Bandon recorder., October 23, 1902, Image 3

A QUIET
GIRL EMMA L OPPER
Copyright, 1902,
By Emma A. Opper
| painfully, Ralph stoo|H'd ami gathered
up the papers. “Ralph,” said his fa­
ther, “what are you doing iu my
desk ?”
Ralph had heard him speak with that
voice once before. It was when a hired
man bad. through hard driving and
larelessness, foundered a horse. He
fid nut answer. “Well?” said his fa­
ther.
"I—don't knuw, air,” Ralph mur
mured.
“You don’t know? Give me that
key.” said his father warmly, “and go
up to your room and stav there till
you tind out.”
Ralph glanced at Hortense De Witt.
She was looking at him with frighten­
ed eyes.
He was in the habit of obeying his
father, and he marched up to his room,
toffee. "You!”
DINED IN THE KITCHEN.
“I—1 bad on your coat, nnd the key
was 111 the pocket your best coat, the (»lie *« ii t Itofnctor > M«* h I <«rnut Hat!
Alter Hi« Tour of liiv World.
one you wear to funerals and wed­
“When General Grunt stopix-d at the
dings,” said Hortense, slurring no part
of the appalling truth. "I got it out of Palmer House in Chicago on bis re­
turn from bis tour of tlie world.” said
the closet and put it on.”
Ralph's father gazed for a further a man who was there nt tlie time, "the
moment, and then, against his will, be steward was all but slupefied one noon
burst out with an Irrepressible great at seeing the ex-president slide lu at
the kitchen door ns though escaping
laugh.
"Upon—my—word,” said
Ralph’s from some one.
" T am sorry to trouble you,’ he said,
mother. “Hortense De Witt!”
"Yes. I was afraid you’d be—sur­ as though asking a great favor, 'but
prised." said Hortense, "and I let you may 1 have a little corned beef aud
blame him all this time because 1 cabbage?’
" 'Why, certainly,' the steward re­
hated awfully—oh, well. I've been an
plied; ’but shan't 1 send it out to you
awful sneak, that's what!
“Pumpkins,*' said Hortense. “If any­ In the dining room?'
“ 'No.' he answered; ’1'11 eat it right
body's got to haul pumpkins it ought
to be me. hadn't It?" She looked at here if you'll let me sit down.*
"So a place on tlie rough board table,
them all with a smile of apology and
ap|ieal, a sunny smile which marked where the cook had been fixing the
her cheeks with two deep dimples, tneat, was cleared, and Grant drew up
and which seemed somehow to lend a a stool mid set to, and the way be
brighter aud more hopeful aspect to got awaj witli that corned beef aud
cabbage was a caution. When he had
the whole dubious affair.
finished, lie laid down Ills knife and
“Well, well!” said Ralph's father.
fork with a funny sigh of satisfaction,
Ills eyes still glued to Hortense, In­
put one hand on tlie steward's shoulder
credulously. And his mother rested
and said:
her chin oil her hand, thoughtfully.
“ 'Young man, I don't suppose you
“There was your uncle Frank Gule,”
care for that at all. but if you bad bad
she said. “He was a terribly mischiev­ to eat what 1 have for tlie past few
ous boy always. He got himself ex­ months it would taste like a dinner for
pelled from two schools. 1 shouldn't tlie gods, it tastes homey!’
wonder, after all. If it's your nude
"Tlie ex president had dined with
Frank you take after Instead of your everylasly from tlie queen down, but
aunt Martha.” And she began, con­ that cabbage and corned lieef doubt­
siderately, to talk about the frost of less reminded him of the time when
the night before.
lie was not so well known, lint proba­
But she looked now and again nt bly far happier when people in St.
Ralph with something more than the Louis culled Idin 'captain' when they
warmth of a mother's affection; she spoke to him ami bought tlie wood lie
looked at him with pride. Aud Ralph's carted into town to sell.”
father, when he rose from the table,
held out his hand to Ills sou.
fhariii'lrr at h Glance.
"I was unjust to you, Ralph. I’m
An Insignificant nose means an in­
glad to know It, but sorry enough that significant man. An open mouth Is a
I made such a mistake. Y’ou'll for­ sure sign of an empty head (keep yours
get it, won’t you?”
closed). A projecting upper lip shows
"Yes, sir,” said Ralph. “Yes, sir. malignity and avarice. Pointed noses
And—can I go”—
generally belong to meddlesome peo
"To the horse training? Of course,” pie. Large eyes iii u small face lietok-
said his father heartily. “Go and en­ en maliciousness.
joy It and learn how to break Betsey’s
A retreating chill Is always bad; it
colt. If you break that colt, we’ll call shows lack of resolution. A projecting
liim yours, Ralph.” And that, Ralph under lip indicates ostentation, sell
knew, was to make up to him for hav­ conceit and folly. Fine hair geuerallj
ing misjudged him, and a great thing betokens native gisal taste and Intelll
It was.
genee.
