THE PIN OAK SCHOOL
iW UirtU bit n a arhoolhouae
Ml Laln't somehow forgit
Vsy a,.n below on the Pkkaynna,
w'.'M we'd lUtid lhar lu
T xil " alsntlB blllnlda
on llie nick 'n the gravel uada,
Thi.r wrn't no awt uv a do'nten,
-m the)' IU'1 u UP ,1" handi.
Jtt'pulM uptti little havers.
Thrill bed cm "r scliou!,
N I low I1''' iruw "v to'ty-ievei
'(,y e. e turned out a fool.
Ti,e m-liT I""1 " Brl.
T!i '' "y "''
J"ke. 'f lie waru't no count
le pulled u up by the hands.
Tm lilm 'at opened the do' nv trntr,
Kr at "v el " Bar'
, ue insda frlenda'iih a heap uvtlilnn
' from a natoin to cr tar.
On ( kill lai-ma ilh a katydid
A.'l li l'Uan'i Isolds,
poun at I ho little I 'In (Ink school.
Wlmr they pulled u up by the hand.
sVihs t'lein old days we'i ntutled some
Mull. I'lant "n anliuule,
,,.,, nii:iil Hu m tinivursltlrs
S kind uv ic'vard'" school.
SaIMI cliir arrest the contliienU
S Inter lurrlii lamia,
lln'i 'i healaeiu all dwn the Plckayune.
Wlnir lliey pulled Vui up by the hand.
Wr fetched fin that tliar I '111 Oak whonl,
We larnl mo In rr diiy
Tlmnk, Jr' "all t we ever larnl,"
, Ihal'a 'bout Ihu way.
TlmUk'li 't awt uv "linden t'lurny,
Nary one but onderalaiids,
jVr iliey aiu't much larnt brrrnttheniue
Wlmr lliey pulU 'em up by thu hand.
-AKiiei fc. Mitchell in I'liicaito Record.
a Mimion visiow
Tln hostess, u,n elegantly dressed lady
of 00, witli abundant white liair puffed
ibovi eye xtill black iiinl bright with a
flra that must onco have kiutlltil a flamo
in tunny n heart, caught tho ball of con
versation an it ciimo her way.
"In my youth wo never heard of this
tiling yon call mental telegraph, theoso
phy ami the like, but every now and
tliea there took place, as now, occur
rence which puzzled tho thoughtful,
though tiny hail no name to gio tho
phenomena. But, like most young girls,
1 was skeptical of all that wan not di
rectly natural when I thought of it at
all, which wan not ufteu, until I had
the experience I am going to tell you of,
which wan o strange that it upset mo
fur mini) weeks, which agitation came
lint so much from the real shock and
fright that I Knffered ns from tho mys
terious circumstances that attended it.
"My own homo was a country place
nonie 15 miles from a large city, where
I hod several families of relative
whom I visited onco or twice a year or
whenever there wan to be given any
bill or opera or festivity of mifllcient
importance for nie to desire to attend
it. I was just 1 7 when a royal person
tfu from Europe came ncross the ioud
to get a peep ut the Yankees, and though
democratic to the point of being rabid
every manly head was uncovered in
thu country, every manly throat ached
with phcering this personage, and every
feminine, heart beat high with tho hope
of huviug the royal eye rest for a mo
ment upon tho new gown which was to
be had at all hazards if the family diuoit
on potatoes alone for a year to come.
"There were to bo a series of cuter-
taiuments given in honor of bis high
ness, audi, like all the rest of the world,
ninst attend in all tho finery my father's
ample means allowed me. From iny
mother's side of tho family I hail iuher
ited sumo very fine diamonds, amount
ing iu value to over f 10,000, and even
great deal more iu those days, when
these gems were not so common, and on
tin occasion I teased my father to let
uir wear them.
"I had no mother to tell me that such
rich jewelry was not in the best of taste
on one so young and an unmarried wom
an, so when I started for the city I carried
the diamonds with nie. But my maid
was nu elderly womnn, who had also
been my nurse since my motherless
babyhood, and tho jewels were in her
care. Unfortunately, however, Marian
fell ill the day nfter I left home, and
being confined to her lied I was depend
cut on m v mint's maid for sen-ices iu
my dressiiiLT. etc. In order to lighten
this woman's duties, which wero heavy,
as my cousins ulso frequently required
her uid us hairdresser and seamstress, J
ItHiktti after my clothes ond waited on
myself us much as possible, performing
such acts of my toilet as I couhl.
"It thu ImiilH-ned that one uight.
after returning from a reception at the
honso of n foreign consul, I disrobed
luvself of my trained evening dress, and
slinninir cm a loose sack sat down to
brush my hair before retiring. My seat
wan just in frout of a largo glass above
my dresser, or wliat was men caueii a
Imivun ' mi which I had placed the
jewelry I had worn the diamonds 1
have spoken of.
"As I plied the brush my eyes nat
nrally fell on this mirror, which reflect
ed the room behind mo, and as I coil'
tinned to look I saw evolving itself ap
parently from empty air the tiguro of a
man. He was well dressed, even stylish
ly, mid was after a fashion hamlsonie,
but deathly pale, and his eyes glittvred
feverishly.
"Ho crept nearer and nearer to me,
eeeming to lotik only at the diamonds
loosely strewn upon the marble before
im but his right hand was thrust into
his breast, and us he stissl over mo he
suddenly jerked it out and raised high
aliovo nie a small Spanish dagger, the
hilt of which was of u dead gold, or
Ktruscun gold, as it is called. This was
set with rubies, which 1 noticed with
that peculiar attention to trifles so ofteu
displayed in moments ef danger. I'p to
tliis point I had been too terrified to call
out or even to move, not even tvruing
niy head to bsk around me, but watch
ing the movements of the assassin as
hey were reflated in the mirror. But
a he brought down his hand with a
wift, murderous motion to strike nie
from my chair with a single blow the
P 11 that had held me snapped, nud I
lrsui to my fii t with a shriek of ter
ror nud rnsh-il to the door.
