TO HIM WHO WAITS.
f bim who walta mid the world's applause
Kin ju-mm, wuit vmj uj urn J,
jl unwcs "I'1 cod)" now '"10 nd rar (va
To him who walla.
To him rs'u b,"TonJ Uie darkneas drear
jl sioniuur Cometh with refulgent lirlit,
juiBjuf "suranee of day mum bright
To blin who wait,
fo blm who walta, though tears may often f,
And knees ue uuww, m wrivw sou in prayer,
-U p-ief will end. and everything- be fair
To him who salt.
fu blm who walta, and rcactiea out bia hands
eg aid a toller up Ufe'a beetling craga,
gunvaae will come from every 111 that Daft
To him who walta.
To blm who walu, and strugirles not In ruin
T overcome the evils that alxnmd
nutilD hit bream, aweet will the victory mund
To blm wno walta
T, blm ho walu there cornea a wily tliron.r.
wiio sneer and acoff and look with baleful eve.
But a bat of themf They are but gnats aud flies
To win wuo waus.
To blm who walu there must be rerompent!
for useful work, whatever may betide,
1 compenution reaching fur and wide
To blm who waits.
To bim who walu the stars are alwaya friends,
Tlie rwtli'M ocean and the azure aky,
ill thing In nature apeak and prophesy
To blm who walu.
To blm who walta true love will some day come.
And by an orranng at nil Diamttles shrine;
LifB will b love, aud love will be divine,
To blm who walta.
To bim who walta the world will aome day cheer.
And slog 111 praises, rame a mysterious galea
R ill open for blm; heaven seem more Dear,
To bim who wait.
Boston Clolie
Mil BARNES' NEW WIFE.
"I declare she's the han'somest wo
nian 't walks into the Ransom mcet'n
bouse. Barnes must of had his eye
open when he picked her out."
It was Mr. Wliiting who expressed
this opinion, lie ana ins who were
picking early peas in their "nigh gar
don," iw they called the patch nearest
the houso.
Mm. Whiting did not reply linmedi
Atoly, but she went on with her work
with such energy that the ea vine
itiffercd nt her hands. When her hits
band repeated with unction "the hitn'
mmest woman" she exclaimed :
"I heard ye plain 'nough, Zenaa
You're Jest like the rest of the men.
Tliey nil think they never seen notliin'
like her. she does look well, 1 ain't
disnutin' of that."
"'X' herfiggcr!" unwisely went on
Mr. Whiting, us he dropped a handful
of pea pods into the pan ; " 'n' her walk,
We ain't seen no such in Ransom seuce
that woman from rew uneans was
boarding down to tho Hunkses. Where
did you say he found her;'"
"Over beyond Bcllin'hnm, Sarah Rip-
Icy said. She knows of her folks," was
the uncnthusinst! j reply.
After awhile Mr. Whiting brought
another handful of pods, and said that
"women was odd. He didn't see, for
his part, why they couldn't own up
hen they seen a face 'n' Agger like
Barnes' new wife, 'Twouldn't hurt 'em
none."
Mrs. Whiting straightened herself up
frqui the vines. She looked intently at
the currant bushes, and apparently ad
dressed her remarks to them :
" 'Tain't no use to try to make men
know anything," she said. Then glanc
ing down at her husband, who was sit
ting on his heels and very busy, she
continued:
"I'm thinkin' of his first wiio. Poor
Marshy I It's Jest thirt-cn montlis V
ii days sonce she died, V a blessed re
lease to herl I hope she's with her son
Barney. If there's any Justice in God's
laws site's a-resting with her son."
The woman spoke with almost tear
fill earnestness. She turned and lookod
toward the tall wliite house that stood
behind its elms and lilacs a short dis
tance down the road.
"I tell you, Zenas, 'f I know any
thing 'bout folks by their faces Sam
Barnes 'U have a dif runt tune with his
eoond wife from what he did with his
Irst I hope he will, V I shall see it
It'll do me a sight of good to have him
"tan roun'. Let him take his turn, 1
jr. He's had most thirty year bein'
boss."
" TP yet Barnes Is a good, fair 'n'
square niau to deal with, V a regular
member of the church," said Mr. Whit
tig. "1 know all that," responded Mrs.
Whiting, "but you ain't never ben his
wife."
"No more ain't you," said Zenas,
ith his comfortable laugh.
"Thank the Lord for that I" was the
fervent answer.
Then the two glanced at each other,
Bji in their eyes was something which
jj"ht have led an observer to believe
""t after all marriage was not always
failure.
When both were steadily and si
"jtly at work again there was heard a
Te from the other side of the wall
wre the road lay.
1 'I didn't mean to begin to borrow
ooo, Mrs. Whiting, but will you
me a nutmeg? I want to make
J0" dried apple pie, Mr. Barnes is
of hot pie for supper."
