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•▲ÀAAAAAÀÀAAÀAAÀÀÀÀAAAAÀA* d ► ◄ ◄ ◄ « « 4 4 4 4 4 4 BUSKERS AT BAY R BY ARTHUR MORRISON. «t ► ► ► ► ► < opyright , I5OI, by Arthur Morrixjn. k That roused her’, and she fell to re proaches bitterer than nil. for she was the angrier heenuse he had let her cry alone and hail made no overtures to ward eouclll.it on —overtures she had been expecting as her right. Rejoinder followed quick ami cruel on reply, and at last, when he talked desperately of sleeping outside, she answered with a gesture borrower! of her trade: "(lo, then! Go! If you can't give me food and shelter, as other women's hus bands do, go and let me earn them for myself! 1 can do without you!" "And you shall, too,” he retorted, throwing down the rug and snatching his hat. "You shall too.” And in a sec ond he bad tiling out Into the night and the snow. They had done It all before, and it was scarce more than another kind of acting. But this time the quarrel was a trifle sliarjier than common, and he could not go back and make it up with any self respect for an hour at least. Meantime It was a cold night and a snowy one. so lie turned up Ids collar and strode off straight ahead to be all 111 used and homeless outcast for an hour, or, at any rate, for three-quar ters of an hour. Another snowfall laid begun, though it was sparse and light, making itself felt now and again by a moist spot upon the face. The carolers had struck up “Noel” some little distance away, and between their verses the chapel party could lie heard at the farther end of tile town. Indeed it was scarce the best possible night for Hendy’s petulant adventure. The snow de clared Itself in the weak spots of Ids shoes ere he had gone 200 yards and the wind was in Ids teetli. spiting his face and coming little short of cutting off Ids nose. Thus he came to Cawthorns, where lived Baring Spencer, esquire, that il lustrious Invisible; and the high privet hedge, like a massive black wall, was so good a wind screen that Hendy turned lip a side lane and followed It, walking close, witli bowed head and shoulder brushing the twigs. The hedge took n wide curve and. following this, he ciime plump against a small wooden gate, which swung Inward at the shock. At this lie stopped and looked about 1dm. Without a doubt tills was tin* kltclieu entrance. Here was a narrow path, witli a tall hedge at each side, a short path ending in a door with a pent roof. lie took a step hack and another for ward. Tin- wind was ns sharp as ever and there was n wetness In the snow drops, now more frequent, that told of coming sleet. To follow the lane were to emerge presently In open country; here was shelter under the lee of a good sized house, with a pent roof to make it better. More, here was a “situation.” Tlie homeless outcast, wronged by all the world, would seek shelter, for half an hour nt least, on the doorstep of the proud and haughty capitalist, who. if only he were awake “Go, then! Go'” mid aware of the trespass, would prob ably send bis pampered minions to drive Idin forth Into the bitter night. The fancy accorded with the outcast's mood, and truly for one bent on wal lowing deep in tile pathos of his pre dicament lids was the most promising spot thereabout, and one not nt nil ex posed to the weather. He let tlie gate swing behind him ami walked quietly to the kitchen door. All was silent, and as he stood under the pent roof lie saw Hint the path he had come by went farther and skirted all the back premises, dividing them from the kitchen gardeu. As he look ed. a projecting frame caught Ids eye. like that of an open window, but near er the ground than he would have ex pected. It was but a few yards away, and he went idly toward it. It was a window, no doubt left open -by the carelessness of a servant. There was a stain on Ihc snow below it which be trayed tie occasion. Plainly the serv ant laid thing out coffee grounds or the like and taken no care to shut tlie ease ment. The house was rather old, and for a moment he wondered vaguely what room it might lie whose window was so near tlie ground. And then the answer cam.' to Ids hungry senses from tlie window Itself. Clearly It was the larder, and no empty larder either. Pickles could be smelhsl pickles plain ly and something else, something of fulsome steaminess and sweet recol lection Christmas pudding. No doubt it was a large larder, though a mere blackness to sight now; no doubt crammed to the ceiling with a superfluity of the Christmas fare that Heinly saw no chance of tasting. Was It really so large ns lie fancied? He felt his pocket and found a matchbox with a few matches still remaining. At least it was no sin to take a peep. Everybody was in lied. He struck a ninteli In tlie