e’l‘HESENTINEL.
Hath iii: 'tiii: (IZAll. ’
on ANII-thlt‘AV‘s unsnnvvrioxs
ix iirssu.
lfmtntry “'lmsc I-‘romier is Gunrd~
‘01! at Every l'uinl In- Sentinels—
(‘ronsmilt‘s l~‘rownin;: Gulls—f
Scenes in SI. l'elershurg. ,’
_ > ,,/
"“le t~a Slllllll‘. says llcinas ll‘aines.
in the bio klyn Hr, .. >l.e n.ay pot. in»
Ipllfi l‘t Hitltpat’i‘d to .l areit lli'i‘\h‘.l\’i'.
ltlh w .l‘s ~o thick that to 01ll\l\lt‘l‘S;ll :
wund dour heard. while within is
on nitcnsc y :ii-tne population. \\'llll‘l‘ oc
inpatiuri .~ ltal lllt‘lt‘l_\ to -_-‘:izlierpolleii
from t es~.;~k I‘t“c.\ 0': their \-\\‘ll vast
llltlllh. l» .t \\'llt“(‘ plilmt-S ar.- capable
of that: Il‘nlll the “lack
‘Mtutlf to the .\ri tic l c. an on the north
Ind "tn the twin-an ltnpire iii the
\Vc‘t .:
‘ liiloltHv
Morita .. .
. proxy l‘ . it"lii‘r own but‘dct‘é. ltrt
gulps \lv-“lt. appaicizt‘y with .u; inseam
, Iurt, whim, ll‘, Lav l'ogatid. Tittke
man. an. 'liJ'll. and noiv. judging
iss
.. \si 1. \c'tlii r is the iiiipcrial
l
l" i
rei on the »
l ‘irn'pt‘ to l'ciiriu; Straits of .
-mmd b'. swallowing: siiiall’
i she
from :i!“_" i‘T'tTli i-~.slic salmtit litt‘~l1\l,lll.\ll .
b r c . . :. ih lir~._.n htil‘. .\ c It'dutt
of not :~.- .~ ,guaid hcr frontier at
i‘H“ \ :w i.l. » and nits -ts ioiitrol the
prim ll. pe : 'i-b-g tll..\. a id t\\t"i':llll
the ll a.» l'iic gt ._; . o. r.iil'e;id tilit‘lo‘
is litwixc: aptli‘ it‘ll-r twr towns. su tt.at
no ctr r 1% cu unto iziiv‘ c ll enter or
lciLe t": «tsry “about seiiitiiiy.
Lviti lJ' tan; Le is a bar to llllt‘r'
(‘0‘: \c. l;e . ll‘nlll‘l trphabet contains
"lh:i‘._\~s \ t ii:ii.ii'ic=~.’pi t y ll«'-iu in and
part, c l‘antisll. .\e in: my own name
Wlliiufi llt hassizin‘limiid ll it >c.d'it.
The lll . 112-. Ed \’U\\t".‘ and pe. tilia' run»
In: an: ‘t- :1 l» (lTl‘l tiiii1\ 1r vent a fur
ci;;. . t » In '.ii :i [\lftli iiti; 'l w iz'd when
pro. 1:2. rd. and i‘ is iiupm ibic fur a
'l'otc -ii-i lu'l iLllili' fora iez'siitp low ti.
tuti t: l. .-:.bci‘ i l‘tll ltli-KLI tn be but
in, in! bass an d i‘tietia'y contains
I"-'l' ‘H w. r is I‘m try it. ~iich n
ill... .i ,rx'ni: w ll ilssr-uihil i'ktitat
"to“ \\ lin'li ‘n l“§t‘lli§l\l
’I‘ii ile
I‘lli‘JC lli. til it?"
to r :.\'v \ ital :i’xd t‘lllLllll‘ \
M'l - .le lllt'lt‘l' s ii ll e ‘lllli;
t. - -.~ ..' d .7 .i \lii _c s ring i infu'ivi
lll' ll ‘ . il l'i Lili‘ ' :t in tl l'i‘sitlt iii A'
fe‘ < i:— . ..‘i t'ri rubri' spa- l‘ of twenty
‘ go c-nivxy Zl' ythiit; ll‘u' .lll
and the llll“i'dt lliiipim ~
ts [bull e. to say neili~
ory.
buss a from the n rth. lt
mil :1.» .liibtiziie lind tt
':_.- i’li‘l. the Mlllll or the
to :itivl (in all salt-s,
is and b“; ;ii'is but
,3. ulia'ii. with-nit
Ml \ll‘lll‘l'“. is lt'il‘.
-~i l:\ by I!“ euis with can
is trot geiin‘tted to .e:i\c :i
it or t.u»i:t lit hotel. or again
uly. \\.tf out \lil'\\lll‘_: a piss
. ll.'_: it d .l_. illil»~l\t‘il.
ltwi.~:.ult is the staiwat'l 5"ltlll‘t‘: of
.\t. i-tiimzii: ‘i‘vc'll' islands in the
middle of a \yldc. shallow l-aygthe
islanis Iii‘.\ll\I:l|‘\' iinaensc foit'~. and
llle iliaaiil to lie Hint-rad liyw‘i‘srcis
winding betwu-n them. create an llll-
peoioti that this is not relic of litissia‘s
wink p- indeed. one look in'o the
itliii-,.t~ o2 ih .sc lrnwnirg guns conveys
tin t-l-tt-i‘l ll:lil‘.‘r;;llll|llll.\‘. 'l‘lu- iii-\t
' itu_ ll ~‘li‘li of sticiith Illiltl“ iipwn ‘lltk
7min : wasby lli-‘ \'\lc:tl of Russia's wheat
ticiil‘ i: has ~o happetn-d thit l fob
‘ low. d 'llt' ham-«Ln; of ceteals tli bugh
Tisl;..rlll. lliiiniark. >w.'al-n. and path
of . .\rta It 1“ the litigddt “F Lati‘uel
iral \‘oitiitaiiis. and. I llll-li‘r
5 III .1 ll
. bait-
it.
put! at,
lll\
le tla~
Sla‘wi. far beynii-l them. it sci-med t l be
as lltill'i) \tnbr ken iicld of y How are ll.
the coal wia‘ltv'r
.\nict‘ « a has no l ‘lttfi‘l‘ a \‘ll iii-1‘ on whc it. .
Thi .iv-iag; crop of the l'ni‘y‘d rules
is nbicit twilyc b.sliels per acre. lf
lliiss i. by iea~on of p tor, farming.
an l:|~,"12‘ e:;.-ht budiels it r acre. she can.
l lliaik. uwai; to thc‘chcapncss of het
land and labor. unibtise'il us .\ppur
cull; sla- ll'l‘ in‘iiigh uhcat li.|i\e~tid
this yam to f ed th ~ t'lllll‘t‘ world.
.\t. t'rzi-isbing I“ y wellby- styled the
.\lagniti t‘illl .ty of the hem. lts stseets
Ircl-iua i. buildings massive. parks nut
Illi'HLh. museums interesting. and its
tnuizi; 2t~ nran‘l. . l hive endeavored
to reliant lrotn :H‘l'ag spa. c for r lcrence
to l‘lVllllL", stafaaiy. ’chiirth-s. arthi-
tcrt in and art. plia‘h most travelers
dcs iii-c with minutcncss But a part of
the charm and
Hi s no :‘id be wantiiii‘r were tli-- a sthelic
\ylmi y \‘i‘.tti.:i it: d trout what I say.
in lltl'.l ot the lb-r'nriiag- .\luscum at
)
bloom of l astcrit’ t‘otltb '
THANKSGIVING.
The gra‘n is garnered in.
The apples ripe are store I.
The yellow pumpkins gleam among,
Tho farmer‘s treasured hoard.
. The eatth if brown and bare.
That oni‘u was groin and gov;
“’here recal Autumn charmed the eye,
Den-l leaves ln-sti'cw the way.
Though clouds be dark o'crlien l,
“'ilh wind and unsliel run.
