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i.T.nrveyed inyselfin the glass I
,. l eonMioan blush rising to my face.
" . ..t m look ni best to-night, and
? - that niv white drew and pearls
IDS" 1 ii
mK". that'll Jo now, Mas Oertie,
look jut lovely."
'rir old nurs-! aocording to ber
1 i...i. Wlmtlinr arravnd lr
I waa
Whether arrayed in ailki
' . lmll.ilrPHi or morninc
ifiinni "
fotwns.
, O
her verdict always remained tbe
30,
?L.ma a kis. nursie," I cried.
J then go and got ready while I show
1 (he J
! " if in pup- now ao i uu popar i
...inpnf mr attire.
"Ell UD UUiU(j ,
' .1.- l.rtlr liA waa VAaill'nfT aik
. .1 ti.o hook he waa reading.
"are
p iroiu -
p to start bo aoon?'
in itt"j - ....
..v.. I nromised to be tno urst ar
i nn know; and. pleaso, I want
.'i ii vn. i,.-i..
jnr canuiu ujmnuu. iiui tuiuu
. lntlf "
,j . i j. i.-l i
"FlOl 4IMIU nuioo paiuui tnuu,
wit i a rood smile, "lou
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,,ti very nice iuuucu, uuiu8, j.uu
growing luuuniuiij uao jruur
r tiie that this was the highest praise
1.1 tirA mA. and forffetful allien nf
v dignity ami niy exieumvo iruiu, i ran
him and clasped my arms arouna nis
n dear oui papai iou re sure you
,n't mind my leaving you ana you
)n't (ei'l loneiy wiuioui me, win you?
Kn mTCUiia no.
i r drove aloug with nurse in her
rim black bonnot seated opposite to me,
. t . V 1. ll. 1 '
r heart Deal uigu wiiu uurvuus bdiioi
v. t : i ... a - .i
i an. I " Bu"'8 w ""J I'ariy
it though I was eighteen, papa and I
.,i lived such retired lives tbut till
fair I bad known nothing of the gave
Usual lu lli in ujj Hbt luuuuia
rpfiouslv.tue morions, some om mends
Lrhood, and at their honse I had begun
fmrlalUorB. uuu doiiidu iu mo udiuu
nppearin soeieiy. aireauy, on me
trenRtb of a few musioal evenings and
garden-party or iwo, l ien mysen quite
dissipated person.
When we reacbod Holme lodge, the
tut. comfortable old country mansion
Lis ablaze with light, and from the open
jor streamed an inviting ilooa of
irmtb and brilliance.
In tbo hall I was seized upon by Louie
ad Lottie Morton, the twin sisters,
Come up stairs to our room, cried
.ottie: we shall nave lime lor a nice
hit before tbe people arrive."
The sitting room specially appropri
td to the girls' use, was a pretty, cosy
Uirlment. A wood fire was burning on
lie tiled beartn, ana near by was a table
am set lortu wuu a tium'y repaiu 01
iiffee and delicious cakes,
After we bad examined and commented
a each other's costumes,' Louie began
Hint our cups lust as a young lady en
rod. Site was a friend staying on a
;s;t. Isabella s.iloni by name, and lv
"t firth half Italian and half English. She
o'.ed remarkably well, in a dress of
eavy. satiron-tiutea nrocaue, ana necu
Lee. ear-rings ana bracelets of dull gold,
Rid as I gazed at her I comprehended
i lovely she was.
I was engaged to Rupert Morton for
e first waltz; but we had only taken a
"Uiles of turns when he whisporal
"Do vou particularly wish to finish
lid iluuee; if not, will you come into tbe
niservator.Y? It is cool and pleasant
iere.
I was about to make some laughing
'joinder, but a look in his gray eyes
Mined me. anil l bowed an assent
"Gertrude," be said softly, as we stood
ir a marble basin wherein a toy fountain
;ut up a sparkling cascade of silvery
irops, "do you guess why I asked you to
come Here?
I glauoed up at him saucily,
"Certainly; because it is so cool and
-leasunt," I replied
"Ah, that waa only the pretext, the
icuse. iou must guess my real rea
od, darling. You know that I love yon,
w vou not?
I strove to cover my cheeks with my
ingew; but be gently removed them and
'Ad tbem in his own as he bent his head
w the level of my downcast eyes.
Have you not a word to say to me?
-an you not give me one word of hope?
I could not at first speak, but he read
lis answer in my silence
'Ruprrt," 1 murmured presently,
using my head from its resting ulace
'0 nis shoulilor: "ItuDert. do vou know
t-I thought I was afraid that you
anas tuloni."
