i
. . " - ' - " - MR.' AND MRS. BOWSCa "Mr Zjotil," mil ru,
IN THE DARK.
. I IO.ua l,mr thai nlirht in llUF
Tu to dark ilial oiuiii a pa.
4ad nt MD tin but I'd oiaaMU Mr,
Vhf. 'toa rlbt I nbwild klm ber Mb
fliere n itarknea oo eTerythlna round u
I i i Id nit for the door,
tad tb while I eklag an axil
It i happened I kin! bw mm mom
tad I un't quit mire M I left bar,
Aa Ui wholber ah hand It or BOt;
But I know that I ilbod to ha back tliera
Tba farther awar UuU I fot
4sd tic- ut tint I called It to happewd
Tbal B t.s,d hi tbat hallway one luort;
And the aaidlitlil Ml over and round ua
Aa I a.uletly owned lo tbe doar
But bar rxl cheolu no nifulalilr dimpled,
And her ejrei alion au wlokedljr bii(ht,
Tiat 1 guessed wber ber tbougbta weraaslrajlaf .
Aud I n o. bad up aud turned out Ilia Hunt
-Arthur btercua
GISKLES CAPRICE.
The salon waj lighted by a single lamp
which shod a soft radiance throughout
thnrooin. It was simply furnished, but
km adurncd with u profusion of flowera
and plants. Throe Mrsons wero in the
salon Mine. de. Ilalny, Gisele, her
daughter, und the laltcr's betrothed,
Robert de Chilis, who waa noon lo l her
husband.
(iiselo, who was In her eighteenth
roar, was very beautiful. She was a
natural blonde. Her smile had the double
advantage of showing pretty teeth and
two charming littlo dimples In her rimy
checks. Her eyes w ere very handsome,
bul their glance waa touiewhiit inipu
rioua. She was dressed In a robo of n
oft. while, clinging materiul that set off
to advantage her girlish beauty
tliselo was an only daughter. She had
been reared by an indulgent mother, her
father having died during her infancy.
Although Mine, de Ilalny' income was
barely sufficient to support lid 'If and
her daughter she managed to gratify
Uisclc's every whim, and her whims were
many, for she wag a child of caprice.
Many admirers paid suit to (iinelo, but
ho smiled on none until Roliert de (Jillis
threw himself and his fortune at her fi d.
In Robert Uieele found Iter supreme
triumph, for by his unselfish devotion he
gave her the greatest aulisfarlinn a
woman can have to bo loved for her
beaiilv, which was (linele's only dower.
Robert had every (pialillcalioii lo lie de
sired in a lover. He was 2." ye-irs old.
handsome, manly aud very wealthy.
WhHe Mine, de Ualny was working ui
her embroidery and Kols-rl ami Qlsel
were holding a tender conversation, the
door of I be salon was opened undlieorgo
langle was announced.
"Ogod evening, my dear mndumc."
aid the new comer, as he entered, bow
Ing lo the mistress of the lions,
"Ah, good evening, my dear Lingle,"
aid Mine, do Ilalny, welcoming the
guest. "This is, indeed, an agreeable
surprise."
When the others had welcomed him,
turning to Roliert, Lingle said
"1 knew (hut I would llml ymi here,
ami that is why I called so bile, wishing
to have you present to second a propoel'
tiou which 1 desire to make to these la
dies. "
"Ah! lell us. What Is It?" exclaimed
Gisele.
"My mother's eottago at Saint Cloud
ha just Ikvii put in order for the sum
mer," replied I .angle "We are going lo
drive (ben- tomorrow morning, and she
desires that you will accompany us. We
hall leave Paris in good bcuhou mi us to
avoid the heat of iho day. HreukfiiHl
will aw .nt us on our arrival. We will
upend the wurm purl of the day swing
ing in our Imtniuock and gossiping un
der iho elms. Wo will dine ai fresco,
and then, if Mile, (Iiselo approves of the
plan, we will attend the fetu of Saint
Cloud, ut which, among other ultrac
lions, will lie the great lion lamer, the
Illustrious Hidel, with his menagerie
That is the proposition I have to oiler.
"Hravol" cried (ii,clo. " Your plan Is
rluiriiihig! charming! Is it not, Robert'.''
alio udilcd, turning lo her locr.
ItoU-il agreed with Glaele thnt theli
friend's plan was faultless, and it was
udopteil with enthusiasm.
Accordingly, the following day found
Mine, de Ilalny, ber daughter and Rob
nt.it Saint Cloud, as the guest of M
I .an J. and In, mother. The day WM
spent in those delightful ways which
people escaping Iimiu the city In the
early summer llml for passing die lime
in the country. Uisolo, however, was all
anticipation in regard to the approach
itig fele. and csHciully in regard to the
lion tamer, I tit It I . of whoso exploit! she
hud heard a great deal. Immediately
after dinner, therefore, Uisole, Robert
aud LaUgN went to the fete, the elder
ladies preferring to remain ut (ho cot
lage
They llrst attended Uidd H'rform
anco with his lion, whlchGiselo watched
with the liveliest interest As the ior
l. . i in in. e drew to a close Ciscfc Isvumo
so entbusiiwtio in regurd to Hidel hruv
iry that Uiugle (aid, jokingly, that ah
ought to marry a lion tamer.
