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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1891)
EUGENE CITY GUARD, L J CAM rVKLU ITeprleier. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. U IUN HIM. A DIPLOMAT'8 DINNER. A TMu end Cbmp Banquet Where Every body Wee Kitraiuoly Well Pleaded. Some yean ago an accomplished diplo mats at Washington, tlie representative of a power not of the flint importance, expressed hi regret to a friend that he could not give dinner "because,' he aid, ''my government is poor, and I cannot afford it. " The conversation oc curred at the profuse and splendid table of a rich and courteous host, whose feasts wers of great fame, and whose invita tions were credential of admission to the beat society. A young diplomatic com rade, who ant by huird the remark, and smiled as he said: "My government is poorer than yours, and I am but lately arrived. Cut what U diplomacy without dinners? and I am going to give one. It will not be like this, hut the splendor Is not an essential purt of the feast, I shall give a plain and cheap dinner, to which 1 invite you both." His manner was gay, and Ids in vita tion was gavlv and gladly accepted be cause ho wits' one ot the delightful nv-a In Washington, lliscolleague, however, who had sicken lirst, hhriigged bis shoulders, and suiil that, foi his part, lie couldn't do it; he couldn't twk people to come to hie hoiu and wit a poor dinner. 'Not so fast,'1 replied his friend; "I didn't say a poor dinner, but a plain and cheap dinner. I hope it will be good, nevertheless, although there limy bo no baked carp or stewed nightingales tongues. But come and see." The young minister of the small ana poor kingdom was one of the most ac complished men in Washington llo was known to have corrected a justice of the supreme court in regard to a decision of , a United States court in a western state, and to have made the correction In Eng lish, which was a foreign tongue to him, but in English so exquisitely chosen end urbanely expressed that the justice was probably unconscious of th mortification of the correction. The young minister bad no foolish, fond reserves. "My gov ernment is poor. I am poor, we are all poor in my country," ho said, 'and I and my secretary work like day laborers bere in Washington to acquire and to re port necessary information, to my gov ernment." Hut nobody was more sought; there was nolmdy whose coming more surely brought pleasure to any circle than that of the young minister. The day of tho dinner cume, and a plainer aud plcasunter dinner was never ' known in Washington. Every guest, from the secretary of staU) and the Eng lish envoy to all their neighbors at table, gave every week, indeed, repasts much more magnificent. Hut tho simple din ner, admirably cooked and served, with out display of table service, without the carp and nightingales' tongues, but with the enlivening and inspiring churm of the ho"t and tho welcome variety of plainness, after th luxurious extrava gance and ostentation of the usual din nor, was so fresh and delightful that the satisfaction aud pleasure wore universal, and the skeptical colleugue who had thought great cost essential to a success ful dinner owned himself converted, and the next month ventured upon a similar feast, and with the same success. George William Curtis In Harper's Maga oe. L!1 Ih a Thousand rounds. To lift 1,000 pounds on the health lift Is no very rvmurkublo foat for a person of average strength, giving sulllcient time didly for a few months to practice. Mr. Blaikie learned in this way. at the 8g of 17. to lift 1.000 pounds after only six muiitlis' practice. Those who prefer to lift an actuully measured weight will find it necessary to adopt some such plan was emnloved bv Tonliani. preparing a framework to bear the weight and standing In its midst, so as to lift the weight by means of symmetrically at tached straw. For the body cunnot, wheu at all aslant, boar such a weight as 1,000 pounds. . Whether such exercise is good for the body as a whole dopr-nds a good dual on the opportunities which a man has for correcting an abnormal development of the lifting muscles by means f other ex ercises, Increasing the development of other muscles and giving activity as well as strength to the frame. Richard A. I'roctor. ' Georgian and Ctreasalan. The Georgian lias a beauty quite differ ; ent from that of the Circassian. The Clr- cassisn is dazzling, queen like and stately, She has a fair skin, lho is elegant in form. Bho U kindly and gontlo in voioe, "mt lazy In movement and without spirit. lne of her own sex has snid : "There is ; soul in a Circassian beauty; and as pillows her pure, palo check upon her ill dimpled hand, you feel no inclina litto arouse her into exertion; you are cunted to look upon her and to con jee her loveliiuWN ThoUoorgian ""kSturewith eves like meteors and t1" oat as dazzling as her eyes. Her ,U0U'n'S not wear the iwect and un STfnlo of her less vivacious rival uuiw.e,w(i e3jir,wion that sits upon finely ar , accords so well with her ttatolrnl anJ lo(ty htavr t,mt vou do not sa to cimg0 fa character. Y- Oflgf, f, , . nilndnMS. That lie orih i,i:,i,. In tlie Jrain, nllt ln ,lie CTe hag bron iUgK.ted by 'Vto. R.miHay. While engifed lu teachy m ,me ye, ago, the pnrv, of a .hooI aeu in vesting ev caw o( the 0 dependent on the.iu 0p t)l0 pupil dli remedy was the rc Tllig seamed a tyrannical a-i unwarranted ; treatment, but the mulwas favorable , to his theory. Is it jwemL, timt