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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1887)
WOMAX AND HOME. DEADLY FASCINATION OF THE SWEET TEMPERED AND CLEVER UGLY. ratting Away Winter Clothing Cnr I of tlio Itabr lYinlrilno Toilet Lltll Mldgrl Training "t ClilMrrn Hellei In Orrrn rfitr nml Mini. If I did not know girls better; If. I:i (net, I 'liad i wt been years ago a girl mviwlf, IshouK tosiutno tliat Mister morn would find onl rows on row of pretty girls on their knei ,'wltli thought on the litany and Iho book (comnto!i prayer. Girb are human, thank .heaven, very human, and It does my heart good to have this last confidential talk 01 clothes. . First, by way of moral, let mo speak of s reflection I havo made or rather leen making t(if morning. Luckily enough, tho captain of the French mail steamer did not seo fit Vt Hnistake North Carolina for New Jersey ot 1ng Island for hb pier. At a confluence, 'there lias oraw to hand a very preciou), Ion,'' 'lookod for lrtxlt of magazine, Trench, an I r ranch to tiMi very hut gasp. They nro md tfufbtosi magnzi;ex in any wnm of the word, but there b duo attention to womankind. A French magazine, like a Frenchman himwlf, "would be ill at isn far from femininity. Women, old and young; belles, Iwautlful and ugly, adorn these rages at they do out own jirivate life. Ami thu thing that struck me particularly, and that I am now utln? for my moral b, "How a Frenchman deligbb Jn an ugly woman."' . Delighting is not necetsarily loving or making lore to. It I a much mora subtle and d'lkste form of admiration than mak ing lore, thb delighting; much more. The Frenchman itit the ugly woman! picture and ttmuhi lief ore it in rapt adnifra tion. lie dtnrfgas Iter gown, her wra and her hat;, and walk around her with hk hand on fail heart. It b hb ambition in a way thatitoes IL He creates her and give her her lxing. Then, like many anothrr creature, be bti hr ns. Wh2t luu I la to do with fashions! Evcry thiny. I'rotty women, as a rule, can look cut for thctnselres anil do. As whatever tl:y wear look Weil on them, ninl thoy arj frw to follow their own sneet will, it folloTri that they do not yeuni for extraueoua al vica IWhaps Uto ugly woman dous not yni for it cither, but even so, .bo gets It. Koiiiatimex li3 iu-ciU It. Tiiealvico that I mean it not n complete "Hook for Ugly Olrlt," but a general nwak Milnjf totlii.'iKnibillUos of one'i)telf,nudado termination to footer thov; poiuilitiea to tliu utmoat. OxoJ skin; perfect kkln. Good hair; ininmculato hair. Good eyes; clear, healthy, happy eyes. Good mouth; clear tit'tli and ii liuppy curl to tho cornor. Good ilguro; tight gowi. Bad lijuro artistlo (ror.im niid trust to luck for tua crazo to lait Ou, an ugly oman U to Iwcuvlod rather than pitied If he I:iiowk which xidu is her lx? eUn. Ill tho ilrst iilacc, otlier wonifii won't get Jealous of her, Minn as thoy do of pretty women, without rhvmo or rca-jon. In tho cecnnd plaw, Mio will lo forgiven her extn caro for liorwlf, with n blunt thousht. ier hajis unflattering "I'or thing, fho needs it all." And last, but not Ica&t, If iho bo liu man, kwhi a3 most of m arc, every triumpL' will bo balm to her oul, doubly sweet bc- caiua of tho disadvantages of tlio com?. Auother thing, thero Is n deadly fascina tioa about n B.vect teinjKjred and clever ugly woman. You nro contiiiuully growing cool, with ilw Ida.i that lit last tlio ito longer ple-iMM you, thn growi-ig hot wheSi doubly brilll nt her llashoi of fajciuation, liko .Ma catilcy' ilashi-s of xilunce, provo utterly Irrc- wtlibiL, Oj, ho! do not pity tho ujly woman pro vided hho Is wi.vj. Thow that lovo her lovs her twhv na woll ai n mrroly pretty womar it over Jovisl, and she I.uowh It. They nppre- flaw t;u clovernc43 which can triumph ovc: everything, and so does slie. tUut when wo IIimI an ugly woman vho has, ns It were, left all 1kio behind, whataro wr .todol It h unproiijl.hig sitiiatioii, h Ii notl Anil nothing is to Ixs dono except talk! Talk ii liko thu provci hial rain to than ugly duel;. It m;iy, however, llko that, sat them awhile later to pum:nj tjamselvtu. Tho ono g.et nhstaclo in tho way of would bo miH.iui. ry is tho natural c'tyniMsol this yoiinj l.uitu :i. A girl ho has lwcn lioote.1 n. by her brothers, and exciued and apologized for ! tho femlnino mumbern ol hur lioimdiuld, U u t to ba ovurhiirdoiioil with coaifit; in faet.li.' Isnpt to 1m miytliiiig cite, fnr.ii painfully bashful to light down bod teniixTcd. Hitu then wlH'conio In well n gowl dow o( my ihiiiU panntn coiiiinon tito. Coininou rmiso will do nioic loward innl.liij; ono' life and lot ngrceahlo llm.i iiiiythlng else. Tell mi ugly gill that tha nioro fho Riilks aiiduilnklctt her foiehoad nnd draws down tlio corner.! of hr mouth tin uglier ho will bocotin imturtdly. TiOl her tho nioro blie elulxiiutes her completion with nil mid whit. tlio nioro thu world nill think n!io Irnn ta Tell hor t'.w iiioim nIu c'mm nloiit lank and disheveled thu moru palpabl wi!I bo tho tllf feitiiicv U'twuoii her nml n gu 1 wIiomj fontuie nnd el tlicH i ro equally rutilur. Toach her that all tho world L no!) nhko, mul that uhile ehohoixilf iuI mil's n fortclu p:ttty woiimn, then ii every oibllity that llieronro plenty of tooplo to whom mIic, if hIib would, might 8-"eui perfection. Itaisu tier IdeaH of hrrwlf by any luonns. 