shelter of the window flame and held It within. A larder it was, Indeed, with both windows—wire within ami glass with out — left open; ii long, brick paved place-tlie floor was n yard at least below the path he stood oil ami titled round witli shelves everywhere. And on the shelves— He gnz.eil till tile match burned Ids lingers. But tlie picture remained viv id In ids mind. Six plum puddings (was II six or seien at any rale six) tn a rmi. in ehlmi molds, with clollis tied on top; a cut liam on a disli, and three whole ones, hanging; two birds — geese hanging also; a mass of cold sir loin. half cut away; another mass of sirloin, uncooked; a large dish of mince (des, a tub of water In a dark corner, with oatmi-al spilled alsmt It—oysters, no doubt; rows of jam pots, butter, cheese everything. The agony of it! Was it six puddings or seven? No I arm In eountiug. at any rate. He struck another match. Xlx iduni puddings! And what could one num a bachelor want with six l>hnn puddings, to say nothing of all the rest of this extravagant provision? Probably the housekeeper or the cook was swindling tier master and prepar ing all tills to regale herself ami her friends. It would serve her right If somebody were to walk off with one of those puddings and. say, one ham- a mere net of Justice, Indeed. Not that lie Could do such a tiling as that himself, of course, though, indeed, it would be rather a lark—the sort of Joke you could tell your friends of years after—how the rich company monger supported the drama, after all. without knowing It. It would be the easiest thing in tlie world to get In. too—as easy as going down stairs. Nobody would know, of course, and It would really seem a capital Joke afterward. Ami, while this would be a joke, going without a 1'lirlstiuas dinner would be a serious mutter. Were they oysters tn that lull? Tlie spilled oatmeal would seem to indicate as much, though you couldn't tell with certainty at this dis tance. And then— Mr. Baring Spencer sat late, with a box of cigars anil n decanter. He was a florid, heavy Jowleil man of forty live or thereabout, and it was probable that in his lime lie had emptied more decanters than this one. A few draft prospectuses and such papers lay about the table, but they were done with hours ago. He had discovered a very excellent port In the cellar, anil now, the decanter being empty, Mr. Barlug Spencer, after a look at his watch, de cided that on tlie whole lie would see about another bottle. The rest of the household were In bed, so he took a candle ami want down stairs himself. He was on tlie cellar stairs when he heard a slight noise In the direction of the larder. Perhaps a cat hud got 111 to it. •toe Hendy had burned his last match and. with u pudding dangling by Its doth from one hand, was feel ing along the shelf with the other in pursuit of tlie cut ham when the door flew open behind him, and his heart tlew up Into his mouth. There were a light and ii crash and two hands on his collar behind, and at that, with a yell of despair, Hendy twisted about and fought wildly with both hands. Tlie candle went over and out, tne pudding mold smashed against a shelf and the cloth, still gripped In his lingers, shed cool, moist pudding about the heads of thief and flnaucler alike. But Hendy was tlie weaker, and the shock had despoiled him of wind. Presently he was dragged through the loor and found himself imploring par Ion mid release in abject terms. He was starving, ami the window was open Io tempt him; lie laid a sick wife, no food for her. disgrace would kill her. and so forih. “Come,” said his captor, hard of breath himself; “you Just come along, mid we'll see about that.” And he pushed the captive, now all terror mid submission, up stairs before him In the dark, tripping and stumbling. For it struck Mr. Baring Spencer for reasons that possibly, 'f no particular harm were done. It would be better to terrify the Intruder and send him about Ills business rather than engage In trouble some business at a police court. So at the top of a short flight Hendy found himself pushed first across a dimly lighted passage anil then through a study door. From a landing high above came a trembling female voice: “Mr. .Spencer, sir! Are you there, sir? I —I thought I heard a noise!” Whereto Mr. Xpeneer, in the passage without, replied witli so terrifying a mouthful of language that the voice was heard no more. Poor Hendy. pale and trembling, smeared across the face with pudding mid staring at the decanter on the table without seeing It. started at that amazing string of rhetoric. Surely— surely the Idiom was somehow fa miliar. Mr. Baring Spencer came In at the . ..... . mid for the first time their eyes met in full light. Both were to some extent disguised