace; "musii. e ahvays suits Frank; 1' piny and sing some of his favorites.'' in a few minutes the little cloud wa blown over, and the pair were happy as turtle-doves, as Grace sang song af ter S(i1 to Frank's intenso delight. "WVhait on earth are they doing in th kitchen?" she thought; ''I must g( at see. I feel sure they will brea the grate to pieees in a minute. 0 doar, ol dear! I wish J..had taken den 1ranl's advice. What are you all d< ing, andl where is the diiner?" sai Grac. "It is nearing the time." '1inner, indeed! If yolu g,et suppe it will he a wonder to mue," g:spe Jane, as, arnedl witI an inlnenlso 1le l:rush, she and her asasistnuts wer nakinig fralntic raids upon the khitcher or, while the smoke poured out in vo um110s, nearly chlokin22 poor GL"'ce, whl stood the im11age ot despair, gazing r the fowls, fish, and joints, that la strewn about, getting peppered wit blacks. "What's to be done, Jane?" sh stamnmered, as she covered her golde head to evade the shower of soot, at caught up her satin robes nervously "it is past six o'clock, and Fraik wa just saying he felt rather hungry. Ca nothIini be done? Couittn't yoi ge SORte hotel to send in a dinner?" "\Where's the hotel in this outland ish hole?" snorted Jane, as she thru the broom savarcly up into the ofl'ent ing draughts; "I can only assure yo that no dinner ean be cooked to-day i this gingerbread allair." Seeing no hope from the faces of an of the seared servants,. Grace returnec to her husbandl, and in her pretty coax Ing manner, broke the unhappy tiding to hiu, and in less than ten initiutes telegranl was dispatched to the Gros velor Hotel, and a rcchcrchc little din ner orderedt. "So that little difliculty is over, mn darling,'' he said, as they drove t Piimlico; "but don't you think it nigh have been better if you had listened t miy advice and spent our honeymor at. 0e0 of those big cold hotels?" thi: wi th a miischiievous twvinkle in his eves "'As you are mighty, be mercifil,' she said, laughIing merrily. "'I hadl n1 idea that the stove wvouldn' t cook, o "'That the drawing-room afas (lainp, he ad ded ; "or----'' "'Fie! is that being mlerciftil, sir,'' sh pou'.ted. lint further dlomestic argument wa brokent by a waiter openling the broug ham-door, and Frank assisting her ott mtto the (com0fotrtable hotel. '"Tank Ileavent we are ini a civiliv.ei p)lace ait last!'' murmured the newv Beln edict fervently, as they seated thenm selves at ani ole'maitly arrangedt dinRner table, laden with Ilowers, bright silver aRid spar'kling glass; "'this is comfort at any rate.'" 'Thley hothI enjoyed their dinner an<t pled(ged each other' iln rare wine, an11 said aRnd (tidl aiiy amount, of sill, things, (tollbtless as thtousands a brides aRnd bridegrooms have done be lote ; and, if trutth uiust be confessed Grnee was sadly lotht to r'eturni to lie villat at Claphiami; but she wa.s a trti daugi'hter of Eve, andl determninedt ti kee p ht(er(W i(21 owncousel fror. hier lor< atnd ma1ster'. "'1Ilre's a p.retty go, Mdiss Grace beg yu r paritdonl, I Rme an Mirs. WVhat ton,' sailtiI.tane as5 the prtet.ty bride en tOlred thle b reakfas25t-roomit m iiornini lookini:,; as fresh and1( sweet, ats a blusih low ini her azar:ie-bluii Rmorining-robe wvitht its clot (da of lae arounid her fai nec1k anid armsi. "Why ,in(, what is tho matte: no0w?" she2 .aid1 anlxiouisly; "'surely yor enn manaLI:1e to get, us some0 br'eakfat, o "That2 's righ t eno1)ugh so far1,"' gr'oan (2d ,l 1ne; "bult theore's no0 waitr for th< 1in:n 's bath, it' i leaked out somiehov thr I :b some dr 'ttted pipe and soakeot yo'.Ihin-dIre <s, aiid the( enake thia' yearIi poor dlear 1" nidiii sent 1home1 las :ellht while ot were1 iout at12, d inr.ki the dress5 wob be11 0 better latid 1loos1l lIke thanti erumii:d up1, land ther's ti SplenIdIh (enke :uni satin dress5 1all of PulIP; thte Ilowers, too, all sopply ami This was 11he i)rovrial laist straw, Emd proved too n IuchI for poor1 ( race, who throew herself on thio couchi, andl afWering her' sweet face, burtst into a~ fit >f tear ls, exel aiin ig: "'eioer will I ttry to get my own way 'gam! What will dlear Frank sav? Oh, 'dh! lie ,will novor' forgivo inc--I~ know, 10 won't.'' li aniotler illmnt',tta tl' pa1it' of arms lift, her. ftrom thi. coue(li "'You are