SAVfcD BT LOYE.
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The work-room of tie jewelry manu
factory of Jacobs t Co., at Attleboro,
was just being cloned. The tired girls
were finishing their day's work, while
their thoughts had already preceded
time, and were anticipating the delights
of the evening's pleasures or reBt. Pretty,
well-dressed girls they were, too, when
their large work aprons were removed,
graceful and lady-like; not one whit less
so that they had to earn their living.
Jessie Clifford was somewhat behind
hand in her work, and the girls had
nearly all gone when she had completed
it. She arose hurriedly, threw aside her
apron and went into the little dressing
room from which the last girl was
emerging, who said:
"Why, Jessie, how late you are! I
am afraid some one will have to wait to
night." .
"Oh, I shall be ready in a moment!"
Jessie said, ignoring the last part of the
remark.
She washed her hands hurriedly, then
threw on her short, light sock, and looked
for her hat in its accustomed place, but
it was not there. A little wave of impa
tience arose within her, as she searched
for it hastily, and found it laid carefully
under the lounge.
"It's that mischievous Maud Ray
mond," thought she, as she put it on be-
...a tlia rrlnait. "She thinks it tnnnva
llliO uw O " J
me to keep Milton Kent waiting. She
don't know"
The door of the work-room closed with
a loud, decided bong. Her heart gave a
great leap, and she rushed across the
room, shook the door, and called loudly.
But the boy who had closed it, thinking
that all had gone, was already at the foot
of the stairs, having descended two steps
at a time, his thoughts full of some fun
he hod on hand. Jessie realized, with a
heart-sickening sensation, that she was
locked in for the night. She went to
the windows with vague hopes of escape,
but there were none facing the open
street. They looked down upon a vacant
lot and a close, narrow court, between
tall, brick buildings. There was no
chance of making anyone hear, and she
knew that she would have to keep a
lonely night vigil.
But Jessie was not a coward by any
means, and, besides, had cultivated a
philosophical spirit of making the best
of everything. So, thinking "No real
harm can come to me here," she went
back slowly to the little dressing-room.
4,It's an ill wind that blows nobody
good," she thought, as she removed her
hat and sat down upon the lounge.
"Milton Kent will think I went out the
side entrance to avoid him, and I am
glad of it, for I want to disoourage his
attentions. I know he is as good as he
can be, but he isn't my fancy; perhaps I
might have cared for him if"
And then the handsome face of Gilbert
Knight came before her mental vision,
.and the remembrance of his dark, pas
sionate eyes, his tender kisses and his
words of love, thrilled her pulse with
the boundigs of true affection.
The twilight shadows deepened, the
tall buildings shut out the last rays of
the departing sun, and the objects in the
room became more and more indistinct.
She began to feel a loneliness creeping
over her, but fought against it, and
paced the floor slowly, determined to be
brave
The shadows grew still darker, and the
stars came out. She could see them
twinkling in the soft, clear, evening sky
above the towering buildings. And with
pleasant thoughts for company, and
wishing that the author of them was be
side her, she passed into dreamland.
Hark! what was that sound? She
started up with the perspiration standing
on her forehead. She heard the window
next the dressing-room lifted, and in a
moment more steps on the floor. Listen
ing with painful intentness, her heart
throbbing so loudly that she feared it
would betray her proximity, she heard
that there were two. They walked past
the door of the dressing-room, and Jes
sie quaked with the fear of discovery.
But, under the cover of darkness, she
remained unmolested; and it was evident
also that the work-room was not the goal
of their ambition.
"We've done the thing neatly so far,
Baid one voice. "If we can only finish
as well as we have begun, we shall be
lucky."
"Hush!" said the other, in a low tone.
"What if we should be discovered before
the job is done?"
"No danger of that," the first returned.
"There is no one within hearing distance,
Knight. I came here in the role of a
book agent the other day, and took the
position of the rooms."
The sound of the second voice had
struck with a painful suspicion of famil
iarity on Jessie's ear, and now that name!
What did it mean? Could it be possible
th he was her lover? Was she not mis
taken in the voice?
He spoke again:
"After all, there are worse robberies
ommitted under the guise of business
transactions than we are meditating. Old
Jacobs has been a miser all his life, and
cheated people out of thousands. It's
no more than fair to take some of his ill
gotten gains."