in pudding, but Ilendy knew his man a» . once. "Why,” he gasped. “Fitz—Fitz-Ho ward!” “Eh?" grunted the other sharply. “What’s that?" for his own recollection was slower. But the name— Hendy took a long breath, wiped the back of his hand across Ills face mid tut down uninvited. “My name's Hen dy," lie said: "Joseph Hendy. juveniles, Trevor Fitz Howard's company, Leeds; Trevor Fitz. Howard's company, Bris tol. You've got your pudding back; give me my I mots." “What? What d'you mean?” "All right, all right.” Hendy went on. now clem- in mind and dangerous. P'raps you might bluff It off with one Hone broke busker, but there's Miss itemimont here, too; same company. You owe her a week or two salary. I think. An' there's Norton—Teddy Norton. Ilemember liitu? Walking gentleman. Trevor Fitz Howard's com pany. Leeds." Mr. liming Spencer sat down. ‘Well?" lie said, after a pause. "Well,” Ilendy went on slowly, “you seem to be doing pretty well now. P'raps you can afford to pay off those ■irreit rs.” "till." answered the other laconically, mid there was another pause. "But suppose I won't? Suppose I Just cull the police and put you In Jail? For, of course. I know nothing of all this non sense you talk of.” "Very well." Hendy replied. rising wearily, "call 'em. but I'm afraid you'll get county courted over those salaries. An' when It begins I.or’, when will It stop?” This was quite true. For If all tlie unliquidated debts Incurred In Mr. Trevor I'itz Howard's theatrical ca reer wire to be called tip nt ollce by creditors nil over the country Mr. Bar ing Spencer would be squeezed very tight Indeed. Ami once the two names were identltied the rush Mould Iwglii. But there was another con- sldirat'oii. Mr. Bmlng Spencer was at a critical stage in Ids present opera tlotis. but Ids name Just now stood good for anything: whereas, Mr. Trevor Fliz-iloward was a notorious swindler So anything that might re cal the fact that the two names stood for one tinam ial operator would mean n crash Indeed. So Mr. Baring Xpeu cer, like a man of business, went to tlie root of the matter straightway. “Look here." he said. “We'll fool about no longer. How much do you want?” Ilendy silt down again. “For me,” he said, "say four weeks at thirty Imb, and say nothing about the boots. Miss Beaumont four weeks at thirty Imb, too, an’ Teddy Norton a fortnight at the smile. That's fifteen quid.” The sum seemed etiormous in these lean days, but he was defiling with il capitalist and the estimate was honest enough. "A h ' then.” he went on. "you might give poor ohl Leatlierby a lift on the road " "Never mind all that.” the other said, unlocking a drawer. "Yon don't expect to make me believe yoll'tV interested In all those pimple, do you? Or that you'd give them a cent? I ain’t a baby; no more are yon. Xee here.” lie took n small parcel of notes ami counted, “One, two, three, four, live a pony; £25. Take it and clear out, mid keep your mouth shut. As for getting the show on the road, do it anyhow you please mid as soon as you like. Only mind”—and he raised his linger—"If any of those others get on the scent and come here I shall tell them you've got their money. Now you can go as soon as you like.” • *•••** But, Indis'd, Mr. Billing Spencer was Just a trifle too clever. He was much too clever, in fact, to suppose that Ilendy a man Just caught stealing pudding—would part with any of that money unless lie were obliged. He as sumed, of course, that Hendy would keep the money to himself, say nothing of the encounter, and, moreover, use every exertion to get the show out of the neighborhood, because of the threat to set the others after a share of the notes if lie, Spencer, were troubled by them. Indeed, he judged it a very cunning shift to shut Hendy’s mouth mid clear away tlie players from the town at one stroke. He was never safe from recognition among players. But lie miscalculated, for Leather- by’s company signalized Christmas by two dinners fit tlie Crown, one nt mid day and one at 7, mid Leatlierby gave the health of Baring Spencer, founder of the feast, with great fervor and pro claimed him an ornament to the theat rical profession, which he had so lately left, for Ileuily had made no secret of whence he had the motley* or of the debts It was to liquidate, mid some of It he represented as subscription to ward a Lentherby benefit designed to set the show on Its legs again in the fiext town. And the company called Mr. Baring Spencer a noble fellow anil, moreover, insisted on tearing the butch er from the bosom of his family (the drover was not to be found) and mak ing him drink Mr. Xpeneer's health, too. n great many times, so that they were all mighty merry together that Christmas and every hour was an hour of Jov and feasting. And