"Such Is my Intention," replied Gisele,
"for I am sure that Robert will not deny
the In i i. i. t I have ever inadeol
him. Will you. Robert;'" alio added, turn
ing lo him
What!" exclaimed Robert. "Do you
wish me to enter the lions' cage:"
"Ye lKicn tbut surprise your"
"A little, 1 i oufess "
"You ought lo liavo aa much courage
aa a vulgar lamer of annual," aald
Gisele. w ho sis-med lo be put oU by her
lover' backwarducu In bearding the
lions to please her whim,
"hut to do what you Bad me to do
would by no mean be a proof of ccair
age," answered Robert "It would be a
ridiculous act on my put. foi I would be
exponing myself for no purse."
"You -nk lightly of the puwpcvt of
being devoured," aald Langlo laughing
Lungle with-d to laugh Glaele out of
her caprice. Gisele, on (he other hand,
did not ivally wiali her lover loeiKerthe
bom' cage, but she wanted him lo teem
reaiiy lo do even dial for her.
'Then you refuser" (he asked Robert,
wuli an air of diadain.
1 angle, without giving Roliert to op
lauliiioK io reulv aalit-
"Certainly lie refuses fur lite condl
Uons are not the ismi for loin aa (or
Bide. who i,.,. i.vii long at-usUmed to
bring among wild auimaki and ha made
ckrelu! .lut of ,1,,,, clmnute."
"You seem lo lake great inlereet In
a matter which due BM concern vou."
aid Gkvala. wlw was vraeU B Ungle'i
gfMMaa
"But." replied t .angle gravely, 'whal
you aa Roliert to do i very daageniu
beaida. you forget that ui in. a
adore Idm and dial (lie will never for
advtrotlif vou wake him eiuuee hits
telf III Ibis MrJOUt1 iiiauuer.
But tllsele insiated
"Vi-i v well." said Robert coldly, "I
will eiilei 'lie cage. If Hidel will allow
nielo.lo so, in BOOH aa the iiNX'tnlor
have in-parted I do not wish to give a
public exhibition of my courage," he
added, with a llngB of aarrasm in his
tone,
"Ah! I knew you would consent!" ei
. I. iimed Gisele " itb BpfMIMt delight
"I will BTttUfl the mailer at once,"
aid Roliert.
Ho went lo Hidel. with whom bo held
a short conversation, then returned, say
ing: 'The lions will Is-fed in a few minute.
I will enter the cage then with Hidel."
Hy Ibis time the siectutors bud de
parted Roliert, Langlo and Gisele ap
proached the cage. I'resently tbe lion
tamer joined I hem. U told Roliert thai
he wns readvto feed the Hons nnd invited
him Inlo the cage.
"No, Robert, do not go," said Glaele.
"1 do not wish you to enter tho cage. I
asked vou todo soonlv because I wanted
you to seem ready lo exiosc yourself U
any danger for my sake."
"Pardon me. Gisele, for not ucceding
to this new MPliOB of yours as to I he
llrst." replied Robttt "I have reaolved
to enter the cage and I ahull do so."
Rolivri turned awuy from Gisele, and
a moment ufterward he and the lion
tamer entered the cage. The lions, clghl
In numlH-r, moved hither and thither,
obedient to tho command of their iiiua
ter, but their large golden eyes showed
their ir loniidiinent ut tbe presence ol
Ibis intruder who accompanied him.
(ilsele und Ungle looked on III silence
und in agony. (Ilsele, who wnj very
p-ile. wns only prevented from giving
mien to her BQgttlsh by the fear ol
aggravating her lover's peril. Her eye,
which were big with fright, were llxed
on Role-it He, on the other baud, was
iplite culm, nt least in nppt-arnnce. Like
Hidel, ho w as m ined with a Our or iron
und a raw hide. He was thus doubly pre
pared lo repel tho lions if they OBUM tOC
near him.
Rols-i t waa in (be cage almut five niln
lite. Then be left It and rejoined (iiw-le.
who, radiant with joy, her hand ex
tended, ell laimed:
"Oh, Rols-rt! bow I udiniro vou! how
r
RolK-rt took one of Glselo's hands in
his, and, interrupting her, euid, in u calm
voice:
I io not praise my exploit so much,
for tbe act which you applaud woa De
formed for my own aake rather (nun
yoiiis. If 1 urn bravo, as BOW roil cm
denlly think me, I confess (hat I am Bol
w ithout fear that I shall in I always In
able lo accede to your desires, and us il
would pain IMtOOKM WObaVtOjOl
w oman, I ranounca (be honor of being
your htuvband."
As MMiiias t li-y returned lo the cottagt
thopuiiy itltrtBd for PkWat, When iln-y
rencbiil (ii-cle homo Rols-rt Isido hei
good by w Itll a profound DOW. On enter
ing tint Iioiimi Gisele found Iho super!
boBQiMM which iha was Bomiiiiannn t
receive each day fioin RolM-ii: i( wasdu
last. Gisele lias never niurrii-d. -Truns
luleil for The Bpnh from the French.
it. ' rm Waaa'l riiimb.
I have I hi ii inukilig a study of nosei
lately, and really it's MtOOlahittg to llml
bow large a proportion of (ho noses ai.
twisted to one side or the other, 't ry ti
llml the median lino of a h-isoh' fact
by tun ing it from die lip of his nose mm
hie how JfOH coiiio ou(! Many soph
who imagine that I heir noses ale pel
fcclly straight would lind by u close in
iHs'tion lhat lllose iipH'ndages gee ol
haw a lilt K- ierhai lo their uniiisenient
and luay Is' lo I heir chagrin.
A Portland dentist tells u story lo tin
point, hivs he: "After 1 hud tilled a
selof false Icel li Ion lady , she exclaimed
'Why! you haven't got (lie middle of t la
gel ill the middle of my facel'
"I looked again, and thought ! had.
" 'Rut lust look nt my nose! said she.