“I’ll break hint!” he said rejoicingly.
A dimple in the chin is pretty, but
Hortense was waiting for him in the indicates weak mental organization.
entry. She flung an impulsive arm High cheek laities always indicate
over his shoulder, aud her saucy face great force of character In some direc­
was serious for once.
tion. Fullness of the temples Is sup­
"You see,” she said, “I was the ’fraid posed to show powers of mathematical
cat. I was afraid to tell. I was too calculation.
quick about calling you that. You're
A small mouth, with nose am^nostrll
not a bit of a one!”
also small, shows indecision and cow­
"Nor you either,” said Ralph; “not ardice. Half shut eyes show natural
now.”
shrewdness, together with lack of sin­
“Your father and mother will want cerity. Slow moving eyes are always
me to go home,” said Hortense dis­ found In tlie heads of persons of pru­
mally.
dence and ability.—London Answers.
“No, they won't. We’ll have a first
Wheat In Fable nnd History.
rate time. I like a girl that's got some
Possibly wheat was tlie corn so plen­
snap anyhow,” said Ralph. “Won't
you go with me to the horse training? ty I ii Egypt when famine drove thither
Lots of iudies went last year. Come Joseph's unnatural brethren. Wheat
went witli other precious things into
along!”
Hortense did go along. The at­ the mummy cases mid sealed Jars
mosphere was cleared, aud everything stored in royal tombs. Today acres by
was straightened. They were better the thousand laugh in bearded grain
friends, they realized, than they would said to have sprung from sparse ker­
have been If Hortense hud never open­ nels plundered by a ruthless explorer
from a royal mummy's hand. Does it
ed the door of the parlor closet.
“I found your diamond stickpin,” whisper now tills new old Egyptian
suid Ralph, “yesterday in the barn.” wheat to its constant friend tlie sun.
of Ramoses and Pharoah—of Apis,
Aud be produced it.
Hortense took It, eyed It, considered tlie sacred bull of Isis. Egypt's Geres
of Osiris —the great sphinx and
for a moment aud then adjusted it,
Memnon's head,singing to hail tlie sun­
with much pains, In Ralph's cravat.
“It’s yours,” suid she; “yours to keep. rise? If it would but speak aloud so
Just to show you, you know, that I mortals could comprehend, how our
wisdom might be broadened! Wliat a
know you’re not a ’fraid’’—
"Pshaw!” said Ralph. But Hortense recasting of history must be wrought,
anil how we boasting moderns might
De Witt had her wuy.
hide diminished heads! — Everybody's
Magazine.
He Didn't Take It.
i(^"^UCH n nice, quiet girl,” said
Ralph's mother.
It was Ralph's dlstaut
cousin, Hortense De Witt, of
whom she s|x>ke. Until her arrival the
evening before Ralph had never seen
her. The main facts about her were
that she was an orphan and an heiress
and that when her guardian, with
whom she lived, had gone with bis
family for a trip to Colorado, Hor­
tense had deelnred her preference for
coming out to Blakesburg to Ralph's
mother nnd had had her way.
“A regular little lady,” said Ralph's
father, whose Judgment was. as a rule,
rather sternly critical.
Ralph said nothing. He recalled a
certain singular twinkle in Hortense’s
bright eyes. He reflected on the |>e-
cullar circumstance of her joggling his
elbow at the breakfnst talde so that
lie had spilled some water and then
giggling behind her napkin. But lie
said nothing.
When lie went out to the barn pres­
ently to curry Betsey, he thought for
an instant that Betsey’s colt had got
out of the stall. Halting in the door,
lie perceived that it was Hortense De
Witt chasing several squawking liens
rouml ami round.
She sat d< wn on a keg, red cheeked
and disheveled. "I love to be where
I can do ns I’ve a mind to.” she de­
clared.
“I guess you always do, don't you?"
said Ralph astutely, and Hortense
Her quick ear had caught a sound,
laughed. She felt at her neck.
but he smarted keenly. He was too
“I’ve lost my diamond stickpin,” she old to be treated in that fashion and
announced. “Never mind. I'll find it. for a fault that he had not committed,
I’ve lost two or three. Come on! Let's
llis mother came into the room.
have some more fun.” She east a look “Ralph,” she said, with a tremble In
around. “Have you over walked that her voice, "whatever made you do It?
beam up there?” she demanded. Ralph Your father's private papers! We came
had not. It was a very high beam am) back after a bottle of my grape wine
narrow.
that I wanted to carry to John War­
“Well, I'm going to walk It,” said ren. and there you—why. I can’t under­
Hortense.
stand It, Ralph,” said his mother.
“You're not.” said Ralph.
Ralph looked out of the window.
