THE RUSSIAN DOCTOR.
A Traffic and Romantlo Story
from Roal Lifo.
(ADAITED mOM TltK GERMAN
ELI8E I'OEKB.
or Mhk.
1JV MllS. FRANCES A. SHAW.
lYantlalion VojiyiigMtd. fSOT, by A. X. Ktllogg
. Airu-rjiupT ivmpuny.
in every word and notion she reminded
him of Hortcnsc! Some times it seemed
to him as if lie were again u youth win
must look up his school-books and
rush out into the forest.
Wtin Desiree liad vanished, In
would laugh at hio infaMiitiou. aim
gazing into the mirror say, derisively:
"Foolish graybeard, throw these
Mowers out of the window and close
your door! Marianne is light, this
young girl disqucts you."
And yet he would rather throw wide
-open the door to admit among his old
folios this gleam of youthful brightness,
y this refreshing breath f si)rinr.
Marianne frowned upon this in-door
flower planting whieh soiled the window-ledges
and made extra work. Hut
as Desiree took all the work upon her
self, and Ivan stood by to wipe away
every water-stain, she only shrugged
her shoulders. As for Ivan, every thing
Desiree did enchanted him; he fol
lowed her about, like a faithful hound.
The relations between the two women
were tolerable, though without warmth
on either side. Thanks to the cloister
sisters, Desiree was very skillful with
her needle. She was also industrious
and showed great taste in all matters
of dress. Marianne utilized this taste
nd skill in many ways. She was
learning to speak French so elegantly
that she concluded not to send Desiree
away before spring.
Arnim proved a model teacher. He
found delight- in this daily concern
with intellectual things, with truth,
science and beauty. His pupil's ardor
and ready comprehension animated
hint, and she in turn looked up to him
"with gratitude and admiration. She
hungered and thirsted for knowledge,
and the lesson hour became to both the
happiest of the day.
" When spring comes wo will pursue
our studies in tho open air," said the
doctor. "I shall not let you go until
you are thoroughly grounded in all you
need to learn."
Desiree was silent, but her beaming
oyes expressed her delight in the pros
pect of a longer stay.
"May I not call you uncle?" phe
nsked one day with many blushes. "My
mother wa dear to you and you are the
best friend I have in tho world.
"I shall always remain your true
friend my child," said the doctor, press
ing her hand. Ilortonse's daughter
must not address me as a stranger.
Certainly you may call mo 'uncle' "
"But I need not call Marianne
aunt?" she said, anxiously, "I fear I
can not."
"O, Marianne would be tho last one
to wish it," ho answered, laughing.
Marianne was surprised at the new
mode of address, yet she thought k
-quite proper. "Desireo is a child,"
she said, "and must bo treated as
audi. I am willing to have her remain
here through the winter. She ehcei
.you up, cousin, and is a sort of play
thing for you. You men need to be
Jimused."
He had become remarkably cheerful,
this grave Russian doctor ho was in
fact almost jovial. Ho passed much
less time in his study, ho took long
walks with Desiree while Marianne in
dulged in her favorite social dissipation
an afternoon coffee. In spite of the
"wintry weather, they walked mostly in
tho forest. Marianne, when invited by
her cousin to accompany him any
where, drove him to desperation by
her slow and elaborate preparations,
but Desiree, quickly equipped as a sol
dier on the march, would be ready in a
moment.
Evenings the doctor often read aloud,
finding in Desiree tho most interested
of listeners. While Marianne was al
ways interrupting with irrelevant ques
tions and remarks, Desireo would now
and then let her work fall and gaze silent
and intent into his face. To Arnim the
glance of those eyes was more eloquent
than words. Still, when ho closed Un
hook, it was a delight to listen to the
young girl's lively remarks and com
ments, to answer her questions. The
more charming tho conversation, the
moro sure it was to be speedily ended
by Marianne's peevish, authoritative
announcement that it was time for bed.
While a serious reading of tho clas
sics formed a part of tho course of
study, tlicro was also timo for much
fugitive poetry and romance. It seemed
to tho doctor as if, in taking into his
hands the guidance and development of
this youthful mind, ho had found his
life-work.
Tho winter passed like a dream.