thor ' ugh exammntfon will ultiialt,T demon strate that the knit lies vw u. i tlie shiftless metjiods of observation wmcn nave crown ud und n, u classical system of caseation, end which have to a large extent Voouw hereditary? The Conrvollonvrr "1 ladla. All kinds of India swevtunuts mmul. of brown sugar, many of thyn molded into various shapes of birds irvl bistii. Tubes also are made, filkxJ wuV honey, and twisted Into various formsV Thn tlxers are bulls of sugar and clarillM but ter. Tbeas confectioneries are soft aM melt in the mouth. Those made brta higher casts differ from those madsW the lower, so absolut are tbs laws casts. Wide Awsks. B; ELIZABETH BELLAMY, ("EAMBA THORPE,") Author of "Four Oaki," "LUtU Joan- na," Eto. wci3 srrnKiit wltb the B.lford' Oompuj. k"Andrmy house at a standsllll.Tieaven knows how longP fretted Mrs. Thorne. "And it is going to be so unpleasant here after this." "We might go up to Tallahassee and board," Flora suggested. "Bourd! Nobody who is anybody ever boards, Flora. I am surprised at you. We way as well pack our trunks and go fr th rent of the summer. The ...i..r.i ...nn't consult me. of course. He m oim.iisa Furnivul at daybreak to- It will be a mercy if he j..n't tlie man s brains out. Hut there was not so much danger of f i.i. Mr. Thome fancied. The colonel held that Furnival was to blame, more or less, but he had no intention of soiling his hands with tho blood of one so much beneath him. Ho did not consult Mrs. Thome; to what purpose should ho do so, having fully riiadu up his mind? If there should be a suit for breach of con tract, of course ho himself would defray expenses; but he did not wish any dis cussion of the subject; ho was accus tomed to give orders and to be obeyed, and Furnival must go. The colonel rode away In the early Hnun fin Impetuously as Nicholus had ridden away in the rainy night, l'hesun was just rising, and work had barely liegun, when he entered the gate at Mrs. Thome's place. Furnival was smoking his pipe under ,l,o ...n.rnoliu tree ill front of the house. The news concerning Nicholas had not yet traveled beyond inome inn, uui Furnival knew, as soon as he caught sight of the colonel's black frown, that the secret was out. lie extinguished his pipo forthwith, and prepared for talk," being a wordy man. "Mornln', colonel," he said ingratia tingly; he didn t intend to nave a -row, if It could be ielieu. "Collect your tools, said lne coionei, with a vigorous sweep of Iub right arm, "and vacate these premises, instanter." "We II," said Furnival, with deliber ate utterance, una loosing m straight in the eyes, "them is pretty short orders to come from anybody hut the owner of this place, my cawuirao is with yo' brother Leonard's widow, 'cordiu' toe my understandiu'." "I want no words with you, sir," said the colonel. "Your place is to obey nnlpr." "It hanoens to most of us," said the carpenter, coolly, "to git what we don't want; an' so fur as words air eoucerued, r v h cood a riuht to speech as any other son of Adam. I moughtask what ails the job? But I know very well, colonel, it's ull because vo' son Nick has made aaurn f.vl nf himself, an' this ain't the fust time I've said it." "Nobody asked your opinion, sir," said the colonel, who had not been able, ,,r cntliM-iii!? raire. to interrupt. "Will you leave jieiujeably?" "Not till I've had my say, by thunder!' retorted Furnival. putting his bauds in his Dockets and planting himself dog iredlv. iust within reach of the colonel's ruling whip. "I've got some of the feelin's of a payrent myself, though they don't take the" same track in me as it "pears they do In you. My girl Dosia is a good girl, und as pretty as aire Thorne ever 1 sot eyes on; an' so fur forth as tlii nruceedin' is a insult to her, I'll re sent it unto blood." "You've been drinking, slif ' said ths colonel, la u great rage. "No, Bir." returned Furnival, paren theticallv: "I'm a son of temperance- to please Dosia. She'll make Nick Thorne ix better wife than ho deserves." The colonel urged his horse a step , ,. i ii: l. nearer; but mrnivai uiu not uiuuu, neither did ho hesitate In his deliberate drawl. llows'ever.as I war a-sayin , ho con- tlnued, "so fur forth us this proceedm Is a holding of me to account, I'm free to justify myself; an' I toll you. right now an' right "hero, I ain't no bettor pleased with the match than you ho. "Will you go?" cried the colonel, furi ously. "I'll go when I've had my say, an' not a minute sooner. I told you. a while ago, that Nick had made a blamed fool of himself, hut for that matter, I'm free to declare, Dosia Is a blameder fool than him; hows'ever, she's my daughter, an' therefor he's my sou!" jackauapesl ln the corner of Ihe field, on the edge of Eden, his horse flecked with foam, him ,elf drenched with the storm. A bird was singing In the bloom 113 elder bush that grew near one or windows; it was Dosla's window that looked toward Leon county. Th.re were no blinds, and presently the white curtains were drawn aside and Dosia ap peared; the small, square, high set vi in dow framed her like an old fashioned Dortrait. Well migu we' . . . . I ..! I, MMt (IT a ...if.hinr, ih'iulti " -- and Do- You Insolent, prating ... . 1 tl .1 1 l.llit.l u llli fil.rs Uti I ? , .... ..... ..: :.... 