The raan and woman in the garden
up suddenly,
k&ning on the wall in an Indolent
titude was a tall woman whose figure
W somewhat at redundunce, but
uose corset confined her waist so that
Jet the hint was not too pro-"1-
The dark, thin gown was
7 Plain, but fitted with a perfection
jfer seeti in Ransom, except perhaps
" the case of that "lady from New
Weans." The people in this town
not in the habit of seeing a wo
7 ahoulders and hips accentuated
toiM 8y' to tlje femilline rura'
there almost seemed something
odest in g0wn like that "It
dif runt you know." But they
help admiring the effect and
"vying.
f. Whiting recovered her powers
Pwch m that she could bid the
''come right in," for she had
a.-, --"Mtga, Will DUO aVitX Y AAc
Pies were mighty flat
good deal of nrirw
things
Barnes went round to the back
"d sauntered down tlie path,
popped and spoke to Minting and
&t j"w. She was one of those
facial
weetneM for men. Without
distinctly formulate belief,
act il 0 ti B
J men .night be -worth w'hUebu
that women n(v,r were." Her eve.
Were
,llrKL nnu dark. ,l
Iwitl. i. . .
thuy were
..... nn.nnavoiuptuon.. Hor mouth
very expri.sVe,
Mr. Whiting. r,-,.lyi,1(f ,0 L,.r W)iri,
Pwrwl In the )lw. wW rf
follow hor.but he kept with ,,,,
i'ia luinwif
that 8am
uitrties was & thm.,i
a thlltl(lriii ln..lf.
and he wondered If tl, if.
h!uH0,"en ,",d b0'0n1 n,'lli"'-
A few day. lutor Saruh Rip,.v an
noiinced that not only had the ''new
Mis Barnes" Iwen inarriwl b.-f..re, but
that she had Ixvii marriml twice U
tore. Hor first husband had died and
was buried. The hlxtnrv ,vf i. i
husband was n..t, however. o straight
forwanl. He had negl.vted to die and
bo buried, and was raiiinlii nf i t
the world. He had run Att'nv fmni imi
It wivftuid that ho hud rifVlliPOi-l lwrM
disftppearing that "if Charlotte wasn't
tho devil she was Jest as good as the
devil."
This was strong laiiLnnim. mid nr.
wonder tho man had not rotiirnn.1 nftne
having made use of it.
Sarah Ripley paid a visit to that re
mote town whence Mr. Barnes had
brought his wife, and when Sarah re
turned she was much sought after by
the wholo feminine neighborhood. She
was not reticent in regard to the In
formation she had cleaned. Sheiuii.l
that Mr. Fickett, the second husband,
had been heard of "out west some
where;" that Mr. Barnes had spent a
pile of money In getting a divorce from
him for Charlotte, so that he. Barnes.
could wed Charlotte, for ho was rcgu-
lariy Dewitclied with her. "There had
never been no man so bewitched be
fore," Sarah said confidentially to
each person to whom she related the
tide. "Folks did sav he vim irr. lik-n
a man run crazy. He had been heard
to declare by threo difnint people
that he'd spend every cent he'd got
but what Charlotte should have that
bill and bo free to marry. 'X' Fickett'd
ben jest so 'fore he got her. I d' know
what there is 'bout her. but
some
women be so."
mi .1 r n K. .
i nussam at isg saran tuple v, concern
ing whom no man, in all her 40 years of
lite, Had ever "run crazy."
For two or three montlis Mr. Barnes
went around like a man iu a state of
beatitude. He even sold his nhrsat
less than the market price, having for
the first time in Ins life neglected to in
form himself what the "goin' price"
really was. Worse than that, when in
formed that the trader had taken ad
vantage of his ignorance he had smiled
happily and had replied that "he
guessed it didn't mnke no odds." Sev
eral neighbors were sharp enough to
improve this lapse and to get a few
'good bargains out of Sam Barnes."
There were changes in tlie house, too:
It was painted and papered and refur
nished. It was opened also. Tho sa
cred "south parlor" was a sight to see,
with its plush chairs hi place of the
horsehair, and with its ox-n doors and
blinds. Mrs. Barnes said she didn't
like to do heavy housework, and they
had a lured girl who kept tho neighbor
hood informed as to tho progress of
Sam's infatuation. There were visit
ors, too, and brisk talk and laughter
were heard from among those clumps
of lilac.
Mrs. Whiting watched all these pro
ceedings with unfailing Intensity of
interest. She said she wanted to
see tnem loiks over tnere gic to
the end of their rope. They'd git to it,
and she thought it would be sooner
ruther than later. When Sam Barnes
got over his blindness he'd Just put his
foot down agin, 'n folks would stop
gigglin' there."
In the course of the summer it was
rumored that Mr. Barnes had "mog-
gidged his house." On the very some
day at a Baptist picnie there ran a
whisper all through the company that
'Mis' Barnes went to bed every night
with her face tied up in a raw beef
steak."
"Porterhouse?" questioned the min
ister when this news was told to him.
But whether the steak were porter
house or plebeian "round" was never
really ascertained, owing to the remiss
ness of the hired girl.
In those days Mrs. Whiting returned,
after some fluctuations, to her beuel
that after all Mrs. Barnes would be too
much for her husband and he could
never resume his sway again. She was
crowing thin and he had now lost lus
beatified expression. When he went to
meetin' with his wife it was generally
noticed that he no longer sat so close
to her in the pew and he did not look
at her so often, but her sniilo seemed
ust as sweet and she was often bestow
ing that smile upon hor husband.
