NEW SKIMKS-VOI. l. NO II
Tli- f Mini h 15" Tnc in India nude r ;
v!,h !i Buddha, founder of the religious ',
t tint li-;ir.-i hwi line, s-at ar.l ru'edt- :
; 1 until li- h came "enlightened ;ml j
. ' nm tl'e l s temptation"' i- said to .
i cJahing t" pie . It is I elieved to he
th '.!l'--t t f ! in the world, beiag crd
m d with "J o a wars.
t'AHTF.n.
1 a very cstimab'e voung ladv and not
f
whn th do V" sh! fk h's mat
Yet Lear no .omH of whirring wing'.
How beats his h art at -tiH fat..,
U ith f lfiintivw maun how s-..-t h" in
1
Ho. wbe.j my Jove no more shil) ro!i,p
Who- cpsto rn" an- a th" star-,.
My pri-oTil hart. wi'!$.rst life's bars.
My hop., 1. da I, niy dumb:
! without a livlv appter nation
oi
th
e hu
morous. h" 1 1 . i 1 heard from hi- -?.?. -r
I that tin- squire
was a s
ort of w
ore, t!i
4 iif"(" i- lament rug tin- -ad f i o of
'he f mion- hi ! in I hi' !, N !,'' -ays the
; V'i'k "ov-h"", 1 1 i rureof hi-
7! i M , 111, jU-t I I) hiih I ri a fght with
"!! !-. ,N u - j ift kt wd exploit wh
t he . a tt ore. a f"v var- ago of Cobon-I
t-ing'-r, fwi whom li: obtain" 1 a ran-oni
. , O' .. r-iri'" fli'Ti iiri"f Ii'ivo
h. en -h. and . v il ,i 1 1 i ii hti ndvarie'd
, n f i f. "-- ' lii ' N'i" I it'- of 1 ite h IS
riot been i!S ! . r and sk t 1 ! 4.
The Squire's Courting.
hater. and all to i- r.j f -1 ,had -i-ui '.
mined to subdue the n-mv. 'i he - pair .
; had an awful tight with h ms-e f, bu'
; finally asked Mis Kurt, to ac .mp-in; !
i him to the theatre, liya seri.-s of skill j
fvfl questioning he managed to tirul on: '
1 where each of t h- houehold w -re Hki'lv '
; to spend a- i ertain owning, ari'l th:i 1
' t'"k Mi-- Kurtz a- far awav fiorn them i
r-nu thf Squiro wuhl . as lie touhl.. Th n, jinauine his li;ut.
Not h.:r'u.:e th v hal art ' when after trrttiri'' comfortahlv seat-i ',
sfM ial assuiau-- that th; Squin- woahl ni difccovernl hi- sister atel her wret 1. ;
n ver a-sunie' t)i lijirineal yoke, lut ' of a huabaml in the 1m. opposite, .iHv
jtist liTaus it woul'l seem so've-ry funny ' iurveyinir him an-i his companion
if he-houM. tiirouirh th ,f p ia u!as--. Jii fiist ;
Now, th- Souire was no Squire at all ' inipuh'e was to yet up ami leave, hut a
l.vf -ryho'ly
never iiiarrv.
H. ( ni. I INS.
raih:t o! th I rn!e-l r-1 t . if
o 1 1 1 1 1 1 i o i -1 v . wm.I i rea h moie
ii!i uav t' moon, 'I ho!iia
Th.
wont injj.li.'s a .lui'e, an-l th
in'
thin
' 1 1 r t i s Ink" '!i.ii in n n ri
M.i i i i'. 'I Ii- r b: i I u s alone woul'l
r :k h fiom New 'ork to Liverpool;
Not w : t h ' ari 1 1 ig th" loim i"r arci-
ii-nti wr K-il of m ir,' la ly papers,
1 1 1 h ' i - :-h iw thit Ii-ss peiforts ate
kill' ii ;mnua!l v on railw iys than ate
kilh'l aimuilly hy hillin : out of win-
ilows.
recoml thought to!-l him that that wmiM
Squire wa-(it a .!nl.re, at least not in never lo. He felt as though Mi-sKuit
the ley al m n-e. "Squire" wa simply a ! was lunching at him, ami he lookel
niekname given in a sportive moment te ! 'rouml rather .sharply once, and wa-, no?