1..... i.. , Trifc. no nonsense here. "'"" T ' .TM .L7.rrr "l tell you Dosia Furnival, catching the whip iu his mus cular hands, "I'll bounce you plumouten yo' saddle. You got no cause to com plain ef I take what you fling away; an' so, good inornin' to you." As Furnival let go the whip the col onel's horse reared and plunged, throw ing his rider into the dust; but the car penter walked away, too angry to offer assistance. "Peter," he said, to an old negro who was mixing mortar on the other side of the house, "go pick tip Col. Thorne, whar j his hawse throw eU him, out yonuer. Thus Col. Thorne hud had his way; n.t. in suite of it. he foil beaten, and he rode homeward, moody and bitter, with a dejected head. r. . .. .1 ln.nntv! It was of a ui ... "' " n - - , trw that needed no adorning .ia, as she stood in the window, was none the less an exquisite picture that her black dress was so severely simple. Iler luxuriant dark hair ciush-tcu ... - rings over her lew. fair forehead and around her shoulders, a graceful riot of curls. There was a smile, wistful and tender, on her perfect mouth, and a far Bway look in her splendid eyes, that ig nored the near surroundings and pierced the distance wltb the soul's vision. Out of sight, behind the screen of dripping elder bushes. Nicholas beheld this benediction in his young wife s eyes and tears blinded him. "Ah. dear and beautiful and good!" he sign. ' do they dream what an angel they scorn in you! If they omy they will not! And so farewell to them; henceforth I have only Dosia, dearest and best! And to what a late iui . compelled you, unworthy that 1 am! Like the unjust siewaru, 1 to beg I am ashamed.' But happiness yet is mine, and I can neither repine nor f rw,i.i ahut the window, and Nicholas, dashing away his tears, rode around the corner or tne ueiu w n house. Now. how Bhall I ask for her, at this hour of the morning?" he pondered, not without a certain sense of amusement. "Her excellent cousin, Roxanna the Ki 'id, knows nothing of our marriage. The old Methodist minister who per formed the ceremony is somewhere 111 Georgia; her mother is dead; her lamer is away and he II be invueu, wuuiii uu- other hour, to knock oil wora at ray aunt's, I'll bet my life!" Dosia's cousin, or, to be more exact, n tl.,.:.. her mother s cousin, Koxanna ..nuo. was 0110 of those women providentially left, for the convenience of others, with out settled habitation, rortunalely she had no objection to "living around; she liked change. She had nursed Dosia's mother in her last illness, and she re mained with Dosia now. in her loneli- .iPKfi. not unwillingly, for she was far seeing, and the day might come wheu Job Furnival would be seeking consola tion; she ate 110 idle bread, and Job uiiirht vet learn her valua ltoxtuina, according 10 ner wont, . . .. !. ...l I, ,.;.. up betimes mis nioiuni),, u"u .'. browbeaten the hired negress who did the cooking, she bounced out of the front door, broom in hand, to sweep me ironi iwjreh, just as Nicholas Thorne came up the steps. A tall, strong, gajiut woman was kox . . 1 1. 1 anna, In whom naru worn mm 111 fare had left scarce a trace of the buxom beauty that had distinguished her youth. In her dress, narrow ami snort, mere was no effort at adornment. "Them us likes may put in their eight or nine breadths," Miss Roxanna was accus tomed to say; "but four is plenty fur iinv mortal woman, an' mo' convenient to pocket an' backbone." No ruffles, no tucks, no manner of superfluities for her. Her only vanity was her hair, which still retained its color and its gloss. She had tied a towel over her head to protect it Irom the dust; but truly the dust might hardly reach her head, so high it was above her broom. Now, Miss Roxanna White had never approved of the admirution Nicholus evinced for Dosia. She was decidedly of the opinion that it would never do to have this young sprig of quality hanging around a girl whose mother was dead, and whoso father was away. She would have liked to sweep Col. Thorne s son off tho porch, with the two or three leaves she espied upon the floor; but us she could not do this, she towered in the doorway, aud held her broom crosswise, as she exclaimed, forbiddingly: "Land alive! Nick Thorne! What brung you here this timeo' day, befo' even the cows is milked?" And to herself bIib thought, "I've writ that aunt o' his'n a warniu'; why ain't she tltten to keep him home?" Nicholas laughed; the fuu of the situ ation was irresistible; it made him, for tho moment, oblivious of its tragic as pect. "I've come for my wife," he said, and turned suddenly sober und scarlet with the humiliating reflection that he was seeking shelter, not offering it. "Land o' Goshen!" excluimed Miss White, irately. "Why ain't ye mo' re spect fur yo' s'periors iu ago and wisdom, bov? I'm s'nrised at ye; an' I dunno why I should lie, neither. 1 don want Uitout! is my wife, said Nicholas gravely. "We were married by old Mr. Drummond, in her mother's presence two duys before Mrs. Furnivul died." Miss White's sallow face underwent a variety of contortions; she nearly swal lowed the little bit of athea stick with which she had been taking her morning "dip," and which she habitually carried in her mouth; the broom clattered from her griisp, as her hands hung down, helplessly. She understood now why she had been sent to visit a relation six miles distant, just two days before Mrs. TilU PASSOVER KITES. OPEN FOR jrwiSH D00R9 LEFT THE EXPECTED MESSIAH. Bunting th. IUm.....U of llr.4-Th. Making ot CnlB.nl Br.l-B.llslou. S-rvlors, Wt sl Csremonle-''"""0 K', Itbe.von.ng,two.gh Mw them there, and she immeuv slummed the front door. , "You've been in the rain," said Dosha, accustomed all her life to w"1 How wet your clothes are! You roust have ridden all night." I did," Nicholas answered, with a dark frown; then, with a burst of bitter laughter: "Have you any clothes IW I don't know that 1 have any, unless 1 ve left a few scattering about Sunrise plan tation that I may lay claim to. Your father has?"