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***** */?. Nit1 n?vi?ui.ml 1~ .'.'j< *At% .m yy3 |$$???ftf.. j-V'** * * " ? f ? - **.Nt*t?.J?V!?''? V * V* v . "? i ? "f s^B^??HHHHHHHBht! . *(k> . **^,r^- ? ? wi VOL. XII. ('i P 1f?-'\f'J " *?- 1 4iw>?a? Iiu W x A ^WtffteV> "... .?*? ; "? ?Z> ? '"^ \ "~:v ** *>W?r* W*? ^ . .. v>- > m/i i* ? ' . . "T" ':J_T1^^ 1,^TTAT>^^:',oog ? - ? ' ? ' '"' ' " - ?"' ????"^Tv-ilar , .'sMiMDEN, & C., THUBSDAsMw UAIll 22, 1885. tfVtv, -- .;?*??.? NPvMff ? '?;??' 11 '' ^'vMj?i71^.iiwT^Tig>iiT , '? i WI II^MBg-aart* :i * Mongol ftnd the Maiden. ???2lte.?r??,,aw*i3r 3 tb? ?uio, To thf>^vr!^a^I *n a,I*'?blo JapM wUo yrmt brota?bt <PQtr (He was sharpening a sword all tb'o while)! "!^*U notunderstaud why you frown I" 1?U?.V^ putting you down," is so Mu<s r?*? D?.w? an<1 your froc> And your fitters nro nil oyer town I mtiafruy^ "Mjr oo?p?o*ion* Antwored tho "and my manners engago!" ? " Whi(ho IJlont,onod his nrtoo),. nv: ?. ? dime, I suppose, would suffice fMtSior ?' You'll ?75io mo "Yos, I know," sald'tho maid. "but I'm nlool' tS? ?tralirbtway decide, . a J, ! . , mon*?J abandons his pride, yoars, nuUUou ;**?*** hl? position and They sbBl r.tand^on the shelf sido by tldo. Nl?ho?M0rny C0n0' in th0 Chrl,tlna? St ON^V - T9 BLAME. # In tho broad back .porch of a pleaa ant farmhouse sat two.younxr jrirls on gaged in some lifthtWiliowork. the porch was shaded by. tho iVido branches of an olra, bonoath whioh, at a tablo sat for ho was in his shirt sloovos, and- a sunburnt s What lay on tho grasc, whilo ho partook, with a healthy, heartv aripctitc, 6f tho light bisouits and hash milk and buttor^placod bo t fore him. . And As he *to he looked at tho two iroiitiiy vlrW.tii *^^.1. . i singly about her fair face. 3ffiSLh?ng of a C0??0"i8h , |?Mowet'', called -tho young *'man ? ?? MM. Whcolor ottttjc to tho dbor'with ^ 2 ?0Si. rol. . "P' at small pitohor.in hor hand. W glrU r??? to tftko ,fc ,rom her; bnt sho placed it, as if instinotiyely, in , i^lng*' ? "" "ithVh-lrod girl, ^Vf U, TTIIHU X ^ '" '''"^^ -< '4 j *7 . K?A??''!ntle0d; rVfl^ Wh to do to Jj^M0 |5? *A8to my timo hero, in chat ' *%hy, that's something now? Don1! yomalways sit and talk to me it lunch J*?t always, by any means. And rw^80 1 ve It occasionally is no S my ffltf koeP QB doing it _To(t" flipped his milk tlqwiy. His lt? ??omod suddenly to imvo do ?ertod him. , i^jtood ota little dUtanoo, n nod from him and sewing on ' - ""ir hand'. ?*>' ?. M JJ while, setting down his omp ?!5U?*. - *n a l?vvor tono: tl>i? i w^Tl^^n*t you like to drive to i?g^" 0IT0>V In ,Uy now UI don't know that I am going,'.' she 7^"WW h?r head. MT? i,yv '0l> ^vhat^asonP^ ? r^ell rdoWwi^toTalo'you S h,? answered a llttlo "t wonder If Alloo wilif gof" v, #.A ii^r?u8fty sh0 wi,K Sho oxpeotod to go ih the cAfryall with the Burtons, but of oourso sho will onjoy a buggy rldo moro?Won't yotf AllioP" ? So Tom Whaler, Who had intended fou^^msol/^JtO.t in ongftgdrtioi > him m entirolv I^ottio's doings. i ?on. do# PiWSho had _ Vlnoo hor 'luni iiuino WM 10 DO 'liBf !?r. n<^01^ ^ ?!*? was well enough m&A oemttuy hor; so tho mother a showou^ catch iother Alioo Brown Id school* V mmmm t Bat that's beinfl noar -1# fow day* ago,".nam Tom. ' 1 ??Tea," sbo answered, coloring,* but thi.f wuh quite an informal call. I wanted an embroidery pattern. ' vAnd Mr. Arohlo walked home with joiiP'' '? "As far as tho gate. As ho had to go to tho post-office, wo would not lot mm como any farthor." Then she added, looking down and tiMMly imprinting oa?h footstep In ?' shall sco enough of him to-mor row, I suppose, at the pibnip," "So you are going to the pionie, af ter allP" said Tom quickly. Sho looked up into bis faeo with a charming little smile. "Now, Tom, you liavo no right to scold. If. Mr. Redmond had oftbred to tako mo through the hot sun and dusty road in a buggy, I would have refused.. Ho know I had rofused your esoort un der thoso circumstanocs, bo ho pro* posod that wo should walk?Ho and I and Kato Redmond?through the Marsden Woods. It's a private way you kntw> I promised. Thoy say it's a lovoly walk, a direct path, not too long* f , Tom made no. answer, Ivottio af footod not to perbiAvo his moodlnoss; but was all smiles and sweefaoss, till n0ar tho house! ho loft them and turned off to tho stables, to -see that tho moo wdre properly attending to tho stock. ilo did not stay Jong there. He felt tlrod and depressed, and entering the house, laid himself down upon a com fortablo sdfafn the parlor. Tho Windows were open, and a cool breozo, laden with tho perfume of the roses on tho porch, camo softly and c soothingly in. 'if. Presently ho. lioafd tlio girls coming Rightly downstairs, and tnon Lottie's voice at tho porob: "WhoKTs TomP Not fcomo In yot, 1 suppose.. Well, wo will sit hew till supper's ready..