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VOL. XI 1 1, BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., OCTOBER 3, 1889 Thi)*iclit' on llomf. (From Mi>s Willar.li* • (;iin>|v-: > of FUiy Ycun*." Itt-Mil Uif Hruiihori W C. T. V. by tlir I’rosUUnt, L'r. Vmini?.) Tito Woman's ClirUti;u* TunwwrRiK’e hasn't a vote fo heraelf wi»l, hut you and n»o, hoys, kin put in four tiinjf jt-t ’em all count on h<T side.” So may the m*n of Brutison cast all tlieir h.tl- lots oiralnat the har-room, a^Hinst the 1 nion ori^iuai»l lit an ati.emtjt. to stop liquor trallie, whenever there is anelec- tho !i«inor tfaliir by pra vt-r «t the door, lion, and for the Homo. ^ » or on the very floor, of the bar-room. It was ui(etidod by an oiupourin^ of Cod’s spirit, in the greatest revival of religion.errr known in Ameriea 'I ho sober second thought of .the erus.ida iftivo rise to .this organized ellort of tnother-hearts to arrest tl:e.*eonr>^ of this gigantic evil, its eduraiioijui and )»rbventive-ef1‘erts hejn^ a'. i.iu; l'ot»ndn- tion; 'tar'Mjg with the hahe in tin* or i* die ifito wiios-* p-te lips * v.« iv.solvo no a]"ohoi ahall ever eider But v-e ar^ told that public opinfi>n <J(*M.HtidH the bar-room, and the town election is iMdiliet] V» as a pi oof. Nu.v v. )i<.>se pub lic opinion is ihisV That of the. home, Or the woman who preshh > over it? S'o! That of the 1 'i;ur< h? Oh no! 'J'wo-thiFcUd'f the elnuvhis made tip «J wolTTFlt WJiose public opinion then V Wb\ that of ubui w ho drink, and men who sell, amt men in proi- ,, -seuial and jHjHttcal business who dn^ t like tp gvt tlit* ill w ill ot thusi! who do drink and sell. Tints as the onkMmte <•( donee, based, ii p'Mi nmliye.K entirel v saltish, is this horrid liquor tcfl.de saddled upon |h«; people. 11 U t nii'bb r.-.i :r tilu; sign oi a tbinker t<> be able to teason troin cause t«» etlm t, but e\. n we women HP' oei'inuie.g to learn how Urdu ili1«, nn.j iu-lljfeen years have gone from tir- tlrtuikartl lying In tin* diu li ,»i on th railroad track, to the W, T. and its educational pr<>\ isioin,, i \angelistu', social and legal work for 'i ent|W‘rHMee back tr> # toe t»a-is »if ibe bar-fo.pin iun lt: the license i; gets front rite town, tie- Mate or I lie ITut-sl Mutt *. We IjjiTc come to the plitce w-hejc wp »\ .fid'lomn i»n*tectbitj; prohlbitbift. tlrsi,. la *t and •all Lite time, \\ Itile rite dealer in "dead. sIhu whisker’’ t Iks about Ids interests J gite my voice t<» tin* aioih*:.-. lot Wlpisc .sotis ale t t.iie qU:! a I. > ,,1 i.iii- pavv ecu: ^ a gfasn xali oH '* .W* 1 have seott in the l«*»t few toolUll'lhe lovcatnl kindHes^.au I good will of w cmlgu.ac-t- t aclt otln*r, intlds gMat wairk. iHll\ rli u li'tw soever ;lo y might itt^eligiousotiiu- huiy- .Methodist', Itultu Ls, l‘i ■ bvle- rian«, nil rts-pingham:- in siVtcrly ita- in tb‘ , ir ctli>u,» to the drink cut IIinf, rli '..«t :ri the CltVjst Ot Cml, wild* faivb- in ♦^rP-b» !io<*d of broad sh'. made our plans poss.il.. hie. iiom*' Is the eUa<b t itaf is go .d an ! p .re .c lug enter t lier.* t*» tlunj ihtiiut that bn h or to . It shall le* i*» it ml that all t«s ii»rik**'*ii hpiiodik** i' i * that all g >verMi.ent rtcetl joint fr«»*m the luuie» of-i • I'OBKUtkttoo of (ti« Smith Carolina Fruti^m! * .Mcloh movers* Association. AKTICLK l. | >VMK. The namcof this Asandatlon shall be ThkMh mi < a no 11 n a li.i it am’ -Mil-. ■ ON tiKoWMc*-' Arrot-l'TloN. AIfTIt’LK II. OJ-TICKKH. ’I’ju'ollirer* <»l fbi« Aaytxtlfttion ^hall be :f Hr*'idem, a Seelefary^ mnl.4.I 'l‘re.i>urer, ami also a V tce-l’t esjdent front etrh ( oumy, to be elected klplta- ! Itniiktil v, by ( ouiitiea that sivall. have; r*'|ireMM)tatiV»n at tlu^ meeting* of the ■ A -sogiwiion at wltieh the olliewr* Ar* 1 1 eleeP'd, ami the term* of ' Ktteh oilier shall'be for oTfe yeTrr.' uhd ifhCIl successors are eli*cte»l ARTKT.K III. M i its ot oinents. It shall hie the ikuty of the rresident t«* presttir at all me. tings of the Asso ciation. ami t" i*erform 'iielt otlicr dn- ti< s y* an* usttallx discharged by such oflKcr in similar org^mizatioti*. liie \ ii e-Presideiit' shall act -as' ITeddeni wlieii. v* r the latter oiHv5*r is absent, in tiicj.nbn of their rank. It shall be tlr r duty of tbe .*m-reytry to keep -« i<*cord ot all proccc*iings of the meetings ot the A**ocia'lc)i, and to e >ndu<-t studi cpt 1 *''p<>ndcin'c a* be might be *lir * A COUNTRY SCHOOL. Pretty and n*l«* and Urdl t*h«* •it* In her atlff ba. ted rhatr. While the blazing euniiu.r tun j tfhini’** tn oU'ber aoft brown Ualr. An.1 tbo tittle brook without, ”* That nhe hear* through llito openldoor. Mcs ks with tu* murmur cool Hurd bench and duety It Koenie iui eodleau round — Oraiumor and A. B. C: Tlie btirklxyrd and the mimR - The M.u|*d gi'cigrtti*i»y; ‘ WWb Trotu teaoUvr to little Jim Not me of them carve a atruw. Whether •'Joliu" u in aoy •LUlll».' , Oi Uauatui iu Omuua Fo- liinmT'a hare t>m*rn feet Ai\* aching to utKli* tn the etrearr, tA'Iim* thv* trout u* iu« luring bull' Ulth « (jUK-k. bright gWin; ’• SnTTiiii teacheFu blue ores stray To the do^en* CUT the desk hard by. Till her thought* have followed her cyea With a liatr uhooalrtoMa atgh ibeir Per heart ouTuns the clock, ^ As she smells their faint sweet scontt l)ut v hen Iwvctlnir an.