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XXII.
"LET HE NOT MUCH COM
PLAIN.”
Let me not much complain of life, in ng *.
Life is not faulty, life weil enough,
l or (hose who love their daily round
of doing.
And take things roonled, never in
the rough,
Turning from day to day the same old
page,
And t heir old knowledge ever mw
renewing.
I have known many such; through life
t hey w it
With Moderate use of moderate
li'tttage,
Giving and > ■ i ling, saving as they
spent.
These are wi »e m ; a, though never
counted sage;
They look” 1 for Title, easy men to
.p i <e;
Tut I, more deeply trunk of life's full
cue,
Feel, as my lips >me nearer to the
he-,
I dived for pearls, and brought but
pebbles up.
—Thomas W. -Parsons, in the Century.
[1H0L10RY TRRSEQY.
All my life 1 had been—well, not
exactly ti woman hater, but a firm
believer in the idea that man is the
lord of creation, and that woman is
not an absolute necessity, For
many years it was my proud boast
that I was able to dispense w ith fern-
inine aid and yet live a very enjoy¬
able life, us, with clockwork regu¬
larity, 1 went from my bachelor
lodgings to business • each morning,
returning in the afternoon and spend¬
ing the evening at the club or some
place of amusement. The idea of
having a lady companion in my ram¬
bles never entered my head.
True, my landlady, good old soul,
prepared my meals and cleaned my
rooms, but that was because 1 had
not time to do it myself, and a man
servant was beyond my means, But
in all else I dispensed with woman’s
aid. Boot cleaning, sewing buttons
on, lighting the tiro, etc., wero all
done with my own hands—nay, at a
pinch, 1 have even washed a pocket
handkerchief.
I desired to stand forth as a liv¬
ing example of the original Adam
and a proof of the superfluity of the
modern Eve. But my misguided
companions refused to profit by my
teachings or to follow my example.
One by one they fell under female in-
fluence, one by one they married,
and then I cut them dead. Ah, me !
Thoso free Bohemian days were hap-
py ones, as year after year I pursued
my adopted course in spite of the
continual falling off of my comrades,
Then came a time when my circle of
acquaintances had decreased so con-
siderably that 1 began to feei lonely,
Bachelor chums were more difficult
to find than ever. To loneliness sue-
ceeded melancholy, and l grew mis-
era l,le.
One friend, to whom I laid bare my
woes, said:
“You keep to yourself too much.
What you ought to do is to lodge
with some family where there are
twoor three grown up daughters,
T hey would wake y^i up a bit.”
vocate’of This, tome, the hitherto ideal ad-
an Eveless Eden ! And yet,
after the advice had been tendered
several times, 1 began to think that
such a change might be beneficial,
Such a course need not involve the
rendering up of my tenets; but, as
woman still formed a part of the
world, she might at least contribute
to my amusement. So, after very ‘seek se-
rious consideration, I decided te
fresh apartments, with light society
thrown in.
Now mv troubles commenced. I i
could not make the direct inquiry.
“Have you any grown up daughters?”
So I generally viewed the rooms. I is—
tening to the landlady’s verbiage,
the rent and then casually asked,
“Have you any children?” and the
reply would be “Yes ‘four,’ ‘live,’
or ‘six ’ ” (as the case might be);
“the eldest is Iff years old and the
youngest good*as 2 months. But they are as
gold " and never make a bit of
noise.’
The numberless journeys 1 made
and the many J desultory * conversations
I listened to were all to no purpose,
No one appeared to possess grown up
daughters—the eldest was always 10.
Just when I was about to abandon
ray {Set-led search of fortune-or was it
me to Myrtle Villa, Para-
dise Gardens. Upper Dulwich. The
door was opened by a vision of love-
liness, faultlessly dressed, and with
bright blue eves and golden hair,
“Newly married,” thought I, “well,
here at least the eldest won’t be 10!”
She invited me in. and then disap-
peared; a middle aged lady entering
directly after, we proceeded to dis-
cuss terms. Then came the inevit-
able inquiry as to children.
“I have two grown up daughters,
the me TM.ng« ol whom opened 1 tl.o
door for you.
