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VOL. II.
Jim.
“.Jim has a future front of him”—
That’s what they used to say of Jim,
For when young Jim was only ten
He mingled with the wisest men,
With wisest men he used to mix,
And talk of law and politics;
And everybody said of Jim,
“lie has a future front of him.”
When Jim was twenty years of age,
All costumed ready for life's stage,
He bad a perfect man’s physique,
And kuew philosophy and Greek
He’d delved In every misty tome
Of old Arabia and Home,
And everybody said of Jim,
“Be has a future front of him.”
When Jim was thirty years of age
He'd made a world-wide pilgrimage,
He’d walked and studied ’neath the trees
Of German universities,
And visited and poudered on
The sites of Thebes and Babylon;
And everybody said of Jim,
“He has a future front of him.”
The heir to all earth’s heritage
Was Jim at forty years of age,
The love of ab the years was shut,
And focused in bis occiput;
And people thought, so much he knew,
“What wondrous things our Jim will do 1”
They more than ever said of Jim,
“He has a future fiont of him.”
At fifty years, though Jim was changed,
He had his knowledge well arranged.
All tabulated, systemized,
And adequately synthesized.
His head was so well filled within
He thought: “I’m ready to begin,’
And everybody said of Jim,
“He has a future front of him.”
At sixty—No more may be said—
At sixty years poor Jim was dead.
The preacher said that such as he
Would shine to all eternity;
In oilier worlds beyond the blue,
There was great work for Jim to do;
And o’er his bier lie said of Jim,
“He has a future front of him.”
The great deeds we arc going to do
Sli ne ’gainst the vastness of the blue,
Like sunset clouds of lurid light
Against tbe background of the night;
And so we climb the endless slope.
Far up the crownless heights of hope,
And each one makes himself a Jim,
And rears a future front of him.
AGATHA’S SACRIFICE.
Agatha, hovering over tbc conser¬
vatory treasures, flitting from shrub
to shrub, from flower to flower, ut
tered a cry of delight, and darted
through the gap left in a hedge of cac.
tns by tho removal of a box. This
was forbidden ground, but Agatha
never stopped to think of that.
Before lier, fenced in by a screen
of fine wire, was a vining plant,
which, left unprotected, had twined
and intertwined its tendrils until it
stood an impenetrable mass of foliage;
covered now with budding clusters, a
few of which towards the top had
burst into early bloom. Glowing,
cup-like blossoms grouped on slender,
waving stems, and seeming to spill
down streams of fragrance from their
rosy hearts. Agatha held her breath
and clasped lier hands in silent ecs¬
tasy.
Philip Armstrong, coining slowly
down the bordered path, caught a
eight, of her through a break in the
cactus hedge, and cried out in quick
horror. He sprang forward, his face
blanched deadly wiiite, as hers was
now. He caught her up, and bore her
out where the marble basin of a foun¬
tain caught tbe falling spray, and
trickled over in tiny ice-cold streams.
She was lying in bis arms, still and
senseless, lie dashed the water in
her face, and set about chafing her
hands in a manner which would have
appeared cruelly rough but for tlie in¬
tense anxiety liis face betrayed. Ilcgave
a sigh of relief when she opened her
eye's languidly, and then, after a mo¬
ment, sat up, brushing the moisture
from her eyes.
“What is the matter?” she asked.
“Did I faint? I never was so silly be¬
fore.”
“For heaven’s sake, never let your¬
self be caug.it so again.”
Thc danger past, his usual brusque
eccentricity returned.
“Do you know "what you were
doing?”
“No—-what?”
“Taking an express ticket to immor¬
tality, by the shortest and easiest
route.”
“What do yon mean? Where was I?
Oh, I remember now—the beautiful
blossoms. It is a shame to keep them
there entirely from view. J’m sure it
must be your work. Mrs. Redbrooke
s not so selfish.”
“Not so daring. The plant, Agatha,
is the deadliest poison. A drop of the
secretion from its succulent leaves, or
the direct inhalation of its perfume,
will alike produce almost instant
death. You owe your own safety to
your distance from thc open blos¬
soms.”
She shuddered visibly.
“And it is so lovely! Is there noth¬
ing beautiful that does not carry
fatality with it, I wonder?”
She regretted her thoughtless speech
when she saw the shade settle down
upon his face.