** ? "Lottio,'' -sold Alice, as tho two seated < thomsalves on tho bonoh insido tl?o .ieroon-<>f (lio rose*. "I siumoct that Tonvisn'-t-vory plowed, and roally I J tiiifik-you arc treating him very badly." MHow soP" ? ' '?you aro not kind to him. You know ho lovos you, and until within a few days, I felt sure that you loved U>fra." ? . : ' Pr "Oh, well, we like eaoh other well enough. What hftve'I dono to. bring viipon myself one of ' your solomn loc i tuccsP", ? t \ "If yon fovo Tom, Why do yod on oourago Mr. RedmondP , * ??^yhy^Alllo, I*m not marriod td Tom yqt, and. I don't know that I over shall bo. And* my dear, you ought td lcnow a secret?It's always a goocf thing to have two strings to your bow. It gives you a choice, you know; o*r IT one should fail, you have the other to de *"""1 <""v~ ' i ^ /.'Lottie, yon'ro not in earnestP" "Indeed I an). I like Tom. He's handsomer than Arohio Redmond, and rloher, too, with this fine farm all i his own, and, the moqey hLs father .left out 9om?,poople would, say that ' m& alto* ??Why, Lottie, if yoA think in -this ay, yo^ oannot roafly. oare for Tom.; Ml wrpo ihattjfun and-fro would flaakft ?a match/' 4,Won; it isn't impossible. Only he hasn't askod mo yot." - "But ho will." . Lottio laughed. "Suppose ho don't? Then I may liavo Archlo Redmond to fall back up on.iVAnd supposo I can't get ArohieP Thon^horo ,j35pom.'' . Tom Whoofor roso up slowly from tho sofa, and walked softly from tho room, out into tho yard and gardon. "So that is lior game, is itr "I would toOt-havo boliovod it of lior. Two ptrlpgs to ono howl Two stools to sit upon, rathor. Well, sho'll como to the iftflflKdifoi; any support sho will got outTpf^ao." A ^ - ; ? Tho;<pionioi Was a vory ploasant af fair, as everybody tfkld?oforybody but Tom'Wheelor. Strivo as ho would a gainst it, ho was oonsumod with Jeal ousy and disappointment; and his un happiriess was apparent to mos( look ers-on. Evon Mr. Arohio Rodmond pOrcolved it ' . " , "What's tho matter with Tom WheilorP" ho Bald, aftor tho latter iln abrupt f'Ho is not av. r The onqttiry was a$dros*od to his cousin, Mi As Rodmond; but Miss Trlplott, tho gossip and newsmonger.of the neighborhood took upon horsolf to rof>ly:lii;i 5. "Why, Mr. Rodmond," said sho afOnty "you ought to know If anyone /Tnrta " ? ? < . i;- ? I ' -T'< h. t: t ? "I? tVhftt havo I to do with ItPV jj /'What n look fit injured innooofc_. Btifc really yod onght to bo ashamed to -fUsfcjwv.nud out Out poor Tom Wheeler J 2? TwZ'/y ',"OW<,<, life'teeth, ftnu playfully tappod Mr. Rodmond on tho shouldor with hor . ? A' *J ? , A ta'Sto&o "?"* T"plott'you Tk* / "*ow don't really moan to say t imt you did ndt kaov? 'J om Wheeler is as I r^'?agod to Lottie Stewardl Vboon ah uudot#Wod faot. for ? nd obl&rod. Ho had admired ad beoh much struok with hex , faco and swoot manners; and news regarding hor had somehow 1ffSPk&ifi jltoe-^Woll in Ckat oa^Wo Will e*on<5ttoyo?. Hu? there is no excuso for Lottio Steward, A gM^Ufct cian ohanfto m suddenly a* she has towards Tom Wheeler must tx si together heartless." . T Arohio Redmond ovorheard on4 or *** Other rffmtlar romaflks during the ortoouragemefit, she yet seemed an ylo to ftot entirely hiMk off with ^ In the pretty WrigUty giS' l "fiheis den?lvlng.oUho* ;W*t?or self,*.' he thought,"and la olther . to not tho right sort of 1 girl for u *?" r Ub Ahdr t^-I'll ride haok with "Thank v said Tort coldly. "But Alice won't rid* home with hor to feafcft hev W>> f ?' around fori pleasou, *nd wished to pnt him ih a good hnmor again. "Whore Is Mr. RedmondP" she said hMtlly to Katte, who was at the rto? meut skipping pa4fc*?ajf 1J ? "Cousin IrohioP.o6^Viw*,to4fe^ With (be Calvervs? Mu<?Ca(W asked him?and I'm goi*-' mamma and the as walking, U it Poor Lottie! 1. had failed her?? _ S?n!?Z comj'iffw asia K tween two stool*. '?'**? .tn *u ** ?? f* -? I However, a kind noighbor gave her< v' In hU wagou? |p< ?>lilch;^at?k>1 a lilt1* in hU wagon, lu ^ tion she had tl?e mortification of seeing Mr. Redniond arlve, pri?t in Mrs. Cul vert's carriage, beside pretty May Calvert, while Tom and Alloc, In the new buggy, bad l?ft them far behind. She was very.-angry with,'Tom, though she had to admit to herself that It Vas rftl her own fault; and when she left the farm a fow.duys after, ihe aad Tom hadn't quite mauo it up? neither had Archie ltodinond again called upon her. . 7v;- Tr Lottie had promised to spend Christ mas at tho farm, *nd she i%ido up her mind that she would be satisfiod with Tom, and tuarry him after all. - But boforo Christm .s. oamo she had heard two astounding. repo.is. Mr. Archie Redmond was to be married to his cousin. Mi.4a Marion Kodmond^-and Alice Brown was 'engaged' tors-Tom .Whealort, There ..wore to be two big weddings 'at Christmas and,? Lottie was iuyltod to. both. _ b&OTno Is no doMM but that sho Thl was bittorly disappointed, for. as sho con fessed, sho rvally liked Tom. But sho had also tpiadmit that only horself was to blame. Sho had tried to< sit on' two stools at onco, and sho had' oomo to the grouud. jr?. .v i.' .. t ,V J -'*? i ?<!. ~ .1 . . .4 ??' ? I ?} ?