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r ^the snow fort. in the b?PPy dayB of boyhoo<1* *W und thirty years ago /rite's golden ago of joyhood). ( ? ? built castles of tho snow. ,?fhe ?littcring drifts wo quarried. I And '?ir ,nason W0rlCVr",^.OJ iftbosc mansions, many atoriod, Sbiahood fushions out of air. Thnuih our ramparts and our fosse* *S! Have puizled old Vauban. ?hat ?-awi we, the infant bosses. F?r old fogy rule or plan? Our out work- were tho queerest vvir reared by human skill, ant of names wo choso the denrest? Every tort was Bunker HilL How the parts of British teadpni ttt-nt li beling, one and all! I" we nil were earnest pleaders Fur front places on tho wallt Bora detniled for service foreign Fell >'? bno with clouded brow, rieb oiieelumored to be Warron Ami none wanted to be Howe. The battle?ah, wo fought it Not at ?H by history's light; n?w the i>esky English caught it. How they always lost tho fightt In despite of truth we chased them. And, to facts entirely blind. A* adown tho hill wo raced them How we peppered them behind! Thus we fought tho fight of Banker's In tho days that know no care. Ere tho snow we tossed, as younkcra, tudo liad sifted on our hair. Sow, alas, in tho fierce -Witlo * VTo'wago daily with tho world Harder shots against us rattle Than our boy arma over hurled.. And 'tis not tho generous tussle Of the snow fort on the knoll, But a strifo of thoso who hustle Not tho body, but tho soul, And instead of gleaming missiles Poisoned shafts fly to and fro, And we march o'er galling thistles, INot tho velvet of tho snow. -W. k- Barber in Youth's Companion. THE GYUBKOYICS. Every year the Gyurkovics of amasi put tho proceeds of the to-* acco factory in their pockets and auie down to Budapest to combine a isit to their brother, tho deputy, vrith a little amnsement Along the Corso in the mornings, jntho ice in tiie afternoons, they tfero always en evidence, while ev ery evening at theaters, balls or :oncorts they were to be seen enjoy ag themselves to the scrape of fid lies and the popping of champagne ?rks until the small hours, while wherever they appeared a perfect stream of tips followed for coaoh men, waiters, gypsy musicians and ill sorts of hangers on. Then, too, they moved about in rock an immense family party as eminded one of patriarchal times. Ml their young men were officers ir government officials or rising roung lawyers and had the reputa ionof being ready to flirt with any body at any moment, though it was inderstood they were not marrying nen. Whereas, on the other hand, t was well known that no eligible >arti who came within flirting dis ance of one of their sisters could Eiesibly escape. Every year theGyurkovicses' par ts brought a fresh daughter to idapest and provided her with a |""nsband. Nobody knew how many iris still remained at home, but it i certain that as soon as one was ?ttled another appeared immedi tely to take her place. They were H charmingly pretty and coquet ish, could dance seven osardas rim ing without feeling any fatigue nd could sit night after night at bo supper table till the dawn began ? creep in without showing any de ?ioration of their dazzling com fariona To see one of them roll and light I cigarette, after a glance at her irother. the flApnty^ fpy psrjsissicn, Iiaply turned your head. No won er if. after a good lot of Champagne nd the near proximity of a round, tote ehoulder, an eligible partner egan to murmur all sorts of ridiou raa things, which were promptly {inched by the young lady's prac ical answer, "Please speak direct ?maimnal" ft was thus that three of the Us?es Gyurkovics had already and excellent husbands and had jttied down, report said, into the nt.of wives. When theshopkeep Bb in the Waitzner gasee were set Bwork upon lace petticoats and jbroiderod table linen, people J^ed each other and wondered jut dowry the girls had. The in ?ted smiled, for they guessed how jmma Gyurkovics contrived those Ntnced petticoats and other smart VJjJ68 of the trousseau out of her j* special industry of peach li ?