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Onr Breakfast*.
Tlio Americim’ij breakfast bill of faro
is varied but little: liecf&teak, frh*d or
bako<l potatoes, griddle cakes w ith syrup,
or hot muffins uud biseiiit, are the Hi ti
o)oh lie sighs for mid w ill have, despite the
threatening* of dys|s*j>siu. Across the
water, they shudder at the American
breakfast, while they discuss their
chocolate, delicate rolls, soft-boiled
eggs and fruit, with appetite. To those
accustomed to more hearty food, it seems
at lirst sight as if it would be imjKissiblo
to accomplish tlio work or half the day
ulion a breakfast of rolls, eggs, mid
chocolate; yet alter out-has lmeoiue ac
customed to the hahif>, it is dillicult to
partake of a more substantial meal eiuty
in the day without discomfort. And
surely a breakfast of chocolate, rolls-,
fresh baked, but not hot—oatmeal, eggs
and fruit, is lit for a king. It is varied,
nutritious, delicate, and easy to digest,
arid it contains nothing fried. Jf wo
could only banish the. saucepan's eon
fonts from onr breakfast-table, and bring
lip <>ur children equally to dread Satan
and Slum (hut which ic fried! my
little ones iu this free land, after cheer
fully munching their crisp, greasy pota
toes, and hot fried ]*>rk or beefsteak,
outer tJmschool-Doom to full into all kinds
of trouble. Their brains are disorgan
i/ad by tho indigestible food they have
eaten. If wo should feed them njion
milk, oatmeal, ami sr.ch nourishing
things in the morning, with plenty of
rare, broiled beefsteak at noon, they
might not develop iniiiiedintelyin to little
angels, perhaps, but they. would
have rosier cheeks and brighfer minds.
The question of w hat one shall eat is in
exhaustible, however, and every oue lias
a different opinion concerning it. It is
the business of the housewife to know
HOmething about the subject from a
chemical stand]sunt, and to regulate the
dinners of her family so that they may
not only be palatable but healthful.
Pies, rich pastry of all kinds,
in fact, should always bo tabooed in a
family where there; are no children; but
after these are denied a diet may bo pre
ambl'd which is at once wholesome and
appetizing. There is a great deal iu the
manner of preparing food to render it
harmless. For instance, the oyster,
either broiled, stowed, or raw, is the
most easily digested of edibles; but fried,
it stands revealed ns the father of night
mares. Yet, such is the contrariness of
human nature, most people prefer it
fried ! Few bf hr ean resist a d'-b of
crisp, smoking tlifls prepared,
even at breakfast time, though it be
much mofoniiftuuiH t‘> cut a battered
roll. Au unruly appetite loads us into
all manner of troubles.
'll i,i' CUuippiou Liar.
'Hie most, nblwWbodied liar on this
continent in now on the staff of Iho Salt
Kratn'isfO (Vivimit'fr, and that jmpov i
jhstly promt of lm brilliant Us>fidn< v itT.
Oift< fi tls others lmvo boon in thin lino,
the 'Frisco mini discounts thorn nil and
riVos thciuhs manv points ns they vffsh
at tlio beginning of the 'game. liri gen
iu/in this respect Is j goby, lay tlio restyl
of tlie ’ “glorious climate of California,"
ably bv tlmt triuuiug which
bifiy Chicago or San Francisco can give.