“Ain't I?" Hortense gave a light
"Your father keeps money there, you
spring and climbed into the hayloft, know, and I —well, I don't know what
lifting herself by dextrous clutches. lie thought,” said ills mother unhap­
She mounted to the high beam and pily. Ralph grew a little pale. Tbut
stepped out upon it.
was almost too much.
"Don't,” Ralph begged.
"He is angry with you, and I don't
“Why not?” She was half way know what your cousin Hortense will
across It.
til I nk of you.” said his mother. Ralph
“If you should fall, you'd lie killed.” made a choking sound.
said Ralph. Hortense increased her
He saw his father and mother mak­
pace and arrived safe a* the beam's ing a fresh start for John Warren’s
end. “Come on up. What are you presently. Then he heard bis name
afraid of?” Something in her voice called from out of doors. Opening ids
turned Ralph's cheeks redder, but he window, lie saw Hortense.
answered steadily:
“Wliat,” she demanded indiguantly,
“I fell off a roof and broke my arm “do they want to make such a fuss
once, and I've never liked getting up about It for? I'd like to know!”
on high places since. I get dizzy.”
“1 told you it was father’s private
“Oh!” said Hortense, witli no little desk,” Ralph responded, “and when
scorn. “I don't. I’m the best perform­ father is angry lie’s angry.” He went
er 111 the gymnasium at my boarding back to liis chair.
school. Look here.” She went back
“<'ome back!” Hortense called. “Why
across the beam, pirouetting as she don't you tell them it was me, then?”
went, her arms spread. Ralph ceased she asked.
to look at her; It made him feel sick.
“Because I ain't a sneak,” Ralph an­
“I guess,” Hortense De Witt called swered, “even If I am a ’fraid cat,”
down at him, “you’re a—er—a 'fraid lie added and shut the window, and
cat!”
he beard Hortense retreating, whis­
“Maybe,” said Ralph, hotly flushed.
tling In a high pitched tune.
Hortense descended agilely. “Yes,”
When Ralph’s father came home, he
she repeated. “I believe you are a— called to Ralph that be might, if be
vou know wliat.” She snatched Ralph's wanted to, go and help the hired man.
cap off and tossed it to a remote cor­ Ralph worked the rest of the afternoon
ner and ran into the house.
In peace of mind. The hired man, at
At dinner Hortense was demure. To least, bad uo knowledge of Hortense
be sure she caught Ralph’s eye and De Witt's latest prank and Its result
screwed her countenance to look like
Nobody, indeed, but the hired man
the hired man, who was cross eyed, brought a cheerful face to the supper
The late Allen G. Thurman of Ohio
but nobody saw it but Ralph.
table, Hortense De Witt was quiet. was fond of telling the following story
“She is very much like her Aunt She watched Ralph furtively, and when on himself: A friend of bls in Colum­
Martha Gale,” said Ralph's mother ad­ they rose she nudged him.
bus did not speuk to the “Old Roman”
miringly. “She was so quiet and dig­
“You’re a great goose," she whisper­ as he thought was his due, and so ouo
nified always.”
ed, frowning; “being blamed and day Mr. Thurman stopped him in High
Ralph smiled grimly. “I shan’t squeal scolded for something you didn’t do! street and demanded an explunation.
“Look here. Smith,” he sold, “for the
on her,” he thought.
Why don't you tell ’em?”
"Your father and I,” said his mother,
Ralph frowned back at her, his chin last few months I’ve noticed that
“are going down to John Warren’s a high. “Maybe you think I'd squeal on you’ve either avoided me altogether or
little while. He Is sick. See how well a girl?” said be.
else scurried by as quickly as possible.
you can entertain Hortense. Ralph.”
He played checkers with the hired Now, I don't like such treatment, aud
Hortense. Ralph rellected. would be man and beat him, but be kept a sol­ 1 don't wish you to think that Just be­
more likely to entertain him. She was emn face. His father believed that he cause you happen to owe me $25 or $50
in the parlor, inspecting witli apparent had done a foolishly mischievous and it is necessary to treut me In this
gravity the pictures and the albums, dishonorable thing. He bad lost a way.”
but Ralph’s discerning eves saw the good part of Ids confidence, and It
“Why, Mr. Thurman,” was the as­
mischief in Iters, suppressed and wait­ might not be easy to get it back. His tonished rejoinder, “I don’t owe you
father was reading something aloud to any money.” "You don’t, eh?” queried
ing.
the indignant senator. “Didn’t you
"What’s In this closet. I wonder?” Ralph's mother and Hortense.
“I'm not In It,” Ralph thought, and come Into my law office some six
she Inquired, iter Impulsive hand on the
months ago and ask my advice on a le­
he said good night soberly.
'atcli.