'The middle of tho set certainly is noi
in line with (ho middle of my nose.
" 'That may be, suid 1, 'bul yom
nose"
"'Isi you mean lo till medial BaJ
nose uni t etraighl'r"
" '1 think you w ill llml that sm-histlit
caw.'
" 'How much is your bill' I'll pay il
und you can keep your old teeth!'
"She pil (ho bill, threw dow n tin
set, and Mourn ed out . us angry us in
angry QUI All could Is'. She w cut home
ber friends lold her how foolish she was
she lay awake till night, und die next
duy OBMM buck, aMluwgfOj, und bud bci
work liuisiied." LawTatoa Jouroai,
Til I'levrill 1 nni tllilolun.
Mix your petroleum carefully, and y ou
need not fear an explosion. You buv
only lo ls cautious us lo (he amount ol
atiiiimpheriu uir y ou blend w ith (he ex
plosive fapot BipafinMQtB made sine
the expliwion of a pBtrOetaJB) (rMBal in n
I i . in li Inn Is ir bow lhat a mixture ol
one pBli of petroleum fBDO toHvBOl
leas ot uir dis s not expltHto. Willi lii
Mtr(s of uir (he mixture is feebly ex
plosive, With seven to twelve, violently
no. willi six locn parts, f.vhly explosive
and uilb twenty .,u i , of air I not likely
lo explode. New York Telegram.
(Ill) MiUn Are slim lulg bled.
Yel another cause for shortsighicduete
baa bOBB dihcoveicd A Geiuian pro
fMBOt d,-clares that it is often due lo do
wearing of light collar, which preveni
a normal and regular Mow of hlood u
the heud Now w e know w hv (he com
binalioii of eyeglasaand "masher" col
lar l( o OOkUlBM among our gildetl
youth -I ond, ,n fllnba
- .
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Miss Fannie Maoaulay, who died a
few du) m'o nt Ki ightoii. Knglund. at
the age of eighty, wis the last snr
riving sistor of Tliomus Habinglon
Macaulay.
One of Mural's daughter. I.uisa
Man hem Riispoiu. Is suid to ho still
living, at the air of niuety-lwo. iu
Ravenna. Italy She was, Iheiviorv,
nineteen tn 1"1.'. when NaBMlaon I. was
dethroned und her father ahol.
Asllant Uooi keepar It isselt has
hes-n in the employ of the I niUtl
Slates Heaate for lift) -eight y ears He
ru'culiy Colubratot! In golden wed
dlnr;. and waa then made li e n-cipienl
of n handsome pres,-r,t fron the Sen
ator H H Hall, the nearest living
relative ot George Washington, oo
eaple a atall in the outh etirrldor ol
the Pension Building at Washington.
here he BtUi cigar and fruit (o the
clerka He i nearly eighty year old.
and bear a ttrtklng reaarablanee to
Uie Father of hi Country.
in in m,i 1-iKUuioiiia.
Netler bus wi-illen fBlta an exh.Ti
Urt-uiliclo on iho suojett of pueuino
uiu, in which be review lite upiiltim
ica of lhat diaaB which hava been
rwetNttad Ha drawa the following
conclusiooa Pneumonia is a conUi
gious diseaae. aud the eaaeutial germs
can be communicated, nol only direct
ly from an infected peraon lo others
brought in contact with him but they
can tie transmitted through a third
peraon. They can, also, aa in the caae
of scarlet fever und meuslcs, lie con
veyed in clothing aud in many other
articles such as are found in the sick
room. They are diffusible in the uir,
bul one must come within ten feet of
a pa i ii ui in order to be within range
of infection.
Tho pneumonin germs aruqtiito long
lived, How they remuiii cupuble of
doing llieir work bus never been de
leriniiied. but three years is set as the
extreme limit Pneumonia if "catch
ing" at any time during its BllUfl
coin-so, und even after recovery
Where a jrson i.iexped to the dis
eiiso and 00000 Ml infected by the
gerina of il. the llrst symptoms, ua a
rule, appeal between tho lifth und
seventh duy; bul exceptional fuses ure
iiiuny. and an infected pjreoCJ may be
taken down with the disease the sec
oud or third day ufler exposure, or he
may carry il about with blm for near
ly three weeks before it breuksout.
A iei-soii who bus once hud the dis
ease i-oluins for yeai-s u liubility tohave
otiier attacks, for the genus of il re
main with him and may be found in
his saliva. Hence, such a txirson is
not only dangerous to himself, but to
others with whom ho is brought in
Immediate oooMet It is held ilmi this
in part explains recurring epidemics
in certain families, and, also, while
tho same person freauently suffers
from severe ullucks (luring his life
time, Considering the fuel, now
clearly evident, thai pneumonia ia a
coiilugioiisdisea.se, tho proper pi-ecuu
(ions against infection, should of
course, be taken,
Il is true that this disease is not
nearly so contagious as the most of the
oilier diseases of tho sumo character,
but it ) enOUgh SO to warrant a cer
lain amount of care. A patient ill
with pneumonia need not be held so
dangerous that a rigid quarantine
iiitisl needs bo established, but llui.se
who are brought in contact with him
should uso a rciisoiiublu amount ol
Caution not "take his breath," etc
Perfect rentllttlou is alike important
to llietn and to the patient, Ilanilkcr
chiefs ami tho like should be thorough
ly disinfected, aud if a "spit cup' is
Used, it should always contain some
disinfectant to destroy tho germs iu
thu sputa. Boston Herald.
I i,, n-nve Kun.
