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VOL.1 XIV. PCES .C, HUSA_B.TAR The Mongol and the Maiden. Said the Greenaway girl at the stilo, Who has always an asmiablo smaie, To the ivory inin who was brought fror Japan (le was harpening a sword all tho whilo): "I can not understand why you frown I" "I'm desirous of I>utt Ilg you (own," Ie replied. "You're so now, and your froeb is so blue, " And your sisters are all over town I "I am ancient" (he stated his age), "A nd tun said to Exhibit a Stage; See the tint of my tiesh 1" "My complexion's more fresh," Anaworod she "and my mxnnors engage I" "1ini expensive" (ho mentioned his: prioe), "Whilo a dino. I suppose, woulti sufico To obtain one of you I You'll eXOUBO 1110 It's true 1" "Yes, I know," said the maid. "but I'm nicol' And I heard .them, and straightway decide, Till the Mongol abahdons his pride, And the naiden revores his position nd years, They shall stand on the shelf side by side. -lelen Gray Conc, In the Christmas St. Nicholas. ONLY h ERSELF TO BLAME. In the broad back porch of a pleas ant farmhouse sat two young girls on gaged in some light needlework. The porch was shaded by the wide branches of an elm, beneath which, at a table sat a tall, good-looking -oung man, par aking of an eleven o clock lunch. He was evidently just from the field, for he was in his shirt sleeves, and a sunburnt straw hat lay on the grass, while he partook, with a healthy, hearty appetite, of the light biscuits and fresh milk and butter placed be fore him. And as he ate he looked at the two young girls in the porch, particularly the prettier of the two, whose light-yel low hair the breeze had "luff'edr most .becomingly about her fair face. She had something of a coquettish look and air, while her companion was -quiet, with thoughtful grey eyes and an almost ditlident expression. 'Mother'' called the young man 'presently, looking towards the open istchen window, ''some more milk if 4 yo)u please." Mrs. Wheeler came to the door with her sleeves rolled up, and a small pitcher in her hand. Both girls rose to take it from her; but she placed it, as if instinctively, in the hands of the light-haired girl, saying: "Tom seems thirsty to-day; but mead owing in July is warm work." "And hungry work, too," Tom re marked, laughing. ''Thank you, Lot tie; but won't you stay and t:alk to me hpre while I cat?" "No, indeed; I've too much to do to be able to waste my time here in chat tin V." "' hy, that's something new? Don't you always sit and talk to me at lunch time?" "Not always, by any means. And - because I've (lone it occasionally is no A reason why I should keep on doing it all my life.'' He looked up at her enquiringly. "What's the matter, Lottie? Any thing happened to vex you?" "No, indeed! How unreasonable you are, Tom! If I am not always laughing and chattering, you think I a11.n out of temper." ''hie girl on the porch looked up gravely from one to the other, but said nothing. Tom sippel his milk slowly. His appetite seemed suddenly to have de serte(d hini. The girl stood at a little distance, partly turned from him and sewing on the rulie in her hafid. After a while, setting down his emp ty mug, lie said in a lower tone: "'Lot tie, wouldn't you like to drive to the pienic to-imorrow ini my noew buggy?'' "'I don't knowv that I am going,'' she answeredl without raising her head. "Not going! WVhy, for what reason?" "'It will be so hot, and the roadl so dusty.'' she answered hesitatingly. "ell I don't wish to take you a amuist four will," he answered a litao 11UIJ1 'iUlIOlUll 11 1!1"l Osnog4 POIlM0 XMp U11M'O his hat, turned away, and Alice and el Lottio caino up the lane towards the a] house. Then Tom hastened his steps and tt overtook them. d; "Where havo you beenP" he on- st quired. er "'To S(quiro Redmond's, to see Miss tc Marion Re(dmond," answered Lottio, who was looking bright and smiling sc "I thought you did not like Miss in Redmond, ' he retvrned a little coldly. "Neither do I. She's so absurdly s dignified and self-important. But that's is not why we shouldn't visit, being near ni hbors