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A Weather wi WHAT Ja tho mo ol f'oitoaats ami bar OBlOtpiK? . Billy th? Btudy of air ami of Boa, ?Toolees aro wunhcr-cocki?, wnridngivtker-' moulott>rn, 8toriu*(lr?niB and s?gnalo menu nothing to mot JHovolt'8,4 tho conning of clouds and bygro Il io to in. Ko one cati tell wlint t li o weather will bo. Captious thu ?l i ai ate, 1 iii ink you'll agree, Ko ono cnn tell what tho weather will be. Weither-wKo prophets, preciso and otu Shnlical. not their prating nt night or nt mom. S)o not taite notice of twiugos rhoumntlonl, . Treat all catarrhionl symptoms with . scorn; S>leregard dnrt'nga in regions hopatlcnl, Mind not thor shoot of your favorito eoru. SftougiilloHH thoolork of tho weathor is ho ?o ono eau loll what tho weather will bo! Lurked by tho H un sh l no, so bright aud uingnutloal, How you will giiovo if yourgamp you'vo forgot. If in lur garments you're porlnatotlonl, DoubtloMS you'll Hud that tho day will bo hot Should you wear clothes that aro thin and esthetioal, Thou th? nior'oastor will blow-will it not? Coy AB tv wotunn, and Aolo ns she, No ono eau toll what tho weather will bol AN ARTIST'S IDYL, It was In tho midsummer of 18 that a lad of sixteen or so ve nt eon years, but so small ho appeared much younger, might havo hoon seen in the provinco I of A- driving boforo him two or j three dozen sheep. Tho youthful shop t bord had that thoughtful, sad oxpres f ?lon, peculiar to those who spend much of their timo in solitude. Uomuuces bad not turned Fotit Pierre's hoad, for I flucti was his name. Ile did not know ! bow to road, nevertheless Ho wan a ; ?reamer. liay after day ho would lean - against a tree, his eyes wandering over the horizon lu a sort of. ecstatic con templation. What was he thinking of? lio did mot know himself. Ho saw tho sonriso .ml sunset, tho different tinta of tho lollago, tho shadow* of cloud and mountain, without taking hood thereof, but thoyinllueneod him nevertheless, *ridLheo?S>uglit it weak spirited, almost an Infirmity, to ho thus influenced by water, woods and sky. Ho would say to himself, "Thoro ls nothing so won derful in all this; troo3 oro not rare; neither is tho earth, why should I stop to look at an oak or a hill, forgetting everything? Without Fid?le I would have lost moro than ono sheep, and tho master would beat mo. Why am I not like tho others-big and strong, always ?inging-instead of spoudiug my timo looking at tho grass, my sheep?" Ono might have almost thought that Petit fierro was in love-but ho was not Bylvun shepherds are not so precocious, mid this Corydon had hardly yet noticod ? Phyllis. Entering a meadow covered with Ano (rass, dotted here and thoro witli ?lumps of trees, altogether a picturesque j spot, l'omit Pierro throw himself on a I rock, and loaning on hi:? stick looked noy unlike a shepherd of Arcadia, w^file ho gave himself up to his ^thoughts. Ills dog, sagaciously judging the sheep would not go far from a spot wheio tho pasturo was so inviting, with his head on Iiis paws and hts eyes fixed ?ni his master, lay at his feet niotion !.eas. Tho sheep disported themselves xn their happy, heedless fashion. It was a charming, peaceful plcturo-so a j'oiiutl . ii i I bongo! .. iTio iVn('>n'd' Chi? hit-a do w tipps anot her de, "What, u Jov.-ly a\.<: ?or UM icli'ingl' i<in' ci ifd. tnkiitg ii'i . Aying ijiiiterJalii tiv. lerid.i??, NV Lo \\ Willi li civ '; ti; . viug htrfoil; jj a lit th* 'knoll, tog?niicM-' of . .r frc&li hilo robe, and arranging her drawing materials, sho begau with a firm hana to sketch tho ..pcoiiQ bejgrg her. A great straw hat " cast a traiispa refit sh ado over lier lovely features; a glimpso of her sunny hair, In a round knot at tho back, mado hoi* not unlike ono of Ruben's pictures. Petit Pierro, absorbed as ho was, had not at first noticed tho arrival of this charming apparition. Fidolo hud raised his head, but seeing nothing particu larly antagonistic, returned to his or? nier sphinx like attitude. When Potit Pierre glanced finally on tho dainty gillio figuro before him, ho suddenly .'ell as If his heart had stopped beatimr. To ovorcomo thia emotion ho roso to his feot, and whistling to hts dog loft tho spot. But that had never ontorod into tho young girl's calculation, who was about putting in the young shepherd with his dock as an Ind Isponsablo accessory. She throw down lur album and pencil and flow In tho direction of Petit Pierro, and insisted on his returning to occupy his former pos it.on on tho rock, .'You," sho said, laughingly, "must fitay in this position until I toll you that you can go-this arm a little moro forward, and your hand a little to tho left-'' As she spoke, with her white, deli cate htinds sho placed and arranged . Petit Pierro in the position to suit her. "What beautiful eyes he has, Lucy for a peasant's eyes," sho continued, with another laugh to hor maid. Tho model arranged to suit her, the light-hearted young girl returned to her drawing which was soon finished. "You can get up now and go, but it ls only fair I should reward you for tho latigtio T have caused you, remaining '?till so long, like a rustic saint." 