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BY OKOHOIANA BVANS.
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ITIlElt BENOIT and I were In
the middle of our game of chess
—he is good enough to say thnt
I. the fool, play the best game of all
the chateau's company when came
the page of the Demoiselle Alys to say
thnt his mistress followed upon him
and hade us attend to speak with her.
“Go tell thy mistress, my butterfly,
that when sage ami holy men are in
1 began bravely enough,
council”—
when the arras parted behind the
stripling and a rose, flung smartly,
struck me on the mouth. Next came
the Demoiselle Alys herself, carrying
a great nosegay of her weapons. It be
ing June and her birth month. She
bore the seal of It on her cheeks and
In her eyes, which were blue as pan
ales, and clad In her green silk frock
she seemed but another rose.
For the Demoiselle Alys was the
merriest of ladies. When she was no
longer than my bauble, I held her upon
my knee, and I remember that she
laughed long before she learned to
speak, though she learned that early
too.
She burst out laughing now because
we stared at her.
"Bauble, Balute!” cried she and flung
all her roses at me. 1 went down on
my knees to pick them up, and, Father
Benoit chancing to smile at me, she
turned on 1dm.
“Thou, too—tonsure and coxcomb to
gether!”
And down he had to plump and help
me remake the bunch.
When It was complete, the Demoiselle
Alys made us sit and stood before us,
leaning against the chess table. See
ing Father Benoit peering behind her
to see that she did not disarrange the
pieces, she swept them all into a heap
with her little hand—all except the
red king, which she held and turned
round and round under the thoughtful
gaze of her blue eyes.
“Was it thou, fool, who wast playing
with the red?"
“No,” quoth 1. “ 'Twas the holy man
yonder. The innocent whites were
mine ever”—
She turned to Father Benoit. "Didst
ever think upon the red king, father?”
“Only when I castle,” replied the
priest, wondering at the seriousness of
her tone.
“Or when he is sore pressed," she
went on slowly. “But ’tis strange how
we choose our color and our king, not
knowing if he be stern stuff, to tight
well, or of the kind that cowers In a.
corner. Was the red king winning, fa
ther?”
“No; he was losing confoundedly," 1
broke In, “and badst thou not come
chattering hither I would soon have
hung another bell In my cap.”
She sighed and tucked the red king
in the bosom of her frock. Then her
fair little forehead cleared. “Now at
tend, both of you,” she commanded.
“I come on an affair of—of state. Re
serious at once.”
We looked ns serious as we could,
looking at her. She smiled back at us.
"Wit. beauty, holiness—what a coun
cfl we make! We ought to contain
great things.”
"So we would wert thou down stairs
again,” said Father Benoit. She made
a little face at him.
“Mgr. Motley,” demanded she of me,
“tell me what is the Baddest thing In
the world?”
-"An honest man looking in vain for
his price,” I replied.
“Foolish as ever!” chirped the De
moiselle Alys. “The saddest thing In
the world Is a friendless maldeu.”
“What dost thou know of such?”
asked Father Benoit
She sighed and laid the bunch of
roses against her cheek, then held them
out and looked at them. "They are
faded already,” she mused aloud. ” 'Tis
the same with every one I gather. Let
It but lie a moment on my breast, and
It Is withered. Sometimes I think they
hate me.”
“But if the flowers are not thy
friends." said Father Benoit, "still art
thou not friendless. Forget not thy
father and mother and thy kinsmen.”
"Well, then, I have friends!" she
pouted. "But 1 can never have aught
that I desire.”
"1 never remember thy failing of thy
Wish,” said Father Benoit quietly.
"Then thou hast forgot the day I was
& years old and the merchant came and
opened his packs and I cried for the
blue beads and was not let to have
them.”
“Trumpery things,” said the priest,
"not Atting for a demoiselle.”
“But I did not ask to be born a de
moiselle!” cried the Demoiselle Alys.
"And I cried for them so!”
“Well, what Is It now?” I cut in, be
ing out of practice In silence. “More
blue beads or a puppet dressed in vel
vet, or mayhap It Is my bauble? It
goes equally well with motley or petti
coat.”
"Perhaps,” she said saucily, "It Is a
new food I would like.”