.1. Hillery ( rahtree hy a joking chool- ! ;ure lmt 'that he caught the t:acof a
fellow, .ami it haul teuaei,imly clung tr i hastily stippresseil smile on the face of
him as he h-nJ alvaneei m years ami j the demure puss at his side. He Jul not
s ltur"- - I enjoy the perfoiinanee a hit, ami wa-
J. Hilleiy, or the Squire, was as te j greatly relieved when the curtain . went
complexion, a hrum tte-. ve, y .lark eyes, i down for th- hi-t time.
hlmr hlaek hair ami niou-t u he. al t; He did not w alk home with Miss Kurt,
five feet eight- in"hes in his stcckinys. I hut, ( ailed a cab and g.ving cabby th
and deei-ledly blunt in his m inner s, witli gtreot and number told him to hurry' up.
a generous opinion of him-elf. .In his He was hound to get away from fema'e
inKuishiji just as quickly as In-
Th.e sijuire wis tlni
all the horrible dem--
faced him he iou!d not have move i or
ut ten 1 a sound. H, was h'-nited,
psralyed , his jaw dropped. In- fa- e
assumed a rjln-tly look. lie hardly
breathed for a few minutes. Mi-s Kurt,
taking his horrified -Pence f r tin- d ith
of a v r v ditTcren't motion, gentiv raised
her hand and patting him so!t!y on the
h""k. tlrew his h a 1 down to her and
kis-ed him plump on the lips.
That ki-s broke the sp.-H. With a
yell that might have shamed r m.mi.ie
the squire, tore him.-clf from her cling
ing arms ami rushed frantic illy and hit
less into the street, where h" continued
hi- wild run, lie knew not whet-, mut
tering a- he sp -d along:,
ll. heavens' oh, l,elVe!!s"'
It was now Mi-s Kuyt'stum t- be
Ustonidied. as the franti sijuire d ash d
oir ; her eves opeii d w ide with Wonder.
lerstru. k. Hafi in a tmrs: of loving lonfld- nee. told hT
d l)ih'ojfy! how a was he jrpo-ed to - hi". Her
fa e louded fr a:: :u-tar:: 7vM ar:d
tl:eri she thr w both arms nlout his ru-- k
nd ki-. d
'urn.
lJ'o (eu kifw how
photograph nine t he
die h;d lur hi
r pi n d.
the gl ...ve "acd
y.air po. ket ."
l.:n, f i e
won i
v.
she a-ke l, as
r-n hi- bosom.
'NO,'' he
"II. .wr"
"I p it them there jus? t t" i-e ou,
you ucte s,) ha-hful. l'.ul ou'U for
g;em--. won't you my own dtar Hil
lery ."
(trt.irnlv. I will, mv pt'' btis one,"
In' cr;i, a- hi. giw tier a Jit ar t y -i iu
biacc. - )".o.-vn . .
Shuqhter of ttip tnJish Sp.irrow
"Thai's it' b it, is i y hoy' qee
mole! " weie tlie cm lamation- heard !v
a New V.'tk J , rep utt r as he
nva- pa-sing ly the hou-e of j, tire'i st a
An Old Chinese Printing Establishmf nf.
A orreq ond.vit of the North China
) !. A' -, of hi:ighii. describe4 a
prs::t::ig st ih-l.hrnent whiih he fotmd
in a Hage in- th". Hter.o-, about one
liur.do l and !:ft v miles from Mi.mghai.
The printing w as hei;tg t. mporir.ly car-,
lil on i i ti e village temple, and mova
ble t pe only -a u - 1 111 th lirgo
(Cirtra! hvl'of the tempV were phii el
H'o-i.t t w ei'y 4riin try s pine tables, oO
w!ii a the a-es ,tvpe wef sntt'jil out,
viiy una h aft. r tliH. Knglisli method,
"rdy taking upmu. h m ne room.
At the turn of tiie vi-it one man was
cttgig.d in s, ttii g up type, another was
pi inting. Vhe f orme; stoJ before the
tabh . on w hi. h whit nny le called
the ' tiir c c - '' It was i solid
hlo k ot hai'i
im !e - long i
p ih p- the
Woo ,
."' f. e
in. h -
a'-iuut twenty-two
i in. h- s broad, and
1". p Tin inside
She stood thus f,,r a moment.' and th.ai Captain hi Brooklyn.