'Tlio shepherd vory shamefacedly, vory slowly, came to tho young gillis sido, who slipped a piece of gold hito his band. j "That is to buy a new vest for the ?unday fete9," sho added. Tho shopherd glanced furtively on tho balf-opon album, stood transfixed with amazement, without closing his hand where tho now twenty frank piece glittered. Tho scales foll from lils eyes; a sudden revelation cunio over bim. In a half stupefied voice lie said, following tho different portions of the drawing: "Tho trees, tho stones, tho rock, tho dog-and I am hero, tho eheop, too, on this paperl" Thc young girl, amused at his admi ration and naive astonishment, showed bim other drawings-lakes, chateaux, rocks-tien, ns it was growing dark, sho roso and with her maid disappeared on tho io id to a great chateau. Petit Pleno followod hor with his eyos ?s long as a'old of her gown ro? mained in sight. The humble .shepherd bogan to have a confused idea what it meant lo watch tho trees, tho clouds, Ibo landscape. Tho emotion ho expe rienced on seeing anything beautiful lissnmed different proportions, Ho was neither then a fool nor an imbecile Ho bad seon on tho' chlmney-pleco in tho cottages images of Gcneviovo dc Bra bant, and tho Mother of Sorrows, with lier seven arrows imbedded in hoi tioart, but thoso coarso daubs, in yellow, red, or blue, unworthy of thc savage ol r^w-auw-w???^^ ?i ws wilma.'m i mmiHfmjmm ?i NowZealand, ?oVt?C'nwHkoiio? un idea of ui t in lils head. The drawings In tho album ol' tho young ?Iii, with their crayon shading and precise forms, wore i-omothin? entirely new to Potdt,Pi>rre,'; Tho pictures in tho parish church w?i'o so black and sinoky ono could distin guish nothing. Besides that ho hardly dared to ralso his oyes to thom from thc porch W??v?? li? Ivnuil. ; That night Petit Piene druuuicd ho was in a valloy moro beautiful than anything ho had over soon, while the beautiful vision that had drawn him m tho afternoon carno smiling towards him, saying: "lt is" not sutllciont to look-you must work." So saying, she placed on his knees a bourd, drawing papor, and a sharp pencil, and stood over htm whllo no bogan to trace a fow lines, but with so trembling a hand that the lir.es ran into ouch otlior. Petit Pierro would have given anything not to have been so awkward-everything he drow grow into Irregular and ridiculous zigzags. Ills anguish grew creator than ho could boar, until tho ludy, seeing his misery, put a stop to lt, by placing in his hand a pencil whoso point Hashed Uko lire. Potit Piorro'a dllllcultles vanished as if by magic. Out of confusion carno order, troos throw out hold and hardy trunks, tho leaves looked natural, and plants with their foliage were true to Ufo. His Instructress, leaning on his shoulder, followed his work with an air of approval, saying from timo to timo: .'Good, very good! that is tho way go onl" This dream mudo a groat impression on Petit Piorrc. From that day ho scorned a different poi son-his head and Iiis heart alike soemod on tho. Ho had suddenly awoke to consciousness of tho talent within him, and determined, if possible, to maim somothingflos of him. Taking a coal from tho3o smoulder ing cn the hearth, Petit Pierro bogan his studies in charcoal on tho outside walls of tho cabin instead of on paper or canvas. What should ho begin with? Mako a ploturo of his best; or rathor only friend, Pidelol For this orphan's family consisted only of his dog. Ills lirst offort, it must bo confessed-, re sembled a hippopotamus more than a dog. By dint of trying over and over nguiu-fortunately Pidelo was tho most patient model in tho world-tho hippo potamus was succeeded by a crocodile, then a calf, and finally a figure that re sembled nothing so much us a member or tho calline race. To describo tho satisfaction that Petit Pierro felt when no had accomplished this would ho didlcult. Michael Angolo, when he hud given tho last touch to tho Sistine Chapel, and lain down, with his arms crossed upon his breast to contemplate his Immortal work, hover felt a dearer or deeper joy. "If that beautiful lady could only seo Fidole's portraitl" cried tho little artist. To do him justice, it must bo said that this blindness lasted only a short time. Ile soon learned how unfinished was tho sketch, how different from thc real Fidclo. Tho next time, ho tried to draw a sheep, and did a little bettor; ho was gaining experience-hut thc charcoal bioko in his lingers and thc rough boards wcro very exasperating, "If I had papor and pencils I could dc botter, but how can I get thein'r"' Petit Pierro forgot he was a capital ist. Suddenly ho remembered, und om day confiding ids flock to a comrade, marched resolutely to town and boldl) entering a storo asked for tho uecessa rles for drawing. Tho astonished mer chant gave him soveral kinds of pu poi and pencils. Ped i I Pliu'rc. obi ted . having accomplished ) Iii- heroic ai difhouH. task lu Iniyjng ->o many Btnmg< Objects'.iv !-o ; ;, . '! ..j ? ... am witho lt neglect ill.; th.an, ooa -e aa'.' to drawing all the timo ?hut otdinar shepherds ?aye to play on lily pipe ciuying crooky or making snnros foi tlio birds or foxes. Scarcely realizing tho lnlluenco that guided his slops, ho often lcd bis Uocl to tho spot whero ho had posed as i model for tho young girl but ho dit not sculler very soon-"tho beautifu lady," as he called her, more radian than over in his dream, with tho goldei pouch in her baud. Though ho did no realizo it, she wns tho mino of inspira tiou to hun. One day ho hoard ii horse caliopie' full speed ulong tho road. Fidoli barked long and loud; iii another mo mont ho saw tho lady of his dream on i runaway horse. While she tried ii vain to restrain him with curb ani bi ho only ran tho faster, and titrnhij suddenly threw her vlolontly to th ground before Potit Pierro, who hat run ns quickly as ho could, was ablo I reach her. Ho found sho had fainted Paler than tho unfortunate lady, Poti Pierro saw where tho rain had collecte in tho hollow of a fallon tree. Throw big some of this wat?r on lier faco li discovered red drops slowly oozing fror her i'oiohead. Sho was wounded. Foti Pierro drow from his pocket a poo little ragged handkerchief and rovoi ontly wiped away the blood now ming ling with her hair Then sho recovero consciousness and looked at Petit Pierr with a vaguo sort of recognition thu wont to his heart. Stiddonly tho noise of approachin wheels was heard, the rest of tho part appeared, and after many exclamation raised hor and put hor in a earring and drove away, leaving Potit Pieri alono with his stained handkerchief t remind him of tho event, ? 