1'Vitoherif neccMory, I ut In MmowMyot uuotlier r.lvo hr n littlo comfort mid n little t'Oiiiiiioii miis Then hIio will b happy, nud avi.'I iwpny you.' trnjhlo l.y l4omiiiig cut liko tlio ixe. Uoii rrnuclMM Chronicle. 1'iitlliiu Amu)' M Intur Clothing. Tlio labor of putting nway winter olothlnjj Iiccoiiiim Imrilur uncli )enr t tho nvurngt) city liim-Leeir, fur moths gather thickly In the cl huU, tniul.s and chOMta In Miiall houseti, mul tKt'lnlly in tho IhiU nnd iiuitmuntri Hlileh nro tint Iiuiiiuh of ho umny. Tho do r old gar nils of our fldldliood with their lavender scented i liutfbi nro no inoiv, oven tlio airy old wardrobes tlmtitmld bo ojwmol to tlio nirnuil Buiuliluo luivo glum plnco to dark nnd stulfy littlo iMiitrhM, mid Miort trtiiiku nro lined In stead of thu lung oakun tlnwta uhlch .jxTinit tod ii (pjwn or coat to nut Its wholo length mul not to lxj doubled tip nnd badly cwuisl t hereby . Tim is tho lxt season for Mittllng vlothm closeta for tho summur. Every urtlclo kliould bo nmiovol from them nnd tho walls cither whttowushod or LaUoinliicxl and turpoiitlno i uMkxI i.to tho wood work. Noc.-irpcUliould Ixi loft on tin lloor, for It brwsls moths very pilclily. If theiw nro two or threw hhelvw theso should lw covered with iwwspniH'in anil thu winter clothing placed tijoit tlwm nUo vmpiKd In iniwspiipoin, thu printer's Ink being iKiUonour to tho destructivo littlo In becL AH Iho woolen clothlnjf khouhl bo put out on tho clothe lino iu tho suiuhlno for noouplo of hours and whipped froe of dust, all tho p'j"LeU turiiMl iiisldn out and wall bnuhy.1 with it whUk broom. Thwi Into wu-h KH-tut put u small plwM of cumphor. 'Jim dnis skirts should lo tlll lio.1 Iwlttw out, foldod as ic4tly in puMlbld, plned Iu n pllo with u pijicr iMtnvcn cuch on, thru wrupjtwl la yvjier and pinned so aj to Kxtvo no wiutlloi' rLng for U entrance of the ractfaT Tm ttnat thdr hanii Into capatfotu pockets u cvercoats should bo folded Iragthwis-. It is I P"oduced three Kicks of rhalfc. As many very I -ad policy to foU ibem crosswise, ns a Pkft g Sw ere brought out and mb or two In thb potion will mark them ' en l rar" lb """'j; Tire.l far almost beyond help. Put & jriecc of news- ) fej?1 T?rk,. wh,tun tbc. papain each leeve,by the coat on a flat djrWed eir ihinylla at the center of their or taMe, awl foH it fourtoid so that the edges will conn even with the center Main; place the tleeves over each breast, taking caro that the bonklers are not wrinkled. Vests are eadly folded, bat trousers are mora dlQIoalt than a coat, ami where a lousekceper has many men in her boutehofl shn would do well to take a few lessons in folding from a tailor. Clothing packed into a trunk fbould bo 1 well sprinkled with camphor. If the trunk l ; Is old, a new lining of newspapers will often act us a preventive azainst moth. Families living in flats shook! provide tlenjlv-s with two or three long oaken cheats. Theso will be maile at reasonable prices by any carjwnter, awl as they may lx covercl and uv?d as otto.uars, tier need not tako up as much room as the ordinary trunk. New York Journal. T.lttla SIlilgct'sllnBlns Fingers. Mrs. Blanchard was entertaining som' frienls in tlio parlor one evening when she heard a small voice bo knew so well saving: "I'leawj 'acuso mc, mamma. " 1 hen she saw a little figure standing in the doorway iu wdite gown, with tangll curls nnd bright eyes, too bright for 10 o'clock nt night, thought Mrs. Blanchard. Midget ran across the room tc the refuge that had never failed her moth er's ai m "Mamma, door,'' pleaded tho littlo night owl, "I have just learned today how to tell you I love you in such a boautffulNnow wai'. Please, may I show you? I'm so 'f raid 111 forget by morning.'' Midget bekl up her dimpled fingers. "Now, everybody do just as I do." fho said, glecfally. "Hold your thumlM together so, now the next -lingers the wme way, but tlie net to that you mu't double in tis-bt," She ht-ld licr chubby fingers in this petition, the pjlms together, the thumbs tight;y touching, i1m tlw forefingers, but the second lingers folded !n so that her rosy nails mid the dimples tliat stooil for knuckles totirbeil, then the third and frth fingeni l.wt at tlw tips as ihu thumb end forefingers did "Now," cried Midget, hi greet delight, "how far can you go from nuiyer and he parted tec thiiiiibs as far as tliey woulii go. Troiv how far froni coot rami tlo forfclin ger went apart. Tlien In suppressed glee she carefully ezplalued : "You must kl; tlio fokled fingers and go to tho lies?;. Now, how far can you go from your dear, sweet mnmiiiar she cried in great triumph. And odd it wci that thoM) queer littlo third flncem woulii not sejMirate, and tlromoio you tried thoclotcr tliey tvero,not only Midget's tiny fingers, but iaia's strong ones arvl Judge Jliiis wrinkled ones. And as long as the ?5?o:id fingers nro held in bondage tho third ouw will not wjiarate. Try it. Christian Weekly. A I'oo oT ISrllrs In Orvril. A prolyl should lw ralseil ogcinst tho vivid and unspeakably hideous shado of yellow gree:i that b so largely u'e.l hi nevr costumes, mid that makoi tho oniliuuo wearers resem- bio co!onal loath African carrots. Any kind of green, even tho palest and iiiKt delicate hue, can only Ijo worn by women of n certain typo those, for