The gout that once has i row'nol the earth.
“‘ill tnake it bloom again. ‘ ‘
‘ Then let its thank our God
For spring time soft and fair-—
For :-\pt’il rain and Mavslay s to
And June‘s iloliclous air.
For July show ers‘ and boat,
For drt aaiy .\ii:iist ham.
For eoel Seph‘tllln‘l‘\' purple fields,
F- r gla l l‘vtolior's d'u s.
For dull No. ember skins,
And barns with hauert tillol.
“'e thank Thee. l urd. \\'l|~\ richly blossod
The land I'lty o' vauts tilled.
The \t’tll‘Ju v-‘ltb‘ is 'l‘hin -.
'l‘tio't known-st \\ hat \\‘ill lo.
Si ll l' ra n and dew. and wind and sun,
1“ .\t‘t‘llli‘lll llt‘xl TU Tlti‘il.
' ~ .l'If-t‘v‘ I". Jud-f.
—. 7'.
Wedding Gown.
Grandma’s
.r
‘ .\ 't‘Ii\.\iisu:\IM. Ski-trial.
It ua~ s--vera' years 315:0 that we of the
i.liliid ta:ti::y. but i and v ittiig,wi-re
invited in spettil Titankqiving llav at
the old l."llll“ll a l. auxiv up iii the lake
region of \\ ~ stern .\laiiiei ‘
The l!l\ itatinn was accepted promptly.
and with pleas int anticipatiotis‘. that wci‘e
llt‘l;lllt'l.t d by the tact lll'll we were not
only biddcii t v the f stix l\lt‘s of Thanks
giiing. but also to ieli-brate (Grandma
lildrcd‘s scvcnty—titth b rtlidav. which
lily t‘llt‘ll to fall that year up in the an-
nnlh lLlll). ’
To giaiiiitnotltcfs r-mtu. we
folks all turned iipon our arrival. sitting
ti.er_y do in: and ilrcri'iiin: b-futc the
great illl‘ Ili‘l c. ll. tier the drowsy lltiltl
ence ut . l.l lung. ii-lil rid-a
Ta e sharp t 1p 0:. or sllillll‘l'i cane. and
soft lltli‘ul of her ll\‘l slit es as ~l.c
trudged acr ss :l.e llilt‘l', s on aroused its
from our wv
“'iltlli'lllll,
that blue w» l
VHHH‘:
it".
why the you ,so choice of
.‘uilt 'askcil \cttvl‘ul
lcr. as tl.e e1: :ady i'aixtully spit-ad a
but: Lt w ‘l’ :pci aWt‘l‘: a portion u“ the
bed Ull \\ .icl:
in}; hie-hit}.
the afix-rao 'll sun was -hi:i
“lit“ .l‘l t’ ‘ll.i\l. ll \v:\~ “ll"t‘ 1111' Wed
ding 1;. w :i.“ sail grataliiia. suiting
clici-rJy "lt was .: .. span. \c‘ l
tli “';fltl it may tinr looking at the lllllt';
lltnii,:h it \\:i- lb t » ttzti- attractive to
my git ish eyes as the one [had first
llllltlfl lllrl‘ht'fi‘cl'il‘ tt ..
“lilll uh .l her on - ol the titst one.”
inipiii-d .\ns 0 - a land.
"ll li lls ab til i:. .grinvlntaf“ rticd
Cousin %\.i'y “\\ as .t ~si.k or :3 tin. :lll-l
did any envy. u‘ prvi:c:pl-~d ll\1ll. ativ
\lliilll ky titanicri ovcrcvunc by city). sic-:il
ll, Hill “I \L It.".
‘ ll “as it. llllt‘l‘ silk
wzeti‘t simeii
an l 1 ‘mt Ll
”he i. 3‘.
graémtn. " .ill urged. ‘
“\\ ell. it was in My ' si\ty one veits
trim. my tie it». lllltl'l was marred to‘v. ur
grandpa it \\'.‘i\ in l‘tli. t'. e yi-arwlicn
We had 2.0 .‘ll‘ltlllt‘Z Smite pcopb thought
was ,i bad sign. and
trievl to ll .1 e us piit‘ofl tlic \vi lding, but
I did ll t l:.|\-‘ ta’ th in wens Ill ithi-r-did
your :5 'itiii.iitlie:‘. .\‘i we \‘t'!_\‘ frankly
told ll-t‘l. tliat we d'd ll t twin-\e our
‘ltil. titLoii~' had upset the weather. a id
we slrm‘d tliciitore b.- tnairi d at the
time set. "
“iiiit w «sat there. any"
year?“ ante: r llsli‘. '
"ft -ou d .. arvi-ly be c ll ~il summer for
there. w I‘I'I' tent and ice i~v~ ry Ilitilllll in
the ycat. .\lay came in with stt‘iWstiii‘uts.
and there \\.is cc an i~2eh~tiiick The
planting will put ell till: the la tof .\lay
Then about the tni dle. of June snow
came in the depth of scu‘a inchc-. and
killed all thc emu that had. sp‘rout -d,
and nearly eiciyt..in; clsc that had been
planned. '
“.\‘uth cold w. :itlicr had never been
known in any a “turf before. route
It'lki were afraid that the stin was cool-
in}; oil. There was a good deal of ain-
icty felt among“r the fear t‘llll‘illll'S on that
m‘ciinnt. \\ llllt‘l‘ (l then -were woin
through the summer. and so late as the
lst ot .l\:ly there were "days w hen the
men and boys went about. their work
with uvci‘cuats and unity its on.
“l‘atlicr she in d his diet“) as tts‘tllll,:lllll
\ll
nor satin. and it
t;-t l‘i that wax.
\v‘pd. :itil wore it out. "
whit happened to it.
ill VL‘ ml.
at: .-
lls‘
‘d t‘
.\llttltttt'l‘ that
1 turned them out to past tie: but during
N- K lt i-slia-g'ari- tcu monolith Silr-rian
lllit b: ‘ >llllll‘" .\tlpputlltlg‘. lltc portico.
ea h -. ne of which is tiltrcti f.ct high. ;
tul‘y dewiop‘iu: in ibo in wt idt‘al man
lict i I‘lt‘lll- a'i such: it. lti this great
tit-p $.11 ry of natioaal wcalth.
0th r ,tl.in;*, is a solid jaspir vaa- ten
‘ months. and llltbe
among ‘
fv ct lII'iiJl'l, sv\lecll feet long. ard almltl.
ltite' int ll‘gll.
four ritual bouts iii the form of a cross.
.\t cash of the fat tides projci't iii-eat por-
tlc. s a p: ortcd by double rows of mun-
olitli winnins si-vcn feet in diameter and
oixty fret high sixty four in all. Sub
lime y bra itiful and iii etl'ect upon the
mind it ~i unlike that product-d by avicw
\ oftlic Egyptian pyramids.
i'l‘hc ll'ivxr Neva is here about half a
mllu wile. It is crossed by ten bridges,
liglitnl by? .gas or electricity. Seen in
the ct citing. with mllcs of similar lights
I'filt'vlrd tn the water from the quays
ntade busy by llll tying crowds of men.
Womcnaind vehicles. the sight _'is one of
exteptlonnl beauty. Driving in the streets
of .\t. l’ctersburg is something to be re-
lnembezed. The private carriages are
tiiie‘baiouches, npiiie like our own. and
gem-ruby drawn by black Tartariau or
Balgaiiaa stallion horses. These atii~
mals have long names and tails, and are
driven a: a rate of .sp'ccd that would
no 0 the \ Olllllllsslullcl‘s of t‘cntral l‘ark
, Ila e and clear theroiicouvse of people
' in a short time.‘ The drusky is a small
four-whe:-l~ d. one-horse carriaw. very
low in the body. seating two paoscngcrs.
“d a driver in front. A" drivers wear
long sat-tout coats reaching ti their feet,
platted over the hips, and bustled bshind.