I guess tilings is kinder settnn aown
over ter Barnes'," said, air. muting,
'but he never'U be the same man ag in.
Whose buggy's thatl'
He steDDed out from the back door
that he might see more plainly a dash
ing black borne and glittering Duggy
which were stopping at his gate. Mrs.
Whiting ran to the front entry ana
peeped out. She saw a man alight
frn the buggy and carefully hitch the
horse to the post. He was smoKing a
very long, thick cigar, lie naa on yei
low cloves with broad black stitching on
the backs; also a tall silk hat. so glossy
that it seemed to radiate back light;
also dove colored trousers and a white
waistcoat; across the latter was arapea
mod deal of chain wlucn new suura
tI dangling things known as charms.
;as fat; he had a long musutci.o
....
mid "goatee" so visibly ayea as v r
rear to be ready to soil anything with
which his face should come in contact
He walked up the path to the ironi
i-viF una knocked. Mrs. Whiting naa
h, nponhiir tlirouch the side lights,
and she now opened the door with nn-
xpeeted promptness, so tnat sue n
.' . , ! - w .Hmntlv In her
ceived a wnin oi ,
face and was seized with a fit of cough
ing The stranger threw his cigar away
and took off his hat with a large flour
ish, which revealed a bald bead.
By this time Mr. Whiting had made
his way round to the front of his house,
and was sUndinf close to the jtsp-
(he always
t in '. tillud with eurioeity. but deter
inm-.i imt to fpeak f!p:t.
"My n unc U Ficketr-Iandt r Flck
H!," Ntid tin. man, . if e were eon
fi'irinr a favor.
Mr. Wliitin- maided, mid Mr. WhJt
ii'g tri.-d l.'.mtel to t.i euiighing
tiint she might hear Ix-tter.
I win told." wt-iit on htmuger
ui a way H-rfeetly in ks-piiig with hii
trousers mi.? hi cmj tlm ,,, KOVPt
"that Mr. Samuel Karnes resided here,
lie you him!" looking ot Mr. Whiting,
who said slowlr:
"No, I ain't him, V he don't reside
here.
"From that minute." wild Mr. Whit
ing. iu relating the incident afterward.
"from that minute I knew something
was up 'bout that woman."
That woman meaning Mr. Karnes'
second w jo.
"Can you tell me where Mr. Barnes
does reside? was the next question.
1 can, wa the answer. But be
fore giving the Information Zenai
thought he would ask a question:
"Who be youf"
"I told you Leander Fickett. " The
two who heard him sav this were trv
lug in vain to recall when they had bo-
lore heard that name.
"Yes, but who be your retorted Mr.
Whiting.
"I am," said Mr. Fickett In his larce
way, "I am Mr. Samuel Karnes wife's
husband."
Mr. Whiting whistled. He looked
at his helpmeet, who actually gasped
as she returned his glance.
"Can't ye come In?" she Inquired In
a voice which curiosity made cordial.
Now Leander Fickett was a man who
would rather talk about himself than
do anything else. He knew he was
well worth talking about. His visit at
the residence of Mrs. Barnes could
wait.
He accepted the Invitation, and was
soon sitting on the best liaircloth chair
in tlie Whiting parlor. The chair
creaked, but it bore up. The first thing
Mr. I'ickett told his companions was
that ho was worth more than $1,000,000,
ami that in two years more he should
be worth double that sum all out of
the Lending Stur mine. He had come
back after his wifo.
"He guessed them divorce papers
uidn t amount to much.' He guessed
he W Mr. Humes could arrange it
Charlotte always did like to handle
money. He'd had some trouble with
Charlotte, but he kinder hankered to
givo her the handlin' of some of that
money. He didn't reckon there'd be
much difficulty. He considered that he
could make it all straight with Mr.
Barnes. Folks wasn't so partickler
'Innit such things out where he'd ben.
He was willin' to do the fair thing, but
he guessed he'd take Charlotte back
with him; ho guessed she'd go."
He was right in his surmises. Char
lotto did go.
On this particular day Mr. Barnes
was absent until nightfall. When he
returned there was only tho hired girl
in the house. She told' him that "Mis'
Barnes 'd gono off to ride with a geu
,tleman, 'n' didn't say when she should
come back."
She did not come back. Tho next
clay Mr. Barnes received a letter signed
"Charlotte Fickett." The letter ex
plained that she, the writer, had always
felt compunctions about marrying an
other man w hile her husband was still
living, but that her love for Mr. Barnes
had overruled her conscience. Now,
however, her conscience had been too
much for her and she could go against
it no longer. She obeyed the voice of
duty, and at the same time the voice of
Leander Fickett
Mr. Barnes turned off his hired girl.
He lives alone and does his own house
work us well as his farm work. He
looks 70. People say ho "ain't so sharp
in a bargain 's lie used to be," and
naturally they think he has "soft'nin'
of the brain."
Mrs. Whiting asserts that if 'twas
soft'nin' of the heart she would have
some hopes of him. New York Trib-
Carefully Accurate.
