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A STORY OF
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c:nrxj-n v.
f OTisrr.rv
"Ours? you!" ci if I vCarie, mt. v
hg to get .ipoa his i'e A. ''I'll p-y yo.i
for this' 1 o'cr f-'litef. a blow, and I
swev.' I'll nuke you ivpe.r tuo tl'y
jo i liii J y.. ir bin 1 upon ja!"
" aou needn't ml i i a jom pcyin? for
wh. you've had," sail Dick, ijiiict'y.
"l'ou'ro we'.oonie to ir, n id tiitro's
tn.ro to he hal just lii:o l. ivli.no the:
cart!1 from, whenever you wnnt it."
Tool!" bisrel W.iy.i?, furiously,
withlhil lips, which scorned all tlio
rooro livi 1 because of the ojrr.ra-t be
tween tucuiaid the blood upou Li?
face. "J wish I could kill y.ml"
"I don't iTfiu:it. that In the ha-t,"
laughel Diok, tamliigiy, ' R.;t I
wouldu't alviso you to say much nhont
it, if yo'l don't want to gut hurt worse
tbua yoii ore now. Von won't ho in
very 'ooil trim W cijging bcbool, as
it is."
Vayna sprang at liim like atier.
But Di.'k was too quio!; for liim. H
Sieppe.l a-i on las Wayne f track
at tlio pin o wUvrf ho hn l -;rx.l, laic's
jrapplt'il lii.ii l y the fboal.lcr n i l l.ii
tioiiscrs a'i'l flun:,' hiia over th rail
fencti;ito tlio ron.1.
"T iuTi that folres your diillcuhy
about .(retting past tlio tr.i tt. " ho Fni.i,
in a tone that whs f-tt.'n iy vi:li miicpii
trate 1 passion. "I lo:t"t c-iro to h.iv.
any further trouliUt with yon; luit if
you don't !-'t b'oiic an I ki'op out of
ray my, I'll piv you sonn tliin vou
won't f .r;ot for ni.riy n tiny to er:.. "
"; .vvm' Ciiivo y.u! t.ur.-n
yoi' ul War .in tin .msjli Vi'oo ly
lip., n in Ftrii'cl t i his foot, hi?
pyes full of n (Innttfrous tire. "I'll
mako you sorry for this before we've
lotjo with riK'li othir!"
Then ho turno.l nn 1 wnlkcl away,
while Dick went tia"k t. his hous.'
and npstiiirs to lp;l, foclin moro at
mio with all maukiu'l than he La.) for
otno tiuie past.
CHAPTER VI.
THE grVftreo TEACHEB SCOBBS AVOTHEB
rO.NTTEST.
When Dick saw Wayne's face next
toornlng, he hal to smile. It was
purple between the eyes, and there
was a bad bruise mailing up tho fore
head where his knuckled hai cut iato
the fifth.
"It'll be same days before rvm set
rid of my mark, my fioe feilow," Dlok
thought, as he looked his antagoui.t
Over coolly.
Wayne fcave him one black look, and
that was all. Butit was sufficient to
convince Dick that the trouble bet .reon
them hal just began. Wnyne was not
' man to forget or overlook an injury.
He would repay debts of that kind
with interest, if possible to do so.
"I wonder what's happened to th-'
6ingiu'-teacher?" Sama it'ny called
out to Dick, across tho ro.i 1, when h-
came to the field opposite Mr. Porter'-,
to plough.
"What do you mean?" nsked Die's,
pretending to bo in iguornuee of h r
mtaii'J9. ' lias :'ouiethiu,; iinppened
tohim?"
"I tb'd ay there had," utuwored
Bamanttiy, with n broa I f rin. ' H-.
looks as ef he's ruu n.;'in snthin'.
His face is jest tho color o' iiy bl-ick
ealicker drc.1?, after I washc-d it tho
fnst time ;n fr oiF. Xi itiirr black r
blue, but kind o' betwii- n bcf.veen.
An', my goodncs-s, don't lie look rour,
though? Ezra, he a?kt him what the
matter was, and he prowled out sutl.in'
about a toll. I didn't know what kind
Of a fall i? sno'.udit ha' be'u, but I
thonght r'i hrs you li I."
"1 fhouldn't won'br if I did," an
swered Dick. "Jle did run np against
somothiug thit,
and ho bfdd up his
clinched hand. "And he did hiv
tall. He fell over the fence. Ask him
tbout it, Samantiiy."
"I will so," answered feamanthy,
with twinkling eyes.
When Nannie came homo from fehoo1.
that afternoon, sho gavo Dick one
Jcornful, indignant look, and then
took no more notice of him.
'Wbvdo hes filled her bend wi
plausible stories sbont our fiuarrel, I
Euprose, thought Dick. "Of coirsr, ;
she considers me the one to blame t!
am thi vil'ahi, and he is the an gel.
Well, I don't kmw as I cara very
mneh what she thinks about it, one
way or the other."
Mr. Wayne and Nannie went to the
eingimr-school together, ar.d Diek con
cluded to go, too. He felt sure that
there would be ranch comment a!.o :t
the condition of Wayne's faco and he
wanted to hear what was said.
"I'll go 'round by Khoda'S," he
made up his mind, and so he set oti'
across the woods by the path lending
to the .Stevens's place. Khoda was
just starting for singinct-school when
be came out to the road, in company
with her ten-year-old brother Xe.i.