Mis nifttiiugxwiuff hu<l massive false
hooditaro always iu tlic,jui;iUfal line. A
while ago he gave an apeout <I a physi
cian whovomoxyti a eoiuleinyod eriininul *
braiu, pipe© by puice. Tim top of the
unfortuuiffe culprit? a head .wo.yld lift off
like and, so that any inquisitive persou
could gaze u 4 lho empty sluill. To do
tlmdoctor justice it must bo admitted
tliat lie kept the seoo pod-out head lilted
with oottou, so tlmt th(> brainless man
could not eatfh cold. No doubt Califor
nia is so accustomed to son men without
brains that this story passed on mint
there. This min. we presume, is now
an-estimable citizen of Snn Francisco,
going around with a lump of cotton in
stead of brains. Again, this chronicler
w rote of a physician w ho fixed up a bath
Omt would froem solid in an instant, by
touching an electric knob. By mistake
the physician got into the bath, some
one touched Jlhe knob, and iu a moment
the doctor was ready to lie loader! on an
ice 'wagon. Tlie latest ynvn appeared
last week. Barney MeQeo, probably a
descendant of tho “Bouncing Barney
Alotieo’* oo Vibrated in au old Irish song,
drove a street car till he got a disease
Unit softened all hjs bones, Barney was
about to collapse when, l)r. Jpiahop took
him in hand and Ossified Mr. McGee on
tho outside. He procured bone material
at the stock yards and covered Barney
with a shell---in fact, made a human oys
ter of him. Barney has no bones inside,
but his outside shell prevents collapse
and although he is g little stiff in his
manner he gets along all right:— Jb'trvH
Jb'rce Press.
Jouab iu the Whale's Belly.
Two hundred yearn ago Dr. Zachary
Boyd wrote the following quaint descrip
tion of Jonah in the whale’s belly. He
wns a minister of the barony parish
of Glasgow, and Rector of its Uni
versity :
\\ Kat house is tills, where's neither rival nor candle,
Wlktii nothing but guts af fteliM handle?
1 and my table are Kith within,
Where day ne’er dawned, where- sun did never ahino.
Till' Aik* sl Ua* vn earth iuv> never saw,
■a lMilf man* Within n monster’s maw.
liuried under luouutniua wh.oh are high and steep,
lTunged under waters' hunn reds tathoum deep.
Sent so with Noaji, from his house of ires,
For through a Wii.tow he n light dal nee;
He sailed almve the highest waves—a wonder;
I and tnv boat are all the waters under;
Liu, 111 his al ke, ’-night goo, and Heo oouic,
Hut I ,sit still th *U<T> a straitened rooms
As t most miremtlus h.wd and tre t together,
Among such greatse as a thousand smother.
1 find uo way now for lur *hrmkiug heuee,
lint here- rive, and itte for mine offense,
Fight prisoners were in Noah's hulk together;
i mtortaKe they were, each cnc to Hit . the r ,
In s’) the earth like unto me i none;
i'ar from ail tinny, I lien. lye ii ms.
Oft FIIC EVE OF THEWF.SinnO*
O, love, U fnre wop Art to-night,
Buforft the Jjnst “ 1 ullU’ia *]>oki>n~.-
f lie ring hH tombed my band,
of paw, tni<s •• tulle** 1 *ve tho token—
More the Church with holy rite
I lei W/ s lip on ou r lo\o h'UH tfiven,
Jifok ktrulKlit into my yen with >ourH,
Ami ttiiciwor mo in night of Heaven.
Te there within your heart of heart*
<)ne lingering ahadow of regret—
< )ue thought that you have chosen ill ?
Oh ! i|H nk ’tin not too late even yet.
I* there in all thin world of our*
One you have ever known rrr wen,
Whom, if you lm<! earlier mm*ti <>r known.
You would Imvc crowoid your chosen queen ?
1 m there? | j.ray you tell me now,
Ami 1 wih holt! you bound no mors.
I w ill not flinch to hear the truth.
It could not he ho end, no sore,
To know it now, h it would lo
If by and by o shadow fell
Upon the HiiiiMliine of our home;
ho, if you ever loved me— tell#
I’d hold you pure from blame, dear love;
And I would J#-av<* you free a* air,
To woo and win that happier oue;
AU thin for your dear aake I’d lx nr.
I will not. nay how I would pray
That Clod might have you in Hi* care;
Tiuit would b* eauy—when I think
(>1 you, my heart in all one prayer.
Tint coil’d I Join her name with yours*
And call down blonx’ng from atx.ve
On her who had roblxal me of myall—
My life -my light—my oulv love?
Yen ! evn that I’d try to do,*
Although jily lonely heart Hhmrid break,
I’d try t > nay, “Clod blexa her! ” too,
Through blinding tears for yottr dwoet fake.