At last! Need 1 say that, within
a week, I was installed in Myrtle
Villa? The landlady (a widow) was
a genial, homely woman, and the
youngest daughter. Annie, aged 25,
1 have already described, but tbe
other daughter Julia did not im-
out being exactly' bad tempered, al-
ways insisted on on having hnvimr her her own own
iny, seemed be world,
I now to in a new
My b;ots bore a brilliant luster eacli
morning without my aid, and n.y
slippers were laid ready for me in t:ie
evening, and as for lending me s
needle and cotton—the idea:—if I
would only leave them ou side they
W9»ld only be too happy.
'The Toccoa News.
I no linger needed to seek relaxa-
tion at the club alter the labors of
the day. Julia played the piano well
(her only accomplishment), while
Annie sang divinely, and thus the
evenings Dassed all too quickly. Male
acquaintances they did not seem to
possess—yet stay, there was one—a
Mr. Malcolm,whose name I frequent-
ly heard mentioned, but as his calls
were always made in the daytime, 1
never saw him . I had rapidly parsed
into that condition of mind which
raised a feeling of jealousy on his ac-
count, so one day I questioned my
landlady on the subject.
“Oli, lie’s a very old friend of ours,
Once we thought he would have pro-
posed to Julia, but nothing came of
il ’
What n relief! Only Julia!
So time went pleasantly on, and
then—how can I confess it?—my life-
long creed was thrown to the winds,
my proud ambition humbled in the
dust, and I became a willing slave to
tlio sex I had so long despised and
ignored. My only thought now was,
how and in what words 1 should be¬
seech my darling Annie to become
my wife, Time after time I was on
the point of speaking, but Julia al¬
ways turned up at the critical mo¬
il) e n t.
One evening Julia announced that
a week thence she had an engage¬
ment to play at a concert, Then
burst upon me a brilliant inspiration.
I purchased two stall tickets for the
Lyceum for that same evening, and,
making pretense that I had them
given to me, 1 persuaded Annie to
promise to accompany me. This
time Julia would not be able to in¬
trude, and l should know iny fate.
In two months time I should be tak¬
ing mv summer holiday, which would
fiMn just picelv for t He honeymoon.
On the eventful day I hastened
homeward with a queer fluttering in
my heart and a flower spray for
Annie in mv fiat. Julia opened the
door, and hardly permitted me to
enter before she informed me that
Annie had been out in the hot sun,
and had been obliged to go to bed
with a very bad sick headache. My
fluttering then”seemed heart gave one huge bound
and to standstill, llow-
ever, to disguise my feelings, I said:
“1 am sorry; and you have to play
at the concert?”
“No,” she replied, “the concert
has been postponed.”
“Then may 1 beg the pleasure of
your company? I did not ask you
before because of the concert eu-
gagement.”
“Thanks. I shall enjoy it ira-
mensely.”
What a miserable failure that
evening proved to be ! I do not even
know what the play was called. I i
was thinking all the time of my poor,
sick darling, and not of the acting or
the woman who sat by my side wear-
ing the flower spray that was meant
for Annie.
The words were still unspoken
when my holidays arrived, and, tear-
ing myself away from the two sis-
ters, who stood at the gate and
waved their handkerchiefs as long as
l remained in sight, it was with no
feelings of joyful anticipation that I
betook myself to Hastings for rest
and recreation.
Best! Where could I find it? Not
on the parade or pier amidst hun-
dreds of couples promenading, as I
had pictured Annie and myself doing;
not on the beach where the Ethi-
opian musicians were eternally play-
ing “Annie Laurie,” “Sweet Annie
Rooney” and “Annie, Dear, I’m
Called Away.” For a whole week I
wandered aimlessly hither and
thither. Then I could stand it no
longer. "So 1 wrote a long letter com-
mencing the impassioned, “Darling,” and pouring love that out
pent up
comes butonce in a man’s lifetime,
I besought and beseechwl her to take
pity upon me, or my lifeless body
should serge in the billows that beat
relentlessly on the rocks of Beachy
"
Head.
When I had finished, I happened
to catch sight of a photograph which
I had purchased tlie previous day,
representing one of the yachts pro-
paring to start on her morning trip,
with my own figure in a prominent
position in the bows. “Ah,” thought
I, “i’ll send that to Julia
If it were possible I had now
rest than before, night or day, while
waiting for the answer. Rising in
1 the morning with haggard looks and
burning ° brow, the other boarders
would remark that the sea air did not
seem to agree with me, while under
the mask of supreme indifference
there raged within me the fiercest
volcano that ever burned in the heart
of man.