-Dosia faltered. "My father has"-responded boii. Indicating with a wave of his hand that words would not express the sentence passed upon him. - .i oi....no,l chiicrinir IJosia sat silent uuu c, - to his arm; for herself it did uot matter; but for Nicholas-it seemeu ni wi ruent more than she could bear "My wholo fortune," said Nicholas, with covert bitterness, "consists in my horse and my watch; we'll sell thene. Dosia, and defy the world." n "I hare done you a great wrong, she whinnered. fmm -You've done yourself a great ms. 0.1 aro ...., of the it may I. dear heart." said Mcho a,r4A-when. about nut at least we have each other. Oh ' ,hlittie package is put in the firs Dosia! Dosia! my wilei . l,"7.""Y' BIld turned. inn inn, -I , ... imB W,en tnose remimui- y. 4. ...... .... .i..,.i, ih THE C03T Of t Wu.t.Crr........ Mw.I.m.d ..atUthegenendotllnm of fuoso who come herof" I askoa iu b,d me. evcryt!..ngv. the right T.C.Z ' at: some to get lean; some oug LlLi.ira that cruee of carriage so Th Sf on Pavement or carpet; some to show off in the park later on. wost 01 ... necessary. . .mug,. Wbv. it is nor, sum a.. ' . .. ...... .....,r .i.rnu" A LOUISIANA CELEBRATING THE UST 01 OF CANE, Tlgnrous Work at Envied Mmi Hanner. cinning of j-uMOver ww, ... -"""Z JevrUh families, certain preiiraiory ...i,.. Tim futher. as bead KThlstroftuoroagtlP b domicile, seeking for remnants of iLvened bread, first lnTokluBlBP bi. ta.lc.and then preserving a lemn .acnee until the conclusion of bis search. Care ' tZ that there shall be some scraps le" for L m to find, and that he shall know where U Ktottam. but the form of suarchjscare fully preserved, aud bis wife makes wry tLt no other fngmente are left bo Hum intended to bo -'i-uud. which are always those 1"W""T. Mliure(l In a spoon. the I'HBSover ot w ':'.r, o easily wrapped in a clean bit of "n "t in long I'rocuwluu of u,lp. 7 Negro Orutiiry SiijiK.r. A tlmelionoredcustouiatnn... . on a su,'ar plantation Is tuei.S tho tlay wheu the last loml .j t ..,.,!.l f.n.. l,o (I..1.I.. . . .. W ttluu rnn llosla. my H.i nolKxly like you. You had faith in me. and you saved me. Compared with you. what are they all? Henceforth I live o.dy for you. Missy, Missy alone - he fal tered. "Poor little sister ana , ""in an v of the tiling, that may not cast ids off! Uow she cried 10 uie, uuB. WB during that season. darkness, to take ner hi. . -. - - " iremcnU ot the truly orthodox I seemed to hear her every with reference to the preparation 01 vn. 1 r, v from home, aim ,vprv r Eid. A commiiww w f- vened bnad are burned, TO u wlado of the succeeding seven day. no other brcail is eaten than the matsos, or thin flakes ot dry baked, crisp, unleavenea uoub... - . L.ister! she has not the orthodox Jew is not supieu w otfl Uow sheened to me, tnrougi the rainv darkness, to lake mi liauled from the fields to tlisnJLk There are few planters whoolii.JT fo:ival, and there are not V t! l.nM .Illt.V thnt vou know. Ail, no, .iwi - noiiited rrom em-u w"'"" : at me with your heavenly ej es, say you m The grinding i..u ..v win believe 111 me And Do-da looked at him. She did not speak, but she smiled through her tears; und then she drew away from him and rose. . "You ore going to pray over tho situ ation,' Dosia, you know you are; my beautiful saiul!" cried Nicholas, with a smile of reverent admiration. "I am going to find ou some of my father's clothes," said Dosia. "Good wife! You are better than any iimi" Nicholas declared; and he I !. .-1.1.. f.l,tl of it into Hour must no uum - has U-en thoroughly cleansed from every Mntaminating speck of other Hour, and when this work is completed the product to c nvf ully Uirreled and seuled to be kept until required. In the preparation of them zvos -alsjut which there is a peculiar sacreduess -the gi-lnding of the grain into flour is f re n ientlydoneinahnndmill that is kept for that purpose and no other. For' every stop in its Ingres, from the field to the baking even tlie Hour is sanctified to its uses by pre .,.riii nravers uttered over it. The baking should properly be done by each congrega- lauched. He was very happy, in spue tion iu ju own bakery, me quaum. of the "situation." quired for each family having been 1 ascer- Miss White had finished sweeping and tallied in advance. Iu practice in 1 thtocoun. left 1 ix,r,h. She had no grace of .try. however, the matt. are. ... io.iu.ii.riM owned and controiieu vr t.. x.rntiiilouslv observe in their reuuirement of their law, a.id this is looked upon as sufllLlent. In the .nkiii!r of the Hough, the nour is siiuh'J' manner, lul ene was uy uu m void of grace of heart. That this mar riage was a wretched business, a miser- . 1.1 . 1.1 1... ..... n.. ...!iiiii, fir ivnllM amv uu ,,uur "r r z :r;:7o.,h ..w to therequirsdcon. not melt out 01 tier; neerim ir.-, ".', , lf i. f nnv kind or . 1. .1 ... .1.. .. ...c,u V.iniiri.l liswnev, without salt, leaven ot any Kiua, or una no u.o o. ! Bv other foreign substance, is rolled very when the tune should come, aim sue was --v . . . , entirely willing to spend herself in help- 0u tho mxt evMing after religious scr im? to take care of tlie foolish young I Ai-kiirtlu Slip liu Rllllllllt(kll the d(Xr. tlOt art-ml. WlJ'll family retires to its ' " H1VUIU . . . , . 