8be said; "Good evening'" plesantiy
to Diok. and he took the ruth beside
her. while Ned. triad to cot a chance
to set away, like" all small boys under
similar circumstance", ran on shea 1
and left them to come at their leisure.
"How do you get along learning to ;
sing?" asked Diok, presently at a loss ;
for anything else to say. j
"Oh, ever so much better than I ex- j
peoted to," snswered Bhoda. "Mr.
wayoa i to kiad. Hs tak so much ,
Secret. I
THE FRONTIER.
e. Kn:jvr-orr).
.CtiIiI!A:ij
. . ?s
psiis io help no, I I wonder where
i iiit: h. ou nil ory.
And then IihoLi.t looked rather eon
f :i-t) !, ns sue had coi.ie near betray
i;i' a teev'ji.
' I don't know," answcieJ
"r.ir do r.-.u a-lt, Tiho la?"
Dip
i;
1 ail
I ha oj't f cn hiia, aadand
J; how."
Taen f-ho i-,vr ed abnntly, for Dick's
eyes n-t-rc upon har, .md the felt as if j
ho wore ita :in,' hor thoussats.
"rj r, he c.nao to see you, Khoda?" t
eskK.-l .Die :. I
"l'cs, oacoin a while to help me
a'-on? about lr.y si isin;'," answered
iiho.ia, rather reluctantly.
"It. that all?" a?kod'Dic'r. "Are
yon s.iro he doesn't come to s.ay senti
ineatal thin s, and try to wake you
think he hal a particular friendship for
sa'd Khoda. with an uir of petulance.
"Ho ai I that I have naturally a very
food voice, and with proper cultivation
of it I m i bp-'jiiio a very tine singer.
And he ki j tly oi'tV'ie 1 to j,'ivo mo etra
lfo.is, aid I think it would have been
very iooiii-h in mo to have kt cuch a '
c'uan.'c flip." ',
"Jle careful, Ehodn," said rick,
soberly. "iT isn't the kind of man
I'd l'ku to have a si.-ter of mine very '
ivti:uato with. Yon haven't any '
mother "
"f know I haven't, but I think I'm .
able to lake c iro of uiy.-e'.f," burst out :
i;h -da, indignantly. "Von ' don't lik. '
him, I know t'n i', nnl I know why.
Von bhrue hi.n because Nannie ba
ud von you tho cold shoulder. Now I
know that ho doesn't es'C a feather for
her, but she does for him. BoardiiiT
at lnr unci '';-, ns ho does, he has to lie
a .':-.-e,iblo to her, of course."
''1 suppose ho told you this?"
"It doesn't matter who told it to
tne," answered Khoda. "I know it to
be the truth. I think Nannie Boono
ousht to bo ashamed of herself."
"He has t sld you this story to make I
you think ho is attentivo to Nannie nn-'
dor cumpuision," said Dick. "Sow
she may have been to blame in th; ;
matter indeed, I know she lias haen ;
but I know, too, that he is not obliged i
to bo as atten;ivo to her as ho is. Id-. '
is dec 'iiin both of you. That's the
long and sluit of it. So long as he
talk sweet to Naanie he is snra of.
keeping her blind to tho trn'.h. LTc
tells yon what you have told me to
throw tha responsibility of his goin;t
with Nannie upon her, au J I prcf.ii'tie
he pivos yon to nn lerstand that he
wonld gi eat ly prefer your society to
be rnoro or less attentive to hor, and!
: i,o v,inL-a ti tin-I,
;nrourfycs nhout bis attentions to :
he. Ani I not right abrm t';i:-. '
Khol.i''" '
f won't be. piestionod in this way,"
c.nea JuioOa. Mr. warno is mv .
fi-i-,-. i if t i;i.-. ivm ii' -tt-'la I
'ouMncs". but uiy own, I !;n-w that i
yo i don't like him, but I never sup
posed yon would try to work eaiust
liim in this wnv. lie is too much of a
centlemnn to tali
veurback."
ftb.mt yon behind
"I fimvaiv sorry that you
b'i vl," :ci I J)i.'!., earnestly.
y a word a ::iin.-'. Wurao
"I'don't !
be-,,,0 I
o..,i t l:.-.ryi-.:i to ic on iiifiiil:y terms
vi:'n hi'o, but f...- your 'eke, Kbodi.
It's on: cf fii.-n b-hip for you."
"You nro i(r.i!e . uro about that?'1
a'ked KiK.l.i, "i'h nn io.-i-tdn.'ous
f-mih''.
"i'os, quite sure," anfweied Dk'k.
"If Nannie sees lit to thro v me by and
take Wayne, 'iint is he r pj ivilego. .She
was bouud tome by ivi verl-al promise.
I don't biamo him for what rho L.is (
d..ne, I bh'.no him for his own action ;
an 1 I a n honest when 1 1-11 y;m that
it tncro na I been no lU-ieehog between
him a i 1 i:.yse;f, I should feel that I
tt.i-i dc-i.uj no i.v.U'0 tba.l my duty t
ted vou wu!t I have, and adyiiiac von
t bo car. ful cf the ir.tlueaco yo l nilow I
1 im tnt.;i ovei Voll "' I
"Dick bum or., I won t listen to any
thing more of that kind r f talk from
you!" c.ird Jtho.la, angri'y. "I am
r,-.t.li a ba I erenture an ono wojI I
k3 mo to be. from what you aro rey-
rig."
