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WAS I DEAD? Hv Vt*ro V. Hunt. How calm, how very calm, aeemod the Evening; tho nun Juat netting tui tho treea of Moiu'kton wood; the au tumn loaves rofle.-tlng i t h dying vaya; tho dint-ant river t?hinlng 1 i K ? ? a bur of glls'V, tho high eliffs of Claumooay blad ing like diamonds beneath tln? sinking luminary's kiss of adieu- A gentle bmezv *wept from t mo to tim ? through tho trot* 1 1? i ?m. I nii wj tho laborer* wend* ini; their way homeward after a day <>t toll. I uoUccd one oi\tw(^ of thorn kd<">p tlu'lr comrades and point to my window, t'hon shake their heads sadly, and oon tinuo on thoir courtio, A blackbird hop pod out from Homo ferns, gave a shrill whistle for Ids mato, which wan ans wered, and ho flew rapidly off to Join h.pr. A timid hare raised himself on lis hind logs, peered around cautiously, then proceeded to take his oveniiiK meal. Oh! how obaurvant aro the eye* <?f tho dying when they ga<6?' upou faudl l.rr nights never again to be witnessed! 'lMrt-nugh tho great bay window of my room 1 watch d from my eoneh tlm pPjlWful, liappy weenes so fttmdbu to m ? from childhood, and by tho lining "f that huh that was crimsoning with itf final rays tho daik i loads, I should he nn a elod in tho valley. In the room where 1 lAy naught Iroke the silence, nave thl> of my mo(4ior and sis ters, who sat around my bed; my moth er with her fate hidden in my pillows and my hand clasped between t>oili her o\vn. By the window stood my brother, his head Imwod upon his chest, hlti handkerchief frequently traveling to hi* eyes- My Junior by a year, the awcostral acres, and .the title won hy our lvnight Templar forefather utnlcr Hi-chard Coeur do Lion, would i?ass on my death to I j 1 ?V> , and no doubt lie Would bear the honors far more nobly than thu one that lifter a brief butter fly existence among tho rosea of n wo man's smiles, wines, lueioitsncss. and equestrian achleveineals was flow at tlie jiko of 110 about lo h-itvc -them all In - hind. . "Notlllllg hilt b IIVOS, The spirit grieve* Over a wuhH'iI II f With a Kill" curiosity I woiuli n il what sort i.r a world I, was about to t-nicr upon. My ?*liilil IffTotl'M bleu of llir eternal torture of thoVhinined hatl las n lon>? exploded l?y the- Knowledge otv li > i n 1 ii ?-? 1 1 1 i i?'< 1 tlurlng\uy under-,, graduate career al Oxford. NjFhiit (i"d should torture those poor, f i aYl- vi:jh*mh of liis own hamliu <*rk for not uecepting ?* ? lilt in theological dogmas that even I ]i c i'li rt dispute. ;i ii ? 1 the wisest falleil to coinpreh nil. Ilial I could not believe. Hul death w ii h a slern reality that lie re was no disputing. a'lnl with every Urolith I drew I knew thai tin- king of l.rrora was ul hand. I had one great hope, \tiie great light in I lie darkness. Helen, my eldest and favorite Mister, had erossed the ni.vslle river three years Ii. lore. We loved en h other dearly, and her luHt wolds were: "Herly, dewiest brother el me al (bid's right hand." II' I did not would she not miss me? Would led hi a Veil cease to he heaven when ?he realized that the brother alio loved so well was slilll out therefrom forever. and If she did not miss me al all would not her heart he harder a? an angel than it had ever been as a lovely, I. ill Ii n inn ii Woman? No. <1od did n thing by halv/es. lie would allow (hose lo meet in I, he spirit world who had been separated in the national, would v\ipi> mil the record of ilieir frail ties a m tin* sutnmhr rain obliterates the dust front the petals of the thirsty rose.* As I lay thus di'eam tig with my eyes open, wldle the shadows gathered in the darkening room, 1 f ?*! t a keen pang, like the thrust of n dagger, penetrate my lungs. My mouth llll^i with hlood as 1 Btrugj^lod lo speak, a deathly chill, tJiut seemed \'to permeate every, pore, tdiook my frflJtUP. I henrd my mother'* ery of agony, t fell my brother's strong arms around me as he half raised nr* in the bed. I heard him say In tones of anguish: "Herly, Herty, oh, do not leave us yet!"' I fell my head fall ha k upon his should -r as a delightful calm Hijenied to compass me about, as a fascinating drowsiness overshadowed tin:. Then 1 felt myself drifting, drifting | S'Mne w here, I lui w nol whither, nor dhl ) I care, ? ? ? ? ? Time seemed I" have been M.nuihihtted 1 when I open d my eyes again, apparent ly awakened b\ I lie Wonderful null.tllfe a round. I lay on llie golden sand of a heaeh bi-Mhle an a*/.u:e sia. 'I ll'' cerulean sky above seemed lo have its counterpart in the waters below, over whose sur face nol a ri| p!e hroke. and w h se - alm iiess no noise disturbed save the nuisl i - t i. ill of the breakers <>it tin- shore. I I he light was < hai and radiant, though I ii Imvr us i here w as ik> Mill, and behind ! me on the verdant soil, greener than ' tli" shores of any earthly lands ape, . were rows of palm trees whose brati'lies I swayed graeefnlty in I lie pei f u me-lad' n 1 a i r i?\it all se. iii> d to i.st a pe.-i- e I 1 ! a I 'Uipa>s'd ill ei . in preli. 1 1 >i< .n. that Seemed t" IliS'ill Itself nil" e\el'\ li'TVe j ill t ? l \" eiielianl'd I i atne I ga/.i-d oil tin 'uiHIlim tits They were .if oriental p.it t. r?i and e..|or. hut a |e\iure and d>e ' tli. i' ill.' hand ? ? C ( > ? ill Irol ii.vef lil'. llfllt t ? ? Ml ll jieffeetioll. \ l"llg, I |.?>se relie "I |'ii i pie and white stripes, ! girt aroiind tic waist with a silken 1 >eis!i of i r ms 'ii studded with goldeii I stars, i i ' f ? I't 'I me from tieek in ankl s | ? III 1 1 1 >" I'. He I'll llow of marble white v less , w .?i e !_? ill two s.itubils <?I" the . purest afl niosi tl< \ l>l ? "t iiniannei) i leather, ihat telt as -oft as \elvet on I I lie skin. As I raised my eyi s. ?'??ns--ioiis "f the presetlee of all ll'l-, I heh'hl, standing beside me. the while robed tlgnic "f a vourg ma.a. with l!ie form and face of an A p* dh?. His long golden hair fell m a luxiirloc.s mass over his shonldere. his eves wire as blue and clear as the i sky oi% the sea. As he leaned on a long , i-ane. like a bamh -o encrusted with dla- ' monds, the loose s'e ves of his garment* ! fell hack, ills, losing arms of an alalia*. , ler whiteness that t!ie fairest daughter of l ive could never h >po to rival. 1 1 is voire was sweet as ike echo of distant iiuihI'' w h ii looking on me with low ^*nd pity depleted in his lustrous orbs h\ said: yYou have traveled a long Journey, yo\i have reached half-way to the glor ious fruition or the Most." "Is Iiot 'this henvor\'#' 1 inquired in amastemont. "Nay. nay; he\ond the placid losom of ilinf mlg-hty fxrnn is the delightful paradise called by mortal* 'heaven.