At last the reply came,and. bound-
ing up to the privacy of my own
room, and trembling fingers I tore
open the envelope which hid from
me-life or death?
“Dearest, 1 am ydter’s forever. I
cannot say your proposal was un
; expected, for I have felt that you
could mean nothing less, ever since
j that evening when you so openly ex-
pressed your preference for me by
taking me to the theater -
I What! Whew! Where!!!
I ! Oh, !?i __ vio«>von<a Heavens. • t I . <£,«- saw it it ill all. 1 1 had a
, placed them in .the wrong envelopes.
and sent the letter to Julia and the
photograph to Annie! How I raged
| and fumed and tore my hair until
at last, in sheer exhaustion, I sank
I.........- into a chair and endeavored to finish
j ‘Annie thanks you very much for
photo, and she desires me to tell
j you von that that yesterday vesterdav Mr. Mr. Malcorab
! proposed to her and wa3 accepted.
j I We will have the two weddings on
the some day. Mon t thatben.ee.
dear .
, Nice? This was the last straw. ,
I Nice, indeed, for me to be married to
a woman I did not care for, and at
th> same time to see the one I loved
given to another man! I cannot
TOCCOA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1895.
member what I did for the next hour
or two bev’ond cursing my foolish-
ness and swearing I wouldn’t marry
Julia. Then, when I became calm-
! er, 1 saw an action for breach of
promise looming. I thought of all
my hard earned savings of years
1 being swept by sympathetic
away a
jury to heal Julia’s broken heart,
There was no escape for me. She
j ha l my letter, which simply com-
menced “Darling,” and as no name
was mentioned in it from beginning
to end. was it possible that any body
of intelligent men could be brought
to believe that I intended it for An-
nie when I addressed the envelope to
Julia? No, no. I must go through
with it—I would marry Julia. A es,
and I would teach her that man is
the lord of creation, and thativoman
is but a helpmate, and not an equal,
and so. in my married life, triumph-
antly assert those principles which I
had held so long.
Julia married me at the same time
and place as Annie became Mrs.
Malcolm 1 now spend my evenings
endeavoring to solve a difficult prob¬
lem, and that is, why do they call
woman the weaker sex?
THE CUBAN INSURRECTION.
The Spanish Commander’s Troops —
A Waiting Game.
Spain did not affect to consider the
Cuban insurrection of no importance.
I She recognized in it a possible rather
than an actual importance, and to
prevent the possible from being ac¬
tual she sent to Cuba as Captain-
General the same soldier who paci¬
fied the island eighteen years ago,
Marshal Arsenio de Martinez Cam-
pos, and with him anl after him she
1 has sent thousands of soldiers. Cam-
pos reached Cuba nearly three
i months ago. Since his arrival he has
spent most of his time in the eastern
provinces of the island, those of San-
tiago do Cuba and Puerto Principe,
where the disaffection exists chiefly,
though he has been also in every inl¬
portant seaport.
"My principal enemies,” said Mar-
slial Campos, recently, “are Gene-
ralsJuly, August and September.”
Until the last of these has gone,
Campos will maintain a .“masterly
inactivity,” and play a waiting game.
When he reached the island in April
bo consulted with the local authori-
ties in every part of his province;
since then he has been devoting his
time to making his men comfortable,
to organizing his army as his experi¬
ence lias taught him is best, and is
making plans to be put into execu¬
tion after General September has
gone.
Campos has (55,000 Spanish regular
troops now, and 25,000 more are ex-
pected this month. 1 he first de-
tachments of troops were destitute
of everything necessary for their
welfare, let alone for their existence.
Not even the British soldiers in the
Crimea were worse off. lhese men
had no tents, no blankets, no shoes.
Out of chaos I ampos has had to bring
order. At last he has done so. His
men are equipped properly now to
withstand the climate as well as the
insurgents. 1 hey are not stationed
in tlm towns, but on ynyenios, or
plantations, and subuibsof the large
towns. Medical supplies have been
purchased. I radically there is no
yellow fever among the Spams i
troops. On June -•> there weie only
fourteen Spanish cases in the city of
Santiago de Cuba, the capital of the
province of die same name, and the
headquarters of the Spanish troops
in the Eastern departments.
