How SUSAN WAS WON Susan Stebbens was by all odds the best looking girl on Grassy Lick. with- out being remarkably beautiful, for beauty is not a noticeable ch .tracteristic of menu ..ain women old or voung, and how'she had ever come to marry Lem Skaggs was a wonder to me, for Lem was by all odds the homeliest man on , the Lick, and homeliness is a character- istic of mountain men. I knew Lem quite welland had be- friended him on many occasions, even loaning him money enough to get mar- ried on, as his crops were not in and he was scant of funds, and when they had been married about a month I asked him one day 110w it happened. He was a good man allover, was Lem, as guile- less as a baby and as honest as the sun light, and when I asked my question he . blushed and grinned. "She was tuck by my good lucks,” he laughed. . "Didn't you court her pretty hard?" "Did I?" and he drew a long breath as of relief at the though of its being (zver. ”.VVell I should say I did. Why, I come mighty nigh mortgidg' .‘n the f ..rm to git 'W'EEKLY-NORWMALK bazaars “ 'Yo wouldn‘t tall. ' she wuz in hearin’ dist.1.'-1--, says she. “ ‘IV’ouldn' t I?’ says 1:. and I heaved and set on the gate, but it didn’t move a peO'. ‘You jist fetch her up here and see ef I wouldn‘t.’ . “ ‘No, you jist go down thar.’ says she, that’s whar you started fer.’ “ ‘I did-11 t do nothin‘ uv the sort,’ says I, gittin’ despriter every minute. that 'a-way of .3 . I could feel the gate give some and then shet up ag’in. “ ‘You oughter know. Susan,‘ says I serio .13, ‘that I wuz jist a-foolin‘, and I could feel the gate a-givin’ way and shettin’ and then giving way ag'in. “ ‘An’ you ain’t lyin’ new, Lem?’ says she, a heap sight softer than any timein her life. - . “Course I ain’t, Susan,’ says I, and the cute came open about six inches. “ ‘Ef I 'only thought you wuzn’t. Lem,’ says she, lettin’t e gate slip my way a lettle more every minute. “ ‘You know I ain't, Susan,’ says I, givin’ the gate the strongest pull yit. ‘You know it, and you know I never give a snap uv my finger fer any other gal in these parts and that all the time I’ ve been a hankerin’ atter you and her things she didn’t seem to care for , when I give ’em to her.” I "What did you give her?" "Everything. Colonel. It got so bad to‘rds the last the folks;1 at thes tore toldl me ef I’d lump my dealin’ s they reckon- ed they could let me have’ cm at whole- sale prices.’ “She couldn’t stand yo. liberality, Lem. That’s what got her.” ' "Not a bit uv it,” he contended. “All the time I was takin’ her all sorts uv things, she wuz makin’ eyes at every fel- ler that come along, and sorter expectin’ me to keep up my end uv the swingle ; tree, jist caze I kinder seemed to banker T otter doin‘ it that a—way." ' “But you kept at it?" “I reckon not,” he laughed. “All uv : a sudden I set in fer Mary Finnel, and gave the store folks 21 things.” "Then what happened?" I inquired, with a hope of gaining some more in- formation I He laughed a low, gurgling laugh, sucha abbey would give ve.-t C,to when 1 caught 1n some of his 11:.t11ral depreda- ’ tions. Veil, he said, "she kinder swapped pends on t’other fcllers, and swung 3 around my way, but I wuz n’t givin’ a inch ani I didn’t have no talk VV ith her fe1 mighty nigh two .veeks, and then 1119 evenin’ as I was possin‘ her 11 use 011 my way to Me ry‘se . 11d she knowed it. I 9" .her hangin’ 011 the gate lookin out into the futuie er somethin‘ uV' that sat that I seen a picter uv onc’t an agent . .V'uz sellin’. ” ‘ ‘Good evenin‘,‘ to stop. "Good evenin', ’ says she. .1e you’ re in a terrible hurry.’ "Kinder, ’says I slakin’ up some. ‘I promised to be down to Mary‘s ’bout this time.’ “She kinder looked dowi1 1- at the g1 ound when I told "he1 t 1at,and kickeda little rock out of the path that wuz layin’ thar and I felt like a sheep ste.1 l-Il 1‘ dog fer myin’ what I had.” " ‘I reckon you’d better be hurrin’ along then, fer Mary ain’t the kind that likes to be kept Vvaitin’,’ said she. “ ‘I s’pose,’ said I, ‘that you don’t keer 91‘ I stOp and talk to you fer aminute, do you‘?‘ I " ‘I ain’t keerin’ what you do,’ said she, kinder sullen. 