, i f , i i t ! rarly youth he was tlm especial thar"-.- i romne
Ih" 'i "f .'a-. an l d is;ippointed T". . 1 v"a,r- i compa,
! - ii, -n , f,;i.,i o his three aunts and at the same time i muhl
n h i s ' ; U"1 . ' I .-u 1 ie t s. I I ic 1 a I lel , . , i touui.
l
tn :i)i'i"- i Of tic liberal . diets by which
lie g, anted them freedom of press and
peirm-ooi io do a tin y liked The
pi. -.-. d V"te ,ts if p it., ipdly to poking
tun a' th" llie al family, an I tlm perqih;
hive ie i : ud us i Chi -ly f.u mirig tie rn.
reives into ad Li h nl -a I'd societies,
whi'b li s Ia est v lonuders ol'i-etiori-
abie. .-ow tin' pu s I. as t e n r
inue
tlieir ' 1 1 1 rti i n I ll. -i ..c !..
! never-ending contention
the pe-S has
the societies 'nave be,-n broken
up, and the Mikado arm once-, that he
will l e ,i i me hi. i ; i,
of eoi i'.-i' t a ; a w ell-
mean ii
d.
t.
In the narrow, South American valley,
where 1he Amazon takes its rise among
the Peruvian Andes, a woman was re
lently burned to death because the
populace believed h'T to be ft witch.
Tlie town of I'ata, which has thus dis
tinguished itself,, says the J'imt .--
r if, lie.s on a well tra eled valh y road,
is big enough to t'gure on th" maps and
in the gazetteers, and from th" moun
'.linson the west in'elligerit citi ens
mu-t be aiiuo-t aide to sej the railroad
that has Haggled into the neighboring
Millev north ot them. As the stone age.
of human existence, "however, still holds
-wav in some puts of the woild, it is
probably-a l;tt!e too eaily to ej ect tlmt
witches will everywhere ta'.e a back
-eat.
Mrirce Ot I Mica Kurtz crtiil tir.tliiri.r ... t flic un-
betweeti the ! cn.K- Imct 'l b,. -..,.;.-.. ,,,.
three estimable ladies who could evci home for a day or two. but stopped at
agree asto how he sh,)Uhl be trained, uml i the hotel: He could stand m..,t any
in corr-equence the Squire himself was re- thing, but he digged the issue of having
sponsible for most of his early training. -a? i to ,i(.f(.n(1 his formcr principles again -t
the multitude of rooks spoiled the broth j hh Uicr ac(ins. VimiUy he screwed up
-of a boy. And we 1ind him al twenty- C((rage enough to return home, and to
four with a kind of c.mtempt for women, lis immtMlso Hli,,f no onCf not ,.,.,.
young women ,n parti, ular. lie was ViddV, said a word to him about the
suspicious of thorn., He was very par- theatn ami he hoped it had been for -ticular
as t. his peisonal appearance, ! jrtton, j,ut hewas doom- d toothr
ta: turn and single, yet withal had he I mortifications. One day at dinner he
lieill.l lllilrlfr Tisri tlw. .rirl ,,.,-.,.,) I.,.
"-)-- HI', i,llis Ulli,"lll, in; ,vn
would have been a good catch.
Fate was laying a trap for the wary
and self-.-atistied squire. One d.v he
called to see one of his aunts in New
York", and to the squire's disgu t there
chanced to be a young lady calling at
the same time. Of course an introduc
tion followed. The smiire would "lad-
kcussing a business question with
his brother-in-law, and to prove nis point
drew a letter from his pocket, on un
folding which a photograph of Miss
Kurtz dropped out upon the table. There
was a general titter, which to the poor
pquire was worse tli.tn unrestrained
thunder, and gathering up the letter .and
j have th d, hut he had important mes- , ? - r. n xt i- . i
. .' ! He ik'terinined to call on M.iss Kurt, that
sriges io give nis aunt. .Miss Kurt was J
in no apparent hurry. Titer?, to make ;
He must return that
- Indian
Yolk
liverv is said ly the New
, to have it pi iced 'African
. i t 1 1 - ii
r.erv it! hia'tl ut. ciis, a gre;u
l'.ia.l an tia.i ler, ' says that "in tin
w ild st regioM- of the tributai ii 8 of the
A ma on- hind- of Ind a rubber gatlier-ir-
t.or, in an m iqu"it'iis tra'licwitli
le inv ln'h i'i tube-, from win m they
;e. , ju r i i 1 1 e - from etiicr t ribes. 'I he
1 i w '. s-n" -s of t he r pi 'i eedings is fully
a lni'.'tid bv t!i" Ilia il an Government,
I ::' ..cr - th." i-t an-is in the distant
ihev iii.'im it is
1 o i 1 1 g 1 1 w h a 1 1
so , ' e
. . k ..
!
