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DISENCHANTED.
Will Carl sle had definitely made up
liis mind tn propose to AUfji.Mii Coldm
"Augusta Ann," us tier unsophisti
cated relations phiased it in their
everyday talk.
"She is ii diamond among glass peb
bles," hn declared with (ill ;t lover's en
thusiasm. "Are vol. quite sure t ti.it she i it
itiiKin.l iit ally" ilryty iikeil lr. Hel
ton. Mr. Carlisle hail I'een spemlinij (lie
suiiiiiii-r ;it tirutun I'niiit, in :i ilrriimr,
ilesuUi.r suit of way. lie was .me ul
those fm-tiiiiiite --or unfoiiuiute
voiinjj men wliosu eareer in life is al
I'itilx niiiile fur tlieiii.
An old uncle in the West Imliiw lia.l
ltiieatl:tl him a Itutuiie. iH'onnnis
sciir foiisin wlio Kimi' al i iiitly to his
ini in :t railway aeeitleut h;nl left him
a house ami ugalltry of paintiiiijs, anil
just when he was irep,irinij to en joy
himsflf thoroiiuhly a husky eniiijh ile
voloped itself, the ni 'iln-al ii,;ui tiilked
grimly of consumption ami he as ur-
li'i'cil to the seashore lor th.- summer.
"There is nolhilifj the matter w llll
mv" saiil he, impatiently.
"liut there will lie," awrrcil the
le.it noil disciplu of Ksrulapiiis, "if y.ui
lon't 1 heck this thin in its very in"
eeption. Wt'Mwar.l Ilo, now, or lihvl'
"Nonsense!" said Carlisle, "1 don't
are for tiny of those fashionable re
sorts. If 1 am to be banished any
where, I'll choose the place of exile
myself!
t'oint?"
W hat do you say to 4 rot on
'
"tiroton Point! (iroton Point!" re
peated the doctor with a puzzled air.
"I may be ery deficient in modern
geogiaphy, but I may s ly 1 neer
heard of tiro' on Point!"
"No, nor anybody else," said Will
Carlisle, smiling. "And that is the spray began to deluge them ever and
reason I am go ng there. It is a soli- j anon
tiiry lishing-station on the West coast. "1 hope you are certain about the
There's absolutely nothing there but ' path," said I'.cllon. who was ipiito new
surf and sea-gulls.' to this coast country.
And so (iroton Point was selected lor ' "Well, 1 thought I wa-," answered
Mr. Carlisle's summer residence. Carlisle. "Hut rhe tempest and dark
There was a little one-storied hostelry ne.-s seem to have blotted out the old
there, fronting the sea, while the post- landmarks. Mere is some one coming,
otliiewasat one end of the village. Let's ask him. My Iriend, are we in
and a variety stor- at the other, where the rigid way for the Point ?"
you might buy anything from tallow j "Ain't goin' to Point.' answered an
randies and in, itches to an almanac j Inebriated voice " loin' back to public
and a plow. I oush. (ie-wct! (ie cold! Herrer go
There it was that Miss Cotton threw back t" piiblic-oush."
her net over his unsuspecting heiiit , "It's old Colton," said Carlisle, someone-day,
when she lost the sovereign, ' hid diseoiiiiitcd. "He isn't always
wherewith her mother had sent her to : sober. Like other seafaring men, he
the store for a lot of carpet warp, seven ' likes his grog."
yards of re I llannel and a box of bak- "Your father-in-law elect, t h ?" said
mg powder. ; Helton, with a shrug of the shoulders.
she was so pretty, an I plump, and "Hut you should see how angelically
districted, and her blue muslin gown ! sweet and forbearing Augusta is with
sit oil her blonde complexion and bur- 1 him." said Carlisle. "That is the thinu
nished hair so exquisitely, and Will
sad not seen any woman but the f.i per. And of course we shall separate
landlady for a week! her entirely from these awkward relii-
m they found the gold piece lying , tioiiships. In the meantime as the
unong some rocks by the seashore' old man is going back to the 'pablic
nhere !t must have dropped from oush' I suggest that wo go back to
Vugiista's pocket when she pulled tut : the cottage ami get Augusta's little
ler handkerchief to orush away the j brother to pilot us iu the right direr
lies, which were trouhle-omeat (iroton tion. Or, perhaps - I know they have
Point when the wind set from a err
;ain direction; but Mr. Carlisle Ion.,
lomethlng more serious still his
aeart!