Gradually Desireo mastered those little
household tasks which concerned
Arnim's personal comfort, and which
Marianne, in her many cares, either
forgot or performed Irregularly. Sho
prepared his morning and ovening
coffee, arranged his study table, hunted
up tho gloves which Ivan mislaid, think
ing them entirely useless. Marianne
had never taken into account her
cousin's littlo peculiarities and bachelor
ways. Desireo found them out and
humored them,
Marianne's care for him was like
every thing elso she did, in accordance
with a fixed system, changeless as tho
laws of tho Modes and Persians. She
wanted him to rogard her as a mndol
housekeeper to sot her very high and
at last lind her fndispeiisable. Her re
ward would come upon that day when
he asked her to ho his housekeeper for
life. His hour must strike .nonr or
later. His heart would demand its
right. That school-boy lovo of which
he had told her when Desiree camo to
liVe with them this paternal liking for
the child of Hortense wcro trifles
which gave her no uneasiness.
For tho first time sinco leaving the
paternal roof, Arnim had kept tho
Christmas feast. Desiree, who had lor
long weeks been full of secrets, pre
pared the Christmas tree, lader with
inexpensive gifts, most of them the
work of her skillful lingcis.
When the doctor, with -i warm pres
sure of the hand', and in a voice
choked with e ition, tried to express
that gratU.ulo for which words wore
too por, (.ho said:
" The 'hanks are all on my side.
You have given mo a home. Never,
since my mother's death, have I been
so happy, so free from oare, as now.
Where, shall I be next Christmas? I
often ask myself. I can not bo so dis
tant from you that my thoughts will
not center in this dear refuge."
" God willing, you will bo , here,
Desiree." replied tho doctor " Your
studies arc only just begun."
Spring came earlier and moro radi
ant than ever, so thought teacher and
pupil. The garden threw oil its win
ter robe, and appeared fresh and fair
as a youthful beauty in her first ball
dress. The nightingales sang amid the
flowers, the syringas and lilacs poured
forth intoxicating perfumes, the nar
cissus, with its great child-liko eyes,
gazed out into tho blossoming world.
The forests, , clothed in tender green,
were vocal with bird songs; and tho
drowsy hum of butterflies and beetles,
seemingly drunken with the very de
light of existence. When nature thus
moved to her fair domain, who could
remain within four narrow walls?
The goal of Arnim's and Desireo's
wanderings was mostly that littlo rus
tic temple on tho hill-top which, with
Ivan's help, had been very prettily
fitted up. Hero Arnim often took his
afternoon coffee or his glass of light
wine here the two had their little sup
pers, Desiree acting as hostess. Hero
with her work in hand sho sat in a win
dow recess while tho doctor read to
her. The tangled tresses of tho maiden-hair,
blent with the rich sprays of
the cypress, touched the luxuriant hair
of tho young girl's head as it bent over
her work, or at some lino passago was
lifted that the beaming eyes might ex
press the delight for which words were
too poor.
Arnim feared that Marianno might
discover these littlo feasts, and abrupt
ly end them. Absorbed in her own
pursuits, she was not included in their
division of the day. Ho often gazed
down the path, for the short, rotund
figure in the largo garden-hat, and tho
dress carefully caught up that it might
ecapo the ground. But to his relief,
no Marianne ever came.
"Do you know what my mother al
ways called me?" asked Desireo one
day, as they walked slowly homeward.
"How should I know?"
" 'Papillon'' that is French for but
terfly. It would seem so like old times
if you would call mo by that name."
"I will, my child, sinco the name so
well suits your brightness and mobil
ity. But this constant semblance of
flight alarms me. Have you grown
tired of this place? Is it too lonely for
you? Does Marianno annoy you by
her exactions? Tell me frankly."
He paused and gazed down upon the
airy figure in the pink dress. Sho had
thrown off her light summer hat tho
breeze waved back the curls from her
forehead.
"Uncle, how can you ask such ques
tions?" sho cried, excitedly. " You
must know that I would liko to live
with you always. Perhaps," sho
added, a mischievous sniilo displaying
the dimple in her left check "perhaps
Marianne will marry sonio day, and I
become your housekeeper."
Marianno marry! Strango that the
thought had not beforo occurred to
her cousin.