“There is no sijcli tiling as perfee-
ENTERPRISE.
lion, you know; so that which seems to
approach it nearest must conceal tho
greatest defect, to vindicate the rule.
It was careless of my sister Alice not to
warn you from that corner.”
“Oh, Mrs. Redbrooko did, but 1
forgot when 1 saw tho blossoms. 1
shall not make excuses, for 1 mean to
explore it any way. An interdiction
without the reason given is apt to
arouse my natural Eve!”
That was tho beginning of their
friendship. Before, Philip Armstrong
had held himself aloof from all com¬
panionship— was gradually becoming
enveloped in a crust of misanthrophy
and prejudice, which might tarnish,
but could not corrode, the liappy nat¬
ural faculties he possessed. Beguiled
from his brusque eccentricity of man¬
ner and solitary habits, he proved an
agreeable as well as an instructive
companion. Ilis was the old story of
early love and betrayed faith; and be.
cause one woman bad played him false
he decided that there were none true.
Agatha, strong in her belief of hu¬
man goodness, imposed upon herself
the task of showing him his error.
An easy lesson to acknowledge when
inculcated by such a teacher; but
Philip was not prepared to yield up
his stronghold of years without a show
of resistance.
During his years of seclusion, Phil¬
ip had imbibed a love of chemistry,
and fitted up a little room with neces¬
sary apparatus for experimental re
searches. Passing this that same
afternoon, Agatha saw him, witli a
half-mask drawn over his face, busied
over his phials; and site paused by the
door, which was slightly ajar.
“May I cotne in?” she asked.
He turned, motioning her back.
“No, not now. 1 am endeavoring
to discover an antidote for poison-
bloom, and am dealing with chemi¬
cals scarcely less deadly. If I risk
the lives of others by keeping such a
dangerous pet, it is but fair that I
should jeopardize my own to insure
their security.”
“Is not your life precious?” she
asked, reproachfully.
“Stinted and barren, how can it
be? However, I have led you to over¬
estimate tho danger. Only inexpe¬
rienced bands would create it here.”
“Bearding the lion in his den?”
cried Mrs. Kedbrooke, coming down
the passage. “Agatha, I wonder at
your temerity. Is lie very formida¬
ble?”
Laughing, she looked over Agatha’s
shoulder in her brother’s laboratory.
“Go away, both of you,” cried
Philip. “I shall be tempted to pro¬
voke an explosion, if the labors of
science are to be thus interrupted.
Alice, take charge of that young lady,
if you don’t want the house demolished
about your ears.”
“Come, then, my dear, Mi - . Mai¬
lard is in the parlor; lie will appre¬
ciate you.”
“Oil, dear!” sighed Agatha, mov¬
ing away. “That beard less boy 1”
Philip, hearing lier, stroked his own
luxuriant hirsute growth with proud
fondness, and, smiling, resumed his
task. He went down, hours later,
wearied and disappointed.
“The antidote,” asked Agatha, “did
you discover it?”
“No; but I am sanguine still. Sim¬
ple failure does not necessarily imply
defeat.”
Still the object of bis search eluded
him; but repeated failures only served
to increase his resolution. Early and
late, Agatha knew him to be in his
laboratory, working with scarcely
diminished zeal. Then, one day came
when lier little room did not witness
his presence; neither did lie appear
within the family circle. Agatha
wandered restlessly about until Mrs.
Kedbrooke came, and changed her
vague uneasiness into a settled, dull
pain, which weighed heavily down
upon her.
“Oli, Agatha, my sweet friend,’
the lady began, “it is coming out like
a romance—plots, misunderstandings
and the usual liappy finale. I told
you of Phil’s early disappointment,
you remember. We all thought Flora
Macy treated him very badly; but it
appears that the poor girl was itn-
posed upon by some ridiculous stories
to Ids discredit, and was persuaded by
false representa ions into her 111 ."tr¬
riage with lier cousin. It was her
father's doing, to keep the Macy es¬
tate unbroken. But she is a widow
now , and lias written to Phil, explain-
ing it all. Poor girl! To think of
our blaming her so, when she hr.s
really suffered most.”
“He has gone to her?” Agatha
asked, constrainedly.
“No. He is quite overcome by the
news, and has locked himself in his
bed-chamber. But I have planned a
surprise for him. I am going for
Flora without liis knowledge. You
shall accompany me if )'0tt wish, my
! dear.”