"A tisherntaid of low degree!" he h id
pioted, laughingly, wtien he eonfcssid once more knocking at the cottage
ill these things to his college chum, i door - but to their surprise it was not
young Dr. Helton, whose quiet sister opened.
Lcttice, he had onee admired in a sort ' A tiny window at the left was piish
af way when both the young men were ; ed the least bit ajar, and the voire ot
in the graduating rlas. 1 the fair Augusta, shriller and sharper
"A wild rose hud, don't you se? JX i than he ever could have believed jos
gemiiu daughter of .Nature, who had sible, out-shrieked the tempest.
never been out of nljht of ttie ocean!"
"Oh!" said Dr. Helton.
"Of (.'oiir.se tslte Iuih no extcrio1"
poliMti," niltlfil rarlisle. ''She will have
everything to lc:,i n. Hut he is ho re
freshing us compared with theconvetj
tloiiitl city young lady that one gets so
tired of.''
"F.xaetly," said Dr. Helton, seeing
that his friend expci-Unl him to say
something.
"Her failier owns u small lishing
siiiiick ho is a real character. And
her mother is ono of tlto-e uieu old hi
dies that one seldom see.. Domestic,
you know neat-hatt'led l'hillis al'
that sort of thing! I'll take you there,
lack, if you'll promi. o not to liud fan It
ith tho priiuitiveness of the thing."
"Oh, I'll promise," said Dr. Helton.
Helton was a man of instincts. And
in this case, his instinct told him that
Will Carlisle was altogether astray.
"lie is li"aiit.v-strui'k," ho said to
himself. "For the time he is hrwitch
el. It's the old story of I lysse-i and
tli; sirens over ajain.'1
Hut he went to the seaside rot where
I Augusta 'oltou hiid all the old china
j pilcher-i lillcd with wild itoWcrs, and
sitt like a lie ilci u Fioia, dimpled nml
i Mulling, in their midM.
j she siiid ery little, lull he smiled it
I gri ill ileal and Carli-1" was more in
j f. it iiiited than ever when he came
I away, toward-. 1 1 o'clock of a dark and
i brooding August night, with a sus
picious closeness iii the air, and vivid
si ts of lightning here and there.
"I -n't she perfect?" lie cried, as he
and Helton walked along the edge of
the .-hon
"lie is very beautiful ye-."
"And graceful and womanly ?"cricil
the lover, greedy im pr.;ise.
"1 cmccilc all of that.' slowly spoke
Helton; ' but I don't call her eactlv a
liniy.
"I'.-haw!" siiid
idea; ale fi-l'liied
in. ul. I of so- i"ty.
Carlisle. "Your
on the hackneyed
A eirl like Augusta
is i apaM'' of any degree of polish.
And did you id si i e what a sweel low
voice she had like it lulc.""
"(.rallied; I. ut it slrii. k me that her
iraiiimar w as a hit le -liii'.y lew and
'Inn."
"h, giaiiiiiiiir; tha'"s nothing,
Slie'll soon pick up the phrases of the
people she is w ith."
"Carlisle," crie I his Iriend .piiekly,
"you are not engaged to hi r
"No; lint I shall be within the next
twenty-
our
hours." boldlv asserted
Carli-le.
"I beg ol you.
entreated Helton.
nolliin'j
"Wait ;
rash.'
little
until -"
"Don't preach," a little impatiently.
'I tell you. I've been con.-idei,ug the
matter all summer, and I hae made
up my mind."
"Then there is no use in my argu
ing the point," s;iid Helton.
"No use al all." rricl Carlisle, "1
call myself ii not roliteuiptil'Ie judge of
character, and I pronounce Augusta
Colton to be one of the sivretest ami
rarest types of true womanhood!"
Hy this time, however, the long im
pending storm had burst, heets of
rain poured dow n, vi id lightning clelt
the sky, casting a lurid glow on the
boiling waves, unpleasant showers of
' most admire in her her perfect t.-in- j
a little spare room somewhere under
the eaves they ran keep us there all
night, I don't like to ask it of them,
but 1 do not see w hat else we can do."