and old school-mates. -1 I thought you paid the last visit a I few days ago, ' said Tom. _ "Yes," sho answered, coloring, but I' this was quite an informal call. I ti; wanted an embroidery pattern." "And Mr. Archie walked home with ' you?" "As far as the gate. As lie had to go h, to the post-offlce, we would not lot him come any farther." A. Then she added, looking down and c,) carefully imprinting each footstep in w the moist sand: di "I shall see enough of him to-mor row, I suppose, at the picnic." st "So you are going to the picnic, af- pl ter all?" said Tora quickly. g4 She looked up into his face with a charming little smile. il "Now, Tonm, you have no right to scold. If Mr. Redmond had offered to take me through the hot sun and dusty road in a buggy, I would have refused. i He knew I had refused your escort tn der those circumstances, so ho pro- a, posed that we should walk--le and I and Kate Redmond-through the i1: Marsden Woods. It's a private way n4 you know, and I promised. They say si it's a lovely walk, and being a direct tv path, not too long." Tom made no answer. Lottie af fected not to perceive his moodiness; but ti, was all smiles and sweetness, till near Al the house he left them and turoed vt off to the stables, to see that the men C were properly attending to the stock. no He did not stay long there. le felt tired arid depressed, and entering the tl house, laid himself down upon a com- i fortable sofa in the parlor. le h'le windows were open, and a cool T, breeze, laden with the perfume of the hi roses on the porch, came softly and ht soothingly in. Presently he heard the girls eoning m lightly downstairs, and then Lottie's m Voice at the porch: T, "Where's lon? Not conic in yet, I suppose. Well, we '-vill sit here till c Supl) per's ready." A "Lottie," c'tid Alice, as the two hi seated thenscyives on the bench inside A the screen of tie roses. "I suspect that \ Tom isn't very pleased, and really I w think you are treating him very badly.'' w ''how so?" "You are not kind to him. You bi know he loves you, and until within a fe few days, I felt sure that you loved him." hi "Oh, well, we like each other well si enough. What have I done to bring cc upon myself one of. your solenu lec tures?" "If you love Tom, why do you en courage Mr. Redmiond?1' "Why, Allie, I'm not married to Tom of yet, and I don't know that I ever shall ty be. And, my dear, you ought to know se a secTet it's always a good thing to in have two strings to your bow. It gives at you a choice, you know; or, if one al should fail, you have the other to do- w, pend lp)on.'ti a "Lottie, you're not in earnest?" sti "Indeed I am. I like Ton. lie's landsomer than Archie Redmond, and r riher, too, with this ine fari all his owyn, and the money his father left ril hini; but somec peop)le would say that to Mr. Red,mond wvas a better match alto- hec get her." "Why, Lottie, if you think in this Zy wvay, you cannot really care for Tlom. I felt sure that you and lie wvould make sh a match.'' "'Well, it isn't impossible. Only lie , hasn't asked me yet.'' ''But lie will.,, or Lottie laughed. si "Sup)pose hie don't? Then I muay bc have Archie Rednmond to fall back up- ~ oni. And supp~ose I can't get Archiie? c Tlhen there is loim."'' Tlomi Wheeler rose up slowly from bu the sofa, and walked softly from the od room, out into the yard and garden. re ''So that is her game, is it? I would in not have believed it of her. TIwo strings to one bowv! Two stools to sit a upon, rather. WNell, she'll comie to the i ground for any sup)port she will get 39 out of me.''t" .The picnie was a very pleasanit af- a fair, as everybody saidl--everybodly but be 'Tom Wheeler. Strive as lie would a gainst it, lie was consumed with jeal- ci ousy and dhisappoinitmenit; and his un-c hiappmiess was app)arenit to moist look- .l ers-on. Even Mr. Arehio Redmond at p)erceivedi it. k "'What's the mi.ttter with 'Tomn k Wheeler?' lie said, after the lattertI turned away, after giving an abruptli reply to a remiark of his. "lie is not I like himself to (lay.'' Iihe emiumiry wVas adldres led to his couis, Miss