GA.,FRIDAY, JANUARY'1C. 1891.
Agatha pleaded an excuse and went
away; while Mrs. Kedbrooke, never
knowing the mischief she had uncon¬
sciously wrought, proceeded on her
well intended mission.
Philip, coming down in tho dusk,
paused at the door of the yet unlighted
parlor.
“Agatha, are you there? 1 have
found my antidole at last."
A figure that was not Agatha’s float¬
ed out of the dimmer shadows of the
room, liis hand was imprisoned in the
clinging clasp of soft, white fingers,
his pardon implored by a voice broken
with tearful sobbing.
“Oh, Phil, Phil! Can you forgive
and forget. I have suffered so for my
hasty judgment of you! If you knew
all, you would bear ntc no ill-will—1
explained my mistakes and my wrong¬
doing in such bitter remorse.”
“Flora, is it you? Don’t reproach
yourself for what is irrevocably past.
I forgave you when I thought you
were more in fault than I now know
you to have been.”
That was all; and Flora Macy felt
the chill of disappointment—knew
that the old relation between them
could never be re-established.
But Agatha, on the stairs, seeing
their figures dimly outlined there to-
gether in the waning light, broke out
with a dry sob, and fled away from
the sight which was torture to her.
He caught the sound of her speed-
ing steps and followed after her, fear¬
ing lie knew not what. But lie lost
her on the way, and, seeking vainly
for a time, turned at length towards
the conservatory. The last rays of the
fading western light fell upon the
wide central aisle. Coming towards
him, her face alight with glori us
tenderness, her arms filled with clus¬
ters of the beautiful deadly flowers,
was Agatha. She saw him standing
there, struck motionless with horror,
and spoke quietly, but with breath-
Jess intensity.
“Ah, my love! It is fitting you
should know my sacrifice. I could
not live and sec another woman
blessed by your dear love, which 1
coveted. But I can die—oh, so gladly!
—wishing you all happiness with her!
See!”
She buried lier faso among the fra-
grant blossoms. That broke the spell
which held him. He tore them away
from her, flung them back into a fat
corner, and rushed away to hislabora-
tory. The antidote was there to his
hand; and, desp 5 p n, Agatha
was saved. She S r know it,
though, or realize the assurance ol
perfect happiness to which she awoke
at last, until she had passed days oi
torpor succeeded by weeks of fever,
after which came complete convales-
cenre.
When she could move about again,
at her request, Philip took lier to the
spot where the dangerous plant had
been. lt was gone, and sweet-scent-
ed mignonette grew there instead.
“1 could not trust it, even with my
antidote,” he declared. “But here
you have all the fragrance without
the banc.”
Agatha was contented, though site
knew it would never have tempted
her again.
Sea Weed as a Fertilizer.
In some places the sea restores some
of its spoils in the form of seaweed
and fishes, which are gathered on the
coast farms and used for manure.
These contain chiefly nitrogen and
phosphoric acid, but are deficient in
lime and potash; and experience has
shown that, while tlieso substances
give liberal returns for a time, tbe
soil gradually becomes reduced in fer¬
tility and unable to yield profitable
crops. It is thus with all special fer-
tilizers, the effect of which is to ex-
haust the land of those elements that
are not provided. The remedy is a
simple otic. Wood ashes, which eon-
tain potash and lime, would balance
*ho other elements and supply all the
needs of the soil.
It is true that the seaweed contains
a large proportion of soda, but this
will not afford a substitute for potash.
By composting the weed and the fish,
or the fish waste from the oil factories,
with wood ashes, or even with lime,
and plaster, the manure would be
made complete, and the exhaustion of
the soil would bo avoided. Where sea¬
weed is abundant there is no doubt
that it might be gathered and dried
and baled for easy transp ortation, and
carried hundreds of miles with profit
for its use as manure, and when dried
it is an excellent absorbent and has a
valuable antiseptic and deodorizing ef¬ .
fect in stables.—[New York Times.
Sorry for Him.
“Do you shave yourself?” asked
Moodies of the barber.
“Yes, sir,” returned flic barber.
“Well, you have my sympathy,”
skid MoimV-ce.
LAKE D,WELLERS. I
Large Villages and Towns Built
in the Water.
The Inhabitants Keep Cattle in
Pens Beside Their Houses.
