Norwalk gazette, Friday, August 20, 1897 · page 10

 

 

 

 

AN IDEAL.

Layin’ in de sunshine wit a wrinkle lr. his ea:

He jes’ waits foh to-morrow wit a mind dat’l
free f‘um fear.

He doesn‘t hab ter use hyp crisy ter gain hi:
ends: '

He growls at dem he hates an‘ wags his tai.
ter all his friends.

He doesn‘ feel regretful at de settin’ ob dc
sun.

About de heaps 0’ flags dat he laid out an
ain’ got done;

He nebber had no douts 'bout how he‘ll break
Ins, dine or sup;

An’ yet he isn’ nuffin but a no-‘count yallr‘.
pup.

When I beholds de carriage-folks wif all dni
clothes so fine,

I doesn' go ter sighin’ an’ a-wishin‘ day we:
mine.

It knows dat good old mule is safe ter driv:
f’um day ter day,

An‘ de fine clothes mightn't fit me ef I hac

' ’em, any way.

Dem folks wif so much wealth, don‘t git l
chance ter rest a bit.

'Caus it's gwineter keep ”em settin’ up 0
nights a-countin’ it.

It re‘ly seems. when I hab summed de sitar.
tion up,

Dat dar ain' no one I envies but dat no-‘counl
yaller pup. —The Washington Ls”...

AN ATTACHMENT.

Daniel Rhodes was the High Sheriff
of County, Massachusetts, all-.1
his good name, inherited from the
father and cherished by the son, made
him not only popular as an officer, but
rather wealthy as a man. Why Ml“
Rhodes had never got married, the la-
dies could not ascertain, though they
talked the matter over and over very
often, but almost all said there must
have been some cause in his youth,
(Mr. Rhodes was thirty-five at least),
which was known only to himself, and
perhaps one other.

One morning Mr. Rhodes was sitting
in his office, when one of the deputies
read off a list of executions and attach
meats, which he had in hand to serve,
and among them was one against a
lady at a short distance. The amount
was not great, but enough to bring dis-
tress upon a family.

“Let me take the ,” said the sheriff,
with some feeling; “it is out of your
walk, and I will drive to the residence.
of the person to-morrow morning.”

The modest vehicle of the officer
stopped at the door of a neat dwelling
house in a retired, delightful situation,
where all things told 'of taste and
economy. The sheriff opened the gate,
ascended the steps of the house, and
asked if Miss Morgan was at home.

The servant answered in the affirma-
tive. .

As Mr. Rhodes passed along the hall,
he thought over the part he had to per-
form—how he should introduce the
subject—how, if the debt should prove
to be enormous, he should contrive to
lighten the burden by his own abilities;
and when he reached the door, he had
conned his salutation to the lady, and
his opening speech on the subject of
his official call.

The servant opened the door—Mr.
Rhodes entered with a bow. I-Ie
blushed, hesitated, and at length took
a seat, to which Miss Morgan directed
him by a graceful turn of her hand.

After a few moments’ hesitancy Mr.
Rhodes felt that it was his business to
open a conversation that would ex-
plain the subject of his visit; so he
offered, by way of preface, a few re-
marks upon the coldness of spring.

“Yes,” said Miss Morgan; "but yet,
cold as the weather has been and even
notwithstanding a few frosts, you see
the trees have their richest foliage,
and the flowers are luxuriant.”

“True,” said Mr. Rhodes; “it seems
that though there may be a great deal
of coldness. that Nature will have her
own way, and, in time, assert her pre—
rogative. late, perhaps, Miss Morgan,
but still the same.”

Mr. Rhodes felt rather startled at
his own speech, and looking up, was
infinitely astonished to see Miss Mor-
gan was blushing like one of the roses
that was hanging against the window.

“We are always pleased,” said Miss
Morgan, “to see what we admire
breaking through the chilling infiu~
ences by which they have restrain-ed,
and satisfying our hopes of their ulti-
mate disclosure.”