* " j "And where am I. th*n?" I asked. "You are in a land that Is ?eyond mortal eye or the scope of irjoftnl as trotkomy; beyond the farthest eonstella ' tloir that I* Known to your wiitrfnrB or earth. Jit rr? you Nhouhl remain until you tMome wbaf >am " / "And what are yoti, nn antfelV" l Uitericd, inter Mtnl beyond l lt? > limil of tiny human iti'sir ? "I mil llic ideality of what you were horil lu lie, t >ii t wind you have f n 1 1 ? ? ? I <" liet'oiiu*. When you liuvv ? ? u ? 1 ? i ? ? ' >' t 'ddiiiiKN mill !??<? ?' it ? 1 1 the I ? -mm ? i ? ?< I shall tfjiili to ,\uu my ni?ul shall enter Into your Imily; (Inn yon will musk over yonder sea nn ? I l? ? forever in paradise. "Ih litis plaet*. tli li. what some |\oph? f?n earth rii 1 1 'purKulory " Till' ,S'oU UK mart smiled alniof I Mit'tly, hoforo In* iiiihw I'A tl nn* "All' \v li it a coWi'vl'' ni??i lul.i !??* of ill-- fount of do* ln-ii ni ifn 1 iiii'l ill" triii1! The fii-at-.r of evers shining '? iiiiiiot look up< ii i.i' rou iti nun tho loi 1 1 1 1?? of out' crii iii It of tlnil humanity (hat In* has s? n ? tin *1 tliioimli tv'-ry on*' <?f those itvinUlinu Mtars. and lliiit III* loVert as llllii-ll lis tin* |?rull'l il'd fii'll I' Will '?oils i nil fi ill it lr llf\ t'S In* 1 1 1 ? * 1 1 x I I and l}t|?ori <1 for ln*r alone. No. tin* m li?"t vv It at I > * > i ? mil ?|I|||'KII" > this M u In 1 1 < I win r** tleise who tiii' 1 1 * ? I litli' I to | t.i hh at i >ii4'i* Iroiii iry > 1 1 ' 1 1 t" ''<1 Mini halVitaiiotis art* pi ?? i ? ji i*i-? I f*?r tin- Until t liaiiKi'; lull >"ii nit* t ? > return to earl ? for a hIioii linn* I'iiik1'1 ? I* In*! !1" lit* |Miinl d t*t tin* nI<\ I in i K < I ? i n ? ? m Wi'ii* K*'i I lii'i Iiik i>n tin* It** izoti. ilu* I ? 1 1 1 ?? wiilf I'm of il an had i Iri UK1 'I l" an 1 1 1 hit". \s I I il 1*111 < 1 m:ain ilu- l * i 1 ' i li' hI4i* loi* li id iIIh * jn-i'ii n il. <)i.*vii t'e WIlll'IS vt'll** lilt* l'|nl|ds, I KOIIl'.Ilt til I If I' iili*l II y iiiln tin- palm wo'm|-., lull i-oiiM lint stir Tin* 1'lnii'ln a |?|>ro'.i?'lii il ami :is (lit* iiti-l of llit'ii advaier K". "'I mii f founded nil' I heard a voir* 1 1 1 ? ? Von ?? of ll?-|i ii. radii k inr liy nanii'. 'I'lii' k'ooiii ii i'i >ii ii* I nit* I > i t ? Si i* for a n instant. itinl there i'Iomo l<? tli ' s'lori*. Iii it lift It* iikiff win >Ki* sides si fiiii *1 wi'iuiKl't of |f ail. a ii* I holding a |iii * 1 1 1 '?? that s li > >im* I ki* I u nislied Hold, ill re n( tiidliiK i*ri*i l jJ ln*r liny aiK ?y. and w'Jli a .'i'.' ap'ii t/iWi ile upon h *r featuris ii'iiii s il.it: I In-iiintly j>- ojju!/ d as her' own. Ill ? ni-rli t ? i ? ? y wi r*- radium w'lh ii liiatity !l*'il wni l>i\i>nil iit iilitl Ion. (Inn* was iiiv l> l> ?\'?mI II !oi.. II r*r\ \ oi'*i*. s ?( t i* far llian even ll:i* voii'i* t\f I iui who repie* nled i ?y M* :tl il y. wan waf ed I" ti >? I ?? i ii; !i i!i** unth eiiiiK iiIk'iI. "I ill * 1 1 > >? lno'lii'., \\ { ? : 1 1 ti>- It It . 1 1 1 1 ii ? ii -km li is I'fiiit* !*> my t > 1 1 ? sst >1 I* t In hi* ?. even lor a i a i * ?< 1 1 1 nl lli> dt*. ir I a i' axaiu. 'i'!***n K'*'-sl I ii U In in t ! 1 1 ? r and tin* n* t >'." our l> lo v ed l.'.vi and ill'K*' them t<> li\ SO lllill W 1 1 || St* I t *Sl I'll I -ll*Sl* KllOl'l s your pi' ! ation .'dial! n*>( l> loiiy,, hut ? ' ill ye fdia I i ? *J? ? 1 1 1 my sell' ;i t ? ( t'allii'r, iii.*l w i * shall all fi>t iii oiii' lini'py f'imily in lli- siiiiii.v land Iron \\ 1 1 ? n t* I ronii*, fa re well !" i Kink i.il. iijiiM | In* : 1. 1 1 1 < I w l!i . i s ii ' i ! i ? ? 1 1 nl t It ?? nit . s . j 'i i ? I'i mi ml Nil i * i w, ha I km \i l ti;i I I w s II i 1 1 > ii;; from ( 1 ?? k >l< I n sI.mi'i' ? i's'd I i' a^'iii* Ht'a. 'I h ii iii *i I I I <? I ll i' I \\a:l li|i i \t . ir/, mo'.* i'i.,' W.lll .1 I i 1 1 1 ? ' l> ^ll'lllfl III. Ill till' wind, i ? i \* n i\ ? i><;< i. j'i a f'U*si>ok ii.i* und I s! i *i 1 1 ? ? * ? ? "< di. 1 1 1 y so ii . 1 1) > .son! lli. ink In a vi ii yoii are s;*a ed In uM ! I ill, (iin| In* jii.iist d l u!' Ii is iiierev !" Il w.tM my 1 1 1 . 1 1 i i i'm v< iii*. ?. 1 1 1 ? r arms i\i*r * eltiNiu il around my tn***k. and lu*r wiirni kis.Mis f ? I in rdiowers on my lips ;i li I I U*i i w . M\ s s! its. li; vf 1 1 ? * t , an I moi family |.'iysii*t?i n -li.nl lusidi' iiiv >???<!. ilu- hit '?I II* >1* I i III; my ! il si*. I >/i > I i k ' 1 1 i\ lis In .1 1 1 1 1 *? i k i iik lliroupli ilu* m*t at I nl \ win ? low. I III' 1 1 ti > li?.',lil I lllill never more ex pert || 1*1 Nee. T'e ! * I l>M i " I J I * l ' s f I i> |i|'i?ll 1 1 tl d Ip W'tll I Hill ill* .1 nl(l'l|:tKS. til*' M 1 * I i * I - 1 4 1 ' ' ? ? 1 1 s . f \ i.iii family I have I. en f'u luiii rs se< kiiiK l" rev ve what I heiit-vi i| i i ? t?* a i "o i p st ? , * lie said "Your ii'i'nvi'i y is ill t Mil II II mil !(|'!ii ?' "I ? as a i tu ps ? mi ear "h " I mur I II II I'ei I . "Iilll a Sniil nil pl'nlia t loll hy tilt* slml'i'Sl ? * t" ill - ;r'.l|re jell ." I II I ?' I'll II I i <? II (I I III III ?' I II I I I Hill TIll'IU llllK'lt I . I III Pi fill I', ;t 11 tin fin i - llnnal vin< I ii< '<? li'l'l within 1 1)< tu-xi yciir or* two fur tin- | > 1 1 1| ? nf inioiua; u. k tin' ut.f of .silver I lirmij; In in i ill' ii\ Ilra.'il roiMitlluH to llii' rturUl. It In j ? i I jih well, liottrvi'l-, I'm* A lili'l'iia n? Id iiii ?l?T.sl?i mi III .ulvum./ lliul llu- willy hupr <?1 a^roi'lni'ilt In! wiiii llu- cuiiiii r.i'H I rp l lM llll'll tllUHl III' ill Mu||;l' I Ml in <>l > i ii nivst i"li ? t nl (niiiiiK1' "t i I \ i i" on ill' i . r i ol llii' rlv ' 1 1 Ixi ?. I iialifnx ill tin: \\ i > i I ? I In lis.s ( Ii tr- pt'n^raliii' sliuill'l In* a li'i'ti'l i?l I lin limit < ?l il m' uf sIHrr as a liimu ?> in < al. III a K.viii ratio uf \ *i 1 1 ?? * with i.ml, .iihI a I >"i w 1 1 1 1 a Silllixl ratio uf \ i > 1 1 1 1 1 > ? ' uf v.oM aii'l |ia|M-r tnotit y lu !?? ii- ill I ?> tliii i niuit ties a^ns'ltiK in Hit | ???! I. > aii \ i M-;| 1 1 'I III I III' III I t'l !ia t lilll.l I i ' 1 1 1 1 f ? t'l'lli V Tu sliuw t li<- tin prnl >a lil I : t > "t ili<- la i i r initio a<l'>|ili'il liy I In1 I 1 1 i t ? ? ? I Slal'-s, .1 Is only iii'i'i'ssaiy In r \atr.ini' t >i<* Mali: ill's whli'li ili'tiiuiisi rati! lit aninuiiss ui Kill. I alul nf pflpiT, a.s Well a : n| 1 i \ ? i inuiu-y, alliailv In us. la ilils iniin i ry Si 4 i ! ' .i I'. II I ii .1 1 1 .11 ll 1 1 1 111 -S .il'i' i i ' 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 ? I , It tin' ltiu.t?'il use uf silver is to lii a - 1 ? ? | " ? .?I, Ii must In- laid ii fui iianii.l that ? !??.? must t.i\ i ira Mi' ?