In less than live minutes tlicv were
"o u way!" sheet ied. "Clear outt ;
won't have vou in the huu-e."
"Augusta Ann!" 'em oust rated the
voice of old Mrs. Cultoit from the In
side. "Mold your tongue, ma!" screamed
Augusta, "I've told p, time and again,
the next time he riime homo at this
hour of night, I wouldn't let hint in.
Not if tie sat cm the rocks until day
break. And I mean to stick to my
word, so there! It's too bad t'f him, so
't is, to spoil my chance witli a city
beau i y this sort of goings on, and I
won't stand it. (Jet out, pa. D:ni't
stand whining there."
"Hut, Augusta Ann," plea led the old
woman, "it's your tongu and your
temper that drives him away mon.-'n
anything else. Let bint in. Don't you
hear how it's raining?,'
'silence!'' retorted tie dutiful daugh
ter. And the window win shut to once
more, leaving the two friends .standing
on the doorstep, in thy night and tern-pc-t.
They got back to their lodgings after
a long, wet walk, in the course of which
they went considerably out of their
way - but they were licit her of them
sorry lor the nights advent ure, wet,
and forlorn though they were.
"It's astonishing how easy it Is for a
man to be mi-taken," said Carlisle,
alter a long silence, as the. wi re sit
ting before the liie in their own room.
Helton loaned over and graspe 1 his
hand.
"He thankful, old fellow," said ho,
that you nave escaped as easily as tlii .
Augusta Ann never saw her city
swain again, and as she didn't read the
papers, she missed perceiving the in
I tire, in a daily papi'r, of the marriage
j of Will Carlisle to a Mi-s Let tire licl-
ton.
And pom old Colton leads ii harder
i life than ever.
Chinese Pastime.
It it be one of their numerous
festi-
! vals ii very noisy drinking game is
; played, railed " '"', the object of
! w liieh is to see which can make tie'
: other drink the most wine. Two men
'play at a time. One thrusts his hand
toward his opponent w ith one or more
! lingers extended and the other does
, the same. As the hands are extended
I each player must shout out some liunr
In r tint higher than ten. In other
word-each man screams out what lie
guesses to be the aggregate number of
lingers exteii'lr I on both hands, and
the person who guesses wrong pays
the forfeit by drinking the wine. An
, example w ill make it plain:
! Ah lloi extends two lingers and
calls out six, at the same time h
i Cheung puis up three linger, and
calls out four. As neither party has
; gue-sed jgirrectly, the wine is spared,
as is also the case where both parties
gue.-s right. Next time perhaps All
Hoi thrusts out two lingers and calls
' out six. Ah Cheung extends four lin
i gers and calls out eight. In this c;im
' Ah lloi wins, as he had shouted the
' number ol lingers extended by both
' parties. Ah Cheung pay s his forfeit
by drinking a cup of wine.
When these two arc reddened with
li'pior, two more begin and the rest ol
the party look on. The game is mi
boisterous and provokes siicli uproari
ous laughter that I have been kept
awake half the night by the revels of a
wine party in the adjoining lnuisc
Amid the wildest excitement often
they keep their tempers. (,'tiarreling
is the exception; and, as to drunken,
ness, I have not seen more than tu
drunken imn during a resilience in
China extending over nine years. It
is not because the liquor hicks strength,
its I have seen scores of Fnglish .lack
tiirs liooy for ten cents, drunk for
twenty cents, and dead drunk and car
ried out for it half-dollar's worth ol
sairshu wine, .lohn has vices enough,
in all conscience, but drunkenness is
not one. He feels the ruddy glow
mantling over his cheek and neck, and
knows he has had enough. A llushed
Lire and a garrulous tongue are t lie
only signs of iuloxiratiou one ever see.
in China. The prevailing beverage i-
tepid tea, always at hand iu the b iskoj
tea-pot found on the counter or table
of every shop and work room through,
out the laud, -smi I'liui'i'vi ffirmtirlr.
A l.olt-liiiiiileil Coiii)illiiieiit.
They were lovers, and were also
talkingtogether in a very aflectionate
manner, and she no itoubt intended to
pay him a compliment, but somehow
or other he did not take it as such.
