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Bay, meter, coir.> sit down awhile, '
An’ listen. 3 was thar.
I tell you, sir, it got so hot
The fiice aaviirtl tfiy far. ,
1 woV< m> wacu tho wUiailo bio wed, ~
An* Uop<*l may l>e ilrtrti . . -
lift too*: tlx* flirt* a ttttntffe* fir, .* -
.U’ojrun frotnsU iii to ftsnt. 1
Bui, Mister, ywill forgive there tears,
That from my eyelids^!all;
Jt DMk Van eoifie to think of Win,
Tle heto of th. m H.
The rate -who at Uw throttle stwsl.
An* never flfclrtti A with fotty
But saor;fl(Hd hiauMria Jlffr—•
4 ‘Bob ” JUilv, engteeer. $*
MM all thewiM, i*rene*\
ThA orl*fo*
Bobctoal thar at the Mr,
An* Miwerv-i all the
Ho looked r,f death jji the ?r®,
An’ tohiathn-ttie citing,
An’ wiittoig for that *?onfc to say,
£*i-dou* Jv-it never rung.
hkb. no denht, of wife an’ home,
t*f htt!o*wweo dcor—
shot tbrmgM of A nfy fno*t rtf all,
neve* thoeght of f.*ar.
tkt w tail down with the bnrnln® l*
An', Mlater, ym\ can hot
4/iu r MfotUa* Bd> ia atandiu* tbnr
JAight at Lbem engines yot.
1 don't *ay that his sou! !w thar,
For that ri/. through th*t flftntfk
An' put on wings an* went up w ith;
i Ik i.twn’s ftalrttu,
i he aAuiewWf heroes just like him.
If wc could only look
. iuM<uiaiw M>'h -Kwiy’s name
? R.t down lu Ileaca'a book.
NEVKIt LOVKO mjFOJth.
Miss Aurtljta £1 listing* was five-and
twonty— maybe six ami-twenty —but
rAiU-c*
pardon a girl a Mttle anti'-ty on tbo
score of getting n mate ; and, no doubt,
Aurelia liu.l felt tint ium. lv, blit an
unfortunate peculiarity had, so far,
prevented her from Realising any
matrimonial hones she may havd enter
tained.
Tina peculiarity grew out of hor
romantic nature, and was no more not
less tlnui u iltmo .to wd with a man
who hadwi#A‘r loved anybody, and who
loved tier entirely.
Now, considering tiiat it is quite im
possible to lied a man of marriageable
sgo yho has not lov and at least Tinlf a
u girls, it.iuiuuut be n( all surprising
a bat Aurelia, at five of zix-find-twcuty,
.single.
lild, 1,1 ti,e V ■•! inn of a ■ 111 ill mill
W fnMy,“f fn* rfoiiwi of a neighbor*
slid war. much impressed with the bounty
of u pair of dark and rplnudid oyos
b. hni'cuig to a gentleman win on she
had never met before- a Mr. Dudley
flLr.r agi utkuuau of limited means,
limited brains, no me taste and an inordi
nate amount 6f vanity.
He hud .seen a good deal of what
people call “ the world." but which I
find nu ims, ih plain English, mssipatfW.
In this festive pursuit lie Imd dfelmrsedj
what little money hr bud Btartod in lifo
with, uud at tlie oge of t liroo-iind-fnrty
found himself with a dozen gray Jmirti,
plenty of <logout garments, and vul
garly speaking, 11 nary red.”
mteh'an estate, in life is not Very
JdtJiOiiVWt, -Ur. Dudley tshaw, tail it to
require some variety.
* he remsoitod, a uepart.-
fib. rei liuoTaldlitvl mid position. If I
marry, I may find a fat opening for re
aitfuiivo Uufupgin.saßluMhoiHp Hilt I
in : tb‘' ift'qnaintnnp,. D f any
■Sti ’vlinTiWVi i*, and'my case do
J <"gl yiqi ty Abe Ijrst i.ligililo maiden
who presentetli herself, with just, a little
money, and thyn—wo shall see what we
shall sre. n
It was with this coucJjndoß fpeqh and
tlrbi lyi h.is mind thnt lnl went hi Jli-h.
Bi\ulli}.y a party, uud met Aurelia Hast
ings. Hite mauenvored a little, ivu vimug
ladies of '.‘G enu luuheuver, uaid seen
canglit an opportunity for an mtroduo
tion to the pussessor of the splendid
iTO ?..• u i j*. */ k it
He, shrewd, koen rnseal that he was,
saw through her uuioouut iiUle taOties
at ones., end commenced tln renpon
fmnter-M'rteH, Very shortly, too, he
disoovon and her penehnnt for a lirst lpve.
In eouvursnUun he eml.iaverod to sliow
her that he was very favorably im-
J>resixlotitlt her, and Pho'did not coii
oea! th,tt she was—w. if, I Will any, much
interested in him.
But she observed that lie seemed a
little sad. lie rolled bis eyes, ho sighed
furtively, hiU>it Ids Mid ■evidently
Igoivi’ u ttoChPt^lWCok 4 tin*
ilc'r ms waistcoat In short, he enliltetl
lux thus-iiudUie found
ation . i a lujttgog t. tiling Mae pi'v,
(hough one ukm to it
Ah for lu'l% she seemed curthostraight
jvttil t*Hxd captivet*m. Mr. Shaw’s
Tsv'b-tie, His manner, lus whiskers, and,
, tb< ) V.*dl | . hiwWiyi*ua*i>d (liem
• iWbds Into her uilififrnlioti fn li'wonder
fully short time and to u wonderful ex
tent. #
'Pbe only thing she feared vm, Unit 1
mn.-t have indulged in the tender pas-'
sion Imfore. And, as wc have seer, she
scorned the thought of accepting a heart
that had been defaced by the imago of
li(*'!liur tlnui lie melt. • )VJ
When the partv broke up that night,
after Aurelia and Hhnw had been mo-
Uvipoluuiig <‘*oh vthor to a scandalous
ettent, the gonMemth oiT. red her his
arm, hird thin - walked together to her
home.