1 ' ‘You look like you wuz expectin’ .E'omebody V'erself, ’ says I feelin’ ez ef I‘d like to choke VV hoever the feller ..uz. . ' ‘That’s V'.,'hat ’ said she, 3111 I felt .zior’e 11 ever like chokin somebody. rest on buyin’; I sys I. not ofiering “Pears to V"V" n0 is it' . says I, watchin‘ the ,;‘_'l‘eaIIS 11v a laugh “-10und her mouth 1112.1 eyes. "Thats fer me to .i.now and you to .L? .ind OILL, said she 19 110'hi11’ right out. " ‘I reckon I’ll be goin’ on down to illary’s,’ says I, thinkin’ the .t I wuzn‘t makin’ nothin’ hangin" around Susan. ' ‘Mebbe you wouldn't of you know’d who wuz comin’,’ said she, kinder reach- in’ over the gate. ' 'V’Vell, tell me,’ says I, 'and see of I ' 'I reckon not,’ said she, still a-nag- gin 111e, ‘mebbee they wouldn’t like it!’ . ‘ 'VVho‘s they,’ says I. "She gave a little chuckle, and I come up to the gate and rested my hands on it ' to one side uv her’s ' 'Pap and mothe1 1',‘ says 5 1e. 'They’ve gone dov. n to the schoolhouse to p1each- i1 and won‘t be back till about eight o’clock] "Ain‘t you kinder lonesome Vvaitin’ liver by V'erself, Susan?’ says I, half way try in’ to pull the gate open but she held it shet. ' ' ‘I reckon I wuz,‘ say ' ‘That’s 5 why I came out and hung on the gate. I It‘s mighty still like. in the house.’ " 'You reckon you wuz’?’ says I. ‘Ain‘t you, now?‘ and I chuckled myself fer ketchin’ her. “P 1' ‘aps I am a .16. p‘ raps I ain ‘t,‘ . sniggerel. and tossed her head. "I tiied to open the gate but she held it shet. " ';,'Ef on don‘t want me to stay, don t you say so,’ gett in’ ugly ' 'lr eckon you kin, ef you vent to,’ says she. mighty pesky. . 'Susan.‘ says I, what‘s the use uv foolin. '3 'Foolin‘ ..bout w'hat? savs she. ‘ 'About me and you,’ says I. ' 'I ain‘t a-foolin says she. " 'You a1.r.‘s-.1ys I, and you know it.‘ " 'E'r' you don tlike me Lem Skaggs,’ says she. b1 111111111 up all 0V"e1, you kin go along. I didn t ax you to stop, did I?’ ‘ sh. she \V ‘ " 'But I do like you. Susan says I, gittin’ ska-err. and trying to pull the gate Open so's 1 co ld git clos‘t enough to her to coax her. "I reckon you like Mary Finnel a : on you’re old , Lick telescope, with its wantin’ you fer my wife, but you kep’ foolin’ with me all along andbustin’ my heart mig h'ty nigh and mad. in’ me want Ito go oil‘ and chop .. tree doan on my- self. Y on know it Susan, you know it,’ and she 11’ isten her hands and the gate swung wide open, “ ‘What about Mary?’ says she, stand- thar before me lookin‘ sweeter‘n peaches and rosies. “ ‘De1'11 Mary,’ says I. clean forgittin’ my manners, and I retch out both my .hands fer Susan. " ‘Oh. Lem!’ said she. onel,” ‘ is honest and—well Col- ne laughed as face red- dened beneath its saffron hue. "I reck- nough to know the bal— ance.” “I wouldn‘t be surprised, Lem,” I re- , plied, blushing just a shade myself as a memory or two came slowly oack from ’ the rosy past He looked up smiling. “And as '..Colonel ” h esaid, “I wuzn t any prettier that night9 than I wuz be- . fore.” “Come ofi", Lemuel, ,’ sail I slapping him 011 the back, "it was so dark Susan couldn‘t see you.”——New York Sun. BIGGEST LENS IN THE WORLD. The Great Glass of the Yerkes Telescope Is Larger than the Lick. We are likely during the coming sum— mer to learn more about Mars than as- tronom during the history of their science have discovered up to the pres- ent time about that planet and its peo- ple. ‘ ' It required the 26-inch telescope of the United States Naval Observatory to dis— cover the satellites of Mars. Then the 313 inch glass, and immediately the three S was dis- 1'5 was built, strange signal lights on Mar covered. Now the great 40- inch lens—the hug est telescope glass ever made—which Alvan E. Claik has been w crking on for more than a year at Camb11dge,Mass., for the Yeikes telescope, is completed and will soon be shipped to its destina- tion. The big telescope at the Naval Obser- vatory had oeen unable to bring out the signal light of Mars, as the telescopes before that time had failed to note the satellities, and the Yerkes telescope will be so much bigger than the Lick, now the largest in the world, that ast reno- mers are confide nt astonishing discover- ies