Having thus vanquished me, she
grew serious and looked at us with
strange eyes, soft and shining, and
•hook her head, then dropped It
"Dost wish me to shrive thee?" Fa
ttier Benoit asked kindly, but she
Ihook her little drooping head again.
"Perhaps,” I suggested, “it Is the ad
vice of worldly wisdom thou needest
Come, I will teach thee retorts to take
all the wind out of thy Cousin Isabel's
Mils.”
“I can make them for myself,” she
answered, then looked up with bright
ened cheeks and eyes. "Dost know
my bower woman, Rosalind?" she ask
ed of Father Benoit. He bowed as
sent. "She Is In love, the foolish
wench.” This time It was I who nod
ded.
"And she wishes to lie married,”
.-oueluded the Demoiselle Alys gravely.
"Well. It Is right to speak to me of
It,” said Father Benoit. "I will read
the banns on Sunday. Whom doth she
wish to marry?"
Our demoiselle looked at us with
steady eyes. "The Sieur d’Audllly.”
Now this Sieur d’Audllly was newly
become the captain of monseigneur's
arquebusiers and was as wild, evil nam
ed and handsome a good for nothing
as ever one could Anti In a year's Jour
ney. Tales of his doings had come be
fore 1dm to tlie castle, for he wns In
deed but a stranger among us, and.
though I took note that they more con
cerned Ids conquests among the petti
coats thau victories over men with
good weapons In their hands, yet mon
seigneur, who thinks all that Is in any
degree a part of Ids family land so lie
counted tills young blood) have virtues
iu their very vices, liad said that here
was the man to make a valiant fighter.
An untried captain In truth he was.
Monseigneur would not wisli Ids cnp
tain and kinsman to stoop to his
daughter's bower woman for wife.
And yet. being penniless, and as I say,
unstable, it would seem thnt even
poor Rosalind was too good for him.
"Truly bower women are become
ambitious siuee my day. and striplings
more modest," said 1. Father Benoit
puffed out Ids lower lip and said noth
Ing.
"1 suplióse it Is not a matter of the
rack to marry above one's station!"
snapped the Demoiselle Alys.
"No," 1 returned; "It is good to see
an arquebusier with a tine alm,” for,
ns 1 said. Rosalind was a good girl.
Our demoiselle flu sited scarlet, and
her blue eyes shone like angry stars.
"Who dares say 111 of the Sieur d'Au-
dllly?"
"All France and the maidens'cheeks."
said 1. "But I like to see thee defend
thy kinsman.”
"He Is not my kinsman!” she cried.
"His father's slater married the broth
er of my uncle's wife. That Is not kin
dred."
“No? It is well, perhaps, since he is
to marry thy bower woman!"
She looked angrily at me and drew
In her breath hard, but did not answer
me. “Father.” said she to the priest,
"thou wilt marry them, wilt thou not?
That is what I came to ask.”
“What! What!” cried Father Be
noit. "Thou art the maddest maiden!
I marry thy father's captain to thy
bower woman? Get thee back to thy
roses and let me talk with thy father!"
in a minute she was on her knees by
his side, his hand in both of tiers and
her blue eyes and cooing voice hard at
In a minute »he mu on her knee» hy hi»
»Ute.
work. "Father, thou art cruel!" (As if
he would consent!) "And they so—so
much In love! Thou hast not tlie heart
to refuse. 1 know. Didst thou not teach
me my letters and my prayers and my
catechism und I so good nil tlie while
save, of course, when I wished to play!
And I have asked so little of thee, fa
ther. dearest. I know thou wilt not re
fuse! And Ilion canst marry them in a
minute, and they will never tell. And
they they love each other! Father,
when have I been troublesome before?
Oh. thou shalt promise me this In
slant!"
“Oh. If 1 must. I must!" groaned the
poor priest
“Oh. thou art an angel and a dear!”
she cried "I always said thou wert
Indeed a saint! Ob. I will pray every
night for thee to I m * made a bishop!
Anil -and promise me thou wilt marry
them this night!"
We both started. "Of a truth,” said
I, “thy Rosalind is not more hasty than
a cat over the dairy sill.”
“Tonight.” said Father Benoit, to
show how vain ft was to try to corrupt
him, “Is an utterly unsuitable, impos
slble time.”