> Dlignlseil as a l>u<le. Ono day t&Vro appeared on the streets Of a Texas town ni dudo of tho ? dud lost typo, and, of courso, ho was the ob-? served of all observer*. Ho was quiet ih Everything but his^ dress, and until about 4 o'clock In tho aftornoon he got along very well, and at that hour ne went out for a walk, and as\ ho pawed a saloon on tho opposite side of, the stvcot ho was salnUnl bv a chorus of yells from a lot of cowboy ft assembled m front "Put a thlmblo ovor it," *<110 a blue ribbon to it," "Dolt up in pink' cot ton," "Grouse it and slip it into a knot nolo," "Give it to a tailor," and such exclamations rang out, and the dude walked vory sfcwTy and'took it all in.^1 Finally, Bolus Hankus, tho terror,, shouted: : & "Hold,on, boys; s]t still a minnit and watoh the WtL fly. Stick your peepers on to that tubular biler hat and see me ?hoot a hole oVar through ? V ? Bolus pulled the gun, and the other boys stood baok to enjoy the sport,' whilo tty: fcpfW walked #ow?r than over. . I , Pop wont tho gun and the hat fleW? but tho dude, quicker than flash, whirl* od around, ami a long, pearl-handled revolver shono (n the sunlight for *tr instant and thon cracked. - Bolus* hat jumped six feet off his head,' and befc any of the boys could think,, flffc <) hats jumped up after five little jmoke row from tho other * thwi'lhe-1 Offtwdi VfUh ? around theoorner as if a oyolone been after thorn* ; * Tho dude smiled, and soratohed hi* oh in reflectively.. - . ? -fj ?>Welly" ho said to himself, "clothi* does mako somo diff' in a man's looks: an1 I'm a tliinkln' if the boys hea knowed% wuz Jihi Beardsley they'd a lot nio had my ftttlo iport, and not got tholr hats 6pilod. Well, well, sloh la life. J gnoss I'd better go over and lot 'cm lrrigato tholrsqlvos on *ny bank account."? Texas Rifling # ? m . "Why He <11(1 not Ijove>Bra<M Hand MllSlO.' i ??I no muslo of a brass band is pleasant to mo," said an old phyi of Elmiifc, a* i>tto of. tho tinl| 1 marchodvby. "If it were oonVc 'Tho muslo of a brass band is never lysioian banda , ?/enlent for me to avoid it I believe I would nevor hoar muslo of that kind, for the reason that such unploaaant memorios aro recalled. I was a surgoon during tho robollion, and, as you doubtleaa know, it waa the oustom to play the liveliest muslo at tho close of a bat tle or at the end of a day's fighting. Tho strains wore at sorrowful dlsoord with the moaning and groaning of tfci wounded and dying, X /uuure. you. Buoh oxperioncos word frequont. It may have been a nooossary moans of chcoring up those who escaped the bul lots ana were depended upon for work the following days, nut ih the hospital every noto was aoootnpanled by a groan or cry of pain.' So vividly atit those bad sconee roftallod by (ho muslo of a btasfl band that it ia painful for me to ibofir, ovon though many yeara have passed slnoe tho day* of too war,"-* FAmira Advcrtiatr. ^ ^ ^ t !' i V. . WMn'tlmprofliioa. I ?? 11 Walter and his little whtor nrrltod early ono morning In Albany, where, with thnir motherthcy wore to ajMnfl tho day with an old friend of hen, who hai it noroo thore elegant thin the chll* dren had evor soon. Alter quite an elaborate breakfast, the children Were overheard in conversation by their ? tfl^renoewae or. "So many 1 there waa, m $S&2l a nowenii ina _ _r_ TT i r Walter, who la fOttllty had boon* quite ovdrpbwercd by the hrroakfMt, *bnt who nevor lost an opportunity to assume a patronizing tonn toward his Alston "why, the now. things didn't know enough to fiava itrldalo-cajMiitjj " //arpor^s Bauar. '* 'htloiophy. j ' or man dat 4'ftea tter how oleariet follower duek be muddy. K< W*-'* <*'"+ |j r honoyvbee la de miser oV Inseoka, ila stlngineM results In gflfod ter de tobody no gwbd. , ) ?ttt! hih' ih er huiban b^n* whtH us ea'fmfgraehtv but dp Jedgmont (k snjarter man ala' plgh *> trne e? m .. Iftie 'aretlc fei Hons are not with'ofti their pleasures. Tho^bqntmaux girls tan vert nrH ty, danoe,, sing, and do not eare for We nream, Hot drinks and walrus blubber are their peculiar vani ties, and sealskin saoquea are aold at two Iron hoops and a ten-penny nail. rf fallot* K-r-m rather than Wtd4* ThisM to k<3*> the >*? .*? >*ffkground; otherwbe erer^ *6nkari oiftieVtage will get the ides.that, she U the favorite, mm! the .oot-llghts arfll be surponded all the time. 77* I oatup-ohalrs or benches in tiers. To 3S31MSS built, not forgetting that meet neces sary adjunct,, the -prompter's crown, the next thing to do Is to erect a frame extending from the oeiling to the foot ifjrnta on which to hang the drop-cur. tain. The part of the frame vislolft fr> tho audience can be painted or acnored with paper or cheap pri at. Pla**, - row of pulleys on tho under side of tho crossbeam and on tho .outer edge tack tho drop-curtain, fpr which almost ahy ;SfDt.W>23 eaavaa. teV *7- VatfWn nanfflf, 6t%lSS woolen cloth. A dado may bo mado of somo can be prepared at small cost by cro ? oMing it of. worsted* twisting yifra, ofjlmotting bits - of oolored cloTh that , havo been cut in narrow strips ton ? Inches ' long. Now buy a couple of dozen of brass rings some IneV and a Quarter in diameter and sew thom on the curtain fourteen Inohos apart. Put a double row down tho odgo?vofthe curtain and one row down oach soam and down the centre of each broadth, waking sure when thoy. ore attached that they ' aro in rows >toarallol to tho pulleys on tho eross-pleoes. Hun strong cord over the pulleys and thread m through all the rings but the row on the*dge of the curtain. ^Thil outer row is intended to keep the.