liiktance, who havo skiur, lii:o ivory and reddUh golden hair. But when It comes to tho startling emerald tints that compos tho latent gowns a word of rcmon fctrnuco Is not out of idaco. Tho color iUelf U cstretnely beautiful on grass plot and lilac hush, but it Is, nevertheless, horribly ugly hen put Into material at so much a yard. Thero is no woman living to whom it ii lie ooniiug. Then thoi-o b something elo that appoai-s to need morlinration sleeves. Tho Jfg of mutton fcleevo li both picturesque and piefty on n dim, youthful Ilguro. But Is that any reas.:i why every other fat woman ono incjts, young or old, ni tho ca30 might be, should havo ridbuloiu pufTj standing out on bcr shouldors liko incipient wingsl And then wliat it thu meaning of thoso strango looking p-itcheu that ninear at tho tops of so many nr ns nctuleM'ript ornuminU, neither n puir nor .i slash, nor et caaetly un Insertion, .Imt a coi t of timid conipromixj in which all throo haveashuro? It doe seem n pity that with so muc!i good taiito overy where, and so varied un assortment nf c-quUito fabrics from which to chofMu iu tho shops, wo should bo com pelled to sco thoso moiistrositle .1 procession of groeii Ilguro., bepulTtKl, lcpatchod nnd, what U more, Iwbustled. I'liiladclphia I'ress. Don't Train Clillilien to 1!) I'usny. A signal fidvautngd In tho treatment of you;:g children or Infants is tho fact that thoy do not ivmeniW or imagluo. Moro than half tho dif.leiilty In treating the di'n08cf grown leoplo licj In tho formation of thcorienby the ixuu iit which n physician labors in vain to bivnk down, and Ihmlly humor.'. It would lw well for mother to remember this slmplo truth. When n child has recovered from a cold bo does not carry thu memory of it to mako him suoeso ami tditvcr for several wol;s. Wo know by tho thermometer that it is sevirl degrees colder, and forthwith pile ou moro clothing, stir up the fires nnd fuel cold to tho marrow of our bones. A child, l:i huppy uiiconsciousnoss, plays on, and unless tlio chaugo bo severe catches no cold. Bo n littlo wot t lint has ix'netruted n x.'ron' Itool npiieaiti to mjiuu n suro token of n bud cold, but if proiiy attended to thou Id lunlio no mom ditt'erenco than n wot hand. Bo careful how you give J 011112 children fussy U'.tii which belong to their weary, heavy laileu older. They should lw trained not to feel slight degruu of cold, not to miiiil 11 cloud of dust coining Into their ryes, or n slight bump or wratch tiny moro than ns a inoro incident. A grumbling child Un pitiful ohjoct, nnd tho habit unco formed b Iiierndiaiblo. Uei-alil of Ilaalth, Italian VerMM AmiM'leaii AVoinen. I like tosto tho straight Ilguro of n Hum- Lcr of ItnSjin women mid girls w horn I mut fixim time, to tlmo In my walks nlwut town. 1 ho other dny a sina'.l procession of thueo ikxj- p!o (Kishoil mo, each lionring on her head n largo liundlo, ami most of l hum having some thing in their hands. In their simple dross, which wn, however, arranged with an cyo to etlVct In form uud color, thoy mndo n very plctuiVMiuonpiieiirnncc, mul much of this was 1I110 to their civet bearing. When 1 see tho Hooping shoulders of so iniipy of our young wmueii, mul oven young men. It seems to mu that It would lw well for thoin to profit by tlio csiiiupio or tiieso iictinvMiuo foreigners. IVrlmiw It would Imi too much to cAiiect tho sons nnd daughters of our wealthy peoplo to exchange thodelightaof iliivlng dog cuts for Ihu less easy nitifiietiou of shouldering market liaskuts, but I nm Inolluod to think Hint as 11 matter of health and good looks tho latter would lw tho butter fur thoni. Boston I'ost. Hrcrrt of tlio IV111I11I110 Toilet. A rcwrtiT Ultliig C'astlo gnixlen tho other day saw nu Italian woman pull n big pUvo of white chalk fnnu her jKvket, and, with tlul aid of a small hand glass, nib the chalh sov wnl tlinos along tin) xrt in her Jot IJnek Imlr. It whs n new wHuklu, Im thought, nml suUo iunt Imiulry among Uw recti hir olUcaru of tho gartWn showul tlmt they, too, wciv in Wttiu or tho liiiiovutton. I iter thivo ItitliMii nialdww wbo hiv ilttliij iu grop iiuuozou or iiioim of their country wouk a ""V" . " . minutes beforo they wero satisfied that the ; furrow was Immaculate whiteness. Then they re torn ed the chalk and looking glasses to their pockets and settled down to admire ! ono another. i It li a custom,'' said the famous Castle garden bootblack, -that b followed by only a small number of the Italian people. It cor. rponds to the cbek painting of American women. Tho Italians chalk tho part in their hair to give it a notineahlo whiteness. It j to correspond with a gentlenian of Oneedcca shows their glistening and oily black hair to i Hon, high mora! character and gentw.1 np- belter oil vantage, anJ, according to a number of prominent Italian physicians, preserves and hardens the scalp. But few American women Luow of the scheme, but I supposo when they hear of it there will bo a regular corner In the chalk market. r New York Mail and Express. Care of tlie Ilabj. I think babies have stood enough abuse. They're littlo aid all that sort of thing and belplew, and they are made to enduro the contumely that does not belong to them. Why do people speak of a bouncing baby! A baby usually of the ago to which that term Is applied b about as far from bouncing