But when a boy Is fourteen and has gal matter?” “Yes.” acknowledged
“Some old books and mother’s grape
wine and father’s best clothes," Ralph n good appetite and habitually a light Smith reluctantly, “that’s true. I did
resounded rather stiffly. He had not heart it is bard to remember unpleas­ ask your advice, but,” brightening up,
forgotten that Hortense had called him ant things even over night. When “I don't owe you anything, for 1 didn't
Ralph went down to breakfast next take It.”
a ’fraid cat.
Hortense opened the door a crack. morning, he was thinking eblefiy of
Why Savaires Tarn In Their Toe«.
She studied the contents of the closet, something agreeable and something
In the first place, the foot naturally
•nd. softly giggling, she took from Its, that lay near his heart.
“Father,” he snld, "If you don't need takes that position when it lias never
hook a black broadcloth coat. She put
It on and buttoned it and went waltz­ me to help Hiram. I want to go and been confined by boots or the ankle
distorted by high heels. Convenience
ing around tlie room; the long tails see tlie horse trainer.”
Is also on the side of the natural posi­
His father stirred his coffee.
■wung giddily as she whirled.
“He's had a big tent put up, and he’s tion of the foot in the case of the sav­
“Father only wears that coat to fu­
nerals and weddings.” Ralph warned going to give an exhibition. He's got age, for he has to do much walking
her, faintly grinning. Something jin­ some horses to sell, too—beauties, they through long grass and undergrowth
in forests. Consequently Ills progress
gled In the pocket and Hortense pulled say. I want to see the whole thing.”
“Well,” his father responded dryly, would be much impeded if he turned
forth a bunch of keys.
“What do they unlock?” she queried. “there’s the pumpkins over in the west bls toes out to catch these obstacles
“Father’s desk, here, for one thing,” lot waiting to be hauled to the bam. 1 instead of brushing them aside and
said Ralph, and was instantly sorry don't know as a boy that opens other outward, as tie now does. Lastly, the
for answering, for Hortense went Im­ folks' desks when they are out of the savage uses bis foot much more as a
house ought to be trusted to go off out help to his hands than we do, and it
mediately to the desk.
of
sight anywhere. Maybe home Is the is obvious that In doing this he must
Ralph followed. "Look here,” he
turn his toes in.
said, “don't unlock that. Father keeps best place for him.”
"till!" said Ralph. He did not look
Ids papers there and money some­
European Arithmetic.
times. Nobody ever goes to It but nt Hortense De Witt.
At the custom house we were obliged
But
Hortense
looked
at
him.
Her
him; I’m forbidden. Don't touch it.”
to make a deposit of 8 francs 40 cen­
"I’m not forbidden.” Hortense retort­ cheeks grew red, nnd the redness times on each wheel before entering
ed. and unlocked it before Ralph's spread to her hair and to her very Switzerland. Since that day faith In
ears, and suddenly she threw herself
eyes.
the advantages of higher education lias
“See here,” lie protested, aghast and back in her chair.
wavered. There were nine bicycles,
"Pumpkins!
”
said
she.
“
Pumpkins!
beginning to be Indignant with bls
and the government ofliclal found tlie
madcap cousin. Hortense, with a gay He needn't either. He can go to the entire amount of our indebtedness by
horse training if he wants to. I sny
titter, took a bunch of papers out of
so. and and you'll say so in a min­ putting down 8.40 nine times mid then
• pigeonhole.
adding up. Why should one vex one's
“I'm going to read 'em,” said she; ute.”
She pushed back a stray lock from self with the multiplication table when
but she did not. Iler quick ear bad her flushed face vigorously. Ralph had straight addition combined witli un­
caught a sound. She dropped the pa­ not stopptsl to think whether Hortense limited time reaches the same result?
pers, she tore off the coat and fled was pretty or not, but he decided now —Caroline S. Don nett in Chautauquan.
with It to tlie closet. And when the that she was.
Her Hu«y Bnalne««.
steps which she bail heard came closer
“He hasn't doin' anything,” said Hor
Towne—When Miss Gabbil told me
and Ralph's father opened the door, tense. "It was me. He didn't open
she was sitting by a window with a your desk nt nil. I did. He told me •he was in business^ I couldn’t help
history of the civil war opened on her pot to, but 1 felt like doing something thinking she meant everybody else's
lap. And Ralph was left staiffing by I hadn't ought to. I generally do feel business.
Browne— That's^ about right.
the open desk, the papers scattered at like doing things I oughtn't to do,”
Towne—What you might call a
Ills feet.
said Hortense candidly.
"Ralph!” said Ids father. Behind
“You dl<l It?” said Ralph's father, wholesale business, eh?
Browne—Well, yes; except that she
Idin wns Ralph's mother, looking in and he fnlrly stared In his astonish­
scandals ati wholesale rates.-
with a startled face.
ment nnd unliellef at Hortense De retails
Red In the face, liis heart beating Witt. He swallowed half bls cup of1 Philadelphia Press.]