"lou were indeed mistaken. No man
onld holD admirinp Mihs Saloni: but
relieve me. mv darlinsr Gertrude, bo-
end admiration I have never eiven her
i lutmgnt.
lie rest of tlin vfn!nr nnml swiftlv
h.v- If I had been happy before, I was
ten times happier now. I danced every
uutc. ana at sunner Euoert contrived
to secure a secluded corner, where he
etained me si lonj? that I offended one
,'irtaer who sought me iu vain.
I as to remain at TTnlmfl Indira that
j"f$it, and go home the next day, nurse
having brought everything requisite for
my suiv, and placed them ready before
" reared.
Hlivine exelmnirfiil mv Viall ilrra for a
wtufortuble dressing-gown, and my satin
joes for fur-lined slippers, I sat by the
, j wwv uuui, jawiuUQ
reams uA nA.in;n t..i- rnnM;Aa t
wd, and was beloved. Was not that
"iebOKrbtnf linmnn KUaal anv
Other joy comnarn witli iff Trnlv ia it
written:
. "Jaw no hlDfr half to e t In lire
Ai lOFe'i joung dream."
I' was long before I got into bed, bnt
Wcetberel fell into a deep slumber,
ad no dreams of the future disturbed it.
Suddenly I awoke awoke with a full,
consciousness of the presence of
ome one or something terrible in tbe
Who or what it was I could not
I . in'i I dared not attempt to find out.
1- 7 Wlta my face to tbe wall, every
ll&b stiff and the chill blood in my
ve'n cnrdling with tear.
ihA an n icy finger touched me;
j M though under some mesmeric in
laepce, I moved mv head.
, fire had died out, bnt a night
h?tm dimly burning, and by its
"gat I an. . Wi t.l .
kn ot,ni!e nair falUng almost to ita
lnMl i i .
hand a
i7 , " gleaming atiletto. jeweled nan-
r finely pointed.
could utter no cry; I could make no
dnl?ae,lt 1 wnuinod opell-bound and
uod, my eyeballs staring and my limbs
of a tn. I KD0W'DR 1 WM n"T
OltlOOl,
Again she touched nie; and, though I
nujdorod, I could not draw away.
lou sleep sonndl " .i....
you ( have i awaked at hut. The sleep of
death is the toaadrnt of all sleeps for
there is no awakening from it. And ao
iu r,u hs ,0Vea you-juu, not me!
Oh, what do you know of love? What
doea be know of love? It is I who love, I
i " '. unr ,m" ro '"ill and
High. Ihen she coutinued, after a mo
went , a pause, "I am going to kill you to.
night, lie cannot love vou then. Ho
will forget you, and it wil'l be my turn."
Hut the spell was broken. With a
piercing, echoinor erv fnr lioin t i
aside the liod-olothing and sprung out
"u iu ma nuor. iuere came a sharp
fierce bow, an agonizing pain-and tbon
um aueHH ana ounvion.
Tt ... . i.!i:i.i
iHinuui wuen i came to my
senses. The curtains were drawn, and
a bright fire cracked cheerfully in the
t agilely WOIlilenncr n In what l.n
happened, I attempted to sit up, but the
"uijr eiiec oi me exortion waaalo
moan of anguish.
a gentle voico addressed me sooth
ingly, and Mrs. Morton leaned over me
and sliimhiff ber urm unit,. Ilm
lifted me up, and gave mo somo cooling
ui-verage to unnK. l ten asleep directly
and when I awoke again gray day'B light
was creeping in at tbe window, and nurse
an Hilling uy my suie.
"1 bank heaven!" she ejaculated, fer
vently, as I feeb v raised mv hand. AM
but you re better now, my lamb."
"llave 1 been ill?'. I whispered.
A little, dearie." sho answered ten
derly streaking my hair.
"uut but what was it? Why am
not at home?''
"Hush! my pretty. You mustn't talk
any more now. Lie still, and anothor
time you shall hear all about it
Ah. me What we&rv davs. what
weary weeks those were that I had to lie
still. Waking and sleeping, I was
haunted by half-delirious visions of that
dreadful night. I could not bear to be
left alone for even a few minutes.
flitting shadow iu tbe cornor. a fold of
drapery, would nearly send me into
hysterics.
At last, when the birds were blithly
ctrroling a welcome to the spring, and
trees and hedgerows were bursting into
ieat, i was carried from my bed to a sofa
in the adjoining room, and from that
time recovery was more rapid.