as it can well be. It b too Incarnation of limp ness. "Isn't it a bouncing boyP asks tho nurse, ecstatically. And just at that moment tho little innocent lump of human dough is lying with its thumb in its mouth, perfectly limp. But thero h a side hvsue. A souallinz baby has been tho ! destroyer of all romance of connubial bliss. This effect b not produced by the baby, but by the neighbors ul-jvting. And tho mother ( ir.ay suffer, but still allow the poor littlo ; thing to stand all tho Maine. It's n shame. I ' may object to a baby that wakes up the Louse in the middle of tho night with crying, 1 but the baby crying Is not a patch ou the mother soothing It. That sin-ply drives you i mail, aud ihen ycu licar a heavier foot land , on the H'-or and a hind of n rough sound, yoa may look out fo.- tho father, whoeo attempts to quiet tho child would wake tho seven sleepers. If they'd only let tho child crv, it I would soon get tired and go to sleep; but ; they l:ec sco.hing it until it gets wild staring wide awako and howls for hours. Iavo tho ! baby alono and be good enough to apologize in tho morning In behalf of tho baby for tho ' noiso you've mado yourself. San Francisco Chronicle. I'lrnnaiit Homes In Summer Drcso. It has grown to bo the fashion to mako a complete change cf funiiture, drapingj, nnd the like, and to j.ut our homes in summer appnrcl, to tnko up carpets that entirely cover the floor, nnd icplacu with rugs. Thb veiy much helps to keep tho rooms cool iu hot weather, besides making them attractivo to tho eye. Then, regarding matting, ono has only to wall; through ronie of our large fur iihhing warehouses in town to see for how j small a mm a floor can lw laid with novel 1 and artUtic covering. Tho winter carpet 1 gains by tho summer rest, and will hast longer. Or.o need not bo extravagant to furnish rooms in good tasto fur the heated I term, as, with thouseof nfew bottlesof stain, 1 tho Iloon can bo darkened; n few moro of gold, bronzo or enamel will completely trans form tho nppearunco of tho quaint old fash ioned chairs relegated to Iho attic. Tho heavy looking winter jiortleres may bo replaced by airy ones of Madras, art lace, or timplo Not tingham or scrim. Cushions, foot btooU and divans can lw covered with dainty cretonne In' gay Wnttcau designs, aud tho greatest needful cr-cn?o of a summer room to look most inviting for tho cntiro season would lw tho purchase of a goodly,nutnber of low broad easy chairs and rocker? of lattnu and willow, to bo scattered freely in every nvailablo nook and coi nor. Ono Hour I'ach bay. Every woman, no matter how Mtuated, if able to leave her bed, ought to get 0110 hour; If not moro, in tho open mr each day, walking if possible. And in tho winter season every living room should havo a strong draught of fresh air though it for llvo or ton minutes two or three times a day, even if tho weather b Iwlow zero. Nervousness, headaches nnd blues would dihnpjiear as if by magic if theso rules wero followed, and instead of nn army of helpless Invalids, swelling tho plethoric purses of specialists, wo should havo active, vigorous women, n comfort to themselves ond a blessing to their families, and all by tho oxorciso of 11 littlo common sense, which, after all, b a twin sister to wisdom, Arkuu saw Traveler. Starch for IturiH. Toko n littlo ttarch or arrow root, nnd merely moisten it with cold wnter, and lay it nu 1110 injured part, lliu must lio dono im mediately, w ns to prevent tho action of tho nlr uiwn tho skin. However, it may lw ap plied somo hours afterward with good directs. I learned this when n rcs.deut of Franco, It may already Lo known here, but I hnvo met, with none among my acquaintances who worn to have hoard of it. The old lemcdy, raw meat, is not nlway.s nt hand, and somo children hnvo nu insur immutable repugnnnco lo let it bo applied. Journal of Lhumistry. fiuvo Your Stops. Havo thcni'thles must in uso conveniently I bear. JJon t havo tho ihiU and kettles mid other cooking utensils, generally tiod daily, in 11 clout in ouother 1 00111 or at tho farther coiner of ttw kitchen, away from tho stovo, whtur, when tliey nro wanted for use, you havo just so many stew t j take boforo you gut them, nnd jut m many it moro to taku when youuro putting them hack. Hnvo 11 small duMjt nenr the stovo or sink, whero nil thow) nrtlcloe cun lw kept. Boston Budget. Trent in cut of it boll. A well known physician suys that a boil should not bo allowed to progress jf it can lw stopx.sl nt tho outset, as tho system is moro likely to bo jwhonetl than ruliovcd by the gnthorlng matter. Tho boll should lw pniiUwl with iodiuo, ami will not amount to anything if taken in Iho !ht stage Boston Budget. Every ono minibus bravery, but many n big, burly man is afraid of the woman who tivmbUs nt tho sight of a mouse. Philadel phia Herald. In boiling meat for roup uso cold water to ox tract tho julcea, but if the mtwt is wanted for iUolf nlono plunge into boiling water nt once. A littlo Unseed oil brushed over faded green blinds will, If thoy uro not too fnr gono, mako them look almost iu good us now. Do pot iwe ctvil oil lamps Iu IwIixkiiih with wick tunml do wniow. Tliy ptwduco nsthnin, liea i t dtwBSH, thiMflt diseatw, etc By dlpiJnjt 1UI1 for nn Iiwtmit In iwlllujf xntkr mucii of the uiUlculty In removing tha scutes will Im uvwvotno. Ball spruikhsl . r anything that Is buru 1.1 .1 the ttoo win pixxint uny duogroeabla 1. 