1 ho soason grew lato, tho inhabitnnl of tho chateau returned to Purls, un though Potit Pierro had only seen nt distance tho white gown and straw hi that ho recognized after tho accidon still he felt vory lonely. Whoo ho wi saddest he took tho handkerchief thu had staunched tho unknown lady wounds and kissed tho stain, lt wi his only Consolution. Ho drow a grei deal, and mado rapid progress, for 1 bad no master, no niothod came, bi tween him and nature; ho drew wha cvor ho saw. His drawings Were nu and uncouth, but full of originality ut expression. Ho worked solitary ar alono, under tho eyo of God, wlthoi advice of a guide, only his own sn heart to inspiro him. Sometimes in li dreams ho saw again tho beautiful Itu with tho golden pondi, and flamn point, and with her by him drew wo: derful pictures*, but in tho womb ovorythlng vanished-pencils woro o atilinto and Potit Piorrc used up all h broad crusts rubbing out. Ono day ho drew an old moss-covort cottage. From tho chimnoy blue sniol ascended botweon tho branches of aproading oak. Tho husbandman, li dally work over, stood on his doorsti smoking lils pipo. In tho interior a a woman rocking a eradlo with hor lo whilo plying her needle Thia w, Petit Pierro's chef d ouvre. Ho w almost sat?sima with himself. Su dooly there fell a shadow on lila papo tho shadow of a throo cornered h that could only bolong to tho pari: priest. Ho it was, looking on silent ut Petit Pierre's work, who blushed Infi ears, detected i" ?"uch employrhieiit, Tho venerable eure ivas a tohd.u-hearted good man.. when ho waa yoong ho had lived in eitles, and lud a tasto for and sonto knowledge of tho Uno arta. Petit Piorro's /work uppourod to him very remarkable now, and to promise a most brilliant future. Tho worthy priest was touched with this solitary pursuit, tins unconscious trouius that, "wasting its sweetness cn tho desert air," WaS p.tioiltly reproducing thu work of tho Creator. "My young friend, modesty is a worthy sentiment, but you need not blush in that way. There ls no harm in drawing if ono does not nogleot oUi?r duties. Thero is a good deal of merit, lu tho picturo-tho trees aro truo to lifo and tho shrubs ouch liavo tho leaves that belong to them. You must havo been a dose observer boforo you could hays reproduced anything from what you saw-how much moro merit to bo ablo to originate anything." This waa tho llrst encouragement Petit Pierre over had; it gave him tho llrst confidence in his genius that was tobo so great, "t?o on, my son," con tinued tho good pastor, "porhaps you will bo another Giotto. Ho, liko you, was a poor shepherd, but aoquirod so much skill that ono of his pictures was curled in procession by tho onthusias tio citizens of Ploronco." During tho long wlntor ovenings tho good priest taught Petit Pierro how to read and write, tho two koys of knowl edge.' Tho shophord progressed rapidly, for ho learnt with his heart as well as with his hoad. Anothor summer rolled around. Petit Pierro was once moro abroad with lils sheep, but this summer ho had dovol opod wonderfully, physically and men tally. Ho had eatou of tho troa of knowledge under tho wiso tuition of tho ludest. .Tho intoxication of ambition tired lils soul-fortunately Petit Pierro had no admiring friends-noithor tho treos nor tho rocks could Hatter him. Tho Immensity of nature that ho was con stantly brought Into contaco with showed him very soon his own little ness. Furnished by tho Curo with all tho papor and crayons ho wanted, ho made a groat number of studies. But ho noyer saw tl? beautiful lady again savo in his dreams; then sho always appeared radiant and encouraging, saying: "That is well, my friend ; per severo, and you will havo your reward." An event, very simple in itself, willoh was destined to affect tho wnolo of j Potit Pierre's lifo, suddonly cunio to pas<, "lt ls always tho uno* pee ted that happons," and nothing could be moro so than tho advent of a now pict uro for tho littlo church. Tho painter, a rising artist, careful of his pictures, attended to tho transportation ol' this ono himself, and, af tor tho proper placing of the picturo, repaired to tho Cure's homo, where tho latter showed tho visitor somo of Petit Piorro's draw ings. Tho boy, palo as death, leaued heavily against tho ?table, prossing his hand against his heart, for it seemed as though lt would buist, ilion waited in silence for tho condemnation of all his dreams. Hu could not imagino a man so well (bossed, well-gloved, and with a knot of red ribbon ill his buttonhole, tho author of a picturo surrounded j with a gold frame, could (Ind any merit in charcoal sketches on groy * papor, Tho painter picked up and throw asido several sketches without saying a word. I Then tho color mounted to his cheeks, and he uttered elicit exclamations in studio phras?s. "Tills is glorlousl And this, how ? natural I And this,' ch!.-. . flo rot could ( ot db bolter. Tins chill coal sketch j would cruzo pulnbojrg, Tin':? $C?jj>?i.hj:: I bubb ls in Puhl potters ?aty.fi?. ' Wh.;!\ h?