right, my darlinIg wifey';] will not forgive yoni uinles -drI I ' those eyes and hiavo ,youtr breakhfats, u11d theit ohey ot lor,an .. ore t your things to be packed up immedi a atoly for the Continent, whither I moan to take you." - "But what is to be done, Frank, about the eake? And oh, my protty dress is spoilt, that I was to have worn at Lady y Steedmnuan's reception!" " "Another eako can bo ordered; also a dress, quito as pretty as your wed p ding one; but a smiling happy wife is o not to be pturchased," ho reolied, kiss ing away the yearly but penitent tears. f ''Arc you happy, darling?" her hus t band whispered, as the train neared . Paris. ' "Yes, Frank," she replied oarnestly, truliy ai peacefull y so, becauso I e have learnt a l's on--to listen and re spect my hru;band':; wishes." "And I am the Ii:M 1 ie 11t man in the t universo for havin ri commenced our honeymoon under ill iul ties, and havo won the sweetest of wives.'' 'Is she lemdi . ' I should grin e o h ir i1t she was. I ant referrin' t :;it . I-natured, ever-ready, old- sh I ion: .:nnimother of days grone by. '.e wr ,, m 1rand miother and yoirs, , : - very body else's, when on' w uI-.led. I I remember her as .r:r:v- .:.re, wrinkle r faeei and hand1 cii " I %,I the hard work of plion:-er ' . I remem ber her sy' thl:ltiR tic \'.-e and'n soft Y touch-her swel-b)%we.I ," p e :es--her quaint old snu1111-box--lir butiiig look and anxious tones as she Came in the e back way and calle'l ou:: "And so that bov's had to give up and go to bed, eh? le::r mle! but it's too bad, thougrh I gue-s it's nothing serious, and I hope von won't worry. Let's see him. Ah-um! Stomach out 3 of order and he's got sonic fever. HIad my children taken this way dozens of times and in two days they were out playinrg:' It was worth a month's sickness to see her bustle around after horso radish leavev to make drafts for the feet; cloths to wet in cold water for the r head-mustard for tho back of the neck-a bit of rhubarb to sweetc the I tonmch, and to hear her say: "Well, now, who'd thought it; but r don't worry! Mercy on me! butt my Dan'1 has been sicker'n that fifty differ -ent ties and isn't dead yet. Just e you go right down and finish your - baking and leave me to take care of - him. I just dote on sick folks!' : And didn't things turn out just as t she predicted? And three days after V didn't she come down into th back lot where I was eating sour crab-apples and fling up her hands and exclaim: B "For the land's sake! but does this I boy mean to kill himself afore the I summer is out!" If mother had a pain in her side she ran over to see grandma. If father 1 wvent lame it was grandmother who t nad a remedy. Not in our family alone, but in a dozen. Not in one - case, but in a hundred. t Who had catnip and smart-weed - and may-weed and oak bark and spico I bush and mustard? Grandmother, of I course. Who knew what was good for earache, toothache, jaundice, langruor, loss of appetite, rheunmatism, bilious 1 ness and a hundred other ills? Grand - mother. . s And if her remedies failed to arrest 2 disease and the doctor was sent for - how kindly courteous he was! Every - thing she had done was professionally justified, and he seemed almost sorry that she hadn't worked a euro and do prived hinm of his fee. Hle would take t the case and warrant a cure, but, of I course, must depend upon her to a t great extent. Such a compliment was f worth more han a new home to her, And if dheath camio granidmothier 'vas there to weep with the family and to 3I conisole all others. It, was her poor r' old hing~ers which closed. the eyes which hellped to ma:ke the shroud 'which arranged the lifeless hands. It wIas her' voice whiiich kept,ii wisp)ering': 3 "TIhere! there! poor thiing-dlon' t take it so mtuch to heart! lIe is far better s off than we are, and yotu must live on - for those left behind.'' She was wvit,h the mournercts-at tile gr'ave--back to the hotuse to cheer the heart-broken i and leaLve them at, night withi a feeling that it was for the best. Anid it wvas a holiday wh'len grand mother caime over with her knittino or sewinig for an afternoon visit. She'lad the rocking-chair and1 the cosiest, cor nier, and no queen was more respected. Sheo r'eember'ed the wvar' with Mexico, I andl the fall of stars, andl two) or threco rear-thl(uaikes. She r'ecolected what f ovt rybody hiad dreamed, and how it camea out, and( who married who and1( how they prospecred. She had( seen1 two or three Presidents; been to New Yor'k ind Niagara Falis. She was a > miedlical college, an enceyclopedia and a I book of adventures combined, and( 1hcr goimg away at nlight left a vacancy I that she alone could( fil. -Is she still Ilivinig? If so, may the worl reverence her1. Is 1ho (lead? If , o, nuiry thie sunishine of lieaven have -iiiade her' the hiappliest, angel of them all! I)elig.i i-i of ( Iorunry Life. 