"Even as I ran I wntid nil at not en
rountering the man. bm tlviuh 1 could
not remember afterward su ing hira at
II I did not stay, but unlocking tht
d'ir flung it open, still screaming ae
fast as the sounds could issue from my
lips. It happened that two of my young
men vnMit.. lul linirered later than
the rest of the family at the entertain- ,
"neut referred to, and having just com
n were, coming up the main staircase
cl'e to my room. Bushing to the, I
threw myself into the arms of the near-
est, Christopher, shrieking. 'The man, '
the man!'
"The two young men hurried to my
room aniMooked about, but could see uo
coii. The windows wer all fastened.
and as I had myself just come out ol
the single disir to the apartment, and
iio.n which no nun else could have slip
ped without Olir Swiiilf him. the nnlr
chance was fur the burglar to have ouu-
eeuleil lnniN'lf iu the nmm.
'By this time the rest of the hnnw.
hold was aroused, and not only my
loom, but the entire phu. was' thor
oughly searched. The three windows of
the rismi were proviihil with heavy old
fnihiiitied shutters, twocf them oiieuiiig
on the stni't, an unbroken (Iihitiii .,f
over 40 f.ft, while the other had not
been nncliMil for years, for it looked
almost info one iu the next house, which
was also seen to be tiuhtlv seenred. I
Tho house itself was occupied by a re-; ors. The writer is a deputy assessor in
spectable family iu stniilened cireu.u the west town, and ut present heiscom
stances. It then fore Seemed an imtMissl- mlnm n K.k llmt is full of imitie unit
bility for a man to have entered the !
(mi unseen by me and to have made !
his escape iu the few seconds it tisik my ;
cousins to reach the spot where I had
wi n him. So it was thought that I had
fallen nslii'piu my chair, and my vision ! to a window iu Assessor Jacob M.
had bet n the result of my late supper of Horn's west town ofi'uv, Haymarket
uiiutvd chicken and champagne, und Theater building, und get our book and
though I was still shivering from my blank schedules. These calfskin covenil
tright I allowed myself to be nlmost i Issiks contain a little map of some jiar
persuaded that this was the real truth, i ticulur district iu the great West Side.
By the next night I had so thorough-1
ly been laughed into believing this that
I took my seat before the mirror and be
gan brushing my hair as nonchalantly
as at first, wneu to my utter horror I '
saw that figure form itself from noth
ing, ulisolutely nothing, and again ad
vance upou me with that menacing at
titude. Again it raised its hands to
strike, the terrible eyes seemed to glare
into mine, fixed on them iu the mirror,
ond, as before, released from the horror
that held me stricken into marble, I
leaped to my fii t and rail screaming
iuto tho corridor without. I glanced
back into tho room, but tlicre was no
one visible there, but I was not to be
convinced this time that an overheated
imagination was to blame. I tied to my
aunt's dix;r, nzid as she ojietied it fell !
fainting iu her arms, I was not to bo
st i mil from my belief that my life had
been threatened in that dreadful room
by all thu searchng und arguments that
wero made und announced my intention
of returning home iu the morning.
"But tho next night wus to In that
of tho grand ball given iu honor of the
prince, and that, with the fact that I
had tho prettiest gowu iu the city to
wear, finally prevailed on nie to alter
my mind, though I made it a couditiou
that Marian, my maid, was to occupy a
little auteclmmlier opening iuto mine,
and that my stalwart cousin, Christo
pher, who was afterward my loved hus
band for nearly -10 years was to sleep
on n cot in the hall just outsido my
door. So with a contented mind I went
to the bull, returning late to find my
good maid asleep, and as she was still
not well I crept quietly in and proceed
ed to undress,
"I let dowu my hair, and, though too
fatigued, as usual, to brush it, sat for
some moments looking at myself iu the
glass I was a little vain in those days
when nil ut once I saw behind me the
man with his knife in his hand.
"But this time ho did not evolve from
air, but was there, real flesh nud blood,
his hot breath nearly scorching tho back
of my neck. I leaped to my feet with a
cream, and as I did so he struck at me,
but the blado glanced aside, wounding
mo only slightly in the shoulder. I
screamed aloud, and he felled me with
a blow just as Marian and Christopher
camo rushing in. Hoeing them, the rob
ber and assassin sprang for tho opeu
window and would huvo escaped by
leaping an easy feat for a muscular
man in tho window of the honse next
door, which was also open and only about
three feet distaut. This had evidently
been the way by which ho had eutcrod
and which he used as an egress. But
Christopher caught him and dragged
him back, and after a struggle secured
him, oidiil by his brothers, who had
been summoned by Marian, so when I
opened my eyes from my swoon it was
to see tho would lie murderer lying
bound, w hile near mo lay a small dag
ger, with a handle of Etruscan gold,
studded with Hawed rubies.
"But here is tho strange part of tho
story: On the night of his captnre he
had entered my room for tho first time,
though on the two previous nights he
hod watched mo thwugh tho shutters of :
tho two windows. He was the sou or
tho family residing next door, and from
tho love of dress anil pleasure Uyond
his means had involved himself hope
lessly in debt, and su ing my diaiiiouiU
had conceived tho idea of killing or at
least silencing mo and stealing them to
pay his debts. But though his mind had
dwelt persistently on the scheme he had
lacked courage to carry it out until tho
night of the ball, when, pressed by an
importunate creditor, ho had let himself
into the room, where ho hail oonoealud
himself until my arrival, not knowing
of the protectors I hud Uen warned to
have near me. "Philadelphia Times.