Much attention was recently called
to the region around Kotonou, on tho
Gulf of Guinea, hear which place sev¬
eral hundred of the women warriors
of tho King of* Dahomey were killed
in battle bv the French troops, One
of the most interesting features of this
region is the large native villages and
towns that havo been built in tho
water. Tho inhabitants many years
ago took this means of trying to escape
from tho terrible raids of the King of
Dahomey. Many hundreds of people
were actually driven by the powerful
King into the wafer.. It happens that
tho Dahomians f very superstitious
aro
about travelling - in'canocs or crossing
streams, and'lTfe fugitives took advant-
b p° themselves. °f *- b ' s ^*ct to secure protection
for
On any good map one may see tho
“Denham water*’ near Kotonou. This
is the home of tlieso lako dwellers
Hie towns havo each a population of
from 200 or 800 souls to as many ns
thousands. Physically the people are
fine and healthy specimens of Afri¬
cans tunics a rule they are free from
disease. Governor Moloney of I.agos
says the houses nr* bSilt upon piles or
straight branches haul wood three
to six inches in diameter. They arc
driven into the bottom of the lako.
The upper ends are secured by cross
pieces, on which'are- laid a bamboo
flooring, two-thirds or one-half of
which is covered in by a house. The
uprights of the house nro fixed first
and secured below the platform to tho
supporting pi.as. The roof frame is
next made on the platform, and is
covered with grass of!b’amboo loaves,
and raised to its position. J he re-
«»**“*ng portion of flooring is used as
a vcramla. In the construction no
nails are used.
These natives are fishermen and also
a pastoral people. It is a curious fact
^lmt ^ 1C J’ keep cattle in pens adjoining
their houses built on piles over the
water like tlidir dwellings. Sometimes
during the dry season the shallowness
* be water admits of (lie cattle being
allowed to wander on terra lirma; but
fodder is brought in canoes to many
less fortunate animals which are coin-
polled to eke out their existence in
these pens surrounded by water until
p uch time as they are tethered and
transported by canoe to the butcher,
Tlte present natives are still in dread
of the Dahomians, but even if tills
fear no longer existed it is probable
that the habit which they and their
fathers before them have long follow-
ed would lead them to prefer these
aquatic residences. It is not known
how many lake dwellers there are, but
it is supposed there are at least 10,000
of them among the various tribes
'whoso liufs cover tho Denham waters.
Once in a while these tribes make war
on one another, and they conduct
their fighting in canoes, capable of
holding two or three persons, and their
weapons are guns, harpoons, spears
and clubs.
In some other parts of Africa, par¬
ticularly in the Congo basin, the habit,
of dwelling in lints sustained on piles
in lakes or rivers is very largely fol¬
lowed, and perhaps a million or two
of the people of Africa are still per¬
petuating the phase of life of which
we have relics in the remains of the
iake dwellers of the prehistoric era—
[New York Sun.
Costly Prayer-Hooks.
According to the New Orleans
T; mcs .p)cmocrat “it has become very
niuch , he 8tyle in Xcw York to be
religious, or at least to go to church,
and the fashionable maidens attend
j)j v j n0 services, as thoy call it. They
must have handsome prayer-books,
and the dealers have run the price of
these articles up. In regular slock
()iey keep pnvyei , b ooks varvjng in
1 Jce fl . om $20 toflMcuch, and when
■ anything finer is wanted it must bn
made to order. The Astors and Van¬
derbilts use prayer-books for Sundays
■
valued at about $60 each, and Mrs.
| Anson Phelps Stokes has ordered two
silver-bound prayer-books for $60
each, which she intends to give lier
daughters. The modern maiden’s
prayei-book demands consideration
and a healthy checkbook into the bar¬
gain.
A Patient Man.
“No, Mr. Trotter,” she said firmly,
“I repeat it a thousand times— 110 !”
“Well, keep on,” lie remarked,
pleasantly; “that’s only tw.ee, . and by
**“.7“
Will you kindly begin—[Afunsey’s
Weekly.
Remarkable Echoes.
There nro several very remarkablo
echoes in the world, at Woodstock and
at the Sicilian cathedral of Gorgonti,
where the confessions poured forth
near the door concealed'behind to priestly cars wero
heard by a man the
high altar at the opposite end. It is
curb us that such a spot should have
been accidentally chosen for the con-
fessioual. The whispering gallery in
St. Paul’s is another ins'anco of the
cc j 1(> .