Harvest was just over when Rutiert
and 1 were qnietly married at a village
church. Tbe winter following we spent
abroad, papa joiuing us at Aice in Ueto
ber and accompanying us on tbe remain
der of onr travels.
Isabella Saloni is in a private asylum
near London. Insanity, it appeared on
inquiry, was hereditary in her family
though tbe fact had been kept as secret
as possible. Poor, poor girl! I only
think of ber now with intense pity and
compassion.
Forests and Hallsloues.
Tbe utility of forests as a safeguard
agaiust avalanches and a hindrance to
freshets and snowdrifts has often been
pointed out, but it has never before been
suggested that forests are a preservation
against hail-storms. Such, nowover, is
tbe opinion of Heir Rinikor. who is
chief forestor of Canton Argon, Switzer
laud. He says that where there are
forests there are no bail-storms, and in
support of this theory he adduces a re
markable fact, for the accuracy of which
he and many ot horn can personally vouch.
In the south of Argau there is a little
chain of mountains known as the Linden
berge. The Lindenberge are about 20
kilometers long, of an average bight
above sea level of some 800 feet, and
completely covered with wood About
twenty years ago the forest wasdivided
in two places by wide gaps, with the con
sequence that the valleys at the foot of
tbe mountain were soon afterward
visited with frequent hail-storms. The
hail -charged clouds wore seen to traverse
the gaps. In 1808 the wider of the two
open spaces was closed by a plantation of
firs, and since 1871 no hail-storm has
crossed the forest. In explanation of
this phenomenon Herr Riniker suggests
that as hail clouds are saturated with
nositive electricity, and trees conduct
from the earth negative electrioity, the
meeting of the two currents develops
sufficient heat to prevent tbe complete
consolation of the clouds and even to
thaw the hailstones contained in them
for tbe clouds of this description pass
verv near tbe earth and so convert tno
frozen narticles into rain. If further
observation should confirm the aoouraoy
of Herr Riniker's conclusion in this re
irnnl tlin imnortance of forests in conn-
tries where hail-storms are frequent will
be greutly increased.
Ci JIWi Balls or Death
There was a singular case up for trial
in H.n insiipe's court the other day at
Sawtooth. Tbe question to bo decided
hv the iaslice was whether a restaurant
keeper is justified iu shooting a man for
rpfnsinctoeot his codfish bails. The
judge of tbe law oud justice aeciaea yes.
Tbe case was as follows:
The proprietor of a bawtootn restau
rant placed a plate of codnsu uans on iub
table of a young man, and a repular
boarder.whohad seated himself for grub.
Tbe boarder was calmly and peacoiiuir
stowing away tha victuals, but didn't
take in any of tbe codfish balls.
Tbe restaurant keeper approacuea
1 ' - - . r. 1 i I I. 1,1,111 , 1 f
im, ana saiu in a cuuiumuunns
oice. ion eai iiiem uuuu-u uun.-..
I don't like codfish balls,' repnea
tbe boarder. , ,,
'You eat tbem codasU bans, x ien
in!"
"I tell vou I won t; I don't like 'em."
"I tell you once more to eat tbem cod-
ftoi. lall. If vou don 1 1 11 uom YUU,
and tbe restaurant keeper started lor his
pistol. Tbe roarder saw that he had to
do one of three things eat the codfish
balls, refuse again and and be filled witn
Ion. ten balls, or skip. He skipped. Just
as his coat tail was vanishing out at the
door, tbe irate restaurant keeper blazed
awav but niisaed him. The boarder
bad him arrested. Tbe justice, in bis
dignity, decided that the proprietor of a
hash bouse waa perfectly justifiable in
shooting at a boarder with uwnt to kill
for refusing to eat his codfish balls
Idaho World.
Biin'j choice.
A very pleasant little group Ritind
aliont Mrs. Damon's cov ."-nkf h t idle
i;m? bright snriua r.r.t. Mrs.
Damon herself, fair, fat, aud well, no
matter rbout the ago tea years s widow
with not over plenty of means, and tbe
mother of three girls; Miss Laura, the
oldest aud tbe beauty; Miss Isabel, a
beauty also, snd a musician beaidn; and
little Ruth, who was regarded by the
family as neither very brilliant nor very
beautiful, but very nsetul to help mother
and tbe sole servant with the household
affairs.
This morning tliero was an extra one
in tbe group. Mrs. Damon's brother
Edward, an improvident youth who had
run away to Cali'ornia years ago and
just come back, u t much the better, as
Mm. Damon could discover, for bis long
wanderings.