‘l he cap is low, blood on top,» with a
camel ri it. exactly like that of a gen—
tleman‘s stovepipe hat. Around the top
of the but are attached seictal stmll
cptil s or fathers. in numbers accordaig
to t e l '(Issnck 0r provincial tank 0f. the
. dTin-l‘. . 'l‘lt harness is made of very
small pieces of strong leather. It is ab
loch: d to the carriage or wagon by
double traces. one to the whiilletrce. and
one at. the end of the axletree outside of
the hub—an extra precaution against ac-
cidents. chr tlzo horse‘s shoulders and
his ( cllar is raised an ornamental ox bow,
about twenty inches in height. \Vithin
and on this b'iw are urangtd pretty as.
all and small hells. In Moscow horses
. attached to omnibuseo, hotel coaches and
7.. irate carriages are driven four abreast.
King conveyed from the depot in one of
, tho-o Oriental 0 mipo’gos one feels “it
Liorohe were tote: lag the chariotrm
St. Isaac‘s (‘atliedral has:
. planted in' orn, setclargc tires
the mouth of June nearly half of them
died, and S\ilrt‘t'l)'- a lamb was ttilu‘d.
All the fruit was kill: d. and it seemed a
time of animal de‘»trir tinti. ~ ‘
",1in and August were both cold
farmers who had re»
planted their turn all r the big sn tw-
Itorai saw it destroyed by the trusts. In
fact nearly all the torn p‘antcd that
yiar was until for use c\cept for fodder.
"squire llobsoaauir nearest neighbor.
who had s:-veral acres of burnt land
about it
on the edge of the .woods every Cold
night. and the heat and make scemcd
to k cpotl the frost in a measure. .\lany
| night we young folks in the neighbor
hood {.3 gthi red about that clearing in the
wuods’t‘o watch the tires and cat toasted
oats. . 'l he squire thud the only corn that
was iais‘cd iii the whole town. nail the
next spring fa titers for miles nr.:uad
(tune to him fi-r seed. and paid him at
the rate of live dollars a bush-l for it.
You may be sure there weren‘t may
Johnny-cakes that year. '
“Wellpon account. of this failure of
the (rops father felt poor. and I saw that
if I had a weddinwgowa I must earn it.
Squire llobson‘s wife always hired h lp
in the summer. and .1 went to work for
her at. [0 :nand-sixpenee a week. That
wasseveutylive cents. 'n‘nd you can tell
as well as I what girls would think of
such wages now 2“
“Why, grandma. they could scarcely
r-t their neckties with thatf" laughed
'ato.
“But it was consid red gocd pay in
those times,“ said grandma. “.\lother
had provided me With wool and Fax, and
Ihad spun and wove all the linenI needed
for household purposes. and wool cloth
for blankets. . Sol wanted onl: my dress.
and when father went to \\'ilton. lat . in
Uctober. with his 10 iltry and butter. I
sent and got the material for itiand
wi at do you think it “253—41 bright. ,_
blue boml mire! ,
“Now. I suppose, girls. you think that
retty poor material for a wedding
ress: bui I had been used to nothing
better than coarse, home made rments,
and botnbaziuc seemed to me t 0 hand-
somest material that eculd be desired;
goodenough for a neon. It had geost
uomucb, and seem sucks piece of ex-
my day‘s work done. by the light. of the l
big tire and one tullow candle. and those 3
were very happy, hopefulshoitrs that If
spent in the. old kitchen. stitching slow— ;
ly at its Sl‘tlllS, long after the family;
were all in bed. 5
”Well. the last stitch was set at 3.
length. and the dress was hung carefully :
away. withits da‘nty linen lace l‘llllll‘fi‘i
that I had Spun and knitted mvxclf. it
lacked only one week to 'l‘hatrkluivinq.
the time set to wear the blue liombarine. ‘
and l was to go hcmi- the ne\t day.
“I might to have said that the squire
was oneot' the o\ersce s of the poor in
our tow n. atid as there was no alinshousc. '
oncca year the town‘s poor were set up
and bi 1 oil' to boarfl by the pcoplc at
town tncct Hg. Th hie. who would board -
them l‘llt';tllt‘>f got the pan ters.
“Well. thcte was one boy llaVy
\\'hitney that no one would bid for
:l'lvcrybudy knew liitn and nobody would
ba\eliitn at any priic; so .\‘iptirc llohmu
was clifigi d to take him into his u\\'tl
flint ly. He was a poor half wit . sly.
; niiw‘iiievousmnl revengctul.
' “l"rotu the Iir t he seemed totlrivc a
S]\lll‘211::llll\l Inc, and would watch me
{at \va-rldfrotn behind a door. with eyes
i that had tni~chicf in tln lll. Utic' he
;\\':lllt‘.l his opportunity. and shut me
ldown cellar. when the w liole family" were '
laway. and wouldn‘t let me up. witeh' all
;m_\‘ £‘-*=I\iilu\ and entreat es. Then he
began to till the great tire place'with
‘ “mad and brnsle he always had :1 :“cnt
pas~i in to? t us and l. was neatly div
tractcd dmvn tlicrc iii the tlat‘k.. from
ill arin: llilll dancing and whooping over?
'tuy head. and-the tire. cracklingand rent—
in;' in ti.c chimney. l was sure he w Itrd
burn the house dow n. ‘
“He did clinic pretty near it. tonyflfor
when the .\‘tluir -‘s f-lksgut home. a heap
of birch lurk and britslr which llavy
lltl‘ l'litiiiight into the k itelten and throw ll
down near the, hearth. had caught tire
is all in a bl we;
and wa
,“llc tormented thc‘fi‘iinirc‘s wife. too.
beyond all endurance. sucking the hen‘s .
rugs. citing the ircain oil the crocks of
milk. andd gging great hub-s into lcr
t‘llt‘t‘\\‘i 7
“Well. l‘avv kept his eyes on my botn
ba/ine dress. whenever he saw inc wink»
in: on it. and won d sit in the . hi l‘llt')‘ ‘
cotticr * n- :it me. ~monthin~g Iii. lltll‘l‘
“\rr t!s‘ \t‘ft .\liltllllg fillils il‘ Il lit hip}:
lull in his broken way. as be had a habit
of doingr to anything that plcasel hint
greatly. It did not it cur to lt.l‘ that be
it cut mis hit f. but wh n I went to get
the ilri-ss the iii-xi d-iy.\\licii l was gain:
hem -. it was 1:»: e
“\Vi-ll. girls. I can never tell yo't liow-
ilis:ipp~itttc.l l was, It inake~ me feel
s. d en lt now. :li-l'l all. thc~e years It
ea c in‘a‘ my mind a' \Illit‘ that Ilavy
li id hit a lllllbl n ;ts .iisa' llt‘..l:|ll.l‘. l .u
\\h ’ll be e as will d up b 'Iwc the u] e
be stained to know tutti L: ab illl it 'i in-
ll-t‘itsu‘ was \ Itll‘itt‘ l. lii- .t:.d bi\\‘. and
\‘\lll the barn and :[tflllllt\. bit not :i
tltzerrtl ut lic b tlllllll'llb‘ could be lotiii-l
" \olliitn‘v mote lll’lltl be ill-tr. at d l
“t"‘l lliirtiv dtiaxltu l_\'tl \\!t ll"lll il.}n‘-l
in y bi- \‘illt". litiitimtik that llmd dribl;r~l
tba‘lv ill summer lwt' this on" gown. to
h [\t‘ it snatched Lotti inc at the-\(‘,_\ 7a»:
ti.o:tie‘i!. \v.-s t nu mm h. and l a?“ .‘llt‘.i d
l h itcd the tt'u-t' ~itn'ple ll\ titled boy \\ :tli
a b tt--iti ~ss that in ,1. [HI tn tif.‘ :i uiwnth
to lli‘l «uer. .\‘nur- of ll\~‘ supnrsii'iuzis
f -lks‘ l-aiked upon tlt:~ as a si e nd w .l it
:ii:: agattrt lll\ marryingr y-\ tr \' :3..lpi
'that y- at; tv l lltf m.- tl..it 11 bit k w' till
b~ ~‘.!'1‘ 'o t ‘llll‘V ll‘. and others tli tll :lil
:t \\‘is the \V-‘tk u l'i‘uvidctn e.li;tnibl'itv;
tiiy gid-ly \ in ti in trying to outshlnc
the Ilt‘l :i bors' :irb _ 7
“lb-wi-vcr. there was nothing el~c to
dwlnit to sw-all-iw my pride. nail-est l
\‘Illtl l. and get oit the old hand cards
and \vhci l and ::.i in w :k "
“\Vhrlt' l‘id you 3: ve it up. afterall
cried .\11sic.