1.. .....fi, I,,,, mih.lv hv wav of L'ivinir anil there soleiunlr celebrates the com- them to 'understand that she meant to numorative feast with which 1 the festival be leave them untranimeled enjoyment of gins. Upon the family toble is sot a great tlfeir Fool's 1'aradise: and she now con- plate-of sHver, if ,lo-vered whs . ., , . , 1 ., c ..uu uankiu, on wnien ui o uuu mun, siderately avoided returning to the house J van imp. of to put away her broom, but went round lrcn(J BIMirt for this esiecial use.ar' to to the kitchen to get Nicholas a cup of thig enj ua,.tit.ularly consecrated by the colfee. 1 rabbi's prayers. Uikiii another plate appc irs "He's next do' to a fool, I deem. tlio shank bone of a shoulder ol lamb and an grumbled she: "but that aiu't no reason egg, both roasted upon coals; in a third why he should perish unto my bans; 'n plate some lettuce and celery, or Phervd if he don't git so.uethin' hot inside luni. parsiey, some u....u ---" ' , r, . ., . : 1 -ii cuo contanimg salt water or vinegar; a after thai ride all night iu the rain, ho I p c that StolO 111 his ' , m. nnat.M4h nomnn nrent. B1UM VI 1 " . . i. 1 111 aX. but to pay tuition toBSnP on . horse, shop girls and newsboy, might ride; but, for a horse, 10 for a riding bah It , Ufr a saddle, t for top boots and $3 for 1 wUp, Then one who has one wit 'J on. to practice in, one to show off u Be sides, there are road ; $J; leaping lesson. W; board for horse, tJU U mouth; extra practice hours reimir. to saddle- (Jh, yes, one can do without some . . .h must discount that danzorof sec Went, moruucunou - . . : ...... At. the east estimate, iort at vwi 1 j fVJOtotake a ride in iui.-." like decent shai A lady's fonPltVu'tJ pants and all, cost in the neighborhood of 150; boots, VM or f. iitt "Oh, certainly. No riding suit is complete .ui..,t ...... 1 a Rwi that teacuer that young lady In the green habit to mount. Bee him delicately raise the bottom of the skirt, just about a. a she 1 rn A tin II nT klKHH. OOT M" Ol oncei twice. Well, that is pulling down her pants, which feat she could not very easily ..,L. ,. i,anir This earmeiit is made 5 -i.,th tli uiine as the suit, aud when seen without the skirt looks precisely n dress trousers. A dressmaker at home usu ally makes these garments. For the rest ...iinn. knen the measurements, and all a lady has to do is to seud in her order to secure a perfect 111 on siiorv uw.o im., nf in irreutest luisaucra nnu we have to contend is the corset. I say em phatically and absolutely, no woman can I..--.. ri.ia nrniierlv with a corset on. bhe caunot obey instructions. Besides the dis comfort of it, she Is in constant danger through lack of control over uer nurse, duo -,..., iw. oinlntlv fine fron constriction on every portion of her body, and be able to breathe, beud and throw her arm over the head with facility, if sue wouiu euru w oiHi irrnm and safetV. "Same way with gloves. See the difference ln the management of those two liues over .i,o n,m with a ticht flttine buckskin, the niw'n UrirB. soft chamois. Aud the differ- la m,. manifest still to the wearer, Many wear thick webbed jersey combination suits under the habit; some flannels; some both. Many here are riding without corsets. New York Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat u object assist personally Iu lu oml account ot one of these celkhi..i ... ..1 u. ..!.!. ..I , --UUM UV UU UIUIW3W 1IULI11UL JllCtUre Of il there is little variety about tl.. '"' It is a clear, suimv. iM.i the hauls work vlirorimslv m n..7''"i of cane. Cane knives glitter U be laid up nsin with lung. If 'taint his lung, leastwise twaa uJ another, that stands . untouched miirhtv close. Hit would lie s mercy o' , ti.Pnm,hoiit the ceremonial, as a symbol of the Lawd, an' a jedgement, if he was to tUowolcome ever ready for the long hoped drap olf suddent, an' spite the colonel to fW Messiah. Each person present is re- 1 conversion; but tain 1 nono o my oui- quo uu w b--- . --- tiilmrrv his end bv coin becinst Uunug toe progress ui u. u "" ness fii hurry his 1 n i ov to.n otfe housou0ld, f rom iupatri- tuy hsh s to neglect h ... to the Uumblust So Miss lute uiiule Nicholas drink iUotber at tuis rassover f,ast, for all are the coffee scalding hot, and then she de- e(,ual0 More t(je Uod to wnom they offer parted to spread the news, that being tlie tll'eir thuuksgivings for his inlliiite mercies sole satisfaction she could derive from to race; UH ai-e children of those who the event. wore by him brought out of bondage. Two hours later she returned in better And the things thus displayed on the table 1 . ..I,....:.. " -1... ..m ,.l.n,..fnlW hava their embleniutio siKuiflcauce. The IIUIL. UKmiU, oi.w o,.an, v..v ... . - - . ... t . It norse rauisu ttuu . i v. recall the bitter servitude in agypi; me uu- "I'm a-goin' to stir up a poun cake. don't seem proper, nur'cordin' to nature, not to have somethin' to give a feature to matrimony." CHAPTER XII. COMPLIMENTS PASS. A jnteiiiL leavened bread, the hasty preparation for flight to freedom iu the desert; and other inuauings attach to each of the other articles, as, for instance, the apple sauce, of the con sistency of mortar, which is a reminder of the clay from which the agypuau iass masters compelled their ancestors to make bricks without Btraw. The head of the family takes his place upon a chair, on wmcn a p.uow uas oeeu luiu, to distiiuruish it as a sort of throne. He is the l atriarch, tlie master, the teacher. Arouud the board