> ,'nui ihtiriVitid iii) imi<, \v>Htff d ] 'hvor,to )\\U Pkb'fb idhi ^ him cor- ! i d hill j. by" ibo ii pin, titiyhijj. ', "Pardicui ildiugh iii not considered vory honorable among artists to say so, I must tell you, my doar.boy, you know moro than all my scholars put together. Como to Paris with mo; in six mom hs i wijl teach you tho details of manner and style; then you will bo able to walk alone.' It nothing ubforseeh hap pons, I can predict, wi bout compro mising myself, you will ba very success ful." Petit Piorre, well warned of tho dan gers of modern Babylon, left with tho painter, taking P?delo with him. Tho painter, with that goodness of heart I that usually accompanies talent, thought a familiar llgure would have a benollcial effect on his pupil amid strange surroundings. Fidole* would not allow himseir to bo lifted Into tho stage, but followed on foot as fast as his astonishment would allow, reassured from time lo rime by Iiis master's face. It would bo iiillloult to follow Petit Piorro's progress. Tho works ol' tho great masters, of whom ho made fro qucnt collies, were of tho greatest ser vico to liiin. Ile passed from the sovcro stylo of Pous-dn to tho languishing of Claude Lorraine; from the bold hardi hood of Salvator llosa to ibo mosaic like detail of Kuy sd aol; but he di i not adobt any particular style. Originality was too much a part of himself. Ho was no studio painter, who took photo graphs or sketches from nature for six weoks in summer to onlargo or il nish thom m winter. Potit Pierre's pictures seemed impregnated with tho aroma of tho woods; ono folt, looking at thom, as if ono had passed into tho forest through tho canvas. Tho instructions of art had como soon enough to provent Iiis taking a wrong routo in style, but too lato to spoil his originality. After two y oars of hurd study, Potit Pierro had a picture at tho sulon that had obtained Honorable Mention, and every day ho would linger in tho neigh borhood of his picturo, and loaning on tho railing protend to attentively con sider paintings near his canvas, hearing in this wny tho criticisms of tho specta tors. With tho delight of his first success carno tho thought, .itho beautiful lady" would like this, and he prayed that sho might soo lt-us yot his wish to see lier lyul never beoh grmillod; ho hud sought for hoi* on tho protnenudes, at thu churches, at tho theatres. Ho did not know hor namo, ho only know how sho looked, mid ho thought, us sho drew heisslf, it would be only natural sho would visit tho exhibitions. In fact, ono morning boforo tho crowd cunio Potit Plorro saw a young lady in black coining toward hie picturo as if attracted irresistibly by tho memory of something sho hardly romomborod. It was tho lady of his droam-tho lady who had drat inspired lils waking genius. Ho recognized lier, though In deep mourn ing, with that unerring coup iVccil habitual to artists. But hor mourning troubled Plorro. "Whom has sho lost? lier father, or mother-or is sho freo?" ho said to himself in tho innermost recodes of ids heart. Tim landscnpo painted by the young artist was un oxaot roproaonta tlon of tho spot drawn by tho lady, whore lie himself, Fidelo, and tito sheep had posed as modols. Petit Plorro, in tho simple adoration of his heart for tho .ipt i' . JUM ..r hi-; ijf?uJob, hii?l C?i j !'.'< (iiat (dctuV?. Tho. CAI) iiiuu)/(vuiutue, willi tho gray AOOKH wybung hi&l? utni thotet tho ill am un He'd oak, its |\\\uulc torn in twain by the ISgbtninirJ iworo hil represented with ? sof upulous j'xaidheVs. Polit Pierre was Ironing oil 'Ids crook with a dreamy air, 'Fidole di^.-Ainln;/ Ii? i;e?!ity ?t h's feet. The voi.'/iu wni?iii?i gazed a long time at Petib |lMono\s pioturo-exunilning attentive'}' -#H tho details, adVanoing und reheating as if not only judging tlie effect,'but us If weighing somothhig in her ml;nd. tu a preoccupied way she opotiqtl rho catalogue aud looked for tho numilof tho picture, tho aubjeot aud tho { list's nant))-but the latter wa? uhkiilWn to heri and tho picture laid only (?io tifio, "A Landscape." Suddenly,'as if recollecting something, she nald aueW words to tho companion with her iand looking in au absent fashion al a few othor pictures, sho loft tint liMl.Ory. ?Pciw .".fi! io found himself following hor, uhnpl? Without knowing it, foaring to loso t?i,?H suddenly acquired clue. Ile ?aw lu r enter a ourringo, and to throw himself in iv oab and toll tho driver not to loso sight of a bluo car riage with chamois llvorlos, took but a moment, while tho driver whipped up his Lorso and started in pursuit. Tho carriage entered tho courtyard of a handsome bouso, and tho gatos wore closed bo1; i d lin. Hore then tho ?'beautiful lady" hvod. To know the humber of. the street where ono's ideal lived vvu'i .. i.'iuMthlng. There remained for him now to know tho numb < jib) .ady-lovo, to bo re ceived at her house, and to mako hor lovo hiiu i n f ( niling formalities that doOjidodly disturbed Ute artist. Fortu nately chance carno to lils aid, and tho way opined Usch fer him. Ono morn ing n lit 1- oblong lotter scented with violets wa ,.">c -ld to him, containing tho f bi * . "Sur ) MW ui ibo salon a charming plotuio pa i ti ted by you. 1 would bo V?ry glad ?-" luivo ii in my little gallery. If 1 am upi ipb late. If lt still belongs to you, bo good 11.oneil to promlso mo you will nof si i ?t to i-.nyono olso, and to send itafhi tho exposition is?finished to Iii . . 11 .number--. Your price ml lie. tl. ipB L'ESOAUS." The ii 'i . !. i ami thu street Petit Pierro rem>t?bcrod wat where tho ciir riago cuteied. Mo was not mistaken. Madame iib IMOsc?i's Wa} the "beautiful lady" di lil d c. ins, the inspirer of his genni:-*, lin donor o?! the golden louis with v.im ' ho had bought his Hist druwh ? m?terUil?. Petit l.'iertb wu not long In going to see Madame de i i >cars, and tho most friend \ ref ! t bia vx? soon established botwc'>n theil . Vin. frank, straightfor wardiit ss iip hid lo tho great good souse of tho loi lbj -, uti with great favor in tho eyes of '.ho latter, who, though not locogiw.'