Miss Morgan was looking directly to-
ward the bush on which three roses
were clustering in most gorgeous rich-
ness.

Mr. Rhodes put his hand into his
pocket and felt of the official papers.
to get a little courage from their con~
tact. ,

“I have,” said Mr. Rhodes, “an at-
tachment.” ‘

Miss Morgan this time lent blushes
to the rose.

“The attachment, Miss Morgan, is
of a distant date, and I felt that too
much time already elapsed; that, in-
deed, instead of intrusting it, as I
might have done, to another, I thought
that in a matter of so much delicacy it
would be proper for me to come in
person.”

“For me, Mr. Rhodes?
ment for me?”

“As I was saying, Miss Morgan, the
attachment I have; and I felt it a mat-
ter of delicacy to come in person,
thinking that my own means might be
considered, if there was any deficiency
in the value of this property."

“Mr. Rhodes, you seem to be rather
enigmatical.” - '

“I, nevertheless,” said Mr. R., “mean
to speak very plainly when I say that
with reference to this attachment.
Miss Morgan, should you honor me so
far as to accept my profession, my pc-
Cuniary means would be devoted to
the—to‘the attachment.”

“I was,” said Miss Morgan, “wholly
unprepared for this.” .

“I was afraid that was the case,"
said Mr. Rhodes,
thought it more delicate to make the
offer in person.”

“You are very considerate,
Rhodes.”

“Am I, then, to understand, Miss
Izlorgan, that my proposition is agree
able to you? In other words, that n
ls,accepted?”

 

 

 

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“Mr. Rhodes,” said the lady, with
much hesitation, “I must claim a little
time to think of it.”

“I will call, then, on my return from
the village beyond.”

“Let me ask a little‘more time,” Still
she; “say next week.”

"‘Miss Morgan,” said Mr. Rhodr.
“the matterrequiresimmediateansw ':
the attachment is of an old date. an I
time now is everything. My feelings
are deeply interested; and may 1 rs“
hope that while you are using so s1: :;
a time to consider a subject which 3:

are pleased to view as.of such grv‘ :-

delicacy with regard to yourself. ym:
will allow my feelings to weigh wi":
you in deciding in favor of my pro; 5;-
sitlon, which, I assure you, is made af-
ter due deliberation upon my abilily
to perform my part of the contract."

Mr. Rhodes then took his leave. as-
tonished at his own volubility, which.
indeed, nothing could have induced
but his desire to relieve one so much
esteemed as Miss Morgan from present
embarrassment.

Mr. Rhodes drove to a neighboring
place deeply occupied with his good
purposes toward Miss Morgan, satisfy-
ing himself that the pecuniary sacri-
fice he had proposed was due to his
untold and unknown affection for her,
and not beyond his means.

Miss Morgan felt a renewal of all
those feelings which had rather been
dormant than quenched in her bosom.
and desired the advice of her married
sister, who was unfortunately absent.
That Mr. Rhodes had once felt a strong
attachment to her she could not doubt;
that he had continued to cherish, as
she had done, the reciprocal feeling,
she had not ventured to hope. But as
it was evident that the proposition of
Mr. Rhodes was not from any sudden
impulse, Miss Morgan resolved to sig-
nify her assent to a proposition so
worthy of consideration on all ac‘
counts.

In less than two hours, Mr. Rhodes

‘drove up to the door again, fastened

his horse. and was readmitted to the
back parlor, which she had occupied
in an earlier part of the day.

“Miss Morgan,” said Mr. Rhodes,
“before receiving your answer, which
I trust you are Irepared to give in
favor of accepting my proposals, I
wish to state to you that I have con-
sidered all the circumstances of my
situation and yours, and find myself
better able. and from some previously
unconsidered matters, to keep my part
of the arrangement, than I thought
myself, when I ventured to make the
offer; so that the kindness, if you will
have that word used in this matter, is
all on your side.” ,

“Under present circumstances—I
mean those of our long acquaintance
and our family intercourse, though of
late rather interrupted,” said Miss
Morgan, “and my right, by years (she
added, casting a glance at a looking
glass that showed only the matured
womanhood), to speak for myself, I
have concluded to consider your pro:
posal favorably.”