-*-*-1 from running away from the rT should have a- short oord through them and fastened at and bottom of tho curtain. , 'ja r I i 'PSS?*?*' Jft..bfok**ound Qt WIM neutral eolor #111 h<> required with suoh, furniture as an interior would need. This will snfflosfdr charades, "banto< mime, and literary and' mnsf grams, but a play or dporetta .mounting, > and that, cannot ? without soenery. Ooeasionattjr;, possible to bay or rent scenes, but' the aid of *n artist or house C ^ and ? pot ol Mint scenes oan ?<v??t by, the do?en. At the ? jr^s ?ay be purchased oolored JtfSsrswr ateousMi impeachable honor. They want to be Just, and in the endeavor to nve the tho hands of a soore of murdererfwho exhaust the patienoe and interest of the lookers-on long before it is half Inoosh fift V10 ???* *w<Joessful. plays are brief and contain not more than three acta and ten^harantera,!At any of the stationery ...porefutStttlf comcdiesand parlor dramas aro sold. Sliakspoarean not certain- that am^teuie do St mak! a great mistake in. such salaaiions. 7 r sshs?j^aijasas'a ** successful pattbr comedies hive ?elected. ;-ThO parts being lea numerous rehearsals' shotild'' 'bo and during this preparatory woi 'ZSVS&Su cannot be got, taVo tho time to i theatre and sed how public i actress** Walk abrost tlon they make oTthtlr han deportment n?ay seorn vory easily dono, but It Is a C6l( coptfon, for to do these \j, things in a simple easy manner Is thii O^fiuSb. (lit Bud# tfiomate Stago dressing should be feet, and no eolor should''!!. ,? tinMl It has bootf *roll tested With tfla! lights,' Behind the JO" cent sateen will make'* ' 1 court dree# than a #9 satin; ra tor showing, talres, nor can ^W?ttwJ?afr-oonPL .ana * Portuguese point worth a a square Ineta.. Special ?tody r*" .given to,S|Mphi the making up an much good m Will be neeessaryi The main 'have la Wind Is the effect of and gaslight The face witt most extravagant treatment in Stodfbe itatSiT U the &sxf~ ?"^Spn 4,n*tr>.Hd * Or cone chalk. It tbvartttce pewdtfaT tlveness to oorrectiwes very otu If the oharactor attempted to woman dimple* will havo to flrlv to wrinkles tfnd pink cheeks feet had hollow ?N| -Tho require mUCB1 attention; t blood to the when tP know .It comes abvlSr ''w.'11. jiw Left-handed penmanship Is* noW taught In a number of - - ^ schools. The method, of i to make tho pupil write his pencil and then go over tir ' field ttt Ms left hand. 'J#, for some time the writer tt t ^ write his signature without the flttE* tho peneliod copy; This Is kept tl tn a sudlelent dogteC of proficiency obtained. 1|MH E**om 8 rgeDWn ofthepfcio Si*: i would hare carried off May morning bo roooivod a Shelby county farmer, Arkenia*, was aboard on the Shortline road, was every chanoe la' the lllng him a ticket, cloar "1H|' ' gs If he oould i ,Wlth an eye ?Mr Drain has to nod to .the depot, and when tietarain long, lean, lank, back board, <arry jtsaolc.of the it ho lakl eves upon htm, ahd ' of an Old aoquaintanoe ad itrapfwr and extended w him tbo-tftho of day. ^know"you,"* said tho man replied the ooltraol. man, woman,, and oky knew me? . -Yoji'ro lot Springs, I beliovoP" W rm bound for." ic over hero and lot me me. "?Vv \>r, fer sat down hirf' carpot ^ flip his sleeves, unbutton ed of his hiakoryshirt, and ^fooH. feleam in- 'bis eyes, jn tho colonel and said: "my young Christian born an' Hzoa up hyar in tit I never eot ray book-lamin' jV I hain't sp darnod green u I tako the nowspapors rog Lrtvad evory day about how y fellows orq swindled when the'irftfl Now I took a sol yzed oath just afore I lef r *He very, three-card _.^t tackled mo I'd wado irf,*ipou p tiio wholo ooun ro hundred, yards in ovory di ith him." _ not *- three-oard monto man.'tyloftdod tho colonel with an air of iajprod innoconoo and a smilo as soft reckon thon these iWlovta as wants a > with yor to get a lottery I'm not a bunko steeror," the cblonoV-. aint* bkiyP. Well then, I rekon 11 be one . of these fellers * as ohock cashed." ? no." cried Col. Drain,' "I'm not a'nipui. either. Do I look nest man?," and tho oolonel ^10 of bis most inuocont rail ley all look innocent enough, is Innocent looking chaps is the id. Now, lookee hysr,. stran you hain't tryln' to steer me up yer raokot, rouin * way the col* .pooch, faille Commercial. *?: ( *Jf , I *? ?