before him gathor his family and deiieudonts, all attired as if ready to set forth ujioii a journey. He and they do not assume the easy attitudes common at the social board, but sit erect as it alert and ex pectant, llo offers up a prayer. Breaking across the middle one of the three mizvos, he lays aside half of it to be kept uutil the next Aref-Pesaeh, when it will be burned. To each person seated at the board he gives a fragment of that mizvo and of one of the others, also a small portion of the herbs which are to bo dipped into the salt water or vinegar and eaten. Then all take hold of tho seder plate, upon which the mizvos have been exposed, aud together thoy sustain it above the table while he utters another prayer. It is then replaced upon the board The Country Lout of Cuba. Tho trnniiro. uronerlv speaking, is the Cu ban country lout; the same follow you have seen louugiug about remote country cross roads stores in our own land; the follow who la hiimnnd and callow, scraggy of hair, with spreading legs, swinging jaws, sileut tongue and sodden eyes the being here not so bright no ihA .inirro of the tonics, nor so sunny, nor even so little aspiring. He is a sort of spirit- li-a animal, never exactly harmful, never wholly helpful, always contented with a rag eed sombrero of any sort of stuff, a pair of leather broecnesj a nuuy suu i. num these, any vile cigarette, like our own noble American youth, a cockade, and a machete, or any othor villainous knife, though a tap from a riding whip would drive him into a paralysis of fear. .. . ...... X. I.. 1 1 It- Aa. tle is not vicious, muugu uu peratelv. He does some lubor. lie does mat . . . t T..i I l ll I.. not wholly unaer protest, out uo u, all, only another one in summing up popula tion. If he be married he lives in a palm thatched but anywbore. His wife, wnose evade of intelligence is even beneath his own, - ... . . ii.. .pi... is proliuc of children anu expeuieiiia. mau is, she will give her husband from a dozen to a score of healthy young guajiros, and kuows how to boil roots and mend the thatches of their cabin. These duties are about all their condition imposes. Over there against the mountain, where I have been for a tew aays, are a number of these guajiros' homes. I counted ninety-three children iu seven fami lies. Of these over one-half were ualsed. Edgar L. Wakeniun's Cut Letter. of which she could hardly stagger. 'I've brought you your pass, (j.lbert. CHAPTER XI. MISS ROXANNA MAKKS IT UER HIND. tmmh WW , Tlie test of the twelve-inch tSfihVi-. proved that a shell from the .UwtsffUuAs'trS'ni eoald penetrate the deck am ikufM tvrtiia. war vessel afloat at a distaiice'oF mxii f tnlles. The Teloelt ol the nroiy1"! '0.tiMis raiu ci fired a as 375 feet s seoond. iuue to that sorrv olas I 1 httk n..,l na tt flisa vniiltcrnr TT.tm.lMrfl nf tllA Ana ume VnV ami ,w,jy auwn u.r,. , , f . . Dre8Cribed 11 wus .hiss civiras wish unit uiiovm questions as to why they are so as- should depart on his mission without the ambled with the objects before them know ledge of the rest of the world at that so meagerly furnish forth the family Thorne ilill: therefore she herself took table. Iu response, tiie patriarchal head him his "pass'' in the dark of the even- of the family tolls the grand old story of Is lug. stealing out of the house with a reel's slavery and redemption therefrom by heavy covered basket, under the weight XZCZZ? tho Red sea, and humbled the pride of their ........I fi.n.v.u. iru A. Iia rttpitafl tllft tATl Furnivul died. "Wha what?' she 8he panted; "and some provisions. You rilaeuos sent uiion the Egyptians, at the gasped. Then, under strong conviction, . Ure to return to-.uorrow and bring word, niontioa of each every one seated at the board she lifted her right arm straight it near-j you kn.ivv. He sure you put some pro- dips a little finger in the glass of wiue before ly touched the lintel and said, with ; vender in the cart for the ox." Thatone him or bur, aud scatters a few drops upon the ..... .tl.no;.. .1MI Kat 111V llltllllutM j ... .1... Tl.. ....... 1T:1I ......n .l...i,t.l Iu. f..,! floor. 01 ... 1 A nM f.illnn-. Ilia .nlamn PAmtnl Tlnnria picayune the colonel aw t consenlm . I from the Furnival corn crib was ignom- ' , . tha whula of the emulematiQ "Never you mind the colonel, said ; h,y lint to lie endured. ' ,.,, , .,J,ilu,T,n.ins. ,h Nicholas, shortly. "I mujt see Dosia. "I gwan do -dull" old Gilbert assured h:df mizvo reserved-U consumed. Durinz Dosia had heard his voice; she came her. He held the same views that Miss t)artof this ceremoniul feast the door of the out into the little entry that divided the , Elvira held Iu reirard to the feeding of house must stand open, that if, in the fuU- rooms, and stood there, pale and trem-, tho Thorne Hill oxen; and furthermore, ness of God's providence, the hour shall have bling. "Dosia! Dosia!" cried Nicholas, wild ly, as he pushed past the demoralized spinster; and the next instant she was in his arms. "Dosia," said Miss White, hoarsely, "you're a cawnsistent member of the Methodis' chu'eh. an' so fur fo'th ei I know, you ain't had naire a fall fmm grace; ef you say hit's true that ye air he thought. "Is I gwan reek old Brandy on mouldy nubbins?" "And, Gilbert," said Miss Elvira, com ing back after she had started away, as if what she had to say was an after thought and not a deliberately premedi tated design, '-if Nicholas should take a fancy to anything in the basket, you needn't bring back the