"I be? yonr ratlin if I have sail
a-.y.hi u tnat le in you to inter ran1,
I think there is any;hing ba I in your
emduct," l 'sponbd Diek. "Wuat I
meant by what I t ii.l about bis influ
ence over you was simply this: Hi
does not care a farthing far you. If
he t-?lls yon t bat he docs, he lies. Ho
is arnnmng b1 m.-.elf at your expense,
and Nannie H) ino's, for he really cares
n mre for sr.-r than ho does for you,
;d In fore either of you know it, yonr
hcirbt will become entangled in tho !
wch of .keen he we.ivoi to snare them j
in: an. I m inonort 10:1 to tna con 1- .
d ;nwyouput in him, a id the indu-
enoo he cjins over vou, will bo the
pain which will surely como
hen you i
fin 1 out that ho bus fooled ym. Be ;
m I would if vou were my sister us I !
would talk to you if Wuv'ue hal never I
laid a straw in my way. "
"Perhaps y.m are," respon led
Khoda, "but it looks very much to
me as if you were doing it out of
spite."
"Well, if you think that, there's no
use in saying anything more about it,"
Diok. "Time will prove that I
am rlbt. I can afford to wait till that
time eomes."
He watcbed Phocla closely rrhen
they hal reached the schaolhoasa a.i I
was in Wayno's presence. An l
he satlsflaA from what ha f aw,
view I la the light of what she lia l
almittdd in the conversation which
ha I taken place daring their walk to
t ie schoolhonse, that she was fascia
a ed by Wayne. His influeace orer
btr was already 6nfflcient to r ke her
blind to the real condition of affairs.
I Whatarer he roihfc toll her she would
; believe implicitly. To others it wna
quite evident that he was more inter
fstcd ia his flirtation with Nannie; bit
1 1 rdioda, who boliercd what ho lial
I told her, Nannie was tlio aatgrtisivo
pii'.'fy, and he sufTored h.r to f.onop.
i olize a taare of his ofteuMons timp y
because he oouldn't help himself. f:'u
; Itaew well enough the extont of his in
I tiuenoe o cr poor Ehodn.
Many were the remarks made about
, th3 appearance of Vv'atuc's taco. Ta'a v
, conjectures wre rife rcgaiding tiio
caii.-o of iti du:fii;uru.ii(Hit. Bcfcia the
j evening cef sion &?. o cr tb j truth tar1
leak', d out. and 1'ick hecrd i: wLi:
on ell r.iJes that ho aid ihe finqinr
teacher hal hn;i a ' ft-to," an tr.ut
Wayne had got tlio woist- of tho en
couiitrr. "I don't eouEter.atii-s floh cloin'e,''
snii Defl'on Snyder, Flmking his h e -i 1
in Mem dif approval. "InevLV cot in
to fights in myyonng days, an' I h.aiu't
no pati noe with them th it do:."'
"P'rhapa nobody tried to out yon
out when yrnwas pparkin'," snj-s.-c 1
a man. 'VMcooe you l a ht ef tu.v
! had
"Nobody interfered 'twixt reft an
Savy Ann," paid the deacon; "sol
; can't say what I would ha' done under
; sich sarcnniftnunos. l'er my part, 1
think Dick's to blame, ill the mij.'i'''.'-
teacher cut him out with Na nee. hu'd
orter (?rin an' bear it iin' not tty ti
git even by thumpia' him. Let her po,
a i' good riddance, I (h'd .-ny. lf t;:n y
Ann had boon foolish en nijli to give
me the slip, I'd ha' let her went,
told the feller that her to make r he
most ou't. He'd V had :li.i vit. t ou'i,
I reckon." And the de-aeun ch ;c'.;'o 1
ns ho wouldn't have duivd do it' Saiy
Ann had been thereto !n-ur hi. a.
When thrt session was over, D;ek
went, up to Bhoda, who wa-. stan.'lin,;
' y tho door.
"May I walk home with yon?'' he
asked.
"So, eir," she replied curtly, and
turned her back on him.
Poor, foolish girl!" Dick thonprht,
and walked away
through tho ciur-
light, alone.
CIIAPIEE VII.
a jrrsTEitiors soctciinal rxcriisTflv.
That night wab an extemely warm
one. No wind was stirring in the
treo-tcps, as Dick went home. The
nirwas sin Tularly sultry and ooj ressiw,
and afier he hud got to bed lis could
not sleep.
lie lay there tossing rcitlcssly'nboni
for rome time. Then he j-'t up and
sat dowu ry tho window. The moon
Rhone with great brilliancy, and he
could quite distinctly difoem oiveeu !
farth?r away than tho house of Mr.
u.,,-,.,. t ...I,,..! 1.;. ;.)..
' , ,
Ashesat there, he 6aw a iisura an-
rMr Bt ,Ile window in the gable of Mr. j
Sorter's house. Tho moonlight fall
full upon it, and ho could see that, it
wn " raan' . "is raan stooa ny tue
,s ""' " ".""".
I f some minutes. Ihen ho made his
w.,y out upon tho roof of the kitch
en built against the end of tha main
building, and dropped from that to
the tround.
'Wayne sleeps in this end of Por
ter's house," thought Dick. "I won
IV"T . i i'.'4"; vu -
, ; der what he is up to now, chabn?
der what he is up to now, cliabii
ot of the house in this way at this, j
t. of night? 1 11 keep an eye on the
gtutleuia
Af er mehinjc tho trr-and, tho man
stood in ih shadow of tho sned f.T a
few minntcs, if to mal'e snr.i that
t no coaH was ch nr. Prtseatly the
round of n nisht-bird's ceil ea no fro::i
the woods cc.ir by. It -.ins r p"atcd
tnreo times, at i ii.-dar intervuii-.