“ llospectabid looking house, ” thought
Afr. Bhaw, as the door closed upon Au
relia. “ lMspeaks a r<*s]>cctsblo family,
(tot a little mogey, 1 fancy, f might do
better, mnylH'/lnrt tt would l>ea blessed
1 tluuk 111 ®°
As AureUa hod invited him to call, lie
soon found oCrastiin to enter tliis “ rea
ls. ctahle-lnokmg” mansioa, and to ex
nib, t his • , ai>eret Borrow ” once more to
Aurelia, lii the best parlor.
It is odd how fond people are of show
ing tbe*r ptiv-de griefs. I knew a fel-:
lofr who captivated tliree aeparftto'girla
ly iylia.;pp.um4i;nt iu uarly life, that
Umneyer got over—so he avers. Indeed,
I have made rather a good thing mrse’f
mrt of a “ wldrtwcrhbod of the heart,’*
brfoi-o now, , ’
or J\ ll akin to low.
v An<f *Wn i* .
And fic-opie liL* iunttroni(*tit.
s*lVHerefore, )>eople tike u* get pity fpr
their pnvdko irte gviCfs.
T|u4b veil baveffii m —Uio pastlUatie,
two middle terms find the dedueU.Hi--
in short,,* ooMplot’jaylligim. Q. M I>.
, Dudley .Sima' umlersUaud all tins as
well ;is eouhl be. When he hail become
0 ’4l XV II
a little used to Av.rrtia's manner, he
knew just wlmt tod . il.- efghed more
vehemcufiy thmi “ever. He turned up
14s eyes so fhat you wufihj have'thought
he wan tiding to turn them clear over.
Eji‘-jukgd.,q deni about irne. and
filings; and, iinfiTTy, Mating lilmcelf on
tbo rafa-ar the maiden’s aide, he pfeeod
his hgud .upon Uui Mtt regien of his
ijvotoivoaf frunt fit was the fairjde-velvct
tWafeoid 'iU* dyk mid
p6kc 4a moUitlfioue • bat mournful
Itxiaa ;
v i > rime • * ■ >
“ All, Ueavon ! has,it, tlion, con yj at
instf ’ (Much M I exoliumed tho other
dfty'vi'hcrt I received a bill for threo
ihouUis’ piiuio hire.)
Aurelfa trembled a little. She was
lUrtadhlllv idroid tbstlio wss (going to
propose, to bar; iuid, Jikewise, that he
mt 'jffopOsed to aeVdraf Other young
ladies theretofore.
JVhat shotild she do?
Outhl sliO.'witlistMiil tiiat necktie ?
Those whiskers ?
That voich?
Focliiig t n ibly Cmduai and and goner^l
ly “ mulrotheredy’ as tho Hibernians
say, sho very culm and composed;
(ijuo can do that atSG if one Is a female),
and said, very airily and easily :
“ What do you rater to, Mr, Hliaw?
. lias what come V
Diulluy JjM,itut#d n inotcout, and
clenrid Hi throat wWi thfft clerical
"ahem 1” beloved of parsons. Tlieuho
turned up the whites of his eyes dread
fully, agnin T giVti Von my word that
oiilytho sclerotica was visible—oleceheil
his right hand, anil fell gruecfully upon
one kn.o before her.
Excellently well done, Dudley f
But it was a pity that lie opened his
declaration with so stereotyped and
hackneyed a form of exprMsiqiij I sup
pose, though, lliat ho had refill thin sort
of thing in tlfe “thHi Pi tig” rttylo 1 of ru :
inapeet), and thought tt quiUt an fait.
Anylu/w, when he got Oonifpi'tobly set
tled /n lus knee, lie la gan:
l<Ji Uojftil rtre .. i uSaH" ■' *•-**#
m a c voTcftn6 unifcr hhow, msmy
wenAy years have I wandered to imd fro,
lip and down the cold, hard world, seek
ing some light—some light—to—to ho
my lode-star or; tile path of existence.
But we—they—that is, I—have, not
found in all tho earth—in tho bright
galaxy that Ims shed its luster about mo
—no, 1 have not found one—not one—
whom 1 could love- -whom I could wish
to call 'mine own* forevermore—till
now.”
Ar(fh 1 <log I But that wasn’t all ho
sid.
“Tliis It is that bus prematurely
weighed pie down. I Lava feared to lin'd
, - -- _L , a
no partner to share, luy joys and sor
rows—to wander with mo on the path of
my existence—(lie said that before) —to.
Wiule when I slmhxi, find, to ifipo away
rtry tears when 1 wept.”
Hi wily! pretty occupatipli of n
wife.
“Aurelia, r love you! I’or the (irst
time in my life 1 utter those wnribi to a
woman, tor only now do tliev benr any
moaning. Will you, O angel! will you
be mini'. ?”
H emsf* from bhrlmor wfthrm I any
iinaver, for none was .ipsileijj Aurelia
had been qnito ovorptriverird by tho first
t>*ny of • l hotorie, ii*tri avlujii it canlo to
tho final rluiao, asserting that Mr.
Kliuw’s love,>vns now for tho lirst time
awakened, she gave in completely, and,
bending her fail'bend uptm his shoulder,
lino gave niiu her while haml-rit mute
but eloquent and satis I actor y reply.
Toll me, my little dears —you girls
who read this interesting tale—candidly,
Would you Ilka Wo toehbw Up all tho de
tails of your affairs of the heart., iu
print, for the delectation of over 100,000
mulers? I don’t think it. No; I know
you won’t ask uie to (ell you all that fol
lowed. Let poor Aurelia have hnlf nn
hoqr to bmijrif, Jug' Dudley her haj>-
p ill *'Oil, lUnV'hi not ask nip toahiiso the
author if prlvilegcofintrumiHr
IJMl J M tell ,yb'.i what l will do, though.