Redmond; but Miss .lriplett, the gossip and( newsmonger of the neighborhmood took upon herself to replv: "'iVhly, Mr. Redniond,' saidl she O( archly, ''you ought to know if anyone li( "'IP What have I to (do with it?'' "'What a look of injured innocno But really you ought to 1)0 ashamed to 1 flirt so, andi cut out pioor Toni Wheeler, a you nauirhty maniIi!''i And A iss Triplett smilingly showved vi her false teethm, and1( playfully tap)ped ho Mr. Redhmiond on the shoulder with her re .''Really, Miss TIrilett, you speak d< m sterms." te 'You dlon'tI really mean to say that you did not know.Toim Wheeler is a. N ocod as engaged( to Lottie Stewardi hi vhy it's beeni an understood fact for 8 st year par,t." Rodlmondl colored, lie hadl adlmired a Lottie, anod been nmuch struck with hier pretty face andl sweet manners; and this news regarding her hadl somehowy am afetedl him unpleasantly. t "'I never before hieardi of this,'' hi said qluietly. "Is it possib~le? But then you hiave b)een here so short a time. WVell, in that ease we wvill exonerate you. hBut 0) there is no excuse fo,- Lotti uStwr.. v girl that can change as suddenly as to has towards Tom Wheeler must be together heartless." Arehie Redmond overheard one or vo other similar remarks during the ty, and watching Lottio closely, he w that while she gave him undoubted icouragoment, she yet seeme(d anxious not entirely break oir with Ton. He wis paned, for lie had, uncon iously to himself, become interested the pretty sprightly girl. "She is deceiving either him or my. If,'' he thought, "and in either case, not the right sort of a girl for me." "Tom," whispered Lottie, with one her sweet smiles, "as Alide is to Fc :me with her mother from the picnic, -I'll ride back with you in the buggy. ve told Mr. Redmond that I'm too :ed for the lou" walk back." "Thank you! said Tom coldly. [But Alice won't ride home with her other. I've promised to take her )me in my buggy." Lottie turned and looked around for rchie Redmond. She would have to :plain, and walk back with him, hiich was no disagreeable prospect, ,spite her declaration of weariness. '1he weariness, in fact, had been as umed; fo'r she saw that Tom was not eased, and wished to put him in a )od humor again. "Where is Mr. Redmond?" she said tstily to Katie, who was at the mo ent skipping past. "Cousin Arehie? oh, he's gone home ith the Calverts --Miss Calver asked rn-and I'i going to ride home with amma and the rest. Not half so nice walking, is it?" Poor Lottie! both her bow-strings d failed her -a predicament she had >t foreseen, or, to accept Tom's ver >n, she had come to the ground be een two stools. However, a kind neighbor gave her t lift" in his wagon, in which situa )n she had the mortification of seeing r. Redmond drive past in Mrs. Cal irt's carriage, beside pretty May alvert, while Tom and Alice, in the w bugy, had left them far behind. She was very angry with 'T'om, ough she had to admit to herself that was ali her own fault; and when she t the farm a few d:ays after, she and )m hadn't quite made it up, neither ad Archie Redmiond again called upon . Lottie had promised to spend Christ as at the farm, and she made up her ind that she would be satisfied with )m, and marry him after all. But before Christmnis came she had ard two astounding reports. Mr. 'chie Redmond was to be married to s cousin, Miss Marion Redmond, and ice Brown was engaged to-Tom heeler! There were to be two big ddings . at Christmas, and Lottio is invited to both. '1 here is no doubt but that she was tterly disappointed, for, as she coa ssed, she really liked Tom. But she had also to admit that only srself was to blame. She had tried to t on two stools at once, and she had me to the ground. Disguised as a Dude. One day there appeared on the streets a Texas town a dude of the dudiest pe, and, of course, he was the ob rved of all observers. IIe was quiet everything but his dress, and until out 4 o'clock in the afternoon he got >ng very well, and at that hour he mnt out for a walk, and as lio passed saloon on the opposite side of the -eet he was saluted by