A physician of 81. Paul related the
following littlo incident in the career
of a fellow student The appearance
of the latter was not such as to im
press the casual observer with Lheidof
that Im was an .Kscu lupins iu thu sci
elite of medicine, and when he sw ung
his title "It D." out in tho chilly
line,., it attracted littlo attention
from the sick und suffering. The man
also be. nine an uiicouscioiis bull of
some of thu more light henrled young
ladies. Several of tho bolder ones
linally ooiioocted a scheme designed
lo In tug him to irretrievable humiiia
tioll. A messenger was dispatched in
liiisle to summon the young Galon tc
set ii fractured limb. Lhuckly gather
ing tint bandage and instrument! nee
essary, the doctor followed. Arriving
at the house designated, bo was mot
with duo gravity and informed dial
his patient was in the rear vaiil,
Inile r ho waa ut ouco led. There
up. m the ground was a rooster which
had been uiifiirtiiiiutocnough to break
its leg or shall I sav limhf Amid
hardly suppressed gigles, he was in
fun i nil that here was the patient
Comprehending Iho situation iu an in
slant, tho doctor gravely and exie
dilioUlly set thu broken liienils-r of
Chanticleer, putting ii in a plaster
bandage with all (ho care usually
vouchsafed lo humanity, and for once
n fowl with a broken leg wns in luck
instead of in the soup. Tho young
ladies were greatly pleased over their
adventure, and proclaimed it among
their friends with great gusto, hut
when some days later a bill lor$0 for
for reducing a fracture was received,
tho laugh died away. In vain they
asserted that it was a joke, and lli.il
Ihcy wars onlj in fun. The pre. scrip
lion writer said ho wasn't iu fun and
(here was no ioko in il for him noth
ing but tho fee, and he proposed in
have that if he had to suo for it He
got it, and pocketed it with u little
observation on laughing tbout sun
duwi instead of iu tho forenoon. -
St I 'an I Pioneer Press.
Nil Thought Tltey Were Snakes.
One of our townsmen relates that a
friend of his, while stopping at the
seashore, caught a number of very
line eels, and thought il would be nice
if they could tie brought home It
was dilllcull to find just the best means
of (ransoi-lution, but an old oil cloth
covered hand bag was procured, and
tho eels placed iu it The man d
sd the limn, and placed the Ogrpet bug
under the seat, aud thought nothing
more of it until some time after the
train hud atartcd, when suddenly a
woman who sat about four seats in
front of him jiiiiiKtl up on tho seat,
drawing uji her skirts, aud railed
'Snakes!" I'ho man looked thai way
and saw ouo of the largest of the ecU
slowly wriggling across die car, and.
as there was hy this lime a general
commotion throughout I ho car, he
picked up tho gripsack, and, remark
lllg that lie did not care to star in a
car where the conductor allowed
snakes to run about the floor," made
bis way lo the wuoLer. und bus never
heard yet whether tho "miuko" was
caught or nol. - Walerbury American
UUIUkN -.Now tins Is outrageous.
Here's Caket ha-i h o-ged (he w idow
loin s f.'ion (or ber buslmnd's funeral."
Rrighlly - "Well, you must alway s ex
hvI a stiff bill fiom un undertuker."
Lowell CitUen.
Knmily meatman -"I understand.
Mr .smith, lhat your eldest daughter
was married yesterday Permit me lo
lender my congratulation." Smith
"Thank: if you would do (he same by
your meal, however, it would he more
gratll)lng."- Hurlington Free I'ts-s
-The eoal man h ahuiltd n r st, faj.
A he Stel up tbe MBJas I faat-ltul aj,
An. I be ,!isl ti , I smile.! ahile he ear'l,)
Ibis lar:
At e iurne) lhnub lif, let ut lire ht Hi
weigh "
Merchant Traveler.
-Mr. Tempertoo "Henry, father
role me y. l, rtlay thai he w ant. to
get a typewriter. What ! the beat
kind, do you thinkr Temperton (im
merited in toek viueation) -I like
'em alanit twenty-four with dark blue
eu." Muna Weekly.
A NEW MHS. PARTINGTON.
MHMBrrS fajMW Bawwttr IS Kt l.iff
In a Mn '""" Tiiwii.
Mrs. Thriftv. an excellent and proa
wrous "widow woinaii," who keeps a
itore in a famous and favorite Massa
ibttSStta town, has a genius in lun
?uaire which would set a new Mrs
Partington up in business. She used
locoine U. Boston with great regular
itv to make her purchases. .Now.
alio said not long ugo to a city visitor,
"there ain't much need of my goin to
Boston with so iiuuiv of these drum
mors coniin around. Aud yel I m
goin' there soon to refurnish my slock
of dittoes."
"Your slock of what, Mrs. Thrifty?
"Dittoea. All aorta of things, you
know."
"0h' 'M-" , u . .Ui.
The visitor could imagine what un
toes" were. But it was the llrst time
sho had heard them called by that
name.
"Yes," Mrs. Thrifty went on '
like to go to Boston llrst rate. W ben
I git there the first thing I do is to
take one of them 'ere hoodlums and
then drive all round town."
Ti... -lull..- ii-,,. uliiinl to faint. The
peclacle of the excellent Mrs. Thrifty
driving around isosioti wuu a nuuu
lum was too much for her comosure.
And she looked so much at a loss to
know what was meant that Mrs
Thrifty explained:
"Why, I mean one of those new
fangled one horse cab carriages. 1
want tp know if you don't know what
a h II M in is!"
"Oh, Mrs. Thriftv. yu mean a her
did"
A-a whott Well, when I was there
they called 'em hoodlums."