Besides liis 90,000 regular soldiers,
of which he has at present fio,000,
Campos has 40,000 volunteers raised
on the island: and he has called for
the raising of troops of guerillas, or
irregular cavalry. These troops are
to be commanded by regular officers;
the men will be paid $30 a month,
and will receive their equipments
and horses from the government,
{ Gen Campos relies on these gueril-
las, very evidently. As they are
composed of local volunteers, they
are expected to operate against the
insurgents on more even terms than
the regulars; even their lack of reg-
ular military training may help them
to some extent.
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Africa as a Mahogany Producer.
Mahogany, cut from le ores s
discovered by Stanley in his expedi-
tion for the rescue of Emin Pasha,
now reaches this country, says the
Woodworker- These forest s are said
to be inexhaustible, aad are prob-
ably , perhaps , of . greater,
o equa., „
value than the richest gold or d.a-
mond muies of the darkest contmen .
Capitalists were interested in fctan-
; | e Y the * 'account, umber and has a resulted. flourishing Prices t at
«
! of mahogany to to products were figures in a until fair
way rise excessive
onlv f bfea within the past twenty year'
but v rice: e s have h< e alreadr 1 e Jj fallen f
P e f. Ct! “- A ° aa wa ° ^ y ^
tho^nd ’ . feet whereas it
, hits been , »common.thing tor mahog- ,
anv to sell at auction in Liverpool,
England, ® for $100 a thousand. Here-
, nrincioa! P forests sources of sumdv
ia , e bl . en “ the of ^ Central
g Doi tXX>° inao and
; £ Already * [- 12 ’ OOo ’ feet
' be™ c «rt aod and e. ^PO^ed rted {rom from
^^“tmraense Revenue to^the
BSUrt and French colonist, who
have “« ve seized the llJC mahogany territory,
rhis African maho s any has a pinkish
tinge in contrast to the reddish yel¬
low color of the American varieties.
s i llpn °^ mentioned re-
were two feet to three and a half feet
Me snuared 9qU8red before bef ° W
uemg export u.
, plailtations of trees are reported
{j . om five sutaa.
WOMAN’S WOULD.
PLEASANT LI I'ERATURE FOR
FiSMININK REAOERS.
A T.OVAIj TUiBFKE.
Deferring to the “risky’’ conversa¬
tions now heard in h’gh circles, the
Woman savs that the Queen, hearing
laughter in a group of princes and
princesses and others of the royal
housebold, asked the cause of the fun.
Nobody ventured to repeat what had
been said to excite the laughter. The
Queen insisted upon being told, and
theu one of the party repeated the re¬
mark. The Queen listened coldly, and
then rising with all her dignity, said :
“We are not amused.”—New York
Sun.
A MONUMENT TO BDOOMEBS.
Lovely woman in bloomers is to be
immortalized by a monument, This
is the surest of all signs that bloomers
have come to stay, The monument
will be erected in honor of Mrs.
Amelia Bloomer, the woman who first
wore bloomers, and who gave the cos¬
tume its name, Her sisters, who are
behind this interesting project, are
most of them bicycle riders, but the
progressive woman suffrage element it
in favor of it also. Mrs. Ellen Bat-
telle Dietrich, who is prominent in the
new w oman’s cause, is a leader in this
novel plan of popularizing bloomers.
So, too, is Mrs. Potter Palmer. Mrs.
Bussell Sage is also said to favor it.
Nr* definite plan has yet been forffi-
<d&tcd, but a call has been issued for
t, conference of women at Soiosis.—
New York World.
VEUjS.
Tba primary object in using a veil
is not to conceal the face or hide the
wearer from the recognition of her
friends, though in the East, where the
veil is a shrouding mantle worn im¬
partially by females of every rank
and all degrees of age, this was
and is the reason for its assumption.
With us no woman desires to put on
an air of mystery or iu any way dis¬
guise herself by the wearing of a veil.