at list, to cap everything, all the male part of the company, with the butcher In the midst of them, stood 111 the early i veiling on Mi', liming Silencer’s lawn roaring "For lie's ii jolly good fellowl” at the top of their voices, to the amaze ment mid scandal of all Crowbridge and the speechless fur.' of the Jolly good fellow himself, till at last he found his voice mid. throwing open u window mid slinking Ids list, flung out lonli a showered’ the rhetoric that Ilen- fy so well remembered that the play- i rs went off mightily astonished. "It Is his modesty,” said Leatlierby, outside, with teais of gratitude trem bling In his eyes; "just Ills modesty. Truly lie is a noble fellow!" But the story spread about Crow bridge. mid ere long it was very gener ally known that Mr. Baring Xpeneer was Mr. Trevor Fitz Howard and that Mr. Trevor Fitz Howard probably liad half a dozen other names as well. And it was even said in the end that the thing hastened Ills arrest by three days. lie had -bought the house at Crowbridge, had managed to pay for it in worthless shares mid had mortgaged It instantly for hard cash. His compa nies were limed to burst just after the new year, mid he was laid by the heels Just n day before his appointed steam er left Liverpool, n sad victim of his own excess of cunning mid the mis placed gratitude of others. A nlmfl I m In Opera», Wagner has introduced animals Into all but three of his operas ("The Fly ing I tnjchmiin,” "Tristan" and “Die Meistersinger"i horses In “Rienzi," "Tannhnuser." "Die Walkure” and “Die < iotterdammerung,” swans in “Lohengrin" mid "Parsifal,” birds In "Lohengrin." "Xlegfried” mid “Die Gotterdum nierung,” n ruin In “Die Walkure" mid a bear and a dragon in "Xlegfried." The swans, the dragon and the forest bird are expressed by some of the most beautiful music In i he operas. Wagner hits been milch criticised mid was nt the time much laughed at lor this use of animals In serious opera, but not even Ills friends mid brother musicians could argue him out of it. Ollier composers. It Is true, had oc casional! iutrisliiced animals Into the opefe, notably Mozart in the "Magic Flute." But in Mozart's iqiera the ani mals have no . entinl connection with the story. Their Introduction Is al- ni< -I as n -eldenfnl mid Irrelevant ns .lie happening! in n vaudeville. Wagner was the first to make the animals purl of the cast, dramatically connected with tlie whole. Our Ani mal Friends. The Sen! anil the Hear, WOMAN AND FASHION The i ii does not stop his search for f o<l until be has completely satisfied 1 1‘retty Blouse. Ii . excellent appetite; then he takes a Blouse of white silk tucked all ovet g, >il nap. lying upon the very edge of mid trimmed with ecru laee insertion ili • Ice or as eli se ns possible to bls . The fichu and sleeve caps are of sky hr. .idling hole. The slightest sound will awaken him and. without waiting to timi out the sourev or direction, lie rolls into the water, lie cun stay un der for only thirty live miuutes. hut where he will come up none can tell. This no one knows better than the bear, and if the bear realizes that it Is impossible to steal up on tin- leeward side of the seal, haviug bis black uose covered with his paw and 111s bloodshot eyes closed, when the seal has his open and on the watch, lie looks about for a favorable point of departure, dives un der the ice, and if he rightly Judges the distance anil direction he comes up at the very spot where the seal has ex pected to go down. The seal's fate Is thus settled, and the bear's shrewdness earns Its reward. Xt. Nicholas. The One That ('hone tn Pay. Three mon had been out on a spree, ami on the way home late at night they made a wager that the one who did not do as his wife told him should pay for a champagne supper the fol lowing night. The tirsi one returned home, and his wife greeted him thus: "Hello, you beauty! That’s right, knock all the ornaments off the mantel piece!” He knocked them all off. The second returned and on going into Ills house fell against the piano, whereupon his wife said: "(Io on; get a chopper and smash it tip!” He did so. The third returned, ttml on going up stairs liis wife said: "You miserable scamp, fall down stairs and break your neck!" Needless to say. he paid for the sup per London Spare Moments. A »'BENCH NOTION. blue panne trimmed with tho Insertion and finished with applique bow-knots made of tlie velvet and insertion. The blouse fastens invisibly on one side. White la Still Popular. There Is absolutely no waning In the popularity of white. Never before was so much white worn. Cloth, alpaca, homespuns, w hite china crape and oth er materials are much In demand, while inevitably for summer wear white muslins will be all the rage, dividing