* In ait Th'-ir. uiensnre tn uufot* bet’tf For time *;ll haste or Ihr. take your klmdow on the gr;«sa, That linger* iar ts'luud. Or Aiea when yOu fain would (>a.sa. W- *» Have patience. r<*stl«*»a* Jim. The atn*un aud Itsti will wait; An l |iittieu*v. tn.sl Iduegyea— Iii.*A 11 tlie wiutlii\g r*..d t<> the gat«, UndiT the willow *ha.Jc, Stand* some oujf *'th fresher Aow>'ra; 60 Uiru to yo*ir4sK)k* again. Aud k***!* love for Hu* afuar houra AFTKIllTANY YKAKS, • d t v *»f» I In ‘i g IM"* !i, bil li<4 — Ic'itli 1 utiy- th .Tlie, Aud .. .q. r v tc•••,(, li't.i:*' folks, tr» in 1 kb il, >ocn i;|«| t i.* — itrgr*itntion pf «*iTing dnrrtrb' Tt«* pp**- Mtn'e of the Iioiii*' I'd Mild till' \M*caever you find a wrmmm wLu U.>* ♦iic ntun.spbcrc of immc ;il'\*nT licr.*<flT bring' iu iln* g.M.d tr+uc » f iriiuid'c uud (dcasunt r*dnii-iiisfi p. and p >lnic«l w th tiny ill g* ■ o ;.<j «nd lli»' , .i' 'I fadb 51 w ay * lo >»-*m* 1 hi tig bolter. I u * ifw*. Iir»t Agt* of I be \\c?jd cottryg** w ;k' tin grc.il yirtui* in m.ni. Ifp'Tndrn kNi Vlild b' Usfs be bad log * i<> w.*r. b*‘ bad to lt«*\\ «!■ v\ u lb•• big If. os; wiiii. \v.'- in.nu, the fountain at. wliioh b* w.tyin I*-* rfiib nlslind.lu >1 k' j*i p.ir**, **Is. Ibc IMX W 011M I t*t .»:■ (.1 kite b‘1 1 ^ b -siin. All l.li*'!'' *- ’i.tllh* t»l il* Up! 1*1 Hid (i« • 1- op iKtit. Him ^.on rb*-'a'ngo-u.o 1*1 lut ler f*Mii hmi m .n lit!* bis »:roUy bafid P*WHr4 i»«m 'tu, w >♦♦♦ wf^nrKcrbTTrr" 1 him on the bard won In ight' of purih that *hf iiihv bad him upwred inly frtt*T**m from Um «lrink habit and p - b.iocn u«age that he mat learn tlit: highest all human diguith s, u « iia«- tity M*,*f‘aTf.ist a« b r “o n. *Me.inliui* *Fie nfitst learn .»| hitn pltysicul br.*v. : \ nil b inn ilectual haidil«o 'd„ w hile slu- iTiip *r(' I** him l^ r ow t* oura go *.1 «***u- \ viciion. ’ Hbtcc lets Uwit.' m«u* In; m »t* i- t...- . ... 1. . If .. C tl - ^.'p .U!. led : bv I be iTcelrfent. an<l d<* keiqi in Ids' “ei.*?ody the Ino.ks ami papers. *.| tin* A--.a i.r.io 1. It shall bo the duty of the'tayusirrTTto nc<iL v, ‘ and keep all m me\s«.i tin- A*soel.uion,* and to pay **m iho. same, nnty on thi* ili afl of the ■'*'cr. lary, cou’ntei-signcd J)}' the I’rc—’ - ^ AKTiri K fV. M KMhkltS OK / ttion *h*tH he coiivpoAetl I JT*di* the |0. a! as- ; Uh- 1 ain> of, rep ro il*' delegate l"r every u nnm’^i'or IracHfuial pa* 1 1 hereof, t h^ shatl «-u.npi is*- -i 1 »h local club. A l: I I' I.K \ . ' Jt-M ■ Ci|VK * oNMi n Kfc. Therb sliall bo an iixceutivo <'’*>111- <*! six memhi'r* of lh*‘ \ ssuci.it ion, wbp shall be ♦d*'ci* *1 at tb*‘ (unual niectja.gs of tb*- A**M'ialion, ami shall b dd 1 le ir olln e hu one y.ear, an I uuul .ili'dr smr .'es'OM be eb- led. Ii s|| .:; 1 #0 tljo dniy -**l ii.c lixecutl'e t • ntnii l**c t.» earn out tlie \ h-v. s *.f the in On the extreme jK^intof the I lead land* was a ragged bowlder.-atomling. a* it were, at anchor, for the h^Ii wave* beat in a circle round its b;u»e; and on its sum miL *w inging out with a daring reck- l**ssne»i* that would have boon appalling to timnL jnlanjjk folk, a ytardy joujjh w. .umg (Ue rudo gain of a fisherman — that w.as Harry Melville, lie broke out into a aong—a rude, nautical thing; but tii**olil time air was nwoet. and the voice that *»*tn^ it wondr«ms clear and reso nant, ringing 901 bko a trunj|»et |hviI Almvo the da.sli of the waves, yet sweet an l temli-r alHIie note of a woo*l thfush Ov* r and over again he trilled the (juainl ditty, until ev«*ry echo caught up the strain,-and the whole plu**o and the great wa itself boomed llirillin^ with yiebsly. Jii't then the d(w*r of the old farm, house swung o|>o», letting out a bnwi*l flo-sl of lamp light aud ti Aleixler girl's Ugure, and an instant later Ibis self same figure, quaint and prim in its gown \s« ■cia'iou, and Mtutit end ill y 'ball- of gray, 8t<**l just behind iho singer Helving on, utterly unconscious. “Harry P . . U«* was near losing bis Italafice, nml hi* song came to "a sharp and sudden 1 end, leaxing tbo closing night in stlenco fhe girl br<»k , <* into a merry laugh “WelL iSi i la/" he asked q “Nothing—only suj*|*er is wniting. And Aunt Sarah i* grow tag impatient," alio replied “Uh. that’s all!” Tlie^Agcr llg?tt died f i»ut of his eyes, leaving them gloomy and abstracted *M do not want any *upi>or, I vo made up urr mind. Syria.” — ,>.*«» gave a *}uick,.K;i-'ping b*oath, but > face and vob'e were quiet,' “Wed, Uarry'r” •1 m K^ung!” /- -j •‘When’/** - n Al daybreak." Her very lips paled, atvl her slender fingers idook and trembled, but her eyes remained true and sleaily. ‘•Well," she answered slowly, ‘.‘God I blesa-Eou, Harry!” The l»w\ btissl silent, hi* eves fixed on i Iihv•• j*«»wer i" ir* ii wjth tire railways a-id c**rr,unn c.;rrivr> oL freight, fur :•Tills living !!,*• ij‘«'s **f fielght to l*e «'l*.ir^* d; a:>d al'<* ’*' tak<‘ sin'll steps as rt**ey a* .