A student of ancient history, seeing
the statement that a certain famous
character in history had died 1030 A.
M. (anno mundi, or the year of the
world), remarked to his professor with
some surprise, "How exceedingly care
ful those ancients were about noting
little circumstances.
"What do you mean?" the professor
asked.
"Whv. thev even tell the time of
day that a great man dies. We don't do
that now."
"I think you are mistaken," replied
tlie teacher.
"No, I am not; here It is: 'His death
occurred at 10:30 a. m.'"-Youth's
Companion.
About hliarprnlng Knife.
It is a good deal easier to spoil a
knife than to sharpen it. To begin
with, a rough stono is used too freely.
Unless a knife has a very round or
ragged edge it docs not want any
grinding at all, and it can be brought
into shape far more rapidly and surely
by the aid of a whetstone and a little
oil. It is no use laying the blade flat
on the stone and rubbing hard; hold
the back of tlie knife well up and
sharpen the edge of the blade only. II
you know how to use it, the back of
a knife mukes an excellent steel or
fharpencr, but the secret Is hard to ac
quire. Exchange.
Expensive Hoomi Cleaning.
It costs H0, 000 merely for the "spring
cleaning" of a gn-.-it hotel like the Fifth
Avenue. To tr.Kr up the carpet,
cleanse and repair tlwm. and put thein
down again ; to wash the paint, repaint,
repaper. and oil the thousand and one
things which a gn iit howe needs with
each new year, cost tlie proprietor of
therifth Avenue flO.nw. New York
Star.
Tlie largest and heaviest building
stone ever quarried in England was
taken from the 1'lankington quarry,
near Norwich, in February, 1888; It
was in one piece, without eraek or flaw,
and weighed over thirty-five tons; it
was 15 feet long, 6 feet high and I feet
wide
STROKE OF FEMININE CENIU3.
Simple, but Effective, Dan to Prevent
Harking One's Shin.
The m ui who says that women have
not orighuility not only speaks untruth
but deceives himself.
Every one has had invasion to go
through a room in tho dark on more or
less frequent nightly occasions when
locking the back door had been for
gotten or the pitcher of ice water
omitted from the nightly preparations
lor slumber, and every one knows how
each individual piece of furniture in
each dark room traversed, including
tlie piano s sharp corners and tho rock
ing chair's twin projections, Is collided
with.
And (til these hard knocks are sus
tained by the stretch of bone from the
knee to the ankle that is commonly
called "shin, and is particularly sensi
tive because It has no layer of musclo,
merely a coat of sensitive skin to pro
tect it.
When open doors ore run against the
none sulTers.
Now theie is a young Mr. IX, whose
blue eyed baby Is a year and a half old,
and not Infrequently does Mrs. 1). have
to get up of a nlfjht, go down stairs to
tho refrigerator and get milk for baby.
Sho does not say how often or how
seriously she was hurt before her genius
suggested the brilliant plan which she
now has for avoiding these petty noc
turnal Injuries, but she Is really proud
of her plan for getting unscathed
through a room In the dark, and has
Imparted It to her lady neighbors.
It Is too clever an idea to le lost, and
its great merit is in its simplicity. The
scheme is merely to walk backward.
In the dark ono can see as well going
backward ns forward, of course. The
lower limbs are, when going backward,
well protected from slight nips by tho
more or less liberal pad of musclo at
the calf, and heels are less sensitive
than toes.
And if one Is to run into a door the
blow can be better Inirne on the back
of the head than on the face.
Mrs. I), is a genius. Washington
Post-
An Independent Home.
hi tho business portions of our eity
there are a good many horses belong
ing to firms or to private individuals
which stand "on coll," as it were, often
times for hours, In, front of theirowner's
pluco of business. These horses come
to be well known in their neighbor
hoods, and acquaintance with them
shows hi them habits and idiosyncra
sies which are most interesting. One
of the equities, with an individuality all
his own, is a gray horse belonging to a
firm in Winthrop square, he stands In
front of his owner's store apparently
pondering upon the ups and downs of
life, tho hat trade and tho weather,
and occasionally he starts oil for an in
dependent tour round tho square, af-
forduig much amusement, sometimes
consternation, to people who are unac
quainted with his ways of doing things.
Should It occur to him that he is
thirsty or that to take a drink would
be a diversion in tlie monotony of his
afternoon he walks over to tho drink
ing fountain in tho square, politely
awaits his turn, quenches his thirst,
turns around aud marches back, like
Bo Peep's sheep, so that his owner
having left him facing In one direction
is quite nt to Hud him facing in an
other. Tho old gray horse is an Inde
pendent character, they will toll you,
in Winthrop square. Boston Herald.
Man Traps and Spring Cuna Set Here."