She puts it on because it is a height¬
ening of her beauty; her eyes, her
skin, her lips, it must be owned, look¬
ing prettier and softer and more be¬
witching through the film of lace or
gauze which is tied over them, not so
much a mask as au ornament, The
veil receives a quantity of dust in its
fine meshes, dust which would other¬
wise sift into the minute pores and
lacelike meshes of the superficial
skin. A dainty woman dislikes to
face dust and wind without the pro¬
tection of her veil, Let her be ever
so charmingly arrayed, she can arrive
nowhere without fleck and stain, and
with her hair in nice order, unless she
dons a bit of net or chiffon, and thus
defies wind and sun.
The wise woman avoids anything
bizarre or outre in her veil, Red or
blue or lilac, or opaque white, or
white with dots of black, is in doubt¬
ful taste. Pure sheer white can be
worn with very light and dressy toil¬
ets, and by very youthful women ; but
older persons must shun this, as try¬
ing to the complexion, and apt to
have a wan and ghostly effect. Black
is always in order, and there is great
variety to be had in it. For a journey,
or for a drive in rough weather, or a
sail, nothing iu the line of veiling-
equals the old-fashioned and sub¬
stantial barege, which is useful if not
beautiful. As it makes no pretensions
to anything except capacity for ser¬
vice, one should not comment on its
lack ot elegance.—Harper’s Bazar.
vinr ’’ in intintte variety
In tins countiy there is an infinite
variety ot the tans ot this time-col-
lections made bv some of our wealthy
women, who, while abroad, have
gathered them here and there, at
auction or private sale, and always for
a sum far exceeding the intrinsic value
of the articles.
The Directory fan a tiny doll-like
trifle is much thought of by Ameri-
can fan collectors ; but, in comparison
with some other specimens recently
exhibited at the Ortgies Galleries dur-
ing the Art Loan Exhibition, the popu-
larity of this fan is hard to unuer-
stand, unless one associates the l^oa-
press Josephine always with this
period,
The favorite fan is naturally the one
bearing the artist’s signature. Mrs. As-
of this city, has an exquisite col-
lection of fans, the one painted by Do
Beaumont, being a gem. Several signed
by Henneguv are also in this collection,
and on a delicate white ground of silk
tissue Louis Leloir has painted the
“Temptation of St. Anthony” in a
clever and untraditional manner.
Mrs. J. \Y. Pinchot has in her col¬
lection 500 fans, ranging in age from
the time of Charles X. to the modern
fan painted by the delicate brash of
M. Eugene Lambert. Her Marie An¬
toinette fan is a beautiful example of
the work of that fair Queen’s time.
Other fans in this lady’s collection
bear the signatures of Chaplin,
Hamon, Baron and De Beaumont.
There are fans that have been
painted by artists who seem scarcely
adapted by nature for this style of
work. Camille Roqueplan, the clever
French painter, at times did this
dainty work, and, as an especial favor,
decorated the wedding fan of the
Duchess of Orleans. Garvini, whose
light, jesting humor beams out from
his canvases, painted several notable
fans, f aBS one one of Q f which wmen is is now nov in the pos-
gessiou of Queen Victoria.
La Pompadour, at the height of her
power, gave an order for a fan that
required nine years for its completion,
A portion of it is in existence to-day
and owned by a lady in Paris. It was
made of delicate paper, skilfully out
to resemble the finest texture of point
lace. On the sticks were hand-painted
medallions, but it required the aid of
a powerful microscops to recognize
the features. Theu the reign of Lmis
XVI. was a reign of fans, and of this
extravagant period is left many price¬
less specimens of the fan-maker^’
fancy. — New York Journal.
WHAT WOMEN ABE DOING.
The women of America who are
. .
j ^ taru a hvln . - aro not , al ,, l m '
the pro essions, nor are 4 they ,
confined to such occupations as sew-
in «* Many typewriting, etc.
women are coming to the
front with patented inventions. Tn
1809 a woman made $10,000 out of a
new method of straw weaving, and
since then 5200 patents have been is¬
sued to the fair sex. Hundreds of
these are for improvements in corsets
and crinoline. Some are for foot
stoves, a machine for cutting straw
and fodder, a fireplace, a submarine
telescope and lamp, a plow, a dump¬
ing wagon, a car heater, a car coup¬
ler, a stem winding watch, a screw
propeller, an ozone machine, a street
car awning and a dice box.
One woman has iuveuted a corpse
cooler, and another has a combination
washing machine and see-saw. A col-
ored woman has invented a movable
portion of a dining table, supported
on rollers, mounted on a central piv¬
ot, so that a person seated at table
wanting a dish from the opposite side
can turn the central section round to
him, Other women have invented
crimping pins, dimple makers, nose
improvers, etc.