"Oh, there, there!” cried he, blushing
very red. “I promise—I promise to
marry the dauphin to the kitchen
maid and thee to the stable boy—only
get thee gone out of this quiet place!
Thou art the wlllfullest, most shame
less maid! Get thee gone! I will make
thee a discipline my next leisure!”
“1 will go straightway!” said the De
moiselle Alys, springing up, with danc
ing eyes, shaking back her brown hair
with a ripple of laughter. “Oh, but
thou art a very dear! I will send thee
a token tonight, and thou wilt And
Rosalind waiting."
"Am I to give away the bride?" I
asked. "It will go hard If 1 may not
attend the wedding of my very child.”
She drew her brows together, but
did not answer me. “Thou needest not
fear, father; there will be horses wait
Ing. and the next day who will know If
they have-been married or not'd*
“Truly, a Ane plan”’ I could not
help saying.
"And—and she will be very grateful
to thee, father, all her life- ind—and—
that is all I came to say.” The De
moiselle Alys left us without another
word, careless of the roses she bad let
fall beside tlie rhess table. Only, as I
held back the arras for her and uu-
latched the door, she looked up at me,
not unkindly, but in silence. 1 watch
ed her little flgure out of sight down
the winding stair before I came Into
the room again, and then Father Be
noit bad gathered up all the fading
roses and put them <>u the table beside
the huddled chessmen.
"Shall we tlulsli the game, father?"
"I have forgot how the pieces stood."
"Besides, she hath taken the rod
king.”
“Very true,” and lie began to fumble
his book of hours for the office of
Tierce.
“Rosalind," quoth I, "is a comely
maid to look upon.”
“I am not a fool to hear such things,”
replied Father Benoit, very quickly for
one Intent upon Tierce.
"But It can do thee uo harm to hear
that she Is a well conducted maid, but
quiet.” He made no answer.
“Well, father—a num can die but
once—but lie can la* often whipped.”
“I do not see how that concerns me,”
returned Father Benoit, his eyes on his
book.
"Indeed, father," said 1, taking lip
my bauble. "I wish with all my heart
that Motley may have a wider wisdom
than gown and scapular And. though
a coxcomb in esse sits more lightly
than a miter in posse, methinks one
catches less cold on leaving it off”—
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Noon, Not Adverb.
When General Grant was In China,
says a contributor to Short Stories, he
Journeyed by water from ’1" -n-taln to
Peking. One morning there was no
wind, and the coolies, walking along
tlie river bank, pulled the houseboat.
They made little progress, and Anally
tlie general called his Chinese servant
and said:
"Boy, why for these coolies no can
walkee more fast?”
"Must talkce lowder,” the boy re
plied.
The general, thinking the boy's mean
ing was that lie should speak in a tone
the coolies could overhear, raised his
voice and repeated:
"Why for these coolies no can walkee
more fast?"
To which tlie boy Imperturbably an
swered as before. “Must talkee low
lier.”
Several times this dialogue was re
peated. and General Grant did talkee
louder, until he fairly shouted.
At last the boy slightly varied bis
response: "No 'caslon speak so high,”
he said. “More better talkee lowder.”
Our hero was jtist beginning to feel
like Allee In Wonderland when a ray
of light seemed to flash across tlie
mind of tlie boy, and he rushed to tlie
end of tlie boat, seized (lie captain's
arm and. dragging him to General
Grant, exclaimed:
“This tuun belong [pidgin English
for ‘is'J lowder; Just now can talkee
lie.”
General Grant saw the Joke. On Chi
nese boats the captain is called "low-
der!"
THE. BIRTH OF THE MOON.
partridge eggs .
fthru (he Eurth Wa. a Spbara ot
Lava. Molleu and Flattened.
laid to Be More Natrlttoa. Than lh.
Blrtla TUeuisel.ea.
The earth revolves on Its axis once
In 24 hours. Millions of years ago the
day was 22 hours; millions of years be
fore It was 21 hours. As we look back
ward Into time we And the earth re
volving faster and faster. There was
a time, ages ago, long before geology
begins, when the earth wns rotating iu
S day <>l' live or six hours Iu length. Iu
the remotest past the earth revolved In
a day of about live hours. It could re
volve uo faster than this and remain a
tingle unbroken mass.