* which, nevertheless, she pnnnea to send each of her inar w daughters a dozen bottles every WP*? years ago the good lady her fourth daughter to wapest. Ella was this one's name, BF we was quite half a head taller WJa good bit more coquettish than Jo* her sisters before her. The Jpg ^en who were introduced to H* Bworo that she was out and V the prettiest of all the Gyur B * girls, and *bat meant that ?was the prettiest of all th? girls H?? to Budapest? be the others K Jey might. jyui astonishing ease Ella Gyur wes took to the asphalt and par ? of town life, having all tho ex B/*"06 of her tb?ee preceding sis * to help her. From the very * evening, in a fivo hours'sitting B^Pper at the Bristol, she made a Pye8t of the gypsy orchestra and ^chnnted the first violin that* at B.re concerts and restaurants ^Jnghuther 'favorite aire were T heartl. As usual, tho Gyur BP? fe*er seized all the young P11* the town, and to all appear Wl u lay completely in Mla'd T^ to decide-which' of them rJJ bo cqnductet? toward the in Uffi crlt-i'i to which nil laid themselves open. Nevertheless ov- ' erything went awry. It was a certain Andreas Gabor whom Ella encouraged most mark edly, and, as her brother had occa sion to point out later, her unex- I pected mismanagement of the affair ' ended in the Gyurkovics family j having to return to their country 1 home after their fortnight was over without having received the proposal which was evidently their due, a thing which had never hap pened to them before! Andreas Gabor, with whom the fourth Miss Gyurkovics had really fallen in love, was an exceedingly eligible and well behaved young lawyer, perhaps almost too correct in his behavior to fall in with the . usual plans of the country family, j A young man who Bet himself to check the waiter's bill while the supper csardas was being danced and who appeared to grow more ' and more circumspect the more j champagne he took might well arouse the suspicions of Mamma Gyurkovics. "I believe that young Gabor is after money," she observed to h?r daughter. "Perhaps it would be as well if you gave him his conge, so that he does not manage to spoil your other chances." But Ella was really in love and was not at all inclined to let An- ; dreas slip. Somehow she contrived that he seldom danced with any I other girl and was generally beside her walking or on the ice. When she touched his champagne glass with hor own before drinking, and ' he saw her brown eyes look straight into his, in spite of her mother's warning frown, the young man's head, cool as it was, began to buzz with strange fancies. i "How can one think of marrying into such a family unless one is a regular Rothschild? I don't know what they would expect, but"? Gabor left this thought unfinished and picked up Ella's fan, which lay beside her. "What a lovely fan! I should like to get one like it for my sister. Are they very expensive?" "Oh, not at all! If you like, I could order one for you?only 80 florins!" The young man bit his lip. "Eighty florins!" he thought to himself. "Just the third part of my month's salary!" 1 One of the young Gyurokvicses was angrily finding fault with a waiter. He had ordered Monopol, and they had brought him Pro m on tore Monopol. "Do you take me for a cab driver that you eerve me with Hungarian champagne?" he demanded in a rage. "No, no, I cannot marry into such an extravagant family as this!" | Andreas Gabor sighed to himself. ! I The fortnight was almost over, ' the family's money was almost fin ished, and it began to be time for them to pack and return home ?i?la, who was as lovesick as any schoolgirl, did not know how to face the approaching parting. She pin ' ned all her hopes on the farewell supper party, at which all the > Gynrkovicses were to be entertained by Gabor and his set. Perhaps he meant to speak out on this last op portunity. He sat, as usual, at her j side, and, what with the thought of i parting and the tenderness of Ella's j manner, he came very nearly for getting his prudent resolve of the . previous week. It was a stupid ac tion on Ella's part which recalled ; him to his right mind. The gypsies j were playing Ella's favorite mel '. ody, and she called across Gabor to hor brother, the deputy. - "Milan, I want you to lend me three 10 florin notes." "What for?" "To give the gypsies. " "Nonsense! That's my affair." 1 j When she saw that he did not mean to give her the money, she . loosed from her arm a shining gold bangle, set with little brilliants, and tossed it into the plate which the gypsies had handed round. The deputy brother seemed annoyed at first; then he began to laugh and re deemed the bracelet with SO florins. * Andreas Gabor buttoned up his coat. ! "I should b? a fool, merely fit for a strait waistcoat, if I offered my self in such a family!" thought he, and with that he turned to the lady on his other side, to whom he had only just been introduced and whose name he had not caught, and began : to make himself exceedingly agree j able. J j And next day the Gyurkovics family left Budapest for their conn I try seat, Mamma Gyurkovics taking ] home with her the disappointing conviction that her fourth daughter was not the success that she had ox pec ted. - , i It woe eight months later and al ready midantumn. Andreas Gabor . was spending some time In the , country with his relatives for the j quail shooting,1 and suddenly he re ' membered that he was in the neigh borhood of the Gynrkovicses. 