Cieinbllnc lo Calcutta.
Gambling on the next rain and iti
duration has Ucome so great a vice in
Calcutta that the government has been
called on to suppress it. Clerk ou the
way to their olliccs stop t commission
house to plai'e bets, and tho womou
have been seized with tho mania, so
thut they do Dot only puwu their own
and Uirrowed Jewels, bet go further tu
pris-ure money to gamble with. The
lookmakers risk no money of their own
and charge a small commission for
handling tho bets. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Ilia far lew Appwdacea.
"Say. cull. I dreamed Lis' night 'ut 1
had wings an could fly."
"Wot did yer doc"
"W'y, wid dem wings 1 1 'ought I'd
never git in under do trucks fore
train started. " Chicago Record.
d
Ha That Doeeu'l Const,
"Are you sure they're quite freek?"
"Wot a question to art I Can't yef
ee they're alive?"
"Ye, but you't. alive, yon know I
HEAH AN ASSESS0K. I
HE
RELATES rj IS EXPERIENCE
GIVES A BIT OF ADVICE.
AND
111 Piano and I'oterty 1'robleui A I'arml
That Waa Cheap at Auy I'rlre-A Keen
la t'pir Teteloui Aa AppraJ For
Tourtny to the Aunur.
Wlien by telling the truth an evil is
perpetrated, then it is wrong to tell the
trtuli. I suppose that is the reason so
many people are doing good by telling
falsehoods to Iktw ikiI nnns-i'tv asses-
figures. The names are all right, but
the man who said "IlirureH can't lie"
never ussessed tsTsonal liMis'rtT.
There are uls.ut oft of us assi-ssors.
who form in a line nt H a. iu.. move tin
We move out to these districts und go
to work. The towu clerk registers our
oaths to "faithfully perform the duties
of an assessor," and the pwplo we as-
sess do the rest of
the swearing. That
isn't all Sometime they set the dog
on ns und o'herwise treat us as though
we were Iss.k ap'iits. That makes the
usscssor warm, and then he interviews
a neighlHir regarding property that is
notnunssilile. Anil the consequence is
people who "bontn'cd" tho assessor will
find a vnlniition placed upon their prop
erty that will cause them to think there
is nothing certain but death and taxes.
Ox-asioually we find poverty and a pi
ano together. 11 ic piano is assessable,
and the jsiverty isn t.
If you assess tho
!ie poverty, and
niano. von increase the
there you ure.
These iniimgruities come up, and on-
less you have the wisdom of a Is turd of
equalization there is trouble. Sh aking
aUmt this Uuird. I have un idea that
they will just aUmt double the poor us-
Hwors' figures when they get dowu to came upon tne siage, ine mirror wuu u iliUII ulli fttli.r tit to give Her, tlis
work. A kn-ii assessor can locate every he had wronght upon himself - his , n.p.ii,,,, common justice and that
piano in his district. If he doesn't hear ghastly eyesockets, his blood stained jH .r rjKitful tin. the absolute
it, everybody elm in the neighborlnsid face was visible, und then a pust of I u,i ,.,,! division i f all that atvrues
has, and they tell him uUmt it. I asked wind lifted his mantle und flung it ubont ! tiimKi his work and her economy,
a real nice looking lady the other day if his head so that all was concealed, and Ti,., im.r,msiiig love of luxury iimoiid
she had a piano, aud she said "No."' an extpiisite pity for him was aroused ,j10 comfort which club life pro-
"Why, yes, mamma, wo have," said while he straggled juiiufully to rid him- j vitltK. with emigration from thickly
her little gill IB incniubiance by the impost- i )v tfiti litt ci liters to remote fields of in-
The mother suit! : "(to iuto the house tit ti of this petty annoyance npon his ,iHlrv, have reductil theiinmUrof mar-
this minute, yon nanghtv girL How
dare you !" Anil then the child knew she
hud done something wrong. She had
told the truth to a nasty, menu usscssor.
I went into a little candy store on the
same street. To the woman U'hilid the
counter 1 stated my business.
She replied: "I tun a pir w idow. My
Mud, what will I do?" Tears flowed
down her cheeks, and she sobUil as
though her heart would break. The as
sessor felt so mean that he sneaked out
without asking her name.
Even the parrots are down ou assess
ors. A Latliu street bird told tho us
scssor to goto any unuiU-r of times
whilo ho was conductiiiK the luquisito
riul ceremony.
"Thut bird speaks very plaluly," said
tho writer.
"Just hear tho dear fellow, ne can
uy just as plainly us I can. I will
sell him for fl.'i. There's a bargain. "
And the lady meant every word she said.
A parrot that can enss nu assessor . ... v
cheap ut any price.
This is how they do it on A-sblanU y a quu.t Htwl,,y R!ml0, taking no
Umlevard: risks, aud holding high cards or tho
Scene, front st.s.p of a stone man-1 jok , flir u cut.lirB tll0 wl)lrit of ox
siou. Dnimatis persoiiue, lady with ' -:, n,,!;......... enifeiitlttred
large diamonds in her ears. N'ghgee at-
tire. Assi'sstir with Usik and an nlllcial
smile.
Lutlv We tiro cleaning house today,
all toi;y turvy, und you eannoteomo in.