“Consider! Miss Morgan. consider
favorably! May I not hope you mean
that you will accept it!”

iliss Morgan gave no answer.

“Nay, then it is accepted.” said Mr.
Rhodes, with a vivacity that Miss Mor-
gan thought would have brought him
to her lips~her hand, at least.

“How happy you have made me.”
said Mr. Rhodes; “having now dis-
posed of this matter, there are ten
days allowed.”

“That’s very short,” said Miss Mon
gan; “only ten days; you seem to be
in a haste unusual to you, at least.”

“It is the attachment, and not I, that
is imperative.”

“You speak rather abstractedly, Mr.
Rhodes.”

“But truly, very truly,
gan.”

“But why limit us to ten days?”

“The attachment requires it.”

“I thought,” said she, smiling, “the
attachment would be for life.” ,.

Mr. Rhodes looked exceedingly con-4
fused. At length he. started suddenly
toward the lady.

“My dear Miss Morgan, is it pos-
sible that for once In my life, I have
blundered into the right path? Can I
have been so fortunately miscon-
ceived'?” ,

“If there is any mistake,” said Miss
Morgan, “I hope it will be cleared up
immediately. I can scarcely think that
Mr. Rhodes Would intentionally offend
an unprotected orphan, the daughter
of his former friend."

Mr. Rhodes hastily pulled from his
pocket his writ of attachment and
showed it to Miss Morgan.

“This is- certainly your name, and
this property—”

“Is the disputed possession,” said
Miss Morgan, “of my sister-in-law of
the same name, Mrs. Susan Morgan.”

Mr. Rhodes stood confounded. He
was afraid of the course which the
matter was likely to take.

“So, Mr. Rhodes, you see the attach:
ment was for this property. Now, as
it is not mine, you, of course, have no'
claim upon my person.”

“I beg your pardon, my dear Miss.
Morgan. I beg your pardon. You have.
not the property, indeed, for me to at-
tach, but be pleased to read lower
down on the writ! you will see—Ecol;
at it. if you please—Tor was: thereof
take the body.’ ” ‘ .

"But. Mr. Rhodes, the promise was
extorted under a misapprehension, so
that 1 am released.”

“Not at all; you are required only
to fulfill the promise just as you in-
tended when you made it. And as to
the attachment for the widow and her
property, I’ll serve that by deputy."

In ten days the clergyman, and not,
the magistrate, was called in, and the
whole arrangement was consummated.

And Aunt Arabella, who was so care-
L’ul about the tenth commandment, d9-
flared that it said nothing about covet-
ing a neighbor’s husband. and if it
had, she did not think she shou.d v10;
late it. :

Miss Mor-

WEEKLXPAURW

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LACE USED WITHOUT STII-‘T.

Ethel-la] Effect in Gowns—Skirts With Low
- Width and More Trimming.
(By Special Arrangement with the N.Y. Sum!
With less width and more trimming
to give the long straight line to thl
skirts, and with the new blouse bodice
which overhangs the belt back anc’
front and at the sides, to make the fig-
ure large everywhere but just at the
waist line, the changes in the genera:
appearance of fashionable dress an
very marked. These blouse bodice:
open either part or all the way dowr
the front to show a soft, full vest, an:
are finished with revers of variom
shapes, which form a collar over thl
shoulders. These are of silk or satin
in white or some contrasting color
well covered with lace or embroidery
Collar effects are very much used or
all gowns, and beautiful designs in a
new hand-made lace in cream and con
are imported for this purpose.