Echoes arc produced by the rclloc-
Uon of the sound waves from a plane
or even surface. A wall, or even a
cloud, will produce echoes. Thunder
is echoed from (ho clouds, The hills
of Killarney contain an echo, and the
bugle sounds arc beautifully repeated,
in the cases of ordinary echo, when
the speaker waits for the answer, ho
must place hitnsclf opposite the ivek.
If he stands at the side "the echo will
reply to another person in a corre¬
sponding place on the farther side, tor
the voice thou strikes the rock at an
angle, and the anglo of reflection is
the same as in the easo of light.
Ilut if it should happen that there
are a number of reflecting surfaces the
echo will be repeated over and over
again, as at the lakes of Killarney.
The Woodstock echo, already referred
to, and mentioned by several writers,
repeats seventeen syllables by day and
twenty by night. In Shipley there is
even a greater repetition. Whisper¬
ing galleries carry sound by means of
the carved sui face. Sir Joint Ilerschel
mentions an echo in the Menas sttspen-
tion bridge. Tho blow of a hammer
on one of tho mam piers will produce
the sound from each of the crossbeams
supporting the roadway and from the
opposite pier 57G feet distant, as well
as many other repetitions.— [Brook¬
lyn Citizen.
Families in Heligoland.
The women in Heligoland are, gen¬
erally speaking, small and gracefully
formed and present a remarkable con¬
trast to their tall and strapping mates.
The female loveliness is unfortunately
somewhat transient, no doubt owing
in large measure to tho inferior fare
and rough work with the nets. No
idea of female suffrage is ever likely
to ent»r a Heltgolander’s head. His
idea of the relation of the sexes is the
old one (hat the man is (lie head of the
wife and that women, take them as
you like, arc an inferior order; they
are kind and courteous to their women
in all respects, but there is no doubt
who is lord and bread winner. The
patriarchal system iias scarcely died
out.
Each lusty, broad-shouldered son,
though he may have passed his twenty-
first birthday, is required to give all
or nearly all liis earnings to his father
so long as he lives in liis father’s
house. When lie marries and takes
up house for himself then only does
the patria protestas come to an end.
Ileligolanders as a rule marry young;
there are more women than men, and
it is not difficult to find a mate.
Housekeeping is not an expensive job,
and there is plenty of money to he
earned if a man is intelligent and in¬
dustrious. It may be some time be¬
fore tho voting husband has a boat of
his own, for a boat costs $125 (they
are all built in the i-land), but lie can
always hire one, paying for its Hire
about 85 per cent, of the payment lie
himself charges.—[Chicago Herald.
Why Leaves Change.
The green matter in the tissue of
ho leaf is composed of two colors—
red and blue. When the sap ceases to
flow in autumn, nnd the natural
growth of the tree is stopped, oxidiza¬
tion of the tissues takes place. Under
certain conditions the green of the leaf
changes to red;'under different condi¬
tions it takes on a* yellow or brown
tint; The difference in color is due to
tbc difference in combinations of the
original constituents of tfie tissue
and to the varying conditions of cli¬
mate, exposure and soil. There are
several things about leaves that even
scientists cannot explain. For an in¬
stance, wliy one of two trees of the
same species growing side by side in
the same soil should take on a bright
t red color in the fall and the oilier a
pale yellow, or why one branch of a
,
! tree will turn a beautiful crimson, and
ibe one just above or below it turn a
,] u || brown,
The Kaiser ns an Outfitter.
1 Kegulalions have been just Issued by
i the Kaiser as to how the officers
of the German Navy may and may not
dress themselves. Among tbc need¬
less barbarity is an order that no of¬
ficer double back or round offtlic cor¬
ners of liis collars. Shirt fronts must
be perfectly plain, but while at sea he
mav wear an oilskin coat and “son -
Thc Kuise , should go into
,ie83 5 8C(3 * 118 80 well at home in thc
details.—[Saturday Review.
FOR T1IE HOUSE WIFE,
escalloped onions.
To P 10 P aro o*callop e d onions stir to-
gother ono tabloapoonful of butter and
0,10 tablespoonful of Horn, add one
cupful of sweet milk and cook In a
Baueepan, stirring constantly until
8mooth- Boil ,ho onio " 8 (il1 8oft ’ m '
a 8n ' 1 to the n.itei , then ti 1
" ,0 b “ ki,, t» r t,ish with onionB nnd crnc k '
C1 ’ womba. llftvln » <* 1,l >-° r of th i °
crackers on top. Season with bits of
b »tter and a little pepper, pour the
Banco over *11 an l bake until nicely
browned.-] Brooklyn Citizen,
QUINCES PRESERVED WHOLE.