No, she was not mistaken. There was
no doubt of that voice. It hod a charac
teristic ring that could not be mistaken.
Something darker that night's shadow's
tiled upon her mind. She remained in
her position as if bound hand and foot.
But they passed along, and she heard
them working with the lock of the door,
which had closed upon her so untimely.
For a few moments there was a dull,
rasping sound, and she knew that they
had succeeded in opening it and were
passing down stairs. There were two
mora doors to open before they could
gain an entrance in the store below. She
rose to her feet, and, listening intently,
she could hear the first one below yield
to their hands.
She felt as if she must follow them.
She did not care whether or not she was
discovered. When they had opened the
last door and were "within the front store,
the followed noiselessly she had re
moved her shoes and stood in theshrdow
watching their movements, as by the
light of the lantern they proceeded to
open a safe which, they judged, con
tained the most valuable jewels.
As Jessie stood there motionless and
pale, there was no feeling of scorn for
him. The would was too deep for that.
But there was a pathetic despair in the
depths of the eyea which only a few
hours before had been full of tender
love-light for him and a deadly pain at
her heart, and an infinite sadness to find
that the idol, whom she had set up for
worship so much higher than his fellows,
was made of baser clay than ordinary
men.
By the light which he held she could
discover his face dimly. Hardly con
scious of what she was doing, she went
forward to him as he bent over the safe
he had opened. Both had their backs
toward her. Without a word she laid
her hand npon his arm. At the touch,
so quick and unexpected, he started as
if he had been shot, and flashed the
light quickly in her face. With a low
cry of surprise he met the pathetio
sadness of Jessie's eyes. His compan
ion rose from his kneeling position, ex
claiming, "What does this mean?" as
be saw the strange, dazed look upon
Knight's face, and saw, too, that the
girl was no stranger to him.
0, Gilbert! Gilbort! Can this be
possible?" Jessie said with a pitiful
wail in her voice that would have
moved a heart of adamant.
Ha stood dumb before her. Had she
reproached him he would have retorted
angrily; but he had no words to meet
the look in the fair, sad face upturned
to his, which he had kissed so often,
just to see it flush and brighten under
tne powerful magnetism which bad
been the ruin of more than one womau
before he had seen Jessie.
It was a scene for a painter. Tho
bolted and barred window showing in
the dim light; the confused, shamed
expression on Knight's face; thepainod,
grieved expression on Jessie's, and the
angry disappointment on the other, At
longth, without even a word, Knight
took the jewels he had secreted about his
person and flung them down.
"You can do as you like, Kris," he
said. "I wash my hands of the affair.
It is the last time I shall undertake such
a thing. Jessie, you will despise me, of
course, and I deserve it. But I shall re
member you as the best and dearest girl
I ever knew. Come, Kris, let us get out
of this scrape as soon as we can."
They left empty-handed, as they had
come, and mode their escape as they had
effected their entrance by an ingenious
communication with a toll building that
rose only a few feet from the work-room.
Jessie groped hor way back up-stnirs
to the little dressing-room, and, sitting
down again upon the lounge, burst into
a passion of tears. It had been a sad
awakening from her sweet love-dream,
for Jessie's ideal had been good, and
manly, and honorable, and the real had
fallen so far below it!
She began to realize that she mnst con
ceal the fact that she had been there all
night, for of course she would be ques
tioned, and she shrank from answering
them. So in the morning she contrived
to make it appear that she had come in
with the other girls, and then later she
went out and ate a warm breakfast, or
tried to force it down, to cure the faint
ing sensation that came over her.
Great was the surprise of all, the next
morning, to find the doors open, and
greater still was the surprise to find the
safes open, and yet no jewels missing.
Meanwhile, in his room, Gilbert
Knight was writing this note:
Ml Clifford: I dare not call you dear Jele,
a my liean, dlotale", becauae I know myxeir
unworthy. I have oared for you let me con
fern It aa I have oared tor many oibera, but I
never reullied until lat night that you were
one woman of a thonaand. Bometulng In the
teuder womanllneaa that never uttered a re-
K roach to the wretobthatdared to contaminate
er with blit touch went to my heart. You nee
I am not altogether hardened. If I did not feel
the vast gulf ihere li bettveeu ua I would go to
you now and beg your forttiTenesa. Ai It la, I
have the grace to atay away. Sometime when
I have redeemed myself, may I oome backf
Milton Kent tried in vain to win a
place in her heart. She knew he never
could be guilty of the deed from which
she had saved the man she loved, but she
could not transfer her affections to him.