The man Dick knew well enough
tha: it was Wayne erorso.1 th.i .ir-d;-u
and climbed over the IV ici into
tie' road. Then ho walked rapidly
n.-ayiuthe direction from lehic'n the
fouud of the nilit-hiid'a tall hj 1
come.
iu iiko to kw 'n"t souni
CimO from a bird with leathers O ld ,
wins," thoiigbt Di.-U.
l""'' I doil't bcllCVO It di ?
id eg: ng-teacher cxpccte-l
and was waiting lor it.
jt
h lu'l
-i' d
biun 1 just blto a 'y other i.
ever heard, it seems to r.ic'
Dick was temple 1 to f.ii
ow v,Hy ;i
and find out where he we d.
"But perhaps I hal better not," h
conclude 1, "It would 'o 1; t, o mcl
like playing ihe fry. I'd .i't ti'l I
have a better escue for ac.i e: in i:k
capacity of a detective."
ilut he eit by tho win.l.ov ai
watched for Wayne's rei'.rn.
A half-hour went by.
An honr.
Still he did not return.
"He's nn to eons oevihrv
I'll
.1 :iv,
. nir i i
rant." thought Diek. ' I
good deal to know what u
of bed at this time ot lo-lit
iui uirenmii
For Wayne had taken n ron 1 le i hi
back into the unsettled fore-. A ft-
sycamore logs hal been ha il i th. i
from, for shingles, l.y tin- i.ct::. s
orownsvuie, au i tor t.ie j..ir. .
getting theo logs out, th
',e,,Q roughly cut thro::; i 1
timber, but it bs 1 never Ik :i u: v 1 ;
aiy othr purpose. Why thou
Wayne have taken it?
"I'm bound to sec this thing th rou ;
now, if it takes all night," suid Mi.
"I'll sit here till rooming, if
doesn't oonie before."
To b continued.
'. I
i
j
in tnnnrn '
STOPPED ASKING QUESTIONS.
Mth.r-ln.tew. Practical Adlo to
Her son's wtf.
"And if I were yon
ask him where bs has been if be should
come homa very, very late. I had an
experience ia that Una with his father
many yeara ago, and I learned then
that if I was to have any respect for
him I must never ask him any ques
tions, and especially when ha was
late."
This was theadmonition of a mother-in-law
to the new wife of her son. The
new wife conoludod to make use of it
eailv in thn h(VJ und tnM it ti bor
hnonn r,j.f.n..-
at the club in Ere -Aim and told it as
his mother bad to.d it:
"William ca'ue in quite late, or
early, as yon prefer. I had not eUpt
a wiak. I had worn out my slippers
walking, wandering, waiting t.nd think
ing only as a woman can and will. Of
JUS uu..t uii.
coarse it waac?forUag relief when
ne am come, ami I naci maile np my
mind that I would not upbraid him.
i' ...
.Z w . ; u "Aiiects, and endeavor to discover what
I u i-H f"aorBW s most intertatina to ronr com-
""V' .t-'Ly0Valy8r "a-ions. With some person, thia
iX:n vin irT"
iti ! 1 '..I - LTt 5;
lor it was alter 2 o c'oek, dear, I met
him kindly and took off his hat and
wrap. But somehow while I was R1v
him the little attention whion s.
man likes, and which I trust you will I ,
always gi-e to my boy, I could not re-!
strain a little curiosity, aud without i
hypercritical. Ijnst asked in a voting
;..,!;. . - v,n-.., ' i
wite s RoliCitous way; illiam, wnere
, , -,r' . , ,
' t
i i . , .
novo heard of men doing nt such timec.
I think I should have taken uiv nor-
tiou and aid nothing. But ha said ill j
his quiet way, which I have ulway
uorieea in tiiui:
" 'Mary, you wouldn't believe ma if
I told you.'
"Of oourse, dear, yon will know and
understand later iu your life how nn
appeal of that eort will put magnify
ing lenses upon a woman's curiosity.
Whru ho suid that I put my arms
funimd his neck aud replied us hon
estly as any woman ever did in her
life; Tea, I will, William. If, you
will only tell me where you have been
I will believe every word you say."
"lie sat down and then he shook hi?
head solemnly and said: 'No, Maty, i
know yon would not boliovo it. If I
thojght yon would I had as lief as not.
but you, are so suspicions, so full of j
curiosity '
"I fell upon my kuees, but it wa
tho only time I ever did, and I said to
him on, how earnestly : 'William, I
win neaeve you; ouiy irusi me to .10 ( mauds in the Thiersurten at Bfiiiv,
o; tell me where you have been, aud ; i3 Bai(i to D6 ooe 0f the finest morn
I promise yon I will believe every , m,0t8 to a womaa that has over b: en
word you utter.' liaised. It is the worn of II ncke. Not
"Then he placed ono hand on my , esi beautifnl, the touni i apt to
head, and he loiked into my face and j think, is the recumbent rh-ure of this
said. 'Mary, I have been leetnring to , beautiful Gnn. dt.n.-..l " ;.,
the Young Men's Christian Associa-
t.on
"From that morning until the pres
f.nt, aear, 1 nave gone on witn a men-:
tai gruDiung coe, hurt wnenever an m-;
terrogation point has showed itself l j
have hit it. It is the upas plant it the ,
garden of domesticity." New York I
ouu,
Crt Ail heaton.