'NowV, then, farmer,'' said the deni.. zen of the~ city, aIfter. he hiad mi.ado ar raingenments for the board of hiimself -andW fam iil y for a fortnihit, and p)aidl the b)ill ill advance, ''F suipposo we'll ofi gover while we are here--plen ty ogodcountry butter, and all thiat 'No d anlger oif starving, ch?'" "Oh)., no;, sirt; thle pctbilhers from thli city vcomet thiis way twvice a week wi th veg(etalhes, fruits, and suchl; the mii'!r traini slops anid leaves a1 cani every dIay, andt the buitter', ceese, anid eggs~ mian comei is round11( eviery SaturdIay' as regu.. Ia as U cItc w ork. You nieedn ' t have far b-Ut youi'll barVe plenity to "at.'' ''iiow's da t ar boy ob miiinocmn on in de Su nlay-school?'" askedi Sam ,Joihnsig of Lev. Aiminidab luditsoe, of thle Blu c1 liht C oloredl Tabhern acle "'Ib-t comeit up~ ighity slowv with the tcoh-I:' -"FIa Gjod, I'll tan his Sundta:y to put in de pilate."' 'arson l t.o exphiine th le diIfer-ence bii tween-i at coiet arid a Iollectioni, whlere uptot S:t ii: "Dii Jar's n10 uIso crowd ini' lhe i. ty, I no-bber had& ino talent for 'li'rion u h:e n 1 n~ as u boy.-- T1cz(as Other Worlds TAan Ours. Tho world of human affairs is in the It K mind. A man visits the park to-day. His soul is ill, and the grassy expanse, ,., the tree-Rlligeo, and the colors and Stor smell of the flowers come to him and side cure him. Ie remembers the park .5 fondly, and is impelled afterwards to .. return to it. Now his mind is well, Boli his spirit is proud. The same park is ,, there, but the visitor has no power to but seo it. He may begrudge the time are taken in the trip. hear A farmer goes across a fine field. He ,, discovers a Canada thistle, and a panic yel takes hold of him. lie goes home and i endeavors to affect the minds of his sons with the same alarm. The must ati all get their boos and search for adlt thistles, or the farm will be overrun bold and they will all be ruined. A lady, J visiting this farm, goes acrgss the in(i same field. . She discovers a long- 5o)( looked for plant. 11er heart is all aglow, and she takes such a view of bell the surroundings that she afterwards retr sits down and writes to a friend that, rv she will over regret this friend might ser not have been thero just then to share fron the scene. She would even have te guessed that her host, the farmer now the panic-stricken over the thistle, would m only have to go to that same spot to reas xet the emotions which she enjoyed. r.6 Now let us imagine that her friend, to - whom she writes, by sonic chance were be i traversing that field and there heard of the (leatil of husband or dlhild. All the not beauties of the scene would still be won there, but the satt effoet which they had dih on the farmer would be intensilied ten ' thousand times in the mind of the re- ani ci'picnt of such news. How truly and Northumberland speaks in the second ther pat, of King Henry Fourth: tI and "Yet the first bringor of unitclcomec news toba Hath but i losing cfilce, and his tongue Sounds ever afI .t as a sulon ell, Coil Itemembrc,ed kuolling a ucIarted friend." CoCII Each man upon this earth lives in thin] his own world, a cocoon, a chrysalis, we p which has grown less permeable each 'K year. It is idle for us to present our deje world to him-when he is not in the has mood to leave his invisible shell. Thus ed t the author, the painter, the statesman sons -all who depend for their success on '] reaching the inner and finer attributes girl, of their associates-must abide a patient go 1 time. What elicited antipathy yester- casc day may pass with apathy to-day; may pi)c meet with sympathy to-morrow. cou The czar of Rusiia reigns an absolute out