A Pretty Hlua».
The sketch shows a lilac pink blouse
of louisine silk, trimmed with enclr
cling bunds of uarrow openwork loser
tion threaded with black velvet ' aby
ribbon, terminating at either side of
the front under square applications of
embroidery batiste. The narrow liand
I'UETTV SILK H1.OISK.
In front Is of the batiste, with tlie rib­
bon threaded openwork at either side
ami crossed by little buttoned straps.
The full sleeves are tucked and trim­
med with tlie openwork aud embroid­
ery.- Philadelphia Ledger.
New Methods of Making Bow«.
Special interest must' be attached to
tlie different new methods of making
up bows, rosettes and other arrange­
ments of ribbon or piece material as
applicable to early winter lints. Louis
XV. bows are now made of quilled
ribbon wired In tlie ordinary way. A
piece of the quilled ribbon may be
sewed In a circle round the center of
tlie plateau and the rest of the ribbon
be arranged in a very large wired
bow resting on tlie back of the hut,
which shelves down in the neck. The
under sides of some bats are trimmed
witli narrow pompadour ribbons laid
flat In tlie form of I.ouls XV. bows.
Bows made of No. 12 ribbon velvet
are often placed under the brim, loops
and ends hanging down behind tlie ear.
Fan shaped bows, with u great many
loops, for tlie buck of hats, are some­
times made of tills rlblMin, sometimes
of piece velvet. Large bows of tour or
more large loops, fastened In the cen­
ter by a buckle, are laid tint on plateau
lints Millinery Trude Review.
Gown« For Autumn Wear.
Very pretty gowns for autumn are
made of dotted silk mull, of white silk
grenadine, silk veiling, silk batiste, lin­
en batiste and organdie, lu these mu
terials some very dainty box plaited
skirts are seen. These are cut In seven
gores, each gore htivlng u plult that
covers the seam. The front gore is
narrow and plain, and a gathered grad­
uated flounce is the finish. This Is
tucked at the hem or inset with two or
three rows of lace Insertion. This skirt
may be cut In nine gores. Circular
flounces cut In handkerchief points,
edged with lace, are a noticeable fea­
ture of these thin gowns. The lower
flounce has a straight edge, with tine
tucks and luce insertion at the hem.
Thirteen ami even fifteen gores form
some of the skirts, whose centers ure
arranged In groups of very fine tucks.
The gores are Joined with an open
stitch.
The Safest Place In n Storm.
Special Inducements to Liberality.
"What are your rates?" asked tlie
prospective victim of the lady fortune
teller.
“I can't afford t > tell you anything
but disaster for 50 cents,” replied the
lady, “but for $1 I'll agree to tell you
u good fortune witli no bad luck in it.”
—Ohio State Journul.
Ill« Itlenl Woman.
LINKS COAT AND HKIHT.
The illustration shows one of the lat
est fancies of costume In Paris. The
Woman Is a queer creation. Slie uses linen coat and skirt are trimmed with
her smiles and tears alike for tlie van i bands of white braid nnd linen etn
broidery.—Brooklyn Eagle.
quisbment of mail. Baltimore News.
Ikampenlna Ills Ardor.
A Parados.
Dry.
Desperate Suitor Sir, I have reached
that stage where I cun no louger live
without your daughter.
Heartless Parent -Well, I don’t cou
alder suicide a crime, young man, but
you mustn't hang around here.—Chi­
cago News.
Th«- Way a Woman Realns,
Invalid- I understand It Is quite dry
“Have you flnlsliial that new novel
out here?
yet?” he asked.
Broncho William Dry? Why, streu
“Oh. dear. no. I’ve hardly begun,"
ger. It’s so dry here that tlie rain is •he answered. “In fact, I've only read
wet only on one aide.—New York | the last chapter.”—Chicago Post.
Times,
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It Is a curious coincidence tbut on
Feb. 27. 1882. aud on Fell. 27. 1902, a •••Straw and Kinders' Board...
7I Fl rut Mt reel
secretary of state of a murdered presl
Tel. Main HM».
41
SAN FRANCISCO.
dent delivered a eulogy of his dead
chief before the bouses of congress.
Mr Hay. primarily a writer, showed
the essayist tn bls oration on McKlu
ley. Mr. Blaine, primarily a speaker,
showed the orator in bis oration on
Garfield. Here is the peroration of
Hay’s eulogy of McKinley:
Bright's Dlaeaac and Diabete«
A Physician’s Tests.