JL’h.describe, spquiUiiu*) Uud look place
WiW-m ttlder-^-fiofiiethlng'thllt Win interest
1 .speak confidently—will interusLovery
single lady who roads It—yes, and tho
married ones, too.
Now, then. One morning, not quite
two luouthn after the hud, scene related,
thera wore several carrisgew standing in
front, of the tvkpivtal >le-looking house
that find attnmtoil Dudley Slinw’s atton
: tinn the Aiijht h*fijst walked home with
1 Aurelia.
In tho little front parlor the owners of
j Micro carriages were assembled, with
seme others, Mr. i*nri Mrs. Hastings
wore tin re, comforting themselves agood
i deal. They were gn,m Lgit “genteel ”
I for tho occasion, as they didn't fancy
j tlw match in noli. Hiisio Martyn, bosom
friend and bridesmaid to Aurelia, was
J Utcer, with .her Jiixv ImrijotWnl {furry
i Farley, wlgi yaAiiad ifuyli, igid,! only
Wish nni xvhita ki'Vghiv#, beiiu*e it was
sueTi “ a Blessed hit of trouble, you dee,
to put tho confounded tilings on.”
,'ilipq iU**r Wiw tho Rea-. Jifiui Bible
! lionger, who was to officiate, looking
I very solemnly funereal, with his “other
j coat ” on, and a white neckcloth of por
i tontous site,
There wereotheis present., too, though
of less iinporlunoe. Wilheluaiua Ni Nab,
who wrpto acrostics and played the no
eorderm; Maj. Botnpon, who wore plaid
, trousers and diffused an odor of brandy
(sno of Shaw’s frienda) and othorß,
j equally interesting.
The principal actors in the affair, of
course, were Dudley and Aurelia.
They were in a most extraordinary
j of good clothes. Jt is of no
use for me to try even a siuglo dash at a
description of their costumes—l know I
■ shouldn't succeed.
To my mind, though, Susie Mnrtyn
J looked as interesting a anybody. * I
suppose Harry Farley thought so, too,
only he was too lazy to say it. Har
ry was to be groomsman, but he
1 enme very nearly forgetting all about it;
i so Susie bad to hunt him np just at tlie
1 last moment. She found blip tving on the
lounge in the sitting room, wfth Ids byes
hnlf shut nnd a cigar between Ids tooth.
Being too lazy to smoke, however, tho
cigar had gone onl
Susie pulled him violently off the
uud boxed his .uor*. there by
eh a long *io oisfar nshe* allSjOvev lii's
1 sTnrt-fr.'fiT. ibitfl his eonseiousuess n
turninl sufiieieutly to on aide him to
stiuul up with Dudley. I strongly imp—
jiect the only rewoo why Barry had not
inartjed Susie tong ago (they had been
Uiree years betrothed) was that he could
bfif nerve himself up to thq task of get
ting ready.
When all wore ready the “ happy
pair” stood up, aud, * after a long,
weaxiseine eeionway, Ui Uev. J. B. pro
nouni'ed them man :utd wife, in the usual
manner.
Annila was very happy, so she criinl.
Dudley was icry happy, too, but he did
not cfy. He hail made on urnuigemoiit
for gettiug b comfortable little la'rtli iu
the Ayrbul'ble Banking House, the only
jaravkuis <flij*-Mqn being Uis cilibgcv.
i'ltt* Dib‘ torn <k*iaxV unit*' but steady,
responsible married men. Now he w*s
one of that sort, so he felt more like
laughing than raj rag.
Why shonidu t Amelin be happy
now ? She had found what she had ao
long woilwl.for.- Her “own deer Had •
ley ’ M n‘Vor looked with love on any
woman save her—iit luost ko told liqr so.
What inerv could she desire ?
Nothing, to b* sure i and Aire. Shaw
was in a beatifidl state for some time—
say, two weeks.' Maflie she would have
continued so to-day had it not been for
one little act in the dKirua, the closing
act of our portion.
Mr. and Mrs, Hliaw sat at breakfust
together. The eggs were done ju#t
right; tho toast was deiiriorwly crisp
and brown; the steak was juicy as a
peach, and the coffee washed and strong.
In shorty OVT-tything was just as it
should l>e, ami contentment hovered
about tho festive matutinal board.
Dudley, who had been glancing ovgr
the morning paper, fresh from the City,
tossed tt actons the table to his wife.
“ Here, Anrelia, your time is not bo
short as mine--I must be early to the
hank, and yon can flnfsh'yotlb ogg when
I’m gone—read mo the news. There's a
dpor,”
Like a good, obmlicnt Wife, she took
the pafict and began to read ; lmt com
nneTieed, woman-fashion, with i
Mahmud.—On the if 111 mst., stSt Micliaej’s
Ctinrch—
“Pshaw!” uaid Dudley, smiling,
“ what’s that to mo ? Don’t read the
marriages.”
Aurelia began again 1
PsuHor)al. —lf W. W. will call at the old
poßtoflice ho Will find a note from I* C.
“ Nonsense !” laughed Dudley. “My
dear, I’m not at all iiitcresMi is tka
affairs of W. W. and L. U. ”
“Ob !” exclaimed Aurelia, here is
somethiiig interesting. Breach of prom
ise suits—ever bo many of them— a'l
- wiiat a rascal he
must have been 1 Bee bore :
“ ‘A rich local sensotiou is on the
tapis, a @uso in which and patty Ulni iins
recently been married is soon . to be
brought before the courts, presenting
three suits for breaches of promise. Tho
papers have been sorVed, lmt the ab
sence of defendant has prevented an
answer from being tiled os yet. We un*
dgrstaml the title of the suits to be en
forced ate ns follows:
“'Mart*(l. Peters agt. David Smith,
alius Daniel Hmiley, alias David Smiley.
Plaintiff alleges that defendant did prom
ise, lier marriage, etc., named divers
days, etc. . , q
“ ‘ Jane WiijsJen agt. David Htryker,
alias Dnirrel Suiiley, alias Daniel Bmitli.
Promised to marry plaintiff in Juno last.
Unfulfilled contract—want of money,
etc.