popular favor with white pique, which will be exceedingly smart made up with tiny gilt buttons and touches of Tlie Solemn Quaker. gilt trimming. At tlie funeral of a lawyer of state Among the favorite combinations are reputation who lived and practiced in black ami white ami green ami white, i town not far from Philadelphia and both of which are striking. Particular who was known among bis friends ly in foulards these combinations are 'hereabout as an unbeliever an emi noticeable The prettiest among the nent gentleman from Philadelphia new silks are the white ground fou nached tlie house after the minister lards witli black spots and the white had begun tlie sermon. Not knowing foulards with green foliage designs how far the services had progressed, running through them. The latter are lie accosted a well known Quaker of often trimmed with a touch of black the town, who was a friend of the de guipure edging a flounce of net or one ceased ami who was noted for his great of white or ecru guipure. The effect is sense of humor, and, leaning over his strikingly original. shoulder, asked in a whisper: "What part of the services have they French and American Women. reached ?'* The American woman is first of all To which the Quaker, without a neat. She likes things snug and trim, smile, replied: and all this fancy ami theatrical busi "Just opened for tlie defense.”—Phil ness does not appeal to her. Her crit adelphia Times. ical faculties are free, and when she CLARK’S LATEST AMD BEST. FuruisheU with solid Disc it you wsm them. Wood Extenstou Head it you prefer ¡1. XII steel. in-vei-Hlble, Double Lever. El- It'ilHioii Ili-ml. '1 he ber>t Disc Harrow uuw uu tii. market Lightest draft. Dues the best work. < an i»e u.st <1 to throw the earth Ivor from the treei ('an be drawn together and used In the regular length or extended us ubowu 5, fl and s feet cut .»! • icversible and curry the Extension Head 10 and 12 feet cut are not reversible. FAKMEItS AND MÀNLFACUIERS’ ASSOCIATION 01 AMERICA, 222 Mission Street, San Francisco. Tlir Hermit Irttl», BiAKE, Importers and dealers iu Book, Nawa, Gently crack the shell of the whelk. , Writing and for yon will find it almost impossible to ! MOFFITT Wrapping... extract the occupant alive otherwise, ft TOWNE I CARD 8TOOK and y ou will see what you may lie par. STRAW AND BINDERS' BOARD doned for supposing a miniature lob M-57-BU-U I First St. ster, but which in reality belongs to an. ’ll. Mcaltl. SAN (It ANFIBIO. other distIn.'t species namely, the her lidt crab, Paguriis liernliurdns. Wbeth- 1 er he has obtained occupancy by force 1 of arms or merely through decease of the original tenant is a moot point, hut tlie first supposition Is highly probable, us he is a most belligerent little ms timer. An amusing scene may lie w itnessed bv placing several hermit crabs depriv ed of their shells in an ordinary soup Interview Witli Edward Short plate, with a little sea water and some of the San FranciNeo Cull. empty shells fewer shells than crabs. Tlie fighting and struggling to secure houses is ludicrous in the extreme One Mr Ettwnrd .Short, vuunt’t’ltHl with the busi may be seen almost successful in moor ut-ss depurtuit’ut of tlie Suu Francisco Call ing himself within a shell, which, by iutrrv lewed : Q - du arc ie|M>i led lu have boeu cured u! the way, Is effected by means of the shelly plates at the extremity of Ids diubelvN? A —That is right. soft and twisted tall, when another Q — Arc you sure It was diabetes? seizes him by the nape of the neck, as \ —1 wiis rcji’ctod for insurance, and later It were, and he Is drugged reluctantly failing rapidly, our physi( kau told tne I hud and to put my affairs in shape forth. The evfi ter still holds him strug diah'des (,» —Have more than one physictuu* \ Yes I had another coullrin it. He. too. gling at claw s' length, and not until he I ('otild not live long. I hud dropped from himself is safely ensconced does he re sa.d •.‘tn to i .'L i pounds and was very wean. A neigh linquish Ids grasp. Chambers'Journal. lx r told me <>f the Fulton Compound Diabetes and Bright’s Disease. Tbr Beller In n Devil. A maidservant belonging to one of the women's colleges had been out with her lover without leave from her mistress and was returning late along my road, at the top of which lived the lamented Professor Nettleship. Now, the latter had a large yeljow dog that took the usual canine delight in seeing eats scatter and flee, and, the better to pounce on them when they were stealthily crossing the street, lie would perch himself on the top of the pro fessor's garden wall, surrounded and half hidden ill tlie foliage. As the tru ant maidservant passed beneath liliu ho caught sight of a cat in the middle of the road and, making a spring at it, collided with her and knocked her down. She picked herself up and ran screamlug home, almost mud with ter ror, because, as she said, the devil bail jumped on her back and thrown her down.