V I
I I tin Ml"
J
II. i
t mirntiin anv
matteis worse, it began to lain, and ol
course Miss Kutt. couhl not go in the
rain, and the Mjujref,. discomfort was
greatly augmented when his aunt took
him to one side and laid down the law
to him that lie must see Miss Kurt, safe I v
home. Why the-. squint should have ob
jected to seeing a pretty girl home.ro
one knew, but he did, and it mu-t he
said that he was rather grulT as he utter
ed his escort to the young lady.
Now, how such a thing could happen
cannot be told: it was very sho king in
deed to the suuire.but a fact. The nevt
morning in the dinintr-room tlie sonir.. ! chatty.
chanced to pull out his handkerchief XvmVu to s;,' something, the squire
and what, should come out with it but a ' ,',ur'e,l out "rvou-ly:
"Miss Kurt, I hive something very
o ld to say to you this evening."
Miss Kurt, blushe I .;uid said to her- i
self: "So soon. It can't be that I ha-, e j
i i i : ii.e. i ..l
suudUC'i rum -o uuii m . nu n aiouu, a
very evening.
photagrnph.
Of how it e rime into his pocket he did
not have the Ica-t idea. He presumed
he hid taken it up with sonic papers he
had been showing t Miss Kurt, and
put it in his p' ket him-elf. Hut, at any
rate he must return it. She might think
he had stolen it. He paled at t he bare
thought, for he prided himself greatly
on his honor.
The evening came and found the
squire at Miss Kurtz's home, not very
talkative, but cry fidgety; hut that
young lady was exceedingly pleasant and
Alter scveial incite' tual at-
sh' did what any ith r womm would
have done under th" circumstance-,
threw herself on the lounge and burst
into tears, saving hiok-nly. ;i- rdie did
so: "I thought he was centric, lit I
didn't know he wa- a lunttio." still
lying then, w . eping as though In r lie irt
'was broken, squire's coc-in W'iddv,
found her wln-n she Came to make a .all
a w hile later.
The squire i ontinued his wild run for
several blocks, and then sla kened hi
speid. "Cr.at heavens!" he thought,
.ash". mopped the cold sweat from hi-;
brow and felt blindly on hU head for his
h at, "she thought I proposed to her and
she accepted me. Oh, what will I do,
what will I do to get out of this' ,",).
body will believe me, if I say that 1 did
-s
not, and she and her -father will think
I've hi en t l ining with Iwr and want tc
kill me ; oh h ar ! oh, d ear ! t he-e women
are awful. 1 w ish I w er e a t hous and miles
from here."' And the poor squirt
On the law n back of the house w
old Captain, who is usuail v er v
am
rug .about and
Ulc
lapping his ham
a.s if delighted about vomethin:
wa- i neouraginga sparrow figlit.
Ih
'l.ok tie re.'' shouted th" ' aptain,
pointing to a siua'l hud house on a 1'iSI
ole at the e ol of iln- lawn. "Mi" J -
; '!'.( nuui saw a small -pirrow make a
dish at soim thing bright on the side of
the little house and then fa!! bao ex
hausted on a bit of hoard thai piojeited
, out just bencat h.
4-l suppose you would like to have an
epl;inat ion," slid th" (aptain. "You
Hie doubtless aware that the !!nglih
sparrows which weie brought. toV this
i country some y. ar- ago to i at uplhc
j inch wonns that were devastating th"
! town have done so wall that they now
j threaten to drive out our robins and
i other native s uig birds. " They are neer
j happy unle-s tightuig, so I tinnight of a
I scheme to circumvent them and .save the.
j -ring birds fi om de-t ruction. I fa-temd
wa hof ow.d .ut to a depth of about
o;u -.jUarter m h. this oeore-siou leimj
sal! further holfiwvd .ait in groove
each "filled to the depth ot one quitrter
inch w-.th ordinary st;;T clay. Wnh hi
, ...j v htb.rehim. arm. d with a small pair
of iron pine. r-. the . cupositor began
his u i k , h at ar t oi alter i h ira ter wils
tran-f. 'i ied from th" a-.- and firmly
pie-sed into the . lav. When the "form"
was . an oleic, a tlat board was placed on
the top arid the h tr.ivtets pressed per
fectly even and lex i I with the surface of
the wan. den block, th" edge of which
was cut to form the border generally
i
found round every Oh ne-e page.
'I he printer now received the form, and
! arcfully brushed his ink over the type.