* ^ niriaman*? Strang Attachment Alaska street on the corner of ? W alloy below Sixth,-there is a din' randry, with the name of- "Wab i? painted In flaming letters on t ?hrrt above the door' This it (Yah Keo lives and works and his lonely llfo. ., ? bo houso aoross tho alley is just at and'the roof is lust as crazy, and "iajfc l|*e there. atfo just ai nely as poor Wah. hat's where, Tot lived. Everybody n Tot Tot's olothoa w?ro old, and ? faoe was wan, but somehow th< of the little ono oropt into the ' of tho loaoly Chinaman, and Wab ejres beamed As thoy never beanl be Wonld stand by tho door and aoross the alley at Tot and smilo? tltil? ?r\ anil Wah! An fceo'a hli honrt hoavy, and ll him lhat it Wonld '. - r v. I y shop ettfe, to heavy ey In or the heart >r*wed the faoe of| ..JtMnli) dropped Ids iron ' and damp, few outshttj abd taikad- in panton*tmn and Tot unohinj^WiitTvSwVA st tho murky Tjj^eteiy day Tot w?h propped up in 1 thetflnrfo# And Wah Ko.? nfoAd Ih the ?bog^tfd l<ttk6d ai tho lit:-,v fao'b and ?ww</2tfoos When ttfali \vjo'h ^ouri try men eMM to see hlhi th?\v hidghod-, and lfop'ftOng nhd V?6o Y<'<? n<td Wong Sing Lung ehtaed him foir lrftt'tttfittigo love | EsvtL^ KwOB,T ' /'Wah-Kee has ido <>:><? Tot la Wan Keo's bla^. lint Tot died, and > vliiy they buried her. Thehi w I ? v two oar TliftNi ? there wivh (hi.: .1/! if'rtrtd the, jMEti>nd mother of n..- . n.f baby end Whh had a currin.. . nil alone, in the of iix. t,. .. ;.,?mI oab, Mr^ySidgHeved foif ... ninny faoer ' ' rattling ftmw.i:.. or tho child rshipod with'iiil :ho dovotlon wm iX ? her at Fivmvood In** a Iftth* plot utmost a# *5' id# <Jr?>U; i i>? upon the k?d< i i? upon the ie placo w.uri) .Tot-^wM ? of her h ,?i luaileooe, I he laat ten years Italy haa . '100,000,000 on monster war' Stftk^ERKD. . a Vktr hiOMti1! s;. --fciwlfc ? ' ???.!% > / "Vtf i ? y. A romantk) little, story *nachod the ears of a reporter -for the InUr-Octan yesterday. It tiJcbes on (ioknou, pills, sod love. A certain-charming young lad/ living In on? of the south ern suburbs taken soiiously ill a fe?r weeks ago. Her parent*, who are quite wealthy, employed the best modi cnl taleht obtainable, but the worthy disciples of medicine who examined hor prououhoed her qjujo to be / incurable, and Said' tfiat she was boyond human af<fc The pa**n?s <wbre fn despair. By ?ome accident the father heard .of a ? you up doctor who had but recently Jo oatodinjthe-village, and whose list of pationts was not at all large, but who had ever givensatisfaction when called i upon, Ho was asked to see tho sick girL Ho called, looked at the pationt steadily, then turned 'to tho anxious parents and skid, firn^iy and decisively: s "I can savo your daughter!" ???Do you think soP" was the exoitod query.. ^ ? "I know so!" was tho positive an swer. "Savo my daughter and naino your pripp for youi* sorvioeV* exclaimod the Ipving father, *r, "Then 1 must have entiro chargo oi the case," said tho young doctor. ? As tho othor doctors nad givon no oncouragoment whatever for hor re oovory tho oaso was readily placed in the young physician's hands. He wjont to work, patiently, oarnostly; took en tiro chargo of his fair patient; watched ovor hor day and night. In a week' she began to Improve; two weeks found her oift of danger;. In threo weeks she could sit up, and *? tho eng ' of four weeks .she waa weti' and could take long drives with her devotoa doctor. He nad indeed rcdoemed his pledge had saved his charge. ... Ono day, after the complete recovery of tho young lady was positively as sured, the fattier oallod tho .young doc tor into his library. Taking him by the hand, ho said: "Young man, you have saved my daughter I told you that if you did so you would be compensat ed at whatover price you choso to fix your services.' I am now ready to car ry out my part of . the agroement, as you have so nobly done your work." ? "Do you really wish to pay mo ' my own prioeP^vRsked the young doctor, ?nrtpp^tyv j "Indeed I do, sir." "Then'I ask you to give your daugh ter to me hi mnrriago," was tho unex pected requ&jt, . . . f .J The old gentleman was naturally ? llttlo astonished at tho nature . <grf; the answer, Ho hesitated a momeut, thon touohod a bell. A servant answered. "Tell Hattie to stop here," was'the command, "Vr. ?? ?,<. In a minute the daughter onf?rad the room. Th\fathor and the young dootor stood fading one another. < , "Hattio," saiuVthe old goutloman. "Do^ou fcol thatjjpu havo fully reoov f'l^am as vfell aliever, father." jrou i wbgiriA what your doctor * ''$o,">iaid tho girl anxiously,' ?'bttt abloX"Ur? de80rves anything reason "But I consider his chargo extor tionate,1 was tho emphatic rejoindor. "What is it father? I fool suro that 1L . would not bo unreason able." , "Not unreasonable! Why, Hattio, ho asks that I oonsont to hU making y?u h's wife; what havo you to say to thatr ' Hattie blushod violently for a min ute; hor llttlo foot played with tho rug on tho floor, then looking up archly, first at her father and next to the young dootor, who had moantime ut tered no word, she said: ',?!?ou ?