It was at this time that the moon
was born separated, broken off from
the parent mass of the earth. Tlie
earth was then n molten, flattened
ipbere of lava. Its whole body was
fluid. The tides, which now are small,
superficial and. so to say, local, were
then universal ami immense. They oc
curred at short Intervals. The whole
surface of our globe was affected.
Ami the corresponding lunar tides in
the Auld, molten moon were Indefinite
ly greater still.
Our <lny Is now 24 hours; the distance
of the moon 1» now 240.000 miles.
When our day was about five hours
.long, the moon was In contact with the
earth's surface. It had Just broken
away from its parent muss. As tlie
length of the terrestrial day Increased,
so did the distance of the moon. Tlie
two quantities are connected by In
exorable equations. If one varies, so
must tlie other. Whenever tlie rotation
time of a planet Is shorter than the
period of revolution of Its satellite, the
effect of their mutual action Is to ac
celerate the motion of the satellite aud
to force It to move in a larger orbit—
to increase its distance, therefore.
The day of tin* earth is uow shorter
than the month tlie period of revolu
tion—of the moon. Tlie moon Is there
fore slowly receding from us, and it has
been receding for thousands of cen
turies. But tlie day of the earth is, as
we have seen, slowly growing longer.
The linger of tin* tides is always press
Ing iifion tlie rim of our huge flywheel
ind slowly tint surely lessening the
»peed of Its rotation. So long as the
terrestrial day Is shorter than the
lunar month, the moon will continue to
recede from us. —Professor E. S. Hol
lon in Harper's Magazine.
"Few person* areaware of the fact,"
said a well knowu physician, "but it I-
true, nevertheless, that tin* < gg * f ’I*
partridge is one of the mu.-1 nutritious
things In the world. They are uut used
for eating purposes except In very rare
eases, nnd then it generally happens In
remote rural districts. I have knowu
negro families In the state of Louisiana
during tlie laying season to live on the
eggs of partridges. And they would
flourish handsomely and grow fat on
account of the rich properties of the
egg».
"These eggs, of course, never And
their way Into tlie market because they
are never taken from their nest except
by such persons as I have mentioned,
ami they rob the uests, 1 suppose, be-
cause their principal food supply comes
from this source. Quail meat comes
pretty high In the market at all times,
and the uverage man will find It more
profitable to spare the eggs and wait
for the birds when the bunting season
rolls around. These men would pass
100 nests in one day without disturbing
an egg. The sport of hunting the birds
Is an additional Incentive.
“The average negro doe» not care so
much about tills aspect of the ease. He
figures that the white man, having the
best gun and the best dog, will beat
him to the bird. So lie goes after the
egg. One partridge will lay anywhere
from 12 to 20 eggs, and a nest Is a good
And. 1 know of many families in rural
sections who feast ett these eggs in the
laying season. I have tried the egg
myself1 as an experiment. I found It
peculiarly rich. It lias a good flavor. Is
very palatable and In fact Is altogether
a very tine thing to eat. Really I be
lieve that the egg lias more nutrition
In It than the fully developed bird, but
of course, as one of the men fond of
the game In the field, I would like to
discourage the robbery of the nests.”—
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
HUSTLING FOR BUSINESS.
More or l.eaa oi It Done In Xtw York
l.awyera* ortlces.
"Get a move on! That’s the great
modern motto,” said n New Y'ork law
yer who lias been practicing In the
local courts lor the last 23 years.
"When I was admitted to the bar,”
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lie went on. "there was a great idea of
SIMPLE REMEDIES.
the dignity of tlie profession. A law
Diluted ammonia Is good for Insect yer would about as soon have paraded
bites and stings
Broadway carrying a sandwich sign
A raw egg swallowed at once upon calling attention to his legal ability as
getting a fishbone in the throat beyond he would have thought of bustling m
tlie reach of the linger, It Is said, will any other way for business. The thing
to do was to rent an office aud sit in it
dislodge It and tarry It down
A simple remedy for indigestion Is until somebody came and dug you out
tlie white of an egg beaten to a stiff of the dust and spider webs and asked
froth ami stirred into n wiueglassfitl you to take a case.