-*> fieeni m-' s’,.arv t«* pr •eure the ticsl t*u ms <.r *hipirn I*! .foi growers of fruits And tueloirs; ;im«1 also with power Pr cut pm v ;t S ‘Hcrt*rV t*T Jt’’’ rtion. toaiirnd tn ~nTa*»er« a* n. «y, ia tlu^-jndgm* nl of sin'h'-t’oui* iu:. lee, b ' to llle fllt'T>'*t ol the UlClll- li.'i s «/t tile Association. A K i H I.K VI. iu . it s Mi x:i..wiit.l:s. Ka h iu : liatr uj the A .hall laymi 1 ;tion- j»a's. *1 i*y ibis A»s H iAtkm. . AH 1 H I.K \ H. a —-—■* c \ . I T'e- Kx -'-niiv*: ( oiiind;i**c shnlj assess «-;» -Ii I'lirl* U* i.er Acre forJ *e\cry_a*Tc planted in unit and melons, *s r"pre**el led bx Hie m*'.nb« is of the r club. _• , • ’ ’♦ . AIM iri.K VIII. (•*>.\siin 11 *.n xxr jAt triNG. 'fhe t't*ns: it ut irpi may be AimAHb'd* at am rcgulu- !m-'-t*:.g l.y a t a o-i hj i.J 1 cl - nt drr r.i ‘labei'n in.T liTf aiid unifi r - iTn' rw i ‘"e ^d" '' *" rm-rrjnr- l{!;t'-kx ille .•si pFeinl*. r psbdl. at the ( (’omutili**e, ~l ltiles as th* •• • “ * . j A sivift n>se color bUx)ine«i In b cr checks, and her eyes overflowed with tears “Harry." she said, her voice, sxveet with unspoken tertdernpsa, •I'm au|>er* j gtitious. you know I waqt rot» to take this xvith you.*' unolasping'a slender gold I. chain from her nock “1 always had u , fancy that this little trinket possessed some hidden charm Tut It on yout neck, pleaso, and if you ever arc left to the mercy of the wild wares, it will save you, may be. a* it xlnl me.” At moon rise everything was ready and with hi* knapsack strapped across his shoulders. I Lin y stood in the door way “Good by. fa % r"' hi* voice husky •‘Good-by, Harry. Make a man o' youhself l*efore you cn*t anchor again." ~Ay, ay, fatherl” Then ho broke down, and pulling Ids rap over his eye* strode away without another word. Oru? after another the season* folkxwed each other The gmy moa* on the oriel ■ farmhoMse roof grew larger and thicker tlio old captain was getting Hiid iloaed away the afUxrtioona m tlu* chimney corner, and Aunt Karqji was losing something of her old bustling ;vr.- ti’vity ■"Beautiful Ry rial The^promioa of her glrihirxl was f»eiug developed mto-tflort* ous maturity Bttt she might have ram a peart, ns they~Called lier. m her icy t heclu.-iivenes*. for all the human feeling she mvwicd to jiossess. fTv'ry.'day "Ttie Hlaek Dragon xvas looked for. andsevery oxening t>rougl.t a 1 dissipjHuntmmt - - At la.-4. one golden afternoon, xx hen sunlight strcanic.l in vclloxv bar* over the . sanded flcAT^aud S.xi ia had I*>o|hhJ back the curtains x\ iili"cTuHters of scarlet l»er- riea and s] ray» of xxdntergnen and nittgitJ the goklen pippins in Kmg row* • on tlie mantle, in the very midst of tlnur exjieotution the tidu*f;* came, btougbl from the city by a fisherman Tlie Black Dragon, I rm pew aril houml, t«»t*k Hie ji*-t under thw line, and exery soul on board |*‘ri*ho*l. Harry would never cOlno home! A silenoa^nore solemn than death fell on the ol.l farm house Aunt Sarah sunk beneath the blow into feeble second child hood, and the old captain grew morose and sullen. Syria alone bore tlicldkiw bravely Fair and xvhite as a |H.‘arl, sbu move*! nbout witli halt'd li|waiid solemn eyes, taking all tb** heavy hiMischold cares u}a»ii her sLiuler slmulders and workiqg fronwlaxvn till twilight. Then, when the hush of night brix>d**<l over the great sea. she took her sole recrettt ion Gliding down to tin* U'ucb. she would claudter to the t*)|» of the roilgl* bowlder, and sit for an hour looking out to twa, xvith her i»oor ejes full of piies*us ex|H*o- taiion. “No," she said. “I xvon’t forget; Ih**U Oome h.f sin d by: my liMle charm xxill bring him—I will wait.*' At last there came an'aftcmoon black wirh jx^rtentou* omens “l never see aich signs a* these at the Headlands only once afore, ami then we had a gjile that just shivered things— and we are going K> hate it again ” Tlie old MsbnrruTlti was corrivt; al»out sunset it came. wiTh a thdrulering crack and crash, o* if tlio very heaven* were being rolled together “The guns have ceased.” he said, put^ ting on hi* oilcloth coat “The poor ship's gone. I am going doxxn to ilia shore to see xyhnt the boys arc doing " ode of theufsald KATIE’S ANSWER. ' 1 — Och - ov* lviU»** x a ro,;ii*,.U t» tjmi®, Uvl her cyr*. Itke (lu* *l<l**s. s/v *o btuo, Ao’ tier dtin|iJi* inxwata Ao'h**r mikliv xn oaus- « Slturts «!*• dsMd Ab‘ itM» txwavred me tea TUI one mom In we wtnt fur s ride, Whin demure ax s l>r*U«v t*y me xUle, LUe a <4»*rllnt xhe ^at, H id the wU-kedu-st Imt ’Neath s puny a ir l »chin Iver tied An’ tn» h'-nri. arrah. tlim. how it oate,^— Fur me Kale looked ao temptin' VVi«) ctj<***ka like iq* *\>»««* Au' ad Uu» rod .piwuv Y* 'ud six' In her ^aoiin ao n»t® B it l -xat {'at a* mute >u> the d x.l Till alia auid wiih a Unis iiv noi bead: “If l*d knoe n (hat today - Ye’d luive noUun' to hat I'd have gouo »i.| lue i ouxln ln.st;el*.” Thin l Hit uirtHilf arovr very bnwM, Fur l know xbe'd not ax-old If 1 lowld l.’v th*' love nf me heart. Thut U'l.nl’ ** depiu t Tbiaigh L l‘ve«l 10 t)o w rtnkliwt on' owld. An | Hiild “If 1 il.irWl In (In xo, —frl iit go ut thia haatii, an’ I'd throw Both me apua ruun’ yur wai-t An Ik» stalin' a taste Uv Uiliti hpa thnt are eoaxln* ao ** Thin *J*e niilshed a more illig.