jars," "Yes. ma'am," said old Gilbert, with come for the adveut of the Messiah which, according to their traditions, will be in Pass over tmi-his entrance may be unimpeded, and bis'welcoiuo, symbolized by the full glass of wine left untouched on the table, shall be ever ready. A fervent prayer of thanksgiv ing concludes the rite, and the rest of ths evening is devoted to innocent enjoyment and doiuestio felicity. New York Bun. The First l'lionoifiapli. A Boston man savs that when Edison first thought of making a phonograph he perfected most of the details before even drawing a plan. When he had the idea well developed he told an old Uermnn, wuo maue moueui ior him, to make a machine after a certain pat tern. The Inventor didur. hint wuat ne wanted it for, but occasionally Bent an order for a change or alteration to be made, with out even looking at the model. Finally the German took the machine to Mr. Ellison, who fitted a bit of tinfoil into it, turned the crank, aud spoke into the f unnol the words of that famous poem beginning "Mary bad a little lamb." The Uorman looked on as though he thought that the inventor had gone crazy. Then Mr. Edison reversed the crauk, and in that queer, piping voice now so familiar, the machine repeated the hues. "Moiu Gottr said the German, throwing up his hands, "Mein Gottl it talksl"-New York Sun. Hoot and Shoe Etiquette. The boot and shoe etiquette sorely per plexes native ofileiuls 0.1 ceremonial occa sions. In the w if ussil it is customary for all native eover.uneut officials to take off their native shoes before entering the presence of their superior, but if they wear English boots no such change is required. When the gov ernor of Bombay held a levee at Ahmedabad, a number of Hindoo ofileiuls clubbed together to buy a pair of English boots, so as to avoid the indignity ot appearing before his excel lency with bare feet. Each took it in turn so wear the boots as he was presented to the governor, and no small amusement was created outside the levee room by the officials rushing backward and forward to exchange the solitary pair of boots with the next comer. London Glube. A Modest Man. When the Vanderbilt lines wanted the late T. J. Potter as general manager of the "Bee,' says The Chicago Times. John Newell, presi dent of the Lake Shore road, conducted the negotiations, and it is said the following in terview took place: Mr. Newell Mr. Potter, the Vanderbilts want you as a general manager. What will you go fori Mr. Potter (unhesitatingly) Forty thou sand a year and full power to do as I please. Mr. iNewell hat I Forty thousand 1 year! Why, that is more than I get as presi dent of the Lake Shore I Mr. Potter (again unhesitatingly) Well, that may bo, but, then, you know. I am a better man. F.ichnnge, rt ,1... (.llU.lltin, .PI.u.... IJL ll.U h'OTIl LilUH. Ilia. 1- gleam of brluht steel ulonK t quick stroke near the ground ' pders lift the clean Btalks iu t,im1t lor the leaders to toss la ffreat. , the men waiting iu th0 mlti Jt heavy, and it requires a niarvdira..? of hand and some muscular power to a b.indlu of cane flying into th anoiner person, jumped with t stalks and the rusliinif sound i iJ!" cane tops, comes the even melodv ofiS npL'roes as thev chant d.1,.1 ' There is only a little cane left, jJJ hold back, milking a desperate anpearTlI of hasto; but not cuttinx mors 7 call help. Each muu tries to deceit. it neighbor, but the overseer is lookin," mill tha P.flllH nitlHt. u nit. c-!.t 1 " " -"" o.i,n tfjjL the last stalk Is almost reiu-w who will have the glory of emtio, j. The tncu are eager and excited; th, J," seer hurries them np; one after ttaZ the stulkB fall aud, hurnihl tin Try u.ui. v..v, ..r.v, mm natron BUIMt antly above his head. As the laaikeu piled ou a cart, cheers loud and low ,. tl... K... . .1. ,"" uuuuic mo Ln.-ii.iuu3 ui me celebrate n ANN LltS OF ALL SOItTS, Tho planter has supplied the im. with banners of all sizes. The caoetm are decorated with these, and the th, lour niuiea ui uti-iv curt nave Ibni rosette, surmounted by a small Cm; States flag, placed above each longest. Besides these there ure from ou t three great Hags supported lu every tig, by a proud darkey, Mulay or white tu. as the caso may be. lien the lint formed It has a very imposing lout Fba comes the lender's cart, in which fen the mun with the last stalk hel l upri and 0110 or two big flags which the It! of the planter's household are lotcy each year to manufacture; and 1114 euvled Is tho mun lu whom the; tap sented, for they are as attractive aitut of ti'l-colured flannel, ribbotis and gilts vices can make them. There are aha tt ners made by tho colored women-ne vels in the way ot streamers and pi patchwork. The long procession forms behiod ts last load of cane, surmounted by ttsgi; decorations, and moves toward thenar mill amid loud songs and deafening chw for the planter, manager and otmsh All the mill whistles are blowing, udig much respected plantation bells are left 1 the power of the people, to lie magma the arms of the ringers are worn out T procession is greeted at the sugar hw with great rejoicing, speeches are indtujsl in, and the women und children itrai from the quarters and clumber Into is rarts. There is a great shrieking of Mlstla roaring of machinery, crashing 01 on mingled with the sounds of song at nheertne. while toasts are drunk tntw variety of wtfiky but the best. Amldil this din min or noises are unheard. Alts leaving the sugar house the troop t darkeys files uround the mansion ot ta