“nave. it up ‘ said grandma. this
you no (‘llllil‘ \o:r grandma had a
L'imtl deal of spirit in lllt“(‘ day~. lba‘l
izo timi- to \\‘.iste in mourning owr the
in. of my :.-own. but went to \v-‘rk t-
niake :‘ll -tlu r. .\nil lhad to begin \\i'h
l—ll‘ not as it \\‘:is ‘lllll'll. t~-o. Fits: it
bad to be \‘vlilwl, tlicn spun. and then
(‘olotiil below it could be \v.-\ctt. It
was droning-lug \‘tllk. anl l \\‘tll own
that a goo-l 'i any tcars fell into the warp
:llzll w of of th t homc~pun dress:
“tint yniz must understan i that it did
not t the so mu h to inak-‘ gownsthen as i
nnw. for they were \cry plain and
Hl:‘.tl;;lil.
lice't a hopeless one indeed
".\o. by n.c.ns of hard work and sit- '
tin: up nights. tun her and l Lnislu d
making: the ;own. It w as pr-ssed oil.
sliiiiiti: and slip-nth. with the s-iuirc‘s
wlii‘p‘s l-‘iu‘go'ocuhc night befow Thanks .
on inq. :
“llrav-I. grandma.“ cried her auditois.
in clIqus. t‘llt‘t‘llllg the. old lady liilari
otls‘iy. “.\nd the. wedding eauie oilf“
"t‘crlainly. my dc irs.“ ' .
“lint w here was the unfortunate b an _
ba ine a'l this time.‘ inquired Kate.
“Well. nothing was sccu of it that
winter. nor the nevt summer. In the '
fall Squire “0anle boys .wc e out one
night in the woods about the clearing. '
hunting for ‘co ms. that were doing a
guild deal of damage to the corn that ;
fall. and they chiscd a big one into a
d an] lc ~eh and saw him pop into n h -le
'np :lltlwtlg the lllll‘h‘. , -
“llurrying for an axe. they felled the ‘
tree. and them. stored snugly away with '
tho tout at the bottom of the hole, was
my butubntino gown!“
“But the ‘coon didn‘t. carry it.
there.“ cried lletty. in astonishment.
“0h. drar no.“ said grandma. “\Ye;
supposed that lliivy stole intomy chamber ‘
and carried ' it off while I was getting
breakfast that last morning. and after- i
want forgot wlicre‘ho had hid it. It was ?
nearly spoiled with mildew, anl was
co cred with dirt and mint from the!
trampings of the ‘coon‘s feet; but it had ;
cost too mucli‘to be thrown away, so I i
_ washed and pressed it, and it really did '
' tnc considerable servii 0.
“But after all, my dcars. it didn‘t mat~ ,
ter so much. for your grandpa used to i
say that he never could have thought-
hnlt‘ so much of the bombalinc as he did :
of the homespun dress I was married in. ;
He always liked a plain drcha neat and .
tidy. you know. but without any of the.
tlounces and extm trimming they put:
on nowadays. ,
,“And I guess that‘s about the way»
twill! men in general—at least. with the:
sensible ones —they look more to the one
that wears the dress than they do at the ;
dress itself. It. won‘t make so very much 3
difference. my dears, what your dresses‘
are, if you only have pleasant ways and
kind heart-s."——0firistiuc Stephan :
l
up .
‘ When to Eat Fruit. ‘ l
‘ The real place for fruit is at the begin~ i
ning of a fenst,.and not. at the end. A -
better plan still is to make a meal of.
bread and ripe fruit. The best meals to i-
make thus are breakfast, lunch, or early l
tea. The bread should be brown and;
dry, and the fruit. ripe and raw. Dr L
=brown bread cleans the tongue an ,
fbrings out the flavor of the fruit. Butter i
i on the bread would givodts own flavor,
trav some for poor folks. that Icouldn‘t or oven the salt in the butter would. de~
hire t o-villogo mommaker to at the 'stroy the tire taste of the fruit. Again,
dress; so the sqnitc‘s wife, who had been
o tailorcss in her younger days, helped
Inc make it. ' ' ’
«1M tonw gut: «tot-r has so gene.
‘the fruit old he raw if blc, as.
.many delicious odors and delicate liovorsi
larcloat in the. cooking—0W Tri—L
. one of her New York letters.
'iuy pa t my lipinr-u of tin.
. colots.
‘ the we .rcr
" ”WOMAN‘S WORLD
For:
PLEASANT LITERATI'RE
FEMININE READERS.
Shopping Toilets. '
Is untitncss in dress a pccyIlim-ity of
American women! asks t‘lara Belle iii
Are the
women” of other nations as insensible to
the incongruous as are ours? These
questions were Stiggestel by the scene
iii a basement room of one of the large
stores in this city. There were hundreds
of women pussiiigin and out and strolling
front ‘oue counter to the other, and
lllllOll: then were worn sortie of th-t
handsomest street toilettcsl ever saw.
Ht‘teu was the eye almost b'inded by the
sparklingr of jetin the electric light. and
saints. velvets. pliis‘ics of all eulos
ltll‘lllt‘il ntnoving kaleidoscope. The dc'
pii'ttnent was one for houselu-epEn;y
goods. and some of thise gmgeaisiy.
art yvd w- men were 5 li‘t‘titt‘; chopping
bowls. car. ibg knives. tin pans, tire
shovels. etc. l‘hi- elimav was reached
when. through an open": in the throng.
I saw a young wont-iii “llusL‘. toilet wa~
larg. ly in: de up of white water: d si'k
an ?a e pulsing a blackb itti=m d kt tile
\v.tli n glu:nty~;;lovcd haiidf If. r cus-
tuiiie would have :itiswcr.d for an cl:-
pant reception; perhaps ~lii- iatcn led :0,-
in;' to one after purchasing a prescrvitig
belt-U. ' 7
.
Thackeray In Praise of “'omtut.
'l‘l‘a kcriy. in one ut‘_lits novels. says:
"There are h ll"t' t lever “‘utlll :i in the
“arid than men think for Our h dill is
toiluspise them . we believe they do not
think because they it n n t li'll’lil'llt‘l its:
and are weak became they do not rise
npagainst its .\ tu.i:i unly llfgllts to
hurt“ w -m~‘n as he gzoivs old: and. for
elevcrite s
risk s e\cry d i_\'. “dun I say that 1
kn >w wnuiei l nnau’that [don‘t know
tli iii. livery .\l' gle wotuzn l ever me:
is a pin. iv to me. as I h tie nu ilivllbl. >lie
is to ltczs lf. ray tl-icy ar‘ it »t clever:
They are c vistaiitly eycri‘isingcleverncs.
of the tiitcst s..rt
“‘imi sic a demure ll‘llkill: wotiinn.
faithiul in Tltlll‘t‘ lili.~ and sh rt buttons.
llt‘ div-tit to her bird and .ittXn \l‘ in Lilia e
h in in all things; ‘lll'll‘ nri tolit.es or
‘itc:a‘,'.re. and. if te’cricl to. saying
with a slllli-‘Ml llll i anti: “'ll. “an ca
an it t ~:udgcs u‘en su h lllillt‘t\; \\‘e
lcue learuirnr to lthll.‘ ‘lcsf says
.‘miu s. ‘attcn‘l to the lauiw. my -ie tr. ~ ail
bandit-crest tit tis.‘ I ted :diot‘
Hie ll‘l leti: an l‘.l£t‘ll'}'~‘ill' In as .i'c;
she kn ms you: w kn .. and li‘ lllrl‘ rs
'to tli- in in a lllt'il‘»:l‘ ' ‘ .\lie
l\ll=l\\ - yu :r nbstzu It pmiitxaipl lll‘lri li~ s
round th in with the‘ in mt c .: ail
and Lata-n- e. :i. y. u w: . ..-.~ an an! on a
journey turn ii-nnil .ia oiistae c.'
lib”:
“'uslilumrik
Iliad a ion; ml “23' 'th' traveling
.i :5 nt of one I f tli~" lit: wt w i~hl~ward
fat twru's' n tl:e l Lit d Natcs the “the.