-.nt red. As slm s.nd. w ithout raisin' Ler Lead, A*' her eyrx lookin' d*»w^ , -* . .. . •XejLth tlu-ir laaliex no hrax-n when I drove orer to Ldawnlng ‘Tlu* xvi«jow was ready, all In black, •n*I Glwrlotte all In white, and ther* st(xxi ihV can burnished like ailver, and I helped the ladies into tho sea La In front of the little carriage' and went rpund bo- hind to pul the can in, and I lihod it * toward the place It was to stand in—a place made for the l*aggage. if you hud unr — when, n* if the old lw»y xx .1* in tlwm both, th# handle* gave way at the same numiuvand doww went the can to tho gra** I jumped to pick tt uj). took the top foi the bottom, aud matte uiatUTs wor*e The milk |*ouroxi out of the cf n m a stream, and by the time I’d righted it, it xvas empty, “The ladie* did not sea xvlmt had hap pened, and how to tell them 1 did not know I put the cover on, set the ran in its place, and went forward and took tho reins, trying my best to think hpxv to get tlie can filled on the sly, but nq xvay oc curred to mo. and l saw tl«» clinmn-ysof the Nash houso rising against Hie sky w ithout having found an idea Then it flashed on mo. Tlfon* wero twenty great hogshead* n.'4‘ly for the milk, and men servants wero emptying iho can*-into Care .*f tb# Kjm. Sit erect In your chair when reading, ^ and ns erect w ben writing a# p If yeti baud downward* you not only gorge Ufo «y«# wi.th blood, but th# brain an well, nnd lx>th suffer. The *ame rui# shouhl apply to the us# a>f thf mkrro* scope. Get one that will enitbl# you to look at things horizontally, not alway# vertically. Have a reading lamp for night os#. N. U. —In reading the light should b# on tlio book or paper and th# eye# in th# shade. If rod bar# no reading lamp, turn vour hack tn tb# light and you may read without danger tothe«ye#. Hold the book at your focus; if that begiua to get far away, get spectacle#. A void reading by th# flickering ligh| of the fire. ^ Avoid straining tho eyea by readingh_ Uie gloaming. Rending in bed is injurious as a rule. It must be admitted, however, tliat hi case* of sIceplesHtie## when the mind i* inclined to rumble over a thousand thoughts a minute, reading steqdie# th# thoughts aud comlucea to sleep. Do not read much in a tailw^y c*r-_ ring*-. 1 myself always do, however, them One walked up to our vehicle. > only jn n light, and 1 invariably remix' to take the can. but, ‘Nof crieii l. TH .v*t likx ,nr tixlUnv^i. Muttwr 1 >-*t " —AltssO M Tlmyer-to BoWiai UloLa qui-;i;x's ’ft i* rurloit* xx hat mistakes they tnako in historC,” said old Grandfather lUiU'ktnore. "Now this that t*_inyour her# about li<-r majesty’* ebee##, isn’t true at all,—that K the general part of it is true enough, but' there* a mis take fn particulars.” "And xx hut was her majesty**chocee!'’ - a.sk(Hl GratidfatlnT Hlacknioic* (laugh* UT-iu-laxv—a (!onm»cticut wotuan xxith Yankee ancestor «* far l»ack as there werc_nny Yauket'*. "Did you never hear of it?’’ rrii'il* Grandfather ifiackmoro. “vV*'II, iu deed! Then iTl t* II h you. though to lx> sure you could read it x ourself. It was a clusse made iu the year 41, iu the xil- lap'-crf IhtiHard. Romeiw'tshire, to priv *ent to her majesty tauten Victoria. th* n a younf; woman, nnd very much a*l- mired tiy lu.-r subjects. / lAiiwoycb#’* contribution to the queen * elieeN© myself. No one *haH touch it. Gixl xavo her majesty f “ ‘That’* fine,’ aaid _Mrs. LUtxx'oyche. •when a young man feel* like that,’ an*l vou Hhoul k l li.ivo sec a ine lugging the empty can as If it was aa heavy a* lei •!. and lifting it carefully, and fyxuring nothing into tho hogshead, with my back bcFwceu tho can and tho ladies Then l gave the can to (It# aervanta will ingly. ami the handle*, which 1 had *tu«:k in. came oil a* they touched them. " ‘What 0 mercy that didn’t happxm before!* said Mr*. iAilxcoyche. _uAVi II. 1 felt n little mean and a littlo wic kvd and muck os' if, JTl coinmitud tnasfin, but 1 doubt if any ono over carry a good reading lamp to hook on* behind me. TIpousands of people would travel by night rather thau by day if th# companies cfluld otily #e# their way t#i the excluaiTO use of the electric tamp. Author* eliould liav# black ruled paper, instead of-blue, and should Mover strain Iho eyes by reading too fine type*. TWhcdroom blinds shottl*I be red nr gray, an*lTtie head of ^Hc bed bhouid b# tow*rl th# window. Thoee ladies who not only writ#, bu* boxv, ixhoukl not attempt tk# black «e#u^ by nights . Wlwu you come to an ago that *ug- g***U tbo wrafThg of spectacles, let no false modesty prevent you from getting' % pair. If you have only on# eye, ait ey-bglaa* will do; otherwise it fat folly. Go to the xvhiest and best opticiun you mi<***| tbo little oan of ^nilk frx>m the | 0 f t an ,j xtate yomr wants and your gival bulk It would not have madiftlio gr. at cln''»se mu<Ui larger, and I had a joll> time that yJay. I spoke to Char lotte. and Charlotte gave me to undyr* stand that if her mother was milling, H10 was, and on our may home the Widow Lutwoyrlte listened to mhat ( ihr far. c«»ist rim*, u lu're tho red sunsx't aliout -her, ami to show their h*yalty they made up their mind* to make one of their famous cheeses, f*ir alnu^l every bounty iu England ha* a particul.ir -chee.so of it* own, and SomcrseUlure ma* not ItehindharuL R*i tlie wive* of all tho r xycJ|-to-do folk—gentlemen