"The march of progress has changed
of cold water. This should lie taken
all that. Every law Arm iu this city
lifter each meal.
For burns ami scalds, when no other hustles for business. 1 don't mean
lemedy Is nt hand, try tin* effect of a that the big men of the Arm chase
piece of rag steeped In vinegar aud around after clients. Of course they
bound round the sear. This Is espe don't. But the Artu does a lot of
cially useful when cooking, for the shrewd plaunlng ahead. It schemes in
a particular fashion of Its own to widen
vinegar Is generally at hand.
To cure a severe case of colic take a its sphere of usefulness—to itself.
"Of late years one of tlie expedleuts
t< aspoonftil of salt In n pint of water*
drink and go to lied. This is one of the adopted has been the taking into the
speediest remedies known. It will also lirm of young college graduates who
prove efficacious In reviving a person can give a reasonable guarantee that
who seems almost dead from a heavy they will bring business. College uieu
know of this custom, and many of
fall.
them shape their life at the university
Pulled Lincoln’* Hair.
accordingly. They are after friends.
Prepnrlnic For a Journey.
While »Mr. Lincoln was living in
Jerome K. Jerome recalled, with They want to be popular. They want
Springfleld a Judge of the city, who reverence, a habit of ids methodical to be able to 'swing' as much of the
was one of the leading and most in uncle who, before packing for a Jour future legal business of their fellow
fluential citizens of the place, bad oc ney, always "made a list" This was graduates as they cau.
casion to call upon him. Mr. Lincoln (lie system which lie followed, gather-
"A chap who can bring business of
was not overparticular in ills matter of
that sort is taken iu on a good salary
ed from his uncle's own lips:
dress and was also careless in his man
Take a piece of paper and put down even when lie Is the veriest tyro nt
ners. The judge was ushered Into the on it everything you can possibly re law. He's expected, of course, to do
parlor, where lie found Mr. Lincoln
quire. Then go over It aud see thnt It what real work be can and to study
sprawled out across a couple of chairs,
coutains nothing you can possibly do hard. But the salary Is for the [mil lie
reclining at his ease. The Judge was
can exert over Ills fellows.” New York
without.
asked to be seated and. without chang
Imagine yourself In bed. What have Sun.
ing his position in the least, Mr. Lin
you got on? Very well; put it down,
Tempting Fate.
coln entered Into conversation with
together with a change. You get up.
“No, thunks,” said the sad faced man
bis visitor.
What do you do? Wasli yourself.
While the two men were talking Mrs.
when he was asked to join a convlval
What do you wasli yourself with?
party. “The fact Is, I don't drink.
Lincoln entered the room. She was
Soap. Put down soap. Go on till you
of course greatly embarrassed at Mr.
Found I couldn't afford It. ««> 1 swore
have finished. Then take your clothes.
off. A number of years ago I lived in
Lincoln’s offhand manner of entertain
Begin at your feet. What do you wear
ing bls caller, and, stepping up behind
the west. I was doing well, anil 1 had
ol your feet? Boots, shoes, socks Put
her husband, she grasped him by the
a bank account that 1 was proud of.
Hum dowu. Work up till you get to
hair and twitched bls head about, at
Seeing a chance to double my money, 1
your
bead.
What
do
you
want
besides
the same time looking at him reprov
decided to draw It out. The day was •
clothes? Put down everything.
ingly.
warm one, and, becoming thirsty. I
This Is the plan the old gentleman al
stopped to take a glass of something
Mr. Lincoln apparently did not notice
ways pursued. The list made, he would
the rebuke. He simply looked up at bis
cool. 1 didn’t waste more than Ave
go over It carefully to see that he had
wife, then across to the Judge and.
minutes and was soon in line at the
forgotten nothing. Then be would go
without rising, said:
paying teller's window. Tlie party
over
It
again
and
strike
out
everything
“Little Mary, allow me to Introduce
ahead of me received liis money, and I
It was possible to dispense with. Then
you to tny friend. Judge So-and-so.”
was shoving my cheek through the
It will be remembered that Mrs. Lin be would lose the list.
window when tlie teller pulled it down
coin’s maiden name was Mary Todd
and announced that the bank lias sus
The
Backslider.
and that she was very short In stature.
pended payment. I believe that the
“Many years ago," says the Provi receiver declared a dividend a year or
—Leslie's Monthly.
dence Journal, “In a village not 2<> so later, but the amount was so small
miles from Providence a revival was in that I never bothered to collect mine.
neicalnlina a Clock.