.in;; in tho young artist iho lit tle ,qbophb?:ii who '?.id served hoi* as a moda', m ve i l beleb ? ould not free her soli from ll i impression she had seen him eliiovyh ? Madame ;e ?MO-ears as yot had not told JVlit.P irre (ii* hoshall bo called lo fla; ei.il p tin .1 >ry, not to divulgo a name i.h ii. bbttyiiie afterwards justly colobrah ! ' at .shu drew, but ono evi iiii;;; -si o coufessed what Petit Pierro already knev? very woll -sho had mado some stud les, .some ?ketehos that she would lui Vc shown him before if sho hud ll .m/M ti cia worthy, Sho brought th?ariiutt? ? . t . I uh jo"; and turned tho leaves ju'ior? of i rapidly, as sho thong1' H. ???<> v !")v or unworthy, of exaud? ' . 1 . shu had reached tho ^poii wno LO lilli. Pioiio ami his llo:\ worn t?p/ro^eiiudivalte said . <. ibo yosuiii K'.vf. ti,., J.' .. . ?. . .' Ci-i-, IMO t: tri? pJ?co you dbpi?lcd Su thc ' .ht. tb reab/e wind 1. wau' - ,. 'on have be m ni. s-; theil ?i . "Yopent H.uio timo there." "A cha J nih) j: country, and full of beaut!. ! -.1 oiifl wight seek long for elsewhere ind not i ud. Ahl there ia a blank , a/e, will voa not draw some thing?'. Potl! fi i reakcli bcd (hevalloy where Madame do Pascals was thrown from hor hoi. . . In u pi ' outed the Amazon on tho g io tin d in ?vi by tho young shep herd, V .!.. bathed b i temples willi his handk- i I ). . "WI.al a strange ( ohicidencel" cried Madame de IM?seiirs? "I wm really thrown froi i m's (mrso in that vory spot, bli ? hero waa no witness of my accldo .i but a little shepherd, that I dimly aaw in my ?alni, condition, but 1 have novel "cn him duce. Who could have to I you i1 i:;i " "li .. iii ' 'i 'ive, and bereis tho handki idol willi which I wiped tho blood loin your : oh) pi? from a slight wound. ;. ?be \o>.\ ioivo tho mark of it yojl" Madame t?o P?); ara held out her baud t i tho young .. . i :st, who imprintod op lier fl tigers, a respeolif?l kiss. Then in a v :co ii emuloo:: from emotion, ho related to bia* all his dfe, his vague as piration*,, lvU drenihs, lils et?orts, and at last hi. love, fowlie road his heart plainly -mt i?' ?t b id been tho muse ho had ab >.ol hi Madanm de PEscars, now he loved ibo woman. Thor- is o ?J om b moro lo say-tho end of th? tale is not dilllcult to guess -bofo.', many iuiMiths Madame do l'Escui became Madanio D-, tho wifb of ono ol (bc ii.-lng young artists of tho i'v, a:! Pei it Plorro had the raro good io to marry his ideal. Ho loved tile coi ii try and became a great landact.p at; Lo loved a charming woman and ho n .. . . d hm*. But what will not a pure love bid a strong will accom plish. About i ii nar Nallo. Awn'.i mark i>" tho nail bospoaks misfortune. Palo or load'Cbloredl nalia indicato melanc'noly ))eoplo, Broail nails indicate a gent?o, timid and biv iii ni iiuturo, People wII/' iiari'O.v/' nails aro ambi tious an.: q'iuirrolsOnie< Sinai nails I nd icu ti) littleness of mind, obstinacy and con?oit Choli i ie, martial mei), delighting in war, have rod and apotted nails. Nail), growing into tho flosh at tho lioints -i silloi indicate luxurious tastos. People with very jude nalia aro sub Joct to much Infirmity of tho flosh and pordooutiot! tiyjudgl bors and friends. it said that. Ihr llavor of maple syrup may bc communloated to cano or glucost. syrup by tincture of gualacum doprivi I -i m jft uu by precipitation by wator. A ?uo.tt doa! of tho maplu sugar rod aj'iup now sold ia said to bo noiuly pure glucose prepared in this way. -??---? T' '? JuooMi.Nx i aro prc] tared for scornors, and afiipct? for tiro backs'of fools. : Wn build liai rio to against tho flood tidoj we nho) ld pince i;omo roatrnmta to all prQi<perit.'. THE TYRANNY FROM THE OTHER 8IDE. Of tho Firm, of Husband. Wtfo, ?te CO. _ ? I_ Tho juan who stints his family In order to iudulgo hlmsolf, has for HO lom* h?en iioia up to tho scorn of tho read inir public, that the other side bf tho subject hus been entirely l?st sight of. Somo time ago, l was culling on au no quai ntunco, who hada numbor of now purohasos to display, articles of furni ture, decoration, otc, and souie lovely tableware. Knowing nor incomo to bo no largor than my own, I asked: '.But how can you afford such hand some tilines? I cannot oven Hunk of making such purchases.'' She gnvo mo au Intnnt look, thou, dropping her volco confidentially said: "I si.vo it out of the housekeeping. For a long timo I hnvo saved, at least, half 'of my inonthly allowance, and t'ds month I will save moro. I wont to buy mo a now silk-something really ologant." ..But.-' I said, "can you PUVOBO much and still inuke your family comforta ble?" MI suppose they aro comfortable onough," sho said, as if offended. "I'm sure what's good enough for mo, is good enough for tlioml" " Sho hud detained mo so long bring lng out ono thing after another to dis play, that tea time approached, and her littlo boy, a child of niuo or ton years of ago, carno dashing in, saying, "O Mal I'm so hungry! ls thoro any thing for supper to-night?" "Certainly, my son, .wo will have tho suppor wo always havo. ' ' "O-o-o Mal Nothing but cold corn broad and mllkl 0/?7" "HushI If corn-bread and milk is good enough for mo, it ought to bo good enough for tho rest of you," she answered sternly. ' . "Yes, but Ma, you like it and all of tho rest of us halo it. Why can't wo over have anything tho rost of us Uko?" "That will do. If you oro not hun gry enough to eat what wo havo, you can go without." I hastily took loavo, and as I shut the front gato 1 heard tho poor littlo fellow burst into a perfect storm of sol?. I no longer envied her the beau tiful things sho had bought. She had paid top dearly for thom. After that I used to watch her children passing by on their way to school. Their onco ruddy facos grow Rallow and pinched, while deep scowls of discontent