I’m looking up into your eyes;
But, though mV own with tear* are dim,
J rood that in the r true, clour deptliH^
Which tellH me, “You may trust in him.”
I will—l will!—lt hoed* u< words,
Though yoiira in* flowiug warm and fast.
And eloquent wJUi truth and love;
Forgive in v doubt# they are the last!
CJunnbira' JounuU.
Found—A Diamond Ring.
I saw it kicked by the careless balmo
ral of a jaunty nurse. 1 saw a fat morsel
of humanity make for it with a hey I
broken iuto diverse hey-es-cys by pudgy
trotting, and I stopped and secured it,
thereby causing the fat one to pull up
short, stare at mo with two black cur
iiiWtft set in a dreary expanse of dough,
insert a dumpy thumb in an orifice of
the Rami' expanse, and trot back again
with that stolid resignation under disap
pointment which is the peculiar attri
bute of the London infantile population.
Having ascertained the nature of my
prize, I proceeded to meditate on the
proper course to pursue, which medi
tation resulted in tho following adver
tisement :
Fousx.—Tbis evening, Wednesday, in Ite
gent’s Park, nearly opposite the New College, a
valuable diamond l ing. The owner may re
cover it by calling at No. 10 Wiutou place, etc.
Before nopu, on the following day, I
was making my most courteous bow to a
venerable-lookingpld gentleman, whose
white face and benevolent smile added a
double chum to tho grace with which
he stop]ied forward, and, waiving cere
mony, extended his hand, saying :
“ You have taken a great weight from
my mind, my young friend, and must
allow ire to thank you."
The insinuating delicacy of the ad
jective (I nm not more than 45) was,
perhaps, not without its effect. I nc
eejitoii the pi-offered pledge of amity in
respectful silence.
“ A young man,” continued tho patri
arch, “ may possibly tijul s it dillicult to
iuii!eiwtitn<i how tlit* loss of a trinket
can be the source of positive .suffering
tn fin old one ; but—f am hlradifig to
my lost ring— there are associations
connected with it which—ahem ! This
is chilihsh ; you will excuse my emo
tion."
T twVwed prt*foimdly in the presence of
his natural emotion.
“ 1 have passed some 1 tours of sleep
lessness and distress, from which you
have been the means of relieving me ; I
feel deeply indebted to you. There re
mains nothing now but to reimburse you
for—”
“Excuse me, sir,” I stammered, rath
er hurriedly, “but, if the ring is yours,
you can undoubtedly' describe its
armorial bearings.”
“Armorial bearings, sir! It was a
diamond ring.”
“Certainly.”
“A plain diamond ring,” repeated the
old gentleman, sternly. “Do net at
tempt to play tricks on me, young man,
I will point out to you directly—"
“ I beg your pardon," said I, drawing
back from the outstretched hand, “but,
as the ring in my possession is surely
engraved with a crest and motto, I con
clude it canuot be the one you are in
search of.”
The old gentleman eyed me for a mo
ment keenly.
“I am afraid you arc right,” he
sighed, in a tone of deep dejection ; “ I
must seek further, Alas ! what a mel
ancholy termination of my hopeful jour
ney. ”
“Speed the parting, welcome the
coming guest,” is a very' good motto.
I made no attempt to detain my vener
able friend; hut as he turned toward
the door 1 am certain I saw, beneath
Uh> silver hairs, a lock of dark and shin
ing brown.
My next visitor was a lady, extensive
ly got up, of imposing height and car
riage, rouged, scouted, spectacled.
“Wo meet under singular circum
shmoes,” began this lady, with a conde
scending haughtiness ; “I am iue prin
eipsd of a college for young ladies.”
With a deferential bow nt the honor
done me, I bogged to know what had pro
cured it.
* 1 In the hours of recreation wo nre
accustomed to promenade in the park—
a delightful spot, so suggestive of tho
bfpslung country. During our ramble
yesterday a youug lady under my charge
was so unfortunate as to lose her ring.
You, sir, arc the fortunate finder.”