Blninu'w oration on <>arth*ld ended
with thia famous passage
Every one is aware that it is not wise
to seek n tree's shelter In a thunder­
storm; but. If you must take refuge
there, then climb to tlie topmost
branches. It has been proved that tlie
upper boughs of trees during a storm
would lie tlie safest position, ami It is
said that birds In tlie branches are sei
dom killed. Wlien tlie tree Is struck by
lightning, It Is the trunk which, pre­
sumably from its greater dryness, is a
bad conductor and which therefore
suffers tlie most.
Belle—What a lovely bulldog!
Nun—I think lie's horrid looking.
Belle Oil. Imt bulldogs aren't lovely
unless they’re horrid looking. Detroit
Free Press.
•'rum Ila,'« Bui.«» ou Hi-Klalrr
Hlaloe's Eulog, on GsrlrM.
There is not one of uh but feels prouder
of his native land b»*cauM* the mguHt fig­
ure of Washington ¡1« '<l«’«l over its be­
ginnings; no one but vuwh it .1 tenderer
i<>\ <• tH i aii.se Lincoln poun 1 out h
for it; no on«* but must feel his* -1« v«»tlon
fur I i I b country renew. <t ind kindled when
he reinembers how McKinley love»!, re­
vered ami MTV<
w.J in his life
how a citiz. 11 she . I live
I In his last
hour taught us hon a gent man could
die.
Black Gowu,
Although we say that black Is “no
color,” tbo black dress of perfection
has many lights and shades, beiug
A Tart lietort.
composed not of one black, but of
Lord Roberts once found himself the many. Take, for Instance, the dead
center of a circle of new friends in a black of crepe de chine mixed with
London club. There was a very tall that peculiarly beautiful, cloudy effect
gentleman present, who, evidently be­ of bluck chiffon. This would probably
lieving himself to shine as a wit, seized be trimmed witli a glimmer of satin
every opportunity to raise a laugh at anil n becoming black chenille or vel­
tlie other people's expense. On being vet, with Jet of varying shades. Then
Introduced to Lord Roberts the wit is created a black dress which is
bent down patronizingly to his lord­ charming lu detail.
ship nnd remarked:
There Is a great desire for black
“I have often heard of you, but”— cbene afternoon frocks. They are not
shading liis eyes with one hand as quite as beautiful as crepe de chine,
though tlie famous general, being so but they are new; they are useful.
small, could be seen only with diffi­
t 1» to Date From I'ari«.
culty—"I have never seen you.”
To this Lord Roberts promptly re­
plied:
“I have often seen you, sir, but I
have never heard of you.”
Parke—Tlie other day I was in i
kind of vision and saw my wife as tin
most perfect woman In tlie world.
Lane—Where were you?
Parke In an Intelligence office, de­
scribing her to a cook 1 was trying to
engage.—Judge.
TWO PERORATIONS.
WOMAN AND FASHION
As the end drew near his early craving
for the sea returned
The stately man­
sion of power had been to him the weari­
some hospital of pain, and lie begged to
be tak.-ii from hi . 1 son wall* from its
oppressive, stifling air. from its home*
lessness and its hopelessness Gently, si­
lently. the love of a great people bore the
paie sufferer to the longed for healing of
the sea to live or to die, as God should
will, within sight of the heaving billows,
within sound of its manifold voices. With
a wan. fevered face, tenderly lifted to
the cooling breeze, he looked out wistful
ly upon the ocean's changing wonders, on
its far sails, on its restless waves rolling
shoreward to break and die beneath the
noonday sun; on the red cloud» of even­
ing. arching low to the horizon; on the
serene and shining pathway of the stars.
Let us think that his dying eyes read a
mystic meaning which only the rapt and
parting soul may know. Let ua believe
that in the silence of the receding work!
he heard the great waves breaking on a
farther shore and felt already upon his
wasted brow the breath of the eternal
morning
THE PARADISE FISH.
One
uf tlie Wonderful l*i«<«Mturfl*l
IlHritie« Found lu C'biiiu.
The oddest of all piscatorial rarities
is the paradise fish of China. Like the
German canary and one or two other
species of bird and fish, tlila little tinny
beauty la the product of cultivation
only, there being no place in tlie world
where it ia found In a wild state. In
the land of the dragon they are kept
and cultivated in ornamental aqmiri
Ullin, each succeeding generation of the
little oddities exhibiting more diver
allied colors. The male is the larger of
the two sexes,- measuring when full
grow u three and a half Inches. Tlie
body is shaped very much like that of
u common pumpkin seed sunfish, its
color surpassing in brilliancy any fisb
heretofore cultivated for tlie aquarium.
The head of macropoduH (that's his
generic name) Is ashy gray, mottled
with irregular dark spots. Tlie gills
are azuriue blue, bordered witli bril
Rant crimson.
The eyes are yellow and red. with a
black pupil. Tlie sides of tlie body and
the crescent shaped caudal tin are deep
crimson, tlie former having from ten
to twelve vertical blue stripes, while
the latter Is bordered witli blue. The
upper surface of the body Is continual­
ly changing color -sometimes it is
white, at others gray, black or blue.