a chorus of Ils from a lot of cowboys assembled front. "Put a thimble over it," "'Tie a'blue >bon to it,'' ''Do it up~ ini pinik cot s,'' "Grease it andl slip it into a knot le,"' ''Give it to a tailor,'' and such olamations rang out, and the dude Liked very slowly and took it all in. Finally, Bol us H ankus, the terror, outedl: "Ho01(1 on, boys; sit still a minnit and Ltch the fur fly. Stick your peepers to that tubular biler hat and see me not a hole cl'ar through it." Bolus pulled thme gun, an(d the other ys stood back to enjoy the sport, uile the dx'a walked slower than er. Pop1 v, cnt the gun and the hat flew, t the (dude, amieker than flash, whirl around, and a long, pearl-handled volver shone in the sun light for an stant and then cracked. Bolus' hat mped six feet ofl' his head, and before y of the boys could think, five more *ts jLumpIed uip after live little puffs of loke rose from the other side, andI en the crowd, with a yell, broke ound the corner as if a cyclone had en after them. The dude smiled, and scratched his in reflectively. "W~ell,"' he s~aid to himself, "clothes ecs miake some dill'' in a man's looks; l' I'm a thiinkin' if the boys hed( iowedt I wuz Jim Beardsley they'd a tme had my little sport, and not got eir~ hats spiled. Well, well, sich is e. I guess I'dl better go over andl 'em irrigate thmeirselves on my bank count."'---e.r'as .Sif'ting.. Napoleonic Strategy. "'What a brilliant idea! Ishall capt 0 hinm now beyond a doubt,''exclaim Miss Minnie Minicy, as shne clappedC( r hands in glee andt communed with e silent stars. The next evening she determnined to it the idea into execution. Alphonse > Poultice called as usual; they took wvalk as usual; they approachoed an -cream saloon as usual, and1 he in. ted her to tarry awhile as usual, but tre the idea came into play and she plied: ''No, thank you; I lind that ice-cream mes niot agree with me, andl I have de r'mined never to touch aniother plato.'' It was seemuingly a grand( stroke of apoleonic genius, and( she could not Ip admiiring her brain power as lie artedi back mi a (daze. D)id lhe p)ropose? No, gentle reader. Things (10 not wvay s turn out as we expect. lie erely made up his mind that lhe wouild ic~k to that girl right along year in ud ye'ar out until lie met somebody at lie wanutedl to marry. - -Philadelphia During the last ten years Italy has pendted 3100,000,000 on monster war FOR SERVICES RENDERED. A Renarkablo Ullt Which a Young PhysI clan Tendered a Fair Patient's n Father. A romantic little story reached the e ears of a reporter for the Inter-Ocean NN yesterday. It touches on sickness, s pills, and love. A certain charming young lady living in one of the south- e orn suburbs was taken seriously ill a tl few weeks ago. 1Ier parents, who are 1 quite wealthy, employed the best medi cal talent obtainable, but the worthy k disoiplqs 9t medicine who examined her 'i pronounced her case tp be incurable, s and said that she was beyond human h aid. The parents were in despair. By I some accident the father heard of a e young doctor who had but recently lo cated in the village, and whose list of I patients was not at all large, but who a had ever given satisfaction when called upoi H-o was asked to see the sick t girl. He called, looked at the patient I steadily, then turned to the anxious parents and said, firmly and decisively: t "I can save your daughter!" 1 "Do you think so?" was the excited query. I "I know so!" was the positive an swer. "Save my daughter and name your I prico for your services," exclaimed the 1 loving father. "Then I must have entire charge of the case," said the young doctor. As the other doctors had given no I encouragement whatever for her re covery the case was readily placed in the young physician's hands. Ile went to work, patiently, earnestly; took on tire charge of his fair patient; watched t over her day and night. In a week she began to improve; two weeksfound v her out of danger; in three weeks she could sit up, and at the end of four a weeks she was well and could take v long drives with her devoted doctor. J He had indeed redeemed his pledge- r had saved his charge. One day, after the complete recovery of the young lady was positively as- j sured, the father called the young doe- . tor into his library. Taking him by a the hand, he said: "Young man, you p have saved my daughter. I told you that if you did so you would be compensat ed at whatever price you chose to lix ti your services. I am now ready to car- si ry out my part of the agreement, as si you have so nobly done your work." "Do you really wish to pay ine my n own price?" asked the young doctor, I1 anxiously. 