"We never need have expected poor
Uncle Ed to make anything," she re
marked to her daughters, the night after
his sudden retnrn. "He says he has
saved enough to buy himself a little
house somewhoro, but I suppose that is
all. 1 m sorry, lor I did hope he would
have been able to do something for you,
girls. But I suppose we must make tbe
best of it, and treat him as well as wo
can. I do bono ho won't try to buy a
house iu the city, for it won't help you
to have shabby relations close by. It-ball
advise him, as his means are small, to
buy over on the Jersey shore."
Uncle Ed received this advico and con
sented to adopt it, with a sly twinkle in
his gray eyes, which Mrs. Damon did
not notice. She rather expectedto bo
asked to assist in the selection of the lit
tle place, but as Uncle Ed did nut in
vite her to accompany him, she did not
offer her services.
At the table this morning UnoleE.1
announced that the little home was ready
for occupation, and that ho was going to
take possession.
"And now I want a hoiiBokiepor," he
said in a slow way. "Won't you loud
me one of your girls, Mary?"
Everybody looked up a Uucle Ed
made this ustonishing request. Laura
blushed with vexation; Isabel slmiggod
her pretty shoulders, and smiled, and
even little Ruth looked astonished.
"Of coutso you needn't do tbe rough
work," continued Uncle Ed. "I'll hire
a kitchen girl for that; but I thought I'd
rattier have ono of my own rolutious to
look after the things. You see I'll not
have mauy years to live, and I would
like to bo among my owu kin."
Nobody answerod, so poor Uucle Ed
went on slowly:
"I'll tell you what I'll do. If one of your
girls will go over to my new home and
live with me, I'll give ber her board and
clothing while she stays, pml whenever
she marries I'll give her what I can for
a set-out. Now I'll leave you to think
over it. I'm going over to day, and
when I come back this evening you
can have your choice made."
After Uncle Ld left the room there
was a chorus of exclamations.
Isabel leaned back in her chair and
laughed until she was tired.
"Wonltlu 1 1 look pretty playing tho
piano in Uncle Ed's six-by-uino parlor,
with an ingrain carpet and wooden
chairs?" she excluimed.
'And wouldn't I feel like asking Col.
Richardson to call on me in somo little
muffy, stuffy Jersey habitation?" cried
Laura, indignantly.
"It s a pity, 1 kuow, said Mrs. Jjamon,
bnt I don t sed but what one ol you
ought to go. It wonld relieve us; and
you know Uncle Ed would dress you
be said so.
"Dress!" cried Laura, indiguantly.
"Yes; calico gowns and cotton shawls,
and maybe a cheap alpacca for Sunday.
Thank you; not for me. Let Hutu go;
they'll suit her."
If ma is willing I will go "said ltuth,
speaking for the first time. "If Uncle
Ed feels lonely and wants one of us we
ought to go."
'Well, don tyou supposo you would
be best for him?" said Mrs. Damon,
thoughtfully. "It would leave more,
too, for the other girls, and then when
they marry they oan help you."
'You forget Uncle Ld has promised
her a 'set-out.'" said Isabel, with a
scornful laugh.
And Laura added..
"A pretty 'sot-out,' no doubt, I don't
suppose, alter ins House is iurmsueu,
Uncle Ed will have ,$50 jn the world.
Go along. Ruth; I wish you joy in the
bargain.
'Laura, Isabel, hush! said Mrs. Damon,
reprovingly. If Ruth has a mind to go,
you ought not to put any obstaclos in
her way. Let her do as she likes."
When Uncle Ld came bacK, it was
announced to him that Ruth had de
cided to go.
"Thank you dear," he said, laying his
hand on ber bead. "I'll try to make
you as comfortablo as I can. Will you
be ready to go over day after to-morrow.
"les, sir, answered hntli.
Tbe girls had a great deal of sport
about her going next day, but little
Ruth, whose heart was warm with pity
for her lonely old uncle, held firm and
was ready to go early the next morning.
Uncle Ed luvited tho rest to go over
and see her instulled in her new home.
Laura haughtily declined, but Mrs. Da
mon and Isabel resolved to go. Isabel
enjoyed tho anticipation of tnrning up
her pretty nose at Ruth's bumble quar
ters. They crossed the river, and Uncle Ed
told the ladies to wait at tho office a few
moments till he fonnd some sort of a car-
ridge.
He hired a very hundsome one, I
must confess," wus Isabel's mental com
ment, as they were seated, a little later,
a stylish carriage with its splendid
borses. "I didn t know they kept such
legant ones oujside of tbe city.
Seated in a corner, Mis? Isabel enjoyed
tbe n'do very much, commenting on all
the handsome resiliences they passed.