Her heart yearned over that other, and
she waited.
At the end of two years he came back
and found her patient and somewhat sad,
but with the old loyelight kindling in
her eyes at sight of him.
"I have lived an honest, upright life
before God and man since I left," he said
humbly. "Jesse, will you be my wife?
Can you forgive and forget?"
For all answers she reached out her
arms toward him, and waB held in a close
embrace.
A Well Man on Klclies.
The following story, says the Wan
tide, is told of Jacob Ridgway, a wealthy
citizen of Philadelphia, who died many
years ago, leaving a fortune of five or six
million dollars.
"Mr. Ridgway," said a young man
with whom the millionaire was con
versing, "you are more to be envied than
any gentleman I know."
"Why so?" responded Mr. Ridgway.
"I am not aware of any cause for which
I should be particularly envied."
"What sir!" exclaimed the young man
in astonishment "Why, are you not a
millionaire? Think of the thousands your
income brings you every month!"
"Well, what of that?" replied Mr.
Ridgway. "All I got out of it is my
victuals and clothes, and I can't eat more
than one man's allowance, or even wear
more than one suit at a time. Pray,
can't you do as much?"
"Ah, but," said the youth, "think of
the hundreds of fine houses you own
the rental they bring you!"
"What better am I off for that?" re
plied the rich man. I can only live in
one house at a time; as for the money I
receive for my rents, why I can't eat it
or wear it. I can only use it to buy other
houses for other people to live in; they
are the beneficiaries, not I!"
"But you can buy splendid furniture,
and costly pictures, and fine carriages
and horse's in fact, anything you de
sire." "And after I have bought them," re
sponded Mr. Ridgway, "what then? I
can only look at the furniture and pic
tures, and the poorest man who is not
blind can do the same. I can ride no
easier in a fine carriage than you can in
an omnibus for five cents, without the
trouble of attending to drivers, footmen
and hostlers; and as to anything I 'de
sire,' I can tell you, young man, that the
less we desire in this world the happier
we shall be. All my wealth cannot buy
me a single day more of life; cannot buy
back my youth; cannot purchase exemp
tion from sickness and pain; cannot pro
cure me power to keep afar off the power
of death; and then, what will it avail
when, in a few short years at most, I lie
down in the grave and leave it all forever?
Young man, you have no cause to envy
me."
Eugenie's Sob and France.
The first published doacription of
the death of the Prince Imperial re
veals the possession by that youth of
uBiiuca muiuu ubko it prouaoie mat
ms removal irom the world was an
event of muoh more importance to
rrance man is usually supposed.
The facta which Sir Evelyn Wood
collected while with ex-Emrjress
Eugenie in Zululand, from the inde
pendent narratives of eighteen Zulus
who were in the attack upon the
Prince's party, show that he was
very brave, fighting like a tigor un
til overpowered by a dozen antago
nists. The possession of tho courage
which would have mado bim a great
soldier might huvo hud an important
effect upon tho future of Franco, bad
he lived. Like bis futher, ho entor.
tained the notion that he was
destined to be a conqueror, such as
Napoleon Nonaparto, and his ambi
tion to regain the throne which wus
lost at Sedan was so ardent that he
would doubtless have figured at some
time in u struggle for tbo renewal of
the Empire. The intenso interest of
Queen Victoria in tbo young man
was significant, and it is by no means
certain that she did not favor bis
union in marriage with hor daughter,
Princess Beatrice But however that
may have been, she did desire tbo
restoration of the French Empiro,
and whatever she could do without
injury to England she would huve
gladly done to place tho Prince on
the throne of his father. Her inter
est in the triumph of the imperial
theory of government is well under
stood, but besidos her disliko of a
republic, she bad much admiration
for the Napoleons, so that tbo accos-
sion of the Prince to power in France
would have been to hor gratifying in
tho extreme.