monarch because his nations are as. pleased that he should. ' When he passes by, the peasant feels an exalta- age tion of spirit, and believes that he is ii rets the presence of something holy. Let us suppose some angel visited every Soi home in all the Russias and spoke to won boyard and peasant with the power of seer truth. The ten diadens at Moseow trad would count for no more than the samo peit number of crowns in the property- cag< room of a theater. No assassin would thes need to mole his way und r the palace sale at St. Petersburg. The czar would be sale an impossible personage. leas Louis the Sixteenth of Franco was the yesterday a saint and a king. His ends associates were counts andi dukes and dud< marquises. .To-day his people are who changing their minds. To-morrow the first kig will be acondemned and executed abet felon. His associates will be wander- the t ers on the face of the earth. Even the werc church, the very basis of French so- thos< ciety, will be torn out of the hearts of for t the people. and God and government has I botl be defied and set at naught. The be n: rest of the world, unable to see the good light let in by the French revolution, pack will look on in dismay and believe the pear people of a whole nation have gone. to di ilad at one and the same time. ers Some years ago a German paper- mad sarrier on WVest Madison street inl Chii- of thI :ago arose at 4 o'clock a. mn., washed, pape iressed, took a street-car, visited the maki marious newsp)aper oflices, .got his lung >apers, returned to his hlouse, laid his couc nl of papers on a counter-tile p)laee vas a liaundry-wvent to the bed wheroe us wife was still slteping, shot her ieadh, and then lay diown beside her A mdit took his owvn life in tile Samie way. r.eel sowv whiat a gulf thlere was between wvas lIe goings anud comings of this man: poor mud the life within him. Truly, the her master was away. Hadl you met tile $5 body of tis man on the street you tendt would simply have been speaking to dliedi the overydiay attributes to whlom lie loss, hlad left the charge of his being.' 're To-day a shoemaker opens1. shop at a still new stand. A caller asks for Thomp.. pale son, the former tenant. T1he inquirer that is informed very p)olitely that Thiomp drelts son has moved to Dakota. Thei inexitiqual caller is told less politely. Thel next Sii caller is spiokeni to formally; the next aft' curtly; tile next half angrily. Now wo you yourself drop in to see Thomplson. atre<~ You leave that shop1 withl the im pres..an sionl that you muet tho "'chamioniti mean wh le mian."' You have seen him! There lie ifet is-keeping shop1 ini Thlom pson's old she pilace. But you have not. It (hid not and1( r-aini as hard as you suipposedI. You agai stoodi under the eaves of a large roof iniad andI got all thio water. That other man 1, bi dioes' not move along in the street-car. A in lie is not a brute necessarily. Ilis lit.. dires the worldi may bto In titter dlarknetss coUg Ilis wvifo iiay hlav(l died yesterdiay. ceif Sio niay even be wvorse thati dlead to fice him. Last week he would have gone base Lith whole length of the car to obligo setn you. You ask the name of the street Poss~ from a chianeo p)asser. Think of it!i"'os lie may have been neglecting his most hurt1 impiortant interests for two days. lie linay nout even have been ab)le to receivo motley from diebtors1 on account of the fi res of grief, passion. d isapploinltmetnt Ri wvhich suirge wvithin im-ii is it not a of th wvoniderful ih ing if hie shall give you e,00, ieenit anuswer?I tild "'We ar;e such tiling as dreams are pl aci mad on(1 i''-never were truer wor'ds .1)1ac, tipoken! Let las go out among our fel- lng lowvs with exceeding charity. if we tiroi )ould ii 5o( in to their trule existence, our aild. ,aaths wvouldl be much easier to fol low. coith ret, wvith the knowledhre tha't each tearth nani hmves a different lifS and SeeLs a fecth laiceront world, we mayv comoe to a bet- founl ,or untderstanding with our friends aund the e Smore enduring truco with our oe- poiro 1lios---John~Al McGover, in thec Current. ed in A noegro fellI fronra four-story buui. svt ng in Charl restonl oin th1 p)iazza shled )lowV, .and(, lolling oifi, fell on thletcic ~rouind in tile yard. 1I10 was Iisensi- er il for- a siiort time, but qulickly recov- tca .9 red, andi, on b)eing as5kett if 110 was j 5i1 eriously hurt, hIe aniswered: "'Oh, no. wl 1(1 hIad fallen on his headt, and( no bones theg vero broken. 