Man traps were mado In South Staf
fordshire, chiefly at West Bromwich,
ten years ago, and are probably still to
be bought The pattern books of sev
eral manufacturers had and probably
still have an octavo page engraving,
showing a poacher gripped by the leg
and dropping the hares he had picked
up. Those modern man traps were,
however, "human man traps," with
plain bar Jaws, and not the saw tooth
grips, which would mangle a limb and
probably break the leg bone. Similar
tiger traps ore also mado In the Black
Country, and are formidable and
crushing devices. Spring guns are made
In Birmingham, but these are only
alarm guns, to make a loud report and
frighten a poacher or bird stealer by
noise, without shot; but the older
forms swung the small cannon around
and fired a volley of shot in the direc
tion of the wire trodden upon. Notes
and Queries.
i
: Too Recent.
Juliette, a little girl who was making
what her parents regarded as remarka
ble progress at school, was asked one
day by her Uncle George:
"Well, Juliette, what study do you
like bestr
"Oh,j history, Uncle George. I'm
getting along splendidly In tliat."
"Yes,' said her mother. "Just ask
her a question, and see how much she
knows.? '
"Well," said Uncle George, "tell me
the story of Adam."
Juliette looked up with surprise.
"Adamr she said. "Why, I haven't
got as far as that yet!" Youth's Com
panion. The Parson' lllble.
Rev. E. II. Lawrence, of Wisconsin,
was presented with a Bible many years
ago wlil h he carried through the war.
He always carried it in his coat pocket.
At the battle of Kennesaw Mountain a
bullet struck Rev. Mr. Lawrence on
Ids lef j side, penetrating his coat and
shirt, then into his Bible, stopping at .
Isaiah ti., 7. Strange to say the Bible
saved lis life, and he preserved the I
book ith the bullet in it until his
death. The first sermon he ever
preacl d he took the verse at which
the b llet stopped for his text and
preacl ed the sermon at Antioch church,
Morgah county. Chicago Herald.
I A "Caae."
Levir Phvsician I think the shade
of h! complexion is more harmonious ;
today and the tint of his tongue mora
delica e. Just cut this piaster on the '
bias a id arrange it artistically on hi
foreh id. Intermix this powder with !
water, and let bim introduce it into bia
lnterioi at Intervals of one hour each.
-MurLy'i Weekly.
AMONG THE DUTCH BOERS.
tomeTery Queer CostumesMedicine and
ijuackery Dancing.
Tlie traveler (I sieak of one who i.i
supposed to understand Ikwr soech and
iiaiuis) amves at a rami houxe In. sav.
the Orange Free Male. A farm house
may have one Held of forage and a stone
kratili otherwise tho farm is own coun
try. He will not olT saddle liia hoi
without receiving tieruiMon: this havin
hecti asked for and grained, the farmer
leads liim through the half doors Into tlie
main nirtnieiL There is home made
furniture, numerous pink and wluto
Kier flowirs, and tiaiuted on the
walls rases of fruit like those seen
depicted on tho London tutvements.
The visitor will proceed to shake hands,
commencing with tho stout vrauw
and ending with tho Iialiy in arms. This
is inn me r.ngiisn imiuisiiaue, " but a
resting of palm within palm. Tho collee.
which is uiale from sunrise to sunset, is
then brought in in bowls, tobacco
pouenra are exchanged, and conversa
tion, which seldom variis, commences.
Tlie visitor and tho farmer answer or re
ply pretty much as follows: "Tlie veld is
green. The clouds are heavy; there will
be a thunderstorm to-morrow. I have a
very fine red horse running. Nachtmaal
(communion) will bo next month. My
vrauw has a cold. The president Is a
fine man, Japiu do Yilliers (pronounced
Yilje, and minus the prefix) has had a
ram born with five heads. Tho English
are thieves." The handshaking cere
mony is then repeated, tho horn, fed
and rested, is brought round; the trav
eler mounts, smacks his sjambock, showi
oil his steed and proceeds on his journey.
ineiarmers have trained pomes to a
special ace called a "tripple," and a
good "trippler" is always prized. With
this paco no "porting" of tlie saddle is
required, ami on a long journey tho trip-
uer win arrive each night without turn
ug a hair, while tho trotting horse, his
couqvuiion, may Ih done up. Distance
Is reckoned by time six miles to tho
hour. If an Englishman near the hour
of sunset asks a Dutchman where such a
villago lies, ho will be answered bv a
raised hand and "a little way over that
lull. ' lou then ride ten miles and sleep
out in a thunder storm, perhaps. You
reach the villago the following middav.
Superstition and fear of contagious dis
eases are great among tins people.
lhe much are accomplished, herbal
ists, doubtless obtaining the knowledge
f the Hottentots and Bushmen; they
nave hero brandies tor colics and plants
for sores. They ore often the prey of
quack doctors; the more as genuine prac
titioners, wno have, to go long distances.
charge heavily. A Dutchman is satisfied
with the treatment so long as his medical
adviser brings to tho houso a quart bottle
of physic; if lie present him with a small
vial lie doubts his skill and sends for an
other raan. The dead are buried on the
farms, und over them traveling masons
erect mausoleums of brick, hutch wo
men are enormous in size, good cooks in
their style, gobble sweets und cakes all
day and tako little exercise. But now
and tlien a Imtch wife and her daughters
may be seen kraal ing tho sheep at even
ing. A Boer likes bis wife's company,
and will leave passengers by his wagon
stuck in the mud and half starved while
he tracks olT fifty miles with another
vehicle to pay a visit to the vrauw.