It Is not. of course, possible to seize progress. A young man, one of indis It was a pretty expensive drink for
hold of the hands of a clock and push tinguishable twin brothers who had me."
them backward or forward n tenth or previously been observed, as was sup
"Do 1 understand, sab,” said a Ken
a twentieth part of a second, which Is posed, in an attentive attitude nt the tuckian who wns present, “that you
meeting,
rose
for
prayers,
walked
to
about the limit of error that Is allowed
took that drink alone?"
at the Greenwich observatory, so an the anxious seat, and there walled and
"Certainly."
other method is devised. Near tlie pen n.oaned to such good purpose that the
“It was the Judgment of heaven,
dulum a magnet is Axed. If It Is found deacons were sure he was on the high sail," remarked the Kentuckian sol
road
to
salvation.
’
that the pendulum Is going either too
emnly.—Detroit Free Press.
The next day be tvas overheard In
fast or too slow, a current of electricity
the
back
yard
at
home
chopping
wood
Is switched on, and the little magnet
An EoKllah Cnnnlry Bank.
begins to pull at the metal as It swings and swearing painfully at a refractory
Rural customers attach great Im
to and fro. It only retards or acceler leg. When remonstrated with for Ids portance to the batik's outward ap
ates the motion by an infinitesimal sudden backsliding, he merely said, pearance. A thrifty tradesman having
fraction of a second each time, but it “Oh, brother Jim couldn’t go to the opened a deposit account with a bank
keeps the operation up and In n few meeting last nlglit, so I went nnd hol distant sone .'Mi miles from bls home,
thousand swings the tenth or the twen lered for him.”
the cashier had the curiosity to ask
tieth part of the almost invisible error
why he traveled so far when there was
Meant
What
It
Said.
Is corrected, thus making the clocks
a branch of the same bank almost nt
"No,” said the Impecunious one, “yon his door. The depositor smiled know
"keep step" at the proper Instant of
can’t believe all that you see In th« ingly and replied, "I lodged opposite
time.—London News.
newspapers."
here all the time while this bank was
"Are you prepared to specify?” the being built, so I know It's safe." Bal
Thirteen Huies In Coin«.
“1 have never been able to compre other man asked.
ance sheets to the rustic are a mean
“1 am. I snw a statement In the ingless aud arbitrary arrangement of
hend,” said a veteran numismatist,
“why bo many Americans should be financial columns that.money was easy, figures. Iron bars he understands.
lieve that a vast amount of 111 luck cen but when I tried to negotiate a loan I
In a northern city there Is n bank
found that the reverse was true.”
ters around tlie number 13.
widely known for the artistic merit of
“You misunderstood the paragraph. Its doors. Designed by an eminent
"The commonest of all our silver
coins Is tlie 25 cent piece. In the words It didn't say the people were easy.”— sculptor, they are executed In relief
quarter dollnr’ are 13 letters. Thirteen Judge.
In copper or bronze nnd appear to rep
letters compose E I’luribus t'num. In
resent tableaux from “»Esop’s Fables”
Too Snrglral,
the tall of the eagle are 13 feathers and
A little Lewiston boy at Old Orchard and Greek li'story. About a week aft
in the shield are 13 lines. There are 13 who has long, curly hair was told by a er they were unveiled nn old man who
stars and 13 arrowheads, while If you lady that he ought to have ft "shin had been a depositor for many years
will examine the bird through a micro- gled.”
withdrew bis balance and took It to a
trope you will And 13 feathers In bls
"Shingled! 1 guess not,” was his re rival bank nlmost opposite. Question
wing.”
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ply. "I ain’t going to have nails drove ed as to Ills reason for changing, he
replied: “I don’t hold wl’ them doors of
One Kansas law says the persona) In my head!”—Lewiston Journal.
theirs. Punched tin ain't businesslike,
property of a dcail man, when not
and it ain't safe.”—Longman's.