Now, it must bo admitted that a
brave Prince, who. fired by an ambi
tion to imitate Napoleon tbo Great,
should become a mombor of the fam
ily of the Quoen of England, would
have been able to excite the enthu
siasm of a strong Imperialist party
in Franco, and in tho frequent com
motions to which the politics of tbo
young Bepublio are subject, it would
have been strange bad bo not imi
tated his predocossors by an attempt
to seize the government. I ho
bravery of his death shows that he
would have made a formidable
antagonist of the French Bepublio.
His death leaves no claimant who
inspires a following or who is deter
mined enough to struggle to become
Emperor. His death was the death
of French imperialism. Gambotta
says that the Bepublio is now inde
structible. Had the Prince lived
who died with his face toward a
dozen savage Zulu assailrnta, Gum-
bettas assertion might nave boon
loss confident. His death was an
event of an importance to France
which the world is not likely to ex
aggerate.
The Cultivation or Courage.
In tho less of demand for exertion
that has come with the appliances of
modern life, thore is loss strength
and muBclo to meet it, and artificial
exercise becomes neoossary to a man
wboso occupations docs not attord it,
if he would prosorvo his bodily tone
and vigor. A similar fact results to
some extent in tho montul faculties
of courage and presence of mind. A
lifo whose normal conditions are ab
solute peace and security unnervos
the mental hbor lor conflict with sud
den and serious danger, as one of
ease and freedom from manual labor
enfeebles the muscles for strenuous
and continued exertion. Tbcro are
soino who are born bravo and cool,
as others are born strong, in whom
thore is an irapulso to sock the ex
citement of dangerous sport as in
others a craving for muscular exer
ciso, and these do not require the
stimulus of reflection and senso of
something wanting to urge thorn to
the cultivation of courage and pres
ence of mind as to take exercise.
But to the average individuals, habit
ual peace and security bavo an influ
ence unfitting him to meet occasions
of confusion and peril, and a peace
ful community as a whole degener
ates to some extent in courage and
coolness. Tho need of physical ex
ercise for a community engaged in
sedentary pursuits has been admit
ted, and tbe cultivation ot bodily
strength urged. Tho necessity of
exercise for tbo cultivation of the
mental fibre bus not been yet so
readily perceived; but it is quite as
true as of muscular strength that
mental bravery and coolness can be
cultivated and are increased by cir
cumstances that call them into play.
The war was a very striking ex
ample of this. It did not make nat
ural cowards out of those who sought
battle as a pleasure, nor strengthen
shattered nerves into unmoved and
onquaking fibres, and there were
some who absolutely broke down
under the ordeal. But the average
soldier, neither a born hero nor a
coward,, learned courage and cool
ness in circumstances which lie
would have been utterly unable to
endure without training, and he
emerged from a campaign more en
suring in mind as well as in body.
Providence Journal.
As it should be. ("Young persons
ought, above all things, to b taught
perfect candor." Manual of Etiquette.)
Visitor: "la Miss Percival at homer
Servant "20, Miss; did yoo wish to
ate her V Visitor: "Lor, no! J want
her to see mi."
After a Million.