Pool rather small ripe quinces of
even size, scoop out tho cores from tho
stem ends, weigh and put the fruit in
a preserving kettle, cover it with boil¬
ing water, and boil it gently until it is
tender but not in tho least broken; tho
cores and peelings should be tied in a
thin cloth and boiled with the fruit;
add to the water in which the fruit was
boiled o:io pound of sugar to each
pound of fruit, removing all scum as
it rises, and when it is quite free from
scum pour it over tho fruit and let It
s and over night; the next day'put the
fruit and syrup into tho preserving
kettle and bMl them gently together
unti 1 the fruit looks clear; take the
fruit from the syrup when it looks
clear and put it into glass jars; con¬
tinue to boil the syrup until a little of
it, cooled on a saucer, jellies, thou
pour it over t he fruit; when tho pre¬
serves are cold closo the jars air-tight.
— [Chicago News.
ROILED CAIIBAOE.
Chooso linn, fresh cabbage; either
cut it in quarters and cut out the inner
stalk or separate the leaves and cut
their toughest parts; have ready plen¬
ty of salted boiling water; thoroughly
wash the cabbage in plenty of cold
salted water; then boil it in the boil¬
ing water only until it is tender, which
will be in from ten to fifteen minutes,
according to the size and freshness of
(he vegetable. Kemember that it needs
to be cooked otdy till tender, but not
until it grows soft and watery. While
it is cooking make a sauce for it as
follows:
.Stir together over llio tiro a tabic-
spoonful each of butter and Hour until
they arc smoothly blended, then grad¬
ually stir into them a pint of milk, a
teaspoonful of salt and a quarter of a
saltspoonful cadi of white pepper and
grated nutmeg and continue to stir the
sauce until it has boiled for two min¬
utes, when it will be ready for use. - It
can be kept hot by placing tho sauce¬
pan which contains it in another pan
of iiot water on tho back part of the
stove. When (lie cabbage is tender
drain it, put it into a deep dish and
pour the sauce over it. If the sauce is
desired in a different form the yelk of
a raw egg may bo stirred into it just
before it is poured over the cabbage
— [Juliet Corson.
BOILED APPLE DUMPLING.
A boiled apple dumpling, properly
made, is a good wliolesoino desert.
Tho best plain crust for such a pud¬
ding is an English suet crust. It is no
more trouble to make than a crusl
raised with baking powder, such as ia
usually made in this country for such
puddings; and it is much more de¬
licious and probably rnor.; wholesome.
Select only the best beef’s kidney suet
for this crust. Free it from tissues
and chop it fine. Put a teaspoonfnl
of stilt in half a cup of chopped suet.
Mix the suet in a pound of flour, add
a small cup of ice-cold water nnd mix
the whole to a firm paste. Do not add
any more water unless absolutely nec¬
essary. Koll the paste out to tho
thickness of half an inch.
The English use bonds to cook all
their puddings in, tying a floured
cloth over the top of the podding, but
our covered tin-pudding moulds are
much better in which to cook a pud¬
ding made with a crust—a pudding to
which a drop of additional water is
usually fatal after it has once begun
to cook. Properly covered up in a tin
pudding-mould not a drop of water
can boil into it and it will cook more
rapidly, as it should, in tin than in an
earthen bowl; though it must be said
that the latter is the best in which to
cook a fruit pudding which requires
slow, continuous cooking for hours.
A comical mould with a tube in the
centre is very pretty for a dumpling,
though the conventional form for such
a pudding is a cylinder.—[New York
Tribune.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Hot alum water is one of the best
insect destroyers. Apply with a brush
to cracks, bedsteads or wherever in¬
sects arc found.
AVillow furniture mattings, e!e. f
may lie cleaned with salt and water
applied witli a nailbrush. Kinsc well
anil dry thoroughly.
NO. 2 .
At tlie Fireside.
Pile oil the legal the bright flames start
Ami up the roaring chimney race;
How grateful should we be sweetheart,
fireplace 1 ^
For just this little '
I said today that t was poor,
And poor in some things 1 may he;
But here’s a -shelter- who needs monj-
Aml. two brighpeyes to.sldne fpr ipcn .