Iler Doubt.
claimed by relatives, shall be sold nr
Mabel—What do you think of the
auction.
Many a man has found, after mixing
Rev. Dr. Leach's Idea that there will
politics with his business, that he has
Prudence is common sense well be few If any men in heaven?
Maud —Huh! Would you call that no business to mix with his politics.
trained In the art of manner, M dis
heaven?-Chicago Tribune.
Chicago News.
crimination nnd of address.
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one margin of profit only.
♦ Manufacturer'»coat,
Direct from first hands to last hands.
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to the ingredient«, at less than they cost others, penults
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inanutaeture a first-class article at considerably below the mar-
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Our chemist guarantees that no better Egg Food can lie produced
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Scientifically prepared, and we agree to refund money
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results are not obtained.
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Stockton Business College
Offers superior mlvautagVs to those who mean business.
It gives bread-and-butter education. It occupies all of
two entile buildings. Teaches seven courses. It. hits
twelve regular teachers. It is the HOME SCHOOL aud
cares for the moral ns well as the intellectual. Its rates
are more reasonable than any other similar school on the
('oust and its advantages greater. Semi for specimens of
penmanship. Write for particulars or call nt the Collego
and see for yourself its work und accommodations.
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Stockton, Cui.
BLAKE,
A Dicken* Letter.
Importers and Dealers I d
Book, New«,
George Manville Fenn is the pos
Writing and
sessor of n sheet of old fashioned blue ] MOFFITT
Wrapping..,
wire woven note paper, which bad its ■ & TOWNE
CARD 8TOCK
habitation for years upon the bill tile •
STRAW AND BINDERS’ BOARD
of the tradesman to whom It was sent.
55-57-FW-« . Flrnt Mt.
It tells its own talc:
T« l . main 199. 47 SAN FRANCISCO.
“Mr. Charles Dickens Is much obliged
to Mr. Claridge for the offer of Lord
Byron’s flute. But, us Mr. Dickens
cannot play that Instrument himself
nnd Inis nobody in bis house who can,
> I IL UUU I LI I or
»Iugle,at low
he begs to decline the purchase, with
rale. Country
thanks. Devonshire Terrace, twen patronage solicited, and no pains will be spared
to make them comfortable during their visit.
tieth June, ISIS.”
There is no visible mark of a smile mm Market St. and 9 Ellis st., oornor
Stockton, SangFranolsoo.
upon the paper, says Mr. Fenn, but .
.Telephone Red 8U4. |MRS. RANFT, Prop.
there seems to be one playing among
the words, and one cannot help think-
SAM MARTIN
CHA. CAMM
lug that when Dickens wrote that he
St! years with
For .3 years with
could not play the flute he must have C. For
E. Whitney & Co.
C. K. Whitney * Co.
recalled a certain flute serenade played
at "Mrs. Todgers' Commercial Board- '
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE
Ing House," written by him lu 1S44.— j
New York Tribune.
TUT PUCTCD
MARTIN, CAMM & CO.
Snails na Window Cleaner«.
“An old colored woman sellingsnails,"
»ays the Philadelphia Record, "occa
sionally make» her appearance lu South
street, and sometimes she may also be
found along Front street or Second
street, up in tlie district that used to be
known'as tin* Northern Liberties. She
carries an old basket In which the snails
repose on freshly sprinkled leaves.
These are not sold ns food, but for
cleaning the outside of window panes—
an old practice still In vogue In Ken
sington. The snail Is dampened and
placed upou the glass, where It at once
moves around and devours all Insects
and foreign matter, leaving the pane as
bright and clear as crystal. There are
old established business place In Ken
sington where the upperwindows, when
cleaned at all, are always cleaned by
snails. There Is also a fine market for
suails among the owners of aquariums,
as they keep the glass clean and
bright.”
121-IiiU l>avts>t., Sun Fi-itnelsoo.
General Commission and
Produce.
Specialty, Butter, Eggs and Chees.
Your coDNlgnmentH solicited.
Most
Healthful Coffee
In the World.
All the world knows that coffee in
excessive use is injurious. And yet
the coffee lover cannot stand taste
less cereals. There has to this time
been no happy medium between.