An ancient lady in Baltimore has fur
nished some evidence whioh tends to
surround an ordinarily prosaio land case
with considerable romance. In 1812 a
sea captain named Ford fitted out a
Erivatoer, leaving his wife in Baltimore,
e was captured by the British, but
escaped and returned at the close of the
war, to find a little feminine addition to
his family whom he was informed was
his daughter. After knocking around
for a whilo, ho went West in 1817 and
located some land titles, one in the heart
of what is now the city of Toledo. In
1822 he died intestate. His family knew
nothing about the property until 1833,
when some capitalists instituted a soaroh
for the heirs, and finding Mrs, Ford and
her daughter, secured a conveyance from
them. The attention of others was also
attracted to the growing value of the
land, and their investigation resulted in
a purchase from the sisters of Ford, who
lived in Connecticut, and who were as
sumod to be the heirs at law. After a
lapse of years Senator Bon Wodo
acquired an interest and set to work to ,
establish his title. Affidavits were
securod of the legitimacy of Mrs. Ford's
daughter, whioh seemed to dispose of
the Connoetiout purchase. President
Haves, Chief Justice Swayno and Myron
H. Tilden, a cousin of Samuel J., be
came interested, Hayes and Swayne
through the Baltimore title, and Tilden
by the Connecticut purchase. The pur
chasers from Mrs. Ford and her sup
posed daughter brought suit to quiet the
Connoetiout title, in whioh they were
successful: wherouvon the sister of Mrs,
Ford come forward and introduced the
eloment of romauoo into the case.' She
now claims that the girl was her own
offspring, adopted by Mrs. Ford to con
coal the disgrace. This, if true, makes
the conveyance from the daughter value
less, and establishes the claim under the
Connecticut title to all except tho
widow's right of dower, which is one
third. Upon this Judge Tildon entered
suit to sot aside the decree quieting his
titlo, making, among others, Hayes and
Swayne defendants. The living sister
has told her story, and the caso is still
pending. There is onopeculiur allega
tion mode by the plaintiff and substan
tiated by the sister: At the time the
Baltimore purchasers sought to quiet the
Connecticut titlo, tney produced a depo
sition by Mrs. Ford's sister to the effect
that the child was the daughter of Mrs.
Ford. The Bister now swears that the
deposition was a forgory; that she was
never asked about the parentage of tho
child, and never gave the information
embodied in tho deposition. It is on tho
ground that this document was forged
and fraudulent that Judge Tildon now
moves. The proporty is valued at a mil
lion dollars, and is divided up among a
number of purchasers, who hold under
the Baltimore titlo and who may begin to
regard their tenure as particularly slim.
Efforts have been mode to keep the facts
and details quiet, but they are now made
public, and the suit will be watched with
roterost as muuu ior me rumuuee u in
volves as for the fact that the parties in
interest are Ohio men.
The Ice Speculators.
A good deal of trouble has boon taken
bv tho Tunes to find out the present con
dition of the ice market, and the result
is rather encouraging for consumers. It
is clear that the present high price of ico
is due not to a short supply, but to a
"corner" by the speculators. These
worthy gentry bought up early in the
season all the ice to be hod in tho State
of Maine, the great source of supply for
New York when the crop of Hudson
river ice is short. Tho latter orop was
short last winter, but then there were
left over 450,000 tons cut in the winter
of 1878-9. and the crop of last winter in
creased this amount to about 81)0,000
tons. This, with the ice brought from
Maino, mado the Bupply for Now York
about 1,500,000 tons. Having thus the
complete control of the market, tho ioe
dealers have put up the price with a
venceanco. Whereas the price in ordi
narv seasons is from $3 to 85 a ton, they
charge families now at from $20 to $25
a ton. This royal profit would be all
very well for tho pockets ol the ice deal
ers if the consumption romained tbo
wimp. But the speculators Have over
shot the mark. Whereas in ordinary
seasons the demand for Now York,
Rrnnklvn and their suburbs is from
1,500,000 to 2,000,000 tons, the demand
this season is not likely to exceed 1,000,
000 tons. This would leave the ice
dealers with about 500,000 tons left over
until next season. If next winter s crop
is large, the price of ice next summer
will be lower than it has boon for years.
With this prospect before them, it is
barely possible the ico speculators may
see that they have gone too far and lowor
the price this season so as to increase the
demand. When sales diminish from 50
to 150 ner cent., as thoy have this sum
mer, it will bo pretty difficult for the ice
dealers, as the season wanes, to keep up
the price sufficiently high to compensate
for this diminisneu uemanu.
' Got to Stand It.
On one of the hotest corners of Wood
ward avenuo at high noon yesterday, a
mall hnv with a bootblack's kit sat un
der the full blaze of a sun pouring down
lor all it was wortu. me ooy perspireu,
roasted, blistered and almost melted, but
1,o l.ol ntnrk tlinra for half an hour.
when a lady passing by him halted and
said:
"Little lwy, aren't you afraid of being
sunstruck.'
"Yes, ma'am," was his prompt re
Then, why don't jou get into the
gmvier
a i ntt
"I can't."
"Dili anyone tell von to wait here?"
"Vn ma'am lint I'm iloinff it on D1T
own hook. It's awful hot, and I'm most
dead, but I've got to stand it.