1 1lls, but "There's Millions In It." lave you any cigarets, Mr. Dru o1 Man?" a dude asked a North drug store. mny kind you wish." 11 take a package of Mignonet 1tot..' Vell, we haven't any by that namo, hero is the next thing to It. These allod '1'11 never forgot my sweet '11 try those," said the thin-logged ig man, and as he balanced a shin pair of glasses upon a long and nent nose ho gavo several puff3 to samplo of the nw brand, glanced irimgly at the pale face reflected nd the cloud of smoke in the look -lass, and vent his way, gayly itling the air to the latest love to prescription clerk camo out from ud his window and looked at the .ating figure in contempt: "Ob e," ho said, "how the youth ad d himself as lie puffed away in t of the glass. Well, I dare ty tobacco sickened him, but ho kes because it looks well. I pre a he wears glasses for the samo ou have no right to complain," the proprietor, "trade would not ilf so good for us if the dudes did t noke. You might as well tell the j en to stop eating morphine and Lnso with cosmetics. Suppose they 1 what would become of our occu )ns? We might have to turn in (1o what, those muel are doing out f -scrape the streets. It's all for t >cst. The (hide smnokes cigarets, t while he does ie patronizes the c -co case. After awhile lie gets a , It and goes to the doctor, and I ~S to us5 with a prescr'iption. i lo i cs lie has a fatal disorder, and so et the best of him a<ain." hat may be so," sald the clerk, stedly, "but in the meantime ho married a rich girl and is prepar lead a life of ease while niore < iblo men are rollingr ills.' f you want to catch onto a rich " said the proprietor, "you oughter nd hire out as a coachman. In that you'd have to get, Used to a cob a la Carlisle, that is until you d stand in with the family and iind where the oid man kept his llavan (ou don't mean to infer that dudes the only people who smoke ciga do you?" a reporter asked. \o; they are the largest customers. e are consumed by young boys and en. The dude and the cigaret i made for on another, and the e in them-I nean cigarets-de I upon the crop of dudes. In Chi o there must ie large numbers of o silly young men, for the annual of cigarets is immense. A whole dealer told me recently that at 100,000,000 of them were sold by irms he could name on his fingers' It is a question whether the was called out by the cigarot or her he originated the cigaret. 'T'he cigarets were made for the trade t ten yeurs ago, up to which timo obacco andi papers of which they made were sold separately, and > who smoked them made them temselves. Since then machinery )een invented by which they can t ado mil large quantities. Since the s began to be sold in ready-made ages the trade has shifted, it ap- t t, from the confirmed smokers over des and beginners, tho old smok referring cigars, because they are 3 of better tobacco and have none e poison contained in 111( ciraret r. T1his enters into the Clood, ~s the fance hale, settles upon01 the 4, anid gives birth to a hacking It ewitched WVe(l(ling D)ress-. very singular case has come out I illy in regard to a young girl wvho 2lngaged to be0 married. Sho was anid her intended hiusbaund bought I 'vwedding dIross at an expense of Blefore the wedding day the in 01 br'idegroomi was taken sick andi Thie bride-elect mourned his and14 finally imlaginied that he wans lt about her, and that shte wvould. be married to him. She told her [ats howv she felt, and they told her sihe muist get rid of the wveddinig 3. She sold it fort $10 to an ac ntanice and sooni recoveredl her' ts. 