"If you don't stop Mattering me so
much. I'll have to put my hands over
my ears so as not to hear the compll.
ments," he remarked.
"Put your hands over your ears!"
she exclaimed. "Why, y our hands are
not half big enough."
He is not quite sure now w hether it
is his small hands, or largo ears, of
which he is to be proud
riXINU K H.Y-M Itt'KA
111 mi Axnln Prove lilt Kfcprrlurlt v Cri-r
IVnntin Met haul.-.
lie hud a doubtful oppression on his
phiz as he entered a hardware store,
nnd he spoko about 'lie stove trade,
iiiid several other matters before he
finally said:
'1 think it. is time to put up liy
crceii doors."
"Certainly."
You have spring-, i suppose,"
"Yes, sir."
"Ilae you it spring whieh I ran
lid just?"
"We have. Here is ono which a
boy ten years old can put on. The
I lime for intricate springs has passed,
I tii'l siinplieil v i- i rule."
j "Let's see. I wonder if I can put
hat on?
" II course y mi can. All you want
are ii scrcw-ilriMT ilnd three screws
Here this end goc.t on the ilonr
that end on the casing. See? When
Voii haw it on. take this w ire and turn
here. Win n the spring lias the right
force drop those slots ti.ns.
Why, a woman could put one of
those springs with her i yes shut
price 1'. rents."
Holies hadn't lost any of bis doubt
ful expression as he staried out. He
w alked home, feeling of his car, and
trying to remember ju-t what the dea
ler said, and iu hall an h air he was at
work on the door
I' he dealer had
held the upper end of the spring to the
northwest, whil'j his door opened to
the northeast, lie sat down and
thought ami thought, and finally drci-
ilrd to try it, anyhiw. Mrs. Hones
liiiiieoiit and helped him. ami the
upring was linaliy put on.
After the spring was on Pmnes
turned il'i'l turned. The spring stif
fened and the door llew open,
"That's just like you," shesaidas
she jumped back. "What on earth
do we want of a spring to keep the
door o en?''
"That's so thiit's so. Let's take it
oil aiici turn it end for end."
This was tried, but it was no good,
and Mrs. Hones cried out :
'You might have known it! It
t ikes :i man with brains to put on a
spring!"
"And I'm-got more of 'em rigtit in
my heels than your whole relations
have it their heads!"
"Then put on that spring!"
I'm going to wlnnl get ready
There's no particular hurry as 1 can
see."
"Maybe it's tired," she sneered.
'And may be vou had better a'tend
to vonr mopping."
She went iu and Honrs tried that
spring six different ways. Then lie
went oil and borrowed a gimlet, an
inch auger, a crowbar, a j.ieksercw an1'
il pair of pincers, aid lie t rinl six other !
ways. He turned tlieold thing until
li 'trision lifted up one end of the
liouse, and he looked from the front
gate to the alley fence lor the ratchet.
but the door had no spring to it. lie
put the spring on diagonally, crossw ise,
lengthwise, top for bottom and bottom
for top, and about I o'clock in the
afternoon Mrs. Hones came out and
found him pounding it with the crow
bar, while the door had been w renched
apart and hcawd into the alley.
"I said you couldn't do it." she re
marked. "Couldn't do what
"Put on that spring."
"Who's tried t" put on that spring?
We don't need any door there, and l'e
iikett it away. It isn't at all likely
that we will see three dies, but if a
few do come around we ain't going to
murder 'em. spring! 1 was pist fool
ing you. That was a burglar alarm,
and the reason I didn't put it on was
because we didn't have anything to
burglarize, liven if we had I'd let'em
come. A burglar can't live unless he
lias a fair show.
buildings Hint Ite-isl Knrtliiilrt kes.
The volcanic eruptions in .lava, the
earthquakes iu Ischia, and our own
western tornadoes, have probably
caused much more destruction of life
and property than they would have
caused if buildings had been specially
adapted to resist them. Iu Japan,
w here shucks of earthquakes are fre
quent, a contemporary says it is not
Usual to dig fo'indations for any
building, no matter how large or im
portant it may lie. Hocks slightly
rounded at the top are placed where
th$ comers of the houses are to be.