* f*ther? when 1 Wft8 ?iok all tho other dootors gavo mo up1 and assured a? nothing but doathP" ' ->?? "Yes, my daughter." Doctor ?? took my case un .aarthoso olrcumstunces," told you ho WOTldsAVo mo; and nursod mo back to Jtoalth and TifoP^ " '' "Tlion, fathor, it strikos me that if I WM an auditing committoo and had to P^#a npon this bill, I'd arguo that the -;ono who brought mo back to my health from apparent death would bo pfotty l^eJP*me h? Intrustod to wheft cheok his bin Q. K.,,.and say nothing About extorttonato chargo#.'.V The wedding will be duly oelebfatod in a very short time. A Devil to think. This rotnlnds mo of the storV, of the man?a gteat ornitholo'glHt who ad vortiHod that ho had jfot tho olfever est parrot in the world, "and that' ho would soil It to a buyer (or $600. Thin bird be^an to Ofeate a most sensible ox oltoment, and U Was sold?not to tb# .Kensington museum, tor It was not In efctetehoe at the time, bat I bollovo If It had it would Iterc been eagerly pur ohasod by ifc-i-bttt to $! respoctablo old lady, Who gave tho required iMX) for the bira/ '^ho kept lt'for a season, but still It did fcrit talk a single word, and if she had kfept it for,a hundrod year* It would not have to* thAt time utterod anything. She kept ft fo* about a year, and yet 11 had notspokeft anything. About this tlmo she met the man, tho famous orni thologist ahd a former .owner of the bJrd, and asked bim tho reason that it had not spokon, at the same time ex pressing sipprlaeatlty.whon he answor i edt' "No, but itv? a dorll to think/* I think that la vort mnoh tho ease with <the,domodtip pofipy of,the ministry. the following incident ooourrod to Milt Tony, of Dry Pond, Jackson County, not long since: As he ap prnnohM his bed to rotke one night he discovered a lim Snake lying oil tho eover,which frightened him very much, so that b? yelled for his wife to bring something to kilt it with, and, ploMng up the bed, he carried it out doors and cotnmenoed beating on the snake. When he thoujpit he had killed it a olo.se examination revoalod. the fact that, Instead of beating It snake, it WfYS a coll ofrfcair belonging to his wife.? Athrit* (hn*Utut<on ^ ~ , The 17-year-old girl who annually cuts her father's ontiro crop of whent and mows ten aeros of grass lives in Dnfforln County. This year, besides performing theso agricultural labors, ahe hai"set up" with * SfcelbUrne store olork three nights a week, read seren teen continued stories In a Weekly fam ily Journal,attended four Sunday school ' picnics, set the dogs on twenty-nine tramps, and fallen off a cherry tree. And yet somo cranky editors eontlnue to propound the conundrum! "What can women dot"-- Walktrtown (Ont.) **? WMidtrW ^r^nU^^MlU^JoU8h?*. j "I ?M about tho ftst,**1 mM ? 'the kiudlv. gray-haired oUf man, "to dis card dxen and vso horse* Id drawing, brick in New HayoHr ?* I carted very many Ibads dfTtfiem ud through looto1 and sandy soil. On inch ground, you ' knofr,<> wl*eltag- Is very hard. Tho wheels rink down and crush the s*nd, Kmf team* often get *s?t' to this way. I tried to remedy-this by using larger wheels; and I found that the linger the wheel the easier it woald run. -But there has to bo a llmit^f? the size of wheels on account of the great weight of largo-wheels, to say nothing of their being Tn tho way. Theu I thought of a walking machine, and when I started ?with this Jt was with tho sole Idea of using it on sandy land. A walk ing machine would not crush tho sand and bury so In it aa a wheel. There is my point. It will step oyer the sand and not be dragged through it, as a wheel is. But I put tho matter off until about a year ago. Since then I have perfected this machine, and X olaim It wlirrun faStot*, cheaper, easier, |. and bettor than any sort of a vehlolo yet invoutod." | Here Mr. Sheldon stepped aboard of I;his walking-machlno aud proceeded to i shove It off. Tho.bed is about four foot square* On the right and loft hands rises a framo work supporting two ; movable timbers hunt? at tho top so as | to swing back and forth. These are tho legs, and thoy are so connected by a lover that whon ono is pushed ahead tho other is shoved back. Whon the maohlno is walkiug thoy stretch apart just Ilk? tho logs of the lotter A. A bovoiod edge on the.shoo of tho log hits a wheol on tho lioadof tho'machine as it is'impelled forward and drives tho leg down to the ground, a clicking spring and notches noldlng it thero till its step has been finished, thon a spring reloascs tho leg.'it bob*up and is swung forward while Us mate is doing its sharo of Jho work: The maohlno will bo bal anced from behind by a HttTo wheel like*tliu third whool of a trloyolo, or by a third pair;0f logs. - - ? "Theso logs," said Mr. Sholdon, "are soven foot ldng, or equal to ono-h&lf the diatpctor of a fourteen-foot wl^eol. Consequently tho vehicle when drawn by a horso will run as easily as though it hud whocls fourteen feet in diameter. It will tako six-feet steps, and it is got up on the prlnOlplo of a pendulum {to. a clock. Wnothor drawn Dyi horsd or drivon by clookwork, foot or steam power, it will run so oaslly that Vory littlo effort will bo reaulred to urgo ft along, oven at a rapid rato, and up hill. Yeu Know that a clook-pondulum Whon pulled out to ono sido and let go will swing out nearly as far to tho othor. That is tho way my machine will work. All tho operator has to do' is to over {loruo tbo little dlstanco that tho po'ndu um foils to make in its vlbrattoh. Now, these logs are pohdulums, nothing more not* less. ' Wnou one of thnm! ha? reached out and is makiug the lirsc hall of its step, of course, if ft is being driven by motive power Instead of tog dtawn by a horse, fc its own weight,. and the leg is ?aught up and pushod forward for duty again." < Tho legs being jolntless of neoessity give the maohlno a tipping motion as tnoy pass and repass oaon othor, but Mr.