Assessor Not ut ull necessary, my.
dear madam, that I should go in. 1
. -
IV't i'
,
havo brought this Usik and my
nation ulomr. und I can sec ull
HeceKSiiry. I sco that this is a U'lintifnl
house, and the eye of my imagination
penctiutcs these walls. I see a grand pi
ano, statuary by Tlmiwalstere, paint
ings by tho old and new masters, tajies-
tries from India, win'ts rroili luikey
china from Dresden, brie-u-bran frt.m
ull i urts of the world iu short, every
thing that a lady of your pxecptiouul
judgment would use in emU'llishiiig
such a noble Muusioii.
Lady Sir I
Assessor Whilo I can hardly venture
to pluee avaluution upon such treas
ure I will lio iiuslcrate and suy $10,
000. Ludy Do it if you dure ! Come in and
see.
The assessor went in and fonud his
mental nictur scarcely overdrawn, but
..... i . ui..,,. i m'
valuation.
Here is a bit of advice to person who!
. l,.,.li...t t.. r.ts....t the iutrusiou of ,
au assessor. The ailvlco noes uoi com a (
cent, but if you do not act uihiu it you
may be caused no end or trouble una
money also. Throw your disir wide ojs u
to the assessor, invite him in, give him
to uiwlerstiunl that you ure tho obliged
awks aud it is 10 to I that you will ba
irH..t fairlv. uiitl a is.iut or two muy
information tie
l .stretched' in your favor. Khut him
out, and he will make a record or tno
fact, and in fixing the valuutioii of
your property find nothing in your fa
vor. If you go to the office with your
chedule, the fact that you refusnl ad
mittance to the deputy is noted, and in
that event you will pay all the hiw de
mands. West Side Assessor in Chica
go Times-Herald.
An !ld War.
A queer wngr i tho one populurly
believed to huvo Ui-u won by Sir Wal
ter Raleigh from Queen Elizabeth, on
llie ilelu.tablo tll.cMiiill of how much
smoke is contuiued in a pound of to- j
banii. A pound of the articlo wus
weighed, burned anil then weighed in
ashes, and the question was held to lie
satisfactorily settled by determining the
weight of the smoke a exactly thut of
the tobacco U foro being burned, minus
the ashes. The fuct uf the ashes huviug
received an additional weight by com
bination with the oxygen of the utnnei
phere was uuthisight of by KlizaU-th
ind the knight.
labor HarlDg,
Watts It I a gn at thing to be pru
dent of the United States.
Potts Y'ou don't say o?
"Oh, hot I do say. Think of having
all your fl.h stories written up for you
by the correspondent iustead of having
to wake them yourself. " Iudianapolu
Journal.
3 THE H0MAN9 8AW ,T-
A Chual rerferwaar la ttaa UM
Wr ml Oranc.
Of scenery, iu the ordinary sense of )
tiif word, there was none at all. What 1
w e saw was the real thing. Iu the i'i'o
ing scene of "(Kdipus," the king, coin
ing forward through the royul port-'il
and senvs the raised platform in the
rear i f the stage, did literally "enter
from the pa luce" nud did "descend the '
' palace tc" to the "public place" '
where C'hs.ii and the priests awaited
him. It was a direct reversal of the or
dinary effect in the ordinary theater, .
j where the play liws in realism Uviiuso
a current of uecvssurily appreciated but
purposely rcjecttil antagonistic fact un
demius the conventional illusion and
compels us to perceive that tho palace
is but paiutcd canvas, and even on the
i largest stage only four or five times as
high as the prince. The palace nt Or
unge, towering upas though it would
touch the very heavens and obviously '
of veritable stone, was a most peremp
tory reality.
The fortuitous accessory ef the trees .
growing close beside the stage addiit to
the outdoor efTivt still another very
vivid touch of realism, und this was
heighteuiil by the swaying of the branch
es, ami by the gracious motiou of the
draperies, under tho fit fill pressure of
the strong gust of winib Indeed the
mistral took a very tolling part in the
tierformunce. 1'layers ! is-rfect in
their art would have Uvii disconcerted
t.- 1 L.C. liu L'l-iiumiaii
by it, but these of thoComeilie Kraucaiso
were quick to perceive and to utilize its
artistic possibilities. Iu the very mtilst
of the solemn denunciation of OCdipu
by Tiresias, the long white Uurd of tho
bliud prophet suddenly was blown up
ward so that his face was hidden nud
his utterance choked by it, unit tho mo
mentary pause, while he raised his bund
slowly, and calmly freed his face from 1
this chalice covering, made a dramatio ;
break in his discourse, aud added to it a
naturalness which vivnuy intensintii ns
solemu import. In like iiuinnerthe final
entry of U-alipus, coming from tho pal-
ace after blinding himself, was mude
thrillingly real For a moment, us he .
mortal agony ot issiy aim or ""--
"llie uomeiiie rrancaise ut vintngf,
by Thomas A. Janvier, iu Century.
SEVEN HANDED EUCHRE.
Itrflnlta I'olDla tilvea Thai Will Knable
Our to I'lay Ilia lialne.
For pleasure, pure and simple, seven
handed euchre chilis nmy lie cited a
model. The game is played with a full
pack of cards, and tho joker is used.
Seven cnrtU ure dealt to each player,
. ,i i .i ...i
giving ursv u.r ..... .... ""I,..,,,,.,,,, orl.,1,, llm i.nnv of the lost.
leaving four on the table. iuu quartet
i dublxil "the witlow.
!, .1..I.I....1 .!. .. i.l,..u "
Tho player on the left of the dealer
nutkes tlio' first bid of 9. 3. 4, C, 0 or 7
tricks, uuming the suit, tho highest bid
getting it The bidding is done iu turn.