The corner posts, rounded at the end,
re-t on these. The timbers are all
pinned together, not nailed, so as to
allow of considerable nun cinent w ith
out coming apart. In the central por
tions of the building the timbers are
particularly heavy, and act as ballast.
In high towers there are sometimes
huge beams swung from the roof and
reaching to within a foot of me
ground, which prevent the building!
the building
from being overturned either by i
earthquake or storm. ? ''i.iest
building in .lapan. the Treasury it!
Nara, is built in this manner, with
out the swinging beam, but with a
very heavy ballast in the framework
of the ceiling ,.f the iloi.r. A well
known artist is the inventor ol a
painting hut which b con-t rueted in
piirt on the same principle. It nsls
oilstones at the rumors, the timbers
are Keyed together,- and it ca.ries a
heavy ballast under the Moor. U is.
however, in addition, secured to the
ground by ropes and anchors. This
hut will outride :i gale iu perfect
safelv,
Itllllis.
A ery common but reprehensible,
practice is that of holding a bum as
close to the grate as possible, "to draw
the lire out" not out of the tin-place,
but from the injured part. It is quite
feaiible to conceive that such a pro
ceeding may give eas,- ny deadening
sensation in some instances; but II by
no means follows that it doe- gmd or
expedites recovery: indeed, we shall
see that in such a case the loss ot sen
sation really prows further damage to
the tissues. Hums have been divided
by surgeons into. six classes; i I "siin
pic scorching, sullirieiit only to r.ddeu
the surface. I J i Hli-tcring: theciiti
cle raised and forming little bladders
if water. Cli The skin denuded d
its cuticle. This is th- most painful
j stage of all. i
is it leaves t he te n e c ds
i I ii'sti'in tion ol the cul ire
cxp.. sed. i I
' tliiekiie.-s ot the skin; painless, !
nearly so.becnise the si-n-itivc m re
j ''nil s are destroyed, i i Destruction
I of all the soft parts; and 1 1 i charring
of the In. ne two conditions M-ry din"'
cult to imagine us co-existent w it'iauy
remnant of life. It can thus b" re.i li
ly understood how a I urn of the iliird
order of magnitude can be converted
by additional heat into the fourth, and
temporary relief from pain purchased
by transforming ;i trilling injury into
it serious one. liable to be followed by
severe illness and permanent deformi
ty. A most mysterious cause of d'iiMi
after burns is the ulceration and
bursting of a certain bl 1-wss-1 in
the stomach. The ciinci'l ion l et w ecu
the two has newr been di-ctwrod.
People talk about this or that being
good for a burn, but not for a . seal, I, or
( i; but practically ln di-tui' -tioti
is to be drawn between the two,
further than that, us we kn-'w the
highest teiiipcr.it ure of wat r.we know
the utmost limit of injury in it scald,
whereas there is no limit to the possi
bilities of a burn. To keep the aii
' from both, is the main object in treat
inent. Cook, w ho generally appears
on the scene of the disa-ter with her
llmir dredge, is a veiy eibcii nt ureo..u
for burt.s and scalds ot the iii -.1 degne
this little scieiit ilic techuiealiu will
comfort thesuflerer man lloii-ly ; but
where the skin is raised or broken,
something of an mly ii at ure should be
substituted. Com r it up w ith lots ,a
cotton-wool, as though you wished to
keep it .'is Will m lis pos-ible, aud.liilll'l,
no soap and sugar on any u count'
il ;;-;.
The March of (lie Prairie ln.
The prairie dog is a standing threat
iigainst the future pro-p. illy of the
grazing districts id' the stat". Draw a
line from Ucd Hivcr. south t" tin
Colorado, so as to run about the west,
em lines of Throckmorton, Hi i - kel
ford, Callahan and Coleman 'iiul ics,
and you mark the front of the greatest
immigration army ever dnannd of by
man. From this line west J.'.ii mil,
every square mile is iiilcsicd by the
devouring p.sts. Ththicklv inhabit
ii section of country Jim miles l..ng and
miles wide. The advent ol the
white man into this coiuitiy has but
increased their numbers, as man hits
destroyed the wolves, badgers, i at t b
snakes, panthers, and other animals
which prey upon the piairic dogs
They eat the grass in suiiiim r
and the grass roots iu winter, and the
consequence is tint wha. was hm ,t
few years ag.. the finest grazing region
in America is fast becoming a verdure
Ifss desert.