Taking a rheet of paper, he presses it
down all over the torm, so that it might
he brought in contact w ith every hfitac-
ter. He th.-n n inoved the sheet and e.t-
am'med cai h char a ter. car i f illy ad ustiiig
: th se which were not unite straight with
the pincer s, and apparently never -touch-I
nig the type w ith his lingers. After sufti-
cietit cop.e- had., been struck olt, the
j tvp" was distributed, each character be-
Thc
groaned in anguish. a-pi(.( (. of looking-glass against the side
"At this rate you will sijj.n bo a thou- of tjK, sp;ur(,vv house up there with. a. I iug returned to its particular box.
sand miles from here;-" "said a. hearty j illi;4,ll slicdf below for tlie sparrow to rest j type in tin- form was in three sizes, each
voice at the squire's dhow, and at the on -.The sparrow seeing his own re'lec- I character being kept in place entirely by
same tune he received a vigorous Map on
lady's glove, a nice, w eet-sei nted deli
cate affair. The squire was quite or
cotue. he was considerably agitated, and
when his Cousin Widdy, a verv lively
young mi-s, pounced upon the tell tale
the shoulder. The squire turned and
saw his brother-in-law, John, 'beside
Iiim. but mad" nit reply.
"Where's your hat.' and -"' 1m coi
tinued, as he saw the squire's whit" face,
"what has happened: What's the mat
ter with you, squire, anyway.'"1
"Oh, I'm done for now,'' was the
squire's mournful reply, 'Tvo made a
fool of myself, and nm in for in"
John, seeing his perturbed state, just
took his arm and led him along to his
home without saying a word
inside and seated he drew
chair and said :
here alone, tell me all about it, and if 1
can help you I will."
fS. iu ire deinurr.
told him all about the a'Taii, how he
made-' Miss Kuit.'s acquaintance, bl
inding lr r glove in his pock. t. and !
his "(ailing on 1 e Hn inlands fur hi
sisters', how h - chanced to take h r b
thetluatre. down to finding her p'ciu"
in his pot k t, hi attempt to n 'tpn
and explain, and how -he umi;
tion in the gli-ss imagines it his' enemy,
and so he goe for it in the usual'--wav.
the clay in w hich it stood. 'I hey were,
cut out of s im: hard wood and wer
He : lights the reflection in the gla-s until perfectly square. The writer was toUl
he falls .Tea l. It's a great st heme. J ' that the art of printing in this way had
shall patent the invention and put. an ' bun handed down in the same fanwly
end to the sparrow nui-ance. d'od since the Sung dyna-ty, more than tiOO
llillerv, we ar
day." rf
Press Censorship in Turkey.
Though in Ootistanl inople many stories
are atloat about the present Sultan, the
local presS'dare not pub!i-h any- of them
for fear of in-t int and ejeetual punish
tnent. No tale of the l'adi-hi's ilaily
Winn l life at Yihliz ever iiur.cars in the public
v.p in; i prints: Mehmed Kllendi and An-tote
Kltendi. glum censors, with red fe 'and
red pencil, prevent that. There m
I such thing as fne smart iournali-m in
at hist, hut linalh 1 Tm'key. Ji.litors are, so to speak,
i gagged, hand utled; tliey -must uey .i.ie
peremptory orde rs of two stolid, grumpy
olhcialsithe one an e.x shq .handler, the.
other a would be bootmaker iwhocntir
their oi'liee daily to read proofs mo:t
sionally up-id" downt. and excise any
n aughty line or !in s that might be i on-
trued as a . riticism upon the aliph r
. , - s .... ; i
upon tin' leitsoi nis s.agacious iour . ii
or.s. Then; is a!! too much f unkevi-m
glove ami demanded an explanation, the
f s.iv.
In It's uititest ing ar th les on the cost
"! th- p'odn, ,,f wheat Mr. Kdwanl
Atkiri-oM. the muient statistic iti, says
that l'ikota isiapahleol producing on
',,; -ivth of h-r an a all the wheat re
"uned tor lon-imption bv the popula-
1m ,-ta n and Ireland. This
i f;i-t lciding, seems im
t !' u -f , , a.
st at. n-ent, .
P"t.ib.'. Put ' akota is ;'.:.o miles in
hr. ad'h and b'ei in length. The area of
this m.cou'u en' ternto v is
over
.ti--.i t' i t
the squire still hesitated: "it you ate
nh ased to make me vmir (ontidant. I
Pquire growled out something and turncH. K1;ll 1,0 "lid to heir whit 'you have t"
1.111 .1 . I ,1 1
! very rcn.oit iioeiateiv took th" g;ov
i from her and walked out of the hou-e.