Useless to try to convince her; and
no doubt the next time she comes to
Boston to buy dittoes, sho will
stand in front of the Old Colony sta
tion and call for a hoodlum.
When Iter conversation with Mrs.
Thriftv had reached this isiint the
city visitor thought best tocnailge the
subject, and related her own e.pe
rienco during her last summer's vaca
tion, when she went up the Hudson
river und mado a tour through tho
Adirondacks.
"And did vou climb tho cascades!"
asked lira, Thrifty.
"i 1 oh, the cascades were very
beautiful, Mrs. Thrifty very heauti
ful."
Tin. nIHf vis-ilor felt that she bad L'ot
out of a scrape with this evasive un
swer. Hut siio uoesn I know to tins
day just what tho excellent woman
meant by "climbing the cascades."
This lady was not related lo tho one
who, after looking over tho books on
tho counter at one of the book stores
tho other day, stepped up to a clerk
and asked:
"Have you 'cometh?'"
" 'Cometh.' ma'am? I dou't know
of any biMik by that name "
"On, don't you? Well, I saw a
hook hero called 'Goethe,' and I
thought likely there was a companion
IwuiL- hi- the name of 'Cometh!'"
Boston Transcript
TreMCheroua Memories.
Wlwn n man can say, "I was thee,
and I saw it," ho ought to lie believed,
one would think, provided ho has
a reputation for speaking tho truth.
What shall wo ho suroof, if not of the
tinners wo have seou with our own
eyes?
Yet experience proves that it is pos
sible to remember what never hap
pened, and remember it, too, with the
utmost distinctness und eculiarity.
This fact bus been abundantly
brought out by tho war reminiscences
so numerously published during the
lust ten years. As one writer remarks,
every I I. and magazine urticlo is
lollowed by notes ol correction, or uy
extended article of refutation, so cou
stun tly does ouo veteran's recollection
of an event contradict another's, while
both of them, it is likely enough, ure
proved to bo WTODg by the ollicial nsj
onls.
The Into Col. Scott, who had charge
of tho war recoi-ds of the government,
relates that ono day an ollicer catuo
into tho room in a statu of greul ex
citement "Have you said tltut I was not in
the second battle of Bull Ruu?" be de
manded, "No, not exactly thut," said Scott
"Well, Bob Beott, 1 was told you
said so, and 1 came in to put daylight
through you if you stuck to it."
"Oil no," replied Scott, "1 never
said you were not in the battle. What
1 said was that you yourself, in an
ollicial rewH dated on tho day of the
battle, bad said that you were in the
Cumberland valley, a hundred miles
from Bull Run!"
OoL Scott culled a clerk, and order
ed tho report brought The ollicer
read il twice through iu silence, put
on his hut, und went away without a
word. Youth's Companion.
The Muge Carpenter.
Lloyd Breeze, who is Russell's busi
Beta uianamr, ohipped in and told a
story on their Stage manager. J. 11.
Fitzpatrivk, who is an old timer and
very conscientious. He would send
the scene plot for tho piece to no one
but the Stage carpenter oil the theatre
at which they were to lilay, always
drawing il ofT and addressing it to
that worthy. Ono day Breeze reache
a littlo California town to herald tba
show, and on his drive up to the hotel
ho pasned die ollico of the alage coach
line which ran from lhat point to
Yuba Pain or some other equally pro
fane Kiint of thecotupass. In front
of the ollico ho saw au old native
holding a paper at arms' length and
regarding it wondermgly. At a glance
lie recognised it as one of his star's
agent plots and he at once nmde in
quiricv ll appear! that the ii .uncut
INBt directed to the "stage carpenter,"
and that it had been delivered to the
man who did the carpeulcr work
for the stage company. The lat
ter thought for a time that
he had discovered a plot tc
rob the coapM y, as ho did not uuder
atiiid the Kvuliar drawings, bul
Breeze set things right by turning the
document over to the "janitor of the
"opera house," no such ollicial as
"stage earK iiter" being known there
-Ch'-"o Herald
The At,is,aehln Slrucgl.
We re a-arl. we are neann.
The Ja i , hawfn jKwy
Time . rt.ssj;
Ami we re rearlnc j are f-arlna-He
ill tell the wile ld slort
of defeat
-Bcrtm Budctt.
The si ., , ,
Berton Kuntbvr Del.... I Wher-WJo
who a the strong man
W.Mo ,he.,uigly,-V,li, I did know,
OKI I ve foyi.
Teacher Think for a moment, Wallo th
name been,, ,Ih H. '
aJdo-Oh, y; Sullivan. - Xew York
' RAVAGES 0F INSECTS.