> sti-m <i! sII.it ai' i'l' i-l w ill I'.' that ..I I'rat'i'.' I'ln- sl;\ it .(.|\ u rates In this iniititrv havo uii.-n |m>Iii|..| In I'rillii ?? as an rxamiili' nf a llalluli w lili li has |.i ns|.i'i i ,| ,.ii)i' !> Iiiran.ii' lis s fl \ ? r | m 1 1 1 ? ? > , a.i;)1 li.mi't a 1 1 i si s i:i Kim i|u'. li.i\i' ilti-li t . i U ? ii ,i siiiiiliai Kliiuml . Tin* I'll' i ? a | ? i f a elr.iila tlnii in I'l'.iin ! Is almiit f'JI .1 In Knlil. >1-' S i sllv i l', an I <L' "I In |ia|M r. niaU.ni: a tntal " ' | r ? apt! i ' . iii iil itu.il i.i ,'n In i lerina tiy~f7v ilfjni'i's aii- # I iii fui j-i.M ji tiir sifx'i', nil }] 1 1 1 1' piper. tn.iMiii: a 1 1 ii a I " ? | ii I ? - . 1 1 1 1 1 a ' <?! jl. In th.' I liiti I K biK'Inta t I.i- |irn|ii>i'i ii ns t i \ i ii* ?;..|1 a lit 1 1 ? nini'i . 1 1 1 1 ? 1 1 ? In Iiii; $11 |v In lull f'J ss In mIIvi'i', !] .? ik' t < in j ia | ? i". inakitu; i lnt.il " | r ? a |'lt a" "t ? I "i ;ii> In tin I 1 1 II ? I Sl.tii s L llii | ? I' ? aplla itl'i'illat lull Is. iin|<l { ? n'1. | hlhi'i'. ' i^i ! |ia|" r {'? s". inaUlliK a total j| I " t ' i j ? ' I . i ni I '7. Taking these tl;iUT i'H j t a : la i r i ? la 1 1 vi' I'l l hh ? i i inns. . : r. Ill 1 .? I t ? 1 1 1 1 ? I that I'rani'i' has .'a ?; |i sllvi;-. II I | -a | ? r* i.i iinaiiy lias . . I |. ml I ' 'I t' i - ii \ . i ?: i |, ,? |.i|'i i rtii- i"n ? I' I l\ IIIK'l.ilil lias !' I I' .' K 1 1 1 1 1 , II I I j Wlv.f. II I i ' . > | ii - f iIittnanN has I., . ji | i:n|.|. "'! I |>. i'. s 1 1 \ it I |.. |ia|? Th. I 'nit. -.I Stains has ; p. ,? t? ? ! I- ?? silv. r. L'T 1 |. -? | .a 1 1. ? r A ' 1 1 >| it I Ii tin- s 1 1 1 ? | . v 1 1 in tha! Hi. t : I'l ll.llintl.il I'lUlf.'l . "i. . will | . .. mi.,! | j a 1 1 n 1 1 1 ' ? I i . s i ? of slU.r 1 1 1 < .ii \ an I tl it j tin- I'lVllt'll SJS'.'tll w n 1 1 1 I i ti ? -1 1 ll. a ? 1 1 ? i ? ?" i <??1 as I In- lu st. I til" iii . -! In. mIx J pra ise I l.y tinny nf i hi liinn-ta His',.-. II In I I'l 1 1 ii Hint th.' I'll. t.il Slat.-. w.'iM t:i I [ lull' In llH'i i:i "i- Its i'i>|.| linl.ll in- s l.y 'In- ? iltiin'i ii t nf il.: 'I | .. -I i-n (ii 1 a a in I it i ' t 1 v?t im|. lilies !?> ;; |,r . apiia wt:. , its pap' r I'tr.'til ii inn wnnl.l liiv.. i.. . ii<l'.ii'ii| >1 M I'.r i-apita ,\s?"iiii ni; t . | .<>| >i| I.i | lull uf the I : : 1 1 !? S IH I ' s ii' \ t \ ? t' j I.i a I utit J'V'ki.h", t: .? I'nlt.l S'atsj \\*? ? ? 1 1 ? I I'.- t> nnlro<l tn a'lopt ;i curt ?'!! \ pMii'loii t.v a-lilltm- ls?.'..imi). it-Hi in cull, as well as i>m,um in slKi r. in its |.i" s.'iit i iri-ula l Inn : \\ hilt* at tin- satin' tlnii' | Us |ia|n>r tnmii'V Inust > .. ? r.- lui- l i. ? - ? i"> iii amount. <>f i iiiir*.', tlii1 fi'il i !<? t ion <>f moi f j If that mniiiy w.r.. taki-n finm i lr. uli- ! ilmi, vv mil. I in (tract U^lII y made Li t ! ; ? P,iri'hii!,?' of pnix-r n?on?-y from th.- p. >. j l'l<*. for ranrclltliloii. It Is jifrtoiifiv j 'loiiliiitl whothor tln< ponplc ?.f i I : ni t . >. | I States thontA Ivrs wonl.l COIIM-Iit tn ^u-'li I :i rlin'^.i III t ho riirrt'TH'V; mill It l?? l.y in. MH'aiiM ImprolvAlilo that many of tin lomli'Kt prutj'stors aKali.xl thin ?n..v. ni< it j woiihj Ih? tho fr?N' rnlnmro men Ih'ttl hoIvo*. fhlracri Inter f)W'nn.V. 'I ho < Jf^irsria S ?tttliorrt nol'1 H<'Vot)f<vn U' kolH Fr'tdHV to i*i niiMyivn niann \V?i.?sr> ar?i ii ?c to Tifton on a pro*-p?^ tInjf t?>nr. They aro to?>kinK for fniit. '.nml*. su Milt-* tlmvf I It ?? lOnrth. . 1'ln.sc ssiio havi* ? xju t-HM il <loul?lx ih?> pu.-fclMI! I s of 1 ?i (l.i/.'-n is.' u !|n? ? to Hit- h-iKl'l in .i kim'. ?hilly |iH|nu<-.| I'ji llonii ami car, mnl inHiriiitiK to i-arili allsi<. will I in I ? i In luuifi , t fi<t t I >r I !< iixitii of (i- i iiiHiiy M i t iiily | iculi ij hi ??!? viitton of .'il, I >5 f??-t <>r neat- i Is ilx imIIcm wiUi/ini ill. :<i i i ? : 1 1 ? : i ?? aj'i'H J auii.s I'n.l. ? > r II. ?::?'! will hr.v?* f ? ? I pro- ] l I |i>ii It !;? -moil l<-lalli?'(| rmiHi'loiiM* i ii. ms I h. minima t tin- a.ii'iil a 1 1 < 1 ?Icjic ui. of ti c tin llouii l?y lm i hliiK ai'lniil o\y i/in ran lit I la hafcx. I |> In a i.H>:ht of l.i??i m.'!?Ts al'Oiii s.ium (> ?*i ? 1 1 1 v i ? ? 1 1 1 ) ?< i ?k : 'ii wan Mi .i'llly lu ll atliiK ai lhal ??!?? vailoi lis" ? 1 1 tfri-r.i ,il>o\?" /. in ? i ? i i ,\ t .,'?m linlilH I lie I ?-iO |>t I'll I Hie ."a lil< (o ? i. Iii<- .i In-low 7.1-ro v.iih a 'Irv nltir n j i lit- i i- j< i ? I ?.?<,. K su-) i i vs \ I '? V . ? in- ' i a r 1 1 1 1 < ? i< I i'-|.ha < Ion v.a.-; !?????.? ?t i<- I t>>, ih? It I II I x-l". ? I 'II I' i.i-.nu HVli'lv (till" iii'loSs /.no \i sun 1 1 1 < ? i ? - 1 I > i I.' u-oii at ? I !o ? ?ri-atlio natural nil. hut Io.kuI l"' ?O l| II .1 II.. I n-l.il:> ft .11 ? I ? ? i ; s i . M, III t<-||l|><Ta I III ?? liavinn < 1 1 ' ? 1 1 1 ? I !<> '.Ills I s\ o I II' 1 0 SS '/. Ill A I ? ? ? I llll't I IS III* I !|S"I' [ through tin- ililn t-liatuin of < Irni <?!?> . i ? I ?= . ii. I full) I the Mlrainiii t i>n?l*?W >1 ? > t innall ssil) f.Mi.i 'l siiusv llali'H. 'I'lir ^\!i.n ?> . !>j . i.a:.; i ... ? ss.i < mm h**' J v<\ ? hours ami .i half nfiiT I lm si ill. i>?il at Ih'x 1 1< ?: 1 1 1 1 1 >.? I i ? i ? ? I 17 !i I .<?!? us /< 1 1 1 I ss o i if lit." ? I ?.*< I < a I ' M fillJVfl'H SS.I'.. fl'nZl-l) "IlirillU III." I I ) I . II III In Ml t'l II I III IH II /loll I I'M, ilioiii. li vs i en il>' i ? I ; 1 1 1 In i'ii rs. I 'i' Itriitioi) ? a K at 1 1 m I. >n i i fii-.--r.il loll 1 1 ? m ( i:i; r. i-?h I- I it.fi- !ii"l hy his soyaj;i, w.i > s (It S> li-n ilt i- A n i-el'aii, feoin v/lth-h tin. .it.osf In . i.:n|i uvi-il lli- f..iiiiil hiilnhlity in t In 'iD'Irst ii'kIoiiM ami ol.vi- rsi" I liiu* ln|Mt Hi lli.- sk y to Mi aHtoii.shiiiK hi-lKhl of moil' than In. ? < ?? ? iii?-I?-i-m. it svus a Inn unit I thai Hit' i IrriiH < loinl-t at a Iii'Ik'iI i I ? m im ifi's sst-i'f fornn-tl of HiiosvilitX <-s .Ii I lti.il In I 1 1 1- height of I.Vl'i lin t TM ? l?>- 1 ? - ii a I'liaiiKo of ti in|>fral un- m r? r i> - III) >1 .III" I iSMtl'll?S, hilt IIOl H I >? > V H tlllll It . fl. Tl i' sovai'i' cotislilt ri ll oin- of i.' innM h>a t itifiii-iory on ri-rnrtl. uml will It i I i < ? l:n-e? iiM?il iult-r -sit In I'mf'-Hst r ;i'r< at'i-tripi to rcai-h n ?t!|| yi-nii. r lli ' i . ? 1 " M ilirllt* *1 iv I'lllnn. ? < |-IM|I mill l( i-i-il Imii'Iiik it"' ri-. ? ill (fosHloii It vvuh it nnil i a-r nf oitrrout Inilof ninoni; utility that 1)1 ixVini lo iH'U'dver; wpoM or ii ipioinui was pi. ? 