farmers xx-tf cali them—met together and In-1,1 a council, and 737 sulwcHbers were c.iUcd for, each to offer one uix al’s milk of her boat cow for the making of the chconc. And th*» 73V lodbM aaliecrilied And a great vat was nude xx ith the royal arms cir*ed ujkwi it and many other tilings lieside, aud on too anni versary of the quecu’* coronation iifty of them xvere t<* meet at Mr. Nanh’*— George Nash he wa*. and a fine man. and a hearty—and all the offerings of milk were to^l»e received by them. It would make twenty liog^lu ad*, they Raid, and it did,uud it took them from tl iu the morning to C in the evening to turn it to curd, and the largest ami tiueet and loveliest cheese it iuu4el An*i when it xvas ri|>em*xl it ma* taken to Buekinghatu iKilaeoatid presented l*» her majesty, xx ho thanked th* ni very gra- , , ^ .-.I ciouxly, nnd afterward sent the village a A bu, Mlshtopn. ode or .ueui wuo ; f Ul0 ,,, what , t „ :l , , Uli „ ,“ in «. he a„.| Syria »,. r «Kbe.| I ut« forgot But about llte choeM 1 I au, -Poor luck. c.|aa„.-A«or ImU,! Wo m>cfrt:lin ,«„( ou, a liltle ,r,ed IMimngout the houts, but it wvno I Nolv ^.Uial Uktu Tlie Finnan I htdie* were all agog- had to nay to her. and’enon after I u»k them both to my oxvu pi ago in Devon shire. "Tho little cow m-ent along, and my mother-m-luw always *jioke of her a* ‘tho cow that gave her milk for the queen's cheese.* You can believe that I never mad# confession, to hor, and for that matter, my wife don’t know it yo$, and 1 trust you not to hetray me, daugh ter-in-law. And uoxv you know how 1 am sure there I* a mistake in that ac count of the making of tits quoun* eltet^x' in tire village of Ponuurd, Somer setshire, on th# Will of Jqne, IS41, and that theru were not 737 milkings in it. but only 735."—Mary Kyle Dalla* In The Fireside Companion. Y on th, StM'ond 'louxlay in I’.ui Mie Fii siih'iit yhatr It h.is.jj.h a.* 1,a;> 11 i wri*'?|fTtf- vTi'fTT.-”: .Tr ro-d lithe<Oi»i ami h :«r fruli. fn,’«'i-d." in 1:1 pres nt transition ]>eri«Td, xxoiiiaIi de-, prlxed (*f her aid—time int»*r**x'x, lie- • pinning xx In-el and loom, the-xmiT!— stit'-hing xx ith f < eil'e In hart 1 m-xv -1-, jMtrse.ded hy'the s«'xx inff ma*'hine, xviu, her VHeaiit mind linding snlnee finies in mi^ehiex on - e.,v«tp, .nieti;"' * in xyot'i' tinm idn earxl pliying. some times iu those eiiLangh'inerUs ot thteafi veh'pf faney xv**rk. haollx hpO' tin Innne a\ x\ ell in, x\ In* is h,*n - nt e rtlten |**r iln* honie that ua» hut (s im; or else Ilia: i> n**i hut ought robe. It I* jdtiful for xv .rrrr’ii t** leax*• 1 heir minds uni'iilfii*eil, and.he aldcet') hring no xvit nor hrigiitn* sm to th** sor1al.uit-.il or liu- evening r#mily group, IniTinL'' iriii'-r-.'d her mind avxny mi a rumnl i»t ealh nr Almpping. The eii.'trm—of anv.himie it* imlivi lualiiy, ih»‘ miiTor it pr, seitts of iln* tliought s* , %xt • -111s. pniqinsi's, tastes of those who li\e hi it—.1 plae- tliatTs in-Iinet xv ith liv s that are nolile Hndhehrved, dlfiefeiitiate-.l from muer Immes ais its founders ar*- di.ssjmUar in eharactcrix edueation J'inl purpy*r t'lnm other jwop^*. 'I’d t-iieh a home ihV* |) }l ss vrth'e is as 'iii , ei‘s'ary the soprano, and jipou it man’s Indiv idiiahiy will rrileet «s much siguifii'an*'« as woman’s. \V'hen man spent hi- time iu war, Imrur xx'ms a castle; when h<‘ pioneered,, it wa' n eahin; .now it is a (^>in torts hie ent- tiftre, an elegant villa or«i pahtial lnan- sb>» ; hut, nomaitei hieh of iho three, the mart with the on.c \.*m:an.In* loves beside liini, iu the relation «>f true yoke fellow r# aft his plans and toil, w ith an umeltLU purpose in his sni;|. i- a< far romoveil from the .squandering, **T- eentered, di-satifcjied men «*,' the bar room, as is the lighthouse k<'<‘)M-r from the ship-wroekeij cfexxv A tlioiisaml motive*, prejudiees and eoiivonrlons hedge women into Immes, l^ut tiu n, with all the world f » choose frouu—penny,“saviog: " A fool and hi* inoney chuos# tlie home, a rc*leoniing fact in arc soon parted.” J their lon«g annaji*, predietino t|;oir per- L foctibility a- imthing *-l«e can. '1 lii' innate tenderness makes film respoad to the simple lines ; "Our little hut so;ol'g tL. bushes.^ ~ One Unit 1 tore Ftill fondly to my incii.ory ruslie*, No limit* r vm*7* tTrA7\ : • **Tiiat very “roving” has mil h to do wit h it. Wor enutnodf edu'HtJS tlrw^oui Into a knox#e*lg«‘ of valueH.” 1 oinjmst tossed and hjti*fe xxorn, dfeeixed and Ibnffe^bd, tb# .weary heart love* the lacred refuge, of home. Man ne* .Is home more than wm^an; he is more in flaiijr#r wftUouC its anehoivge j Im- fire.Sw xx en- >1 iw ,’y biirfYm; r ‘bumits i.' iTiTina! ' meet' • ihonghts t>Us) xvitli Hie p«St One night. | muh'ion'shall T* '.h.