«lay .\a d be, “,\2i.1‘~tt~ u. waflb ands
:l I' In hit) an l will 12‘. ll;_\‘ l llllt“l .‘l'tb's
cwr. \t':lr,tllltl at ll‘d‘! :.~.Im.mm am». hi
ye ir._\' between the \l‘u :ha‘ty inn-int“! s
and .\lissoitzi fi\0l'. 'l‘izi-ze a:e twu fw-
t-rics in l Elia-land uh h turn wit 3"”
do in \\.t>l|i>-~:tl\l\‘ nday. one in Livia
which t irns oi: Amid i n n d -ll_\‘.!tll'l two
in .\t. LU‘HS wbi it turn u.it over a tax!
boa aycar Them ate all i~t ‘.\\\‘ttt_v
iiitl’crc'it \ iicic ic~ of wasiiboarils‘ind the
lust \\’l\ll'h-lltsl\ ate in etc it the \\ csl.
'I‘he lilast 'ru fill tori s in list.‘ :liclr‘wzi«li~-
boards ot p.uc. The best wiiod for \\'::\lt-
linthl$ is the cuttoiiwz oil l r the syci
ttinrc “me is t -t- suit :tiil uhtc pin--
is t-vo exp its:\e. The b--~t “a
n c " w;t‘.i do c t u‘rl llI‘I is with
w re .i.‘.s llt\l'll il'l'tl~~ lit" gr tta I-f the
wand. Yeti inn buy the ponicr-t l i“ .is
lo \ ..s e -_;l.ty cents a do en at \\ to es |l1'_
and the better lmarls c .\t as liizli as
$3 11 n .\ man in MM \ o:k has
inv- iited :i was‘il- \ rd “ill h hr has of
“Ted to I it: f_; dc fur $‘ :1 \ll‘ t‘lt. lull it
costs too ll\\l\l| and u i.l not sell i nabb-
washbeards as those tlr it hate llst‘ ridges
on b lli \i hes. the pra es of these ritit
fiiiitt $l.'.ii to $2: per do In. .\t retail
washbuaids (‘nsl twenty like. lh rty.
thirty five. forty and titty re: ts tlliini'e."
“\\ ho made the first waslibnard."
“I don't kin-w. Mitt the first
,lit\.,r.l‘~
\
’iiii
.lo cu.
“‘t‘l‘t‘
If it lad my task would havefltnade \ll w. oil entirely. and our w asltcr~
woman llst d to pound the datum of the
clothes \vitzi a ‘lll‘b by lay pg llltlll on a
board llie first wnslib- aids 'niade of
lillr w re put llllvll the market about
twenty tiye y. ars ago. and the style lll‘uf
iui \‘lllt d is found the best to day. Wadi-
. b -ilt‘-l\ inn le ot glass are liable ta breik.
and I th iik th . best washbomd i‘ the ”1d
i’llb and wood art iclc. There is now one
made of a solid piece of llllt‘. as It rub
biog; stu face, which is \(n v ooed. lhe
dt‘tittt'td-bit‘ “‘usliboat‘ds increasis r ght
' a‘on_:. and I sit; pi: 0 our tiade will (Ull'
lillllt‘ as lon: as people put on «lean
clothes and take otl dirty ones.“ -~ (‘5: rt:
Iirrm' law/er.
Fashionable
. Furs.
The en‘irc fox family furnishrs a 1 ago
Contingent, of the fashionable furs [on
th- season. l‘drick fox, blue fox. cross
'fox. giay fox and red fol are in high
v gu‘ for triiiittiiiigs. ntutl‘s iiul l\|\.|\‘_
The blue fox. from its dilicato color, is
, adapted to the iniiclunont of the ditl‘er-
ent fabrics in blurs. gtnvs and mind
lled fox harn‘iont es with the
brown tints that are now a i much worn;
and while muffs and boas made of it
may be somewhat mountain-ed. yet. as it
trimming. it. is certainly very pleasing.
Ci: lttilllon and black heir furs have a
prominent place in the furrier‘s stock.
The former resembles stone marten. and
is rich-lookingr and ctlcctive.
sable or black marten deservedly hol ls
its place. It: cognoulett of sable cou-
Sans its plcbcian origin 0 oblixiou. A
sable“ has a grand sound w.:on spoken
of.
sum are also to be. much used for
trimming and utilitr purposes. lllack
lynx. blail' fox and black Per~~iaa lamb ‘
are emp'eyed for mourning garnitures
and tritumingr. Sea! is still the leading
ftir for jark- ts. samples. paietots. Sew--
markets and dolinans, and is triin‘tued
wi h beaver. otter. l'ersian lamb and
Alaska sable, and also with balls and
fringeof seal. Seifskilt Samples from
foity to forty—four inch1‘s long are the
favorite garments. loas are from two
to three and a halt‘ yards lotig.»atid are
thick or thin, according to the i taste of
Very few capes are shewn.
the boa having deplored them. owing to.
its supv rlor beeninittgttess. Circulars of
Sicilienne or satin, lined with .\iberian
Squirrel or mink. have collars of blink
lynx, black fov or beaver. the latter be-
ing; olways used in conjunction with
mink. The effort to revive mink fur for
general wear'has proved unsuccessful,
the softer beaver or otter in short furs
being preferred, owing to the greater
beauty of coloring, while the long-haired
furs have taken the precedence on ac
count of the soft. effect they produce.—
Ndw I’orb Commercial.
The Man Millinor‘s Reign.
Everywhere uptown cloth jacket-{hat
it like jersey. and ulster: that or. mold-
Alaska l
Lynx. badger and Australian opos- l
the ladies. nsmcn can scarcely hope or
wish tlieirovercoats to be. inclose the 1
persons of all well-dressed women. It. 5
is impossible for any man icvcept a
woman‘s tailor) to judge whether the
new fashion is or is not agood otic.
And I won‘d not give a fig for the opin-
ion of a man so dull that he could See a
half-dozen Murray Hill girls, who have
strained art and poured ’out money in ’
order to look their best, and then could
cypress any biit the one opinion. Amid
the rack and stress of shifting fashions ‘
since [have been among t cu) each al- '
teration iii their gowns has seemed to
make them more and more entrancing.
What. brought; about this revolution?
Wcll. first tae comm-in jcrwy. which
made a dsplay of the outline of the. fig-
ure popular. and then the de l and for an
equally tiglllditllllu‘ ovcrg .rtnc .t to keep
up thi- accurate e\p )sitreof outline when
the weather Called for sotneihitig out»
side and on top of the jerwy. The
men‘s tailors were .callcd upon to con. ,
stritct these feminine “ulstcrsf~ as
they were called? These tailors got ex-
tra prices for this new work and liked
it tli .t. s. the extra prices- 3 ‘- well that
the: C‘lllllgflil their signs I i attract more,
ed to the graceful. rounding figures of}
llllllt'S. '1 his | n roachel on the field of
thi- men Illt“\lll.ll\'t't\. who then hired
tail-ts and al~o al‘tred tili'll' signs.
This the words “ladi ‘s‘ tailor“ fll‘l‘t-ared
on llt-' ~:~_-ris of tw» sr's of frllili‘Stllt‘ll.