Kh Innltnd trt KM if he was tied, and
atmnt tn on on and regard him as
the son of a brutal father in a saloon
around the corner, when the lad ex
Ttioral.a it nnwt That bnv nn there
is the chap I was waiting for, and I had
to sit out here to see him wnen ne turnea
h. mnutr. Ht'l th feller that Called
m aiator a take evad rabbit, and I'm go
ing to jump in on him and lick him most
to death l 1 wian y on d bold mj mikji
can get the bulge on him afore he su-
pecta it." IMtroit tru rreu.
Breach of Promise.
An action in tho Queen's Bench
Division, Hall against Uawes, in
which judgment was allowed to go
by dofault, was hoard recently before
Mr. Undor Sheriff Burchell and a
jury, at tbo Middlesex (Englund)
Sheriffs Court, to recover damages
for a broach of promise of marriage,
in which tho plaintiff, Ann Hall, a
lady's maid, claimed 500 from Bob.
ort Hawes, a boot and shoemaker,
and a shopkocpor at Dickleburg,
Norfolk, England. The acquaintance
commenced in 1878, and at Easter,
1S79, tho wedding was fixed. Some
sixty letters wore producod as sent
by tho defendant, and several woro
read, all couched in warm terms of
affection. He addrcssod his intondod
wife, who was about thirty-fivo, as
his "Doarost Ann," and always
allcgod himsolf as hor "true lover.
In ono ho declared that
"Love's fair dreams can never perish,
Hearts that meet no power can sever:
Life has ninny hopos to cherish,
And the good is sinning ever."
Thursduv. the 23d or January lust.
was fixed for tho wedding at Hollo
way. Tho plaintiff loft her situation
some timo bofore, and 20 was spent
in dresses, and guests invited. As
tho dofondant did not mako his an.
poaranco in London, from Norfolk,
on tbo Wednesday, tolegrnms wore
dispatched and his sister Julia wroto
that ho had loft to come up to Lon
don. Afterward he returned to
Dickleburg and brought back an
other woman us bis wife. His family
wroto to tho young woman to com.
miscrato with hor on his heartless
conduct. Atter tho plaintiff and her
mother had given evidonco tho de
fendant was culled on his own behalf,
and gave an extraordinary account
of himsolf. Tho letters vero writton,
ho said, by his sister Julia, and Bhe
bad mado love for him and fixed the
weddinr without his nuthoritj'.
(Laughter.) Ho said he had no
money to pay aamngos. ms uusi
noss was about 20 a year, and he
intondod to file a liquidation potiliou.
Mr. Under Sheriff Burcholl loft tho
caso to jury to say what tho plaintiff
had lost. Jn bis viow ot tbo caso lmd
tbe plaintiff boon a relative of his ho
should bavo thought she was fortu
nute in escaping such a man. It wus,
howevor, for tho jury to estimate the
loss sho had sustained. Tho jury ro
tired, and after a brief consultation
assessed the damages at 120. Tho
court orderod immediate judgment.
Cucumber Pickles.
Tim mVLW nramnll encumbers should
be carefully assorted as they come from
the field, and all the large ones salted by
.. . mi. i
themselves or tnrown away. iuo iurga
nnnu tiaA.1 mnn aalt! m harder to keen
and to prepare forsalo, and soil for much
less. A cucumber that nogins to grow
yollow, or is too large to count one
hundred to the bushel, should not be
salted at all. The medium sized ones,
liner nlirmt. three hundred to the
liimliol and Ann onns. containing about
seven hundred to the bushel, are the
. m a a . 1
sizes mostly wanted, as soon as assorted
flmv alinnld lm iiliuad in emntv beef bar
rels or molassos hogsheads, and covered
with brine. The brine is made strong
enough to float a potato, and the pickles
in lrnrtf nmlnr hv a llPftd ftttinir tflH bar
rel loosely, and loaded with one or two
stones of about twonty pounus weigui
fnr a lino-Hhfail. The brine BOOU
becomes weak by absorbing the fresh
juice of the pickles, and wui neeu to oe
ii?narn nflTand uniirad on aaain in order
to thoroughly mix the stronger brine at
the bottom of the package wnn tue por
tion at the top, which is weaker. This
l.l ha rannatnd two or throe times at
intervals of two or three days, and if the
brine is on large picKies a iew uamuuis
t naif aldnd Aftrth time. If Cftrefullv
kept undor the brine and the surface of
tho brine kopt equally mixou wnu wuat
is below, there will be no trouble in
lrnaninfr tlmm
.