“ ‘Lucy, Bakor agt. Daniel Stryker,
alius David Smiley, alius David Shaw.’
“ Oh, ITeaven ! what does this meaii?
Oh ! Dudley! Dudley!”
And, clutching tho paper very per
, vously iu Jier hand, she fainted away.
Ah for Shaw, or whatever his name
was—hd had been growing paler and
paler over sinob ho hoard tne mime of
Mary G. Peters. How proceoilings
gould have been commenced against him,
uiul havo gono so far, without liis knowl
edge, lie could not imiigine.
He arose, dashed some fee-water in
Aurelia’s face, laid her on the sofa, and,
gomg to her parents’ house, near by,
told Mrs. Hastings that hor daughter
was unwell, and would like to see her.
Ho then started for the bank, and
was hailed by a clerk, as he reached his
desk.
“ Oh, • Shaw I hero are some .papers
that came for you two weeks ago. They
were mislaid, and I only found them
last night nfter yon 10ft..”
Tlwiy wore iegul documents ; and
Shaw knew, then, why he had not be
fore heard of the proceedings of Mary
Batons. Jane Warden and Lucy Baker
against him.
Ho pocketed tho papers, and, going to
tho cashier, drew his salary up to the
end of the month.
“ I have some note® to pay this morn
ing," said ho, “and am going out now,
but will bo back iu half uu hour.”
Ho went; and I don’t think tho bank
officers have as good an opinion of his
veracity as formerly. They havo been
waiting for liirn over since, and ho
hasn’t coiiio buck yet.
Aurelia went quietly home to live with
her parents, ana she always gives Iter
young-lndy friends one sound piece ol
advice :
“Never, girls, lie too anxious to mar
ry a man who lias never loved another
woman.
Anecdotes of Correggio.
There are several anecdotes related of
the great Correggio; one is that, when
he first saw one of Raphael's groat pic
tures, he gazed upon it a long time, and
then exclaimed, ruthnsinstically: “I
also am a painter!” au.l, I dare soy, ho
then felt himself tnoved to try if he, too,
might prodtsoe pictures which should
live ami bear Jhis muue through future
centuries.
When Titian saw Correggio’s frescoes at
.Parma, ho said; “Wero I not Titian I
should wish to lie Correggio.” Annibale
Caraoci, another great artist, said of
Correggio, more than a century after
that master’s death: “He was the only
painter!” nnd lie declared that the child
ren painted by Correggio brent he and
smile with suoli grace that one who sees
them is forced to sniilo and bo happy
with them.
At Bevillo, in Spain, thero was a largo
picture by Correggio, representing the
“Shepherds Adoring the infant. Savior,”
and during tho Peninsular War (1808 -14),
when the people of Seville sent all their
valuable things to Cadiz for greater
Riifotv, this picture was cut in two, so
that it oould be more easily moved. By
some accident the halves were separated,
and afterward were sold to different per
sons, each being promised that the cor
responding half should soon bo delivered
to him. Great trouble arose, because
both purchasers determined to keep
what they had, and each claimed that
the other part belonged to him; and as
they were both obstinate, these half
pioiures have rciuaiued apart. It is
very fortunate that each of tln ui forms a
fine picture by itself, and perhajw they
thus give pleasure to A greater number
of people than if they were united.—
Sirs. <Jtiunent it i At. Xicftohui.
Healthful ness of Fruit.
TTuit tiei'd not fx> considered a luxury
Chile apples are iu tho market; and they
piasesM nourishing ami medicinal proper
ties of no minus oilier., This u m. 4 anew
statement, but it is one that will bear
repeating. It has been said, with a good
ill 4of force, that a truth has to bo
proclaimed seven hundred times iu the
flnglieb Ifiirliaruent l>efore tbe !ent at
tention is paid to it, It is know u among
editors, as it is among advertisers, that a
similar mb* prevails with ree)y>et to what
is published m tho newspaper*. A raw.
mellow apple is onlimu-ilv dkn sted in an
horn- and n haH, while a Wiled cabbage
requuva five hours; and agmu, on au
thority, “apples, if eotqn with break
fast. omitting meals tdi- tfie tftae, have
an aiknirable effect on the Systran, re
moving imligestion, correcting the aoiili-*
ties of the Btomrch and cooling every
febrile tendenciy."
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
The Voting Widow.
i) bbe ia hut noi
Free and eay, but not bold;
Like an apple, ripe and mallow.
Not too young and not too oki:
Half invfttng, half reptrtelve,
adirncin. **ul now aiiy
* Tbpre is mlscbiei ih her dirapia,
Tberaia danger in her eya.
Sbe haf studied bnman natare;
Kbo is Bcboolcd in all ber arta J
! ‘ Rbe hM taken.her fliblmtiA
ttio iuihtn-AU* of all Loan*.
’Bb£cAn tell tbe very moment
W htn to>igbhaud when Wamlle.
Oh, a maid 1 sometimes charming,
But a widow all the while.
• Ard you Bad ? ifV.w Vdryßerloiiß
WiU her liandßonlo face become I
Are you angry ? She f wretched.
Lonely, friendieee, fearful, dumli!
Are you mirthful ? Jlow her laughter
Rilwar smHtidlng will odt I 4
tylxe can lure and catch and play you,
Ae the angler does the trout.
Ye oid bachelors of forty,
■\Vho have grown -eo bald and wlaa;
Young Americans of twenty, .
■ Witi> the lb *?yel
TuU may nractice all the lessons
Taught Dy Cnpld since the fall,
But IJaiow a littla widow - .
%Vho could win and fool you aIL
al tutor? rtf Nwcd lilff.
fbgether they vfefe fodkiilg oVcr tbe
Jiaper: “Oh,' my; how funny!” she
ftaith P Wliat is it ?” he asked. “Why
here’s an advertisement that says, ‘ No
reasonable offer refused.’ ” “ What’sso
odd about that?” “Nothing, noth
ing,” she relied, trying to blush) ‘‘only
those ore exactly my sentiments.” If
lliat youngfn.'in hadn’t tajien tho-. bint
and proposed riWht then and there sho
Uvllld BAVh liaCffd him. Mmr, {ictili.
nni. i
Row lledii Are Made lleanllfai.