1 1 ? was i>i i fi|f II xkjI I ?y (lie ili-rK". Utio, day Mr I i ????? I w<iH mIiiikIIiik hi the . 1 1 ? , vvhi'ii I JiIh ot/Unl was koIii;c on. t'v ".voiif familiar wlili tin' halls of t on ? II S UllOWM Ullt I III" lll'Kll lil Honor. illy I'tll ill hcinhcrs, ;i 1 1 < I its Mr. I <*?*?? I wan It .iiiliiK a ..<* Iuat oiii* of I ho ilfsk x on I }>?? I 'I'inii - I :i ? I" sl'h* In* ttii1; in'iuipy.iij; a pn I licit usually takon liy one of tin- Porno i rail'' I ii'lorH. In nil i ? fl i-iimI w way Mr. I 'risp iKifriiH him to t ii It i - h:s s.-im ii'li'-r > ; i 1 1 1 1 ? - > 1 1 1 1 w ? to slniiilin)' in I ? m- nrtii at 110 satin- limo. Mr. IN" it, liiiwr viT. I <r< ?lit | ?( I v oomplio.l, llial Is, In' inmnpoi ly *? 1 1 opplm; Into a sea I an omply olio ? ?ii Mu- | i.-inin-ra i le mMo. Till*-*. Im all lotfl? h'.vi' liit ili s. is alw.'i.VH ci'ii' i'l ft-?l l il - lii" I III-'* Sllll. OSO", III | I y If '!l"' |H't'KMtl 11 ' 1 111 ? s- i 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 ? j mint lii In- .so i it I- i. > : ? I ii ik o I'roin (lis n W Ii Mill llutl iln y . lor sunn- ii.i--u.-i, Mi ?'il |i w.-i-s <1 I c: miiH'il lo liiiiniliaii- his CI'' 1 1- - - ? ; hi' as s- i?i a k or . .\ 1 1 1 1 >? ii; n V t IN-oil was sllllnt; < 1 1 1 1 ? - 1 1 y . Mr < 'lisp or <Ii-ivi| llii- si rroaut al aim lo tal;o Ms tnaoo ami lot!" Mr I ? ? t I lo I ? - . i \ : h? Italr In was ofcn | . v ' :ik ai'?i -si n't !iln> 10 I 1 : 1 1 III I ST ,-illf III' I'll 1 1 |,l| I si - Im II,. s, III w 1 I- 'i ifcliiili'iilly MoriK'i'l "o ! :? III 'II- I" IV, nil al'r.oil ?ill >nl .-| I . 1 1 1 ?A IM It- VIT <? ?? ? 11 on I III- Moor "I" III - It. HIM. Mi- I { < ? I r. 1 1 Mint It'ilon I ioii.i I all'.' oil liltil Iii-i-ii | ? 1 1 1 opnit lilm, ami so ili'l tin- ..III : im ml-, is '?M Mint u.'.-nuni I curl I i <?; ? . i ?? ''till.- !???< ( <l tt t 'on. . ? ? I ? ? ? in in* l.-il it i- oi I. i-r I f i 1 1 1 1 1 -1 ?.? in ? of tin- not r - I . r, lii. v \\ o 1 1 1 1 1 not .illy Im . <? r.-fra Itn-. I. tim In- . 1 1. 1 . Iioio voi.t.H .il all, but .vu"|.! V- \ ?? vol, I " N' o . " \\ 1 1 Ii i !. Is ? I :? I . m i 1 1 1 .f I In- ,'a ? o it l.s I n 'm Ii. I | I Jit I III ?( 1. 1-,. . ? |-? ' | ? if .'.t r . 11 . ? I ? 1 ? \\ "I .--If In I I- 1 1 . ? ., - | i I I ? ? t : i I > - s KomI I \,|Vi ft | ?* r it:. P I r'rotn t'n r < '-i M f or tt I ii 'I'lii* uniw inii i-oiill.|.Ti.-.- in i In- f 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ? el' ti t- South a.s ilio soot hot in u lit. Ii liiiint ?i;i illoit 1 1 a ! I soon turn is suppor|i>.| l>\ i f o I u I- 1 'i lias ri- . n i i \ I . - - . ii i.ia I known to ufi, .-\ fa i hi i In |-'a irtl.-li I wi> h 1 1 1 ?* to ilinpoH*. of tils pl.-t it t a t iott liiS'Tlfil an ailvi rl IsiTn.Ti t In a i>ii|'cr hnvinir "ft ? \ 'i-nsiv i> oln ula t < >:? in ? 1 1 ' 'I'!'- f- i |o : t t \ ? c I i ? ? ? i was r -i ? ? , ? 1 1 - 1 1 1 . I ? .1 a r- -ultal.li- f. ? i- v 1 ? ?! i i ? ? i o; as w. II IS 1. 1'' II ??rl.-,ll I 'I| -I I linrt. "a J \ >>i o. . ot lur ri'pli. s to ilio ml v.-rt hotiioni oan-o .-ii" fio-> a ? In I i~y urn ii in Mi- tiiinli'ior lioo.l of Li s AiikcIi'M I 'a II I oi ii a . This ?-<?<> ? i * ? 1 1 Is <-i*iis|. I* T'.'t I olio of t Mi* litn -si ai;ii ? nit ii r;? I .llstrlots ill thf w.-sti ru part of i ! ; i- i-iutn'ry, an, I wo aro aooiistoiniil to oar of a".' I ro? art I it as tho l-aloli of V 1 1 ii r. ? i Tho < 'it I i forii lint auHwt'iiiiu tho oi .'!'i Isi'tn.'ii t Is tin- owin-r of a raii.-h tip ? I v. hi, h I'onni tlir-o IiiiiiiIi'imI ni.li-h <-ows. '' ? 1 1 ? i'.'a:i' to t ho coil.'liisioii, Iio\V"\ it, ? I at llui.i i.mst l.i> a hot tor nlitoo Minn i 'a Hfornl i nil. I l.s \-<>ry much hit.-rosii-il in .vital In- In ;yrs front South I'nrolltia In i'.i -t lio wiiU>s Ilia! ho shall ithIim vor to ?oiv.- out mill ja-o whit Is 1 1 1 To aa.| with i'-at in \ low Is trying to nil! Ills ii;-:u tor a vi-ir that ho io:t> h-arn siotu. til lie <*<>iii tin- South. In our last hfou- wo pio.lii-ti-il that 1 1 .? ? ? ,r im ii- 1 i . i. oi w o 1 1 1 < I toll siull.w trl '??? I. :'r i.-i lio- !">? M l. m r.-i-ly ooii, <1 ?of i?:i i I \ ill . ,i! I':-.- of !!?(? 'vi'l.-i-ii of i.uf iiri->.||it lo:i V'i.| i lion loo wo v or II'" li st I lioitnh I>||| til SUUMoSt III It till' i.-i (tills of I'aiili.-I-! wo. ill I..- aliiolu; 1 1 o ''is' in pilroil aft I* I'lii' only .Hsooiira^ i ?* 'IllT'l- -I'.O-Tt i| It'l Is I 1 I it if ??III- I It'll l>- s 1 ""t i-liiui'o t Ii ? ? 1 1- pi ins of farming an-l f : . I on a 'oiti-r hasls th.-lr latols will to - ?'. up .iii-aii hy ot lii-ri who will iio viop tlii-iu an. I Ki-l t ho 1 "in -llt:> of 1 1 \ ini; in ill.- host I'liuntry In tho w'oti.l W u^ ir. i X i?s a tnl II ora h I Woinno SudrilKO In >!iiliio '"x- Mil' spliiull, I inaioiity of . In a tof-.l \ ? ?? of I'M. ..I- TO to "t tho t|i,i|... oh |:. . i 1 1 1 \ of Mi- Malito I .? k !:<la tlji?* t' is::, i| last 'l'liurs'lay t ?io iiinnl.-lt-a I ?vo ioiii f'llTi-.-'ir.' t ? 1 1 1 I {"plf-'oti ' a 1 1< ?? Main III I. I ott in tho ,1i'|.ato. |.i'o\ inn hilitM'lf ,i woi lliv sou of his fat hi r. \ i, ? I 'r.-s,.!.-i' t I I a ii i. i' a I llaii.iiu. as. with vigorous lojil ii.. I 1 1 < . ? i tiiiii i.itio'i nf hi- j'.-i : r!o' !?? pi: (oi s. poliii'-'l out tin- i '. -'.a 1 1; .'f i ''f> ihi 1 1 1 i i'.r wotu i n's i-nfr-iv M-. m- n St >' i I- ? i I ? w ? i s I.I ti.ri'.r ! i ? l.l ins 1 1 . li s ? nil- it'll hp- Stato w Ia n ho s t: I " lis 'mis r.i I a ;-rV, ? I ? ? 1 1 1 o|-i' I. ;i 1 1. I ' \- ? ai fol ia-: ? i ? t a ? iti tin wo n 'I'liat is not in v ii ii. t-r ? I i ti I '."ir of 't a all \\ ? aro stinplv. I'V i'n- a- t. | ' - ? 1 it t ill- It.. who - l.'sil-.- II lo i I ; is'- r ,ili.| \..-. II K otio of ? J 1 1 in'-- ail'i-r i t i i-.-'i.s ' ? . ri r 1st or a li t v.ili' as art A iii. a i - IM/.-m. i- .1 If In .l.'Slr. -' to . x?- I ?? il.it il; lit. atol If th.Ti- .Ii'- *'!' o-l'i's mi^ i.| T i ? i wtio ? I * ? H'.l 'li-slro to i'\i IV';-- l', ? I'.'V at" not i" nor '?' I'll | "il" I i'l 1 1 1 v \- ay "\. T'- tt Itnlivss III \ ? 1 'nil I .-ii1 im I f it is ti.it I, is: . ii- .-i ?? i: I , I'M.. I i - 1 1 Oil" w O'l - a. n . I -Iinplx ri ?'?? ii; 111'/.! fi? M" rhrli' "f t hos,> ??. h" rn <? "oi'ip. II.- I to pa > ta V N -i stal l up alii I'" .-"iint'-i. I' t! v . t ? "It'' I i t-o ' If. as "-i ll.- Ii. -I lltlilk"l\ t" 1- M.. ? ,.s -, \' tin* 'T.<!| I i I i"hi:s t ! -s . i i ? t'-i?- L-r.-.i! ti" isim' f jastli " -i i- -I-, n i ? I ^iii m< hi ?-to ?? M . ? - pi lo; i: w 1 1! i >? i I., ili .Its. -n lit of Mtv I ia \ St a'" !!? a o I . > i . 1 . 