may be made as soon as it is set 1113. Who knows but that looking through the great '10- inch glass of this huge in- strument, astonomers will be enabled to make out definitely the system of sig- nals which the Martians are believed to be using in an eifort to commuicate with the inhabitants of Earth? Even the great system of Mais, as is suspected b" more than one may turn ut L0 be ea r~ig'3111tic semaphore anal Si-e Keeps Her Freshness. physiologic-:1 principles which accoun ' for the phenomenon are um. ersteod, it must remain a puzzling fact that ..n actress’ 5 life snould be more favorable to tl e preservation of good looks, and even of giilish freshness, than the life led by women who occupy their natural sphere and who cultivate —as they think '—all the phvsical and moral virtues. A successful actress must work ex- tremely hard generally by artificial light 211111.325 gL-VS -befouled atmosphere. How Until the I Her hours - ,r work, meals, and sleep = are all utterly bad from the hygienic ‘nd not infrequently she 1:11 by falling into those bohemian he?- s which are an immemo- rial tradition 11' her class. Her secret, apart from t -e laws regulating the ex- pression an.. nu utrition of the face, con- sists chiefly or avoidance of monotony and petty worries—those arch-enemies of feminine good looks and good tem- per. Her work, if arduous, is generally performed both with earnestness and lightness of heart; and, above all, she gets a sufficiency of bodily exercise of the kind—although not under the con- ditions—most conducive to health, viz., exercise involving quick and general movements of the muscles, combined with a certain amount of mental ex- citement.—Blackwood’s Magazine. point of view: makes bad V Killed His Man. I once asked a friend who had fought all through the war if he had ever killed a man that be positively knew of. ' “Yes,” said he, remorsefully, “at Bull Run I ran at the first fire. A rebel chased me for ten miles and wast then so exhaust ed that he dropped dead. ” ' Gladstone now finds the tl1eater——his constant solace for many years—too much for him except as a rare indulg- ence. He says he detects in himself a growing tendency toward a pair of slippers and a game of backgammon, and is under the impressiv: " 1c is sight llettcr.‘ says she. holdin' the gate ag'iu me. 'l. reckon I don‘t.‘ says 1. .':.1 lcould l»-.- ‘- <-' 1:131.- give a little. growing old. “ ‘You told me you did,’ so ys she, and , I GAIL HAMILTON, TEACHER. of Her Scholars \Vrltes Sclioolroom Work. ' Th ough Gail Hamilton is best known : as a writer, and especiall'u. "s a news- I paper wiit 1, her most meritorious I I One of Her work was probably done while she was a school teacher. Girls were her es- ipecial admirers, and one of her pupils . -pays the following glowing tribute to l the brainy woman in the Chicago ’ Tribune: l “She then signed herself simply Mary 3 Abby Dodge. Her pupils called her :Miss Dodge, and recognized in her a 1 rarely gifted instructor Her baptismal name was Mary Abigail, but, having l ear 1y discarded the ‘gail’ in Abigail, she ! later adopted it in connection with her native place, Hamilton, as the pseudo- 11 ym by which she has been so long known. I11 ordinary conversation she was piquant and forceful, and she taught with ‘some of Miss Dodge’s vim,’ ’ as they called the ineflable something which distinguished her-mode of teach- ing. She herself might have called it ‘soul,’ as she one day roused a pupil, listless for the nonce, with ‘Can’t you give us a little of that soul of yours, Miss Blank?’ She believed that ‘fun and frolic do not lower the life they im- measurably lighten.’ She was reverent, deeply so, where reverence was due, but she could aim little arrows of wit, be- times, so as to pierce the dignity of dull- ness and leave it to collapse at leisure. She dressed plainly, chiefly in blues, grays and browns, without taste, prob- .ably, for dress was an incident with her. "It was whispered that she had the largest salary ever paid to a woman for teaching, and that she had already lifted a mortgage for her father. It may .have been mere schoolroom romancing, but it was believed by many who wor- shiped her afar OK, as also the floating idea that she had refused innumerable offers of marriage from teachers, doc- tors, lawyers and priests. It may have been in the moral science Monday class, when, something suggesting, she turned abruptly with, 'If you are any of you going to be robbers—mind. I am not urging you to robbery; but if you should some day set out to be robbers, be high- way robbeis!’ and then followed briefly pros and cons, esthetics and morals. lights on tiuth and hypocrisy that il- lumined that day and has sent beams across the long bridge of years till now. “' ‘She talks faster than any one I ever knew,’ was the general V"e1dict. She was exquisitely facile and apt in quoting from here, there and everywhere. It was a treat to have one of her own fav- orite authors given into your hands for reference. 0.1 blank pages, spaces and margins W81 e copied extracts galore in the clear, eV e11, open handw1itiug,which only beautified the text. Perhaps the new woman was foreshadowed when she said: ‘It is not my fault that I was born a woman. It might have been dif- ferent had I been consulted in the mat- ter,’ but it only seems as if she were one who had a mind of her own and. dared to speak it marvelously well if occa- sion arose. Fascinated listeners sur- rounded her 11:10 challenge her quick re- partee, andt e" 'knew their place.’ “When the girl gladuates, robed in white, wearing and bearing flowers, were huddled together, ready to form in procession for the final exercises, she was there to encourage and praise and sympathize. Her final bracing word was: ‘And 110VV, girls, just imae ine you are arrayed for vour wedding, that you are to many the we '18.: that s the way I (lit .’ " The Trinidad Lake of Pitch, The pitchi -3 qu 1arriel by excavating areas from a few feet to manv feet deep and wide. As soon as th e we 1‘1. ' ceases the cavity begins to close. with'1 .. rapidi- ty depending 11 the location. Near the place of supply an cxc_.V...-o-1 four feet deep and eight feet square, for in- stance, would fill in less than two days. Were it 111- 1ade V'-."l1e1e the asphalt was of average hardness, it we" .d became en- tirely obliter ated i .1 five or six days, though it would substantially fill up in less time. Outside the l.'.ke t .1e refilling is much less rapid. This speedy closure of artificial cavities lias led to the sup- position that the supply of asphalt is inexhaustible, the substance being pro- duced or generated as fast as rem-e vet The circumstance arises f1 cm the plas- tic nature of the ordinary bitumen, which invariably yields to pressure, until a new equilibrium is es 'at blished; thus, vhere exca ntions have been opened in the solid asphalt, the pressure of the sides forces up the bottom and the cavity gradually closes. It will be manifest that this proper y of suscepti- bility to present e is sufficient to account for the appea 'ance of the solid and semi- solid pitch at the surface. The greater the depth, and consequent pressure of the superincumbent strata, the greater will be the fo1'Ce propelling the material upward. This lake appears to be simply a great mass of pitch, whic .1 has been expressed from sandstone or she 1e and collected in a basinlike depression of the strata. The form of the surface has been pre- eminently favorable for a large accumu- lation, and the sources have been very rich. Taking into consideration the pre- sumed amount of the contents of the cavity, the forces concerned in the ele- vation of a lthis matter to the position it occupies must have been conside'. able. —-Chambers‘ s Journal. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe thinks that one of the encouraging signs in women’s advancement during the past twenty- five years is the organization of the women. "Before the war they had no organization,” she says. “The war seemed somehow to bring them to- gether. This may have been due largely to the fact that it called out some to help the wounded and the sick in hospi- als., At any rate, since that time the organization of women has been grow- ing mronger. 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