A grent deal of decorative color Is now
fasliionuble tor oeu Ooveiings. Silk
covers of embroidery or of rich dam
asks are used over the entire bed. If a
white spread is preferred, it is bright
ened by a. scarlet drapery of rich, dark
brocade, that is thrown cirelessiy across
the foot of. the bed. The Japanese em
broidered quilts, and those done with
gilt threads in tapestry design?, are es
pecially handsome. Antique laces com
bined with white muslin are used over
colored silk linings for; bed-spreads,
with pillow-spreads to match. A border
of red plnsli, upon which the lace edge
falls, is a pretty finish ; when not lined,
those laco spreads are used over down
comfortables that are covered with rose
blue or red silk.— JJtoaton Advent htr.
Cleared Tbe Way.
Gentleman meets a friend and takes
him homo to dinner. Arrived at the
house ho leaves h.m in the sitting-room,
to announce the fact to his wife. The
friend, hearing directly a clamor of
tongues in the adjoining room, decorates
the key-hole with his oar.
Hoarse voice—“ Ssh ! ’’
phri.ll voice—“ Always the way
bringing jiooplo home without.a min
ute’s warning 1 Him, too ! Wily ilon’t
you leave him to batten on his usual
free-lunch route ? ”
. Bin-ill voice—>“ I won’t ssh J ”
Hoarse voice—“l tpllyou you will. Oh,
if he wasn’t in the room outside, would
n’t I just give you—”
The friend, shouting through the key
hole—“ 1 ain’t hero any onger ; give, it
to her.” [Exit, slamming the door.]
ItoNe-Ifiid IJirlM.
“ To be a freak and aa yet uugathered
roso-bnd is for a girl to be, if she will, a
power for good—-a sweetness and a de
light. lint
WhiGo 10Befyi#ni sodKda
A|d lilitofXrra^WuL..',
HJiaii a wunmn exalUMr face
Because it give.s amSyUt?
Tho brightest bloom is but brie!, and
the girl is wise who ttses her girlhood as
tho period in which sho may learn to be
a woman. Give me the rose that ha* no
thorns, who never.iu known to judge
harshly or speak ungenerously, and
who uses tho power of her beauty for
blessing and not for bane. She it is
who need fear n'o autumn since age can
not wither or custom stale the variety of
her oharm. There is no safeguard so
potent, as purity. Before Una the lion
crouched; nnd the girl whoso heart is
pure need fokr no 160 and no rudeness.
I lam in no haste to see a jflri liko tliia
enter the gate of matrimony, no matter
ho\v great the store of glory. The un
matched sweetness of girlhood can
never again be there. Let her Juno be
long,”
Where Women Vote.
“ Women don’t want to hold office,”
said Gv. Joint W. Hoyt, of Wyom
ing Territory, in a lecture on woman
suffrage; “ tliev do not care for public
life. During all my experience in Wy
oming Territory, where women are citi
zens, sad hold the same civil rights as
men, I have not heard of one woman
who desired active public life. A man
may think one way and his wife another
way, and yet they"can get along harmo
niously. The present Wyomiug dele
gate in Congress is the strongest kind of
a Democrat, and Ins wife is ono of the
liveliest Republicans I ever saw. In
many instances within my own observa
tion the husband and the wife hold dif
ferent political views.
“ It is interesting to knowhow woman
snffrige was obtained in Wyoming,”
eoutiuued Gov. Hbyt, “A* Baloou
keeper one day said to his wife: ‘Betty,
it. is a shame that I should be a member*
of tlie Legislature and make laws for
you..when you are so muoh better than
I.’ Of course Betty agreed with him.
When this man went to work at his bill
for woman suffrage people (smiled nnd
the members of the Legislature smilinl.
But he was a shrewd man. He went to
the Democratic members and said:
‘Here, you may as well vote for this, bo
ennsc, even if it does pass, which is
doubtful, the Republican Governor will
veto it, and you can thus show your lib
erality.’ He told tho Republican mem
bers Mint tbe bill wouldn’t pass and that
they had better put themselves on the
good Side of the record, any wav. The
result astoomht'd everybody. The bill
passed by ft great majority, and the Gov
ernor, John A. Campbell, signed it.
Till? next Legislature tried to repeal the
hill, but couldn't. Ten see, the women
VQtod the wrong ticket,"
Women lawyer*.
Miss Leila Josephine Kobinson, a
graduate of the Boston University Law
School, made a strong plea before the
Legislative committee in favor of the
admission of women to the bar in that
State. She claimed that in fifteen States
and Territories women are already nn
thrtized to practice in the courts.' In
dosing she used this language :
It is not reasonable that I should
throw snide my mental endowments and
devote myself to some handicraft. It
is too ijlogicnl and severe a doctrine, and
I cannot accept it. That men lawyers
are jealous or afmid to compete with
women is too absurd an idea to consider,
that women would trodnly influence ju
ries by smiles and tears is almost as un
tenable a potion. If it be feared that
incompetent wtSiiion will ns admitted in
son: 8 p.rt of the State, lot the bill be
restricted so that women may be admit
ted only tipon passing an examinatiou
equivalent to that, required for admission
to the Suffolk bat. The strictest regu
lations should Be made in regard to the
admission of men or women as attor
neys in all parts of the oommonwealth.
I haye been doing an office business for
five months, and my success has been
such that I am encouraged to continue,
but it certainly would improve my posi
tion very much could I gain admission
to the bar ; for then many people would
feed that they might tints! Business to
my hands who now hesitate to do eo. I
make no appeal on my own account, as
Ido not believe in personal legislation.
It seems to me right ana prSpeJ' that
women Wlio wish, and can properly pre
pare themselves, should be allowed to
choose tho law as a vocation, and that
persons who wish to employ a woman t<?
do their legal bttsltlesS shotild he ena
bled to engage one who is an authorised
attorney-at-law. .'. ,
HMinsr Habits.