'I'he girl who bought the dlress she got, it inmagined~ thiat she id lead a badi life, and shIi was so 1041 thait she was out of her head, her parenti s Mu nt the dr ess back, 4 she recovere 1. No. 1 wvas soon ted as befoir', anid s(o iiuchl so that senft, the diress hack toi No. 2 atrain, lien she recovered. No. 2~ was n affected. an 144 aI tttem pt wvas e to r<81r4 the dress againz to No. it he1 ianmily declined to reCeUivo it. lico olicer was sent to take the a back, after (oins ult at iozf wit h iacl, buit, niither pairty would4 ire. bit, and4 now the friends oIf the of-I are looking to see himii go off his on4 accoun lt (of thii dress5. It woul d 4 as though tic 4)h4 Sailemr witchies ssed1( thle dress, and4( it is barelyc ible thiat thle g:irmenit miight ho A~ Geent Ielnl.t. clbartl A. I roittor satys thait the age (1 earth is phired4( by some i at 500I,- k~ I00 y,ears, and44 still others -(of 1:ater ' amionig liem the' 1)iil2 of Ar'ryll, c wihiat procene' have been gone igh. Th le :art h miio st hanvi become b I give noi rea:L.ol for it, that thiet Swouild ati onie tim be44 comoi per- n I dIry. Sinace then'i it has been I that. Newo c orlu v:~ 'rect. As fr ar11h kep cool(1(11ineg it wi'ill become a 4s, anud great cavilties will be form-- k the inlterior4 whih w vill take in thre .It is e'. liatedl thait this lpre s iiow ini pro<ress. so far that the e dlimlilih '4- I the rate of the b niess oIf a she oc1 f wi i rig paper a , At this~ rate ini 9,000,000) years y 'at4e1 wvill havie s;iunk a1 mile, andi in r 3,Uf00 yea4rs every trace of water y. ave d isappeared from t,be face of a lobe. Optical Illusions, Many of you know about optical il usions, and the curious mistakes which ho oyo sometimes makes concerning nu object at which it is looking; but ow of us know how frequently we our elves aro the victims of uptical il usions of one sort or another. The act is, we see nearly as much with our hxperienco as we see with our eyes. Ye know an object to be of a certain orni in one position, and of a certain olor in one light; and we are too apt o fancy that we seo it of that form and color in all positions and lights, regardless of the fact that, seen from snotier stand-point, the contour of it ma:y appear entirely differont, and that a diflurent light may totally chan o the color of it. We all know that the actual color of clean boots is black, and a beginner in painting almost al ways paints them perfectly black, whereas the direct rays of the sun or of an artificial light may make them ap pear nearly white in parts; while if thcy be placed near some bright sub htance, such as a pieco of orange-peel, r a crimson scarf, they will reflect the solor of that 'object, and so become )range or red in parta, and an expert minter would so represent them. We lear people speak of "the white of the hyc," and beginners with the brush )ften give a very ghastly expression to heir attempts at portraiture by paint ng the white of the eye pure white; vhereas, owine to the projection of he brows, the lids, and the lashes, it s often thrown into deep shade, and nay be even darker than some of the lesh tints. Now, if their eyes were rained liko those of a skilled artist, hey would know the true color of all >bjeets they beheld. But this is tihe rery hardest, thing an artist has to earn, namely, to know really what he loes see. In coloring, almost everything de >ends upon the nature of the light. A vhito handkerchief is black in a dark OOmh. An exceilent aid to the study of col or is to take a white card, and with .our paints try to match on it some int in any oil-painting, chromo, or .ven colored fabric which you may ave. Then cut a small hole in the -ard adjoining your tint, and place the ,ard over the tint you have copied, so that you can seu it through the hole, hio by side with your own attempt. 1'hen you will see at once how nearly ro': have matched the tint.-Frank dellcwu, in St. Nicholas for October. Tile Velocity of the Moon. From the article on "The Surround ings of the Sun," by Professor Lang ley, in the October Century, we quot the following: ''We can faintly picture, perhaps, how it would seem, from a ttation near the lunar orbit, to see the noon-a moving world-rush by with i velocity greater than that of the can ion-ball in its swiftest flight; but with ,qual speed its shadow actually travels !long the earth; and now, if we re .urn from our imaginary station to a eal one hero below, we are botter pro )ared to see why this flying shadow is uch a unique spectacle; for, small as t may bo when seen in relation to the vhole globe, it is immense to the ob erver, whoso entire horizon is tilled vith it, and who sees the actual veloci y of one o; the heavenly bodies, as it vere, brought down to him. "The reader who has ever ascended o the Superga, at Turin, will recall the uagnificent, view, and be able to un lerstand the good fortune of an observ r (Forbes) who once had the op)por unmty to witness thence this p)henomo on, aiid under a neariy cloudless sky. I perceived,' lie says, 'in the south. vest a black shadow like that of a torni about to break, which obscured ho Alps. It was the huinar shadow 'ominig towvard us. ' And lho speaks of 110 'stup)efaction'-it Is his word auisedl by thie speCctacle. 