Lacs waists are to be ueed all eea-'
son with cloth skirts as well as with
silk, and most of them are extremely
smart. They are made over sills cr
satin, with a satin yoke and vest.
The newest model turns back from
the shoulders with pointed revere,
. tr.,-vv. in. t.,I
heH in b , beIt ,nd tll8
back cntlika a ma.g 0lltan.a- coat.
I It is very odd in effect, but exceed
ingly smart, particularly if mauo of
the heavy yellow lace. Such a waist
is worn with a black sdk or b'aek
cloth skirt, thus makicg two cosiames
from the one. Blsck lace waisra are
not so smart as the whits ones, but:
pun are nsea. Jiuey are mauo un
over white, and trimmed heavily with
black satin and little meltings of chif
fon. Chiffon, by the way, is to be
used again on everything, evon more
tbn:i laco. Soino of tho new i',r
waists have the body of Tace, tho j
sleeves of silk sh;rred or tucked and
with deep lace curls. This is u more
hi-cnminor fashion for a Bfnt .n,nnn
tnnn when the waist is made all of
lace. A pale blue is scry eTective '
made with a belt and collar of bine ;
n:irror velvet. Heavy hlae lace put '
on over whits satin looks best with 1
black cloth skirts, and a very a-ni-rt ;
mo:1el bH tha bo.lv of blaci iumm-.i
lace, tight-Siting at the ba.'k, and io
- - ......
front oat in double boleros over a
white vest. The sleeves are f b'ark
faun, with deep ends of whito satin
with lace over and edged with black
Chilian. Tods same chitfoa is put
around theedae of thi bolero jackets.
This is exceedingly becoming, and a
very useful style of waist. Some
wa'sts so-called lace waists are
nearly all satin aud silk, with deep
eu"6 collars of lac and cutis to
1 1 i:itch. The collars an i ctft's can be
1 I ,l.-.n i.ir.n.l III. Vila) nr.rn nti.n tn .
I ' . ,, , , . , '. ' ', " i
imymg a collar of this kind it is best ;
, to buy one that has very Ion:: points.
. . u k ...o ''
. iuev reBcu in me ueu. anere ran ie
! I wo shorter points over tho sleeves,
one in front and one back, the one in
front forming a ticht-dttiug rest. The
tuifs should cover either the upper
or lower part of the sleeve. chuho
people prefer having the upper part
covered nd the lower part plain, with
j sniffle of lave at the wrist. Ha.'pei's
: I'azar.
fonvf r, annual Tuft,
"Women who regard it as their
chief end in life to attract admiration
will .pcii.l hour before the looking-
real. zuy,' that oae-haii tbip time p;:t.nt
V. ia nuitivatias tbsir minds aud in ac-
k nnirine tha ability to talk well would
creater oearrne. writea ilia. HIosos P,
Handy in the Woman'a Home Corn.
! Panioa ,,rhn discnssin; "Ihe Art of
Conversation." "In the first place, in
to have sooaethin. to talk about. You
eannot draw water from a well where
no water is, therefore you mnst culti
vate your mind through reading and
observation. Acoustom yourself to
talk about what yon fee and read. It
is a mistake not to talk to the people
of yonr own family; many a one has
grown taciturn from consideriut? it
not worth while to entertain the home- !
folks. Let tao habit of story-tellin?
be cultivated; yort canuct lack tor
. " ..'
mentors while yon
hare children
ainoncr your acrruniutanee. ion will
And that by so doin? yonr mental and
lingual faculties will bg etrencttheood.
Keep yourself in touch with toe que
tious of the day; to do this Rivo a fev?
moments to the newspaper every
morniug. Alwnvs find out whether
tb8 persoa wbora you ava t0 Utf)1.ta;n
f0 MMk y " to a
listen, an I
,.... )f
' f ,""ofe,?Vr"" 7i
Avoid
ant sub
to intniiiou, with
otl1"' il Morions! sconired, but
i -L i i . ;n o
! f '"r ably grows by fcXfcrel3e. Tal,
, r ' o?e0V
of yourself no.' yonr own affairs; it is
in bad form, and generally it bors
your hearer. Avoid, also.uiikind and
censorious observations hoat other
I ! "V ' iu '
masa personal remavus, unless they
: ' ,, . ., . ,
are Foractumi? in the natnro of h
! delicr.te compliment; thus von
; thus yon will
your nciyhburs'
avoid treaaiui on
ri
i u
I'ubllo Ifonntntmt to TTomn.
j Oue more pnliiio monument is to b
; nrldsi'l in tVio te.tr inn f-- .,......
i tl;ink that have l.eon raised iu' ih'f-
fereut jiarts of the world to the
memory of women. Queen Vn'i.na
: and Joan of Arc have been more .-.fteu
immortalized in this way th.;n h.v.e
' uiiy others of their sex, and it i pur
: jiosed to erect, at Budapest, in the
; Austro-Hnngarian Umpire, a statue to
! the late innch-laniented Cuipie.ss. The
; llniigai'ians are sni.'t to bi more than
; pleased that their city is to bo so
; honored, especially as to make way
foi the marble etfigy rf the Empre's
' tho statue of General Kentzi, an Aus.
; trian oftdcer wIiof memory is hated
by the Magyars, will ba removed.
It is not decided vet in what form
the ela'.ne ti ill be loado, but various
i suggestions hae bean submitted.