The latest fashions in riding habits
require that they shall bo fitted by a
tailor, though a clever woman may do
the work herself by attending eldsely to
this description of the piiClllidr eUt i On
the left side, in front, is a goro taken
across to make room for the knee. This
gore is not straight across, but forms a
curve, making a kind of jacket for tho
knee to fit Iff. The side breadth ia like
that of an ordinary skirt, but the barfs
one is peculiar in many respects. First,
thero is a small goto on the upper part,
which terminates and commences fcgain
cm the middle of the skirt. These gores
have the same ob.ioot, as the one over
the knee—that is, to fornl a apace for
the skirt to set up properly without add
ing to its ftiiltieSs. <lti!ef wise -the. wearer
might be boosted out of the saddle, Cji
the principle of the boy whoso trousers
were made with no fulJuesa in the seat,
and thero’ore pushed lijm off the door
steps etefy time lie bent to get down
decorously. Fashion dictates that the'
habit must fit snugly from neck to toes,
and ,be made from heavy clotb. This
necessitates the easement which I have
described!
Tho skirt is perfectly tight around the
waist and mounted on a piece of silk gal-'
loon. On the right side, between tiid
front and back width, it opens, and is
'fastened by buttons rhd irtitthnholes,
and on the inside ofthisopon part Is til j
pocket. In front is a band of elastic,
for the (foot to pass through, like a stir
rup, to keep fire skirt down. Were it
not for this the dress would plush up
in riding. Still that would be no great
disaster, for underneath are trousers,
half leather and half cloth. They are
closed and buttoned on each side of the
hips, something like tho dlcl-fashioned,
iiap-frooted breeches of our granddad
dies. The upper part in buekskin, and
the legs are cloth, like the dress. The
waist has two gores in front and a small
side piece. The style is to boas flat-breast
ed as possible when on horseback. The
side piceo in the back is Very narrow,
The back lias no seam down the center,
and forms a small basque, with the side
piece falling over it and fastened on the
inside of the pleat. The side pieces of
the back itself are thus joined by being
placed one over the other. Tho buttons
should be Very stnall and round. The
tight sleeves button over at the wrist..
On the lower .part of the waist behind
three tongues with buttonholes, fastened
to buttons placed a little below the belt
of the skirt. The same arrangement is
on the seam under the arm. By this
means tho waist remains in the same
place, no matter what movement there
may bo in riding. Many women use
fancy styles for riding habits, but such
( things do not lost and the plain dress is
always elegant. Skirts have no more
idrig trains, as they formerly ha 1. For
a moderately tall figure the long side of
the skirt ia about a yard and a half,
while tbe short one is rather more than
a yard.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
Why He btrtyed Seven Days.
Years ago, at Cape May, I met ii very
good, though a very foppish fellow who
offered me a share of hi* room, tlie hotel
being crowdqd. “If you were to stop
ui)til after to-morrow, he said, “yon
oould have the room all to yourself, for
lam off for Newport.” He had pre
viously tolil me-that he had been thero
but a week. He had pleiit.y of money,
seemed to be enjoying himself, anil was
a general favorite. So this rapid flight
-father'surprised toe. “'’frfiy tflis hur
ry?” X asked ; “ you look as if you had
notbiug to do but have a pleasant time,
as if you could afford to gratify your
every whim ; why do you rush away? ”
“ My dear fellow,” he answered, “I never
stay anywhere more than a wetk. I
have just seven suits of clothes, not
counting my dress suit, and a rig-out for
boating, fishing and that sort of thing.
I never wear the same suit twice at any
one plaoe, and po you see I have reached
tho end of my tether hero. I could
buy more, of course, yet while dress is
just as important to a man of fashion as
it is to a woman of fashion, he cannot
go about with a cartload of trunks like
a woman. I never go to the length of
changing toy dress two or three times a
day, as some chaps do. That’s nonsense,
but I do havo a fresh get-up for every
morning, which lasts very well until din
ner, then always, of course, the full
dress. My plan has other advantages.
You say I am a favorite with the young
ladies. I am, and I propose to remain
so if I can, so I never let them weary of
me. They are always glad to see me,
and I have sqpoir fairc sufficent not to
let them get tired of mo inside of a
week. Then I away to charm and be
charmed by others.” This I beg tho
reader will not consider a fairy tale. It
was an actual occurrence,— Prog, ess.
A Tear for the Humorist.
Come weep with us, dear reader, over
the grave of American humor. It is
gone. Tt is busted and dead, like a
cockroach flattened in the fntnily Bible.
Gather about us, weeping friends, while
we drive the cold cruel screw into the
eoffiu lid of busted American mirth.
Pour into the open grave your scalding
weep. America hasn’t a humorist to
day that she can lay her jaws uo. No
oue can regret this any more than we
do, not because it hurts our trade any, 1
for it does not. If we had a man on
this paper who claimed to be a humorist,
we would squat him into a heterogeneous
mass and use him for a paper weight.
But we have two or three journalistic
friends who had fooled us into the delu
sion that they were inclined to be face
tious, aud without thinking a't *out it
much wo have laughed a good deal over
their printed remarks. It will go hard
with Rtich men to be laid aside that way
and stcxxl up behind the door like an old
umbrella. They will bo out of* job and
hard up for awhile until they can get
some wood to saw Such men as Mark
Twain aud Josh Hillings are' left ill thek
old age with only ab'tti apieca,
and reek and Sweet and those men to
g ether with the AVer Pres s mau
aud Bob Burdette and Eugene Field,
will probably have to traiqp it over
the country? All these men are
making money bund over fist, and they
are making it out, of four or five million
people who haven't the necessary- men- ‘
tal acmuen to drop to the never-dying
trutii that they are being bamboozled
by a half dozen men who don’t know a
joke from a blue pill.—-ff7/.Vye.
What earner” Is.