No sculptured busts,.tio paintings rare.
Crowd tho plain mantel and the shelf;
Hod made the only picture here,’
Ami that sweet picture is—yonrselff
No record old of ancient lore
Strange wisdom to tliepRicc impart^}.
In love's content >ve ask no more
Than just to read each other's hearts. 1
We have no idle dreams of fame
And all onr worldly wonts are few;
What care 1'for a laureled name >
.
When I've the sweetest name in you?
Lean, go’ilen head, upon my breast
In wealth of wondrous beauty which
Hath crowned my life arid iWitile mrrt#.;
And kiss me, dear, nnd make me rich!
-[F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
HUMOROUS.
Sugar manufacturers ought tonnovo
in the most refined society.
The dentist is a mu ok: sought man,
for ho tills an aching void.
A vigilance committee, uropotaud a
treo will make every desperado rise to
a point of order.
Tito young woman who proposes
marriage to a man is only trying to
make a iinnio for herself. [
A genius is a person whom Nature
lets in on the ground floor, and whom
circumstances force to live in an attic.
“IVhy do they call 1‘atti a diva!’
asked Mrs. Funglc. “Because she
gets along swimmingly,” replied her
husband,
“Do you not feel the eloquence of
nature here on this glorious crag?”
she murmured. “Yes,” lie answered,
“Ido. Tho mountain's peak.”
Stern parent—I say, Mr. Softly?
Softly—Yes, sir. Stern parent—You
seem to slay around a great deabfor a
man who is so badly “gone” as you
are.
Host—Groat Scott; Tlioro are thir¬
teen at the table. Uuest^—Surely you’re
iiot so superstitious as all that? “No,
but tliore’s only food enough for
twelve!”
“Wliat part atn I io Like?” said Chap*
pic. “You are to be tho heroine’s
father,”. - replied the stage manager.
“Wliat does ho do?” “Ho (lids ten
years before Hie curtain rises on. tho
first act.”
Cuinio—My dear, what do you think
of tlieso “dollar dinners for four’; that
Hie family journals aro making such a
spread of? Mrs. Cutnso—I think it
might bo possible to get one up for
four dollars.
A bootblack, smoking the end of a
cigar lie had just picked up, is accosted
by a comrade with “Jim, wliat kind of
a cigar is that ?” ' “Robinson Crusoe.”
“Why d’yer call it that?” “.’Cause
it’s a casi-away.”
Teacher (to nctv pupil)—Wjrnf is
your last name, my iitlle mao? ’ New
pupil—Tommy. Teacher—IVhat is
your full name? NeW pupil—Tommy
Jones. Teacher—'Then .Tones i*jour
last name? Tommy—No, it isn’t.
When 1 was born my name was Jones,
and they didn’t give me thc other for a
month afterward.
A Scale of Table Manners.
Talleyrand, like most diplomatists,
was famous for liis attention to the
details of etiquette. He prided - him¬
self on an ability to adjust his mode
of address to the rank and position of
(he person to whom lie was speaking.
On one occasion, when a number ol
distinguished men wero dining, with
him, he varied his formula, wlicii in¬
viting them to partake of beef, in such
a manner as to suit the rank of the re¬
spective persons.
“May i liavdHhe honor of sending
your royal highness a' little beef?’
Jie asked a Prince of the'blood. To a
Duke ho said: “Monscigiumr, permit
me to send you a little' beef,,” “Mar-
quis,” lie continued, “may 1 sen 1 you
some 1) ef?” “Viscount, pray have a
little beef.” “Baron, dq you take
beef?” ran the next interrogation.
“Monsieur,” he said to an untitled
gentleman, “some beef?” To his t-cc-
relary lie remarked, casually : “Beef?”
But there was one gentleman left who
deserved even less consideration, than
the secretary, and Talleyrand, posing
his knife in the air, favored him' wij’lt
a mere look of 'interrogation. — [New
York Star.
• • ■-—-a: -
Glimpse of a School in Ivrshi. ■>
Little boys sit on tbe floor in a
stooping position, in a Persian .school,
studying the Koran, increasingly
rocking their bodies, and with, loud
and sing-song voices reading, texts in
the holy language cf the Prophet, of
which they probably did not under¬
stand ono word.— ^Galignani Mes¬
senger,