Tlie dorsal and anal tins are remarka­
bly large, lienee its generic name —
macro, large; poilus, fin or foot. Botli
fins are shaped alike and are striped
with brown and bordered witli a bright
blue. Tlie dull colored ventral fins are
protected by n brilliant scarlet colored
spine, extending three fourths of an
inch behind the laxly of the tin. Tlie
pectoral tins are well shaped. Imt trans­
parent aud colorless.
Are Positively Curable.
Judge Henry S. Foote, s former member o*
our State Supreme Court CummlMBlofi, aud out
of the best known jurists ou the Coast, tuakei
thG following certificate:
•• i atu »«kmJ iu certify th« following facta. A
well-known physician In'active practice put tws
caws <«f Bi Igbt 8 Dldeabp and oue of DlaltrUM on the
Fulton ( oinpouuda lie Is willlug the results should
tie known, hut fur professional reiisous without hit
name. As the rtM-jlts are au squarely opposed by al
medical works, 1 was a”ked to Investigate and r»
port the fam.«, which 1 did. aud I find aud certify ai
follows
An old-C hoo physician uf unquestioned sfaud
lug and ability ha« Ju-t tested the Fulton Cum
pfititul* In three cbhch with these results*
i
No I Mr« I cliroute Bright’« Disease, usua
albunieuurla drop-v eto.; Ilmi* swulleu almost tc
burMing. I suai treatment without result. Undei
the « oiHpouml th*-dropsy disappeared lu thirty days
and last of th«* albutneu tn 9u • 'ured.
Cast- No. 2 Mr. II chronic Bright’s Disease of J
years' standing; Hlhumen large, dropsy, etc. In ?
weeks alhninen reduced a half aud a few weak»
laiei albutnen «iowu to a trace and dropsy entirely
gone Bail« nt instate«! « e was well and left for at»
extended trip t loo early. It Is believed, for per
tnaneuoy.)
t ase No < Mrs L . t hroulc dlals-tes; physlclas
states •• typical cave, worst I ever saw.’ First les
days pain disappeared and sugar d«*creastng Bro
ou<l report " Sugar reduced half; Improvement
wonderful; sugar g ttlug leas every test.”
” A"k«*«i w lini percentage are curable by the*
Com «Hinds, the pliyNiclan repiled ** 1 don C know
but it must lx* lat e ueBrly a hundred, if my owa
cases are any calleiIon.'
“ Attest: HXNMY S F« j OT«.
F2H Mon'gumerv Kt , San Francisco.”
Asked what he indlv Id-ally thought of It, Judge
Foot«* i-piled: '*1 aui satisfied the cure has bees
found,”
Medical work« agree that Bright's Diseauc
and Diabutea are Incurable, but H7 per ceut are
l'osl ..v«dv recovering under th«’ Fulton Com
pounds. (Common forms of kiduey complaint
und rheumatism ofTe but short resistance.)
l’ric«*. #1 for the Bright’s Disease and |l.50 iur
tlu* Dlabetto Compound. John J Fulton Co.,
4<)u Montgomery St., San Francisco, sole com
pouudera. Fr«*e !«* sih made f r pationta. De
Hcriptive pamphlet mailed free.
AN AUTHOR’S WORKSHOP.
The
Place
Where
Buhver-Lfttwa
Could Write at Ease.
Wlivn Chillies Mnekay wax vialtlug
Lui'il Lytton at Kiiebworth, he was tin-
pressed, lie says in liis ‘'Recolleetlons,”
witli tlie beauty of the library. He re­
marked to the novelist that tn such a
cheerful room among so many books
any author could get through a vast
• mount of labor.
"I cannot write so well in the li­
brary.” replied Lord Lytton, "ns lu au-
other place. Take a stroll with me. und
1 will show you my favorite study.”
They went for a considerable dis­
tance to the shore of an artificial lake
in Knebworth park, and there stood a
boathouse. A small boat was drawn
up on one side of it, and ou the other,
near a small window, stood a chair
and a common deal table, ou wbieh
was a pew ter Inkstand.
I’ulllng open the drawer. Lord Lytton
allowed liis guest a goixl supply uf pa­
per. pens aud a blotting book.
"I can write more freely here,” be
said, "tliaii lu tlie grand library. I will
tell you how the liabit grew. When I
wns a small boy. I was very ambitious
to write and wrote an immense amount
of trasli. My mother thought that the
occupation of so much time In writing
would lie injurious to my health and
prohibited my writing In the library.