I'nlike all other animals in Aiiou j, ,i,
the prairie dog is inigtatmg. not west
but east. Only a year or t w,. ago In
eastern line was about the we-tcni line
of this roiinty . In a short time he has
advanced his' frontier east about live
miles into Shackelford. Throckmorton,
and the other conn! ics ly ing uori h and
south of Shackelford. I nless checked
he will soon ravage all the inesqiiiie
grassland in the state, and w ill then
descend in countless hosts upon the
black w axy farming hind of Tat rant,
Pallas. Collin, and the otlur inties
cast of its.
It is no exaggeration to sav that $b',.
00i.,iHn ,oes ,,t rxce-d tlie value of
the irrHss Minualiy consumed by th"
prairuMlogs in northwest Texas. Could
they be destroyed instantly -is by a
stroke of l.ghtni'ig. the price of land in
nil t lie reeiotis .lescri' f.,1 -, on 1.1 :i.1 :oi.-.
mn ,., ,.,, . t . .... .
know n. - .t.'''(t.' A'"'-.
IftlM-w I II I IN I.I.YIT.
Vt iii.i.-i. l.. :..o..it I. if i.f iKimrniiif ni.it
loiiii-h rufi'..
Crucial l.'.ring throws
a- touch
, light as ciioiiiiis'anrcs permit, in In
' recent hook on Fgypt. upon lite in the
! hareu . One can naturally see that
j from the peculiar manner in which
! marriage, are made in Fgypt there is
J little (,.n, -lie life of the sort we llli
, di rstand.
i "The ladies constituting the families
ol the Lit" Khedive, Islumdl Pasha
j and of his nii'in'ioits sons, are iii many
! respi-. is nu exception to ,i netieral rok
j in their acroi.: lishmei.ts. ci.'i-.ition
i nl manners. While ?iiey have, !n
! many lir-pei'ts, Kuropcan custom- and
. h.,bits. yet they .ir" inod'lied by n
jsiraiiits ul' seclusion: ami they share
w ith 1,'u ! ni-teis o! a'l lasses
odious law ol iii" j'lopliel that the
should b held prisoners m. a rigid i
surveillance of g nanhaiis c- rc,.:Mv
picpaieil I -r the unholy oifu-e.
"t.iteiin"iis are made that serious :
misunderstanding-oltoti oc or among,
tl i in i oil ,e incut I this oiipres ii 11 '
I There is no doubt that the b aiitilul
I young daughter ol Co- Mi.-dive. wlc ,
was ac -uMo; I until t birlecn year- ot
' age to isit the opera w itluuit a veil- j
i rebelled vlion tic time ,i tor incur. ;
c. ration, and tlm' sin- lauicntci in tears 1
, le r iiiil'i.rtnn fe fate. Marrying s I '
, after seelu-ioii. slt. lived but a !'
i 'uontliS I niveisally the M slem ,
! Women l-now nothing of life, b ing
1 simply pi"c,s ol liiri.uio.e in tlu-ii j
i homes. With no dm-ation. the. r ;
i strangers to the inter. -u and aila r
' of their master-: d-ci-ed out with line ,
dresses and j-wclry. I hey are -eiisii.nis
I ly content. i
I "They amil-e tbein-elves ill criiin h--
ing im bin see Is. citing e.tiidy .smoking
j-igarcl'es and .showing their jewelry j
I ,rul line toilets to their lrietuls. I.iv ing j
julileol ease and indolence, they ar"
I nevei suppos 'd to si i! th"tr bands with
i labor or rack their brants with thought- I
! When they toil, their sole orruputioti is j
jlobeiiutiiy themsi'lvv'.. When y..i.;ig j
i hey air wet! made; their hand- arc sott,
1 while and supple, and they might 1 e
! Uki'lU'd to the bu Id fig lowel V b h ,
' ipeiis at the tus! rays ol the moi-vng
sun. 't heir complexion-i ire white ml j
heir i hecks Mig.il with rose; their j
vesiir.- sometimes blue, but that is i
xccptii.tial: they are g. nerally black
is jet. and when lully open arc "f .