and discomfort became habitual to thom. In a low weeks, tho mother roturued my visit, arrayed in tho "really ele gant" silk dross. As soon as there was au opportunity, I asked. "And how aro your children?" sho frowned. ut don't know what alls them, they .seem so d roopy and cross. They wore such healthy babies, and tholr father and I, too, have always been strong I don'G understand lt-I suppose 1 shall havo to take thom somo where for a chango, but it seems an awful extrava gance!" May not such a woman bo, without exaggeration, likened to a vampiro, draining tho lifo blood, or its equlva* lent, lrom tho family to iudulgo her self I I nover returned that visit, and cohld only think of, hoi* afterwards vi i th loathing. A friend *1 used to havo lived a short distance from town, on a fruit faru^. Ono spring day I hoard sho was getting ready for lu'r usual summer trip, so 1, thimble in pocket, wont out to spend I xi Uny, ?.ni help willi 1 -u "'.vopar.. I lipir?, tfho received nie Joy fully, and I I wc w?jr? KOO i (?eco io tho my 'I in kv- Of . ituiltc?!-;\r;vt . Th.ob'i?S) not Ititi- ; ihHtiijy (i.cfjii \ i H t'.'d, .1 hiui loved her . dearly; Tout night 1 won* home 'hiilium* ho.fa hollis', little jj?iudj, At, j dinner timo her husband carno m tired and hungry. She had left ino sowing, and gone out half an hour boforo din ner. Tho taablo was set with beauti ful china, and thoro was a dish of squash and a small plate of broad and butler, and a pitcher of water nothing oise, Sho made no roforenco to tho scanty fare, but scorned to think it was all as it should bo. I did not caro for myself, knowing I would bo at my own bountiful table at toa-timo, but I did pity bor busband. I know lie could havo eaten every mouthful on tho ta ble and still bo unsatisfied. Tho bread plato was soon emptied. Ile looked hesitatingly at hts wife, and then said "My dear, is thoro any moro bread?" "Yes," sho said, without moving. "I only cut what I think will bo oaten, it gets so dry." "Tho pluto is empty," ho said. "Per haps Mrs. Sunshine would Uko somo more." * ' "Would you Uko somo moro, Mrs. Smuhino?" sho said turning to mo. Of course I said no. Ho waited soveral minutes, then said, "if it isn't too nuioli trouble to got it, I would Uko another pioco." Siie lookod unsmilingly at him for soveral seconds, tho arose and cut him ono littlo piece. Ho ato it, looked around wistfully at tho empty dishes, sighed, and folded up bia napkin. I know him to bo tho kindest, most in dulgent husband, and I felt indignant to seo bim so imposed upon. When wo returned to our sowing, I dexterously led tho conversation to tho subject. "How tired and hungry Mr. Walters must get, working as ho does, out of doors all dayl" I said. "Y/os, I suppose he does," she an swered carelossly. "1 should think you would take a groat deal of pains to havo things nico for him. ho is bo thoughtful for youl" I ventured fur thor. "Oh, no! Ho doesn't expect mo to exert myself. Ho knows how frail I am." This, uttered at tho sowing machine, in tho pausos of stitching a sixth mille ona "siunmor silk," did not impress mo ns being very consistent. "Uosidos," sho continued, presently, "we must oconomlzo. My outfit ?B costing a great deal and my trip will bo oxponsivo, I cannot afford to spond much on our homo living. I don't havo any appetite mysolf, anyway, so I bother just as littlo with housework and cookery as I oan." This was so manifestly selfish, it fairly toole my breath away and I worked soveral button bolos boforo spooking again. Thon I sahl, "I won der you aro willing to go away and loavo him boro all summer. Supposintr ho should got sick?" "Woll, I would lathor ho had somo one hero with him, but ho will not bo ablo to afford it. I mast havo money to spond whilb I am away. Thoro aro always littlo unlookod-for oxponsos. I cau't go empty handed, and I will go. Jack promised mo boforo wo wore mar rlcd, that I. should havo a summor trip and I moan to keep Him to lt." Thoso aro not fancy sketohes. They aro drawn from Ufo. and many moro might bo added. In fact, I havo known rom-?*, m tim?iiiitmumtknm mt mw M > ?fwAi?rtw?1?? i j, i'1 moro vyivVa tliu? husband's who Cook tho lion's t-hiviVof tho utcomo and iitd it in seltlsh pleasures Iii which the otliora had no.bhate., Ono woman 1 know whose husband has l)ioki n down from ov?r-wbrk, Uer houso ls a pe ri cot museum of us doss places of furniture and tlnary. :hirjwm-< oiironi?s, Mornaments," silks, lucos, otc., oto. She boro* every visitor ?ho luis showing those, and bewailing tho ..botter days" when abo constantly haunted bargain couutors, and ends by saying "I litt'o thought I would ono day have to tako bordera.for a livingl" as if she, instdad of her poor broken down husband wore tho aggrieved one, lt ls evident that she redly thinks she Is. .10von now, she stints her familv In oven' posible way, that sho may suvo for froah "bargains." t?oino years ?go, when wo wore younger and less wise, my husband and I rosolved to cut down our living ox ponses in order to purchase a set of books for which our souls longed. Wo did so, and enjoyed tho possession of thom as only book lovers can. but all at onco our days bogan to ho languid and nervous, and our nights Ulled with troubled dicnuis. Tho symptoms in creased until alarmed, wo 1'called tho doctor in." Ho looked wise, asked quottions. then prescribed ton c, and t* nourishing diet! How wo laughed when ho had goad lt was such a joke ou usl Whon wo viewed tho condition of tho. family purse, alter paying tho doctor and druggist bills, wo real/.od that it was useless to ti y to chout na ture. But how much bettor I felt .han if I had privately cut down tho tablo oxponses to Indulge a.mio selfish ''fad" of my own, thou ascribed our itcblonoss to a ''mysterious dispensation of au all wt?e Providence!