Be tu tppir laseatlsWas " to
, hi- allfe(ory Biin-
Considerable interest has developed
latelv on the nubjeet of applying insec
ticides, and it l very opportune. The
presllng 1 1 of better undersland-
ing of met bod for BUeOSBSfolly resist
ing the ravages of our insect enemiea
crowd. iiMin us with increased vigor
aa the recurring season increase the
number and rapacity of tho foe. It
ha neen very evident (to clone ob
server at least) that a great purt of
the work done, especially jn the use of
DOiSOnOUS compounds, ha proved of ac
tual damage; that is. the insects tbeiii
wlres would not have done more harm
if loft alone than the misuse of poison
did. A treatment for Insects that may
do very well in a growing, productive
season is liable todo great harm to the
crops in an unfavorable one. To apply
poisons effectively (without doing In
jury) and cheaply, is equally of Impor
tance. After quite an extended experience
in using insecticides in nearly all
ways. I have decided that there U only
ono way iu which satisfactory results
can be reasonably expected every time,
and lhat is by spraying. Poitfmi should
be used in liquid form always, and In
applying to the foliage, to insure suc
cess, it must lie broken up into fine,
misty spray, likn fog or' steam. To ue
complish this desired result, there is
nothing yet made to excel the spraying
machine. It ia built on simple, me
chanical principles, and the amount of
the application can be guaged per
fectly. By the aid of one horse (or
team) and man. this machine operates
on four rows of potatoes at a time, de
livering a tine, misty spruy with force,
penetrating every purt of the plant and
thoroughly impregnating the foliage
with poison (but not drenching), so
thttt If the larva feed on any portion
they must get thu poison. The danger
of burning the leaves is greatly les
sened. In fact, the plant can hardly
be harmed if ordinary cure is taken. I
have sprayed eighty acres of potatoes
in three days, using OflljT $8fiO worth
of London purple, mid in thirty six to
forty-eight hours after tbe poison was
put on hardly a slug could he found
alive. The expedition nud economy
with which poisons can be applied in
this way enables the grower to use
weaker solutions often, and thus
obviates all danger from doing harm
tc the growing crops.
The Colorado bugs bade fnir to give
is the most trouble we ever exper-
lei d during the dry season of 1MH7,
vet hy two timely applications of Lon
don purple hy spraying, we succeeded
in alr.io-t totally destroying them,
without apparent damage to any part
of t'.u-crop, at a cost of less than ,rit)
cents per acre, including labor and
poisons for the two jobs. I saw a great
many lidds of potatoes that were al
most ruined that season by apply ing
poisons iu a careless manner, hotb in
liquid and powder form. When pota
toes bring 76 cents to $1 per bushel at
harvest tune, it is poor policy to ruin a
crop by being short-sighted in any way.
Wetting or drenching ihe vines with
water alone during dry. hot weather is
u dangerous experiment, and when (lie
Water is incorporated with aclivo
poisons and applied iu a huplmaird
manner, it is most sure to do harm.
The whole business of mixing and ap
plying ins, eticides should be done in a
systematic and methodical manner,
liuess work will not pay. As Prof. W.
H. A I wood hns well suid. iu bis station
report on Insects and Insecticides:
"l.iu-k of exactness iu the details often
defeat, the purpose of wor'c with insecticide-.''
Defeat is the price of
earo'ensiiess or ignorance. Cor. Ohio
r'&i'Ukur.
THE COMING FARMER.
He WUI lie il linn Compatenl to llrlug
Kurt Ii New Idea.
The coming farmer is on the way. He
is the new -school fa'iner, the one who
is cutting loose from the ancestral ways
and st, -piling far in advance of bis fcl-
OWa; he is adopting and bringing forth
new ideas, putting into practice
n'eth.xi ; which will eventually double
ami treble the productive powers of
the soil. Tho coining farmer will be a
man of thought as well as of brawn.
Specimens of him may lie occasionally
seen in the retired merchant who takes
up farming as a happy means of put
ting in bis closing years. That force
ill thought which gave him success in
mercantile life he now applies to till
ing the soil and to the various depart
ments of agriculture, and thereby
proves that thought is as profitable in
farming as in any other business. One
of the leading chat aeteristies of the
coming farmer is that he will bo n
specialist. He will devote his efforts,
his thoughts, his whole energies to ono
line of Bgrioultura us much us the mer
eban( who twenty years ago kepi a
general purpose store. The most suc
cessful farmers of the present time are
theae who are pursuing special lines,
Whether in the prndlWlaOII of dairy
products, of draft horses, rond horses,
special breeds uf shoep, cattle or hogs.
Hie coining fnriner will send foi-ever.to
tbe block the scrub sire in all classes
m'stock. nTui-fTI now it greater curse
to Wisconsin than all the m polios
Which prey iiion ihe people, Tho
inning farmer will provide his wife
all those modern appliances for doing
her WOrit, which will make her life one
of comfort and happiness, and lighten
her labor a much a tbe most modern
appliances lighlen the labors 1 the
farmer. The coming farmer wil, ma'te
the whole country smile under the
tillage of wisely-directed effort guided
uy the intelligent thought of a well
ultivaU'd mind, a thoroughly trained
miii. II. li, Qofirxt, at Wisconsin
rarraanV iusiiluUs.
i
A gentleman meeting a friend on
the street stopped hire to condole with
hiro on his emaciated appearance, and
inquired anxiously aa to the cause
"Ala!" said the friend. "I have suf
fered for years with walking in my
alwp. I hat e walked out of the door
at night, have been saved when about
lo -'en from an upper window, and am
now ao in dread of fatal results lhat I
fear to deep at a&" "An easy matter
to cure," replied tbe first genlieroan
"Take car fare to bed with vou ami
vou won i walk."-PbildelphuiI,rVr.
ivIR AND MRS. BOWSEH
tin. n. felt I Mi Hiulasnw'i Pro-
ajNSBltw ' BBfcre I'artj.
Ut Boer suddenly looked up from hi
ptuer the other evening "' a-ked;
Wuyi it that . ha' en l given a pro
peatfe euchre party tin wtaurr
Tbev have bSSa rolsd 100 much trouble,''
I rsplisd
"Well. Mr. Boei . I -Un II give a prugre-
tivo soehrs party ut wssk, Wettossdaj
evening. If you'll see BS the rsfl idllllWW
I'll hj to the ieople."
"I'll be glad to, of emirs, but"
"But whatf'
"You must prepare yourself fordlsaplnt
meats."