—International Monthly. Have Couiax?. ij How long did von have to take it? \ —About a year before I was perfectly well i,» l»id \oiir ph\sicians then li st for sugar? A HotIi did lioth reported normal They u re \ < r\ . ii at!\ surprised at my recovery, for th *\ had told me diabetes was incurable Q —Know of any other cures? A —Several I told my friend, William Mar tin, an S I’ (’(inductor of Stockton, about it. H had d la bides, and was about to give np hi» poxiti.in when I told him. He got the name re sults I did, and wax well when killed a year or ho later. (¿.—Any others? A —I told William Hawkins of the Custom House and ('aptain Hubbard of the barkeutiue S N Castle, upon hearing they hud diabetes. Both of them were cured I u I fo told a neigh b<>r who hud drop-In a month it was dim In vied. I can t recoiled all I've told Q.—Did it fall in any ease? A Not one I is a positive cure lu Bright s Dlsc ise and l> abides. Go over and see Haw kins and ha will tell vou the same thing Medical works agree that Bright’s Disease and Diabetes are Incurable, but 87 per ceut. are p<isitivel\ recover ng under the Fulton I’oui pounds (Common forms of kidney complaint oner but short i esisi ance.) Price, fl for the Bright’s Disease and ?! 60 for the Oiubetie Compound. John J Fulton (’o , 4J0 Moutgom er\ street, San I-1 ancisco, sole compouudera Fiee tests made for patients Descripllve pamphlet mailed free. SHORT SERMONS. You must have courage, my boy. No Think of time as the doorstep to eter matter what baud of circumstances ar nity. ray themselves against yon. if your Thorns lust in wreaths when th« purpose is right you will succeed. Life roses die, yet few regret having been is n beautiful thing. The chance to clowned. fight is a great blessing. No matter Think not about thy siu so as to how hard the situation may seem, keep make it either less or greater In thino on lining right, bravely face the future, own eyes. Bling it to Jesus and leave set your standard high, work and wait, It to him to Judge thee. be patient mid thankful, and you will Be thy longing desire to see God, thy win. Yon may never be rich ns the fear to lose him, thy sorrow to be de world goes—not rich in money or rich prived of him for a time, thy joy that In power—but yon may be rich in tlie he can draw thee to himself, then wilt knowledge of the truth that you have thou live In profound peace. made the best of your chance to be a Since God Is love, love is the supreme man. Don't set your standard by the men who have achieved great wealth. law of the universe, mid man's first That Is nothing compared to the riches duty ami highest perfection Is to love that belong to him who has struggled God and all men. This is the gospel, to enlarge and ennoble the circle of the glad tidings, arousing million« A PicturcNQue lint. life in which be Is cast.—Schoolmaster. from sleep in the shadows of death. This picturesque hat of white leg Brenklnjc It Geatly. horn lias tlie edge of the brim draped Ilieslalit ut Spliier« unit Seurpluns. In tlie province of Holstein, noted for r Spiders have wonderful eyesight, but Ils superior breed of cattle, the country I am quite sure that the scorpion's vi people arc not only very thrifty but ex sion, notwithstanding his six eyes. Is ceedingly feud of their cows, as may be fur from being acute, says tin English gathered from the following character naturalist. It it very dittleult to catch istic story: a spider with a pair of forceps, but a Farmer Jan was walking sadly down scorpion can ensily be captured if no the road one day when the village noise is made. Spiders see their prey pastor met him. before they are caught in tlie web, but "Why so sad. Farmer Jan?” said the the scorpion makes no niovemi'iit what pastor. ever to seize files or cockroaches until "Ah, I have a sad errand, pastor,” they indicate their whereabouts by said Jan. movements. This being the case, it "What Is it?” can readily be understood how easily "Farmer Henrik's cow Is deud in my the scorpion may be roused into motion pasture, ami I am on my way to tell by the vibrations of music. him.” If a tuning fork be sounded on the "A hard task, Jan." table on which I keep my caged scor "Indeed It Is, but I shall break It tu pion, he at once becomes agitated and him gently." strikes out viciously with his sting. "llow will you do it?" On touching him with the vibrating "I shall tell him first that It is hl« tuning fork lie stings it and then culls mother who is dead, ami then, haviug himself up, as scorpions do when o|M>ned the way for sadder news still, THF. DOLLY