An 1 tht'n. also. Clllnt‘ it to pass that the.
original men‘s tailors went on from mak-
‘ in: til~tcrs to hulking dresses. and 1113‘
3 men dresunakers lec.un~.- .thc makers of
“till r-niadc uat’nunts (if all Suits. It is
intercsliiin' to visit one if these ladies"
ti lnr shop. as I did yesterday. llcre
were trousers by the “my.- bun: in .l {no
on books, like bet-veg lu-t‘o'e a b .teli r's
stall. and acrus‘thcrumu were :t‘e‘ .t' " s‘
(‘?\\l‘\' llllt il \\ llll ladies nick‘l‘ls tliltl
bla'ing'with caibroidvry in gold.
gaudy ribbons and \\.th buttons big as
lilllll'l‘ dishes, A )‘li'lll’: man with his
coat ell :i-i-l one arm nut still. like a
mailbag l atelier on a pustal car. was be-
iw: measured for a coat iii the tick of
n-l-cvy of (lll'dfl': ladies. one of whom
~biod on a low plattl riu while a young
.rglll rti-"iclcit bi r with a ta, e itii':t~ti e
:itiltlte gtt‘al woman‘s tailor talk d of
whabb incs, lllllllqr, t .. -‘lt(‘ w and [don't
know what it «t. .\. i.‘ Yu .1. 1c" «2'.
I‘nshinu .\ulvg
1‘. axis of all colors are use-l in nil-
litti'ry.
ll-l ';:h kiiiled fil-rics'are no'. shown
t xte ;~i.i 1y this .\e .5 vii.
in 3b“ l.t‘\\ ilriust-s the seams of the
\va sls are \\ Tl-llt‘litlfi‘ d. .
,. Tia- :icli-.'~t \\ cililitigdtcssus are N‘pl Cd
siilu or iywry unb- ~atin
The i-ai k br- :l-l'll‘ of the <kirt~ of new
pvt-Hi iis s are tna.l-' Very t:i.l.
l"‘~llrl:lll bat ks. p . at d fr his and
:ii 'z't sides are st en mi bas Lites.
(i ll lit-niches rcpt senttn; a tennis
ramptvt. with bal‘. at. p... i:.
la f oeks‘. bl‘ pics and mantles the
~li 'it'd r t -=:ii~ are it” ie . cry sl 0 t
l’ur general \\ ca this,» awn ( l.c\'Eut_
twccl and canvas L; oils tak- the lead.
.\ninng the fashmnabic combinations
bl.i« k atid yeilow‘ rwtains its popitlaiity.
.\‘hut‘: w ll‘l‘ and fit l Skirts ll‘l‘ sh awn
ia the en l!‘ or on rut-ats t. r lzttle girls.
\\ illl tii‘lu i-r la c ninkwiar stunll
lthm- ltss of rare wuiktitit.sli.p will be
worn.
l-‘ur cldz-rly lidEi-s :ray and red silk
is «naibiiicd with blaik cashmere in
g l‘VIl‘.
.ltt beads. it is sai-l. will give way to
balls of feathers as n tititdt for hat
britn~
‘l‘hr tape ~t‘. ipc anion: the new \Vufll"tl§
l- uks as if it th b \‘tl saved on the
fabti -.
l3 u-lish gowns nr» p‘aitcd and plain.
and Punch titties re gathcru and
Litldt 1T.
Fall hats have \ l‘i'\\lt‘1 of cloth, velvet
nnl ~atia. and bite a s:a:n \liiei‘ti)‘ in
:h‘ ba k.
Tiny .\ll‘ llsuf mother «if-pearl are seat.
teie l m er a linudscine tichu of tiilie and
ill point line.
lit’izlll red wi‘l in our at tit-.asuri- be
sitppl rated by bright yellow in brighten-
ing dark Gisltttllt“. ,‘ '
.\ d~ ~moud stu ldcd four lcavcd clover, ,
stt‘ru'tn-b d by a horse shoe; is a favorite
drsign for brooches.
.\ 'pietty oruntnent for a lady‘s chain
is a scent bottle of glass with gold top
(’llfllll- led in lusbl‘lltli.
In the dark paid fto‘ks for little
girls'tull and sagging bright s null and
tatl‘cta \vaixteoals are seen.
A“ shades of brown are fasliiouabfo,
and brnnxe brown is it ‘ld in high favor
for evening dress coitibinations.
.\b otptoaes and tltcstones are increas-
ing in favor . A biooch has a eresscnt
. in "tna‘F‘guid \\ itli three prndant moon-
" *tutte . , '
Link sb eve buttons have a cat‘s head
:lll low rcliv-t‘ and a ping“: face iit high
relief. all-4|“ of the zodiac, or any two‘
ub‘eels not alike. .
Silver bead bracelets are tnnch worn
and the bead pattern figures conspiur
ously ingpld and silver trinkets of all
kltltltif A new bracelet shows alternate
beads of gold and platinum.
English tat'or ‘tyles in dresses remain
the same in general cut and retain favor
at the East for the promenade. li‘rcneh
fishions in walkingr dresses are fnvor~
nbty regarded in the South and \\'cst.
L Small. trim looking clasp: of metal in
oxultmd or bright finish. or in both,
; re used on the col'ars of tnilorunadc
‘ 2031‘s and to fasten the fronts of
i.l ektls. They are as useful as orna-
' mental.
- The hair is no lottarcr massed over the
I niantlu or dress trimmed with “Alaska 1 forehead. but a few light curls or waves ‘
l
f fall on each side. It is still piled up at
the top of the bead. nud well brushed up.
- from lb:~ nope of the neck. It. is Well otl .
the temples, and leaves the ears quite
; free.
Ostrich feathers are in high favor in l
fashionable millincry. They are seen in
all colors. also in ombrc and mottled ef-
fects. while novelties with tinted tips
upon which glisten pearl b ‘uds, will be i
very effective for evening wear in the 1
hair or on the b‘\nnet.
-_______
The Striker! Plains.
.‘ust across the Canadian River, at film
telope llills, we caught our first glimpse
of the Llano listncndn or rtakcdd laius. ‘
\vlii. h is simply a b lliard table of grass :
a
stretches the entire width of the l’an‘.
Handle and southward to Red River and i
the tribular'os .of tl~ Brazos, and I do i
not believe it holds in that vast sweep in l
do. on elevations-twenty feet high. 0n:c ;
it was the domain of millions of buffalo, 4"
whose traCes are there still —tho grass :,
grown “wallow," and hero and there a l
whitend and crumble} bono.- There 5.
are a few of tho war-lest of the once num- ,
bodes: droves remaining. but soon the l
rov‘ Comanche or cowboy will have l:
held 1 0 last low, and this monarch of ,i
the not American Plains wm hove l:
‘ , “'as
..
‘tl- ll‘.‘ l\
pulsed into m..—-MQ for): 1w, 3 7 L
BUDGET OF
FUN. “
HUMOROUS SKETCHI-IS FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
N0 Possible Hope—A Gentle [lint—
Iu'ot a .\lanul‘aetory—How George
Captured -— A Sweet—
heart's Ingenuity. Etc.
At night upon the per 'h roof. flat,
The felines make a clatter.
. The .\ld'eplt‘xs‘ boarder yells out “ seat"
‘.-\ nd they—don‘t St otter.
And thou he throws out a brick bot,
lint it don‘t latter.
And when in sixes out fine door mt.
lt—doesn‘t matter:
And then he gets a great big gun.
“'cll tilled will shut and powder.
And tires; hat tliev do nit ran.
They Le there and yell 1ouder.
~ «layout! [~th Press.
A Gentle "int.
He had been courting her a long time.
so long that she b-gan to get tircd;'so
one night she said t i him: '
“John. who is author bf the
“.\lau prupusest"
“l'rn sure I do not know."
John. “Why do you ttskz"
“Ulil I merely wanted to
he was "
“For what reason
“because 1 gm: 3 he didn‘t know what
he wast dkii : about." ”A
Fire llllltlllc‘i later the- wedding day
was ~ct. —'l;‘vs L’fl (‘u 'rlcr. '
phrase,
kHz-W who
us
Not n .\ltutumctory.