“I certainly did, madam, pick up a
ring, but—"
“ All, how grateful my pupil will be at
lH'holding it again! *’ exclaimed the
teacher of youth, clasping her funds ec
statically.
“ Described."
“Describe it ! A diamond ring, hand
some and massive, but plain.”
“ And the crest ? ”
“The crest! Ah. that my young
charge were with me! Stupid to huvo
forgotten. The crest of the lxdoraines.
It is a lion, pantant or—? No, I am
wrong. Unfortunate that she should lie
too unwell to accompany me. But it is
immaterial; I w ill take it for her inspec
tion ; she will recognize it immediately.”
“I fear, madam, that I should scarcely
be justified—”
“Sir!”
“1 feel it my duty,” I said, firmly,
“under the circumstances, to take every
precaution against mistakes. I trust
the young lady is not too seriously in
disposed to give you the necessary in
formatii .n.”
“Very well, sir. Exceedingly well,
sir. I fancied—yes, actually fancied—
that I was speaking to a gentleman. You
will find, sir, that the lady principal of
a female college is not to lie insulted
with impunity, (food morning ”
Very harrowing this. I nm scarcely
recovered from my lady govern ess, when
there is a dash of wheels to the door,
and a young fellow, flinging the reins to a
groom iu livery, springs up the steps to
the door-1 icll.
“ Oh, dash it!” he begins, breathing
out a volume of stale tobacco, “I beg
your pardon, and that, but the old wom
an—dash it! that’s my mother— T told me
I should find my ring here ; sol ordered
out the vessel and the cats and spun
along like niueponce for it.”
“ I shall be very glad to restore the
ring I was so unfortunate to find when f
can discover its owner.”
“ Discover ! dash it! didn’t I tell you
it’s mine? I say, I wish you wouldn’t
be so precious slow—l don’t want the
cats to catch cold—l’ve just liad ’em
shampooed, y’ know, naptha&d, and
that.”
“ What sort of a ring was yours ?”
“What sort? Oh, coire, as if you
didn’t know—that’s good.”
I intimated that 1 should be glad to
find out if he knew.
“Not know my own ring, eh ! I know
it’s worth a couple of ponies. Come,
jet’s hear the damage and I'll stump up.”
“1 cannot give up the ring unless you
describe it.”
“ 0, dash it! don’t chaff a fellow now.
I don’t care, a Imp about the thing, only
it belonged to some defunct party, and
the governor would cut up so deuced
rough. I’ve got heaps of ’em. Come,
I’ll swap you anyone of these because of
governor. ”
I respectfully declined the proposal.
“ Wall, dash it,” explained the young
fellow, as though struck with a sudden
idea, “what a couple of muffs we are!
I could tell vou iu a,minute if it’s mine,
dash it!”
I replied that I was very sorry that I
could not oblige him, and, adding that
ho had better obtain an exact descrip
tion of the thing from his governor, I
recommended him not to keep the eats
longer in tnptCpliL
Mem. lam getting exceedingly tired
of my treasure-trove. I retire to my
room with a view of dressing to go out.
I am informed that a lady wishes to see
me, ami 1 am afraid my mental calcula
tion was not .complimentary to the lady
iii question.
A talf, gvareftil flgnr?, drgpediu heavy
mourning, rises at mv entrance. She
opens the negotiation in some, confus
ion, t inning kw ay her face. Shelias come
to me in the hope of- regaining a ring,
carelessly lost, the parting gift of a fond
father to her brother anil herself.
My eyes rested on the crape About her
dress—on la r pale, beautiful face, from
wliicn the blush of confusion and timid
ity had faded. Deferentially I request
her to describe it.
“A large diamond, handsome,” she
believed, “ but valuable to her for far
other reasons.”
“ But,” I said, gently, “chasedon the
gold inside the riug there is—”
“A crest ; lam aware of it,” she an
swered, sadly, “but I know nothing of
heraldry, and have never given it more
than a second glance. My brother is
<lying, sir,” she said, lifting up her pale
face to mine. “ Only this morning he
missed the ring from my finger, uneas
ily ; wo ware alone in the world ; it is
tin* only relic left of one so lately - taken
from us : how can T toll him it is dost ?”