 

 

The dress material is a very small
part of the expense or effect in a gown
this season, for the details of trimming
and finish constitute the chief element
of smartness, and handwork without
limit is a necessity if you would have
style. Rows and rows of ribbon and
lace insertion are sewn on one gown,
a'nd the latest addition to the latter
is a tiny frlll of chiffon set on each
edge. Wherever chiffon is employed,
and can be Shirred into little close
double frills bunched together, it is
done, and all sorts of guagings and
puffings alternated with insertions are
in order for vests, sleeves, and entire
waists. Tiny frills of chiffon, either
gathered or knife plaited, are used to
edge and head the silk ruflles on glace
silk gowns.

 

 

 

Another characteristic of the season’s
dress is the brightness and ethereal ef-
fect. Printed gauze, which has more
body and elasticity than chiffon, is es-
pecially popular with dressy gowns.
Green gauze, patterned with another
and darker shade, mounted on green
silk, forms one very stylish dress, and
the skirt and bodice are both trimmed
with wavy lines of creamy silk lace in-
sertion, edged on either side with a.
tiny double frill of white chiffon.
Cream guipure lace over the green
forms the sleeves, and little tabs of
guipure fall over the collar. Heavy
and thin fine laces are often combined
in one gown, and, as in this case, the
use of chiffon is added to augment the
fluffy effect.

 

 

 

To say that lace is very much the
fashion gives no impression of the lav-
lsh use of it on all the gowns, lingerie,
wraps and millinery which serve to
make up the season’s fashions. We
have not only lace bodices, but also en-
tire dresses of lace. black and white ef-
fects being especially popular. Black
Chantilly lace made up over white, pale
blue, mandarin, straw yellow, and rose,
is good style and very effective, and
In trimming it is almost impossible to
overstep fashion’s limit‘in quantity.

 

THE WISDOM OF WIDE TIRES.

l‘ects That Show Their Advantage on All
Kinds of Roads Built- In America.

In most things Americans are a
shrewd and intelligent people, but we
have our follies, our ways of doing
things for which there is no explana-
tion except the stupid imitation of past
stupidity. The use of narrow tires on
heavy wagons is peculiarly an Amer-
icanism, yet for this usage, as
for the twin barbarism of over-
head checks, no human being has
ever advanced a rational explana-
tion or defence. We wonder at the
senseless habits of some tribe in New
South Wales or the Sandwich Islands,
but reason does not hold perfect sway,
even in our own land of common
schools and business acuteness.

Very recently a local ordinance pre-
scribed the use cf broad tires on load-
ed wagons. The need of the regulation
was flagrant, for nothing is so destruct
ive of a roadway as the narrow tire,
which cuts into the macadam or the
asphalt, and in a few years imposes on
the unhappy lot owner the necessity of
paying $4 or $5 per foot front for a
new pavement. None the less, years
were required to secure the passage of
such an ordinance, and years more
may pass before its complete enforce-
ment, while over the most of America
the grand piano, the load of ponderous
stone, the two tons of coal and the
towering mass of hay are still carried
on the narrow tires of our ancestors.

 

ALK—UAZETIL

l

The European teamster is often a '

stupid fellow, but he does not indulge
in such follies. A wagon owner may
find amusement in destroying a good
road or making a bad road worse when
the burden of repairing does not fall on
him, but if this increases his own cost
of transportation he is unwilling to
suffer in pocket,eveu to spite the public.

Tests of the draughts of wagons fur-
nished with wide and with narrow
tires have recently been made. in the
“'est on almost every sort of road and
in almost every condition of the road,
and the fact that it always takes more
pulling to carry the same weight on a
wagon supplied with narrow tires was
scientifically established. They made
experiments on a macadlam street, and
the draught that hauled a ton and a
quarter with tires six inches broad
could only pull a ton on the standard
American tire. Many a teamster and
farmer will say that macadam roads
are only found in cities, but the nar-
row tires make it equally hard for his
horses on country highways.
el roads, for example, the draught that
pulled 2.000 pounds on narrow tires
pulled 2,600 on bread tires; on dirt
roads in fair condition the difference
was even greater, and was one-third
in favor of broad tires; when the mud
roads were soft and spongy, the supe-
riority increased to one—half. The only
state of affairs when narrow tires
worked better was on a dirt road that
had been soaked by rain until the mud
had become sticky and gathered oh the
wheels; then there was a slight per-
centage in their favor.