Feather beds are greatly prized by this
people; they generally carry their beds
with them on journeys.
lhe trckktugs of tho Boers are re
markable. Annually the farmhouse on
the "low veld'' is shut up, and the sheep
and cattle are taken scores of miles up
to the "high veld' lor mountain pos
ture. Beside soino rushing stream the
wagons are camped, pcrluips tents are
pitched, and domestic life goes on as
usual. Fowls cluck among the wild
grasses, and tlie cows ore milked beneath
the shadow of mighty mountain. The
general belief in the excellence of Boer
shooting is no delusion.
The people are excessively fond of
music and dancing; concertina, harmo
nium und fiddle ure their delight A
withered Hottentot dwarf will draw a
strain from the sole of an old shoe strung
with sinew, and meu und maidens will
vigorously dance to it for hours. For
dancing there is no touching the English
Afrikander, and his measures seem quite
original. The Boers have a bad
cluuucter for pilfering. When the
men and the women enter
an up country store they are allowed to
carry oil small goods like sweets or rib
bons, which they unconsciously pay for
in the bill. Tho farmers are not often
rich in money, their wool crojis. being
mortgaged sometimes to the stores for
two seasons nhcad. ''Young bloods' are
impudent aud wild. A smart curveting
horse und hut with white ostrich plume
usually denote tliis species. When a
Boer drinks he is an entire fool. In
order to keep a firm hand over the young
men riding transport, the elders of the
free state recently passed a bill prohibit
ing the sale of liquor at wayside can
teens, and thereby lost a large revenue.
However, there are smugglers,
The Boers are great religious formalists
and at certain times they and their fam
ilies ride into the villages from great dis
tances to celebrate the Nachtmoul (night
meal or communion), their wagons loaded
with nrodm: presents for the carsons.
At tliis time business is brhk and the '
streets are like a fair. Yet where natives 1
and land are concerned, the Doer's con- '
slant violation of the Commandments ,
does not need pointing out The Boers '
are by no means modest, and their family
conversations are at times boisterously
kidfccnt. Household erraiigements, save
on rich larnis, are uecersoriiy meager,
and the traveler must be prepared to sleep
on the floor in the midst of four or five
sisters and tueir three or four brothers,
all grown up, while the head couple snore
on an elevated and ponderous feather bed
in a curtained corner of the room. When
sleeping at a superior Transvaal farm
house, it is well to esamine the mattress:
if it rests on eheeivkins, throw the skin
out St. James' Oszctte.
JSmrj of Journatlerj. 1
There are five Marys potent in New
York types: Ilia Hary L. Booth, editor
of Harper's Bazar; Mary Ma pes Dodge,
editor of St Nicholas; llzry J, Lcmb, j
editor of The Magazine of American Ills- .
tory: Marv Kyle Dallas, of The New
York Ledger, and Mary E. Bryan, of
George Monroe's Fashion Eezar. Wil
liam II. Ballou iu The Journalist.
The Pleaenra of flatting.
There is no rational ground for the
common notion that the pleasure of eat
ing depends mainly upon what is eaten;
it depends upon tlie eater, tlie vigor of
digestion end the condition of the nerves.
If all these ere sound and true, the pre
cise kinds of food and drink are matters
Ot little consequence. But and this is
a very, very large but if you will keep
them sound and true they must not bit
abused by overwork, or by having work
forced upon them for which they were
sever Intended. "The Man in theUooa"
aOood Housekeeping.
TOO BIO A HURRY.
Advice to City rvople-Tlie Ores far
lUip'd Transit.
Rapid transit! 8o that U what you
want? Well, you don't want anything
of the kind, tuUit) want to iin-un need,
as proK'ily it does. What you mean to
say is that you desire rapid transit.
Very well; you ore a very foolish er
sou; that's nil. You desire rapid transit
as children desire things not good for
them. Why do you pine for rapid tran
sit? What are yon in a hurry about? To
get to business; Then start ten minutes
earlier and take your time; you will do
your work belter and more easily if you
take it up with unshaken nerves. To
get homef Home will be "there" at
5:!13 p. m. just as surely as at 5:23;
"the kids'' children, if you are too pro
per a person to accept tho classic slang
and their mother had rather see you
come home in a placid than in a milled
state of mind. Whut are you in a hurry
aUmt, anyhow I
For every beating pulse we tell
L-aves but the nuuilier lea.
So sung a very pious and truthful ver
sifier of tho lust century. Why do you
desire to double the n umber of pulse beuts
ly the uncomrortahlu excitement of
"rapid transit I" "The numberless" hi
accomplished rapidly enough by the
slowest process. "Soon shall thou forget
all things; soon by nil things shaltthou
lie forgotten, said Marcus Aureliits some
2,000 years ago. Why do you desire to
quicken tho trot of the procession toward
the Inevitable chasm cf oblivion?