“ 1 am sorry to pain you,” I said, try
ing to be firm, “but it would be more
satisfactory for all parties, and cause
but little delay, if you eouhl obtain the
description from your brother.”
Without a word she turned away ; tho
mournful resignation of her air and at
titude touched me, and as she turned I
saw a tear roll silently down and fall
upon tire hand stretched to the door
handle. I couldn’t stand it.
“ Stop,” I exclaimed, “one moment.
I am sure—l feel certain—l may trust
you. You w ill tell me— ”
I take the ring from its security; I
hold it out timidly for the blue eyes jo
examine.
I see vet the look of delight over
spread lier line features—l see the ex
pression of almost childish pleasure in
her eyes as she looked up at me and.
clasjH'd her hands and cried out: “ The
ring, the ring! O, Alfred, my dear
brother!”
Her hand was upon it; such a tremu
lous, nappy eagerness in her glance;
such a caressir. g fondness in her way of
fingering it. How pretty she was.
“My dear child (I am 45), it gives
me sincere pleasure—” Then I stam
mered ; then I sprang after her, “At
least you will leave your address with
me.”
“Ah, sir,” she says, sadlv, handing
me the card on which she had J>een pen
ciling, "some day you will be sorry
for this. Yon do not trust me.”
Certainly lam a brute. The accent
of reproach in lmr voice haunts me; the
sorrowful glance of her eye —how pretty
she is! I sit down to my breakfast in
the morning, half inclined to call at the
address given, and apologize for my
heathenish di-trust.
How delightful to see her in her own
peculiar atmosphere, ministering to the
sick brother who is all she has in the
world; to look upon, if.ono'-cannijfc.’Cii
jov, the beautiful tAndariii sfVof a gentle
sister to an afilicted br<sthmv
But my letters wait, and I toy with
them. This is a hand- I know. WJmb
does Fred want, T wonder? I tear it
oj>eri ! I read :
Peak Jack : What a queer chanco if you
have stumbled upon my nag. I was obliged
to run down to ituuifiml late last evening, and
never missed it till we slackened at Ilford. A
pretty taking I’ve been m. If- it's mine, the
crest is inside. Yon know it—iPmuiTeiT baud
holding a lance, and the inbtto: a armed at
all points," Verily, truth is stranger Ui*n ac
tion. Keep it for me. Fueo Fvnino.
Idiot! Gull! It is quite useless to
call myself names. ' Ic is almost super--
fluoiiH to mid that when I called nt a cer
tain address iu Easton Square, to in
quire for Miss Lucy Hamilton, the lady
was not to be found. • Probably the
“dear Alfred” had required speedy
change of air; probably brother and sis-"
ter were even embracing in rapturous
gratitude over the relic of one lost to
them so lately. Was that dear one not
lost, but transformed ? Had the silver
haired patriarch of the first ( visit
changed to the dashing buck of the
third ? And was the virtuous teacher of
youth only the tender sister in masquer
ade? On my word, I believe so ; I dare
say they are enjoying the joke. Possi
bly it is a dodge often repeated. But
what am I to say,tp Fred ?
Ye Olden Days.
Thirty years ago Michigan people wer
a frank and truthful set. Strangers
eouhl come hero and trade horses with
their eyps shut, and broach of promise
cases ivqi'c, unknown. Polks meant what
they said, aud when they gave their
Word, stuck to it.
Thirty years ago a widower from New
York State appeared in Lansing on busi- i
ness. That, same business carried him '
over to Pc Witt, eight miles away. While
en he stopped at a log farm house
to warm his cold fingers.’ He w f ds warm
ly welcomed by*the pioneer and his wife,
both of .whom w ere well along.in years,
and after soino general talk, the woman
queried: .. *
‘ ‘Am I right in tliinking you a wid
ower?”
“Yes.”
“Did von come out here to find a
wife?”
“Partly.”