1 "I ought to go and call, " he ex plained to his people. "I was al ways meeting them in the winter at Budapest" It was arranged that they should go shooting in the direction of the Gyurkovics house and drop Gabor to pay his visit So it happened that he found himself one noon day, with a gun on his shoulder and a j tired pointer at his heels, in front of the great old country house just out side the village, which he guessed must be the Gyurkovics home. j "I hope ? know them well enough j to drop in end take a plate of soup"j without ceremony;" he thought llllliii if?iifirlIi?ifr hungrily na"Le stepped across tho courtyard. The bouse certainly showed no outward, signs of mag nificence and testified in nowise to the aesthetic tastes of its inhab itants. In the great, empty, eun sbiny forecourt some guinea fowls were scratching up the sand on tho paling, and a lot of milk cans and wooden tnbs were stuck upside down to dry. Not a living soul did Gabor en counter as he stepped softly into tho corridor wbiob ran along '.be front of the house. He did not dare pene trate farther in that direction, fear ing to stumble upon one of the young ladies in negligee, perhaps, and turned instead toward the laun dry, under the big mulberry tree, where the week's washing was go ing forward and a whole swaim of maids were passing to and fro with baskets of linen, while the ironing board stood in tho shadow of the overreaching thatcb. The gentle men's shirts, with hemstitched fronts, whicb required Bpecial at tention and careful treatment, were sorted ont and put ready for Miss Ella's iron, for here was Ella herself with a white handkerchief tied over ber hair and her sleeves rolled up above tho elbow, her cheeks pink and warm from the heat of the iron, whicb from time to time she tested against them. As ebe caught sight of the ap proaching sportsman and recognized who he was she gave a cry and made a rush for the house, almost losing a slipper in her hurry to es cape. Two or three others of the girls who were engaged with the family washing and who were also tbe Misses Gyurkovics followed their sister's example. Only tho gen nine washerwomen stolidly stuck to tbeir business. Andreas Gabor went back to his relatives' bouse, and in tbe course of conversation retailed this curious adventure to his cousin. Tbe buter pursed up his lips. "What would you have?" he asked. "Mrs. Gyur kovics has sucb a lot of children that she is obliged to set them all to work. The sons wbo remain at home attend to tbe farm, and the daughters manage the kitchen and dairy. They scrub, cook, iron, pre pare the market produce, make all sorts of stillroom confections"? Andreas Gabor clasped bis hands. "If you could only bave seen them in Budapest!" "Of course. Because tbey spend down there what they earn here in a year's hard work. I suppose in town they pass for grandees, ehf They work the wbole year in order to enjoy that fortnight in Budapest and stint themselves in nothing as long as it lasts." Miss Ella Gyurkovics was not a little astonished to find tbat, in spite of tbe ironing episode, young Gabor repeated bis visit to her mother's house early in tbo partridge shoot ing season. Se found ber in the forecourt as he approached oversee ing some workmen, with a cloth covering her pretty hair from the j dust. This time she did not attempt ' to escape from him, for she had given up the hope of impressing him with her grandeur. She made room for him beside her on a heap of empty sacks, and -when he eat down sbo let the cover slide off her hair on to her shoulders. She spoke of all sorts of indifferent subjects. Then he suddenly interrupted. "Do you remember, Ella, that last evening at Budapest, when we danced together* I did not thing j then that I should ever see you like this." The girl grew very red; then, with a quick, natural impulse, she turned and looked the young man ! full in the face. I "It matters very little. I did not { please you particularly that even- i ing, nor can I please you much ' now." "You are mistaken. Both then j and now you pleased and please me i very much indeed. " "But better tbat evening in Budapest ?" "On the contrary, much better here in Tamaai. ' ' i The girl shook her head douht ingly and looked down at ber leath er country soled shoes just showing beyond her cotton skirt. The farm man came to fetch the sacks, and tbey had to move, Ella's heavy shoes making a einnohing on the gravel as the young lawyer walked beside her. j . "Why d? I please you best here in Tomasi?" she asked, looking at him over her shoulder, with a smile. i "Because here I dare to hope tbat by the side of a man of small means"-? He did not finish. Ella interrupt ed in a very low voice. "It would depend so very much who the man \vfl8. *' "If it were If" Ella seemed to weigh the proposal fera minuta or two. Then-she an sweredr "Please speak direct to mamma!" Andreas Gabor went to Mamma Gyurkovics straightaway. After ward Mamma Gyurkovics said to her daughters, "I always knew that it was necessary to impress a man, but I had no idea -tbat household work and all that sort of thing would make such an impression on a man of the world like Gabor." A few months, later Elln Gyur kovics* trousseau was on view in showrooms of tbo Waitzner gasse in Budapest, and every one was as tonished at the elegance of tbe em broidered petticoats and the lace trimmed tea gowns, and the follow ing; carmral Momma Gyurkovics I brought ber'fifth daughter to town. who was even prettier than the four previous sisters.?From the Hun garian in Argosy. MADE LEARNED BY LAW. Oebake Administered by the Veteran to . the New Officer* or the Court. In the territorial days, before Iowa had attained the dignity and prestige of statehood, when tho pop ulation consisted uhncst entirely of pioneers and Indians and tho terri tory was a veritable terra incognita to the far east, there was heard in the United Stutes district court a noteworthy bit of gentlemanly sar casm well worthy of repetition. Oilman Folsom of the Iowa City bar, wit, scholar and veritablo old school gentleman, had occasion to try a case in that court before a judge confessedly young in years and professional experience, who had secured the place because of political influence rather than on account of his eminent fitness for the judicial ermine. Opposed to Folsom in the enso was the United States district attorney, who, like the judge, had been appointod for political reasons instead of his abil ity. During the trial of the case Fol som, with true professional cour tesy and politeness, continually re ferred to and addressed the district attorney as44my learned opponent. '' ?he judge was also characterized as the "learned court." The district attorney, fully conscious of his own shortcomings and realising the little claim he had to the adjective, felt instinctively that ho was being made a subject of ridicule. He fidgeted around until it seemed to him that pationce had ceased to be a virtue, and then appealed to the court, asking that Mr. FolBom be required to desist in his persistent sarcastic references to him as "my learned opponent." When informed by tho court that his sarcasm was unnecessary and uncalled for, Folsom looked up with a well affected air of surprise- and said, with the inimitable accent and grace of the old school gentleman : "I sahcastio? Your honor, I did not realize that I was sahenstic. I said he was leahned, and he certain ly is." He then proceeded with his argu ment as though nothing had hap pened, continually referring to the district attorney and the judge as learned. The judge soon interrupt ed him and administered a stern.re buke for hiB persistent sarcasm, tell ing him it must cease. Folsom protested, saying: "But, your honor, I simply said he was leahned, and I insist that he is." He then turned to the United States statutes and read to the court the statute providing for the ap pointment of men who shall be learned in the law as judges and at torneys of the district courts. Closing his book and removing his glasses, he continued, "So, your honor, you see that he is leahned? not in the sense your honor is louhn ed, not in the sense I try to he leahned, but from the fact, your honor, that he is made leahned by act of congress!" No further objection was made to his sarcasm.?Chicago Times-Her ald. _ Dressings For Salad. To make French dressing, put a half teaspoonf ul of salt and a quar ter of a teaspoonful of white pepper into a b?wL Add gradually 6 table Bpoonfuls of olive oil. Bub until the salt is dissolved and then add a tablespoonful of vinegar or lemon juice. Beat well for a moment, and it is ready to use. It is much better if used at