Tboy are taken out oi tne urine several
days before wanted for sale, and placed
in ft-aah nnlil watnr. which must be
changed as often as convenient say two
or three times a nay anu aitor iour or
Am dava tliAv will be fresh enouith to re
ceive the vinegar. If the latter is strong
enough they will keep. Uder vinegar is
nt nnpnrtnin atrenfrth. and is often too
weak to keep piokles after warm weather
beffins. If the vinegar is not strung
enouKh. scalding will do no good
ii,.Vl. tlma Drcnared are known at
English pickles, and have a dull, yellow
l1HAH.n iiAlnii imnarfa.1 hff tllA hrinfl
Ti.n Vtrirrlit. crrnnn mil or often seen in the
AUW a ifx v o -
pickles in market is imparted by scalding
them, whon taken out oi tne Dnnn, in a
copper kettle. They ausorD enougn ver
digris from the kottle to give them the
desired color, and yet so little that cop.
per poisoning from eating pickles is a
tl.i'nx nnlnnwn Ht.il 1 it la one of till
signs of increasing knowledge of what is
dono in preparing our ioou, ana oi care
; .n.'..ttinir anvfliinir nunipini1H tllflt the
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green pickle, so universally used a few
years since, is last Becoming nnpuiuiur,
dure to the English pickle.
witl.nnt nnnnAr. Partners.
beans, cauliflowers, unripe melons and
martynias are prepared in ino same way
as cucumbers. vouniry uenueman.
Teaks. Tears, chemi
cally considered, are a weak solution of
chloride of sodium and phosphate of
lime, the overflow of the lachrymal
nlnn.la nan u 1 hv tliA flnntrnction of cer
tain muscles. A writer who has analyzed
them "as a weapon" says: "The best
method is to hold the head erect, look
the cruel tyrant in the face, and let the
.oar- flnw down while the lios feicrn a
smile. If the head be bent fofward the
tears will be likely to run down the nose
and drop off at the end, and that spoils
tka whnla tlii no- for the eves fret red.
and the noaa sympathizes with the gen
ra1 mnintiiTA and frets a sort of raw look
at the end. To use tears with effect re
quires, in fact, judgment. The effective
ness is gone as soon as any 'mopping'
liain'na A liolit hvaterical smile mav
W. n.M.!tUl H artiutii-allr TM.ntvf
UV iVSUliftl'W, M . j .
with a gasping sob, but no polishing off
of eye or nose is admiatib.
Misfortune of Punctual Man.
He said nothincr but lod me into the
dining-room, and my - family,
arrayed in traveling costume, hats on,
dinner eaten, was waiting foa me. 1 And
the baggage, thoy told me,' was
all packed. And, more than that
it had all gone down to the depot, and
was there now. And they were all ready
and were only waiting for me. And on
the top of all this the faithful clock pro
claimed that it was two minutes past
train time.
Now, you see, ever since we left Bur
lington I had boea playing "old traveler'
with my confiding family. When they
were nervous about the baggage I
sniffed and told them to be calm and not
worry about the baggago while I was
running thinirs; accent heavy on the I.
Whon they timidly wondered if we
weren't running too fast I yawned and
said if we didn't run faster than this we
would never get there, and then told
what time we made there one time when
I came in on No. 3, with Billy Putnam
running the train and Ed. McClintock in
in the cab. When they suggested that I
should ask the clerk at the hotel about
the time the train left, I loftily said that
if I didn't know more about the railway
trams of the United States than any hotel
olerk in America, I would travel by canal
boat.
And hore I stood, wilted, perspiring,
humiliated, "sot down" upon, left.
1 he girls wore merciful, llioy were
mafrnaninious. They didn t say muon
about it. They simplv made it tiie gen
eral topio of conversation that afternoon
and evening, and I think her little
serene highness spoke of it onoe or twice
during the night. I did not enter into
the spirit of the conversation very
heartily. I do not think I comprehended
its fullness very thoroughly. I endeav
ored to cultivate a facial expression of
serene resignation and martyr-like forti
tude. And I really stood it very well
until Sabbath morning, when I had the
prince on my lap, trying to teach him a
lttle hymn and be raised lua blue eyes
to my face and murmured, "Papa loft."
liurdette in Hawkey.