If we turn from highways to work
done on farms the disadvantage of the
ordinary system is even greater, for on
the‘ soft meadows it was shown that on
tires six inches broad almost twice the
load could be pulled that it was possi-
ble to haul on the wagon which, for
some inscrutable reason, the average
American farmer persists in using.
The progress of science is slow, but in
the end truth triumphs. The day will
come when the narrow tire used today
will be as obsolete as the plough which
was used a thousand years ago—Roch-
ester Post-Express.

________.._......__

A SINGULAR COMPACT.

 

Hundred Dollars Forfeited by the
One \‘Vho Broke the Engagement.
After being incarcerated in the coun-
ty jail in Jersey City for two weeks,
Isadore Eisenberg, a Hoboken tailor.
consented, in order to obtain his re
lease, to marry Annie Levine, who had
caused his arrest on a charge of ob-
taining money from her under false
pretences. They became engaged to
be married about six months ago.
They made a compact that if either
one broke the engagement he or she
should forfeit $100. About a month
afterward Eisenberg borrowed 3528
from her. ~Afterward, when his love
for her seemed to grow cold, she in-
sisted that he must either marry her
or pay her the $28 borrowed money
and the $100 forfeit. He refused to
do either, and she told her story to
Recorder McDonough of - Hoboken.
The Recorder issued a \\'tll‘;l:ll 11.;-
the arrest of Eisenberg on a charge ...‘
obtaining money under false pretence»
and committed him to the count: _',.l.;.‘
to await examination. The prism“
yielded when Miss Levine called to stir
him, and the marriage was perfu-'-_.cd
by Justice of the Peace Macs in me
presence of Matron Murray and s..'.‘-
eral other jail officials. The complaint
was withdrawn and Eisenberg was

discharged.
CONCLUSIVE PROOF.

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Cholly Soft —— A w—I say. boy, didn't
your sistah—aw—get my letter saying}
would call to night?

Algernon—Guess she did, she’s not a

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thump him to make him spell.”

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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
A Ten Cent Qm‘cn.

Imagine a queen travelling arount
the world on ten cents! It seems pre
posterous, and yet it is a fact. Then
is a certain man out West, according
to the St. Louis Republican. who wilt
do this for any one who will send hln
an ,order, whether it comes from Eng
land, China. or any other foreign coun
try, and he em:

“I have frequent demands from all
parts of the world. You see, I send;
these queens as follows: You will no :
tice that there are two little circular
compartments in this royal carriage,’
and he produced a little wooden box
"one in which the queen is kept, ant,
the other for her suite; the little plug
in the centre of the box is solidified
candied honey, which will furnish food
to the regal party until they arrive at
their destination.

“The compartments are covered with
a fine wire gauze to prevent the escape
of the insects.

“This large one in the first compart-
men, the one with the delicately
shaped long body and beautiful maik-
ings, is analtalian queen bee, andhshe,
is valued at $10. I have queens valued
all the way from $2 to $25.

“The others,. in the second compart-
ment, are the suite, or worker bees,
that will accompany her on the tripi
not only for company, but also for the :
heat they will produce to keep herf
comfortable on the stormy voyage
over the great cold seas. ,,

“After we have the bees safely
stowed in their proper compartments.‘
we switch the little lid around and,
fasten it with a tiny screw at the
ends, and on its top surface the adg
dress of the consignee is written, thel
stamp is affixed, and away goes her
majesty, a queen sold into slavery for
the trifling sum of $10, and sent to
her destination on a ten-cent stamp.