"I then had recourse to my bedroom,
but was In due time banished from
Hint and deprived of pen and ink. The
Moantlna " Horae.
more imperatively I was forblddeu to
A careful bicyclist learns to mount write tlie more 1 indulged in the pro­
from either side of the wheel, siuce the hibited Joy. I took refuge In the tx>at-
emergency may arise at any moment, house and wrote for hours witli a lead
says the London Chronicle. One would pencil, using tlie seat of tlie boat for
think that the horseman would be my writing table. So 1 learned to write
equally careful to provide for possibil­ here, nnd I can do tietter work here
ities and accustom himself to mount­ tliaii anywhere else.”—Youth's Com­
ing Indifferently from tlie off side and panion.
the near side. But If he were to ven­
ture to mount mi tlie right side—which
Mixed Metaphor«.
Is the wrong side—In a hotel stable
A German lady in a town in Ventura
yard the hostler would probably de­ county had a daughter who was her
mand the price of u gallon as tlie mother's pride. Tlie mamma bears
statutory fine, nnd tlie horse would col somewhat of a reputation as a Mrs.
lapse with surprise.
What Is the Malapropand is also a prosperous mer­
meaning of this convention? It ap- chant. On one occasion the daughter,
pears in odd places. Not only does who assists tier mother in the store,
tlie trick horse in the circus canter was by dint of hard work among rela­
from right to left, but the after dinner tives and friends chosen as queen of ■
wine passes ttie same wily. "Tlie way street carnival to lie held in the town.
of the sun” is tlie current explanation, Maternal pride ran riot in the elder
which is absurd.
woman's breast. To a friend she burst
fortli In tills ecstatic strain:
Willing Io Go Without.
“Qh, mein Mollie! She vas so peau-
Henry Clews, perfectly linld, was tlful as neffer vas! Dcre vas no gerrel
once traveling on a western railroad. so poautiful as mein Mollie! Und she
Silting directly behind him was a coarse vas soueb a goot cook mein gracious,
looking man witli a rough shock of hair she vas soocli a goot cook! Und she
vas sooch x goot tressmaker! Oh, dere
the color of brick dust.
Tapping Mr. Clews on tlie shoulder, vas no gerrel like mein Mollie! Und
she vas de best clerk vat I offer haf in
the fellow remarked:
"Guess you wasn’t around when they mein slitore! Und she vas n goot uiu-
sleianer! oh. mein Mollie vas de great­
gave out the hair.”
“Oh, yes," was the answer, "but 1 est gerrel vat offer vas! She vas yust
was a trifle late, and there was uothing a Jack of all rabbits!"—Los Angeles
left but that stuff you wear, so I told Herald.
them I’d rather have uoue." New York
II ocky Autograph Album,
Times.
Probably tlie oddest and most pre­
I’roniliilnK.
cious autograph allium that lias ever
Landlord—In one word, when are existed lies in an almost unknown cor­
you going to pay your arrears?
ner of western New Mexico.
Hard Up Author-I will satisfy your
More than two centuries before our
demands as soon as I receive the mon­
Saxon forefathers penetrated the des­
ey which the publisher will pay me If ert of tlie southwest the Spanish pi
he accepts the novel I am going to oneers, wandering through those lone­
send him as soon as the work Is finish­ ly wilds, found a rock so noble and so
ed which I ntu about to commence remarkable, even in a country of wou-
when 1 have found a suitable subject derful stone monuments, that they
and the necessary Inspiration.
called it “El Morro” (Tlie Castle).
Wishing to leave some record for fu­
Paper off tbr Ancient«.
ture generations, they traced with the
The Interior bark of trees wns for
points of their swords their names up­
nierly used to write upon, and its Latin
on Its rough surface. Those uames
name (liber, a bark) seems to Inti­ ure tlcre, with dates of their Inscrip­
mate that its use was as ancient as tion in mxirly every instance the early
the art of writing Itself. In one re­ l«irt of the seventeenth century.
spect the bark was superior to tlie
leaf. It could be rolled Into a volume,
Aw to Printers’ Marks.
wliile tlie leaf would crack If subjected
Ttie interrogation mark or "point”
to such a process.
(?) wns originally a "q” and an “o.”
the latter placed under the former.
The t'nbridged Channel,
The teacher asked the boy iu tlie ge­ They were simply the first and last let-
ography class whose French grammar ters of tlie Latin word “questlo.” So,
too, witli tlie sign of exclamation or in­
Is the one biine of his life:
“What separates France from Eng terjection (.'). In its original purity it
was a combination of "1" and “o.” the
land?"
"The Irregular verbs," answered the latter underneath, as In the question
mark. The two stood for "Io.” the
boy earnestly.
Latin exclamation of Joy. The para­
Stamps are first mentioned by Syne- graph mark Is a Greek “p," the Initial
•lus, bishop of Gy retie, ulxiut 3oo A. D. of the word paragraph. The early
printers employed a dagger to show
Germany's trade with Mexico In- tliat a word or sentence was objection­
treased more thau 6 per cent last year. able and should be cut out