In the face of these facts it must be
admitted that women have inventive
genius, and we must bo prepared to
seo the new woman enter into sharp
competition w'ith men in every occu¬
pation where the weakness and pe¬
culiarities of her stx do not absolutely
bar her out. Of course, women will
never be soldiers, sailors, stone ma-
sons, bricklayers, carpenters, police-
men and toilers iu the roughest and
most exposed callings, but they are
now deputy sheriffs in the West an l
street car conductors in Chile, and in
our own country wo may expect to
see them taking up work xvhich has
heretojore been monopolized by men.
What effect all this will have upon
our civilization it is impossible to pre-
diet Each generation will have to
sol vs its own problem.—Atlanta Con¬
stitution.
FASHION NOTES.
Mohairs or alpacas are still playing
a conspicuous role among the summer
stuffs.
For street and outing wear the
walking hat will rival the perennial
sailor.
A novelty is a black mohair cord,
running through a colored wool
crepon.
A new slipper for bedroom or bou ¬
doir is of gray kid narrowly edged with
fur and lined with piuk kid.
All the newest black fabrics are
fancy effects, and the crepon and mo¬
hair textures are the most stylish.
A now ornamental shoe is of dressed
kid or patent leather perforated like
the fashionable cloth and velvet fa¬
brics.
An attractive frock has the fitted
bodice and modish godet skirt in one
and is built of a xich shot blue and
green taffeta.
The latest tint used for the lining is
a lovely green called “drake’s neck,”
while shades of rose and cerise are
very popular.
There are some new smooth-faced
cloths for tailor-made gowns, and the
prettiest show mottled surfaces iu soft
“fade” colors.
Undoubtedly the dressmakers will
display trimmed skirts next season ;
whether they will be accepted or not
time alone can tell.
A lovely white frock is made of one
of the latest mohairs woven to show
open work squares, and built on a
crisp white-silk foundation,
A frock of red linen has the skirt
and bodice edged by scarlet poppies.
It is certainly “chic,” and makes a
delightful effect at a garden party.
The “frou-frou” batistes are very
much liked, and many pretty effects
can be obtained by running ribbons
through their embroidered slashings.
A French dress of ecru linen batiste
is made with an open work yoke of
linen passementerie, backed with red.
Belt and collar are of gay red plaid
ribbon.
There is another new wool that ths
dressmakers are using now for hand¬
some traveling gowns. It is a very
light, thin stuff, of loosely woven
mohair.
A novelty seen in silk waists has the
sleeve set in from the neck in rather
large pleats, which is especially pretty I
for slender figures, as it gives width
across the bust.
A dark-blue crepon is woven to
show checker-board squares and a
novelty in plain colors has thin disks
in it and should be made up over a
colored foundation.
Charming negligee waists of India
mull or batiste are cut like an Etoa
jacket in the back with sailor collar
and very long shawl-pointed front *,
like the ends of a fichu.
Some pretty fitted blouses are made
of satin-striped wool of very sheet
quality, with full fronts of taffeta the
color of the satin stripe, ladder-
stitched up the center plait with white
silk.
Long ostrich plumes are jast nod
greatly used in combination with short
full tips and tufts or aigrettes. These
trimmings are seen upon picture hati
of various shapes and on toques aad
turbans as well.
There are some modish adaptation*
of the fichu. A skirt of mauve silk
has lace figures embroidered over it.
The entire blouse and elbow sleeves
are of lace. Over the blouse is a fichu
of mauve silk mull.
TRUMPET CALLS.
Rum's Horn Sounds n Warning: Not»»
to the Unredeemed.
UE1IE V Ell
the cross is
W Nothing Christ is. pulls
/ toward heaven
like a good exam¬
ple.
roO No life can be a
a & failure when God
directs it.
Whoever loves
i to God loves light.
A little religion
is hard to keep.
Sin always feels the safest in the
da rk.
Humility dies the moment It looks iu
the glass.
When God measures men the stand¬
ard is Christ.
The devil gets many a boy by getting
Ids father first.
When gossips meet, the devil can sit
down and rest.
The man who hates light will run
from a shadow.