1. "Indeed I do, sir." 1i "Then I ask you to nive your daugh- sl ter to me in marriage, ' was the unex pectLd request. The old gentleman was naturally a little astonished at the nature of the b answer. lie hesitated a moment, then ri touched a bell. A servant answered. f. "Tell Hattie to step here," was the a command. if In a minute the daughter entered h1 the room. The father and the young a doctor stood facing one another. h "Hattie," said the old gentleman. o ")o you feel that you have fully recov ered?" "I am as well as ever, father." '')o you imagine what your doctor a1 wishes in compensation for his services d1 in saving your life?" was the sternly g ptt Iiestion. al "No," said the girl anxiously, "but - I am sure he deserves anything reason able. " "But I c.nsider his charge extor tionate," was the cmpiinhatic rcjoinder. "What is it father? I feel sure that Doctor would not be unreason able.'' "'Not uinreasonab)le! Whylt, iIattie he asks that I consent to his making you his wife; what have you to say to that?''"1 IInttie blushed violently for a in-ii ute; her little foot played with the r*ug I on the floor. then looking up arch ly, e. first at her :other and niext to the p young (doctor, who had meantime ut- I) tored no wvord, she said: "You say, father, wvhen I was sick all the other dloctors gave me uip and assured ni:e nothing but death?''" ''Yes, my daughter.''" '"And Doctor --- took my ease un- ti der those eircumnstanuce, told you lie tl would save me, and nursed me bacek to bi~ health and life?'' "Yes." I "Then, father, it strikes me that if I was an audit ing~ commnittee and had tot pass upon this b'ill, I'd argue that the ti one who brought mec back to my) health from applarent death would be pretty safe for ine to 1)e intirusted to when henIth wvas fully' regained. I wouildi check his bill 0.' K., and say nothing e about extortionate charges.'' VTe wedding will be du'ly celebrated in a very short time. h Buchanan, the first bhi leloi l'resi decnt, had quite a brilliant a'dminiiistra t.ion socially. IIis niece, IIarriet Lane, was in many resp)ets a magnificent C wvoman. 11er appe,arance wvas stinkin" and her manner wmmnnng. lItellectui ally she was very strong, and she p)re sidied over her uncle's household wvith' a diginity and grace that has handed her name dlownt to p)osterity as ono of r the best female characters ever in the i White IIouse. She has seen great sorrow since those days. I Ier uncle, whom she loved as a father, has p)assed I away, Iand her~i two little boy)3s, 10t and ,, 14, the fruit of hter ha:uppy imarriag e, have both dlied withbin the latst thItreo years. 11cr husband also (departedl this life suddhoenly within the last b yecar, ando thle lbrill int mist ress of th Ito Whi teouse Oio f a little imoro titan a h quarter of a century ago is a childless ti widow. nt A new skating .urf.:. *:t''' "Iry '(t'5 tal lee,'' has beeni invri-d by I )t. Cal a.ntarients, of Scarborough Enl'g. C onl- ci siderin g that after all ii itmehy a fe crystallIinte subs tnce and I ihat tere is al no lack of subst1aneces thai:t are crystial line at ord intary tempera1?ture0 s. l>r. Cal antarients5 exper11ieted i wit h a variety . of salts, and after a t ime' .su'C'eeded in makinig a~ mixturme conit:-ting tmaintily of carbionate amid ulhatei of 'uoda. wvhiich, wheni laid as a tloor hr his plan, enn ht skatedi on with regutl:~r ice skattes; thei resistance oif thme surface is juc-t i*gaai to that of ice, it looiks like ice. ando indeed when it has bieen sktrd oni, an go(t 