*' An Author's Profits. A friend who knows thoroughly tho art of book manufacturing Inn given mo somo intel eating tig ares upon tho books of Mr. Archibald Clavoring Ci unter whoso now book, "That Frenchman," has Just beon published. What ho said was about in iollows, and possibly tho information may put heart into some young writer who hus boundless faith lu his own sjark of divine genius. ul have been makins some esti mates," said the man of hook-, "as to the amount of money Mr. A. (J. Gun ter mudo because soveral publishers declined Ids "Mr. Harnes of Now York," and tho result is as follows in plain ligures. If Mr. Guntor had been so unfortunate as to get his books is sued by a publisher, tho most ho could expect to have received would have been a copyright of 10 por cont, on tho retail prico, and hisslatemout would bo as follyws: iso,0?i) coplea "Mr. Unriies of New York," loyalty ft o por cony., $0,000 140.00'J copies ".Mr. {'otter of Toxai," roy alty ftc. ,i cr copy.. 7,0)0 ciyioi) copies "Timi Frenchman1.' (drat cill ttuii). 0c. per copy. 8,000 Making a total of. $19,000 Even this must have been a very line profit for the?o throe books. But what ho did do w.'.s to manufacturo and sell tho first book himself, because no ono would manufacturo it for him, and ho followed tho samo tactics on tho others, because ho baw no roason for dividing profits with any publisher. Now, look at the statement of tho profits that Mr. Gunter, actually did make, and Ikuow tho figures aro ac curate. Ho took tho manuscript to Mossrs. J. J. Little & Co., tho prin ters, and told them to pruit 2,00J cop n-\ 'Iii' phi ti I co; :;.'>ir> lind the pupiii ?MI., binding fo . ?.'ni:, sm-.ll qoaii '? ty.' a Um c,' lyi) o.ni < ? oaeh. making M I plai eKpO'.iso * I' :'.>:.'.'i.i A s ho only got ?54.0) for the Moll! ?'dilh>--;, he \V.I:? 0nt di pc kef vivify, hut seo (l?e resiil aa lt t ni-d.iy syhon h s b?bks h'?y? hud their enormous run: Cost nf pintea of tho thrCo hocks.i; ? 1,0: c Manufacturing co t of BSO,OOJ cop os, ihs trloutcU tis per forcgo.ng atuioiuonc, it nit nvorago of cents per oopy.i. 17,100 i .oHS on damaged and rolurmcil coplOB.ud VCI I?HIH? and expenses-a liberal catt unite..,M.,. - 4,000 - $M,1S6 Wm CREDITO?, Hoeclved irom n?wa company and trado for ?80,000 cupl?s, as nievo, at tho nv o of corns per copy, hoing a diagonal of CO per cent.from retail price.$?0,0i ' Nor advertising on bick of covers. ),OoO $17,1-0 Troilt. ?50,476 Do you think it wonderful that Mr. Guntor now calls himself "Tho Homo Publishing Company" and issues his own novels? Iib oxporionco has beon unique, but wm can seo that ho Is nearly ?35,000 better off than it' his ! boole had boon welcomed hy tho pub ' Usher's re .id ors. Tho Bright Side of SoaP. So ip has its attractive sido, which is always ltd clean side. A dry piece of soap or a dirty soapdish is repulsive, and one naturally Bhrlnks from ablu tions which aro to bo performed with such aids. A certain bab t of observa tion (which is ono of my failings) has conv.ncod mo that t'\o soap question, unlike "Is marriage a f tihuo?" is ono which lins not forced itself to any ex tent upon tho minds of the people. It may scorn Uko carrying ostuet cism a little too far, to wish to roi or m tho soap-dLh at t io kltohon-slnk, but this ls just where it ls most important ti begiu. Ha YO two tin or gtanlto hang ing soap-dtshos, with bolos in tho bottom to let off tho water, BO that your Boap ls not always of tho con ist oucy of jellyfish. In one or these keep laundry soap for sorubblng, and like purposes; in tho other a pieeo of dis tilo soap, induce- each member to ulwnyii rinso off tho soap bofoio laying it down. For dishwashing, there comos a little tin box with holes in, it and a long handle, lt is much nearer and more economical to keep a blt ot soap in tills, and shako it about in tho dishwater, than to uso a largo piece, whioh tho servant will let lie in tho water whilo washing her dishes^ with tho general result of flavoring your soup or meat with yellow soap, a bit of which has buen carelessly left on tho spoon or the tino of a lork. llecopta olos for soap in Blooping apartments should bo oloansed as regularly as tho beds aro made. It is hotter to attend to this oneself than to loivo it to the servant, who ls ofteu burr od, if not forgotful. Tho writer ovoroamo tho aversion to soap-antl-wator in her little boy, which most ohildron seem to share wita kittens, bv giving him a pit tty ploco of pink t?llot-aoap, molded.in thc form of a shoo, and promising him one in tho shape of a little girl's hoad mid taco whon ho had used tho formor, if lu tho meantlmo I novor saw him nt table with soiled hands, ( , Opon all drains boforo tho snow comes. Tho facility with tvhioh tty water can pass off will rogulato thc j amount of aluna ahd mud when flu snow melts, - -St'yerul ii rms of art (louUtrs protest aguhist tho ndmisst?ii. or "Tbo Ani?H lus," free of duty, on fi? ground that its pu?chuso and importation was''!? v. spt dilative'venture. j;. [?>. -Wies that for seven''', years mudo a .mme ot au utmsod chimney, hi ar Knightrill, M.O., were recently routed tho building hoing torn down, and more than a, washtub full ot Wiley found. -Only three hullos in the British sec tion of tho Flue Alts dopartih?i?f/ ??.tj^ Paris Exposition, lt ls ?tu!ed, Aver? honored with awards for oil paintings, and one of them was Mrs. Anim Lea Merritt, who was bom iii /PoiluUcb pbia. -Tho Mount, Morgan Mjcv, t "Queensland, Australia, said to bb alhe gioatost gold mhie lu tho world >!' X* t said to have yielded tin average of 100b ounces of gold per day during tljo' $19^ < nine mouths, --Late photographs of Mrs. II,a i isoir provo what, her friends often a* crt oj her-that she has "grown, yoting ? since she entered tim Waite Uo?se..". -A plague of monkeys aillletys Tam joro, in Southern india. The crea td re*'' 1 do so much mischief that au othelal, monkey-catcher receives a rupee ouch monkey captured. ?