1 -t. A 3TATRDI0XLVL A MAN OF "GENTEEL APPEARANCE" SEEKS A LADY CORRESPONDENT. Iloir the niter Was Tlltlen hy a Conple of ?IlM-hlef Loving I'alr Ones A Double Krrcnce rianned The Closln Scene. Em anil I have been having a splended timent the expense of the matrimonial adver tising ritizen. For several days we faw an ud iu the paters asking some lady of means fiearat.ee. It was easy to see the person was hnpwunious ugly nnd in earnest. So to tbb man we wrote. We told him a love'.v cbost iUtry ol an early marriage to a grocer of means, of an unfortunate illness and widow hood. We said that, left with a large fort une, we were being domineered ofer by the deceased grocer's tnottier, who was seeking to invest a large sum we hod 111 bank at present in property out of town, and then gettin (ws-ssiou of the widow and money. Tha mother-in-law bad intentions of nil almost murderous character. We were "not seekiu: altogether to make a second marriage, but to find some strong masculine spirit to counsel and advise as in our great strait. It was lovely how Veritas "bit at that bait' We got a letter immediately, telling "Cornelia" (that was the name we signed; to !w firm; not to yield an Inch; to buy no proi srty until she had seen him, Veritas, whowas prepared to ,bs drawn and quartered iu de fense of friendless widows with stamps. The bole letter breathed a desire to get hold of jut such a ble-ed fool as we had made Cor nelta out to be. Then we thought we woukl have a look at him, so wo named the street in which Em lives, and 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Thero is n church directlv opposite Em" larIor window s. We mentioned tlie vicinity 01 me cnurcn a ine most seriuueu. lie was to know the viidow by a handkerchief carried in her parasol liaud.aml she was to know him ly a uewtpnjvr in onehainl and a few flowers 111 the otlier. in: hove is SIGHT. At ." o'clock promptly we nearly fell nit of the window as he hove in sight such a cadaverous unhealthy looking ."jwctacle, his seedy suit hru?lied and buttoned up, his canfcy hair oikil till it split and showed his scalp lehind tinder the brim of a sbockin had hat. That liat alone settled hU status- it was the style of lTy. The weed was rusty and tho beaver bail been touched up with a wet sjione. There were knees iu his winter tiousers nud frhige on their lwttom. Tlio lieels of lib shoes wero worn off one side till he walked on tlie bias and altogetlier lie was as flue a specimen of decay as jou could run on in a weeK. in ms nanu. wuicn was covered with a black worsted glove, he lwre n newspajwr roiled up like tlie truncheon of Hamlet s ghost, and in he end of it ho had stucK n uuucii 01 main. As luck would have it, a lady in mourning camo down the street. Veritas was 011 the alert. She had no handkerchief in her hand hut ho prnuccd up beside her nnd looked out of his watery eyes at her knowingly. He met 110 encouragement, but he couldn't give it up. He passed her twice, swinging hb lloner lipped jKiper truncheon; then he got in front. setting it up ognint his coat tails anil wag ging it ns if he was old dog Troy and pleased to meet her. Half a dozen women he pur siitd iu liko manner, till finally, about 4, he gave it up as n bad job, and wo lost him. Then wc sat down and wrote this: "Yesterday by 110 strategy could Igetout that horrible old woman put her bonnet on and vowod I shou! 1 not .stir a step without her. I was iu despair. 1 had no ono to send, and then you wero disappointed. But, dear friend, don't desert me; lw at that same place to-uinrrow, ana 11 at ten minutes past S o'clock I nm not here, como right around to the next street where I live, though I didn't mention it Iwfore. Go up tho stejw of No. tifl, ring the liell, inquire for Mrs. Jones yon will Ik? shown into tlio parlor, nnd 1 will como to you. Just hjienk of having como from Mid dletown lately. Talk alwut Julia and the Iwys. Kpcak up loud and say tho 'new barn is nearly done.' Talk nlwut anything till I tell you it is safe, becauso that old dragon will siiri'ly lw listening." srooKjiut than nvun, Thb was splendid. Around in tho next street nt !1 lives 11 woman named Jones, Em just deteste. Only think what a situation this brought about. At ;i, punctually, thero was our awful Veritas," spookier than over. Tho wretch waited nnd looked nt a Wuterbury watch several times. Of courso thero was no Cor nelia, so ho braced himself and headed for 20, tho next street. Wo had our hats on, and wo Hew out nnd after him. Up tho steps bold as brass no went. Ho pulled tho bell uud was admitted. Wo watched nnd waited cer tainly fifteen minutes. Then tho door banged ojk'ii. i no servant cnino out and looked up and down tho street. "Hho is after tho police," said Em. Then out bounced Veritas, his hut 111 his hand. Ho was bald as n pound of butter, that i-i, ho had just a few hairs. He was gesticulating wildly, and his poor old face was red as. spanking, behind loomed up r.m s in to noir, .Mrs'. Jones-, looking like u tur key who seas n red lint. We sent Em's hired girl over to interview tho Jones girl, and wo heard all nboiit it how he got into tho imrlor, and, when Mrs. Jones came iu, talked hko a crazy man about liarns, and