I .iluiotid form and full of sensibility ;
I in. I delicate .sweetness. They never
uncial them and gallant men oncti j
nfe-s that they have interfered with '
dieir n-pose of mind. It is pleasing i
J :o speak of these beauties, lor thev
; have low t" adiii re even t liis much '
; heir nun. 'lines-. The li.uise-., many ,
i il them, iire elegant, and so con-Inn I .
! .ul as to completely conceal the hidden I
glances of thcr.nr. who are doomed b j
j -t-'iti.-il iso'.a'ion when without a veil,
is no woman can b s, cn law fully by j
' my other in m C iia her hil-bali 1. she i
I i, toibidih ii th" li"ii,.igc that all nature t
I b ui.in Is. Controlled by a povcrfui
i hand ami bound rv vo ably by ,-u- I
j loin, she is i Miupelled IL't "Illy to I. is 1
I the hand ot her tyiant. but t,. hug the 1
' .'bain which manacle- her.
fbis d. sp itisin i-the mole etr en- I
I fiiiiry on tic part ot tie- men. 1na- I
j much as they preten I to fc, delight in
I In ant iful objects o t nature, tlu-y will '
j Wiit. l. the nl iv "t birds tor hours, and
I think it acrnu to .li-luib -t deprive ,
j i hem ol the ti. . i r 'hey brci'he. Vet
j they incarcerate lin- 'cm 1 e-t ,c:,l i.i-.-r
be;i. it Hid ol all the Cn ator's w. !:-.
and think it a gr.-.it lav or to penc.t
woman s ciroy inenl ot a i. nuuii.;
shl'll'i ill -oiiic hidden recess."
Vtrnrui.iii Sii;n'i -iiliiin.
' When tin- Norwegian I.i ih. i'
I I begin- her dairy uig m il" -ii.-ni't.
and the herds Imve be n .Iru . u t" lt,c
I upland pasture-, she take. -p. . i ,
' pains m making the lii -i ln e- t. i it
j i- lor Nipcii. the ol I N i-c wo ..I and
I water spirit. The .-tlei mg ;s tac i in
1 the dusk el i-o 'iiii ; i" a high. I ..ic
! ro,K. and hit there. 'iin't im.- a
sweet i al..-. iu the uiak. ug ol whi'h
' every in. ltd - n inns' . is-, i . I a . in d
ale I- added to tin- lea-t pa ip. n. I u
t lie licricng It I - - 'tie. and I lie 'in
' nier'- wile is -in. that Ini cowswill
! give down re h milk, that ln-r lambs
will not p. ri-b in untimely -torn,-,
land 1 li.it hcl g I III. ill's 1,-alo'i'be
I liurd will biing him sal. ly hoi n , 'hc
j has given "hostages" to N ip. n
j Crushed gain.
j "l unilerstatidtli.il the young man
i w ho comes to set-you h is the reputa
tion of being quite a ina-hi r," sa'd a
father to his Mounting daughter.
Why. p.i. I am surprised that you
should
"Oh. I luvfl no fault to lin. 1, but if
he is a masher, y..:, might take b in
into the kitchen ;t' iiiht to mush some
of the water bugs that are overruti
II i It 2 the house. - .Vi,. .' ... ;
The. Hi ice Maids.
from Tun ilc Hiir.
fi'0'' iimiil- will l"itli tin- or woiM to
Ihicc inai.l-, llni' ilium- l inlh. llopH at"!
Imii'i :
'.:i'l v,h ,, i -. j-:mite llii--OII I" lllifelil,
.:lll. '-' ii i.;i .. hull I I'l ln'M-
I litee in ii-l. wciil wionl'mig o'er the weary
e. nth.
-.' Kill.' I-. give llelliKlll.l SI tlohlet WDIlll,
Vein ..ii. ihe i.il.e . to hoc wa- tlii'-ic in
. in.
I. 'i. In-. I-.-' ...ii, lin- wihl in Iheii rxlenl.
Ihi.e t-o lninul lui.l-.'ie. iiml l.ii'it '
- .1.
II. .uv nl In-ul hIh-ioh ' , v liii'l liceli clttd.
I ol :il I 'ii. .1 g.l'- III I hi- : c.il unl'M of Sill.
lin Koui-bii. .- . mot mine wnl.l lake iliem
111 Moitnrs.
Ilic lir-t vehicle ever made. The
w iriilijjig of time.