1 i.i pi',4' . . a . t \ ? t ,r< -. . . V . 'lil . I,.- II.', I '.''.II I .n ' I ' .J- i ? 1 lit tin- I '? ? i,o Ma- li ? , , ? . ' .1 I -| - - ' a : . . : 11"-;.!.. : : '. l ? ; 1 h ? ? I . < i I ? . l?' w s at" 111* ' -I > I ? 1 1 1 ? I i lo- i. "i\ "h . I i a ii- . ? I 'lit- also as>H-r s 1 ilia r no Alarm l'oial''<r will l> m-ii i- i ?t tioi'i i ihio with .Mii\ In ??-> '? li".p. I at:. I I Iim I < ihi.' will UlialUtlloll.-il} alii ? 'l - ? in.slis.l. allN suppoi t tho (ii>\i rimr : n ; '! " it"Xt national ooav.-n* "'i . Tills Is ' in .I all tho ?:< x * I tht:i?.'< Mio \J.- 1\ pili-yl: ".s | ? I : ? 1 1 1 1 1 1. is si* - s |. ?ii >'l Til. >' sa \ Ma> -l ] .'.iron,; oi N.-w N'.iK l.'t iiKi'litn; loin I . a . :.r :nu .-no, , sMiiI'd . i 1 i. I 'S.i! i :? 1- n ! !. an. | S: nuiK. Iii-ini; f.aun t thi.i, ntnl o'.'.o ' of M' ? lv tnli y '? warm fri"ti.|?. I< i-r- ? par iu tin way for a M.-Klllhy 'i.-'.'-Ka tl?ui Iroin tin- I'.uipli" Stato Tho i ilito i. ..iii .ipj-'.iis to In- . oai'.iiK to itn- iiuiil HKHiil . .1 ti ml Triii* Mlllo<1iT"\iHo I " a'.iTii I '.c-^r.lcr : Hon. I'at ti Walsh mailo r*.n alio ait-1 faithful t'Hjtotl S t . i ! i - s Si-i..i tor II.- not only h.-m **11,111 It V t.l till fiv ,..<li? ,i, i'tll lio l? H Kooi .In, I truo man >>ini can '..-c roii <i on nnywlicic ttfnl ovt-ry whore. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. Two Knullsh w 1 lit IS, Well known lhl< I sldo ?>f tlu> ma uh well, uiu nerlousily 1 ' 1 from overwork in a literary way Mm?. I .Smith fit ami and Mr*. I.ynn l.tntuii. i I *11 t |*> tlsh plates are shown for H?ir\ ? inn small 1 1 s 1 1 or t > i ? ? popular tish scallop. They nro in the, shape of realistically colored .small lish sulllcloiitly hollowed on i hIoiik iIk' ?l>-ii<l<-r form to hold th'> food. The Minister of Instruction at Hi. I'c torshui-K has presented a scheme to tho I'ougoii of Statu In favor of j>eriiilttln:j vMuiion i<? practice medicine. Tl:l,i I* the t >. >i . | or fourth attempt of tho huimu kin. I. lull In the, present install* o It O strongly supported, It uppea rtt to have i . ha!: ? "I Mo ? \ eal c n t li'tH. .which nro often too dry to I. n attractive food, nro, Kays a pro fessional ifHik. improved >?y breadlnK, l>iii i In*.; In a fryin^'iiai) with thin slloi ? of bacon, ami cooking in tho oven for II f I ?-<??! minutes. I'nlsh by browning on tho top of tin* stove. Horvo with Oicm a in iirf|; room or tomato sauce whin yon want a dish that Is very good. 'I'ho latest addition to tho occupatlona oi women Is the "professional marketer." who. as may ho surmised, nourishes ln>n outside of New York. In Philadelphia, whore mnrkriliiR Is a revered houHehohl ri'o, th<? PX[i.i'rt llndH a ollontelo, who, unable fi*oin one roaKon and another to attend to the duty themselves, f?re yet Un willing to trust It to untrained hands. Tho beautiful iridoscont effeets in hrafs work w iiich wore exhibited at tho World's I'air aro the invention of an KnKltVyh girl. Miss I -II v Marshall, now resident of Now I York. Tho see rot of tho process Is known I onlv to herself and her brother, and. hh It Is accomplished hy laborious handi work. It Is not likely to become common. Tho Invention was tho result of long and Calient labor. l/ady Randolph Churchill has l>e< n staving since tho death of her husband wlih lior compatriot and relative by mar riage, tho Duchess of Marlborough, for iiikI'Iv Mrs. I.lly Price- Meitfrersly. Her health Is reported to be severely shaken hv her lomc anxiety and final sorrow, n?irl in eonteinidat Inif it considerable stny (in tho Continent, probably near Paris, In ? onsenuonoo. In I 'hJluilHphia they have b< on l aving a l i i'^v i" o i . t to put to the test the ability to decide tin* m x of a bahy from a coii ti mplat ton of lis pictured face. The or deal proved Kevotv to women and moth ers us well as disinterested bachelors, who aro not supposed to own a dlscrlttil nailtiu eve In such matters. Of forty-one heads printed, the -^ilifhosi number cor rectly named was thirty"- three. Many of tho hundreds who sent answers fell far below that A iI.iii. Iiik library parly given foiy a charily proved to bo tho most populiu form of a library party that has yet lie' n discovered. Young men who rarely- D.ii lonb.e a library paid cheori'uJIy amain and again the ten cents ask'od for dart - ' Ing just one., with a popular story Anuinj,' the books r? presented by ( ) .?? yimni; women wero 'MJno owii People,' W Hose in Mlooni,' 'Sweet I'.ells Out of Tu no,' A' Tale of Two Cities,' 'Tho Doc uments in Kvldenco,' An Old Maids I'aradise,' and 'Familiar Ouotntions.' Across tho water (boy sell Indian rub l? r boots for l" t dogs to wear whih' I "altlnrr ?n"tr mhiIv iiiii Sn muddy wcaUic.'. j'hoy I a i ? i ? i.ji t lie side and are pronoutic?d very i. out and useful. As their price is til" sol , tie v a it- easily within tl.c / . ? *r ../"i i i. o.-si- who oil oeeas.ou pay I'ol- fl.e 1 1 or; that will Wear thcu^* It will strike i ho person who Is tioU^an inn-it; e a?linii or o i toy ilinjs tb.it the world could ?:?a\e ;;ot alon;: very well without this ad diiion to ih ir impedimenta, but sine toy do s stay I h< y mi^ht as W ell \\ e; r rubber Moots. A tomato soup that will help the I. en ton menu .s made from a quart can ef ioiiiii lo,-s and a |>int of eold water. I'nt these lt?ffelher lii a saucepan, and in a f l > In;; pan iio-H a tublcspoonftll of but i?r, add in ; when hot a lar^e on. on < ut i.i'e When the onion is colored stlv In n the butler one ta blespoon f ul of Hour and add ali tho tomatoes. Season with one ' I a blospooii f u I of salt, olio tabh-spoouf'il of p> ppor. l'ut the saucepan on the llr< and let the contents boil slowly for twen ty minutes. Color with a Utile burin d siiMnr, stra.n Ihrouuh a lino wive, and serve with bread cut Into dice and fried a crisp brown, os small squares of toast ed br.-ad. ! S II I || ( | < I DM \llo||feil l?> I ll ?? (II) (oinieil ol' < '?< i ii 111 li in I oliillilii.l, S. Milioll I'J. Soiile 1 1 i ' * H 1 1 is a _;o 11))- m.'lill litliiiiliu "I tin* llrl> < 'ii' i ? "?? 1 . .i t olored nl (if. 1 1 I 'it. 1 1 i^islt I nt ion. iiiiiiiiiiiin.'Ml |iy Northern mom > here, w.i.s hiiin.il. ilic opinion of |hr |i:i>i'li-nl ln-inj; that it wan lired l>y :i 11 ? \|' Iti'il jU inli iit. I I ? i ? best i'i.1 <?!' while ejlJzellS of tin low n ? ii..| * 1 \ 1 1 (\ 1 1 1 1 1 1 in 1 111 -i r power t" I v \ r til.- I'll i i 'tf- of t lio w hite liMrheO who resided in the building. Iliuliy !'??? I I - . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LT Ulelde till the ryof fill iu. I?ii-|>,le :i 1 1 thill, there see II is, fnun ro'kj 1 11 1 io: rnl.