Julias, uud cou'j, uud kppt looking ut tho folding glass doors, and kept whisper ing "is it snfof Can I expose my identity AWT And Mrs. Jauos at last shrieked for the girl, and they put tho crazy creature out. Uh, Em and I linve had n lovely time. Wo nro going to write him to-night, uud vow that Mrs. Jones was tho iiiother-iu-hiw, nnd ho has Cornelia locked up, mid lxg him to invoke the law, and save tho money in tho bank and 11 sweet, young, old grocer's widow. Clara Belle in Cincinnati Enquirer. An Actor's , I'lr t Appearance. Tlw retired jmrfonner ilubht uhisadvioo to the would lw actor by somo memorandum ou how He should conduct himself tho first n:ght of lib apiwiraticc. "hliould you l very nervous after ilivsslng you hud b.t not appear in the green room, as you will naturally distress or lldgot tho IHTformers concerned In tho s.vnes, which (net will rnthor tend to augment your mal ady. Having given tho prompter an opor- utility to olisurvo that you nt randy, it is IeiituiM n well for you to proceed to that part of the stage from which yml aro to enter aud walk quietly up nud down; or, ns tho piny goes on, oliservo tho inso and coolness with whieli tho netoitt gu ou with their jiarts, un I you will doubttoM catch spirit nud con- fhlence. Muko your eiitnim-o easily nnd coolly, wlih.your IhmuI nud eyeso Unsl as to avoul seeiug tho footlights which, until you aro acruttoined to tlmni, uro ajit to bewilder Um sijht. magnify overy objact about ami ucoutou diasitMe and couftiidoti iu tuo brain.'' H. A. Jhwitt, Iu N. Y. Mall aud Kxprac. Ex (ii-it I-aUdla. f Himiii. is sloinsr" I'u.is i i 1 1 ht 1 oval st!e. n she is said to U p. tiding :no:u at the rat.-of .'uu,ix.iu jvoj ! appealed from the chair. now Parliamentary Insubordination Was Quelled in the Limekiln Club. For some weeks, past EWer Shin bone Whit beck has exhibited signs of Insubordination. Tbb b said to be owing to the fact that he drew 13 in a lottery and wants to estabUsh a club of hb own a society with less form ality and more lemonade. It was evident from hb actions when the meeting opened that he had an iron hot, and the triangle had scarcely sent forth its stricken voice when ho was on hb feet and addressing the president. "Bradder Whitbeck, you out of order," replied the chair. -Does do cca'r decide dat I ar1 out of order P "It does, sab." "Den I 'peals from tho decishun of do cha'r." "Your 'peal am oat of order, sab!'' "I afcx "peals from that decishuu, an' I axes fur a vote of the lodge.' It was piain to all members that Shinbone was out of order, and that be was seeking to force some issue. Brotbtr Gardner looked at him in a dazed sort of way for a minute, and then asked: 'Docs Braider Whitbcck know dat he b liable to a fine of from six to 'lebeu thousand dollarsP "No, sah! I demand a vote on my 'pcair "Does you intend to Inilldoso db chaYP "I intend to bev my rights under the con- stitushuu an' bvlaws of tbfi club. I bev "pealed from your decishun."' "Does any pusson second dat 'rxsalP asked the President as ho looked up tuid covrn th aisles. No ona did. Tho old man slowly removed til? spectacles from hb r.050, took tho rhinestono pin bvr.i hb bosom and calmly descended the pktt-V.Tn and approached tho cider. Tho litter started to pull a brickbat, wrapped in cJliator rkin, from hb hiad pocket, but licforo ho could r et it out something serioa-: happened- From the reporter's desk it oocmxl as if hb heeb bit the ceiling and hb head tho floor in rotation. One of hb shoes sailed iuto tho couthwest conirr and srinck State Riht Grc?:i In thrrio-nnch. and the other fiew in tho cast aad cw: CoL Pan HanKo Jcckson. Button.-, buckles. broken suspenders, boot orr.T3 jid :??iiie5 for making root Ix-er fli'ed ihc rir c.v l rrrro drawn toward: tho cprn window.-, rjiu tho bumpcty-bumps on U:e 2cov co rdsnned tU" gixwerdown stairs that ho ran cut cr.il nosr,!:! to turn in r. Ore alarm. 3v end hr a de?n hush fell ujx;:i Paradka hall. Sro:ho;' Gcri ner returned to hb chair. Givcauani Jones put his coot uaunr tho head of the pulvcrire.-l man and the floating frasaentsslor. I v drifted out into tne solemn night. "All guv'ments should ruk tiy Is the president, as ho toyed with hb spoetr.eJc.-;, out wnen suoiects def y too law r.u' uo niv' ment too, do guv'mcnt should bo c!:el io u occashun. Does any one elso in db hail trail 10 -peni irom ue uecisuun or dis chaV utiucv do head of 'Communications?'" Not a hoof moved. Detroit Frco Pres. rasliionnblo Englinli on the Continent. But what fashionable English noonlo 2iE I do at tho end of their season is to go to tl i-oiuineiu ior a moniu or two ncioro tno grci. country lifo of tho autumn sets in. Tho ken . .... 