*T,| at j especially, uttHiJ out clear and vivid—a , wild, stormy night, xx hen the s! | was like ink, and the mad sea thundvrod un- j til the old farmhouse shook to it* very i-center. They wero down on the strand hU father and a half dozen fishermen— j - Itiifiself, a sturdy lad. fblloxx-ing like a roung spanii-1. Hard work lay iK’foro th# uu*n g A stately vessel by out ou the bar. and the throng gale was driving her-to jiiece*. Boat after boat started out as her booming gun* begged for assistance, but e;wli one was swamped or driven back, j It was mere deRjxcration, an old s;iilor said: no bout could stand such a gale— | tin y could do nothing. Hi* father ; chuckled to himself, and bringing out a . . gx>—the -VX.U. t*»o hard ^ • pif kvd -^q, rc - #o# Tli, v-ca oT uulIt*10*11 te queeoV up mily thut chap, und lie a uiUic. for. byna'sVrrw folh»xx-rd hts pointing fin- V , :* l*kv request of the Kxcentix'*' i* ill <r.\fra meet mgs :*t such mjiy *U'.ein Ui'sHahlc*. hy i. x xv >. _ The order of btisj u s- shall he as f*d- i - m Is'. K"ll-call. •J-l. Tlie reading of the Hinnies of the las* mteVing. 4rd. li--pons of .special f’onunittcrs. ! 4' h. Ixep.trl « «il Siaiulii.g('(iintmt lees, j Mli. !’e, 1 *ri of Secretary, T't'y.i'iirer Mild I’n’sident. • . : til h. Kiert ioll of otVieers. 7:h. Ne l w Im-iness. Kr.soi x 1 i), l hat tin* Imit and melon gr«*wcr^ of « ach locality are requeste,! J 10 organi/e lueal club.*, and t ) elect delegates to flits Assoeinti**n, and ra* h~ iduh is espceialjy iveominended' to. iu- «* rt In their t’onstituth'ii a prnxisidn, pledging *-.n'h inemfi.'r, on honor,-'to abide In hmy resolutie'iis that, max he pavse*! l*y tlie Ass*t''lati*,n in ret* retier to tlie planting <•£ lYudoix, and a> i soon as eaeh elul* is organized, t hey are requested to report the fuel-of Mieh or- ' g.tni/at'u n t<* the as. () ei-,tion, giving the membourshif) of eaeh. clulr and jt-*4 ollleers.' *he cried. ‘There’s warmth ^ere—indeed there is! bit's lake htni up to the house aud try to nave him." — “Do as the bids you," said the old man, and the men olxeyexi. ^ " Ti* ho—your shn Hurry! Don’t.you sob? Wifi you xvaste your precious lime? [>>1 us work and suvo hint!' sho said And they did . Hy nud by n faint waiifith diffused itself over his body, a dim red Khoneln in* pulochrek*. and h# murmur ni, jubt above his breath: “Syria! Syria! I am coming!” SytM.i heard him. and without a word sturdy y,.ft of Ida own. placed himJe". ! «» ^ dw l*P» d in “ J ~ ,) faint •' . h “ dirosr, rrmt i’^an tett""y cnr There were 1,111 * only MG. K or. nml bobcld MrMchod U| «D the wot r - how ou knt( . FulU „ sand the hgure of a man. 1 "lie* not dead, father!" Blackiuore?” cried Itis daughter-in-law "1 11 ti ll yod?’ Hiiid tiio ohl man. "In Pinnard, Somersetshire, there was a widow lady, hy name Mrs Lutxvoyche. She bad good hl«Hi*l in her vein*, and 1 could tell ) c»u all abortt it only you Yan kees don’t care for thTtt sort of thing; but she had very little money and only one row—a pretty creature, to l>o sure, but A llrnTn Soldier. There axemen who. after a bottle, die of uingimuy vxvAimU, and Utere ar# j othern w Un sx'em incapolde of realizing actual danger. Of the latter class xva* a 1 brave fellow who## courage U thus d#- fccrtbed , in Urgts de Trobriami s "Four | Year* with tho Army of tho Potomac." lie was a snapping Irishman, xvlioni I found smoking hi.* pij*e at th# dx>or of tho hall where lay the woundxii . ••Well.” said I to him, "hoxv do you find yoursclt?” “Perfectly, colonel Never better in mjt file*: ... i “Why have you got your fac# ludf . covered tvlth Im<^* T 1 ? ” . J * "Oh. a mere nothing—a scratch. I’ll show it to you." "No, 1 tiiauk you." "Yee, yes. you will see xvhat it la" ILiising compres.se* and bandage*, he hhoxved me a gaj»ing wound in the place of the eyebrow*, which hud been carried away. —*»— 1 — "1 see." said I, "that your wouud has not been dressed this inoming.’’ "No, tho doctor put thbxon yesterday; but to«lay liql» *u busy with the others, giving very little milk. However, she was one of the boft folk of the place, and < who need lib help more than I, that l and it would nevei do not to have her at its holm, and A-ent out into tho dark ness. never to return again, tho men averred; but Harry did not believe it He had never known hi* father to fail, and ho sat down amid the crash and foir to watch and wait. And not vain very feet. Iu a foxv days ho entirely recovered and related hi* adventure*. He had made his fortune and was coming home to slay, and no one wa* more happy than * T Syri*. Hut three weeks after there was a ly, for by and bv the sturdy boat boat _ ,, . 1 1 i*gran(r-weduirig—#* tho oul farmhouse. iG way hack, hrmging only one trophy, y, , ,,* • . r *• 1 „ * I Lapt. Harry Melville received ffw his a littlo sea waif that tho old man had , .... . . , bride Syria, tho fouircilihg, tlio beautiful “belle of the oceuu,” and their cup wa# ivicked up—a tiny girl child w ith flaxen naif and blue* eye*. The rough men boro her up to the old farm house, Harry trx>tting ou l»ehind; i aitd before day dawn the booming guns were silent, for tho stately vessel, after- 1 a brave light, had gone doxvu beneath Lho hungry waves. Capt Melville and his wife could do nothing moro or lei>* than to adopt tho |*he seoond'hoy disqqxHThi* uieklcinto l-htU# storm gift and bring hor u|» as full. —Waverley Magazine, A New ^ ork SuihIhv school t<*acher odd her pupil** that xx hOn limy putth**ir idcklcv iii th** contrihutioii box she xx anted each one to repeat a Bible vci>r siiiiahlr lor the occa-ion. The first hoy dr* pi •cl in Tris ni'kl •, saying: “The Kurd lovsth a cheerful giver.’’ the box saying:' “Hr that, givrth t*i ^he poor li't;deth to fhe Lord ” The third ami youngest bnv dropped in hi** It !»-oouMt+tfeil ton* of eotYoii seeti a4e. now pro-**ed annually f«»i their *iil. and fho'U'jeM'of rim oil are eoiistautlx increasing. '4Still there ha* h('eu no mat«'rial advance in the price obtained hy planters for their cotton M ed. The cause i« HUrrhutable rhlefiv their oxvn child. So they called her Sy ria. after nil: and as she merged into maidenhood th# lad# called her the "belle of the pceau." ^ - r— She aud Harry had been slider and brother fur ten years, eating their frugal snpper from' tho same porringer, and sharing tiio bam# bcxl in childhooxL "Yes, the JUack Dragon sail* at day break and I’m going in her, Syria," he said, hi* e^ es" solemn aud tender and his voice tremulouH. The girl stoo<l silent a moment; then r U*»d I.o*t nil* Grip. A middle aged man with a troubled look on hi* face btpod on the corner near tlie Ceutrul depot and attracted tho at tention of. a passerby xx ho inquired: “Can 1 do anything for you, Kir?” * "Stranger," said the man. "I’ve lost tuy grip.” Oh. brace up," said the other in a cheery voice, "you’ll get hold again if you jHish in. It lidppen* to u* all some ' dairy to make tbo curd. name on the list. So in itxxrnt. One of the 737 names that xx-oro put dqwn for the milk to make the queen’s cheese of xvas Mr*. Sophy Lutw.iyche. She xvas all alone hr the w orld, poor lady, but for her daughter Charlotte. They had a lit tle hou.se, and a little garden, and a littfe servant, and the Ijttlecoxv 1 told you of, and Charlotte xvas the prettiest littlo crea ture! She had English blue cyo« and her skin xva* liky crx-aiu.'frnd I fell in love with Iver the minute I saxv her. 1 was D*»t a Sonicrs<*t!xbirc man, I came from lA'voiishiie, and Devon-dure lassies are called beautit*. Hut Charlotte cut them all out, a6d l followed liur aliout a* if I had nothing else to do. Tlie Widow Lut- woycho diduT favor mo much. She thought me not quite high enough for Charlotte, though 1 xx as to have money. But I did xx hat I advise all men to do xvhen they xvafit tho daughter. 1 courted the mother, and by the time tli0shb*cri|>- lioii papvr was taken about 1 was inti mate enough to be at the cottage at tea time, and to ktunv that Mrs. Lutxvojche xx-a# to have the honor ^of l>eing one of the ladies xvho was to go to Mrs. Nash’* Their ouly didn’t want to bather hinr." “And you I-oyer* * "Gena. But you see, colonel, it’s only tho left eve, and that xvill savo me the trouble of cloAio^ it n hil# 1 laku it.lx, xvhich always did Ixalu'r mo. In a fort night I II be back xviib the regiment." But the brave fellow never did rejoin hi* regiment. * Before tlio fortnight was i over he had died of this “mere nothing of which he had burg Dispatch. mad# so light.—Fitts- !l«ve that In every mind,#)#!! Hnniifb asfccrt im TeM,-1»V»r a long and *n- nknftfrd vvith drink and befogepni wirh t bect'O smoke, there are frea* noble exoepthH** gmid. To the*e, we appeal Inime urotox tiun. 1 An said to lii« boy# ,pj i*;e had taught him to rend ; f, She k> the fact tliat one enjiaem mnBopo- li/»*' th* 4 mark* t |.*r the m-.mI,- ti-e^ Its the question xvitli a forced laugh: prii e, ami buys up or kill* competition . “How fiff are you going. Horry?” she as ta't a* It I* .iffed. * |. said. “When do you expect to come . J ba* kr ' “The Black Dragon’s bound around pa«r ^ nnId x on ’ raib-r he ; 1,10 woM : 1 ^^^f ca P no,ieii ' ,,aud os to coming berk-*-wett, it writ be yean before 1 see the Headlands again, I guess." Then a sudden light blazed up In his eyea- “Shall you mi** jae when I’m gooe, do —you think, fijrriaT hu asked. ^ time or other.’ “I’m afraid IT! never get it again," said the other, badly. "Nonsense, man. Don’t give up now, when thty’ve just discovered the c|ixir of life," advised lii* frieud. “Take hold again like a man." "Wliataif you talking aboutf’abked tho other. “I lost my grip with four- new shift* in it, a new waistcoat, a pair trouble was how to* get the milk and themi>elve# over at 60 clock in tlie morn ing without troubling the neighbors, for everything that oould l*# hired was lured already. There w a# Lo l»e jolhfication^on the Nash place ail day long, and butter print* with the queen’s portrait on had becu made, and jelly- molds like crowns, and wreaths of flower* xvere to be hung everywhere, for it wa* Juno and*’flowers of suspenders ami my wife’s p holy graft. - were plenty. It wa# to be a great ihezry- Just give me reliance, and you'll see whether I'll take hold of it or uot." aud lie walked off with a suspicious look at his late adviser.—Detroit Free Fresa. em. terestilig tail tor* “None qf .promptly. “Non# of (hein ? Why not?’* “Csust; they’re all dead.’* on u.e uciebritiiH of l is- repHed Robert A Furt##«*(• Yfomau. ir ^ - * ^ “Tliere," said the new lady of the castle, "are the grave# of the former owner's ancestors. My Ancestors," she added, oroudly, “at# all Hving.