.\ stranger who ha'd. upon arriving in
thtlc Lock. met a fl‘ll'lld. was Walking
along the strei t \v1th liltn. ' i
“this seems to be a pretty lively
town.“ s ml the Siralll‘fl 7.
“It app-an rather duil to me," the
friend repli' d.
“I don t se - low it can bi- ‘when votir
maiiuf-icto-ies ran full l:la»t at night.“
“My dear feline, there are no~ month
far [uric-'5 running. '
- ~-\\ In: il-ia't ~ion llP‘ir the noise of
that b -:ler factory over lll‘ re.”
"That's it» b tilt-r {:n tory."
‘-\\ i ll. w ha: mak- silt-at awful clamor."
" \ Lu‘l'l‘x'l“! anew at lll.‘ tip-ta House.
1.. ok. sc.» that iciiozv ramble out T"
“l cs: \\ h ll“ the tttittet‘J“
"Na-thing. only the gallerv bovs have
illrt'\"2l th . pol:c.:tu iii down s‘tiiirs'."-—_li'~
A .- 1' mm": .
« llnw George “'as Captured.
"‘\ marl-ml. \cry llllb h (‘\(‘ilt‘«l. dear.“
h ~a3il. wli i: sh-x cnb r d the parlor
“-3.: :‘i‘ he was w ii‘ rig for hrr.
"\\ ell. 1 sh v .l-l think lo'tgh‘. to look
l’\‘:l‘\l.‘ ~h :t‘ts“ r-tl. "l \e ins i.lltl
tint in st troll}; :;: :itnu-tit with ma”
Ana .Em began to w. - p hysterically:
*:*\\hy. what is the mater. my. dar
13a; ‘ ll“ imp-(rd. as he hit h:s arm
are; :- hr and t'tldi‘tfl'i'rv-l in
>0.i:lic_hcr, “what \yas‘thc argument. ”
flatly h w tan l t-il _\iu: .\zic said
you were ' ly tri it}: “nth inc. anl that
you w'\ x r imp the ~uu~ti -ti; ard
lziiiil Eu: she d d }«td a 2.! in_'tistice,
[3.31 iwil-Wt‘tl that you would pup the
.ptrsi .in to tii- .\lie said you
“will tln‘t and l at you \vuilil. and we
hagi it h )t and luau y. l‘. at Inna-n. vilu
w:‘l not bt tiia triutnilh o~cr inc. iyill
XIV-I .. ~
é-Wh
“04:2 ,
l'l km-w it. my darling the dear girl
"tint-«l; “I‘m-- lft its an to tea and
L. r haw tuiiclr tiii~tak "it she was?"
.\nd they dit. a d in i didn‘t
.3 so very much broken don :1 over the
‘:r aftcrall. vii-sit”. v
\\...l\‘
by. c~rtai:i‘y not." answered
U.'.c' .
.\ Sweethearts Inat‘nully.
,“.\ titlttislet‘ why u‘td to live here in
Lmti o: l‘c ry._“ said he. “was once
rt-d by an 411- r minim-r on a .\ inday.
{.\t in.» du. its and ordezcd his
h ': d girl I i dri .. and Cook thv. m for din-
t;-:r. The ‘lTl d ll as s..e w .s lidtldfill while
the ducks were misting. her beau came
3,} made h r a \ ;i.l. Being Luxury and
l-lll1~l-.il by the sine lof the sin-ling fowl
Lo \ i l‘d one Of llu‘ll ;t‘l{\" .‘llbl fili' ll.
j"'l‘he girl \\ is diivtn t.» her wits end
by 'bis unlit k} ll‘b idem. .\he was rather
3; ad hxr beau had such a rite dinner.
, bat des i iicd wt tindinuaa excuse to tell
tlge iniiii~tcr let‘s e ill hi'n Mr. Brown-
to :teu-‘dlll for the missing dirt-k. \\ hen
Minister “1'0““ came home to dinner
with vt-iting .\li‘fistcrl-lon. s. the girl had
hit up m .i s. heme. .\‘he asked her em!
pinyrr to no out to the grindstoae winch
31...“! in the y a. d and sharpen the carving
knife. He went to work on the knife at
once. bciuz: liti"l{‘)‘ for lll"~t‘slll ks. The
grl stoTe lll‘dtlll‘s and inked the visiting
minister to look out of the \\ Eitduw.
‘ce they? s iid site. ‘1 cutie up to
‘23,... you‘warning. You little know the
dangcryuu‘ic in. The man I work fur
is, crary, and he is slirpe'ii i; that knife
to (‘zit your threat.‘ .
"The girl succeeded in thnmiiglilv
“nursing the \isi‘or. and be ha tily‘pu-t
on his hat and ran as iast as liislegs could
u.
l take him.
“When he had rati several roads, the
girl calli d her master and asked him
. what kind of .a man he had brought
l home to dinner.
The in ni~ter inquired
why she a~ked. when. pointing to the fly—
in: brother. the girl c\claitned: “Hp-u:
he goes, running away with one of your
dtteksI"'—~ Inert-slim \ Jli'.) Jirur «11.
Something Ho Forgot.
\Vhen Mr. Jenkins went to his bed~
room at half past one. it was with the
determ‘nation of going to sleep.and with
another determination that he would not
be interviewed by .\lrs. .‘enkins. So, as
soon as he had entered the door.and de-
posited his lam i upon the dressingdnble,
to Q‘Ollllllt‘ll‘ud iis speech:
."I locked the front door. I put the
chain on. Lpullcd the key on: a little
bit. The dog is inside.
Ten out.
refrigerator.
.to bed with her. 1 put a cane under the
knob of the. btekliall door. I put the
. fastenings over the bath-room windows.
: The parlor tire has coal on.
. I put the
cake-box bit: I: in the closet. I did not
drink all the milk.
rain. Nobody gave me any mos. ago for
you. I mailed your letters as soon as I
got down-town. Your mother did not
call at the office. Nobody died that we
are interested in. Did not hear of a
marriage or engagement. 1 was very
busy at the office talking out bills. I
have hung my clothes over choir-backs.
-I want a new egg: for rcakfnst. Ithirk
Lita; is, all, and I wil now put out. the
' lg t. '
j Mr. Jenkins felt that he had hedged
bounded on all sides by the sky.. It:
against all inquiry. and a triumphant
Ismile was it )0!) his face as he took hold
,of the gos~c eck, and sighted a line for
the bed. when-he was caztbquaked by a
:rlawipg laugh, and the query from Mrs.
Jen ins:
“Why didn’t you take of! your ball"?
; —Puck.
Token In.
A uloonkceper up Cratiot otrcet at
at bio door the other afternoon wonder-
ing why it was that no many men in
Detroit Worried buttermilk to beer,
when two strongua'come ulna 'Onc
of then placed 1 many on the ‘ walk,
answered 1
seven to.
_ I put the kit~ .
l emptied t‘ie drippan oi the »
T.) - cook took the silver .
It is not going to;
p‘accd his rivht htel on the penny, and
then bent over to see how far he could
:coch and mark the iazstone mth _n
nail. .As he reached in: he lifted his
heel oil the penny, and tha- other man
picked up the. coin. slipped it pito his
.pocket and winked at the salooniot.
“Thnt.s a long reach,“ said .\0. 1,13
he straightened up.
“Yes. but you lifted your heel off the
Cent." ’
"No. I didn’t.“ .
,“Bet you a dollar!“
“I'll take it 1“ .