I uo beautiful statue of the ever-ad-
i lufl. i.i ipnn i.nniRrtAi I'riiQrm n tin..
the
well-known costnme of o!t
j draperies and par ''ly veiled head in
i which ehe is mast often nainted Tha
girlishncss of witlino in the figure
Bnd tha yonthtul face make this mocu-
mentover her tomb in the chapel seem
particularly pathetic. Her husband's
monument occupies the opposite niche
land the rou of this royal couple
emperor viiuenn i... wno rne.i m o:.l
83. 's pot-trared in the marble as a
Roldier of many wars, his lined fa
being a ureat contrast to tbs troooih
faces of hi parents.
One of the statues of Queen Victoria
was exeentcd by Edgar Bohm, a
eoulptor ol Hunani-im origin. This
monument stands at Windsor. Tlure
are also monuments cf the Queen at
Liverpool, Glasgow, Aberdeen anil
.Edinburgh, and at Bombay and some
of tna Australian towns, New Yoii
Tn'onne.
P.Stllnn Not...
j Marabout tufts tippsi with jcr
': nearls ftnd rbinpntondi. .rA ni'.tiv-..
un.jjents for the hair.
For those who do not carry mn:Ts
g.iuntlets of fur aro wcrn to matcn
the boa or coat trimmings.
Gold thread is worked in with olien
ilia in many oi the new embroideries,
ftlul ,)r'"fl mixed wih lace and chen
,,la " aaotuc' combination in trim
miug.
Bed mousselisa de soie over red.
trimmed with cream applique, makes
a ctnnning evening go vu, wi'.h a fouc.i
of black, wnich may bo tnlle, ia tho
corni-re.
Tho latest but. T! i. n..,.i
Wy much hka a sntisro breastplate
;,'h . i... u.:..' ... ,
...... a, Jatt,,,T iinuc'l-lili OJJ'U lino
r. arrow crown, and loaded down with
dowers of all sorts and kinds.
A lin.oro do .cs witn a l.ovei 1
shows little ttrans of tolvet cm?
' i
et:!i end, witn a s cad bnttcn Htec
mg the bolero to tbc- belt all aronu 1
ti: waist. This srac t is nnally t.vi
inches wide, and o";
color showa undercrnth
straps.
F.very woman wants n
to wear with separate
what to ret seems to be n
CO-j!!.-.-ti
iet've--n the
black
1! t,
t-kirt
.vd
tbat satin is not so
Mo ,rc wllieU haH ,
h ,bi Utt fftu ,v in -(
mable.
': ms to
': 1 I OO
skirt is ma de wit a
a tnuic . :
edged srouiid wjth a bi! I
velvet.
One novel feature of the
eveniug sleeve ia th opu n pc. -below
the point of the shouhh
a long or elbow length tjfirs
rleeve is worn. A r.airow fti,
tends over the shoulder, and t!
of the sleeve is cut sv.i-.y i i ai
b.iif moon to show i!.e vretties
f tlio arm .
In lia has moro than 40d Chnshnc
F.nddvor Societi.s.
GOOD ROADS N0TE1
KB.ee of Ho.cL on 1'oDulation.
The Hon. Martin Dodge, the pres
ent director of the Kond Inquiry
Bureau, makes the folic wi 32 com
ments oa the ininscce which the
character and condition of tha com
mon roads have on the distribution of
population. Aa reported by tha Wafch
ington btar, he says;
"dome ten years ago I became satis
fied that the agricultural industry in
this country was passing through a
period of decline, especially in tha
Eastern and Middle States. When
the census report for 1830 was pub
lished, it was more apparent than ever
I before that the agricultural industry
j had not only declined as to its pros
perity, bnt that relatively to other in-
I dustriea it was losing its place. This
was manifest by departed villages in
the ruia! districts, abaudonad farm-
houses and an a'osolato decrease in
the rural population.
"Ia studying the cue of this de
cline in ngiiouitnre I soon oluerved
. . ,
I :-r T. i " " , "7" .
tion Ml suileied the least. f.nd that
those communities ihat were poorly ,
prcvided with the meansof tiansporta- 1
tion hal suffered tncsi. Turn rule
6eems to hold good as to large sec
tions of the country and as to small
areas iu different localities. For in- I
ifcsse, the acnucnitur..! States iu the :
trn.,s-Missi.ippi group aro supplied
wi:'a the aheapeitmcaasof transporta
tion tor ions; distance-, by the steam
raii.-oads and the steamships npen the
cier,t lakes; therefore, they have snt-
! 'ersd a less decline thau any other :
j irne lody of agricultural laid in the ,
b':!:-e.i States, j
j ' On the ether baud, the local corn- ;
j ff.nninea who are dependent upon ;
i smrnii! power to ..novo their products
j Lave Eufiered the p-eutest decline !
i whei-e tha wagon roae.s are poorest,
i and the least decline whcie wagon ;
r ads are best, so it s-ccms apparent
, hat the most imio.i.-n.t factor in pro- '
i cbicicg the chsngen erudition of popn- '
! iutiou and the decreasing vkI.ib ;d
i agricultural isutl is tho ie:-i : ttau- 1
j poi'tution. So absolute i' inis fact j
ruui i -in fsiuti u, uy . ir.i . i it i a i jauu
:uu be accurately c-tnsaiud by its
disunco from easy ta--:s of trans
porlation, the pr;cc cf Ian 1 fulling in j
proportion to its distunes from cheip j
menus of transportation. And by j
e.if.ii) means of transportation I mean
something better thua au ordinary
wagon di'awu over an ordinary unim
proved road by animal power.