*—liar- pur’i Msgaxiue. making indeed. Well. I had axbance to do the widow a real favor at laot. and I promised her that I woqld bring a vehicle iu which she could *it neatly dre^aed with fliarlott# lieside Iterj-atKi ki which the can redid go, and that 1 cuyealf woukk drive, and 1 could •lay thruqgh'The day and take them home again—tliat ia. It they’d do m# the ^onor to permit me. ••^jhe wa* well pleaseil, and 1 got my firri bit of real favor from Uei that dU/ Tlu* II«Ht »t I'U Y’uuuy ^ . • Ther# is a very old story about twq very wicked bo*di*»r* who died at Fort Yuma and ••materialized” a few nights after to the sergeant in charge of the clothing. "Well, what <!o)ou want?" he asked, gruffly, for a liUlo tiling like death or a ghost never break# that official’# habit , of getting angry when a soldier want* i anything. "Want our blankets—rauT ( have’em—cau’t got 4L.*d to the change so Ku«!*len." “Why, xvhoro are you located, boys?" “Iu heUr Tlmrc urc post* nXrly 1,000 miles north of Fort Yuma, on some of the rocky plateaus in Wesi-*rn Dakota or Eastern Montana, v'here the mercury gee# to 50 deg*, below every wiuter and often rise* above 100 degu. iu the shade in summer. Tbcjro are socludod valleys even In British America xvhere the raer* I cury marks HO deg*, in Ihe shade every summer. Tito sun shines over sixteen hour* a day, and there i* no timo at night for tha air to cool—California Let- tcr. ’ Iron pulldiugv A sx *trm of boHdirg Iichinca entirely of sheet iron has been communicated to the Society of Architecture or T e u til, jiartiuoris. rc-ofs leg are coiuptKied of double metallic sheets, separated by e n mattress, which is st2rround*‘d by ditfereot non conductors of heat.—Kow York Teie- glAiM. ' . case plainly, and be assured you will be properly fittinL Itcureiubur that ba4*q>ectacUis are osost injurimi* to the eyue, and that good aud w ell cIiimcu ones ar# a decided luxury. Oct a naif Cof reeling with, am) if p<*crK>orT a long distance pair for us# oui of doors.—C’Msseirs Magnr.inc. Taira from tha Gaa* AreMe. In tlie viaions of the uight Malek Ak Drawbar lay u(>on his bed. uud saw al^ pcoplos of the earth liaatoniug together* to bo Absigucd to tlieir futirro abiding places. As he looked off to the left he sa vv a vast multitude, whom no omu* might number, flocking Uy themaeivaa. and at short interval* Urge crowd# osrne fmm various directions to joim them- •elve# with this great throng. He no» ticed also that all these poi>i>l« regarded Mich other with strong but 111 concealed suspicion. “Ami who ere these," asked Malek Ak Draw Car, "who out number th# sand* of tho seashore for muhitudeT' • “Oh, thoee fellow*?'’ replied Ids guide, "tho.*# nrc the men whodiaeovured Artr- uivis Ward and brought out Bill Nye." “And what jrftb b# dona writh them?" arired iLilek. “Can’t teU,** replied hi* guitlc; "illby’re not a^I in yet; theyll Im coming in along (or the next century." Ami then Malek Ak Drairtwr, remem- hcring tliat he had once written to The GoAmer Habb>x(*k that ho was the first man to find Mark Twain and develop th*i buuwv that xv.ih then lateot iu him, gave a cold shiver a foot loug aud awok«x “It wa# a close a<|ueak for me," he said, and lie resolved that during the rest of his lUe h# would tell Gio truth, ao far at it xv ha coqipatiblo with editorial writing on a reform pajicr.-—Burdette In Brooklyn Kagle. __ - • A l^|*rui ( a r.rtuoaaa In Parta. The I#>!Ajon le|ier has causol, I (tear, quite a scare. I lu.vc uodoubt that there lias" alxrnys bjeu lots of leprosy in the xvorld, but tliat xvc know nothing about it, bccumso (he doctor* giro it a fine Greek name. Why not translate ullttie now Greek name* of xliseale Into graphto EnglisJi? If there were a deeeriptivw name tliat xv* could understand for were malady a long step xvould be taken to wards curing them. What meaning, for iuhtance, does the word eczema conrer . to the unlearned mind? Whenever I hear doctors giying evidence to a jury I feel as if they were talking Lq a foreign tan- gmge xx-hich noisily fcut themselt'e* | ecu understand. It wonld, |>erhap«, startle the world to hear that the Princo of Wale#’ leper pou]*l find hi# match in a I pakvee-in this city, w here there is a leper 1 high and mighty from a he cal* Uc stand- ; j point. She is ou kissing Jenns xvith our royalties. This illustriohs person has l>cen nearly.twenty years attacked wifli the dis»'a*e, jvhlch is kept in eubjectiou by careful daily treariuent, I never heard that she had given it to any one. . There is. hoxvever, no doubt whatever aa to tlie nature of her affection. They aajr that the primary cause of leprosy iu het case xx a* the consanguine marriage of her ancestors.—Paris Letter. " The Stun* bjvphent. Tlicrc is a stone elephant in Inyo' county, California. The rock that Its* taken the form of an elephant is a dark gray granite that is almoet the color ol the sign of an elephant. The first trav elers in California, it is aaid, on catch* ing sight of ii. thought that they ha*} found a petrified mastodon. A Pmtu Indian, on being asked if I4* ba<fevM seen ~ the “stone elephant," pepl*^ “ Yash, me see him many year ge. Lops time Injun no sabe him; now seahifb alf same iu big shew up Virginoy•tty.”— New York Tnbuno. , - How t^»rk*4 Oakland. MO., rejoioes in sion of a dusky citiseo xvbo but tliat tack dofcno* prevent 1 ruri ing #e »