As the squire walked along the strec'
he felt considerably vextd Now, of
course, he must go to return the gloxe.to ;
Mis Kurtz, but how could he explaui its j
being in his poi ket. He could not ex
plain. He would send it to her by mail.
lint, again, he did not know the num
ber of her hou-e and he dared not .ask
for tear the folks w ould laugh at him, so
that very evening he called and re-turned
its lair owner. lie was
old tin
"Well, you cee, Miss Kurt, I've been
thinking -that is - I was going to say --
I have sorn thing ho tell you th it
the
nis nreiiminarv to t he e olanat ion and
h" rcs'ul. John could s in e keep r
t
about th" l.eva itiir" lournahs l-'e-toon-,
I of fulsome super! itiv s addre-sed to" the
! Sultan and clumsy philippe s again-t the
I Kus-ians prove teinb'.y dull renliri.g
! when o'Tered tovo i exerv dav. Though
e St i r V,
; but he'-aw that th" squiie was aw'ullv
; s(. inu-about it and w as inde.d in a very
j tleli. .ite situ it nm. Fin illy he ask d :
j "llillerv. what do you cunlidf thir.k
! of Mi-s Kurt, icnhow ;"
J '"I t hink -h" is a v i y rn e young lady," i
j nlin tantly a. know h-.lged the st.uu-e.
4"Wi li. then, why v l straighten thi-
' mess out, as it is -tarted. Co hick to
i her and 'give s.-me e u-. fm your run-
j ning away and apo'ogic "jid marry her.
or no
I ajon't understand,'' continued
?qui:e..
"I am sure, Mr. Cra'dree. if I can en,
lighten veil 1 shall be pleased to do -o.v
..w- II T 1. ... II.. I !... ...... .. ill
--i.u. i linn) n..o. . . i , she ,s a ne g;rl, -he t v,d. ntlv love, vou
. , - i i i . .. ; 1 1 . i.-; i r i
imnK.u me, ami m.nwnM .i. um.-. , , , ,
i i . .
u.", . ine gH e ro
i " M i i ii )
u ' c
a tn! on" sixth of this
''"'bi e, at t iie-pre.-ent average
I,rt a re, nearly .t0,HM,OO0
note than enough to
; o ' 1 1 d
yield
bu-h-. is i f w heat
!V'' bnad t . ail the people of the
I 'a .'ed K ingd"in.
loned to acknowh dge to him-elf on the
am ac ting strange, but I asraire yon tliat
it is sotm thing that has worried tne a
"rcat dea' i el sim e ldi-iovered it."' -"He
is going to propo-e -ur c enough.."
-uppo-t d pr"po-a!
thefbest w av out.
i cepte 1 your
( orne now, tins i i
i
Ixplain to c-ilh- r f i
xvayhotneth.it he h id spent a very plea-- thought, Mr-s Kurt, as she nplud 4 I
in.po s.
a ; s
pre i n
ion p: ev ul
he -' 'A,
. still r
in many
- ' (.that
otss the
in
is no such
'o fjiir Smith
A ta'.st
Ut!' ! -,.h- :
e Mi ! Ul ''il
! n pi it. - 1-"IM- J y
1 1 iii ei l um nah I hi
:"g. i ! 1 v luo enly the tistinuutv
th-- v, o... -th !a-t of whom.
'" :d 'ntin
'ill that
''' vet r. is th- ir testimony which
aut t veiling, and was pot stir ? th;it g t Is
j were as frivolous ;is lie had thought them.
at least not all girls. Mi-s Kurtz had
g)ivt n him an invitation P i all again and
he did not know but that he w uld: she
appeared to be ;i very nite girl, but "then,
one inns: look out for them they are so
j tricky. '
j it Sxas rather nmusing t those who
j knew the squire and his antip allies, to
I notice how soon it was necessary tor Ir.'n
' to again call on Mi-s Kurt , ami it was
make an o u-e f.-r you to Mi-s Kurt'."
Ir to"k some little talk to bring tho
certainly shall think nothing but good of j c.. :r t) li k ; ,, ,, lh, , t,, ltC
ned lii- nt V in Mis- I .i.. .,",.,m f..- n.- little ihi'Mn.-bv
I I ill ' -
tin y saw and haml'el tlie? I Wiililv. The squire would look
ashamed, growl, and histdy get out of
her way. and at the s::me time .every one
nothed that the squire wore a puzzled
-; !i h strong sub.stanti ition to
'st..-.. -ne-gs of .d-e( h smith. The
: ' i h- t held th? p'att -s talv long
1 ' ' tran-inhe t heir e ontciit s, l e;id-
es he did by means of Vrim
n rn AiU r th ,t the pi ites dis-;i-
mvster.o i:y . as they had
existence, and no living fol-
voii. Mr. Crahtree. and 1 don't think you
ned to have any conta rn, ' and she'.
b'.U-he 1 and iom;nu;d to upbraid her
self, thinking: "1 ought to b ah nm d
of 1-iiting with h'tn. he is really ery
nil e, and I do like hun, and I b-i:eve I
xviil acci pt him."'