The person who secure the bid then
select three other players partners
thu pitting four against three. If tho
bidder wins, he and hi ru't'"'!- euoh
count the amount bid. If lie fails, he is
eu(.hm, u(l , ,lirv0 o,,,,,,,,.,,! count
I , ......,,.. i,j,i while olio can
fu( of ,uo ,umr rumires thut a
j ' , , ,. ,. . i.i .:,i
person holding tho Joker should bid the
r . i ... i....ui... t
unit. sev... ... c ony a
ing an element of chance iu the cont.st
"'
I her of point gaiutil can be the limit or
Kivcn is'riod of time as agreed upon.
Tho ouo hoitling the highest niiinlier of
.. i""'"'' ------
points ut tho decisive monieut wins.
Philadelphia Preso.
A DOCTOR'S YARN.
It
I of Tou NUIer Who Killed Their
iraii.iratl.er Iu ICase Ilia I'aln.
This is a bit of a true story a physi
cian told me the other day, and it struck
Uie us U'ing the text for a fascinating
story of the Klierlis-k Holmes sort, we
were talking of the advisability of put
tipg bolielessly ill persoiiM out of their
misery us soon as possible. Dr. B. didn't
U'licvu iu it,
"I was usketl to do it onn," lie saliL
"Two sisters linked me to kill their
grandfather, whom I was attending.
He was old and could not recover, iney
seemed simiilv to tiity his pain. I re
fusetL M'Xt morning wnen i ca.iei. ...e
n"ul w,w ,1,'m1, lm ""rM'
sisters hud sent Her out on an emu. i.
When she retui mil the windows of the
HICK nsilll wt'ro tlS'll. Jliem nun m
strong tslor of chloroform iu tho rismi
und the mull was death "
"And what did you do?" was asked.
"Nothing. The elder sister is now
under the cure of u specialist in nervous
discuses. She ea.illot sln'p. She will not
' allow herself tol ulone a liioin. nt, und
she keet the gns burning in her room
j all night. I thiuk sho will en.l in a
muunouM'.
j Isn't that a priceless bit for sumo nn-
tbor' llotelss.k? Wushiugtou 1'ost.
An Awful lllle,
"Sneakinif f fishing exts-riences,"
said the man iu the negligee shirt, "I I
shall never forget the day when Bob
White and I yon know Bob? were try
ing our luck on Lake Squiim. Wo had ,
fished fur un hour or more und had;
. ... ..11....... I
caught Olliy a lew nmn .euown, vsnuu
suddenly I had in. uwf ul bite"
"And then you pulled in your line,
hand over hand, only to lose a ten pound
pickerel just us you were ulsnit to land
. i i... ..... ,i... r.. ......I Mf.iiny '
nun, niicrruiii-ii iu ..
ou the flour burreL
"1 luul un awful bite," the flshermnn
p'suiui'il. without noticing his interrupt
er, "and I liiaslnil the fellow us fiat US
a doormut. It was the biggest mosquito
I ever euiir.intep'd. " Boston Trau
script. . Heudiated.
'Mo!
The form of the young and U-untifal
irirl wus ilrawii up to its full height, and
t.i.iveriiiu with rugu she tsiitited to the
dissr. "You told nie it would bo"
With aniuimaiidiiiggesturealio hand
ed him back the ring iui bat jiut teu
derud her.
"al least three t"rat." Dvtroit
Fiee Prw
WOMAN'S POSITION.
WHAT IT WAS BY NATURE AND WHAT
MAN HAS MADE IT.
la tended Vr Maternity and tluinrkerpara,
Mauy Ara Hrlvrn Inln Orrnpalluoa That
Were Dura Only for Men - Some Very
rial Talk.
The reiteration of any statement, how
ever iniH.i'tanl or timely, tuoiuuca mo
notonous, but so long ns mischievous
ide is arc promulgated they must Ut met
and discredited, though it Ut seventy
times seven and more. OiherwiMt the
world would remain eternally iu error.
It will U adiiiittnl, even by the most
radical of the so callnl woman' rights
dvocutfs, that, iu conformity to her
peculiar physical organization, the fe
male of the human ran has Urn espe
cially creutnl to perform a svitlo work
iu the domestic ctunonty. This is, com
prehensively Mated, to Uiir children anil
maintain the home. On the other band,
it was manifestly inteudiil that the
male of the human race should cherish
and protect her, assuming the severer
physical lalsir which must U informed
and shielding her from every danger
that might threaten the health, happi
ness and jK-rpel nation of the sjsfics. In
the original plan one duty was not re
garded snlsirtlinate or inferior to the
other. Nature had simply divided the
Imrileii of existence, uxsimiitiir tonne the
m tiVe part of providing fissl and shel-
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ter, anil to llie oilier llie inure ininiriaut
iiarf in the reproduction of thesptvic
to strip it of all its sentimentality und
state it plainly.
Hut ill this, as in all things else, tho
majority of men have subverted the
law of nature and have promulgated the
thtitry that they, tho nctual earners of
wealth, owe little to women who mere
jv rillM, ,.hjhrcn and preside over the j
M"ol0 w,i,.h they, the men, have found- ,
I. ami which they alone wotk to sns-
tain. This assigns niaternity and home
knping to mi inferior position und place .
the mother and the head of the house- I
bold in llie iittllutloof tlt'ls ntlent, w lui
,. , ,Nltl.,t w ith whatever the bus
riageable men in many state, tins,
with the unwillingness of tho few to
nct-ept the dependence of the nature do
scritxil uUive, has also largely iiierrasi'd
the iiuuiUt of unmarried women who
choose to, or are forced to, provide for
themselves. Whether they U lmig to one
class or the other, it remains none the
less certain that whatever income they
are to have they must acquire by their
own efforts. They have no other alter
native, unless they are w illing to acii-pt
thetlistastefulcluu ity of wealthy friends
. ' .
llinwie.
ulniost inevitably ends in the prisou,
the almshouse or the potter's fioltl
And yet, iigiiin nud again, aud still
again, solemn exhortations lire sounded
from the pulpit warning "woman" from
j deserting the homo, her proper sphere,
; tu loin the feverish Multitude who
crowd the marls uud highway nf tho
worltL Women themselves, weak, fool
ish and unthinking, selfishly satisfied
with their ow n st elusion, who tho souse
less and cruel couimaiid.