"The cost of moving tonnage 1250
miles by steamships upon deep water,
2'iO miles upon steam cau. or twenty
five inm-fi upon electric oris, is iio
creater thua tn ccst of mnviug ton
nage live miles by pti'mal power upon
a common road, ifavang notice.! tois
great difterence m tho cost ol moving
the pioductious of tue.couii'ry by ;iii
f ere iv t mearis of transportation, ana
having noticed also tint those who
were destitute of the cheap menus
were ihc greatest losei? Vy mecos of
the fViiia j prices rf then lauds aa 1
their pro.iuets, as w!l as the lor.p of
their population, it seemed to n.o im
perative that everything should La
done to supply the mrul distncs s
cheaper means cf transportation than
they ha78 ever enjoyed, and restore
them as much as possible to equal
terms in the cost of trausportatioa."
And this can on'y be effected by the
construction of tirst-class, permanent,
hard higiiwavs.
ChrNtUntty on.1 fiooit Itniftt-
The dnty of Christianity to the peo
ple involves the expenditure of energy
to make living better and sweeter,
and it this wnv, accoidiug to William
Henry, m toe New York Commercial
Advertiser, imposes un obligation to
improve means of transportation aud
miiii'e the reads better. Ee fnys.
"Does the avevaro churchman ever
think of the intim.-ite relation between
Christianity, rapid t'nsir, cheap car
fares, good roi 1.. in tho country and
the city Mums? I think not. The
slums of a city are crowded largely
because rents are big l s.s compared
with incomes, and the people are
obliged to live ia small apartments.
New, if we had real and comfortable
rapid transit, cheap car fares, and
good fcuhm-bau roads, the people who
could allbrd it won! 1 remove to the
suburbs, nnd finding good roads in
those would remain, aud this wouM
make the city properly owner reduce
their rcata's, nn i tlio pro de wnuld
naturally tuc larger or more room-,
sn ltue tenements ia the slum oi Id
be less cowded, the people bealtniei,
anl an improve. cent in morals won't 1
follow, Cbritiaiit y, he: efo! e, I re-
t-pcrtfniiV Fubrait, ci.nriot be better
employed than in the direction of n
1'Jein car fares i -.creasing travel;'.-;
,-ee.l, nn l in mili:n u-.iol co r.ti.v
'.ia Is, as Chi'.s -.rr.iry'.i t-.'st w r:-: m
in makirg this e.ut': a -id
sweet, resj.ec'ai 'o u-A i
l lm Cru-..l.i I ii P ilnf,
tl
A w. ;!-'.;:!! ron 1 -last:,
ic.-. -,cr than u p
o:i.
s f,i-,n as wo ;ret
re.elicp of ri'oi-1-U:!
!es ilerolv ii, to th.- i
v.'.-.s ioitt-r in .
oi ly-co isti .;et-; i
deeper into the
ir.L, we shall cr--
m:t I
Oil-
M er
half of the population of the
Stat i" ;s eotircnttatod iu the
and tte e. un; ry districts are
Ir-ertei! m r.rpn"tio:i to their
ci e
b'.'l. ft i'.i-',iii'. ief f ir ea'V aDd rhear
uifti'.iA '.f trc; s-pov' it ion
T.ie le'ibbn ; oT b'-j'-b-paved countrv
n a. Is 0! o. nr. b.j n-..iwins j;i j.nb'ic
1st r. I i t'ny.i'i e--i Contity, Ohio,
!' ''emuii- mo'jpi-1 arc building si.r-t-;..-;i
foot brick pavements in Ihe
e.Minti y iu all dii j-!,o:is from Cleve
land. T ie now roads rro said to bo
ve".1' p-. Hilar. The ror.imissioners
c.U l-'n-l"- th'it I'liy i:t( n 1 o pave i j
th '.na; !i.-i:iei all the piiucirle
roads in thw cunuty.
MOTHER'S S0N0,
:r.te '. z'.f ii-?lng ta
Mv the Mivr:
t:: f l-: i '.ties an4
ai.'! ': --irtuinS mltty
? it !.nvt.-.
i taeii.ivuaie iar nway
s I.c wi..':
)fnv s r
r-l;pn It i've ;
lll'.'ll ' 1
rd .!.c
isn :'-.t rarh wtsat ct-'t'.y ra;le, sad
X..D lir::!t c .hi s jp. --,
AZi tl.e west v i:':.-'.. tic '.e.rlv, ic.uts
troaa v. K-vr.i:!
i "Fttn t'ie peswiti cr
I tv i rcok aii'' riv-
Iaen'ltl tf.ar J
sv rnot!r '.'1
:: .-.altttvelf
: : c':i CDg thst
' iMtfiute o! br
Vi-i':i .
au-J waking I baT
t'i 10 that ditty,
ricud rr.f r-:.k I
l'iil
n --i nt-.nv
us
tLs rl'yciee;
. 1 r.r.! o-nikly as
. : - r.LC visiont,
. ' ui- f ia!n.
.' 'e j- Ff.v.-jv, and
. .--. 4
. j.-....;- 'o tunt c cr-for
C:;f.T.',ers' iouraal.
PITH A'D POINT.
A els" OT 1'
of the .v;l'- I
"A iady :o
TcnphiU'."
a ee i'le :ia: ue'
lit.'j.:
f : i o v irri... i
s'-ke 1 th- i lb-
. :'. :;-.--.:-, -nial window
i .:.cf iCn j.'ii'c: .
: - nr-A lifts, Mrs'
'.'., '-.fr. Tompkins, for
e r givr? her -ccasion."