'cut up'' a littlhe, the dleipt ioni is quiteo Bstonis hing. -'hildelph'ia J'rE ss. ChinIai's Strange Attachmiet(nt In Alaskia street on the eorner of a i1 arrow alley below Sixth,there is a din-. y laundry, with the name of "Walh co" painted in flaming letters on 01 razy sign above the door. T'his is 'hero Valh Ko lives and works ant'i pends his lonely life. p The house across the aller is justt :u h: Id, an<t the roof is just a.s crazy, and 1l 1o folks that live there are just oor and lonely as poor Wah. T1hat's where Tot live<d. EwrybiVlodyv new Tot. Tot's clothes w re old, and 'ot's face was wan, l>ut simiehow t he >ul of the little one erept into the eart of the lonely Ghinanian, aail i h :ee's eyes beamued as th.'y never be:at d before. So ho would stand by t he door and ! ok across the alley at 'yo: and snile ud Tot would patter :wro is; the littlei ceau of dirt and water, and elaspino ho chubl>y harnd aromiali Waha lKee 's, look up into hi, faoe :ani e t. 5rot's folks chicled ti' lit ' om.t' --foI hey hated the sight of "the h:vlmen,",l s they called Tot's friend. One day Tot stayed at:wi- -unt Wa ii o looked in vain' for the 'hahr. An. ther day passed ant t heli Wai Keu' ace grew satl and ii.. I - a Itt ;iv;. and .o shambled acro;; ti u.narrm- al-- 1 y and beggelTot's fl( to tell him . ihere Tot was. 'l'hey told himn she " a - . , that it t roul( be many lays befr 'l'(it would tl o about. So Wah went back to I i iin :hop r .nid rolled upt) hi: -i' "v : .lit to vork again, but hi; hna ,1"a ; il.-m ndt his heart was a ,n ::t- :lltr v il I he little houl-e wilrt' '; I iii. ' " O ne day W :ahl K e n ". i h';v r the i ave a great le:i., ftr !b- pre . l tl nainst time window, w;lee of Teu Tot--wh ite an<d wv: I tr iling. dWahl K.e cropp.. .anll anl acros, tlim' 1'!: 11 .:1m t,ld y the window. s Tot's voice was 'w1' "ak ii '1 mi.-hi t ot have the winld w u,t.. il lit ud talked lint :n n nlhilg her tisi : tu are, laugi;l itr h !h So every <l:i\ IT1'i -\i i' i i o window :int \','i I- - ni tl 1op1 amd Ibui ,l :It ' t . ( ' ghed. Sometit' ; wies wln' Wi t ii e e livto hvv );I,; op) Lo 1, n .mg in l ft .(\l! unlg lcih- hIm It agore the bahv. bi ! (ie look hi : tl :i i -! "WVah Kee ha1 In ' !aht Ke'e's b. hih , . " But To't dlii.!, tl-: y iri (1 lie h r. l ;- i (l '1'113' burieI Ii I '1''i ages- -Lwre w : I:.., t tl,er and i the r ft 1 nud Wahlh:'l ah :-r . I the silene' oft oii' :i h , i e rode and grri'vr<i it: - ae lid the pratl lin n1tof t so th t had wor;)ipe wi i)i, :", ut in E his pagan fai111h. They buiiedt her ttle grave in a1 1:t l .,:t f i nall, and W:ae 'ii . _reve f id cried, ni ht it , r". i ;r..i il c ln his face, :unt. ., t f rave, kiset the a et .l I that was left of hed ,it-iie meilke"pti o :. eit Aai n Desviil :~t TinkA.mlitIhi tion Thuiist aemnts a " to f tier sltil of Ih l I' t rd;u l askir l i tl'i'e:It rlith lo ii I vhat t ! X atir litit lis te 1rtill(,j c"leverl nit Ii imas l)iitluiy t -i h-nt' i lti e c. -ileIpia iw;-,.< t' x uin f rat orn'I. hithoi',lo iii itho Iad-t ' Itrtills e thili't e a<l g t. lw i Ii lo' ._ t i ('aroliiit i i th t work, an tim he~I i ini, Ibegaint iret a moit entibl eIt V a<m int,i) an<l 'it. wa I So l' -- not to th tistenc at I Lz the t . but mii' bit if it msied' byl itlbt to a reIspecI- il yile h il il'r itd. i: She kep i fori a Isea *m bu i sitil it uit kept' lit for a. lu idre for i ti on i . >t. havebIIa.im tte a a ythn :'w They Canit C co1101n1-te I Without Next, to an afternloon te:t tiw'ro is no are fashionable or int,'n-etinti enter" inintnt th:an anl a'eatt ur theatrical tl'ty. Tin'l- tie-. rc,quisitt' is a suitahlt til. As the tinain olbj< i.' o iuake ont y", the luxIry : t 1 , 'h t-..'l ean aI'vely" Ie i.'ul t(ed i., t:1e.; it ii So Ied inl the vaV of a ii l:tion. In tho ilure" to .t,'tlre a stin l h1I iall, (7hurtch - isinert, let'" ure-room:. or chapel, tho txt lwst thin,r will be : h,illiart or tnein,r hall. If lnssible se ttr( the 1(liluit itnl of the f;realtt:t lenlglth, its i- :tag'e w ill b - he er ic-r heintr deep) liber l;b:tu i; . Thi- i.: to ko-1 lite tOrin tIin1' hailtksgroundl: othe1rwi,I ey 1 w .o onl the t1: ' will I'let the : thatt she il the favorite. :nt ithe ti -t'lit; wil iu : rrounttik- all tilhe IlI 'wi'htl 'ver rOOnl the atl:t; r i, : .) n itietd r'eloii:it:l1 ll lilitlel"'i : a:li 111'- a:1i' s tOr hii et ; il Iier;. I' loid! confuiion see Ithat these scats are ili'ed in \n 1 wav. laok wi el i t 1ti \,1 inihi n tI ILfti hi ,tt ::1. Timi -t . tgt lli, IL t 1 t-ii t i: 1'! 