^riei! by the I'ilv I 'oiiiicii to I I I _ ! 1 T . to i I ? I \ e lieell Oil effort to make 1 1 1 1 lire tile e\i*l|se for soUlelllilirr wllieil I- .1 eo||l|i|< I o Ml I jil'lpJe to tile people here. I lie ti-^oi ii | ioii.n. W I: I ell Hel'e endorsed I'.V tin pl'i si.h il! of llii Ii. 11 lie. I college, read ar> fol|o\\|i: \V heri-ii s. ih.- >eei I'tnr.v of the Ilome NI:>s:on Sieii-|\, in his !:iot report, e ! i : i I t 7 1 . 1 r lite |ho|iIi' of < 'i ?! il 1 1 1 bl ,-| , ill ?l C 1 1 e ? I lie pre inttiei- ai;aln,-t the edll ? *;| 1 1 1 ill III' lid' III ;|I'. Iillrnl one ot their v S ll II >1 loiil'lill^H. illlil il!i-o ellil l"?eH tllllt v ?rlhern (e.i Ii rs w h. II the\ ? oinor Sojit ll h ne iii like ih. i m<i- in i lieiur lui mis. J till I fii|-e '.ie it j K- - ? ? i \ ? I. 1 1 \ lli ? Mix '!' :i 1 1 ? I fc Id'-l nu ll ? ' ' il-- .1 \ ..I ( ' i >* ii 1 1 . 1 >i . in i "ilniiei I a> ' - .it'leil. I Ml lli,' i 'h; I r^iyi :rb"\o sit i'"i;h .tie a ?>- "In |e!i without fmin latino il' l.i'-!. rin- i i'.iI'i' ! i- lloolt* . f this see I II h I \ e . i I \s . i \ ~ I.I ll prole-ted 1 1 V tin' ' I i . I' : h. S ii in' S- 1. 1 th i iroliii.-i, tie i ?: ! v ef I ii iii Iii. I I'll Ilie eit i/el .s illli vid I! I : \ . .'III! iheil* :? a -lo-l-s respeeted ill i-\ I\ i I ; . t : 1 1 . e I I III the oeeasioil of ? lli. :i i the ! ; lie.;: I I'.ill the tile ? I e ; i I'l nil il I ? I til e:fi relidord ilM pos sllde aswi.*til lue. illli wmil I have sue ee. leil ill M*;ll.' -lid I ? 1 1 i. ? 1 1 ' I ^ ll.lil the !...il ? ii a ! en i . ate, I oii!m je of the 1-1 < ! -| lo ; 1 I e ii l.lti? I : ! - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 > l l, i'llil il 1 so .i l a 'list a i: ?? i ? ?? ii th-- til e pbr.K of j ile i . I v that lit - tu i i i 1 ? i a i s e ill !. I ii"l | ? I \ \ i a ? ' . t ' i lla if n. . I K \ n n - '/s \ \ \ \ i More Iron ( ImU of (.n nlcr ' nrr NfiMh'il. Ily Siillfliern Associated I'reSS. Faris, Miir.-Ji 1 U. In the ('hamber if : I>epilties today, \ ii e Aillliil.ll ' minister <if Marine, in rejjijrtl'i;^ t.> M. ' l/oekroy iin<l other erit ioKfu" I lie (iovern- ' ment, declared that t hi-PPs! rict ures were 1 exaggerated Mini ll n pa I riot ie. The superior) i y of the Fren h engines of destruction he asserted, hail he< n I proved, but despite thai fact reforniM ?i>r? ntVi'wary. These refotns, however, must bo Mtudn-d seriously. The Haltic ami North sea eann! when opened, would eiiiihle Ceriiiiiny t?> mobilize her entire navy in the North sea. aial Frniiee must lilvewlye Ive al?ie lo mobilize her vessels J in the North sea ami in the channel. I France must buihl more iron c!a<ls of ; creator ami more easily nuiuoeii- j v?r?l, which would be used to wateJi the j monster warships of the navies of other nation*. ' >f. llesnard said lie relied upon the j patriotism of ('handier to assist in the task of increasing France's naval power*. Tho Minister's remarks were received \ i with applaft***. j Ilotv (irnuiliuu DancMi. (Iranduia told mo all about It, T'iM uto >?<> I Wouldn't douht It, 1 low she daiv-cd, my grandma dam-ed. I.oiik ago. How she hold hor iiioliy h'<i?i, How her dainty skill ?hc spread, Smiling llitlu ittkul How she turii'd her lit ( lo lot-H, l.ung ago. Oi'aiitliiiii'M ha r w.is hrl^hl and sunny, Himplod rtiiii Ks too, ah! how I'uiiiiy! Jtoally qulto a pr. tty gl:l, l.ong ago. I ih'SH hor! wliy> slu< wears a rap, Hrandma do*fi. and takea a nap Kvory day; and yot Uiandina. named t K< ? minuet J?V"K ruts o. to Now lsl^ sits there forking, rocking; 'Mwwk knitting Kiandpa i stor-klng; (Kvofl^glrl wax taught to knit l,ong ago.) Vet h>" r llguro Is ho neat I fan almost hor now ItOndliiK to her partner's how, l.ong ago. Hrandpa says our inoder.i Jumping, I lopping, rushing, whirling, humping, Woidd hxvo siun U?'d (he gentle folk, hong ago. N'o, they moved vvlui ataUly gra< ? , ?everything In proper pluo s i Hiding slowly forward, then Mo l \ euri sylng hark again, Hong ago. Saturday I0v<vilng tla/.'-t te. ... .. WHAT T!!F FRFNOII WOMEN WANT. French women liu ve apparently 'i very clear :im<I definite idea of what they wit ii t when they demand thei. rights. "The ballot" Is im?i their only cry. They hav-> under the leadorshio of Mine. I'.'i.mif-i'iiTiv formulated a program \v 1 1 i > * 1 1 'hey have prt -sen ted to ili- "Winn ui'.t llighi" group in I' nlia Mi.'iit. to be arii. I iTjVyi as occasion pre 1 1 1 ^ itseU'. In I in* lino of civil rights they de mand a favorable vt?l ?? in the Chamber of I>oi>imk-r on the proposition <>f a law tr vinir nil wnnn ii of age, and not do prived of their j-ivll rights. the right to act as a witness on all certificates and civil documents: they also claim the nomination of a committee of forty-four members to reconsider and reform the entire civil code, and especially to niodi "V ?i>|icl.> x (which ?:ivs that every Frenchman shall he possessed of civil rights,) making it read: "Kvery person without distinction of sc.v shall he pos sessed of civil rights." When a French woman marries a for eigner, or when a foreign woman mar ries a Frenchman, the woman shall al wnyfi preserve her own nationality. The women cla I m the simplification of the forum 1 1 ties of marriage, the suppression of the first section of article 108, which enacts that a married woman may have no other domicile than that of her hus band : that the power of tho mother be equal to that or the father; and thnt in cases of dissent a council formed of male and female members of the family be al lowed to arbitrate. Hut the most 1m I port a nt clauses of tho program are by far the ftd'owing, in which not onlv hus bands will refuse to concur, but of which the members of tho weaker sex themselves will not approve. These are. suppression of all penalties in cases of adultery : the possibility of obtain. ntr a divorce by mutual consent: the abolition of regulated prostitution: and. when a woman finds herself in the necessity to brim? up one or more children, she shall receive a subsidy from the State. The economic rights of the women arc. to be. according to their program, not a particle loss sweeping. They demand that the Chamber of Deputies vot^ fa vorably on a project of law giving all electoral rights to women for election on all tho tribunals of commerce Fqual work with equal salary is to be recog nized bv the State and applied to all posts in the administration of tho coun try. And, thnt all deposits made iji a a vines bank l>y a woman may not ho ? i, 'r-i >? ii without her authorization, tho husband being denied tho right to place an opposition against tho wife's withdrawal. This last clause will strike every one as being most just, and more so in France than any when? else, for the French woman has the <l.ial qualities of being a hard worker and a good money saver. Their mixed rights call for special classes to prepare young women for the different f^sa/ninaf ions, ho that they may be in a conwltion to compete for the dif ferent governmental posts; the right to sit on a jury; to bo a member of a con soil do famille; to be judge on the tribu nals of commence, or a member of the council of prudhoinmes. Finally, they de mand the abrogation of article 42 of tho penal code, by which all women were as similated to culprits. The municipal rights are to cmifor alb electoral powers possessed by men, and eligibility in case of election. As far as political rights are concern ed, the women leave themselves in U\o hands of the parliamentary committed, in the hope that tho committee will coi> 1 1 * i 1 1 > th in tho right of being ap pointed to all public functions, and place them on a level footing with men in all that concerns legislative elections, and eligibility in case of election. Apparently the new woman is ram pant in France as well as elsewhere. ' Surely, no whore else does she demand the right of ? Separate domicile from her I ? 1 1 m 1 a it- 5- N' W York World. \ n II it of H ii re I'oNtnic^ Stnni|i*. f J. <oil news for philatelists reaches us from the Continent. An unexpected dis covery has been made at Malinos of three sheets of .r? franc Kolgian stamps, milking in all J>0<> stamps. The stock of these stamps had become all but ex hausted. and they were selling for i.1? francs when new, LI) francs when ob literated with tho round stamp and from S to 10 francs when obliterated with the roller. On hearing of Jlie discovery, a dealer in Brussels offered to purchase tliein all nt 7 francs each, but the bar gain was declined. A Parisian dealer offered 11 francs each, and the Urns r+??*iler Increased his offer to 12 francs. buYsjo decision !ins yet he?n come to. They wmN, it Is said, In* sold to the highest bblderN-J/oudon Olobe. In Dnulit. ??S ty!" jelled lb.' fori man of "The I Muiik \ i I b * P.iikI ?" to the suffering odi 1 1 ,r ??y..u got to.yjmu h stuff this week f?.r th.* woman's page. Which shall 1 h ave out the article on craiil>crry Jelly. ? ^r <b?- one <>n 'Woman's Place In State e.afi r Jiidian3P'di-i Journal. / Mi . Cumi Bullard. <>f Fterr.on county, has thirty odd biles of sea island col ton away, and bn* not sold a bale in four y jars, despite the fact that hi* raises some i v. ry year. Mr. It'illa'-,! '?lis -s Ms provisions at h >mc, and se|l? other product foi necessary expense*. !l? ir?hi?* money by making cotton en 'irivy a Surplus crop. Experiments in Georgia show that the best cotton fertilizer should contain not less than itorn -i to 4% Actual Potash. n ^ * Any failures to this crop fcan be traced to a deficiency of Potash in the fertilizers used. O We will gladly send you our pamphlets on the Use of Potash. They uxe sent free. It will cost you nothing to read tlifm, and they will save you ilulUrv GiiMMAN KALI WORKS, gj Nawau Street, New York. \ it I'IiikIIxIi Soclul l<*u km' ??l I i.'onie mi. I take Um with in*? a t (I v i," is wile of t lu> IMOSt WeltMUIC .SuUlldti "lie >-4i!i ho.ir ' 11 dirty, foggy l?ondon. Tlso j gi t > i lie f -g, the more penetrating : t ?: 5 ? ? dami iiess, all tin' more cheerily i i i ? ^ m ih?: Found. Nothing >" the wholo Urti.sli constitution has 'l more soll<? ! raisoij d'etre than ten. No out* who hut I ii* ?( fe'lt tli > Loudon fog penetrate t*? his \ery marrow can appreciate the full force or this statement; word.s wo'ilrt he as listless in his ease as they ai\ ic edlcs-t in that of the experienced ?suf feier. Tin is rea I ; I ?-<i is earnest; ton it a u?t'<(T<tity growing out of t!?o^ very nature of things; i. a is a "function" i :> v ry I nut It, at ml. tt> nty mind, a vital function of life in ICnglund. Amer ica cu \v<?uhl he as nervous ?s peas in a p it if they drank tea at homo as much and as often un the English do h< -re; I ut only e ine to England and ?he in<>st American <?f Ameijl -ans will glad ly strike his colors to tea. The stlinnlan: i.< a necessity s. e uul only to dinner. N<> one thinks of onit^ng it. but wherever he is. whatever he Is doting, tea beckons at i five like the tinker of fate. The i'hiirch of England may become discs i t' 1 she t. hut neve r tea. "What! not wait tor tea! Why. i ri'iould have headaches all day long it I .lift not haw my tea." Thus the Eng lish woman, who. straightway ringN her ti a-'bt!ll on Immutable thoughts inte:i?. Then the inafld or butler brings in the tea tat I rove's it with a dainty w'hltv eloih of damask ? r em I roidcred linen and pulls out shelves from underneath whereon are displayed the pltitts of thin hread-and-hnltur, cakes, and biscuits, which iii'" always serve! with tea. 1 have never ?> en t'hese little tea tables in America- with -.viidlng or un.foldiim shelves undernevitih for the breatl and cakes, leaving the whole top of the ta?Ve for the tea service alone; but here the\ are quite common, and are certainly very luindy. I have. also seen 1he bread or <Nike served on a little circular bani ln?o or tight wood stand of three or four shelves just largo enough for a p'ate; this it passe I u-rnind, ?i ncl each guc^t n:i:ty tajtc What lie prefers without coe , ft i .ion of wait 'ng. 11 t mullins are some times served and sometimes those delicious English scones, some thing like our soda biscuit, butter ed and piping hot from the oven. Hn\i el and-butter is cut very thin and l"ll just as sliced from the loaf. I have not yet seen it doubled into ywndwiches. Ci-ki' i> never omitted, but Is tradition itself, f llml it toimvwt and iltvttnic; i \*i of flavor to go well with a delicate tea Som.'lii mts four < i- live different thiiif-v arc served, and tea becomes quite a hearty meal. I have alwiiys sim'H the lea service brought in on tt' I ray, and never the tin ? ti' le ready ladd In the drawing-rooa^ a.< it so often elands at Ir'inc. The h- II is rung fo-.- it. or the servant brings it ?it live without being t dd. Coffee !>: ?????met mes served witli it. The oilier day I saw a in. tst fas iiiat.ing little hot-wn ii'f kettle in a tea service. It was an ? \ id reproduction in 1 \-<*r of one o! the archaic (Jrcek vases in the British Museum, with its queer imperfect shap ?. Ila rin x n:?miI like the muzzle of a blnip ? l< i-bu<v. and irwv.t-d desigti of grdesqm lions.