'l confess,' .0 continuIes, 'it was the most terrify rig sight I ever sawv. As always hap. 'ens in the cases of sudden, silent, un xpeOcted moevemients, t,he spectator onfoulnds real and relative motion., alt almost giddy for a moment, as bougn the massive building under me >owed on the sido of the coming clipse.' Anlothler witness, who had 10c1n looking at some bright clouds just efore, says: 'The bright, cloud I saw listincetly piut out, like a candle. T1ho al)ndity of tile shadowv, and the inten uity, piroduced a feeling that something nlateriail was sweeping ever the cartht it a sp)eed peOrfectly frightful. [ invol intarily listened for the rushing noise >f a mighlty wvind. A Lilti l Savage, A bout thle time wheni baby begins to >ult away mionikey mniiners, and to tantd onl tVwo feet like a man11, ho .Jegins .o show, m1 aL very marked (degree, tile ~haracterist,ics of savage tribes. For wo or three years of this plart of life lie best baby is a little savage. His denis of p)rop)erty are intensely savage. Jo maly be said to boe always more or oss. "'on the grab"' (1 object to slang .s muchl as any mani, but really there 11no other way of describing the teixt ncies exlibited at this stage of bab hy's areer.) If lie 11a1 small brothers or isters (or both), lie is always mere or iss at war with thi.ooneiglhboring say ges. If lie is deprived of anything lie as conmo to regardl as his p)ropecrty <luito mistakenly, it may wecll bo.) or lie sees in the hands of his small insfolkc any goods or chauttols which som pleasing in his eyes, he has but no way of oxp)ressing his wishes; sing his hiands as weapons If ho have o others handy, but bringing down a ick or brush or book (as the ease may a) on thet' head of his enemy with all 10 zeal of a Fijian or a jllbboway on 10 waLr-pathu. Girl bab s are pretty early as had as boy babies in those atters, only the girl savage differs om the boy savage much as savage oman ditfers from savage man.-Bos n& Tr-avetler. "Tot," said Blossom, "have you ever eeni baptizedP" "Yeth, I i'avo been Lptithed. 1 remember all about It." l)0 youl?" said Blossom. "Did the miister put,1 water en your head like he ld on baby Johnnio's?" "No-o-o," dld Tiot; "the doctor lie juithit scratch 1 my arm and rubbed something on it, i didn't hutrt a bit."-Bodton Globe. WIT AND HUMOR. "Why does a dog chase his tailt" asks an i'le paragrapher. Beoauss it fleas from him, of course.-Burlingkti ,F3'ee Press. "So you think John is becoming a great man in the city?" said a farmer, speaking of his absent son to a com panion of the youth. "Great man! I should say so. Why, there ain't a bar keeper In the city hardly that he don't call by his first name." When Mrs. Homespun read In the paper that Slappandash had "failed for 200,000" she said he was a lucky fel low. She thought-the innocent crea ture-that he got that much money by failing? What ridiculous ideas the women do have about business! When Mrs. Pinaphore read that "Foo Chow had fallen," she said th a this might be good news to those who liked the stuff, but she wouldn't buy the mixture if it were to fall to three cents a quart. It is supposed the good woman was thinking of chow chow. Said Jones: "We're going to run Blif kins for Judge this falL" Said Smith: "Blifkins! What does be know about law?" "Nothing at all. He never saw a law book. That's the reason we are going to run him. We think that If he is ignorant of law we may get a little justice." Blunkin and his wife had been in dulging in a family discordance and finally Mrs. B. exclaimed: "Well, I've got my opinion of any man that talks as you do." "Oh, have you! Well, you can keep it if you want to." "No, I can't, either. It's so awfully bad al ready that it won't keep." "What," asks a very tender writer, "what can take the place of babies?" Sh! Bond