Café Bland lilis the void with the
best elements of both. It is richer
than straight coffee, and many will
not be easily convinced that it is
not all c'-ffee. But we guarantee
thr' Cafe Bland contains less than
fifty percent coffee, which is scien
tifically blended with nutritious
fruits and grains, thus not only
displacing over fifty per cent of the
ealiein, but neutralizing that which
remains and still retaining the rich
cotice flavor. To those who sutler
with the heart, to dyspeptics and
to nervous people Café Bland is
especially recommended as a health
s'll and delicious leverage, so satis-
.ying that only the member of the
family making the change in the
coffee knows there has been one.
More healthful, richer and less ex
pensive I han straight cotice. Better
in every respect. 25 cents per tt>.
Your grocer will get it for you
Ask for
For Popovers.
The value of a recipe lies partly in Its
being accurately set down mid fol
lowed. Harper’s Magazine Ims the fol
lowing directions for making a break
fust delicacy-called popovers, as they
were Imparted by the Chinese servant
to a lady visiting In the family.
"You tnkee him oue egg." said the
master of the kitchen, ‘'one lit' cup
milk. Yon flxee him one cup flou' ou
sieve, take pinch salt- you not put. him
in lump. You move him egg lit' bit
slow-; you put Idin milk in, all time
move. You makee him flou' go in, not
move fast, so have no spots. Makee
but’led pan nil same wii'm, not too hot.
I’utlee him in oven. Now you mind
you business. No llkee woman run
look at him all time. Him done all
smile time biscuit."
Clerical Sore Throat Eiplalnrd.
Deacon Scrimp Humph! Think you
have got to have a vacation, eh?
Struggling Pastor—Yes, the doctor
says I must go off until this cough Is
cured.
Deacon Scrimp—Well, I’d like to
know why preachers are always get
ting bad coughs.
Struggling Pastor—Well, you see, we
have to visit around a good deal, and
we are always asked to hold a little
service before leaving, and I think out
throats become affected from breathing
the dust that Illes from the family
Bibles.—New York Weekly.
l’ronouuccd caf-fuy—accent on last syllable.
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Dancer In Damp Paper.
Most of the paper uow used Is made
from wood nnd other vegetable libers I
which are chemically not very differ
ent from the material of which n liny
rick Is composed. Consequently If pa
per Is stacked damp heating is likely
to take place Just as It does with
prematurely stacked hay, nnd at any
time flames may burst out as the re 1
suit of s(xintnneous combustion.
The Hoartleaa Dragglat.
Animal lulrlllg.nrt,
In a circus in I’arls a lion was given
some meat shut up in a box with a lid
to It. and the spectators watched to see
whether the lion would open tlie lid or
crack the box. He did the former,
much to the gratification of the com
pany.
In the London "Zoo” a large African
elephant restores to bls would be enter-’
tainers all the biscuits, whole or
broken, which strike the bars aud fall
alike out of bis reach and theirs In the
space between the barrier and bls cage.
H<* points Ills trunk straight at the
biscuits and blows them hard along
the floor to the feet of the persons who
have thrown them. He clearly know»
what he is doing, because if the bis
cuit does not travel well he gives It a
harder blow.
Flossie Banastar Fred, what is thnt ;
the pafters say the butcher uses? I
Prrfnmet Were ropnlar,
want to keep dear Fldo's meat from
The rage for perfumes reached Its
spoiling.
height during the reign of Louis XV.
Brother Fred—Formaldehyde.
Flossie- That Isn't what the druggist Throughout the continent bls court was
known ns the "scented court.” It was
told me.
then the custom when giving a large
Brother Fred—What did he say?
Flossie- Prussic acid. —ludianapolis entrt*talnment for the hostess to inform
her guests what particular odor she
News.
would use for perfuming her rooms,
"Oh, mamma,” exclaimed four-year- nnd each guest would use that odor In
old Bessie, looking up at the starry making her toilet. At court a different
skies one evening, "what a pretty place perfume was used for each day of th»
heaven must be wlieit It Is so beautiful week. Much more attention was paid
to the use of the perfume than to soap
wrong side out!”
aud water, and cleanliness was not
You rob yourself ofteuer thau other» numbered among the virtues of that
age.
rob you.