A stock comer is thus explnmed by
the New York Evening Post. The
“bear ” element in tbe market consists
of all those who think that the prices of
securities are higher than they ought to
be, higher than they can permanently)
remain. In order to take advantage of
the unwarranted “inflation of values,
as they Understand it, they , borrow
stocks and sell them at the h’Kb priOCB
prevailing, expecting to be able t# buy
them in at a lower price before it be
comes necessary to return the borrowed
securities. For instance, A borrows from
I!, 1,000 shares of Hannibal and Bt.
Joaeph. which is selling at GO. A pays
Bft 60 ,000. cash and agrees to return the
stock on demaiid, when, of course, the
money will be refunded to him. It is
for B’s interest .to land the stock,because
he gets the interestonthes6o,oo0 during
the interval, or at all events, more in
terest than he would otherwise have to
iay for the use of the money. Under
ordinary conditions, B, the lender of the
stock, will pay A, the borrower, some
thing fof the use of the money, but if
the particular stock wanted by the
bears is scarce it will be lent “flat;
that is the borrower will receive nothing
for tbe use of the money while the loan
continues. In extreme cases the lender
may eve,ll get a commission for the uso
of the stock in addition to the interest
On tbe money which fit represents, If
the market fluctuates while the loan
continues, the borrower gud lender set
tle with each other at the ciose of each
day, so that the amount of money aholl
at all tirne.l be exactly equivalent to the
value of tbe stock.
When the heart, at any portion of
them, have discerned a weak spot in the
market, that is, a security selling for
more than it Is worth in tlieir opinion—
they borrow and sell liberally. Their
gelling has the Same effect in putting
down the price as thotfgb the stock
were absolutely their own, and their ex
pectation is that other holders observing
the decline in price will become alarmed
4nfl sell also, thus putting down the
price still more and frightening still
other holders. Th.?y intend, of coarse,
to buy enough at' tho loWef scale of
quotations to deliver back what they
have borrowed,, pocketing the difference.
It sometimes, though rarely, happens
a few persons, discovering what the
beitrs are shout, and believing that they
(the bears) are Strong enough to stafid a
heavy loss without Breaking, quietly
buy Up all Of A particular Stack that
exists.* In oruei that the price may not
be forced up while they tliemselteß are
buying, they lend stock to the beat’s,
and thus encourage the latter to sell.
When they have secured all, or nearly
all, of the particular StOdfc that exists,
| they call in tlieir loans. Tho beats are
i then compelled to buy, and since no
I stock, or very little, is fpr sale, the price
i call be forced up to any figHre at which
i the coruering party choose to put it.
, That is what once happened in Hapni
; bal and St Joseph. Tbe “shorts ” must
I come up and settle on snch terms as may
: be dictated to them. The last resort is
j to leave the cornering party saddled with
the whole isstte of the stock in question.
Whether they may make or lose by the
operation, will depend upon Whether
they can extort from the bears more
: than enough to compensate them for the
loss they may incur in re-selling the
s.topk to the general public. Most oom
ihtont* the cornering party, as well as
i Mm : cornered, lose money—which has
. been gained meanwhile by the, multi
tude, Who have taken advantage of the
I : high price* to sell ont.
In a Tight Place.
A young Fond da>Lac lawyer was out
calling bn a lndv, when a young man
and another yon fig lady called, and the
young lawyer thought it would be cun
ning to get down behind the lounge and
not let them know he was there, and
surprise them by bobbing up serenely
from below when the time came. They
came iu and the first thing they asked
was for the young lawyer, who had told
the young man he would be there that
evening. Then they began to talk
about him, discussed the size of his
feet, which they claimed were large, and
the size of nivhead, which they asserted
was child’s size. He perspired and they
talked about his mashing qualities, how
he mashed, a girl that worked in a laun
dry, and the opinion was expressed that
he was a regular flirt. Then they talked
about his family, and he tried to stuff
his ears. Just then a little terrier be
longing to the girl’s brother came in the
room, and somebody said “ rats,” and
told the dog to hunt for them, and the
dog went under the lounge and began to
growl and shake something, and there
was a sound of revelry by night. The
other young man and two girls rushed
out of the room, and the lawyer got up
on his feet, pulling the dog up near his
suspenders by the teeth, and the dog
shook, and the young man yelled, and.
presently the girl’s father came in and
seeing the dog trying to bold what he
supposed was a burglar, he took an old
hair cloth covered chair and was going
to brain tlie burglar, when the young
man told who he was, and the father
unlocked tho dog’s teeth, after he had
remembered the combination, and the
young lawyer took himself in his hand
and wont away. He won’t speak to the
young people now, and it is said he will
sue the owner of the dog for arron or
a/pace, or some Latin phrase. The
worst thing in the world is to be attacked
by conversation or a dog, when you are
not looking. —Peck’s Snn.
Canada and the Queen.
1 remember a curious incident that
happened iu Canada in Connection with
the British national anthem. In one of
my lectures I describe the pathetic
abandonment of state ceremony at San.
dringliam, while the Prince of Wales
lay sick there, of what threatened so
formidably to lie a fatal illness. The
audience listened spellbound. I uttered
the sentence “The Queen strolled up
and down in front of the house, unat
tended, in the brief interval she allowed
herself from the sick-room.” Suddenly
came an interneption. A tall, gaunt
figure iu the crowd uprose, And pointing
at mo a long finger on the cud of a long
arm, uttered the word “Atop.’” Then,
facing the audience, he exclaimed :
“ Ladies and gentlemen ! This loyal
audience will now sing ‘ God save the
Queen ! ’ ” The audience promptly stood
np and obeyed with genuine fervor, I
meanwhile patiently waiting the finale
of the interlude. When it had finished
I proceeded witkjny narrative, and as a
com rust to the suffering of Sandringham,
ilepiptod the happy pageant ia St Pawl’s
Gath-dial on the thanksgiving day for
the Prince's recovery. It is the custom
iu Canada to propose a vote of thanks to
the lecturer, and the chairman arose and
uttered the usual formula. Again the
tail, gaunt figure was on it* legs.