Babes in Christ should never be fed
on watered milk.
The devil has some very good friends
who belong to church.
The man who lives for Christ knows
that Christ died for him.
A city’s righteous men are a better
safeguard than its police.
Don’t be a saint in church and a
heathen on the street car.
The wise man can learn something
from the mistakes of a fool.
The man of faith is never in a hurry
for God to explain himself.
A Christian stops growing as soon as
he begins to measure himself.
There is a good deal of laziness that
goes by the name of sickness.
if angels had to live with some men
there would he more fallen ones.
Do as much good ns you can and God
will see to it that, you do enough.
In nine cases out of ten the man who
has riches paid too much for them.
Isn’t it strange that the man who
can drink or let it alone never does.
The first step toward heaven is taken
when the heart says good-by to sin.
When Adam left Eden, an angel went
before him, whose name was Hope.
r J lie devil has to keep busy to hold liis
own in the home of a praying mother.
Give a lie one day the start and truth
will have to chase it around the world.
Many a prayer for a revival has fail¬
ed because the preacher didn't want it.
If the sun never went down there are
some crimes that would not be commit¬
ted.
If there Is any dog in a man it is sure
to growl when his food is not to his
taste.
Th devil stands the best chance be¬
tween a bright saloon and a dreary
home.
Many a man whose prayers are too
long sells goods by a measure that is
too short.
Many a man will fight for his creed,
who never has a word of encourage¬
ment for his wife.
Plant a good man anywhere iu this
world, and the devil will immediately
begin walking up and down in that
neighborhood.
Something is the matter with the
preaching when the devil can sell liquor
enough to ruin a town iu sight of a
church steeple.
Story of a California Pioneer.
At a recent gathering of California
pioneers at Baltimore, one of the best
stories was told by the secretary of the
association, John L. Stietf. He com¬
pared the “spread” before them with
the pork and beans which were served
in the mining camps twenty-one times
a week, year in and year out, and .said
the absence of women in California
had taught him how to appreciate
them. Nearly all the time he was there
he had to do all his own cooking, wash¬
ing and mending. Part of the time he
was in California lie was merchandis-
Ing and getting such prices as these
for goods: Long shovels, $16; check¬
ered shirts,$3 each; long boots, $32 a
pair; copies of the Baltimore Sun, any
date, $1 each; flour, 50 cents a pound,
and picks, $16 each. A “stiff” drink of
whisky was worth about $8.
Lucky Miners in the West.
The days of “striking it rich” in the
mines of the West are by no means
over, though with the big prospecting
and developing companies in every
promising field the chances are per-
haps slimmer than in the old days.
Four men in the Slocan district, Wash¬
ington, who have been working on a
tunnel for over a year, following a
streak of ore, and not making enough
to pay their meager board, last week
struck a four-foot body of solid silver
ore that runs 375 ounces to the ton,
which has made their prospect hole
worth at least $100,000.
Cigarettes and Crime.
A cigarette smoker need not neces¬
sarily be a criminal, but the experience
of the police in charge of the station
houses goes to show that nearly all
criminals are cigarette smokers, As
a rule the first thing that a criminal
asks for after being locked up is a
package of cigarettes.—Louisville Com¬
mercial.
Zanzlbarlan Slavery.
The British agent at Zanzibar reports
that slavery in the protectorate can be
stopped only by maintaining an effi¬
cient coast guard, which would cost
£35,000 a year, while to free the slaves
now held as such would cost £200, OoO.
A marriage Is more prosaic and doll
than an engagement, because there Is
no flattery iu it
NO. 45.
IN THE ORCHARD.
A lengthening vis'.a of yellow an l green,
'Vitli shafts of deep shadows and suuligu
bet ween;
TL*o branches, wind-tossod, dapple trad*
trunk and ground,
With ripples of light on the seft waves «>l
POUUd.
The apple trees old. with arms gnarled and
gray.
Like sentinels grini stand in martial at 4
ray,
Their armor of green disclosing o'erhead
Rich treasures of fruit shining yellow and
red.
The vanishing point is a crooked rail fence
Where scampers a squirrel with malice
prepense,
ft chattering robin doth hotly pursue
The little red thief and chases him through.
—15. E. Jaques, in American Agriculturist.
union OF THE DAY,
A war club—The triple alliance.