For it is cruel, as heart less as thesug
ffcstionof the pamlM'rnl French queen
whose sulijifls, starving fur bread, were
advised "to put II chicken ill the l"t.
The wife of a famous I'nion general
sometime ago deplortil the cxislusof
, ,lr ..., into busims ami
. hm m
.H'ver known want ortho luckt.f a thing
, . . . Afll . .,, .mH,
. " 11
m.
i V""!1
friends ami the government. i.
tiiiisidenitlon of his serviti', providtil
for her so that she might enjoy the same
comfort to the end of her days. Nut a
dollar of tho generous income was tho
result of her ow n personal effort, und
but for tho Untnty of the country sho
niuht have learned something of tho
stress which fortm other women to seek
an honest liv 4iIhkh1 for themselves.
The situation has passed U'youd the
I .)WM f UIiy Immiin U'ing to ulter it.
Instead of decreasing, no matter what
the result may U, the exislus w ill oou
tinne. Those women who havo braved
the world huvo tested through exs'rieuce
the swifts of independence una the satis
faction which comes from U'ing able to
do work uud tlo it well, w hich not only
provides a living for the present, but iu
dciionilenco in old ago. Poverty, help
lessness bread unit Usud Unit ure Ml'
.,.!,.- huvelnirriiil munv a wo-
""u to her grave whose old age, hud she
Ui'll uble to U'liellt by tho new col.ili
tions of t'sluy, would have Uen scren
and unclouded.
There is no fear that women will
cease to miirry uud to aid iu founding
homes, but the skilled workwoman of
the twentieth century will Utable to tin
l.uuitl that equality in matters of dou.es-
tki uuthority nuil finance which her Ig
i niiri.t nister tlur.il not ask. humisTiHl by
, ,H, limitation of her sex. aggravated by
her ignorance. A new eru hu dawned.
Neither prejudice, nor conservatism, nor
ihu combined hostility of church unit
slate run onler the sun to stiuid it ill
Tho day of miracles, in this dim-lion st
bust, has missed Mary II. Krout iu
Chicago Inter Ik-run.
lllf Itella Id ritlna.
Btwide hundn ils of U lls weighing
from 10.000 to H.'i.OOO pounds, Nankin,
Cliiua, has four U lls which weigh SO.OOO
pound each. They ore nearly 1 3 Knglish
feet each in height, und are ulmost 113
feet in diameter. The met al In these tno.i
iters, averages ulsMitfiU' inches iu thick
l.os throughout, U'iug uUit.t H Inches
on the lower lip, or rim. Iu Peking there
is a chime of seven Ulls, ouch of whlcli
weighs 120,000 pouuil, St. Doul Re
publiu (III, hxtiut
A funny incident and not so fminf ,
after nil t urnil on the Feu tho oth
er ufteniism. Two cyclists met unex
pectedly. The woman did not turn to
the right, and tho mull ruu struight into
her whn'1, tiNctting U.th. They scrum
blul to their feet, rightetl their bikm,
I ,ul uUmA ut euch other fur half a s:
ond. Tlnui tho man coolly siupis u tne
woman's face, aud Jniuping on his
w heel, rolled awoy with lightning sptL
An eyew Hues of the ecene Was uiigul
bu.t eiiougb to applaud the act, for, he
uid, it waa deserved. Boston Uorald.
A CHtAI BLOWHOLE.
The MlDgular Kork l oriitallua ua the Aoa
Iraliaa I mt-t.
Ouo of the ninst pleasant as well 0
f iimios tourist i ! .Ms iu New tjontli
Wales is s.t lulled mi the const aoino 70
miles s.miii of S-yihiey. Tilts iTliter of
this district is Kiama, it liictuii-squn
ami thriving town surrounded by rich
agricultural couuliy. and which ban
keen I n i It iisiu ail old igneous How of
basalt that lias solid. lied aud crystal
linl into hn,w columns of vvluit is sip
nl.irly called "blue-tone. " This forma
tion is situ to perfection mi the west
coast of Sid laud und north of Ireland
ut St. Fiugal's cave and other plan's,
and those who are acquainted with the
rugged appearance of the coast in theso
plan's can form a gtssl idea of the ap
pearance of the New South Wales coast
nt this point. Kiama. unlikeother tour
ist re. rts, can Ut thoroiiglily enjoyitl
in either fair or stormy weather, innl
1 tip fe who visit the tow u when a gotsl
gale is blowing have tut pKirtuiiitv of
' witnessing a sight tho like of which
does not exist elsewhere on our glolt
The famous "Blowhole" here sittiutcd,
iu the middle of a ris ky headland run
ning tint into the sea, forms u truly wmi
f droos sight. Willi each sutvessi ve bn-uk-
er tho oti-an siray is sent shooting np
I iulo tho nir sometimes ns high us from
1100 to -lot) ftvt. ileseeuding ill a drench -i
lug shower nntl niinmpauietl by a nnn
, blmg uoist as of distant Ihiintler, which
can 1 heard for many miles anmml
This "Blowhole" is siugtilur liat-
uml phenouieutin, ami itmsisls of a mt
I N'iiilicular hole, nearly circular, with at
I diameter of nUmt ten yanU across, alio.