-Several London correspondent? agree that cigarette smoking is Oil tia increase among young women - in that city-not vulgar young . porsou's, bur among thoso of social Htatidhig. Where there is so much smoko there must ht. some cigarettes. -Madame Carnot's dinnots n o said tobo perfect, and she hus established tho custom of entering tho dining hali at the hour mentioned for dinner? Thd> avoids all d??agieenbio doiay, and it ls ii good lesson to guests who bio Inclined to bo unpunctual. -A crazy man took up a position on a street corner in Kew York recently, and struck with his Hst at every perron who passed him. Ile soon .hud the pavement to himself", and ho remained' in possession of it until an ofllcor cani?;. struck tho policeman, and not until tho man's atms.woro Heil with a rope was he taken to thc station house. ' \ ^^;;J?,..;;? -Among tho artlolos sold nt a Brook lyn auction room recently, Was a ailVer medal bearing this description: "Pre- . sontod by tho passengers bf tho ,U. S. M. S. Baltic to John L. Anderson, First Assistant Engineer, on*tho short est passago ever made across tho Atlan tic. Left Liverpool Aug. 0, at 4 P. M., arrived in Now York Aug. 10 al OA. M., 1851. Time, 0 days and .id hours." -Tho American Hug now floats o.voi nearly ovory public School lu Middle Bex county, N. J. This h s been ar ranged at tho reque t of Count} Super intendent Willis, and he propo'es mali lng tho raising of tho ?Ug. t?o.jpr.*>/dU,:'j all schools over which ho hm charge, in most catos tho Hags have been pur chased with contributions from the pupils themselves. -Ho may build the dam. Charles Hyde, a millionaire resident of ? Fiuhi Oold, N. J., Oled a bill in Chancery,, last June, eceking to compel P. M. Frennh, a wealthy mill owner, to re duce tho height of a mill dam, the breaking of which caused such 'deva, s tallon in Pluinfleld during tho freshet of July 110. Mr. Kydo. also applied for an injunction, after tho dani wits swept away, restraining Mr. French from iet buildtng tho dum. 'Pho court decided v Mint Mr.' French i? at liberty ,tO,;;db ',fsr. he ishes Iii Ibo eas-?, i ??'- .\ I Mll'di p|iJ sichiti h ": '...M.oo-l;. dc 1 0iii r.v'k.i.hut-a clo e ioa'UviK.'. . ! ? ?Vii be tween the exercise of our mental inc ullies and disorders of tho no.,u Tij? opinion li expressed that if it wero gen erally known, how many oases ol cluonic headache, of iuablllty to leani or to perform mental work wore? dub to chronic disease of tho noso, niahy'.of . these cases would bo easily cured, and tho number of child-victims of the so called overpressure in education would bo notably reducod. -According to F. F. Payne's paper in tho Canadian Instituto, tho Eskimos of Hudson Strait hayo a rijlit to be called keon observers of nature. 'The author found thom of great assistance while ho wa3 making his collections Ot birds, insects and plants. "I? au in sect was shown thom," ho says, "they could usually take mo where niore, ot tho samo speclo3 might bo found. Pm the approach of summer thoy watched witn moro interest its signs, and would bring to me inscots which they bolievo t wore the Hist of tho season,". -^California's second heavy rainfall) of tho season ondod Friday, Oct. .Will.. The rain extended ?3 far south as Lo* Angeles. Tho rainfall in San Fran cisco for tho season is 311-101) inches against 18-100 indies for tho sumo : period last year. Tho rainfall in the chief wheat districts ls from twico to> threo times ns great as for tho ooi'rosr ponding period of last year. "Tho ruin ruined tho grapes in Sonoma, but ovory where oise it will db great .'good',"' Kain tall of an inch an hour for eight hour.-* was reported' early that week, fro.u tho vicinity of San Diego. -Tho following gruosomo and prob ably imaginativo ?lory cernes from Ja pan, via San Francisco: lu the Pro vince of Kiaugsu, Japan, near a tem ple, is a boys' school. While tho teacher , - was called away one day, ilvo of tho boys, with tho intention of playing a, N Joke on him, hid lu outpty collins that were in th J teinp'.e. The boy Who .wa?, to ?ct as sentinel had '-huntly closed down tho lids over his companion:* when tho teacher.appeared. Answer-; ing tho tiaoher's uuesllon, tho sunthi.l. said his comrade! hud gono to heaven, their bodies hoing now in tho collins. The teacher, fearing tho Joko might have beon carried too far, raised th? lids of tho ci nins, and found in reality all Ilvo boys had died from suffoeat bn. Th0 8lxth boy, hoing now thoroughly soared, started to run, when tho t ache), overtook him and whipped him toy. death. -In ono of tho law courts of Hols ingborg, Sweden, a queer cuso of hyp notism has puzzled the judges. A young medical student brought suit against a practicing physician in tho town lor having hypnotized him Several times against his will, with thy' result thai his nervous system, was injured and bb? 1 mind soniowhat onfeobled. Several ? Severa1 witnossos appeared for thu plaintiff, and, to tho astonishment ot' \ tho court, thoy all appeared to bo ora/y, ! and gave tho most conti a ilctory and 1 astounding testimony. Hereupon a 1 medical gentleman carno upon tho 1 stand and further astonished tho court with the announcement that S his von fr?re, tho dofendant, hud hypnotized r (the witnesses and mudo them say just > windover ho liked. Finally the court i adjourned the cuso and appointed a ? commission to seo if tho entilo tfowd, wore ?ot- ori'.zv.