VAKDEN. hedged in. I shall tell him that It Is not his mother, with Irish lace. A wreath of shaded Imt the cow!" hydrangeas and foliage covers the up Aii Adroit Aimner, per brim. There are strings of black The celebrated physician Zimmer The Evil Eye. ribbon velvet. man attended Frederick the Great in The <'orslcans are not the only i>eo- his lust illness, (me day, us the story ple in the world who believe lu the The Ta Hein Jacket. Is recorded in "Salad For the Xocial," evil l ie, for th«' Turk Is «o affected by The taffeta Jacket of this season Is the king said to him: It Halt he thinks It extends Its luflu- not an Eton. It is more like a blouse. "You have, I presume, helped many a eti< i's to whntever animals belong to It is absolutely covered with trimming. man Into another world.” him Strings of coral are sold on the Is broad across shoulders, loose across This was rather all unexpected thrust bust and drawn snugly into the waist for the doctor, but the dose lie gave the streets nml said to be n preventive with a broad, stitched belt of silk that king lu return was a Judicious mixture against tlie evil. It Is very curious to see the donkeys, crowds of Which are 1ms ornamental tabs hanging from the of truth and flattery: found ill the streets, with strings of back. “Not so many ns your majesty nor coral twisted Iii their tails. It Is usually laid In a great number with so much honor to myself." When he gets in a violent rage, the of large and small box plaits. Between Vi i y worst thing Halt a Turkish gentle these are stitched bands or pieces of A Mnn mid Illa Heart. num can threaten Ills donkey with is velvet ribbon Hint float to the waist Once upon a time there was a rich line finished with fringe tassels of the old man who had a heart so weak that the taking away of the jewels which protect him from the evil eye, for lu silk. its faint beatings could hardly be The front has a deep facing of fine heard; yet. In the metaphor of our tl is way In' will give him over to all lace that turns over for an inch or two time, that same heart was filled with kinds ol ' ruelly and the possession of the demon. In the markets lilts of on the outside. There Is a wide circu love for a fair Indy. eor.il are laid among the purple grapes lar collar of lace, and the huge plnited The laily beard of her wooer's physic sleeves tire put into wide cuffs that fas al and financial condition and looked or green vegetables with the hope that ten nt the back with great fancy but upon his suit with extreme favor. The . ..... I luck will come to them and they will bring a higher price. tons, usually of oxidized silver, set with result was that they were married. gaudy stones. Moral.—Faint heart sometimes wins IrHIi LnceiiiRklnat. fair lady.—New York Herald. Sirniiplna Is Popular. It was in 17IF. that the Dublin society sees a thing she asks: "Why Is it made so fanciful? Why not more simple?” Colorless varnish for use on tine la This is the reason why French hats bels or other prints, as well as for lose much of their grotesqueness when w hite wood and other spotless articles, identified with the better class on this is made as follows: Dissolve two and side. In fact, good taste is pretty much one-liillf ounces of bleached shellac lu the same the world over, and the really one pint of l ed Hied alcohol; to tills sty lish American women are similar in add live ounces of animal boneblack, their tastes. The difference Is in figure, which should lirst be heated, and then the association, ami the conditions of boil the mixture for about live min life and necessities are really account utes. Filter a small quantity of this able for the difference in dress. The through tillering paper and If not fully American woman In the same position colorless add more boneblack and boil us the French woman would probably again. When this has been done, run dress similarly, and the French woman the mixture through silk and through under similar conditions in America Altering paper. When cool, it Is ready would bring herself undoubtedly to our for use. It should be applied with standpoint.