“Bee-culture has grown so rapidly in
the United States that there are few

 

farmers now who have not a substan- l

tial apiary and who do not net a hand-
some income each year from the honeyf
the bees yield, and besides the farmer
there are thousands of gentlemen and
ladies who are apiarists purely froml
the fascination the hobby adords.”—
Harper’s Round Table.

 

Eskimo )Iother and Baby,

The Eskimos are very fond of their
children. There are seldom many of
them in one family, and thOSe that are
are very well taken care of, accord-
ing to an Eskimo’s notion, which. of
course, quite fits an Eskimo hairy.
They cry very little, and lie arolml
and suck blubber with great contra:—
ment all day long. Sometimes a vl-ry
fond mother will make for her i;..‘:-y
a queer kind of candy.

There is a certain bird which
men shoot whenever they get a chaz.. e,
and which has' bright red feet. The
mother will cut off these feet, and
draw out the bones, and, by blowing
into the skin, inflate it to its utmost
capacity. Then she will fill the little
red case with marrow, and tie it up.
for an extra good gift to her baby. '

The youngsters like this queer candy
as well as our children like chocolate .
creams, which, to be sure, are not
half so pretty to look at. a

When an Eskimo baby dies, his
father and mother grieve over him‘
very sincerely. One Arctic traveller
tells of a mother who brought hern
child with her to the United States,
It died on the voyage, and the mother
was unconscious for more than a day
afterward. The baby was buried in
a little New England cemetery, and,
according to Eskimo custom, his play-
things were laid on the grave. Among
other things there was a little pail
which a sailor had given the child, and ,
some naughty little American stole it
from the grave. The mother was in-
con-salable.

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Retouching Pencils.

The folowing scale will be found of
service to any one using a camera
and who wish to order retouching-
pencils and are not familiar with the
difierent grades:

HHHHHH—Extra hard.
HHHH—Very hard.
HHH-Very hard.
HH-Harder.
H—Hard.
F—Medium.
HB—Hard and thick.
B—Soft and black.
BB—Soft and very black.
BBB—Very soft and very black.
BBBB—Very soft and extra black.

BBBBBB—Extra soft and extra black.

Four pencils will be all that are
necessary, and most of the work can
be done with two. A hard pencil. a
medium, soft, and soft and very biack
will answer all purposes. These pen-
cils cost 10c. each, except for the ex-
tra soft and black, the three grades of
very soft and black costing 1:3c. each.
—Harper’s Round Table.

 

SHADOWS.

 

 

To make the shadow picture as rep-
resented, place one hand on top of the
other, and throw ahandkerchief over
the wrist. Let the first finger of the
lower hand hang down for the trunk,
which can be swayed back and forth.

 

“Why is a naughty schoolboy like a
Because you have to

. ed up for its benefit.

 

 

A 'wnSE'éiles DIcKT.

 

the Bird Seemed ‘to Understanh HI!
mintn-cs' Remark.

:n-s. James D. Martin of North Ben-
uingtcn, Va, has a crow that is a born
humorist. It is continually playing
pranks on the different members of the

,Martin household. The bird’s name is

“Dick.”

"Dick” has a strong love for jewelry,
and never, allows an opportunity to
steal a ring or other ornament to pass.
Recently Mrs. Martin missed a plain
gold ring. Sho at once suspected the
crow of being the thief. ’

“"Dick,”’ she said, “where is the
ring you stole?” '

“Dick” cocked his head pertly to one
side. and then looked at his mistress
from the corner of his little beady eyes.
He shook his black head violently, and
then flew out of the open window to
the limb of a nearby tree.

“There’s no use trying to do anything
with that crow,” said Mrs. Martin.
“The rascal has hidden it somewhere,
and we will never find it again. I
know what I’ll do. I’ll just have the
men kill that crow.”

“Dick” evidently had overheard
every word, for he peered into the
room anxiously, even in: a manner he-
tokening fright. When Mrs. Martin
entered the room an hour or so later
she found the ring lying on a table.
“Dick” was demurely perched on the
back of a. chair. ‘

“So you did bring the ring back, did
you?” said Mrs. Martin, sharply eye-

l ing the bird.