I has the appearance of U'iug the crater
of an extinct volcano. This is councctcsl
with the ocoanhya cave alsiut ItKlyiirtU
iu length, the seaward opening of which
, is iu all ressvls similar to St. Fingnl'a
cave tin the west coast of Si it land, tho
same pcns'iiilifular luisiiltie colutniiH
irniinu the Mile walls ot encll. into
u ,OWeriiitf waves rush duriuu
Htoriiiy weather, nml us the cave extciuU
,ijM,mu. farther into the rock than
,10 Biowi,ole," on the entrance tf
.j, V11V, tli(l PUvitr Uitmie full of
couiirtvtstil uir, which, when tho tension
Ui'iimes tiMt great, blows the water with
stuM'ndous force up to the iH'rjK'iitlicu
Lir opening. l'liutogTapliio Journal
HANDCUFFS STOP TALK.
Aod
Ilreaklnf a rrleoner! Jaw ReM
lll.n from Kunnl.if Awaj.
A police olllcer waa under cross cx-
auiinutioii iu the Nilico court. The de
fcudant was chargetl with using vnlgur
language, battery, disturbing the peiwft.
drunkenness ami resisting un nfllii-r.
You put the handcuffs ou this mail.
didn't voulf" aakd the attorney for the
defense.
'Yes. sir."
"Why did you do that! Wushe resist
ing or attempting to escape at that
time?"
No, sir. "
Ho was walking along quietly
enough, wasn't hu?"
"Yes."
"Then why did yon handcuff him?"
"He was using vulgar languugc,"
"But why did you put those thing
ou his wrists?"
"I couldn't put them on Ilia ii.outu.
"What ditl he tlo thcu?"
"lie trinl to run."
"And what did yon do?"
"I broke his jaw for him."
"Whv did ynu break his jaw?"
"Well, I couldn't break his leg, could
I?"
"Then, as I understand it, you nt
handcuffs on him to keep him from us
ing vulgar language and broke hi jaw
to kti'p him from running?
"Yes, sir; that 'a right; that's whut I
did."
"Ditl tho handcuffs stop his vulgar
language?"
"Thut "a what they ditl"
"How?"
"Well, he' deaf uud dnnih, autl lie
was swearing with his fingers."
"Did breaking his jaw stop hi run
ning?"
"Yes, sir. When ho cumo to he wo
w hero 1 10 couldn't ruu. " Sjui Fnuiciaco
Post.
Cltlsrn Train.
Mn.rgn Francis Train sat iu state in
Madison Sqnuro park the other day, uud
us ho lolled ou a U'lu li munching xn
tints a nmn ciime along w ho luul L.'eti
drinking. Thero ure few jN'rsmm ou
earth who think the sage of the square
an easy mark for their shafts of wit.
"Kin you tell me," uskiil the lurch
ing chap, "why you uroerar.y?"
(linrge Francis ltKikcd ut him neri
onsly for a moment. "Yes," ho an
swereil; "I inn pursued by so many
fts.U who usk questions."
"Don't sensible folk ever talk to
you?" went on tho man.
"Never," replied the philosopher.
"Yon have uuswertMl your own que
tion," he went ou. "If you uced the iu
formation really, you put yourself down
as a silly jswin. If you're not bright
enough to see tho point, you are con
victodof U'ing one of the class you men
tion. In liny event you're a fisiL Now
uo homo unit reason it out." And tlie
half dazed Individual sutuitcrt.il away.
New Y'ork WorliU
Illrertliim rr Slerlllilnf Milk.
Irovide six or eight half pint U.ttle.
acoortliug lo the iiiunls r of times the
child is fed during the lit hour. Put
the prti'r amount uf fissl for ouo feed
ing In each buttle and use a tuft of cot
ton batting us a stopcr. Have a aauce
nan that the bottles can stand In couveu
iently. Invert a perforated tiu pie plate
in tho Uittoni and put in euough water
to couio uUjvo tlio milk In the Uittle.
ritnud the uotthn on it: when tho water
Udl draw the saucepan to a eisdi-r part
of tho stove, w here the wuter will re
u.uiii near the billing point but in it ao
tuully Uiiling. Cover the saucepaii and
let the Uittle lemaiu iu it one hour.
Put them iu the icelsix or a cool place
In winter Ladies' Homo JoiirimL
Apixwrane,
"My dear harmi, whut are you doing?
Smoking two cigar at oue and the aauie
time?"
"Well, oa set, my dear fellow, iu
this U-astly hole you can t get any ix
penny cigars such us I ain in the habit
of smoking, and so I have to make shift
with a couple of threepenny ouea. "
Deutsche Warte.
Waalerf Iw Koow To Mach.
Broucho Illll Whutcher shoot do ten
dorfout fer?
Firewater Juke W'y, do kid hed
nerve ter ax me w here I got five at !
Hyracuse Put.
A MAN OF RESOURCES.
Ttili Ix-ntUt W Wllllin la AeeommB
lUte llie 1'alrnn.
The tlrntist tlidn't want to talk shop,
he said, but he Ihought the story worth
telling, so he told it. "Not long ugo,"
ho stiid, "a western railrisnl president
came to New York, nntl one evening
was invited to dine with some of his
friends here. The dinner was a particu
larly jolly affair, and when tho western
man reac hed his hotel he was iu a mer
ry mood. It was his custom to place his
set of false teeth under the pillow every
night just Is fore going to Uit, aud he
was certain he had done so on this par
ticular evening. Nevertheless in the
morning he was unable to Und them.