1 . . . .... esi 01 me sjiortsmen, 01 course, will not rive up grouse shooting, which becins on Aus. PJ out, aucr an, every Douy lias not a giouso moor, nor is everybody elso mvitc.l to 01 and somo even of tho fortunate do get tirr: of grouse shooting; nnd in July when tho tractions of parliament and politics cud do bates lxgi:i to wane for tho men; when tho women nro tired of balls, nnd dinners, ai:d visits-, and shops, and cricket matches at 'Lord?,'' nt:d garden parties nt Mnrlboroanh house, iM haps a third of tho very great ami gay world turns its faco and feet toward tho continent. Nearly every English pereoil of rank or quality makes theso visits oneo in two or three years. They go to Carlsbad, and Kissingen, and Wiesbaden, and Homlmnr. nnd Air lo Bains, and the other ioint.s wkeru iicaniig waters nro rejiorted to restore or re vive the failed strength and spirits and nu- Ieiiicsoi tuoso wiio tuo called tlio "world." mey uvo iiiero tlio simplest nud most regular of lives; ns dill'ercnt ns ikksiIiIo from that at an American watering place. In deed, except In Arkansas, or somo other placo to w hich only tho severest sufferers ni-o sent, I doubt if thero exists at any public re sort in America nny such lifo ns the niiwt fortunate of Europeans in cireumstaneo nnd station submit, to nt tho ordiimry German spa. ineynvo 111 1110 plainest quarters', thev ea mo plainest, unci commonest tare, often such as their own servants at homo would refuse, 1 hey put aside nil their finery and go about 111 tlio plainest garb. 'I hey rise nt 0. ?ud sometimes at 15 in tho niorning, and ro to h i. v hi, nigin. .iney ini;c 1110 wnter bom some spring 10 wuicn tliey nro obliged to walk, and they must go out in nil weathers: tho water may not lw brought, or it loses its torce; tliey stand en queue, in bus trains. mixed with what they consider tho 'common people ;'' ambassadors mid princes, often among shopkoyjierj nnd greasy Bohemians, sem, 10 xno springs ior obesitv. They some t.nies, as at tnrbbad, carry their own runs I.... .. . . 1 .... 1!, lw. . . . out 111. oiuer pinces, 111:0 ivissiuireii, tliev uro tho sanio glasses as tho mass, nud the muss is often very massy. Adam Badeuu's Loiter. Courtcsj uud Courage. I know of a fit. Paul nrtbt (ho onlv claims to 1 an amateur) who not long nco inwtd several lady mends to visit his studio and inspect his works, as well as several rare pur chases that ho had mado in Munich Hia deal's came, nil hi a flutter, to spend n pVti aiit hour. On nu ncl was restimr one of the llmt of kb foreign collection, though to the unpracticed eyo it would seem oidy to much color. It had cost him quite a turn, and he intended eventually to present it to hb mother. His guests gazed on evervthimr. admired and chattered nud talked until they camo to this. Tlien one. nn innocent ilnrlin- with tho liluest eyes, cnrelesslv jabbinir her iwrasol jioiut net only nt it, but through' it, remarked: "Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to do that. Pray forgive me, Mr. Blank." "My dear niodnm," ho replied, "don't worrv. Thot is only nn olT hand work of my own not worth anything nt all." Wasn't that courtesy and courage t That "oft hnu,u" picture liad only cost him S-NX). Pioneer Press. Tlio Stealer of XcwitpupcrN. Guests iu largo lxxirdiug houses find it difil- cult to wuid their papers unless they sit up all night and watch tlw front stoop when it comes. 1 hnvo tried the plan of having my naino marked 011 the imiHir, but tln has availol 1110 nothing. The sjiot on which was placed my luimo woulii torn olf nml tho gentleman who was complacently lending and iuiuioK)lizlug my ironrty would look up from Lis plate as I came iu nnd, iu a voico of anxious inquiry, nk ma w hether I had rend tho news. Ou 1 reviving a negative answer ho would olitely hand 1110 tlie )mR-r hf-ld b him with the remark that I was at Utvrtv to ilw "hi impel. M Without exaKcvratioii this sauto thing bus nocurml to iim fur weeks at n tlmo. IhosaiiMt fellow wUi daily steab my pcr I uudeiDtaml jwrfonns the tame p.ty bttvuy at hu, liai l-er's and 111 the cafe wiielo ho is l.nnw ii Thut he i I IV.7V II tlu subk-ct of sl.-uUii-m siWMTs I bmo liolth-. suvrhteiLi uU. - B. it-kly u Eali', TltlP WITH A PRIEST AMONG THE AVERAGE THE GSEAT EAST POOR OF SIDE. A Tour Anion! Typical Tenement rami Ilratlbnrilerly Condition of a Washer nnman'i Home A Neat I'lace A Jlotlier nnd Utiughter. It was about tho middle of tho nfternooii when the priest topped before a big tene ment building not far froi the East river. An alley ran directly through this building to tho back yard. Tho passage was low, dark and narrow. The yard was about fifteen feet square. It camo to mi end nt a live story building, which stood." therefore, off tho street and between blocks, ntirely sur rounded with solid rows of tenement houses. It seemed like n house in n well. Thb struc ture swarmed with the life of twenty fami lies. Besides ser lug as a habitation for up ward of 100 human beings, it had been found convenient n n hitching jo-.t tor numerous clothes lilies. From nil the buildings by which it was surrounded ran Hues that wero attached to it In various places. Theso lines wore double, running around a pulley at tho further end, so that a woman In tho third tor" by pulling ou tho empty line could bring all her drying linen within her reach one piece at a time. Certainly n convenient arrangement, but it was productive of a picturesque array of clothing of nil sorts sus pended nt heights vnrying from ono to six stories, and by so much the more shutting off light and air. Such is one of the most common features of the tenement districts. Were it not thus thero would lw no placo whatever for tho hanging out of a wush, for the i-oof.s ond lck yards combined would not go around to one-quarter of the tenants; and it saves going up nnd down ktairs with big baskets of clothes to roof or yard, ns tho case might lc. But it does not save going down