once. Cream dressing is made by heating a gill of good cream. Moisten a tablespoonful o? ccrnstaroh with a little cold milk, add it to the hot cream, cook a mo ment, then stir in the well beaten yolks of 2 eggs. Take from the fire, add a half teaspoonf ul of salt, a dash ~f pepper and a tablespoon ful of vinegar or lemon juice. Put the uncooked yolks of 2 eggs into a clean, cold soup dish, then add a quarter of a teaepoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne pepper. Work these well together and then add, drop by drop, half a pint or more of olive oil. You mu?t stir rapidly and steadily while adding the oil. After adding a gill of oil alternate occasionally with a few drops of lemon juice or vinegar. The more oil you use the thicker the dressing. If too thick, add a half teaspoonf ul or more of vinegar until of proper consistency. More or less oil may be added according to the quantity of dressing desired. ?Mrs. S. f. Borer in Ladies' Home Journal. ASTORIA For Infants and Children. Tba Mad You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ? Spectacles for horses have been patented by an in ventor, and are being used with considerable success. Their object is not so much to magnify ob jeots as to make the ground in front of the horse appear nearer his head than, it really is, The result is con tinual high stepping, which, after a while, becomes natural, aud gives to a horse an aristooratic gait, which he will retain for many years. ? Look out for malaria. It is sea sonable now. A few doses of Prickly Ash Hitters in a. sure preventive. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. TOM'S HEROIC RESCUE. 1 Set Be Gut No Thanks For Ills Savins j Work at the Fire. A man bearing tlio classic name Of Tom Jones bad been for a long , time tbe most enthusiastic unofficial assistant whicb tho volunteer fire department of a littlo Massachusetts town bad. Ho began bis career in the fire opposing liuo by rescuing an aged citizen from a burning building, und over after his special ty was saving something, either property or life. Tim fact that the agod citizen was tho meanest man in town rather worked against Tom's receiving the credit, for his first rescue which was his due, but this was gradually overlooked by the hotter element, and Tom's repu tation grew. A few years ago a fire broko out in tho dwelling of General S., whicb was tho finest residence in tho pla?a It may bo explained tbat, thougb Tom had a very fair experimental knowledge of a popu lar brand of state liquor, bis infor mation concerning wines was of tho I most rudimentary character. It may bo added, further, tbat the general was believed locally always to have a fabulous stock of the choicest vintages on hand, a condi tion of affairs, by tho way, which caused mar.y a wagging of heads at village tea parties and similar func tions. On the occasion of the firo in the general's bouse tbe firemen prompt ly appeared, and Tom was one of the first to rush into tbo building. The family being all out, be turned his attention to the saving of prop erty. With the flavor of a strong concoction just absorbed at tbe vil lage tavern still on his palate, bo naturally thought of tho priceless wines and was soon soen emerging from the bouse carrying something carefully wrapped in a small rug. He bore it to a neighboring vacant lot, put it down beside a tree and proceeded to stand guard over it. When asked by friends why he did not return to the burning building and continue bis labors, he replied in a mysterious wlnaper: *"Ssbl Got aerate of the gen eral's best wine here. Dasn't leave it, for fear it gets broke or hooked. You bet the general will thank me for eaving it and mebby he'll give me a bottle!" So Tom stood over the bundle and guarded it as a mother might guard her babe till tbe fire was extin guished. He then took it up ten derly and approached the general, who was on the outskirts of the crowd, and was naturally somewhat j excited. Two or three bosom friends I of the rescuer, not unwilling to share the possible bottle, trailed be hind. "Excuee me, general," said Tom, "but I knowed the store you sot by your fine wines, so I just snatched up a few bottles and brought 'em out Had to watch 'em close sinoe, too, or Rome scalawag would 'a' booked 'em. Mighty smoky te there 'bout then, I tell you gen eral," and Tom folded back the rug and displayed a half dozen globular bottles in a wire rack. "Winel" roared the general, look* ing at the bottles. "Why, you in fernal idiot, you ought to have thrown 'em at the fire! Those things are patent fire extinguish ers!"