“ Ladies and gentlemen,” said he, “I
ri*i> to prepofle an amendment to the
motion. 1 move that the lecturer be
rsqu jited. to repeat that portion of the
lecture referring to our gracious sover
eign.” And repeat it I iid. —Archibald
J'vtbe* in the Cetitury.
GEMS fll THOUGHT.
**} **— ■*.
Lucre is the dream of a simpleton.
TnuE nobiUty is exempt from fear.
"Virtue is the politeness of the soul.
Hwtory is philosophy teaching hr
example* k *#!A RWO i
Good osfiee ia the .foandation of all
good things.
to iat proud of laaadng ia the great
•at ignorance.
Conversation ia the vent of character
as well as thought.
Thebe is no pest so long as books
shall live l*—liulwer.
MisroßTUNsas are in morals what bit
ters are in medicines.
Ie the memory of an injury ia cher
ished it is not forgiven.
One trouble sometimes makes ns far
get a thousand mercies.
Letters wliich are warmly sealed are
often but coldly opened.
. The more virtuous a man is the more
virtue does he see in others.
What the child'admired, the youth
endeavored and the man-acquired.
Hard workers are usually honest. lu
dustry lifts them above temptation.
Beooixect. that trifles make perfec
tion, and that perfection is no trifle.
Liberty ia no negation. It is a sub
stantive, tangible reality. — Garfield.
It is often the case that men, for the
sake of getting a living, forget to live.
Cold natures have only recollections;
tender natures have no remembrances.
if we b honrtst with ourselves.
We shall be honest With each ottier u
*— MacDonald.
The virtue of prosperity is temper
ance ; the virtue of adversity is forti
tude.
Blest is he whose heart is the home
of the great dead, and their great
thoughts.
The power to do great things gener
ally arises from the willingness to do
small things. * '
You can not dream yourself into a
ch aracter; you must hammer and forge
yourself one,
He who obeyswith -modeaty appears
worthy of some day or other being al
lowed to command.
Thebe is many a man whose tongue
might govern multitudes, if he could
only govern his tongue.
• Elegance of language may not be the
power of every one, but simplicity and
straightforwardness are.
By example wo become teachers. ’Tis
not what we wear on our backs, but
what we wear m our brains.
Knowledge dwells in heads replete
with thoughts of other men; wisdom, iu
minds attentive to their own.
TfIEUR is not so contemptible a plant
or animal that does not confound the
most enlarged understanding, t
A man who habitually makes mean re
marks about the other sex is a safe man
to habitually keep away from.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
capable of doing, while others judge ns
by what w© have already done.
Each man is a hero and an oracle to
somebody, and to that person, whatever
he says, has an enhanced value.
Own of the mistakes in the conduct of
human life is to suppose that other
men’s opinions are to make us happy.
Fob to cast away a virtuous friend I
call as bad as to cast away one own’s
life, which one love’s best.— Sophocles.
Treason doth never prosper; what's the ryasou?
Why, tf it prosper, none dare call it treason.
—Harrington.
UTrtte politeness is perfect ease and
freedom. It simply consists in treating
others just as you love to be treated
yourself.
Happy then is he who has laid up in
youth, and held fast in all fortune, a
genuine and passionate love for reading.
—Hiifua Choate.
Berthold Auerbach, the Hebrew Nov
elist
Berthold Auerbaoh was the best
known to English and American read
ers of all the contemporary German nov
elists, and in many ways he was tbe
foremost of them all. He was a He
brew and a disciple of Spinoza, who
was the subject of his first novel, pub
lished when he was twenty-five, and
whose works he translated, and the
abundance of philosophical reflection is
at once the strength and the weakness
of his most important works. “On the
Heights,’’ for example, is laden with
its philosophy, but it was mainly its
philosophy that gave its importance in
Germany. This philosophic tendency
is never altogether absent, but it is
wholly subdued to the poetic feeling
and artistic refinement in his shorter
stories, as notably the “Black Forest
Village Stories” that really laid the
foundation of his literary fame. Auer
bach was born in the Black Forest, at
Nordstetten, in 1812, and liis descrip
tions of village life are among the most
tender and sympathetic and at the same
time most firmly polished works of their
class that have been produced in our
day in any branch of German art.
These, as well as some of his later tales
of the same character, have been trans
lated, and the American reader is also
familiar with “Little Barefoot,” “Edel
weiss” and the “Villa on the Rhine.”
His political writings, and especially
the popular almanac, “Deutcher Volks
Kaleuda.r,” which he has published at
Berlin for the past twenty years or
: more, were for home consumption only,
and his dramas have been scarcely suc
cessful even in Germany, but as a poet
ical genre painter he ranked among the
foremost artists of the day, and his
tales have been translated into every
European language. He never lost his
feeling for his own race, and it is said
that his death was hastened by his grief
at the “ Judenhetz.” —Philadelphia
Times.
Jim Webstkb and Gabe Snodgrass
met on Galveston avenue. Jim was
dressed in the height of the style, and
upon cross-examination explained that
he had just been attending his brother’s
wedding, f 1 Who did he marry f” asked
Gabe. “ A ’ooman,” responded Jim.
“ Well, I reckon I knowed dat ar, as a
matter of course." “ Dar ain’t no mat
ter of course about it in our family,” re
plied Jim, “ for when my sister Matildy
got married I hope I may be shot if she
didn't marry a man. Hit’s • fact, and
Til swear to it.” —Galveston News.
Ah old toper complained to a doctor
that the ardent failed to exhilarate his
spirits. The doctor, knowing tho inor
dinate nature of his appetite, told him
he had better try aqua fbrtis. A short
time afterward he was surprised by an
other visit from the individual, who told
him that the aqua fortis did very well at
first, but it was not strong enough. "I
say, doctor,” said he, “don’t yon think
a little aqna fifties would about fix it f"
Thor*au: “I worn Id rather ait on a
pumpkin and have it all to myself, than
to be crowded on a velvet cushion.