your car a little closer and we'll toll you. Other babies. You didn't suppose this year's crop would last forever, did you? Goodness, man, it will be clear out of style in eighteen months. -Brooklyn Eagle. The neatest fraud in Saratoga is said to be a girl who is apt at making such very disingenious remarks as this: "Deary me, Sophy, you have just the same perfume in your scent bottle that your brother Dolph puts on his mus tache." And then she wonders wide eyed what they are laughing at. For bO, sake of truth men should be more careful how they talk. It was but yesterday that we heard a gentle man say of a pretty girl who had just passed: "She is a sweet girl," when on investigation we found that he had never even kissed her. Sueh talk is an outrage on truth.-Kentucky State Jour. nal. A teacher asked a bright little girl the other day what country was oppo site to us on the globe. "1 don't know, sir," was the reply. "Woll, now," pursued the teacher, "if I were to bore a hole through the earth and you were to go in at this and, whero would you come out?" --Om of the hole, sir," said the pupil in triumph.-New York World. "How wet the poor dear boy's hair is," exclaimed the loving mother, as she placed her hand tenderly upon her child's head. "Playing out in the hot sun makes the perspiration start from every pore." And little William Henry turned aside as he thought to himself that he would go in swimming again just as often as ho could while the hot weather lasted.-howell Citi sen. Scone af the San Jose train: Gen tleman in seat. Enter lady. Gentle man rises, gives lisa seat to lady, leaves his valise under the seat, goes into the smoking car. Next station. Young lady looking out at window. Man ruishes along, looking for hi." valise. Young lady hands it out. Next sta, tion. Gentleman comes from smoking car, bends down under seat, apologizes to lady for troubling her to rise. Young lady gets up. No valise. Tableau. Ban Francisco Chronicle. The tallest bird known to ethnolo gists was found by Professor Herbert in the lower eocene deposit. near Paris, France. It was over twelve feet in hiej&it and could have bitten a man's head oil, as easily as a woodpecker can mpij a cherry. WVe cannot be too thank ful that this bird has gone out of fash ion and existence. Ladies would have wanted to wear it on their hate, and meni who sat behind such bonnet orna mnents in the theatres would be unable to see whether a ballet or a prayer meeting was in progross on the stage. -Norristown Hecrald. One of our English cousins was re cently placed at dinner by the side of a charming woman who had been re questod by the hostess to amuse the stranger. They were getting on very wvell, wheni lhe dIrew attention to a guest opposite by say ingt I say, do lol at that spotted ma dyou ever see such an objectP" the ladiy said with much dignity, to stop his prattle If p)ossible: "Yes; that is my hus band." And the wretch said: "Oh, how jolly, you know, because you can' toll me-is he really spotted all over?" Trho happy lot of the street-.car driver Is thusi dlescribed by an ironical driver in New York: The horses have to walk, you know, but the driver just leans up against the dashboard and rides. 1f vou're fond of ridin' it's a soft job. Fourteen shillin' a day is a big aumn of money to pay out for seventeen hours' work, but the oompany is rich and can stand it. It costs a driver very littlo to live, because he dloesn't have time to cat anything. I used to keep naost of my money in the bank, but so many of 'enm are bustin' up that I dr&wed it all out, and new I've got it up to the house p)ackedi away in b/arrels. She was a remarkably sensible'yoong lady who made the request ofs her friends that after her decease she. should not be burled by the side o ' a brook where babbling lovers we 14d wake lier from her dreams; nor in any grand cemetery, where uight-sees -:onning over epitaphs, mIght distract her, but be laid away to take her last iloop under the counter of some mer ihant who did not advertise. in -the newspapers. 'There, she saJnt, was to be found peace surpassing all under standing-a depth of quiet slumber, on which neither the sound of the buoyant foot of youth nor the weary shuffle og old age would ever intrude.-4abany ( Ga. ) News.