What an elegant place! ehe cried.
as tbev drew near a fino old mansion in
the midst of stately grounds, with a
gleam of marble stutuary among tbe
rees and a sparkling fountain Hinging
is bright drops iu the air npon a well-
ept lawn.
"We will stop here, said uncle
as tbe coachman drew np bia borses.
"Here! Y by, do you know tnese peo
ple? Who own this place? asked Isa
bel.
"I do." returned Uncle Ed, ouietly,
as be assisted ber to alight.
You!" cried Isabel, with at least
three exclamation points after the word.
Mr. D imoi i.ped short on the car
riage tdi-p I" ' y, '
' I U iobv'. e. ,; Uard?"
"Y's. it i- so," returned Uncle
Ed. Mu.lmg. ' f ue, Untitle dear, this
is the home I i,,t) brongbt yon to; let
us go in nd k i i. yon like "it?"
The Burpriwd Party followed him
through the grounds to the dor. where
they werj admitted by a nun colored
uoy.
"Good morning, John," said Uncle
Ld. "Here H voik new inistr H." pro
sentiug Ruth, as John bowed low, alter
me manner of a polite darkey, to wol
come tbe young lady.
"The rooms ara all in order, John?'
asked Uncle Ed.
"Yes, stili." replied John.
"Very well, we'll take a look at them.
Lome, ladies.
He led thum thron.ih lofty rooms most
elegantly appointed, pausing at lust in
ltuth'. own chamber, a lovely room, all
Bouurao, pine, ami silver, and tit for a
qneen or a ladv.
"And hero,'' he said, opening another
door into a room furnished with rose
color, "is a room for yonr sisters, when
they may choose to come an I stay with
you. 1 know yon don't liko to climb
Ktairs."
"lJut-bnt-Edward," said Mrs. Da
mon, who was tho first to recover her
voice, "we are astonished beyoud mea
sure I thought yon said you had only
made a littlo out yonder."
Uncle Ed smiled.
"Well, I did make a littlo, Mary and
I never was given much to bragging,
you kuow. Beside, I had a faucy to see
whether Unolo Edward poor and Undo
Edward rich were to be considered as the
same. You have all been kind" Mrs.
Damon winced a little, for she know it
hud only been a pitying sort of kiudness
"and my little Ruthie, bore, most of
all, for ihe bus come to niuko my home
bright. I will tuko good care of her, and
give her a hnudred dollars a month for
pocket money; aud when sho marries I
iutond to settle twenty thousand dollars
on her for a wedding present."
Isabel sank down iu a chair, speech
less with astonishniont, while Mrs. Da
mon exclaimed:
"floodnets gracions! I can harlly
believe it yet, Edward."
"You'll get used to it, Mary. Now,
linthie, dear, tuke your sister to your
room and take off ber things. Mary,
you anil Isabel must day all day; I will
send you home in my carriage."
Little Ruth, as she moves happily
about "poor Edward's" magnificent
home, feels very happy. She was kind,
generous and honest, and now she has
her reward.
The dreat OnK-t at Keen lb rough a 2(J-
lncii Uuj ct.ve.
Commander Sampson, of the Washing
ton Naval Observatory, observed the
comet on the 25tli of October for tbe first
time through the great equatorial. It
has not before had sufficient altitude to
be visible in this instrument. With n
low-power eye-piooe an excollent view
was had of tbe nucleus, which presented
an appoarance quite different from that
seen in the smaller instrument, aud
showing with considerable distinctness
all the appearauce wnioli has led to tbe
opinion that the comet was breaking up.
In the large instrument the nucleus has
a well defined center, which is quito cir
culir and of considerable apparent diam
eter. Tbe elongated appearance of the
nucleus is due to two masses of nebulous
matter, ono of which is between the
nucleus proper and the sun, aud the
other is on the side toward tbe tail. Roth
of these masses are somewhat detached
from the nucleus, tbe one in tbe direc
tion of the tail being the brightor, but
neither preventing tbe condensed, sun
like appearance of the nucleus. These
luminous portions of the coma are proba
bly what have been mistaken for separ
ate portions of tho comet, and led to the
belief that tho comot had "split." Tbo
spectroscope this morning showed tbut
the character of the light of the comet bad
not changed during the past week; it in
dicates that incandescent carbon vapor is
the principal source of light. A search
for tbo small comet reported last Satur
day east of the great comet was not suc
cessful. The Pay of
Jlen who
Trams.