1tht isit leet P - li' a tl it, il t r)ini ter'si 't own'1, It wxt thing to dt i; to erect a fr: ae td i fll r tt)n i (ie ceilit)or to the foot,1 It ' ( It which to Iniiii tho 'tro tptur [i. Tle p:a-t of thi fr: Ine visible to rmt atuliene entit be painted or coveni-d ith paper or chea print. te'we a ny of p)u1h-y.: on ite undtl, r iidle of tht 'u -he;ul Il t n the t,utter 4 d.1ie tack wI7 drop ctrtai', for which ati>st -lnhi U.;" wvill d, , crtt nrne, e:a iva, . tt'r c:l utonil 1 .i, 1r laitl \vttthqe ~tut. A (la o IL:v hle ittlte of s u ' >itrating colur, liu1 a) a l inish (rim me bottonl with a1 thik fr::i: e. Thi$ In be 1)>epa;trt'tl at si:ll rti.I by cro letingtrr it of wvorstedIs, twi;til y-arn1, iiotting hits of colut'Xt cloth that (.te icein ut in nlarrow\ s-i tinp II ches lon!r. tow\ buy a '' ull ' of >Tn Of brass 'iigs Yome i .ha 1;l - 1' l:rter in di:a eter :nt!i (h li On e -rt ain folitteen incb t apart. I'i; dOu i ' d 'wi 1ti e-les I 11te 1::a:n :l ton1e n1',. t wn e -;t 1-;n t! t ! ,l\.nt t hf (:h" brt : lt h . i I -- ' u h I ; y ar!, a1:.hI i m: th yV ;r ' in i'\r l:r:llel to the n1it .i eeo pe s tnsr I!'" t'. -r () T e t lill- lSt1h\5)a11'.ibr :n r~ut;t all Ith rin' hu the r(w oil e d e of I!(' c'urta;in. Thi.s outer w i' intended to keep theurtainl m un i :,wt rt ih ig ai tr' l 't it i'n l ill 'bi Iave 1 lhort cord -passe roug1'h thewm :1111 fa-tenetl at1 the topl t ittol o tl ihti citraini. I)rlii:tril\ :1 hat"k7ruut l of ?ctnu . lirf ctl(,r" will be riuired w; ith such rn1itulre a1" :11 inter'1ior wouh!llt nleet. hli- will -uilit"c for ch:tr:th's,. p:u11to li . nit lictrr anct luu-ia pn ll':)but a plaY or operetta will leed ():Intinl', :111 i :hat e:ttln t)t he titlll I lio ii i lii titte ' . '''nsio ialI it is 1 ible to 1.11\y ot r reni itt eerms, but \it i t' ait of Ill irl i I 1 iiiu-:e tlcicr'lo' t Il a t . p it f I t ll n t :u hl (tL rn till- till Vit itt i t h d '.. At i Iet ';t i'il ' : : \ t,- 11l:,-lh ;1:" -I ct, c)t i l ut)t lel5 l u it' i a frthi m 1:i iO n (''is h. it iIit'h i wvill gi i the :1r1tist idea Iiicti(rn for ut work. \11~I now, f((r the play-, the succt'1s of hib \ i! ,l t nl t,n th;e he1- th :und un;llur (,I c hi:ac-er:; r5-pn senl ed. '.!'he 'ent t7r 111i,!1' w\'i Ih '-w tln w nl is i 't 1i1m 1 -h:;t1 hctnor. '1'he\' w:mu1 Io be -I, :In la t h t! n, (I,a\tt- to ;ivc' thm -"Ia' 1i: w ,r:hl ctf th,wir lu >nev thev b(: a lot iO m:d, w",)'N \ hichl i; I'imt i:'1 h, l:ind(1 . , 1!., n'' Of ))n ird!trr r--. w\'m w>ood to the fingers when the arm hangs will have to be made less notico able by the free uso of powdei"r. If suc oess attend the novice it will be well to know an encoro when it comes. Selecting a Guide. From "Hunting the Rocky Mountain Goat," by William A. Baillic-Grohman, in the December Century, we quote the following: "The first was known as the fellow 'who could stand more rest than any other man in the territory,' or in other words, was supposed to be the laziest man in Montana. The second was reputed to ho0 a decidedly 'bad' mual, n11 old-time Virginia City vigi lante, known throughout the country as 'Judgo Neversweat,' on account of the e(<ltaliity of nityd exhibited by lum at a certain mo t, critical moment of his life, when he held at bay, with an untload(rd revolver, four doomed and (lesperate inen, tlirstlug for his life and their liberty. Judge Neversweat evinc ed a deI .ire to act as our guide across the Bittter Root Motnltains, every foot of whieb he pro,fessedI to know from his 'pros petin av:. 