?Harper's Bazar. Victoria, Beaconsfield and Gladstone. It is said that of all tbe prime ministers who have held office dur ing Victoria's reign none has been moro of a favorite at court or got along more smoothly than Beacons field, and that, on tho other hand, none has been really less liked by the queen than Gladstone. This is easily accounted for. Beaconsfield recognized fully the late French em peror's saying, tbat "ladies must be humored," and be pleased the queen by obeying all ber little whims. Moreover, he was on John Brown's side in politics and knew how to please that worthy servitor. Beaconsfield "managed" the queen in one way by agreeing to call her "empress of India;" hence her maj esty permitted him a freedom of address never endured from any other of her ministers except Lord Melbourne.. Gladstone could never forget him self or fail to hint, if he did not clear ly show, that he had a mind of his own. He always was masterful in his way and never hesitated on oc casion to suggest to the queen that his was tbe best way?often the only one?to proceed ; hence Glad stone has never been a favorite with her majesty.?New York Herald. Widows Vor Sale. "Of all the matrimonial traffick ing in tho age of chivalry the ways of widows, " eays a writer in The Gentleman's Magazine, "areat once the boldest and most comprehen sive. As a rule their methods sel dom amount to blandishment. It is remarkable when tondorness is an item in their bargains. Speed was their maxim. It was one that King John honored, for he profited by it. "Yet one of the rarest exceptions in tbe way of delicacy to these com mercial negotiations has evidently been prompted by a widow who had quite an exceptional lover. In 1206 William de Landa, either one of tho most famous of tho orusaders or bis son, offers 50 marks and a palfrey for having to wife Joan, who was the wife of Thomas do Aresoy, 'if be may be pleasing to tbe said Joan. ' The sheriff is instructed to ascertain the widow's wishes, 'and if the said Joan shall be pleased to have him , for a husband then the sheriff shall cause William to have seizin of Joan and lier land,' botn of which ho obtained in tho name of gentle lovo and tho faith of a true soldier. It is fitting that tho naino of one of tho men who led tho os Bault of Aero should bo preserved in Buch a record as tho above. Ho was in truth a very perf ect knight. "One of the most rampageous or the northern English borderers manifested tho liko delicacy. Young Walter doUmfraville, son of Gilbert, had left a widow, Emma, presum ably in the very blush of her charms. Peter do Vaux had fallen at her feet, but ho declined to ob tain her in border fashion, and this fact is tho earnest pledge of the chivalry of his love. If he would not seal her, ho was bound to buy her, and coin with tho Do Vaux was always a scarcity. So ho offered the king Jive palfreys for her, 'if she wished it,' and with what would read as a graceful acknowledgment of the borderer's pure chivalry John absolutely drops tho connner cial from his reply and simply or ders Robert Fit/. Hoger, the sheriff, 'to uurmit it to be done.' " Both. "Several times during tho deliv ery of his oration ho paused and took a drink of water. He was very dry." "You mean he was very thirsty." "Yes, was thirsty too. ?Chicago Tribune. - - - mm ?? ? Tho little green apple is always ripe enough for mischief. ? "Jimmy, we won't have to go to school no more." "Why, Joe?" "Cause all dem big war heroes' birth days goin' t' ho made hollerdays." ? Prisoners when arrested in Mo rocco are required to pay the police man for his trouble in taking them to jail. ? In Scotland, at one time, capital punishment was by drowning. ? Uncle Sam's army now numbers a quarter of a million men. ? The average amount of sickness in human life is nine days out of the year. ? We have observed that bicycle skirts also come higher in these war times. ? A converted man cannot have an unconverted purse. ? A man can never become a gen tleman in manner until he is a gentle man at heart. ? The negleet of little moments is responsible for many of life's greatest failures. ? In two days' fighting near Santi ago our army used 3,000,000 oartridgee. ? The battleship Indiana in a given time can throw 9,000 pounds of metal where the old frigate Constitution fired 700 pounds. I ? "Children are a great blessing." "YeB; we wouldn't havo enjoyed this war at all if Jimmy hadn't known so much about geography." ? 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