“Hold on. shentlemvns." Sflld’ the beer
seller. as he rose up; "I like to make
some bets myselffi: ' ‘
"I'll bet you #2 my heelis on a penny, ‘
said No. 1. . _
“I take dot bet awful ipu-ek." replied
the saloonist. and a couple of $1 bills
were handed to .\‘o. 2. ,
X0. I sat dow’n on the w :Ek. pulled ozl
his shoe’and held it up that the saloon
keeper might see a penny s~rewed first
. to the heel. He replaz- d his shoe after
:a moment. 1022.: up and timed court-
t‘onsly. and the pair walked utl'. They
i’vcrc at least half a bio k away bcfo e
. the victim rcc .\t-red ~ll lie cntly to say
“\‘helll \‘hellf I pays taxes intw.)
wards und goes twiec t« I‘iiit-azo. but
yet I vltas some bin ta: who uitgli! IJ
, be led around tnit a r ipe'. ‘ [Mu-2 Fm
l’l‘uu.
An Odd Mental Power.
.\ Princess .\nnc .\ld. lcllt't‘to the
la‘ititnore .1l’tv'I‘ITVI -; . Julia llati.
son. who ri-s'des at ll .i. ~ lsi
it i. iti dis
(Runny, about t\\ ctttv \ 't"~ Hf .11“. ii
[i.lsst-sscd 0f Wuuilcrf .1 mental p vw rs.
He is a dredzer. and sayt': . n1“. Illll'nll‘
ed .«hool libO'iI two in < alzuzvther
in his life. This great p inv=_r (rotisists in
his ability to_ spell l. i. k ~..rd any w- izd.
ltd-matter linw lung or izz‘rr it i. that he
can spell forward. or tit t is spelled for.
ward in his presi‘nce. and 1!: i‘. t t -. with
the gnatltfit Co’lctitv. '1 il- .l ”z
(‘urresp'ittdan h 'er'ltl; ..~ th s wo::d.-r~
Illl power. met him on Dr i‘ s lsl Ill'l, and
re ,ttestcdliim to _:i .- .l‘: exhibiti ‘ll of
his stratue tnlent.wh'.c l l: - reel (032'
N'llfl‘tl to do. Mich w iir is as “i"coza-
pitib’lity.“ "inning“. " “ rre'rrehcu-
sibiiity," “i incinnat'.” ‘ Philadelphia "
and in my other low; w 4- ':~ wee spelled
tn his~ presto-«cc. which l; - :llltll don-1y
spelled ba 'kward “Et‘a ll; timing rapid-
ity :itrl‘ without the least it «I ' He
in v~ l' fz-iis. bit always s l :is z :e wueis
corri-etlv backward as :h j: a e .p Led
. .lI‘ - ‘ er 51]"..5 the
.13" 7 how nit-2 it
:1: ~ c;_=ie~:i in
will
:ll
.u:
ill ‘Zl.
to li'tn forward. and i3
word itnorrcctly. n i r:
b -. it isalwaxs the fa'rt
. . ‘
er. Any \ old that it .~ : -:ui:iar
and can spe forwa:
lnckward. and w ~r s 7 .
faint iiir with and‘a .
he cut spell 1';l\k\\ it'i w
spelled in his pres" i‘
spell the words bit ”so
because in many iris: . :1-
in ll'ii‘ no sown-T. lb s i3:-
not even carty the “1le . . .
is sps‘iwl forwarl. and c .
w‘ a: uterine he is curt“ Eel 1 . do 2: He
says he tir-t shewi-d ~l:::~ h'~ w mile.-
f‘ll talent while he w ..< .- a; to sch ‘0’.
the sh--rt time that he aft ll :c f by spa-Il-
ing bm‘ku‘ard the words wrap an: led by
the teach 2*. m ;. it in t ... .m iscai-xn oi
the teacher and the o: l.l."'.
-liL:‘ l 35:!
- , .
The Smallest Kinhlom.
“n the northeast me: u.’ the island
of Sardinia lic 5 th' lllllCil v; allcr isiand
of Taulara. tire iziiE s lo 2 a d um:
bread. its possQSsii-H an i aims‘ruti- me.
creigaty were formally :rriti d by his;
\‘lia. has Albert. 02‘ S..r ill-ill :n the Barn;-
lentii faniily.'nnd for l:‘.~‘.'e than half a
( eatury Paul L. King o, Tavsdpa.
reign»: l over it in pea r. t In the Zlvith of
.\la_\' last King l‘an‘z w is c ouip ibd [“20
to th- tnainlanl to se k trenment for
heart dist use. Finding tlat s ‘1! nee was
p iw‘rrliws in his case tie in: rctsrned
to his island to die in. :h‘ midst of his
sill-"vets. who are i irt- h an zber.
died sitting,r in his cli-ir. i kc the l2m~
llt‘r-ir \ cs~ asian. vai e: d- :1 bring to
write a will.
He \"uS seventy eight years el 1. The
fotty subjects of llc I‘a‘ “ya. they cth d
hair. lo~t in him a lmn will utvzznd lll-llli‘
trious monarch; his fam l;. l. fit a kind fa~
titer. and the wild gents of the island,
more numerous than his s h'ccts. Lost—-
we will not say they men n the loss of—
an lllll’t‘ivid lul‘ilt't‘.
'l‘avolara is a sin ill. r .\‘t .t . than even
the Republic of San Var :to. lyin: | as:
of ltally. which has tweu y two 5 .- are
miles and 8,00 people. th- prin. ‘pallty
of Monaco. on the l-‘:en ~lt cna~t of th:
Mediterranean near the l'a‘.i.in frontier,
which has eight and o e half spzare
miles and 9.300 inhabitants: or the He-
public of Andorra. 1} in; Let wtca France
and Spain. wh ch is Ilih- s -"are miles in
cxt'cnt and has new pe q: .\——-1'cu."«‘a
(‘1‘):3‘thlh'll‘: '
r
Sparrows liill a Cat.
There was a despertc i-attle the other
day in Galena. lil , lictivecti a bi: tom
cat and a numerous family of sparraws
that had taken refuge in a (rdb apple
trc_‘ in the ba k yaril of tli . First l’rc~b}‘~
tel-inn parsonage. and whose home bad
been invaded by the cat. 'l‘ac latter had
stea‘thily crawled up the side of the
tree, and was perchcd' up -n a l .wer
limb. watching for an opp ~rtunity to
rake in an unsuspec in}; . sparrow, when
suddenly the entiio flock of. birds flew
out of the tree and encircled 'it. making
' a‘chirping noise so loud and 9 citing as
to be heard all over the. neig‘hlmrhood.
After flying about finance for a moment.
a halfdozcn or more birds flew at the
eat like lightning. and drone their sharp
The animal uttered.» lib-.\t of piin. but
i was finally p :unced “3‘01 by other
" skirmishes 01 the bird army. and poi ked
l so unmercifully that it was compelled to
let go its hold on the limb of the tree,
and dropped to the g ound. lleforc it
fcouldregain its feet for thi- ptirpOse of
‘ making its escape. n hundred angry span
. rows dove at the animal. picking it
.abont the head and back. until it was
' utterly powerless to de'cn l itself with its
paws, which it had at d st endeavored to
' make use of. The birds seeing the
enemy was succumbing to the terrible
punishment. they were intlic' in 3 upon it,
reniwcd the Itt tck with redoubted \ igor.
and his catship wait soon stretched life
less 'ul'On the gxrund. with its eyes
piikcd out and its skull p‘rforatcl in
inuny places. As soon a: the cat ceased
lto show signsof life the Sparnws flew
back into the tree, and continu-d their
deafening chatter in honor of the vic-
tory—St. Louis Glb-lk‘ll-In'hlf.
The Idle Kali-s.
Anglican missionaries in the diocese of
Mariuburg, South Africa. claim t
the great sin of the ,Knfiirs is idle
What work isdonc falls
of the women, and they .
mortal): out of the twelve. “2min ,thc
poo c moot 03 too beer rinkurg~
the; are stretched out in the sun, idling
their time own]. They ddn‘t, Status,
like to go to church on, hotter-aha they
like to work. Sometimes the in ‘
missionary will have to wait for In: con-
gragahon mot-ethic: abounm'. W
'--t ex = 33.1 b?‘
He.
am hubecn outlorjh-é-g
pointed. though .\ho t bills into its body.\
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