Searching high nml low in tho Min
was of no avail, and finally ho came to
me for a new set,
" 'How long will it take you to miike
them'r' he nked. I told him four or five
days. 'Can't listen to anything like
that,' he rcplinl. 'I ll give yon triple
moticy to make them in '.'I hours.' You
see (sHiple from Chicago think that
money laughs ut everything, even time.
"All my arguing with the old fellow
did un gissl, so 1 set to work on his
teeth. In the meantime, however, I told
my assistant to hasten urouiul to tho old
unui's hotel uud make a scientific search
of his nsini. The westerner insisted
that he hail drunk uo more wine than
usual at the dinner, but I was satisfied
that he was deceiving himself. I hud
not Ui'ii long ut the preliminary meas
urements when my assistant culled me
out and handed me the teeth. Ho had
found them ill the pillowcase, where
the owner hud put them instead of un
der the pillow.
'I returned the teeth and the railroad
man was so overjoyed that he did not
cancel the onler, but told mo to go
ahead with the teeth. They might come
in handy some time, ho said. He even
unU'iit so far as to udinit that perhaps,
after all, he had drunk a glass of wine
too much tho night U'fore, and when I
sent him my bill I nveived a check for
double the amount from him. New
York Tribune.
THE BARBER'S REVENGE.
Tala of a Talkallra Toneorlal ArlUI
and Ilia tlruO" C'uatuiurr.
At ho threw himself Uu-k iuto tho
emhriU'O of tho cushioned chair of a
Union rquoro UirUr shop ho scowled
fiercely ut tho UtrU'r und buried his
face iu tho nowspiqsT. But the burU-r
didn't mind tho ugly oH-ning. Ho
leaned over, gurroted the tonsorial pa
tient with a towel aud jiaintett hi face
with lather. When he had fiipflapiietl
a razor once or twice aloug the strop ha
U'gan mildly :
"Nice day. sir."
"Oh. is it?" answered tho other.
The tuu-ber looked startled, but he
trinl again.
'Paper says wo re going to have nice
weather now. '
"Thanks," was tho answer, "I know-
how to reud myself. "
At this rebuff the barlsr kept si
lence. But he shaved ugiiinst the grain.
tweaked the other' ihmo und daubed
soup into tho comer of hi mouth. The
gruff man swore softly, the Uirbcr
smiled, and as a final act of violence
grubU'd tho other by tho top of thu scalp
and twisttil his head until the cervical
vertebral creaked again.
'Say," cried tho gruff man, niy
head ain't uo roulette wheel."
But still thoUirtsT shaved on iu si
lence. He shaved and shaved, scraping
tho skiu so close thut it showed ragged
under tho blade. Then, leaning over, he
grubU'd a handful of raw and tender
skin und rolled It U-tween hi finger
until the other grouued ulouiL A the
tour tlroim stole down the scarified face
the biu-lsT ailinlnlstercd tho fluul taunt:
"Do you shuvo yourself, sir?"
"No," roared the gruff man, leaping
up in tne etiuir, i snuvo my graun-
mother and sister nieces."
Then he buried his face iu the pucr
and the UirU'r smiled and smiled aud
Hilled, whilo he rubUd alum into the
orespotsr.ti the victim's chin. New
York WorltL
Water Wheel.
Tho point is made by a writer iu one
of the mechanical journal thut the
groutest olsitucle now encountered iu
tho successful operutioii ot wider wheel
is, from un economical asptn-t, the ttsi
ufteu entire absence uf engineering skill
in utilizing the power, and thut many a
water power would develop greuter effl-
eiency were it properly controlled aud
bud the turbine Ueu selected Uvutiao ot
its aduptubility to tho cou.litioii and
Un properly set. Un their iutrtsluc
tlou, he remarks, turbine wero used
ilngly, but now they are used either
lugly or in set of two or three or more,
as exjKidient, and in Uitterie of set;
by the use, too, of iron or steel pen
stock aud fml pis tho expense of in
stalling ha Ueu hugely reduced and
fur greater economy iu the use of wutui
secured ; the growing deuuuid for largo
unit of power has also Uwu satisfied,
io that wliereaa a few year back a 600
horsepower turbine wn almost unheard
of, turbine of 6,000 horsepower are
uow employctL
School Malhoda Abroad.
As a rule natural history aud geogra
phy are more delightfully taught iu
Prussia than hero. We gladly use it
mail, colored picture and uaturul col
lection. School hygiene iu Switzerland
it enforced iu wonderful way. Skating
vocation on well prepared icefield
are prcscriUil, and thero ere vucutiou
colonic and "milk cure" fur the sick
ly. From Vienna oome the demand for
more playground under the cure of ex
perienced teachers maintained by tho
city and regularly attended. Last Re
port of United State Commissioner ot
Education W. Harris.
A jrmplonu
lie staggered to tho disir. " Your re
fusul," lie gasped, "will thrive me in
sana" She laughed mockingly. At tho
moment sho treated hi words lightly,
but w lieu uiou the following day site
saw him abroad wearing a pink shirt
she was startled and U-thought her of
hi futeful remark. Detroit Tribuue.
A man may do very well with a very
little knowledge, and aoarce be funutl
out, iu mixed company; everybody ia
to much more ready to produce hi owa
than to call for a display of your acqui
sition. I uib.
The Pearl river. Mississippi, waa
called by the Indians the Tail latchie,
"the river of pearla."
Uruguay was named
which flow through It
from the river
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