'loo P.as your wheel?"
I - i-.i "About, forty
i -: cied the man who
l t':ir
ni.'in-",
is .
Lit-le Tlo lrsy -'Pups, at what agn
do mm usually c ;ri)m.'ii.'e to be bald?"
Mr ileiifi ; -eci "Marri age, my
:-oi." Jll'W.e.
"Xarrird y-;t cM r.
I'm i ii i, f.:--i tl.-,
r.f.n?'' "No, bu
ti.n'. as good as
i'.h. if vou only
.ftf-.ci- missing a
bi ii'.e, if you pro
u ,jet yen jast as
;,. r.ci'.-.oj protest
: iic e'a-- of mnsio
m-ai:s cf a crauK.
man ieil,
knew K."
Am .tev
rabbit "
f-r n t,.i:
uij
tliat is pr.
t'hibile
"You at
are n't vou
loc -. i i y
iiia ti:.-.
i ir..'.-
' "We. I,
ii acai irieuds,
:-.: nr.s bean dear
... cutt him any-
o; i.
to n e
thin v;
but I hive
' (':
il
"Whcm won t you conider tha
ib ! ' '':' "A woman who could
iuu.se , t.real. but not bread pud
.un ;. " Iieli-n.n o.i'lis J-j-.ivnal.
"Ir Junks l.oi;- ev:-n more dismal
than u'ual since the marria'-'e." "Yes;
he must naif :ound wedded life less
h i . n o y : ii g t V, h o b e e x n ec t ed . " Chicago
one "J wonder if sbo tak
hi i for t'er sr.vic-tb complex
.L'v. i- " in, I tumit she Rav
f ' i " - Indianapolis
,iif-''iii, tevewal yeawa ago
'of -Or i" i-ve with a girl, but
-.eeiei mc made a wegnlar
I f-
i!y "And yon never
i'st-ii:ts. t
.So in join- last plaoe yoa
a sc-Miit? When didyoa
m r. the morning?" "A
"CVil me at a quarter
ci.
ue!' paet
to - r
M-.tber
ieaend.j Bl.ietter.
.pattirg tha boy out ot tha
vaiitrv, "riow mauv more times will
J Uvb to to',! you. to keep away from
the piei-erv-i jar?" Small Boy (sob
birg; "No more, mamma; they're aJ
ysne."
"a man can't eaery oa a vasonabta
avsnmeut wiih a woman," said tbt
married hcauler. "Of course not,"
as-suited -he Savage Bachelor; "ba-:.-,a
e a i.fonib!a -.nan never tries to
a.-.'. with a woman," Indianapolis
Joiirnil.
TTntl Arroiu.nolatltinii in San Joata.
tran Tunt), tins ccpilal, is better pra
ride l with hotel aceoamodatioue than
s".y other city in Porto p.ioo. Tha
it."!.'- ? house occr.ries the second aai
i li.'i ii ioi cj a thr;e-s:oiy building
ia ono ot the principal streets, with
rs coffee room on the street floor. Oa
tne ncit tioor a' e the little oifice, tha
pailor and about tiro-thirds of tha
e'leMrooms. More than halt of thesa
open into th square parlor, and, lilt
it. have i:o win io vj to the outer air.
The pailoi, lmwevt-r, is virtually
rotunda, extending to the roof, wita
a jieaf skylight an 1 ventilators abovs.
u tlG tro t t'ooi t'-e dining room oa
cuoics ti;e ee't si-'e of tnehonse, with
a i :-.n;.ir.i ou' nrk over ocean aaj
btni.cr A .- v s-.jcircles tha par
1 r-rotundi i-r toi b-vel, and the most
Ws.iabis i.net climbers are on this
lb- ru ho:.: the pallery t
' ii,-r tif -!i;: w'udo'-ts snd prl
'cn r e:oc. King the harbor,
e, ,. !.? I to the Spanish
l.o
:y'o ' ' c--k-.ti.i i d tsrviug food, tha
-ie'-.- ai t'!'t u- til ire excellent. Tha
t.,o n :; s iy provided, vegetables
a :-! iii-it f i .-rr ; ! w.-.i-h larger part
-n ' rill it fare t'is'i in s"V other
I . -A : n t!iiiand. Ih,-a is European
f'it '.- '-es.s, which is not trua
o: -ey ct'.tr iiot! i.i Porto Riao. Peo
; ,b es t,-v ilrrj,-.-, i'-pvet are flowers
an t siieer a-.-l ivhifi; haen, and alto
t !::.r no one oeen complain of Ufa
ii':'e- tho -let ail r.i Spanish oooking
maks 't lmpoosibie fr h,m. Chicago
llecold.
rortlnn ; r-.'t tory.
" suotbev cC'incideucs wirt
'f the r.irtl:':: i A OSS cap
j th'.t ri. t aiter the steamer
fh i-;
tain tr
whs h
o: i.er
Willi j
H 1.1
'lOH .1 I
"ib lie w.; r-'.veu a large picture
It -i.in ; iv d mid covered
la'snu ! iiit- i-.'svy He hung
i'-r. pa' anl never took it
.ooo... i'i..;c yc .r. The Sun-
day when tlio i rtl'iii 1 went down ha
and his ujfj were i -Hiiig in tha parlor
Tea ling, v h.n snd.'eiily the picture
fell with a rn.'-ii, smvhiing the glass
a 1 hoti'dii J pieeea. Portland
tle.) liipress.
Sr1