Kun Railway
Engineers on the Central-Hudson rood
are paid threo cents a mile, and firemen
receive just ono-half that rate. Passen
ger conductors are paid 880 a mouth,
and, in some instances, $10 moro. As
the ongineer has control of tbe brakes,
the old-fashioned hrakeman is displaced
by "trainmen," who holp ladies to seats
and alMO assist them in coming and go
ing. These men receive 850 a month,
but the man on tbo last car bus $5 adit
ional, as his responsibility is greater. In
case of any delay he must go back on
the track to flag approaching trains, and
may be left behind. Baggagemen are
paid 860, though in somo instunces,
where tho route is of nunsual length, it
is increased to 870. Station agents are
paid 8li0. and ticket agents (except in
cities) 850. This class are the poorest
paid of all railway officials, as they are
closely confined aud servo long uours,
but there are so many women reudy to
occept snch work that women's pay be
comes tbo standard. The track boss is
paid 813 a month. Switchmen and flag
men bave only S'M, and yet this is one
of the most responsible positions on the
road.
Stnkei for higher wages are by no
means common among the clergy, al
though, considering the starvation prices
paid in many instances, it is hard to re
sist the conviction that some Jtinihters
would strike if they could feel strong
enough. There is a clergyman in North
Carolina who has been preaching for
&.i a week, and thinks he ought to have
more, as be has labored at this rate for a
terra of eleven years. He does not like
to go on a strike, for he feels Kindly
toward Lis congregation. But be baa ts
courteously as possible notified them
that, nuless they can raise his salary to
84 a week, be will bo under the neces
sity of asking tbem to let him off in
order that he may go into the carpenter
ing business. The increase was granted
although it heavily taxed the ability of
tbe church members. There are no
millionaires or merchant princes in that
congregation.
Man proposes. God disposes but it
takes a woman with ber hair down to be
indisposed when anybody calls.
tlin l -mi - ,4 ;, . j,, , ,., v nn.l din;
Out o m t..oii, and wn-mnil
Mm r ni uiuli.iitin'i crni-l itrrV;
Out Irom lli- In: lor k, uf it;
t'ut fiMin Im honuit and all'uirei
Out Irom in horror aud iu earn.
Ait iin, a rhil J he lay at nt,
In li-dy vaiton hit tntillmr'f bivmt.
Hit Kiitli hand lov.-l in Ids li.ur;
Hit iwii, d.-ar mi'v .iUi'lld hn cur.
Ht-r luvin even tlu-d lijit divine;
ll-rvrr i i'Mhv indi a liriuo
Hit ihrulibiUft uiU-rii-t iiuno.t U U-ain;
I'll mmlili-niiiK world a ud, uut drt-am;
A;iui,u child, In liiv at rvt,
la holy K-iu-i)un hit hioilh-ribtvn.it.
Queei Cirolin,', Wretched Marrlace.
Tho most extraordinary glimpses wo
get of the unhappy married life of the
Princess Caroline are to lie found in the
diary kept by lady Charlotte Bury, and
published anuoymoiisly in 1K18. This
diary has furnished the chief material
fur all the works which have been written
upon the times of George IV. "On one
occasion," says tho writer, "sho dined nt
Kensington, when the Princess gave a
detailed account of ber murriago and the
circumstances which brought it about.
'I, yon know, was the viotim of mammon;
the Prince of Wales' debts must be paid,
and poor littlo I's person was the pre
tense. Parliament would vote supplies
for the heir apparent's marriage; the
King would help bis littlo help. A
Protestant Princess must bo found;
they fixed upon tho Priuco's cousiu. To
tell you God's truth (a favorite ex
pression), I always hated it;
but to obligo my father any
thing. But tho first momeut 1 saw my
"fntur" and Lady Jersey together I
kuow how it all was, and I said to my
self, 'O vory well." I took my "partio"
and bo it would have been f 'But,
Oh, mine God!' she added, throwing up
her hoad, 'I could bo the slave of a man
I love, but to one whom I lovod not, aud
who did not love me impossible "o'est
autro chose." I brought letters from all
the Princes and Princesses to liim from
all the petty courts, and I tossed them to
him and said: "There, that's to prove
I'm not an impostor!" On another occa
sion, referring to her wretchod marriage
day, the Princes said: 'Judge, what it
was to bave a drunken busbaud on ono s
wedding day, and one who passed tho
greatest part of his bridal night under
the grate, where Le foil, and whore I left
him. If anybody wonld say to me this
moment, will you pass your life over
ogaiu or be killed? I would chooso
death for, a little sooner or later we
must all die, but to live a life of wretch
edness twice ovor Oh, niiuo God, no!' "
I Belgravia.