- Harper's Kizar. l/ii I>1 it it <1 Women. , "A fat old woman toddled down to" meet nip, her broad face shining' with whale oil, her dress inside out to keep il clean, her husband's hail4 in a hunch on top of. hor head, lior toes turned in and her elbows turned out ? I fell that I hail fully 'realized my ideal.' With convul sive giggles she grasped my hand firmly w'th one of Iter's, with the other she putted me affectionately on the shoulder. Evidently I impressed her as presenting an utterly absurd appearance, for after looking me all over, she would shut her eyes, shake her head from side to side and po off Into a fit of laughter. Soon af terward another woman joined her. ?h^ wife of one of the chiefs. She -was really pretfy; her teeth were even and very white, her hands and feet shapely, hrr eyes of a dark hazel color, and a pretty tinge pf red showed through the clear olive brown of her cheeks. ITer black, heavy ly?ir was plaited on etiyh side of her head in a short, double braid, and sho had a huge knot on top of her head that looked like a handle. This is made >?n the hair from the crown of t h *? husband's head, which in shaved periodi cally and collected to add to the wife's top-knot. This woman wore a beautifully I sewed and elaborately trimmed dress, ! made of reindeer skin with the hair on. i It consisted of a skirt, ? reaching to the I middle of the thigh, and trousers and ! shoes made in one garment, the trousers j of the white, short hair of the legs of the j deer; and sl^>es of moccasins of dressed sealskin. The upper garment was trim i nied with bauds of white deerskin and J strips of wolverine fur. and the im ?> ,-nsc hood. in which |h*> babies arc ? rvicd whs edged wifli wolf's fur. An rmitie ek'n. with bead and daws still unit mi eagle's fen t her were ;i? ? w!i' d the hood us ornaments. P'rom l>< r \? ri <y| was suspended a cord of skin. !?> which were fastened n- ed )?> enw,\ s",im pressor. a shut'le for nial:':"" nets-- all <>f walrus ivory and I f'lc ihimbfts of sealskin shaped like the end of t glove. w i 1 1 1 the side se;iii)'< I I'liel'e I and fastened to tile forefinif'H. ?iv n io >p of the. skin." ? A Woman in , 'he Ma ken/ie 1> Ita" in ??utin<;. Itrlntlvp IOkk J'roiluctlon . The X- w York station has been test ii.K the relative egg production of hens kept without and with male birds. A I |.?mi of pullets kept without a niii'e pro ! ij uecd eggs at alxmt ."A per cent, less cost than an exactly similar pen With wlihh a cockerel was kept. Another |>en without a male, gave during three j months eb'Ut the same proportionate I ..yeoKs of products over an exactly sim | ilar pen with which a cook r? 1 was kept. In end* of the two p 'lis without male hlrds s'>mi' pullets had l>egun to lay from one to two months f.?r'ler than any in the corresponding pens in which mnlc birds were kept. It is mm i nion to find, rv^n where few hers are kept in small yards and no eggs used for hatching, one or two more cocks, and this wtation t^*t should call atten tion to the loss incurred by guch prac r,? Suuiiir'rn PlARtir, - A 1'oct'M Nclicuie, "I miclrisl;ind ilmt Tettinyfton wuh paid n ha?f dollar a word for his poiv iry," said I lit1 soulful p<>et to flffc tfitld li udcd editor. "Now. you (,k"i' I pay mo $ any such price fur my poetry." "1 ran hhnjly afford o pay you half a dollar a word for your ver?t?8." said tin* hard-headed editor; "but I will pay you half a dollar a line fur a ?diort poelU." 'Pin n tin1 poet il f:ii'l((l, and the next d.ty returned with the following poem: .? THUI'J l.dVK'S COUrUSIC 1. , John Veil rns, J a ne Turns. lOycs Meet ; Love ? Sweet ! June " Stops; John I 'ops. Moth \\'t d - * i 'NougU , i Paid.. II. John Mad, I :l UO Sad. ^ ? Both Fight : Sad Sight' Whole Week Won't Speak. He Course Di vorce. The h;i I'd- In yd?'d editor earefully ?i niiled iln< liiie.s an I conscientiously ? HUil' d fin the poet $1(5. remarking to 'ilmself: "I > ? < - 1 i - ve that fellow has got bi a ins; I thought he was only a poc/t."' WIOSTIOH.\ DIOIMIKSSION. I. iiml SpcurltlrN Tlierc Arp llnnl lo lli'illi/.r t<|ion. By Southern Associated Fressi. Chicago. March 11. ? A. special from Russell, Kans, Kays: The Centra] Loan and Trust Company, one of the leading invostmenit companies of Western Kan sas, assigned yesterday. The liabilities are $250,000 . The as sets exceed the?c. but th?\v are in West ern Kaunas lands, anil in real estate mortgages dillictiH to realize Uipon. Kast erii investors hold jn- ^t of the seeurilies, many of vlliich have long ago defaulted. The depression in Western land's is {jivei* as tilve eailse. Oharlc** Coprland is the assLance ami the creditors' hearing is fixed for the 27 th at Russell. 1) 1 1> I o til ii t n IS* pell <>il J Ity Southern Associated Fress. I'aris. March !>.- Mr. J. H. Nunez, consul gengral of Venezuela, has rcceiv^ ed a cablegram oHiciallv informing him of the expulsion of the French and Bel srian ministers from Caracas for purely personal actions. Upon receipt of the telegram Mr. Nunez had an interview with M. llanotaux. Minister of Foreign Affairs, and insisted that there should be no dl|/.oma Ijc rupture betiween France a.;id Venezuela. WllilJK '?sear Wilde is no longer the twjiosing figure Unit lie was when he represented the Incarnation of a??th;-ll ??Isiii run mad. H<? Is caivle>;% almost slovenly. !ii Ids ntMr?>. and his large frame generally all'r d In rusty black garments that arc spotted here anil there with greene. Ills flesh Is flabby and of an unhealthy pallor, and his hair shows an abseiic* of care. Ills ?'f?"endHH t<* voiio makes a strange con trast to his cumbrous figure. I I rl-' v ' ?!?!> il mmJ,-'! i! e kindly the ri pi?r1 that they :?>?? Xi.x imr oranges from ('aliform^ 4c: COTTON Makes 4c. 1' KICKS, even on PIANOS & ORGANS HO NT discouraged, k"' L' v-' 1 ' I wiitc for our greal Bargain Lis?^-and Wonderfully Kasy Installment ^Tsrnts. 4c. PRICES. A new Mm III '.?.'?tick Piano $JO )tt u Until ever t?-(<>ro hulit. ?4 <> Save.l on a fltnrllnff Piano. Twenty Nearly ffew Square Piano* at New York xlv^ away I*r1txw. New L'|>r1j{-t)ta? from* R?it Mak ers at Cut Prif*:*. lltcti Mlrmr Top Oriran only #30* SAVE MONEY by buying from tho Greatest Southern Music House. Lll)DE\ & BATES, Savannah, (in, | # Htelnwny I*l(itioa At tv ructory I'rlcem. O. P. CO I.xo. 11 ooiiomgrn' '<? ? IWfgrxpliy.^lvitn ?,??, llkmrr. So UU b"X>k?. Adn.i l.n?ln?w ?y f nf?.jr.^ r>il#r* r ofli, mnprv uid l>ulMM ?%Jf" "*<'?' K R f?r? mM to Auiwta