"I h td feired that you would not
understand io that is, that y Tw u!d
not act.pt me '-my- "' hiuedered the
squire, total'y obiivious ,.f the construe
tion Mrss Kurtz was putting ..n wl.a
he sa:d, and she. not f-r a morio nt think
ing, that he meant anything other than a
formal proposal for her h-.irt and ban.1.,
and having decided t' a.- ept hi';n.
tin ic-t w ay, but
'Kuit. and it wa
k pt him from - iv in
ii;
loV- d M . - -
i - in r a !
old V ll s s' u hh U ii t'C- s
-d.
1 -
a:
1-
In- ,
d I a t ' s u! i' or. v t
s- a t'U i liiau-ibit
L W rtli-
he v. ;ts v. rv mu- !i
u-. for h.s om? i '.!! i -h t on i
out g'Vitig the true reavUI.
'I'. -k.fp on wi'h tin ir plan
'trec'i -ri th v ad ;r d t- th
un
in
; -V ,
I"
s .'Me t I-
t he-, met W id iy, w h .hat -u-t r
!h m her carl on M-- Kurt'
1 ni 1 in In r ienuri' ),i"
l)Uf Wii
ii- en
la
ir tvrui ted h's ba-ht'
t ,;.,.
e .V"r
I .: - -
''-ei'i'.i Sin
b-. u: the
ah- now knows any-
m.
look as though he was thinking deeply
jver something. If he made frequent
calls on Mi-s hurt', he wa- very careful
that none of hi family should know of
it. You know that it's a very hard thing
c , t.s .i t-.iowietb'p frank v t riat ha I V as sue exten
lui a in. in - . ii--
i, ;.s --;i..iin,T hie own tiret cots. And1; 1 lai-1 her pretty little
UC I.- t l.fiil.lii. - - s. . - - r t
-tamtyi'-ring
at
this efiti al p-.int as she gent y touched
his arm. saying.
tcrtaitdy a cep' your proposal, an t
.11 b-3
'! .HI,;:.!
of the -tory -
"ioVUlg gee-e,
h.:, ready trt
so that the - j-.
A v. ar or n.'
to.
f
i ricon
hoi!:", t f
1 h. re I
tu-n i 1
Sir- wa
: s juire.
u:t
vim pavtwojierue for your I'.rapap'r,
u mu-t I e content with a s rt of indi-gestiitjj-
haggis of polit .e-tl rews, and
you may s. in its pages viinly lor a
bright spuy or any persoruil, j l ,u o t an
i t dote ab ut the notable mi n'of Turkey.
VV.'" Mi t . A'-.
. Galvanimq Woodi fyp3.
A icerit Kreni h invention i nq.ortsd
of a pr.'iecs- bv xv h ; . It woo len ty'"" i
galv,tii' d a to the top .f the letter
onlv. It s. in- to be ni a . urioija, ra" her
thin a specially valuable i hara. t r, but
by appi cation to Urg: type, tin pr i
does, it is claim. -1, r esnlt in the produe
tioM of a strong tvr-,e only t n '': he ivi r
than the nakd woe-1. Iti- al-o 1 limed
ilia, th- .eating of copper whi-h i- ap
plied to th" h tfer h t- th- e'b ct of m .k
it a-' strong as one of tvpc metal, and
-irvi-,g to j.n -rrvt the fro-l hro a
di'tie ult thing t d with the wo,d.
Th" g il v mi i n g pro. - i- simple, for the
. tv p is pi a. el tn the ordinary gd - .:o
i-ti- bt'ii, but it i . : x p u:.' -1 u-t
sow the op. rate.n i lon'.rd to tut top
jf thi letter. Slulill'.ip).
