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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. 1 - 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