“Dili anvbodv tell you of our Susie?”
“No.”
“Well, we have got as bouncing a girl
of tweilty-two as you ever set eyes on. !
She’s good-looking, hdalthy and good- i
tempered, and I think she’ll like your ,
looks. ’’
“Where is sho?”
“Over iu the woods, here, chopping
down if*Boori tree. Shall I blow the horn
for her?”
“No. If'you’ll'keep au eye on my
horse IT find her. ”
“Well, there’s nothing stuck up or
fiefc>d about Susie. She’ll say yes or
no'-ns soon "as she looks yon over. If
von v.'knt her,.don’t,be afraid to say so.”
Tin 4 afftingbr. He'aTd the sound of her
nx aitd fWtbwed it, He found her just as
the' tree wg.s ready to, fall. She . was a
stofit; gbbd-.lbo.kiug girl, awingiug the ax
like a man’’ and in two myiuies he had
decided to say:
. “Susie, I’m a widower from New York
State; I’m . thirty-nine yearn ohl, have
olio childj own a good lona, and I'want a
wife. Will you go back home with
mp?” .• •
, Him leaned on the ax and looked at
liim for half a minute, and then replied:
“Oan’t say for certain. Just wait till
I get these coons off my mind.”
She sent the tree crashing to th'e earth,
and with his help killed five coons, which
auto stowed away in aholloxv
“Well, what do you say?” he asked, as
tlie-last coon stopped kicking.
“I’m your’nl” was the reply; “and by
the time you got book from DeYVitt I’ll
liaVe these pelts off and tacked up, and
be ready' for the preacher !”
He teturneiT to the lipuse, told the
old folks that he should bring a preacher
buck with him, and at dusk that evening
the twain were married. Hardly an hour
had lien wasted in courting, mid-yet he
took home one of the best girls in the
State of Nficliiorafr — ifrimit Ju-ce Press.
Thought it Was a Mouse.
T 1 le Newburyport (Mass.) Henthl re
lates the following iucidont: A short
time since an elderly lady of this city
.startled the household with a piereiug
shriek and the information that there was
'a mouse in her pocket. Home ope raslml
to her rescue, hastily assisted her to divest
herself of her wrapper, firmly grasping
the month of the pocket to prevent the
escape of tlie dangerous animal. The
garment was then turned over to the man
of the house, and he, aimed with a club,
proceeded to the back yard to dispatch
the offender. The pocket was opened
gradually, but no mouse appeared. Final
ly, gaining courage,, he ventured to in
vestigate, and found tlie cause of all the
excitement to be a pocket tape measure,
' from which the spring had become de-
I taelied and had unwound with a whirr.
An Episcopalian Horse.
The Rev. Dr. Broadus, an old Baptist
parson famous in Virginia, once visited
r plantation where the darky who met
him at the gate asked him wliioh barn
he would have his horse put in.
“Have you two barnsV’' asked the
doctor.
“ Y’es, sail,” replied the darky;
“dar’s de ole barn, and Mas’r Wales has
jes build anew one. ”
“Where do yon usually put the
horses of clergymen who come to see
your master ?”
“Well, sail, if dey’s Metliodis’s or
Baptis’s, we gen’ally put ’em in de ole
barn, but if dey’s ’Piscopals wo puts
’em in de new one.”
“ Well, Bob, you can put my horse in
the new barn: I’m a Baptist, but my
horse is an Episcopalian.”
TRUISMS.
Never laugh"at aWlgilecent josfc. ‘
-None but a fool id |l ways right.
He that sips many: arts, drinks none.
Withhold not the wages of the poor.
Tq fear the worst, oft cures the worst.
SolUk jiemons mistake noise for argu
ment.
They that govern most make least
noise.
He who too much fears liatrod is unfit
to rule.
Rumor doth double, like tho voice and
echo.
Mediocrity deals much in relating
iet.
Gu.iinfs Strike the sight, but hn-rit wins
the sorrl.
Em shobteth nt others and wo'tmd
■eth herself.
“They Say,” is often proved to be a
great liar.