“Dick” looked at her for a. moment,
and then hopping from the chair to the
floor, tried in a manner that was ex-
tremely ludicrous to beg her pardon.—
Cor. New York Press.

 

A BATTLE iN THE SEA.

l‘he Menlladen M‘ore‘Afraid of the Blue
Fish than the Shark.

Did you ever see bluefisl: charge a
school of menhaden at sea? That is
something worth seeing. The bluefish
throw their lines forward until they
almost surround the menhaden, and
then attack them flank and rear. The
menh-aden. fairly make the water boil
in their efiorts to escape, while all
around the enemy is at them tearing
relentlessly.

Into all this commotion comes a
great shark. It’s a picnic for the
shark, a school of menhaden all herd-
It swims leis-
ure into the midst of them, opens its
mouth, and takes in half a dozen mien-
haden at a gulp. It swims around
and bites out half a dozen more from
the. school. It gorges itself without ef-
fort.

But the menhaden are not nearly as
much disturbed by the presence of the
monster swimming about among them
as they are by the charging bluefish.
The shark takes half a dozen fish or
more at a bite, while the blueflsh only
bites a piece out of a single fish, but
there is only one shark, while there
may be thousands of bluefish, plung-
ing and tearing incessantly and maim-
ing at every stroke.

The shark’s a brute, but under such.

' circumstances the menhaden has less

of fear than it has of contempt for him.

SOLDIER-38’ BEDS.

The French'Soldiers' Bed the Best of Any
in Foreign Countries.

The soldier’s bed varies notably in

the different European armies. Ac-

cording to Dr. Yiry, the following are

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

the principal varieties, in v :Zch, per-
haps, we may see the rell: " an of na-
tional characteristics. In ' gland the

bed is hard; the soldier lies on a thin

I mattress that rests on canvas stretched

over a frame. In Spain the soldier has
only a straw bed, but he is allowed be-
sides this a pillow, two sheets, two
blankets and a covered quilt, some—
times even a cover for the fee . It is
almost sybaritic. In Germany and
Austria he has a simple straw bed with

,one or two covers, neither sheet nor

mattress. In Russia, until. recently,
the soldier slept with his clothes on,
on a camp bed; but now ordinary beds
begin to be used—the result of con-
tact with more civilized countries. Af-
ter this, it cannot be doubted that the
French soldier’s bed is the best of all,
with its wooden or iron bed-stead, a
straw bed, a good mattress, sheets, a
brown woolen coverlet and an extra
quilt for cold weather. Thus the bed
of the French soldier is the softest of
all soldiers’ beds, as that of the French
peasant is acknowledged also to be the
best of all European countries—Brit-
ish Medical Record.

 

Discipline—Military vs. Domestic.

A courier had arrived,‘bringing the
intelligence that Troop B was sur-
rounded by hostiles, and was stand-
ing them ofi with the greatest diffi-
culty; that, unless aid reached them
very shortly, Troop B was doomed to
massacre. ,

The quiet post sprang to arms.
Troopers and
and thither. Noise and confusion,
tempered by discipline, reigned' In
an incredibly short time the bugles
sounded boots and saddles, and the
battalion filed out.

There was no song, no jesting nor
laughter to lighten the march in all
'hat column. The peril of their com-
cades weighed upon each heart; the

 

Suddenly there was a sharp excla-
million. and one of the troopers, with
a pale. set face, turned his horse from
tho- coiumn and trotted back toward
the. poi-.11 In another moment anoflicer
sv.‘ 3, _'.'al:..,.-:l his Side and, ‘with a
wrench that. nearly jerked him ”from
the saddle, stopped him..

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,iiii‘iiilt to tell my wife that I
wouldn’t be home to supper,” ex-

claimed the troop er. —Philadelpnia Press.

officers hurried hither-

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