A hat you need no matter what you
desire is comfortable transit. Transit
that jars no nerve !v ruuibline cable.
jolting spring, clatter of hoof on stony
pavement, tiirerui groan or laboring en
gine, more direful shriek of steam whistle
or most direful jangle of brass bells out
of tune. You don't want to bo packed in
a sintt ce traveling enr of any sort; you
don't w ant your nerves to quiver with ap
prehension for tho fate of the reckless
newsboy too often ncwgchild who ex
xwos himself to more danger while
"hopping cars" for tin hour than many
a buttle field disclosed in a day. And
you don't want to bo hoisted into an
enlarged edition of a cash and purccls
basket, aud whirled by steam or
electricity ut an elevation too high
for safety, too low for comfort. High
enough to insure disaster in case of acci
dent, low enough to catch the smoke of
household chtmnevs. and the odors of
household cooking. Still less do you
want to lie shot through the lioweis of
the earth by atmospheric or other force.
As has been said, you will explore the
subterranean regions soon enough. "Jam
te premet nox, fubiilicque manes," said
Horace. They were too wise to hanker
after underground railways in his day.
imt the more coinf""!-.' transit, how
are you going to i;. t that? Easily, if
you have a talented air of legs; other
wise, with ihlllculty or not at all. And
even the most gifted legs will suffer dis
quiet at tho bridges and crossings of the
most crowded streets. Comfortable
transit is as yet afar off from you. Your
grandfather hud it; your uncle who
lives in the oouutrv has it. But your
grandfather was never in a hurry, and
your uncle never is. Therefore your
grandfather's nerves wero mid your un
cle's are as of steel. Tho fierce jolt and
hideous rumble of tho thimble skein farm
wagon are and were to them luxurious
aud musical, You huvo hurried your
nerves into a jumble of sensitive mucus.
For you comfort means quiet. It will be
so "only more so" with your unfor
tunate, children. Science and humanity
will provide for them; they can hardly
be expected to help you, who are the
original sinful harrier. The coming man
niuy cease from being in a hurry, or
humanity may decree that every other
street be reserved for passenger tratlio
and foot travel only ; or some large and
strong tamable birds, graceful as - the
swans of LccJa, may be discovered, upon
whose bad:, or drawn by whom in
aerial cars, the tired and nervous may be
home quietly, and quickly, too, to and
from badness; or hullixins may convey
people ut salubrious heights through the
calm of air, or chloroform may be ad
ministered to each street car passenger
by the conductor in such quantities as to
render him or her oblivious to the perils
and discomforts of travel. This hitter
experiment might well be essayed under
the existing condition of street transit
which is neither comfortable nor rapid.
Chicago Inter Ocean,
Th Farms of New Ilrunswlck.
In extended travels over the New
Brunswick and Intercolonial railways one
lias practical opportunity for observation
of country and study of those who are
sustained by it, and any one with half a
disposition to fairness must admit tliat
our own country cannot anywhere show
finer farms or more bright and prosper
ous villages. The manner, motive, con
versation and characteristics of native
passengers traveling between Ulterior
settlements and towns tell as much as
statistics. The face ot this fine province,
as a whole, is filled with interesting pic
tures ot thrift amplitude, content. Eng
lishmen, Scotchmen and Irishmen seem
to have assimilated and merged into
another race, retaining the best qualities
of each. The farming )opulution as a
class average as well as, or better than,
our own in point of intelligence and a
certain admirable quality of not unpleas
ant assertiveness aud self reliance, and in
many sections, like tho central, western,
southern and southeastern valleys, the
beauty of villages, shaded highways aud
outlying farms cannot be surpassed in
the states or in any part of garden like
England. Edgar L Wakeman's Letter.
Don't Write 'Told HW."
Noticing a recipe for 'Kauldslaugh,"
it occurred to mo that I might enlighten
readers as to the mcaiiin;; nnd original
spelling of that word. It is comixwed of
two Dutch (Holland) words aud signifies
a salad made of cabln-e; kool (pro
nounced cole) means cabbage; ala (pro
nounced slaw) means a salad, and the
roper name in Dutch is "koolsla." It
s simply prepared; the ciibbago is shaved
fine, seasoned with pepper nnd salt and
then with a litila vinegar is heated in a
pan until the cabbage is wilted. I have
seen it written In rvJpe books as "Cold
Slaw," the word cold Being used as the
opposite of hot, and in that sense must
have been taken from the sound end not
the meaning of the word. ("or. QocA
Housekeeping.
When Saddle Were r'lrst feed.
It Is supposed that the saddle was in
vented about the middle of the Fourth
century, but the fact, in the opinion of
some, has not been positively proven.
Zonaras, the historian, tells us that
Constantine the younger was killed In
the year 310, when he fell from his sad
dle. The word translated into saddle
also means, however, the back of the
horse, or tlie place where the rider sat
It is true, nevertheless, that Sidonius
Apollinaris used the word that unmis
takably refers to the saddletree.- De
troit Free Press.
A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON.
.1 r.t.r So rnnetnieied That ft Cam Locate
Ore as Divining llod Does Water.