‘Better face lb in be al
ways -fa feai*
Sdight amall injuries, and they'll be
cemqnune at all. ,
Hj: , whp fqrypgej! j4amisies. suffers
them twice owr.
‘ Thought is tlie poetry of those only
Y-ho’ban ehteriiini It.
11 StMPKfttS'd 'aijd boistei’pus mirth are
alike disaprr-'ai'h'.
faYorites;' like ehts, light
forever on their lege.
The young wiii sow their wild oats; but
prevent it, if possible.
A tool always finds one still more
fupikjii ty admire liim.
The greatest truths are the simplest;
so are the greatest men.
Let not the stream of your life always
be a murmuring stream.
A Straight line is tho shortest in mor
als au well as geometry;
PourrEness is the just medium be
tween-xorm and rudeness.
Never fx 1 offended nt the presentation
of a pill; that is business.
The more honesty a man has, the less
he affects the,-air of neaitit.
ThEre , are always two sides to a story;
hear both* aud then decide.
Hoee is the dreearn of a waking man:
if hope bq lost, all seems lost.
An honest man is able to spaak for
himself, when .a knave is not.
BoRROvyiNG money is a bad liabit; and
borrowing trouble is no better.
He who buys w hat he does not want
will soon want wfifat he cannot buy.
Off aßactttrs never change; opinions
alter; characters are only developed.
Imaginary evils soon become real ones
by indulging our reflections on them.
DlFYioui/rtEt; between step-mothers
and children are often aggravated by out
siders.
Crafty men contemn studies, simple
men admire them, and wise men use
them.
Thts cOhiSitiolis of success are three—•
tirsty-wbrif; second, concentration: third,
iituass.
Make a conscience of promptly re
turning borrowed books, and umbrellas.,
especially.. . . .
Friends.should pot be purchased with
gifts; when you cease to give their friend
ship will cease.
There are many men wlibde tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tongues.
, Actresses’ Arts.
A great many tricks of stage costume
spring from personal defects. In what—
. ev.er ejit of waist Mocljeska appears, there
fa always,, a bum'll of flowers or bow
placed, at the left of her open corsage.
When this device Is not resorted to, a
little Strap of silk-will be trailed across
diagonally, or a little fan. of lace will sud
denly spring from the left corner, in or
der to hide a, scar on the breast that
Toons as if it might be the result of a
wound from a poniard, “souvenir” of a
romance.
Poor Lucille Western was afflicted by
a birth-mark. Hhc was a regular female
Esam About.her waist there xvas.a thick
grow th of silky brown hair, which ran up
to a point in front. Where it came above
the tops erf he r dresses it was carefully
shaved, but the skin always remained
blue. Ho Lucille wore a huge cross
dangling. just above that portion of her
anatomy.
Parepa Eosa had a deep vaccination
" scar fit'tlo'-frir her robust arm, and when
her sleeves were very short a knot oY'
riblxm or a trail of flowers awed to cover
it. Before she grew so extremely stout,
she wore a golden baud above the elbow
to hide it, but when her armlet got to be
as big as a waistcoat she abandoned the
oddity. One night, speaking of the scar
to an American girl who sat in her dress
ing-room, tlie Yankee offered Parepa an
immediate and effectual concealment of
the offending spot. She took one of tho
candles off’ the toilet table, and holding
it above the arm let one drop of the
melted wax fall upon the place, and
there was no further need of concealing
devices. A dash of flesh-tinted powder
completed the cure, and Parepa’s make
up-box forever after contained a bit of
wax candle.— Xew York Mirtov.
The Tables Turned.
President Diaz, of Mexico, had a nar
row escape not long ago, It is his habit
to go out shooting on Sunday near the
city, attended only by his little son, his
nephew, one servant and three or four
friends, and a plan had been formed to
surround and capture the party and hold
the President to ransom.
he was detained one Sunday, just as lie
was about to leave the National Palace
by some important telegrams, which re
quired his immediate attention, and in
this way escaped,* the band of robbers
being themselves surprised as they were
lying in wait for him.