It’s all up with a man when he’#
turned down.
Some people can keep their minds
on a mighty smill object and not feel
cramped for room.—Puck.
A large majority of those who think
they need coaxing really require club¬
bing.—Milwaukee Journal.
Mrs. Peastraw—“Ho.v on earth did
you “I get yourself so dirty?” Johnny
— was iu swimmiu’.”—Truth.
You can salt- down your money, but
you can not catch golden eagles by
putting salt on their tails.—Truth.
It’s the summer fly that bustles.
Till within the spider's gates.
And the spider never hustles.
But he gets there while he waits
-Truth.
Too many men regard death as they
do their banker, and expect ample no¬
tification when their time will be up.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Inventors of college-yells can fiud a
mine of inspiration in sitting around
listening to women talk baby-talk to
their babies.—Atchison Globe.
Isu’t there some way in which we
can arrange to get our weather prop¬
erly mixed instead of taking the in¬
gredients separately?—Troy Press.
“Our landlady says she likes to see
her boarders have good appetites.”
“Well, Pm not surprised, Some
women aie naturally cruel.”—Life.
Johnny mint have got his gun
By exhortations goaded;
But his silence is suggestive that
He didn’t know’t whs loaded.
—Puck. '
“What is the name of that man?*
signaled one deaf mute to another.
“Li’s queer, but 1 cau’t recall it,” was
the reply; “though it is right at my
finger ends.”—Puck.
“Why is it,” asks the Manaynnk
philosopher “that when a man is af¬
flicted with chills an l fever the chills
always come on the cold days and the
fever on hot days?”—Philadelphia
Record.
Prepared for the Worst: Edna—
“Whom is Miss Golighty going to
marry ?” Millie—“Old Moneybagges.”
Edna—“How do you know?” Millie
— “She’s having most of her trousseau
made in black.”—The Mourner.
Stern Father—“Do you realize,
young mail, that; up to the present
time it has cost mo at least $2),099 to
bring up and educate that girl?
Fond Lover—“Yes, sir; and from iny
point of view I should say, sir, that
she is fully worth it.”—Somerville
Journal.
The Third Time Proposal: She
(bored) —“No, Mr. Lytely, I can nevei
love you. I honor and respect yon. I
am sure you would make some other
woraan a good husband. I— ’ He —
“Well—-er---could you—er—give me a
letter of recommendation to my next
place ?”—Vogue.
An Extra: Lady—“Your testi-
monials are satisfactory an l I am will¬
ing to take you at tbe terms you ass,
namely, thirty florins, only 1 expect
that you will treat my children with
affection.” Nursery Maid—“Affec¬
tion? Then T shall want five florins a
month extra.”—Der FJoli.
Squildig—“Did the bride’s father do
the correct thing when young Spul-
kius married Miss Cashbox?” Mc-
Swilligen — “Well, he gave the
bride—” Squildig (interrupting) —
“I knew he would do something hand¬
some.” McSwilligeu (resuming) —
“He gave the bri le away. ’—Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
“Mercy !” cried the editor's wife, as
she arose in the morning to find two
windows pried open an l the lamp
overturned in the mi Idle of the floor.
“There was a burglar in the house last
night -a burglar!” “Yes,” said the
editor with a yawn, “he struck us just
before daylight, but he was evidently
a very poor man. I only got 3*3 oat
of him. You’ll find it in the bureau
drawer. The key’s under mv pillow.”
-Atlanta Constitution.
Curious Tyranny,
A newspaper printed at Lubeck,
Germany, gives a curious instance of
police tyranny in the neighboring
town iof Dassow. A poor laboring
woman named Dorothea Bruhn, whose
husband had for many years been bed¬
ridden, went to the pastor of the tow*
with a request that he would officiate
at the burial of one cf her children.
The pastor merely said that he woul<?
see about it, and failed to appear aJ
the grave at the appointed hour. I*
default of other religious services th#
mourning mother recited over thi
grave a single verse of a hymn ex¬
pressing her faith in the child’s welfare
in the other world. For doing thi*
she was reported by a zealous police
man as having violated an ordinancf
forbidding any lay person to make t
discourse at an interment. The Polici
Justice found her guiity and she w*«
fined the sum of a little less than $1
4
with the alternative on non-payment
of a day’* iroprwBsenk