- Sholdon can remedy this evil by making the steps shorter. He has also a devico for koeping the maohlno from tipping whon ono of tho feot slips On a turning stono or strlkos tho yielding ground. v "I think on tho whole I shall run it with hot air from a big oil-stovo when I como up through tho city," said Mr. Sholdon, as he swung the shapely oakon legs idfy to and fro; "then I shan't havo to carry a water tank, as I should if I d(mondf'.d on a stoam-englno.1'? New Haven Register. Snnatfl-pRjjos vs. Itoportors. Whllo we woro employed towaltupon the scftiatora, '.'outsiders" would ofton encroach Upota our good-naturo and ask us to do things. Wo always refused to Attend to thcso matters, if they were pat in the Hhttpo of n demand instead of * tf&^uost. Thtjro woro soveral nows paper reporters in thogallonr ovor tho ' VKjo-Presldont's ohalr, to which I havo roforrod; ^Whd froquontly ignorod our rights. A reporter%woul4 wish to nsk a questlori of a senator, and, hot caring particularly to oomo down tho stairs and sond In his card, would drop a note from the gallory, expoeting ono ot us to pick it up pnd hand it to tho goi^ator to whom it was addroasod. This was a rathor officious requost sometimes, as wo wqro tired and worn out from ox cossivo running, and would hardly fool like going up to whom tho roportof was, in tho roundabout way in whioh \ wo should have had to go, to dellvor <him tho Information oalled for,' and then como all the way back. But, whether wo were tlrod or full of activ ity, we did not Hko tho matter-of-course inftnftor In Which sorho of tho ropolrters had- detflandod our Horvicerf', and we would ofton lot tho note remain whore it had fallen on tho oarpot. Bomotinies, out of pugnaoity, we woahl surround tho papor and walk around it, gifting at it apparently with groat curiosity, but ovlnoing no inclination to touch it. Finally* when the reporter would loan over t|ie odgo of tho gallery, apd, in a Very obsequious manner, would bow his noad and smilo and go through a lot of gymnastics to Indioato to overy body else in tho gallorlos that* tho "squib" would not "gtf^fT," and that he would be oxoeodingly obliged if ono of our oxeellonolos would graciously con voy tho papor to its dosirod destination, ono of us would pick it up; but not un til then.-~4tBccoUection9 of a Senate Page," in St. Nicholas for December. Buchanan, the first bachelor Prosl ,,dcnt. had quite a brilliant administra tion socially. His niece, Harriot f,nne, was in many respects ', a magnlfloont woman. Hor appoarance was striking and her manner winning. Intellectu al ly she was vory strong, and she pro sified over her uncle's household with a dignity and grace that has handod her name down to posterity as ono of tbo host femalo characters ever in tho White House. She has seon great sorrow since those days. Hor unolo, whom she lovod as a father, has passed away, and hor two llttlo boys, 10 and 14, the fruit of hor happy inarriago, have both diod within tho last threo years. Hor husband also departed this life suddenly within the last year, and tho brilliant mistress of the White House of a llttlo more than a quarter of a century ago Is a childless widow. Twenty-two thousand eight hit mired and twenty-two patents wore granted during tho last fiscal yoar. v??U Writ ? -? s ^ . : A Fennaylvanla woman hwbMB Ant to prison for horeeateaU**. Thlaoowoa from opening the profession*.. to,.w\> ? - - V> ? *YK? -,X: li'rUM . ,,W* must draw theliuo somewhere," remarked the washerwoman Monday morning. "and I guess tho yaVd Is'tho 'best place." ?' ? ??? Yale Co11oj;o students sniokobitwteen 9,000 and 9,000 cigarettes a day* i Toll you H pays tho business man oi this country to pupport tho educational in stitutes. ^ *?!*>?? It U said that tho grasshopper .has proportionally 120 tlines tho .^ticking power of a man. Nature evidently did not Intond'to Whro grasshoppers sloop two abed. In anger -rtew her agilo Jaws, and ?wear words darted from her .tongue; tho nxtid was fighting mad beoauao sho couldn't make her baugs stay bung.? Semi- Weekly Dcalh-Rattle. "Hallo!" shouted ono boy to another, whom ho saw running Wilaly down tho street. "Hallo! nro you training for a raooP" ? ''No,1' oalled back the flying boy. ? "I'm raolng tor a train.!' j An Englishman claims to havo dli?. coyerod an animal with four eyes. ThUn aljpwa what poor whisky thoy havo dir. tho Island. If it had been in Amotion tho animal would havo not loss than 9o oyos- Mbr "Oh, doar," yawned a boy a/toif n6 had returned from church, '"'l? don't wonder tho world is so full ofKWiokod ness." "Why so?" askod b>*? astonish ed mother. "'Causo G odfr picked out such a tedious day for Sunday." "A-aro y-vou a-an admirer o-of a's-soldlers?'