A fcllrls' Club.
A vory pretty story comes from New
York about four homoless working girls
who determined to abandon the horrid
boarding house, pool their earnings, and
make themselves as roul a home as can
be found beyond a parent's roof. They
rented a third-story flat and began opera
tions. They were poor, and were
obliged to start with only one room car
peted, a stove, some chairs, a clock, a
table, a few cups and dishes, knives and
forks, and two niattrossos, but no bed
steads. Litt'e by little tho furniture
was increasod; now by a chair, next by a
bedstead, again by a buroau, and so on
until from boing complete extras were
added. One of tbe girls got 8-0 a week
as a millinor; another $12 as a clerk in a
Broadway candy store; another got 810
or $12 somowhere else, and tho fourth
was a drossmaker, and because
sho worked at home was
made housekeeper, and called steward of
the club. Until the house was furuished
all pooled their earnings, but since then
each has paid every Saturday a share
(graded in accordance with their inoome)
of the week's expenses, including u
stated snm as salary to the stewardess.
Tho girls dress tastefully and live better
than their neighbors. They live along
without quarreling, and run their pic-
turusquo establishment ' according to
rules framed and bung in the parlor.
One of these rules is that no mombor of
tbo club shall receive the visit of a gen
tleman except in the presence of at loast
one other momber, and tbut all the mem
bers who are in the house shall bo pres
ent in such cases.
HOUSEHOLD.
Roast Veal. Prepare a leg of voal for
the oven by washing, drying and larding
it with strips of fat, bacon or ham, and
dredging it with flour and seasoning with
salt aud better; baste frequently with the
gravy thickened. A roast fillet of veal
should be preparod by stuffing it with
breadcrumbs, seasoned with chopped
bam, summer savory, pepper and salt.
Dredge lightly with flour, and bake.
Lemon Ciieams. Faro four lemons
very thinly, and throw the peel into
twelve tablespoonfuls of water. Sqoeze
the juice over eight ounces of finely
powdered sugar. Well beat tbe yolks of
ten eggs, then add tbo peel, water and
juicj gradually, aud strain it through
the muslin into a stew-pan. Stir it one
way ovei a gentlo fire till it becomes
pretty thick, but do not let it boil.
Serve in mustard cups.
Oood for Roses. Get some soot from
a chimney or stove where wood is used
for fuel, put it in an old pitcher and
pour hot water upon it. When cool use
it to water your plants every few days.
When it is all used fill np the pitcher
again with hot water. Tbe effect npon
roces that have almost hopelessly de
teriorated is wonderful in producing a
rapid growth of thrifty shoots.with large
thick leaves and a great number of
richly Muted roses.
Election cako Take three pounds of
sifted flour, leaving out a pint to put in
with fruit, and mix in warm fresh milk
till it is stiff batter; weigh one and a half
pounds sugar, one pound of butter; mix
tbem to s cream, then mix one half of
this with tbe batter of milk and flour,
and one-half piut of good home-mude
yeast; beat very thoroughly together,
when light, which will take several hours
in winter (better mix at night and stand
in a warm place till morning) add tbe
remainder of butter and sugar with six
eggs, and one pound of raisins, one glaa
of brandy, cinnamon, mace or nutmeg,
according to taste, and a little soda. It
should rise the second time before put
ting in pans for baking. Tbe more such
a cake is beaten the finer and lighter it
ill be.
CrUXm FOB A Mill
Coi::ilucent lady, aft r lii:g a m
esti.oim wares: "I'm growj; ijubi- ,-t
atheist."
If the fire of lovo should cousume a
maiden's heart, we presume tbe average
inscrunce agent would account for it tn
tbe ground of a "defective flue."
A young mini iu Dcn Moiiioa loved a
giil h i wildly tbut bo wrote her fifteen
letteis a tlav for five werls. At the end
of that time he wiw killed with a green
tomato.
"Hadn't I better pray for rain to day,
deacon?" said a Binghumpton minister,
Sunday. "Not to day, dominie, Ithiuk,"
was the prndcut replv; "the wind isn't
right."
"Yes," said the man with the curled
mustache. "Charley is a good fellow,
but ho ia ho eccentric, you kuow. Why,
he asked me to day for a five I borrowed
of him last summer."
"You are such a strange girl!" said
Chailey; "Well, then, III tell you,
Charley," replied Araminta; "uiako a
wife of mo. Chailey did bo at tbo
earliest opportunity.