Th .i miignetie needle lias long been
?ou :ideivd a reliable medium for divin
ing tho location of vein containing
ironstone, or other similnr deposits, and
in tho eoiirsa of some experiments con
lucted by InfciiNm Uucker and
riiorpo, und other eminent men of eel
once, some remarkable confirmations of
Slid additions to the theories hitherto
held on the subject wero uchleved. It
was found that on approaching an area
beneath which Ironstone was deposited
the needle became deflected. In cases
where the Iron was near to the surface
the deflection was most acute, and
where It was hidden far below the sur
face tho degree of dcllcction was ac
cordingly diminished, so that by care-
In Uy noting the movement of the nee
dle it was possible not only to Oi the
exact locality whore Iron was to be
found, but also, according to the de
gree of deflection, to fix with tolerable
accuracy tho depth at wldch the vein
would be met with.
Another mode of discovering the
locution of minerals Is to use the
"diviner," us a person gifted with,
"magnctio powers" is called. There la
now In England a remarkable boy who
Is regularly employed for this purpose
by n mining company in tho north of
tho country. The manager of tho com
pany, iu describing this boy, says:
"Mineral veins and water have very
strong magnetic attraction for tho boy,
who Is 13 years of age and of ordinary
weight. If he stand In a small quan
tity of water it takes a very strongman
to lift him. It is not at all necessary
for him to carry a stick. All he re
quires to do Is to walk over the ground
with his hands clasiicd, and ho can im
mediately tell you if ho steps upon a
vein. He con give the direction of the
vein, and say whether it is weak or
strong. Ho can also, by simply walk
ing over It, say whether another vein
crosses Into It.
"When ho enmo hero we were all skep
tical, so wo took him on a portion of a
hill where wo knew veins to exist, but
where no outside traces were visible,
and he correctly gave us tho direction
ot each. In his researches ho came
upon a very large and strong vein,
which was quito uiiknowu to us. He
gave us its direction and strength, and
as wo have since put a shaft down Into
this vein wo have proved that he was
exactly right as to Its position. Ho does
not profess to tell whether the vein car
ries lead ore or not; till ho can do is to
find tho vein for you and say what size
and strength it is. In the vein he found
for us w o have not yet como upon load
ore, but it carries rich mineral soil and
promises well." This boy is accompa
nied by a luedicol man, whose services
are frequently required as the work of
discovery proceeds in consequence of
repeated magnetic shocks which he re
ceives from contact with minerals or
water. New York Commercial Adver
tiser.
Freaks of College Life.
Collego students have peculiar cus
toms, some of which certainly could
not bo adopted by outsiders to advan
tage. In a certain New England col
lege, for Instance, a favorite gala cos
tume somo years ago was a linen
duster, a tall white hat and a pair of
top boots, a rig calculated neither for
wet nor dry weather, neither for heat
nor cold. In the same Institution of
learning, Immediately upon the ringing
of an alarm of fire, It waa Incumbent
upon every able bodied student to
throw open his window, thrust forth a
tin horn, nnd blow as If the fire fiend
was known to be as averse to the sound
of a fish horn as were the college faculty
themselves.
Signs and door plates, numbers from
street doors and the gilded wooden
keys, boots and watches customarily
displayed before shops were all looked
upon as most desirublo adornments for
a "student's" sitting room. .Happily
these and similar freaks of student life
are being weeded out, and the day is
at hand when even a collegian will not
be ashamed to behave like a gentle
man, and learn to possess his soul in
patience, even though some callow
freshman dares to carry a cone and to
"sport" (tho proper technical term) a
stovepipe hat, Harper's Young People.
Outwitting the Dean.
I was talking recently with an En
glish clergyman of the Episcopal church
Who gained his B. A. at Oxford nearly
halt a century ago. The conversation
turned to Harvard college and the dec
oration ot its founder's statue. The
reverend gentleman said that his rec
ollection ot his Oxford days contained
plenty of episodes of a like nature and
ho accordingly related several Upon
tho great quadrangle of the Christ
Church college a number ot the halls
front and upward of fifty doors open.
One fine moming every one of these
doors, which were of oak, was painted
a bright crimson. Ot course there was
great agitation, but tlie identity of the
artist was never disclosed. The dean,
In order to prevent a recurrence of the
deed, stationed a ' watchman In the
quadrangle, and so well did that func
tionary perform his duties that the)
doors wero not touched. But the stu
dents resolved to circumvent the deaa
and outwit the sentinel.
One evening a big undergraduate,
who had possessed himself of a flowing
gown and wig, personating the dean,
entered the "quad mag," as the court
is affectionately termed, and approach
ed the watchman. "Ahum I ahum!"
he began in a deep pitched voice, "I
am glad, my man, to find yon attend
ing to your duty so well Now yon go
to my kitchen and my cook will give
you a good supper and plenty of ale. I
will keep watch while you are gone."
Flattered and pleased the man accepted
the Invitation and went He was gone
fifteen minutes. In the meantime each
one of the fifty doors was painted a
sunset red. Boston Advertiset
Where Air la rarest.
Tlie popular belief that occupants ot
the highest floors in a city house live In
the purest air seems to be upset by tests
made of the atmosphere ot London,
which showed that the purest air was
obtained between thirty and forty feet
shove the streets. New York Times.