' r. ...... ; .. .. a ,
idi v im
yi ars ago. f
No stringers were ever taught, ap
pretiti'rs being alw;iys taken from the
simeclan. .They were open to take any
work at the rate of about a shilling a
day, which im hided the two men, type
and ink, but not paper. They were
tlnn piloting fiuily register. The
cu-tom in Tli it part of the country is to
hiic " the .pi inter-, w ho bring their type
and -it up their printing establishment
on the sj or. In this way the 'same busi
ness J,a- In in carried on in one family
for ,iv eenturues, and during all this
t ime iiio'iili'i t vpe only hid been used
i.i the manii' i 4i'-re de-. nbed.
lab!? of the Mnuchurian Mirror.
Th'- King of M mchuria ha I a ruagic
I'.i.king ghis-, whereon whoso looked
saw. l o' hi- own im i I ut that -f th
King hoi: eh.. A r! io ,,urt'er wh'
had long' u "V'e 1 th" King's favor and
wa- then bv nn he 1 he.ond any other
.ill)., i r i f i ,- i aha, nd to the King ;
"iv .me, I j r av, thy w u:d rful mir
ror, s,,:h d w !n n ah id eu .of thin
a i i t pi i ; ' 1 iiu v ; t do hiirnage be
fore thv x hi" -haio v. pr.'.-t rating rny--!;
nigh: and mr nitig in the glory ot
t'nv ! nigu i-oititena'.i--. .tsxxhiih noth
ing hi--" diviiic pleude.r, f-li Noonday
Miit et t he I riiv r - !''
I'h a-- I with the s
oia'uareb t tbar th"
1. 1
h. the King
fx; i on -
e
d to th.
mirror
ur t ier'- pal i e , but afrer.
having gone th'tli'-r" w about appr Hal, he
four, i it in ; an apirttn nt where wm
ri. eight but rib; hufifj' r. Andth" mir
ror wa- d;rn".;id with dust and overlaid
w ah o(.w eh-.' "I hi- o a" ger d him that
he ti-'.-d it h nd, d,,ttruig th" glav,
and wa- - r.-iv hur' larr tg'd all the
me-re lev th.s tn:-' h it; . h- commanded
th d t!''-- ungridi fu! .."irti.-r he thrown
into i r i . snd on th' m wrow Ik-1i eded,
arid th a tie---la--fn n-prri-d and ttlcen
oek to hi- w H pita - and this wa
lorn 'iha wl. 'i "th" Kirig looked agiin
on h ;i rr or l.e -,t.y r o
U-f-n . bu'
.-- a- tie
his image aai
.'d v th'.-'tig in- of a crowned
art if; r and all who hid
le e-t j;i u ie
a-mg
r
il S ,t
a:,d a
.tg: e.
1 to ; p
I h" I th
f " J thi:
th-.- L i : .
rfturn vour love, and 1 know we
. . . -. f .1 .-i-. r ITO
ten t r I. arid ami i nis a. ua
- - j
a i r
ire
and
u
e - -ii
o- . ..
k del
I
dii;
JU-titU
U:
1 th-e-'
rat :r
.'lit th" h: pir- grg,win'.r
h
About 1 -',o t v'.i';:!;':-! i:.:V''
r-aehing 'h" r.i '-t .iii'taj: p.,r?.
'uiea ar.d .a;vin. i-uu'.
' sejer.t
' -1 "lg-
- thro ig,
he.r.
i -tea koid.
. f hr a.
iji-ei a h.Tlef .re di-rnd but
fe.: I t-i (!;:-;!. I".; rg'tit w ;d"fn and
c!iir:'v. tin- King e-.ored Iris -ourtierto
'.;t.-r-!v, had th-- nurr -t s t in'o the baek
..f the thi- i.e. ar;d n-jgned many years
ari l hunrdty . an i one diy
!'; l-i' . p iti d'-ath w hile on the
v. ; 'a- oar t s. .v.- ia fhe niir-
unU.o'u-. fgure of an aagel,
1 w
:u-?l
-:s h- f.
.' . l 1 , 4. - i
I.
en.an.i to Ud,
-b'.lf& Fret
Lave aire id v hie a t:..ns!atei into Ci.i-
Lead upoa his ' &- .
; i.0 coi,? rhVht here that Miss Kurtz shoulder.
d .gis prenv .x ifc were chat-i Lte ULiXtt Ire.ga 2injilfemeat,
It is stvi-l th't". thcr - ire? 'i ")V00 rrea
in I i 1. rv o i s i-tt'Acea thf ae of sixteen
1 hz l fcrtv. cf vVLom -Vjo.Oou are not merfi
1 -
ting over past events, when tLe s mite, j ich about 250 na-ve wcrks hire buz itli o the Evangelical ch'orcliet.
H U...J s.s. . f