"Mrs. Miflln," said a visitor, "Emma
has your featuros, but I thiuk she's got
her father's hair." "Oh, now I see,"
said the dear little Emma; "it's because
I'vo papa's hair that he bus to wear a
wig."
A two-story building is to bo erected
in Farmington, for, as a traveling item
says, "the manufacture of ladies' and
misses' hools." Tho building will evi
dently be high enough for tbo purpose.
"It was terribly oppressive at the
theatre last night," said Brown; "it was
bo hot that the blood all rushod to my
head." "Woll. it found plouty of room
thore, didu't it?" replied the unsympa
thetic Fogg.
Lord Chelmsford was walkiug down
St. James Btreot, when a strangor ac
costed him, siying, "Mr. Birch, I be
liovo?" "If you believe that, sir, you'll
believe anything," tho ex Chancellor re
plied as he passed on,
This ia the season of the year when
the agricultural papers are hard at work
advising farmers not to leave their 8500
mowers and 8-S00 reapera out in tho snow
all winter. No farmer could get along
without an agricultural paper.
What a providential thing il is that, as
a general rule, by the time the eldest
girl gets old enough to have a beau the
youngest child is old enough to sloep
quietly. A cross baby yelling np stairs
would be a fearful dampenor on court
ship. At the bank. Clerk "What do you
wish, sir?" Ruffian "Why, I just
dropped in to say that I am the man who
knocked down and robbed yonr cashier."
Clerk "Well, air, I am very aorry; but
you will have to identify yourself some
way, ir."
"Please tell me what tho time is?" in
quired a littlo boy of on apothecary, who
was much troubled by oueu questions.
"Why I told you the time but a moment
ago," snapped the apothecary. "Yes,
sir," said the boy, "but this ia for an
othor woman."
"I don't believe in this learning Ger
man, Spanish, French, or any other for
eign language," said a Michigan man the
other day. "Why, I lived among a
lot of Gormnns and got along with thorn
just as well as it I knew their language,
but I didn't not a word." How did you
oontrive it?" "Why, you see, they un
derstood mine."
First young man "Woll, did you
makothe acquaintance of that strange
girl yon were raving over?" Second
ditto "Yes, followed her home." First
young man "How did she strike you!"
Second ditto "She did not at all; Bhe
got her big brother to do that business
for her."
"You still jtoep yonr family in the
oountry, I hear," remarked a merchant
to his neighbor, casually. "I should
think yon would misa them very much."
"Shi They don't get back to the city
until tbo full openings are ovor. I
haven't been studying eoonomy for
twenty years for nothing. High-priced
countoy board for a weok ia olieaper
than a day at the openings." Boston
Globe.
The old Btory is revived concerning the
baptismal Bilver bowl of the Contor
church, New Uaven. This bowl was
presonted to the church a great many
years ago by Jeremiah Atwaier, and Ins
name is engraved thereon. The Btory ia
that Mr. Atwater bought a keg of nails
in Boston. Whon the keg was openod it
was found that after taking oft a top
layer of nails the keg was tall of silvor
dollars, and it waa out of these dollars
that the bowl was mado. The late
Leonard Baoon discredited the Btory .and
perhaps the truth will never get iuto
print.
A Live Liz.uip is Inpian Stosk.
On Friduy of last week, while getting
out stono'in his quarry, a mile south of
Kokomo, Georgo W. Di fenbur.gh made
one of the most wonderful discoveries
probably of tbe present age. It became
necessary to split a massive slab of stone
when, to his groat Biirpriso. he found
firmly imbedded iu the solid rock a
species of lizard of light color, with
eyes, but apparently sigbtloss, alive aud
active. Whim first found it did not ap
pear to possess any life, but in a few
moments was very livoly. The lizird
had been imbedded in this stone prison
house for perhaps hundreds of years,
feeding on nothing and lying in a coma
tose condition. Sientifio men consider
tbe find most wonderful. The lizard is
now elivo and in tbe posieaaion of Mr.
Dt-fenbaugh.
Fkevakkd to Die. In Spottsylvania
county, last Friday evening, airs. Ann
Talley, aged seventy years and in seem
ing robust health, informed her friends
that her tiiuo'had come, and so im
pressed was she with the idea
that on Saturday morning she arose at
au early hour, wasueii, dressea, pre
pared herself for tbe anticipated event
and proceeded to cook her breakfast, and
while so engaged, with no previous
warning, dropped dead. Richmond
(Va.) Whig.
She admitted to her mother that the
young man had made a very atrong im
pression on her. "Yes," remarked the
old lady, "I can see where the impres
sion mashed tbe lace flat aa a clean nap
kin. Don't lei it happen again."