Love that Glorifies the Humblest Man.
TliArn ia nntliinrr in tliA wnrld an aad as
human nature, and the tears oome into
my eyes now as I think of the pitifnl
storv" Tom told me as he smoked his
after-suppur pipe last night.
Tho other day, just before I came
homo, Tom had occasion to go over the
lake, un his way back, and wneu mo
train stopped at the Bay, he notiood a
man getting iuto the ear in front of him
with a littlo baby in his arms. The babe
seemed young, and the man hushed it in
his arms with a gentle rocking motion,
bonding over it now and then to kiss its
little white faoe. After the train got
undor way the oonduotor came to Tom
and said:
"Come with me; I want to show you
the strangest, saddost sight you ever saw
in your life."
Tho oonductor led the way into the
noxt ear.
"Do you see that man over there?"
said he: and there sat the man Tom had
noticed with the babe. His prsoious lit
tle bundle lay quiet on the seat in front
of him, and as the two watched he loaned
over, lookod long and earnestly in tne
little flower-face, and then kissed the
frail finger-tips he held so gently in his
hand.
"That baby's dead," said the oonduo
tor. "It died this morning at the Hay.
Tin nnnMn't hour frt nut It in a Onflln. M-
cause then it would have to go without
him into the baggage-car, and so he is
carrying it home to Mew Orloans in his
arms." .
Ami the car rattlod on: the bov called
his stale slicos of spongo-oake and his
cigars througu tne train; me passengers
laughod and smoked and lougm tne
itnna! and ha. stricken to the
heart's core, sat there quiot and unheed
. . i i j -v.:i.i
ing, watciung over ma ui-u uuuu,
ing the fingers that would never again
-nfilv nloQn his nvrn nnVna down nnon
the white lids that had closed over the
bright little eyes as the potalB of a sensi
tive flower close at night-time over its
delicate heart and the world was noth
ing to him. Catherine Cole, in Hew
Orleans ISme.
Rules for Quoits.
rtuniiu ia hv no niAana a diffieult came
to play, seeing that noither great strength
un. -..winna w mnnirfld! on the other
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hand skill and dexterity, which are both
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acquired by practice, wm mono uuj,
youth, or man a skillful quoit player.
There Is, of course, a considerable
amount of knack in pitching a quoit, and
no Ad atrflncrth of wrist: for
the acquisition of an accurate aim rests
entirely witn tne degree oi Bieaiuuewi m
this member when delivering the missile.
So long as the space surrounding the
"pitch" is fairly level the intermediate
space may be rough or broken. Quoits
are of different sizes and different
weights, but few good players use the
hoavior weapons, for, after playing a
moderate longth of time, they over-tax
the strength, and a beginner should al
ways use the lightest he can possibly
secure. Stool qnoits are, in our opinion,
preferable to either iron or brass, and aa
much care should be taken of them as
with a pair of steel skates. The appended
rules, which were agreed to at the Birm
ingham Conference in 18C9, are still
generally adopted oy piayers.
v;rt That the distance from pin to
pin shall be nineteen yards, and that the
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player snail stand levei wnu tue jjiu wu
deliver his quoit at the first step.
Second. That no quoit be allowed
which measures more Jian eight inchea
external diameter, and that the weight
may be unlimited.
Third. That the pina be one inch
above the clay.
Fourth. That all measurements snau
ha talon frnm anT visible part of the pin
to the nearest visible part of the quoit.
No clay or quoit to do auwurueu.
Vifti, That no nnoit shall count un
less fairly delivered in the clay free from
tbe outer run, and uia uu uui.
I.-.V -i.ail innt- unless it first strikes
another quoit or the pin. That no quoit
shall count unless it nra "
quoit or the pin.
Sixth. That each player shall deliver
his quoit in succession, hie opponent
then following. "
Seventh. That an umpire shall be ap
pointed, and in all cases of dispute hu
decision shall be &r1.-CumU $ Yea-Book.