'We'll have a blank iood timVle, yii let your bedroek flum1e oi lht/I,' l .aid1, adding, sotto 2 tr,ir 'anyhow, as long as the whisky (loll t p'oer out.' 11i" indignation when 1mformlled thIi at III is was Hot likely to oc cuir", for ie gond reason that on prin ciple we never took whisky on our shoot Ill -t rip!,, was at first rather amus ing, then r:tartlinr, to behold1. '1o mere id4ea of a good time without n liinited wihi:isky was a dire imposition, an insltl to front tr manhoo(l. lie was to ang;ry to ---ive vent to the usual un1 bridled llow of bad baiguage; his other wise loud voi(e toned down to an angry sinarl, his e.ts glit teid, his fori grew erect, his whole beintg assumed an aus tIer:'lv liglitied air; ill one wor"d, Judg Neversw: e:l ler:nne polite. It was a miood t he half-dl,ren noultaineers, si lent witness of this ;eene, seemtnel to un1t-'t:ant an1.1 to fear, for they all suhl-lIly diovereId they hal husiness el'ewlwere, leavill- a<, as I heard ono Illltte', 'tr o rll own flltneral.' Thel spoke ltp, the .iiltIee: 'tenttlemtenl, lot dJilt,e :N;t"VetveNw :at j,t,-litely inforn you, t,n the lirst e;all of his handl, that this yar c'am1p ain't Ilit li goat; and if this y"ar st r:alhl ain't g ointg to find your aJ)ppro\elent, .Jutlge Nevei'rsweat's ree ordl :inl'I one that'll Slatld at second e;all.' O)ur regregious exhibition of in sIular phrejttt:lt tt,a l st Some oid dol lars. ,udge Neversw'at, had not, we found(, ineh(led a call to thi nearest OIaoon :unlolg tho.e eolmlpati,lo with lis rt c ord.' c)f th1e three nmn from wI>m w1 e eired to liek our. gutide, the t1irrl elj joyediIl a 11111r11 :irlilless rep utpta t iont n<,ie else t hal thit he was the 'h,igge.;t lia' this : le of the Rocky Molluntainu.' 1li3 we 4Vchose, for his idiosyIery was (Itetiledly the most harmiless. A-ide froln the fact, that his <illalitiieltioll to act :Ias " our guide was aboit te bigi,e-1 of :11 bo, lies lie had ever fabricated, he provle,a willing fel low andlt a good eoo ; so while we did hi' guiding lie didl our cooking, a1 con Iination satisfactory to both parties." Senate-I'ages vs. Reporters. W'hil, we wVere c'mlployed to waitupon the .(ntt:1! trs, 'ittsiilers"' would often eneroall lllon our gotod-nature and rsk u1 to do th ings. We always refused to altetli to tht-e mnatters, if they wore pilt in the shapt' of :t demand instead ()f a ri'test. There w\ere several news plpeler reio>rters ill the gallery over the \Y'"i-P're,iIetnt's ch:ir, to which I have r f'irred whV.Io irequien tly igniored ourY iihlt -. A' leplt er woumld w ish to ask a1IIl' <ii in oI f a1 senlator41, a1114, not caring JIlIrt1 ii hu-ly toi (com11 dIown the stairs anid lido iln his card, would dr1op) an1otoU from1 the14 gallery'~, xphect inlg one0 of, us tlo 0 - it, l f :101 hlandi it to the seniator to wAhom if wa':s :ildr'essedi. This was we wer'le tiredl alli w~orn (lit, from ex.. esiv r41I'um11ing, and1( wold( hardly feel in up to wheIre the replorter wa,In th rounda1:hIout wyl' ill whiebh V.15141 huli:have h1:01 to1 goi, to dleliveir ii th1e mlforlunation)3 called for, andt Ithien' 444n4 :iil thle way back. hut, whether we were tired or full of activ ity,.WI we I did not i lie mat.ter-of-coumrse 11auun-r41 inl wylhib soIIne (If theo reporters wi ub <: n i tl:: the44 lilote reinji(' wher1'.' lih:i failen- on theii ca:rp't . SolietimeIs, 4V I t >f Jlla44it, lwe wgally sur,round1 IIi it : 1]41 in i walk :iri undi tiit, ging :I '1 1 appaen ' wii grila5t, aturiosty buit'4) vinin >icintint o c t wr b-qillus unumer, ou t4ld how lo of ' ~ f .yrnnasti s in int'e t oery bt dyl ie ~i th' lh-ri:1s (at thie "isqu'ib"';t' woub l lii ft ooY,"and (thathe C wo)uhfIi lA\e i' iwetdinliy foblged if dnek lIl y th1 papto its lie d hesintion, 1) of11-L h u'ds worl' t p but nor in tl:i t h: e. 1 //' i /, ti4 n1 s ol- aS enaIte I)l14-l'Ioa ion li JIlC 41'nophy. k hetis srnlerli.- No mlt terl goow tlean er ialb fani Iat nigh t he'y he muddy. ti 1) p4flk' u o' fdlVIlt is wor lgies (hlrin daner.- il)et r'ipe aplii is onv t:ilr i arot.llii' o o 'tia li)Iel hnynis let de111 mier do' insecks, yot h11s4 still'gIn'ss ret' is gode tod Wu'nan f:s ignil' li tiny mIeaids of mi14 r 14 ''ht f oll . but is s kiet. doatn tn I:ds wlhit otie e of Pintint i know'd