—Chicago Tribune. care and uniformity. Colorle«« Varnish. Tlie Invention ot the SteumlioHt. Robert Fulton's Clermont, the lirst steamboat of any practical value, was launched into the East river. It Is not known who first conceived the idea of propelling boats by steam; probably Salomon de Cans, in 1(>15. Many per sons experimented with steam propul sion between 17(13. when William Hen ry of Pennsylvania placed a small boat on the Conestoga river, and 18()7, when the Clermont made its trip to Albany. Among them were the Marquis de Jonffroy, James Ruin&y and John Fitch. These men produced models which were worthy of the name steam boat, but tlie Clermont was the first steam vessel produced which actually curried passengers and freight, anil Rob ert Fulton is fairly entitled to the cred it of inventing the steamboat. ('KlIneMH nt n Premium. In the town of Hasclimann, Ger many, prizes are offered yearly for tho men who will marry the ugliest or the most crippled and to the women over forty who have been Jilted nt least twice. The money was left by a big financier, and lie, realizing that beauty is an attraction hard to overcome, made n provision in bis will that out of the income of tlie fund not less than £1G shall go with the ugliest girl In any year and the cripple shall receive £12. The four women over forty who have been Jilted by a lover receive, when the funds will permit, £10 each, but the trustee call vary this amount and at Ills own discretion offer a larger prize to some one who will marry an unusu ally ugly girl or one to whom nature Ims been specially unkind.—Tatler. The Columbian Summer School. The Columbian Catholic summer school, which has for several years past met at Detroit, will this year have its sessions in St. Paul, Minn., opening on July 8 ami continuing for three weeks. A number of prominent men have already been secured as lecturers, including Bishop Comity, rector of the Cutholic university of Washington; Rev. T. E. Shields. Ph. I».. of St. Paul; Rev. Dr. Joseph Campbell of the satue city, Hon. M. J. Wade of lowa, Hon. Strapping, always so effective, is now J. ('. Monaghan of the Wisconsin State being carried out In panne, the latest university and Rev. William J. Poland novelty being panne velvet strapping of St. Louis. The subjects cover the upon tucked taffeta gowns. The pret usual lines of broad education. A new tiest way of putting on such strapping feature of the school will be a Sunday Is done by crossing it In various de school conference to be held during the signs, the ends finishing in diamond second week of tlie sessions under the shaped points. Ills KnonlolKf. direction of the Very Rev. J. F. Itol A Waited Compliment» “I suppose, Mr. Casey.” said the pas phin of Xt. Thomas’ college. Idly—You don't mean to say you senger to the Irish pilot, “you know have broken with Fred? Why, I heard where all the rocks are along this Cnrillnnl I.eilochowskI Blind him say only yesterday there wasn't coast.” Cardinal Ledocliowskl, the Polish another girl In the world like you. “Faith, Ol <lo not," replied the pilot, Minnie—That's Just It; much as to “but Ol knew where they ain't.”—Phil noble, one of the three surviving car dinals who received the purple from say I'm a freak. I'll never speak to adelphia Press. tlie hands of Pio IN., has lost the sight him again.-Boston Transcript. of both Ids eyes, and several members Fatal to I) o 11 n . Clnaalfled. Aunty—Where is Hint pretty doll yon of his family have arrived In Rome to remain with the aged prelate for the Helen—What tin old crank old Wrin had when I was here last? Little Girl—It's gone—died of the lest of his days. The cardinal is the kles Is for a mail who Is reported as head of the house of Ledochowski, that being so wise! grip. bore the title of count before the Ho- Maud—Yes. a sort of cross wise.— “The grip, eb?” heuzullerus were ever lieurd of. Yonkers Herald “Yes’rn; baby's grip.” Salad riiinta. The salad plants contain no apprecia ble amount of nutrient and are not esteemed for this reason by those who recognize tlielr value and deem tlieir crispness and cooling properties nn In dispensable i>nrt of the ideal dinner. The nature of their component parts, along with the oil, acids nml condi ments used to dress them, makes them most useful aids to the digestion. The First Ulas« Window. offered premiums for competition by lai emnkers. But there does not seem ;<> lane been a combine«! effort to plae«> the Industry on a commercial basis un til isjli. when a Mr. Walker, haviug married the daughter of n laee manu facturer in Nottingham.brought over to Ireland some twenty girls to teaeh the peasant women about I.lmerlek the art of Ineciimklng. nml from this small be ginning arose the great Limerick laee Industry. Ills Good Behavior. The first glass window in England Mother I don't like the looks of that was put up in an abbey about the Isiy 1 snw you playing with lu the year GStl. Glass windows, however, street lodai You mustn't play with did not become general for many hun bail little boys, you know. dred years, nml as late as 1579 the Son <>h. lie ain't a laid little boy, glass casements at Alnwick cnstle, the minima! He's a good little boy! He’s Duke of Northumberhind's seat, were .... .. to the ri fornì school two times, regularly taken down when the family Hid they've let him out each time uu was away from home Noles and ie,-(llmt of gis d behavior! Ouerles