stairs even from tho seventh or eighth or tenth stories to dispose of refuse, for the onlv connection with the sewer for theso dwi lling places is through outhouses in back yard-. "Let us go in here." said the priest, leading tlie way to tho door of tho nnrrow building at tho back of tho yard. It need not lw said that the stairway was steep and dark. At tho top of tho fifth flight the priest knocked at a door. "IComiu," exclaimed n strong, hearty voice, ami tho nritst and his companion entered. Nothing short of n photograph mid cataloguo could do jutIro to tho confusion of that room. Imagine, in the first place, that it is nbout ten feet npiarc. The door, when pushed j-art way ojien, comes to a stop against a mass of clothing, or if not clothing odds anil ends of cloth; iu the heap, which is about two feet high, may bo detected remnants of shirts, trousers, quilts, skirts, stockings, shoes, sheets, towels, mosquito netting and nondescript ar ticles, apparently without number. They aro not the evidence that tho woman who stands nt the other sldo of tho room is iu the wush ing business, for tho things iu this heap nro hopelessly ragged, very dirty and unfit for use. The heap is crowned by a broken down market basket, in which is lying a baby leys than n year old. She is covered with tho shrills of a quilt and she looks indifferently out of her dull eyes at the visitois. A similar heap of clothing is under tho window at tho end i' tho room. Pots, shoes, plates, pans, coal, kindling wood (a very little of each), bottles, n brush, a pieeo of so.-ip and somo other articles that havo slipd from tho memory uro on tho lloor. Ono cannot step without treading upon something besides tho bends of tho lloor. Thero are n small stove, a ltox cupboard in which a few dishes uro un systematically arranged and a mantel shelf nt 0110 sido of tho room. Severn! cheap pictures are on the walls. From a smaller and win dowlcvs room in equally hopeless confusion comes 11 child of about five years to sturo glumly at tlio priest. Tho woman conking at tho stovo is a stalwnrt German, clad appro priately to her surroundings. Slio smiles pleasantly and talks with all tho gusto mid volubility of a typical gossip. Tlio next placo visited was scrupulously neat, A young woman with n grave laco presided there. She had threo children, Her husband was aw ay at his work. Ho is ti shoe maker, nnd gets from his regular employ ment $."nr week, lie pays $10 a mouth for rent, and tho priest said that ho lielieved tho young man added somewhat to his income by coublmg until late at night iu his tenement for his neighbors. Tho only child present was n bright littlo youngster just able to walk. Ho looked healthy. As tho priest wont out of tho building n 0-ycar-old boy ran up to him shouting, "Hulloa, Father!'' Ho belonged to tho same family. Up four flights in another building was nn elderly woman w hoso room was fairly neat. but crowded with kitchen and bedroom furniture, fc'ho told how her son had fallen into a collar tho day boforo and had to lie taken to n hospital, nnd how throo days Iw fore her husband had gono down with a stag ing and injured uimxeir so that ho had to stay la bed. "Whore is ho now?'' asked tho priest. "Oh, ho got up this morning uud went to won: agnm." Thb family consisted of husliand, wifo and five children. Tlio husband, when ho did not lose time from calamities, mndo Sl'J a week. nud, with tlio work of tho mother i-:id tho eldest Ihiy, the total income por weok roso to t i 0. Tho writer itked : 'V6uld it be poMsiblo by a moro sensiblo ouUry of the incouio for the.so people to livo iioro eoritort'.uijyi is any of it wasted in arink or othe:1 form of dissipation.-"' Unov pjoplo are temperate," implied the rciesl r.ravciy. " lietlier they might not, if thoy know moro aliout domestic economy, manage to get moro for their money, I do not know ; but there is an aged father niul mother whose support, rent and all, has to como out of that SIS a week." At tho very top of n lofty building within a stono's throw or tho water front wero n, mother nud her daughter nt work makinc shirts. Tho daughter was about 17 years old, nnd 1111 dor Iwtter circunistniicus sho might havo Iwan pretty. Sho roso with a smilo to greet tho priest, who inquired nbout her health. I uni fooling well, today, father." sho said. 'but tlie reason 1 havo not boon to church for two Sundays b that 1 was sick nbeil. I can not go out every dny now, as I cannot toll when I hhnll lw better. I was so sick last night Hint they thought I would not livo till morning." Yus," interrupted tho inothor in n tromn. lous voice, "wo thought sho would surely die." .nu yoi you nro nt work nowf' ho asked. "Yes," was the cheerful reply. "Wo must do nil wo can or wo shall not get rich." Hirtherquestioiw developed tho fact that theso two, who had only theinselve to depeuil upon, maungo.1 by coiititiuous work during the light of twodays, to do seventy-two cents.' worth 01 work. And i&ey sighed ns they ex plained that work was not alwavs stmdv. Tho gii T voioo was wk, lier frame thin aud wasted, bet face colorktw, nud ns tlw nritjst nml lib roiniwcion want down atairs thoy could on'y look signlftcautly at ieh other, Itoth silently wondering wkUwr sho would live to tnk her communion ut church on tha cxmuig Sunday. New York Suiu