Oh must: How kind of you to give mo
warning! Mrs Bowser, 1 don't want to
ucm vain or egotl-iical, but I II invite thirty
tlx iwople here on that night, and for every
one lio fails to come I II give you u CM Ml
"You are kind-very kind. 1 hope the
party will he a great HBOSSB Vou can liegtn
111 ..ll'V "
When he came home neit night he had a
list of eighteen couple who had been invited
and solemnly promised (
"VoUsI too much trOObaS OBnt get leoplr
enough I" itieered Mr BoWKT. SS ho luoktsl
over the liet "It' lo die management, Mr.
Bowser-all in the management."
Kor three days he walked around on tip too
and Uwk every occasiou to brag over uie.
Then came the Hret set back. WS were at
diiuier when the telephone rung und Mr.
Bowwr was asked for.
"Hello! Bowserl"
"Ye"
"This is Filbert."
"Yea."
"1 wanted to tell you that we can't come
down to the irty."
"Y'ou can't I"
"No. My wife has just ramsmbsnd that
ihe agreed to go over to Johnson's on that
night. Berry, old fellow. jut 1 hope"
Mr. Bowser shut liiui off with u loud bang
and turned to uie and said:
"Mrs. Bowser, don't you never darkeu Fil
bert's doors again never I They lire liar
and daugerous psopia I can till their plaOSS
iu five minutes."
Before ho got out of tho house there wiis
another ring.
"Hello! Bowserl"
"Yes."
"This is Watkins.n
"Yes."
"When I told you the other day wo'd be
down Wednesday evening 1 forgot that our
Eva was to have a child's party ou the HUM
evening. That knocks us out."
"And you can't conu-l"
"Of course not. Sorry to disappoint you,
old fellow, but of course"
"Watkins is a liur, Mrs. Bowser a first
class, bold faced liar! 'exciuimed Mr. BoWMT,
"and you want to cut the whole faintly as
dead us a dm if nail!"
He went oh suying he could get two million
couples to take their places, and ho returned
at evening just us the following uoto Same by
the hands of a messenger boy :
"Mr. and Mrs. Jackson present their nun
pliments, and regret that Ihe death of au
uncle iu China will prevent them from being
present on Wednesday evening."
Mr. Bowser had begun to turn white when
the telephone rang.
"Hello! Bowser!"
"Yes."
"Say, old man, this is a world of change,
you know. When I told you w e d conic down
to that party I never thought about my sis
ter. She's to bo married thut same evening.
Tra-la, old boy, hope you'll have a good
timo."
"I told you it would be hard work to get so
many people out," 1 remarked.
"Dill you, Mrs. Bowserl Hon kind of you!
But I'll show you and these burs and de
ceivers a thiug or two before 1 get through."
There were no more decliuutt,uis until
Wednesday morniug. Then Mr. Bowser was
called up by telephone.
"That you, Bowserl"
"Yes."
"Is it to-night you have that party?'
"Yes."
"I'shaw ! I thought it was a week from to
night! Well, that knocks us out. We've got
logo to the Y. M C A. Sorry, you know,
but this is a previous eiigugeuieut. "
Mr. Bowser wus jumping up aud down
wheu there came another ring;
"Hello! Bowserl"
"Yes."
"Nice weather."
"Yes."
"All well down there!"
"Yea."
"Say, Bowser, my wife made a previous
engagement for to-uighL We've gut to go
to"
Mr. Bowser shut him off with a bang and
started for the office. During the forenoon 1
took in two more declinations, aud Wttils he
was ut dinner there was a hug uud the old
familiar hail:
"Hello! Boa,ser!"
"Yes."
"Say, Bowser!"
"Yes."
"We exjieet to be down early to-night."
"Glad of it."
"But it may be that my mother-in-law will
come in on the U:IIO train. If she does we
can't come."
Mr. Bowser seemed dazed as he hung up the
trumpet and left the house. The lust blow
came at 7 in the evening. The telephone rang
and he crawled over to answer,
"Is this Bowser 'si"
"Yea."
"Where's the old maul"
"I am Mr. Bowser."
"Oh ! so you are. Your voice seems mighty
weak to-night Say, old man, the three
couples of us iu this terrueo were coming
down to-night, but we must disappoint you at
this late moment. We have had free tickets
sent up for the opera, and of courso"
Mr. Bowser walked t tko front door,
l,vkcd it, muffled the bell and turned out the
gas. Then he sat dow D and w as very quiet
for a couple of hours. At last he looked up
and said:
"Mrs. Bowser, some husbands would iiiur
der a w ife for this:''
"But what have I done.'''
"Wuat have you done! Coaxed, bribed
and bulldosed me into giving a progrewive
euchre purty, aud where' the party ' I toil
yon how it would come out, aud" here
are! Mrs. Bowser, 11"
But he was too full for further utterance
and went to bed. Detroit Pra Prea.
--Philip Arutuiu, uie tvUioago meat
king, ascrilies much of hJl success to
good memory. He is said to curry tbe
details of his enormous business in his
' head, can remember dates as well as
transaction, and never forgets a
man's face or name. The gift is nat
ural but baa been gedulously culti
vated. John VVnnnmnker's country place
at Jenkin town is .aid to absorb his at
tenthm as completely when out uf town
as business does at the store in Phil
adelphia. He is a liberal entertainer,
and his hail-fellow freedom and jollity
are contagious. He has a splendid
collection of roses and orchid, and his
rhododendrons are famous in tbe
neighborhood.