planter, cheering the family, whoantt pectetl to make their appearance and 1 looked lit. Addresses are made to At planter, who, of course, has to rttm thanks; for if there Is anythinftdeartota soul of the darkey it is sieechuuiking,n! tho father and brothers of the planter,! he has any, come in for their full shin negro oratory. TREATING THE CROWD. s Money is given to the leaders to W f the crowd, aim ine pmiuci every excuse in his power to prevent la self being hoisted upon the sbouldaW the joyous negroes. This ceremony teg over, oranges are thrown into the art - ii...:H vwamm t3b the leaders return to uku rattle around the grounds two oriWE times, with beating of drums, iqaaWf ot fifes, cheering and other dear tions. Then off they go to get heir ) ond installment of whisky at "deM. where the plantation storekeepers rtw their share of attention. The process coes to as many plantations i and in the dusk, as the fog comes W, ln from the river, sweeping wr empty fields and winding in the border 01 tne woo.., -"-"i awivy, one hears tho sound of anew. negro melody, 5 We are waiting on de Lord, f rising and falling sweet and cleM ..i.t .i. A,i thon t he carts come m Kick Tkorn.m of ths Thorne urg- kft his father's driving rain; aud at dawn, he bad un pa Luted bouse, Hint to HouMkrepm. marrietl. ei he tclls-beaide Cousin Man-! '. : , ... dollhM ov wilb "T" .T wno.na" n aoeuawrnca dy's bed o' death-I'll Udieve it," 1 1 s " VL ol uok 1 when M ira 1 ?,Judg, t ,S ? , S" T '"n !. 1 " ;i n iil. .mil. asmoiiiered chuikie wnen ansa tmra, mhty of the rear end of the breast bone will u is true, saw posis, viiui amuea. a ..jg ghe cipan pium- furgot ; b, prieved to learn that unprincipled poultry snd tears and blushes. ! Mmvse Nic k is a bawn Thorne? lie aiu't ! dealers pound the breast bones of aged tur- M.sa W lute pu led up her broom and tt,toll Jat 1.. but I gwan haul ! keys untU the tip attains the flexibility con- went to sweeping on tne porcn. one , jt jts- de Mlue made two commenta mentally, one iui reference to Dosia's mother, the oUier to J " "Wt. , IVwia's father: "Siie must a-turned plum' Tlie Nebraska law making eight hours fool befo' she died;" and, "he's got 'era ' a day's work in all occupations exiept to tote. I see." ' farming snd domestic service is not like- Nicholas and Dosia sat down on the to lie verv rigidly enlorce.1, Icai se it istent with youth, and thus render them marketable. Chicago Herald. The Fmprru' "Own" Palace. At the distance of s short drive from St Petersburg is a charming miniature palace, inTinc home holding a half Moim, Wholly happy crowd. There is . f. supper waiting ior mem, - .k thinks of the depredations comrJ , forehand upon other men way of pigs ana poiuuj. "-"" untiring crowd until a late ho. Before sweeps golde dnink, more speeches w -r. planter's entire fence is serensdea m , . . . .....n i...a hniir. r irowu until , i..i.. i,nil nna 1 ore ine riiu -- , , Min etldying folds, whits rfji n. into the blue oak woods,,"1'! closes the qunrters sileut, for . dogs are sleeping. Here smoke curls tip above the rota quavers its summons, wn waking howl from the CiiUs of negro women. Soon a -of the previous day's prrfP enacted with unabated enW , Kuth K;tmuy iu New Orleans j Democrat. - I The E.klmo'. Endur J We look upon 30 to 40 tero, which our northern ne casionallysee, as a temperature , about the limit of human endwjw ) any degree of cou.fort (and with even our best met IkhIs ot iti, and so we stand aghast ; wat of the Eskimo out slcdduS I f. at 50, 60, and even 70 dei forgetting all the time hat I W. have a clothing, which is much warmer than their lowest ture Is colder than ours; Bfl ,, with equal if not less weig hti f clothing. They are, therefore pared to endure it than we cm r t be. Frederick Schwatka. Bonbons Instead of I Engaged couples in France 00 change love letters as we do. . see a rrericn gin " " daintilv tied package of leue m j the key never leaves her P V tluncs are unheard 01, o"' "(P fthe Loved to Rrold. An old woman in New York, wdom will in now heinty rnntMtAl hrtr- vaiM . ia practice. Like a good many others of her bonsand exquisite flowers "Vji .1.. 1 . , . . . . . 1 . .... 1 1 .k. future n" " ""m i" koio, out as sue paesied i aay with tne caru 01 about everything sbe could wish for such I T1ia Artronaut. Mnnm..,.:. :..J..,. . .. 1 "I'l1"' -ui.iinTi u, muuigo in ner tavorite prao Uco were necessarily limited. To remedy this defect, however, she hired a maid to read her extracts from those newspapers that sbe particularly disliked aud then scolded the girl for their content Thus the girl was considered personally rt-mousible for everything that went wrong throughout the Bib Broken by Coo A London coroner has tion whether a mancancou; to pieces. A broken rm dectased lunaac, when vf w hronr-ht forward to show v certain abnormal condition owned bv the empress, and known by the U .OWi KH V. W .. vu ... ' t . . .... .. . a Linir m-omlen Iwliih that miuttituted the u igr emu i""" urr rmiu. i w -- i (ran imtu vi kiuuu - , ..TnrtS. . KingyOO.ienuen.UWlt Oousiltuieu tue . i .... tnvelv imxinrl. inn- i hnriT retirinir nlr resnonsibditv k nnt PV,,l.,..v:. K . mnsrular etloTt j t .1. 1 :1 I .1. .1 ... -T.ma . . . r . . . I". I ' ' . come to it. Louise Chandler Moultoa. I i. f . . 1:..!. . . . Ull I T IUI I1IE.II1IIK O. .119 .ll.IV LWWdKCk . . , . . . . . . . . . . ., amount paid him lor the previous hour s Miss N bite, laucing over Her shoulder, i i bv a Tiolent fit of cougar.- Iraveler. V