1 In iv i- nearly always a bustle in
'ry-gi-o I - .-tore-.
A ti 'lt'iig match should always bo
ih -ci il" d in a la y manner.
A revenue oiliecr entered the store
id a nu rchant who never advertised,
and ai re-ted him because he kept a
lllll house.
A health journal says you ought t
taketbiee qnaiter, of iin hour lo your
ilinie ' It would be advisable to add
sunn meal and vegetable-.
A'ccipt is going the rounds of the
pics- i. r l.uiiiing hides with salt anil
alum: but our liii iul .lohn says his
-i hoolina-icrtaught him year ago that
nl.. I birch was Lett, r
A le w atiiil" in feminine headgear
is call.-! the "irog bonnet. " 'The bus.
hand i- supposed to jump when he
learn- the si.-e of the greenback it
talo s to por.'hsi-e one.
A let uivr is travelling through the
W'e-t eid ghlciiiiig the people on the
subi.-t ol "Powder." Some one
should suggest to him that powder is
ii dang'ious -nbjeit to throw light
in.
I am tr nibled with cold feet," said
I'l'M ler-on. "I alway- -hep in my
-tucking- in Winter " dancing at
I'cudi r on''- number thirt o lis. Foggs
n-markc'l "l should think yoit might
o it easily. '
In order to get rid ol the smell of
tic-l: .a nl in a room, place a few
-lu es ot onion m the middle of the
ootii. I In n vou will want to get rid
f tin- siiiell of the onions, this can be
l -no ly putting on another coat o'
paint.
New York's Foreign fruit Trade,
It i- -aid that twenty lour steam
-hips arc kept bu-y by one firm in
bunging Iruil tr..ni Meiliteirancan
port-to New N'ork. Twelve of them
are pa-seiiger vessel-, the greater parts
of w h"-e en goes are compose of fruit .
The i ther twelve are Height Ves-els.
vi hose westward cargoes are composed
wholly of fruit. Theurgies are dis
i barged at a I'.r.ioklyn pier, near Hip
W.ill sireet ierry. The Urm hast li n -i-heil
an extensive salesroom, which
1- sai l to const ;t ut" the ui"st cxtensiv.i
Iriiit market in ih's country, sales
take place al noon on the day after a
i argo ha-ai ri "il. A crow d of importer-,
brokers, grocers, verniers, and
W est, ill buyeis i- always "ii hand.
i a. h iiopoi ter t" w I fruit has been
consigned opens iwo boxes as samples
and ti ut. nt s ,.f those arc ove'
li.rile ! bv pi'.-spe t iv c buyers.
U In n tic auctioneer mounts hit
stand in the s.t!e-ro..ni, men who look
like tramps jostle their I ishionahly
be I I. liow Millers, and vvh'ti they
in-, iber hands the auctioneer i-t
quick t i caii h their bids. Mr he knows
Hi. n- beck- are as g I as vv heat.
Many ol the purchased goods arl
buriiciioit to Chicago. vl Louis, and
other W estcrn slopping points in re
h igci.i'i i c.tis. In the steiiinships the
box. - ol U nit are pile! -.. that air can
' in ui.it.' Irec'y all about them, ami
stiong cuir.nts of atr are krp' up
through the bold- by iiic.uis of wind
S.llis.
A box oi oranges lauded in Hrooklyn
h.is. os'. . ciy thing included, ijij. It
I nag- t r. on si lo j:.. ;i, -cording to its
i oii ht i"ii and the -tale ol the market.
The ocean Height e-t is :ji cents.
I be seas n here tor oranges la-ts from
carlv December nut il eai ly .lime. Then
the dried truit 1 lad" begins. 'I hisl.ists
until D uihci II is -aid thai l.'i V
iiiiu .i,cs of raisin- arc often received
in one month. - .Yi I " V mj.
n Hiitiger.
s.ii.l a nervous visitor to an Austin
la.lv. at w h"sc house she was making
a call:
Are you n"t afraid that some of
your children will fall into that cistern
in your y aid ?''
oh. ti"," was the complacent reply;
'iinviioA, lhat's not the cistern we get
i in drinking water from. ' Sifting,
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