* askod ayyounfc West Point oadetof a young, miss with whom he was waltsiug. ^H6 was short of breath and growTnjftnaay. "I-I d-don't k-know," slio roplicdlv "1-1 n-i^ovor s-saw any." . ,v: A young lady who waa.plbo siok to wash tho suppor disluMtrcooverod sufli ciontly fifteen mtautojnuter hor mothor had performed tho ?job to play crbquet and "sit up" a young man .until . midnight, /what dolicato croaturcs American glW* are, anyhow. A French wofftan took on dreadful ly at tho fiufcral of hor husband. "Why, machine," said hor maid, "you hated, hUnuio while living I do not seo why yoiflhould bo so domonstratlyo now thatflffi. is dead." "WhyKX<izotto. I don't nSteftdm half so much now as I did. ' Tho Morocco, having subscribed for'tlytaowapapor, reads all the advertisements firflt^LjThev triod to pet him to read the cuTt.0^Ud page first. But ho remarked that ho ha5 ,^eon a monarch too long hot kopw^ what was interesting roadirig^ZoMYw/fe Courier-Journal. "Ma," whispered Plndor Fltzgoobor, after'tho funeral of a friond, "ab you know what^amrjy^pV "Hush,child;" cantlgjiBfQ^^QrapB$> who saw that tho T|Hi 6Vorhoard,"of courso iqonoelsodoos." "I do," K>JT, brightly, "ho wont to lank^'ta ycur barber a mual know call ho" fltR vfoTlnWbr something?" Mr. Blank? ??O, that is becauso ho fiddles around a customer's faco in a violont mannor with a viol razor!"?Philadel phia.Call. This reminds us of a bull seriously porpetratod by a former citi/.cn of Tox arkana. Ho approached a knot of gen tlemen who woro his porsonal friends, and said: "Look here, boys, I'm a candidate for City Marshal, bnt J don't say anything about It, for if tho thing gets out they'll beat mo."?Texarkana (Tex.) Sews. Visiting Briton?"Ya-as, Wosallnd: but your politicians?aw?ard a 'lot. of blawsted cads, y' knaw. You nrb?aw wuld by a set of wiotous wascals Whom you wouldn't dwoam of?aw?inviting to your houso." Rosalind?"True, but In England you nro governed by per sona who wouldn't dream of inviting you to theirs." "When I grow up I shall marry a rich man, or I won t marry anybody!" a little girl was heard to say. 'Mint if you don't mnrry anybody," said hor father smiling, "you will bo sure to llvo with a poor man all your life." In stantly the little maiden ahrjwerod: "Oh? but, papa, I lovo yon, and do you don't seem poor?" "You may talk as much as you pleaso," remarked tho irasc.iblo man; "but let mo tell you that I consider your arguments as well as youMfelf be noath my notice; I don't givo jou so much as a thought.".'' "I liopo not," was tho response; "I wouldn't havo you bankrupt yourself on my account." ?Votlou Trnnscript. ., Hcor.o?India. Olllcor Inspecting ranks; sergeant major following; <)t fleer?Private Atkins hasn't shaved this morning, sergeant major. Ker Eoant major --lie is going to let his oard grow, slf. Ofneer?? I can't iiavo ? men coming'on ptiradc Hko thfs.' Any man wanting to grow rt beard must do It in his own time, and not on parado.? T.Otlfl/iii Ii'ii it "Will you havo somo soup or ,ll?h," asked tho waiter of a stranger, "No,sir Bring uio sonic moat and portators and ooflfy." Aftor lie luul f 1 ninliocl hi* moat and portators nnd oofl'y ho loaned back in his ohair and said: "Now, you kin bring-in your tisli nnd soup if you want to, but you shouldn't go trifling with a Kansas city inan whon bo's hungry." ? N. V, Mail <unt Ktjircist , | "For what wo tire about to rocoivo may tho I.ord umko us truly thankful," devoutly nuirinurod Dusonbury, fitting with folded hands at tho dinner table. Then looking disdainfully ovor tho dWh os not beforo him, ho snarled: "Good gracious, Maria, how many timos do you want mo to toll you that I' don't hanker for cabbage and oornod hoof moro than threo time* in ono wo*k!"? lionton (/lobe. "Father, ploaso toll mo what ontail moans and if wo havo such a law In tho Ignited HtatosP" Father ?"Under tho law of entail, my boy, tho landed Kronorty of thft fathor is handed down > tho oldest son, sucoosalvoly, gonora tlon after get)oration. Wo havo no inch provision In tho United 8tatos. Ho** tho monoy generally goo# to tho lawyor's who settle tho fathor's ostato. Youseothodtfforonoo?'1?Honton Trans or(pt. A (lorman paper estimates that Franco at prosont owns 000 miles on tho Wost African ooast, Kngland 860 miles, or aftor tho annoxatlon of tho wholo of tho Niger dolta, 1,800 miles: Portugal, 800 miTos; tho Republic of Liberia, ftAO mllos, and Germany 7ft0 miles. Tho remaining 900 mllos in owtiod by tho natlvos, but will doubtlosn bo welzed by tho Koropoan powers In a short tlmo. Tho coast Is oldofly valuable as opening a way Into the fortllo Interior.