Mrs Stanley Brown, formerly Miss
Molliearfleld. daughter of the dead
President, is described as a singularly
' beautiiul woman, with a slender but
, almost faultless form. The impreesive
. effect of her beauty 1 said to be height
I ened by "undisguisnble suggestions of
sadneea," which hare lingered about
her eyes and mouth ever inee the dark
dayof'81. when he lost the father
she id ..- ,:.
rlaarmg hi tbi-.t. "I .Vl, TTVVk,
imskion lo nv m i,u. . "SBjIat.
t -r
JUUf ,1. j
" Which one, Juliu.r inquirej u. ,
Mi. Maria. ir " Ktb
Tbe father looked fixedly tt ,b,
"H bal ara your prixpect, . 713
hound. " Ok
"To tell you the tnitb. .Ir," ,..,.. ,
ynuiigSpringhvIe, "I hav.nopr,,,,,!
men tioiiing I am in "''"lerateciretml"'1'1
ami have no reource except a n.??
my Iliad BBSS, K'l health, aniWteBalv lo
"Jul so. Julni," BjeaBd the flUWr V '
income, I ilaie say, i" ' '"u
"About Sl.'JIllla rear."
"And on this, my young rMl(i
exieet to upKirt Mrsslf aud a yuu.
man who hu lived in a home ller'
never been used to anything like priruiL.
oven judicious econoinvi"
"It doea aeem prwiumptuoin tor ina atavi
of It." faltered the youth, "utlasl mSH,
not meet with your approval I Wu
more about it and aak y our pardon for-'
"Stay, Julius," exclaimed Mr K,i,
mmewhat hastily "I oidy asked flC
questions as a matter of form. If yr,,
Maria, my ly, you can have her!" AnlHl
shook the young man warmly by tU9 C
Mr. Kajoniw, it may lie p-op T.
eight uninurried daughters bi-idea Maria
Chicago Tribune.
They Never Would See It There,
Author Jane, 1 promised Profenoi- si
cum I would spsak favorably of hU"Tr
tise ou Philosophy" in this book of mi,,, 2
I've got to do it, I suppose, but I bate KJ!
tho public think I indorse lus work. Iflcimij
only smuggle In a favorable uioutio,, 0f it I
some way that would escape the attootiou ,.
tho reader
Author' Wife That's easily dune. Pnt it
hi the preface. Chicago Tribune.
An Kgg Story.
THE EG08 AHBIVI HOME SAKELT.
-Chicago Herald
Didn't like Their Cuiuiaii).
Little Johnny was paving his first vmi
I a Friends' church. He noon became II
! gusted with tho quaint old huts aud bouo?t.
and tho "thees" and "thys" of the prwu brr
I und wus just about to leave when the prescia
exclaimed:
"I want all those who wish to enjoy th
eternal life of tho beautiful home above V
rise to their feet."
Tho congregation rose in a Isxly, 1ml
Johnny remained seatod. Tho preacher un
ticed tho little sinner and exclaimed: "Watt,
my son, doesn't thee wish to go to heau-nf
"No, siroo," Mid Johnny, with irnptaaS
"not if this crowd aies." Philadelphia lV
A Candid Criticism.
"Miss Doddleton," said a youug man, ' JU
you road tho poem that I sent your"
"Yes," replied tho youug lady, rather km
guidly.
"How did you like it "
"1 hod only ono fault to find with it."
"What wustbatf"
"It was a little bit too long there wen
just about two verses too many."
Aud the youth sat down in the corner sod
sadly remembered that there were only t
rente to tho composition. Merchant Tinv
eler.
Supply and Demand.
MLss Highup-Mario, has The Higbtona)
Monthly come yet I
Marie Yes, mum.
"What's in itf
"War artioleian' travels in foreign awn
tries, an' aatronomy er arithmetic, ersome
thuiK 1 can't make out."
"Oh, dear! Put it on the library ttbk
where folks can see it, and then 1 wish yoJ
go around to tho newstand and get uie acopv
of The Iaivo Story Weekly. Be sure ani;
it's for yourself." Philadelphia Record.
'"Notes aid Queries" tells thai
cards, which were invented at the clone
of the fourteenth century, were orig
inally very different from those in u
at present. In shape they were square,
and instead of suits of spades, duo,
heart! and diamonds, their BBW
were rabbits, pinks, roses and floweri
of columbine. The figured cards wef
very prettily devised, a queen riding
on horseback with a rabbit beside kit
marked the queen of rabbits or
clubs. A rustic-looking man. gro
tesquely dressed and standing in
Strange attitude, with a pink I'
hira, s guided the knave of pinks r
diamonds.
At u bearing before the Committee
of Kd iicitt ion of the Michigan leaf
tureon the subject of the effect oft
bnceo on youths, it was stated that
reply to circulars two hundred dia'tor
had each cited one or more cases I
boys being dwarfed, made last
killed or rendered incapable of spas
The professors of Michigan University
testified that otherwise bright student
were made dull and stupid by the "
of the cigarette, and that la n,"-t
case the power of hearing had bert
seriou-ly affeed-d They also
lhat in nine cases out of ten the reg
ular use of cigarettes by bo) ouW
reaiilt iu the loss of will power.
The examwvou an jut over at the
Un Tailoring academy. Last year m W
dents from ail over the world attended m
institution. Two came from Braid,
from Cape Town and one from Japan.
Otto Hegner, aged 11. is now tbe
musical prodigy. Ha plays List' "25
dous paraphnue of Wagner s 8puMtTw
with the power and the technical prttc
thown by only the greatest of adult ru
and be "displays a thinking power sr1
cad feeling of which it might be unagu1
umpalure brauj wtincBlxhaB
HH. MAN Or-LAKK V1KW BUVSA CASK ortogf