"Why not?" ho asked himself, as
they walked on. Greater miracles had
happened. Yes, in that event Papillon
should keep his house, and under her
rule things would assume a treer, mer
rier tone. But as Marianno was with
out fortuno it would be difficult to find
ner a suitable parte.
"Why are you so silent and thought
ful, dear uncle?" asked a musical
voice.
Ho started. "I was thinking of
the blindness of mon in rogard to the
really good qualities of women. Mari
anne, with her aptness for domestic
affairs and her economy, would bo a
treasure for any man."
"Yes, she is a model housokeoper,"
answered Desireo. "Baforo sho leaves
us I must study diligently into tho
mysteries of her art."
CHAPTER rv.
PON entering his
study Arnim found
a letter from his
former travoling
companion and pu
pil, Hilmar von
Ussikow.
"Do uot bo fright'
encd, old friend and
Mentor," he wrote, "If
I soon appear beforo
you In person rather
than by letter. The
physician have or
dered me to the south, but I regard the home
where I can enjoy your society as the best
health resort for me. I want you to examine
thoroughly the binding of my life-book, and tell
me frankly if It it is worth repair. My troubles
are over-wrought nerves and a slight disease of
the heart. I long for other air, for a different
way of life, for a rosy, quiet, rural existence.
Perhaps on my travels I may pick up a German
wife. Itut no more enthraliments of the heart
for roe, that is over. 1 have ceased flirting, and
have burned my ships behind me. Although
under forty, I bare done with life's Illusions.
" You know enough of my dlplomatlo career
in St. Petersburg, which I now leave w'thout
having won any great reputation, to be Awure
that my greatest need at present is a cierer
( 1 ...... c t iiouai ,i v ..ufc a ,.. m j i . 0
sentimental p rt; my Ideal Is a woman of ma
ture years, c'ipable of grasping the domcstio
reins and taking care of mc. After providing
hitmdsomely for my younger brother I am rich
enough to purchase an est itc wherever It suits
mc, to employ nn efficient steward, and live for
my o'a enthusiasms -music and paint. ng. I
shall be co' -ntlv bilsv In a dlllptinte sort of a
v .y. Vo v isiaiis ur -ot lir.ejuu uurmuns
reared for serious work nnd my wlfi will load
a comfortnblo lifo. If she Is not musical, so
niULh tin' better. If sho were so In n higher
grade th:in 1, my music would bore her; if in a
lower, sho would bore mo. Who knows but in
your little towu I may meet the one I seek?
" I expect also to regain my health with you.
When only a rising physician you curod mi'
father, alul your sk '11 must be far greater now.
" Write mc ut once, letting mo know if you
hr 1 nt home, and ran receive me. Direct to
the Kussiai I'ni'wssy. Merlin.'
When Arnim appeared at supper he
looked so excited that Desiree asked
what could have happened.
Ho announced the coming visitor,
and Marianne exclaimed: "Heaven be
praised, the young vegetables are up!
Who is it?" She added. "Some old
Kasan professor?"
"No, a younger friend I have already
mentioned to you," replied the doctor,
"Hilmar Ussikow. His mother was
from a Prussian province on the Baltic,
and he is half German."
"Must our lessons be interrupted?"
asked Desiree, sadly.
"Certainly not. Hilmar will bo one
of our own family amlMvill not disturb
our arrangements in tho slightest de
gree." " But he will drink tea out of glasses
which Ivan will break by the dozen," !
said Marianne. "I hear that these Rus
sians in ust always have a glass of tea
in their rooms. Ivan will be so set up
in serving a real countryman, that we
shall not know what to do with him.
Has Baron Ussikow of courso ho is a
Baron any peculiar habits in regard
to eating and drinking? Will ho smoke
in all the rooms? I can not allow this.
Beforo a week the fresh curtains will
bo saturated. In his own room he maj
do what he likes."
"Dear cousin, you will doubtless
find him very agreeable, as all other
women have. Ho is a man of birth
and culture, and such men in all lands
are distinguished by good manners.
Ho can not endure the Russian climate;
he will settle down it: Germany. In
any event he w ill rer.Kin with us some
weeks, and we may expect him in a
few days."
An hour later Arnim dispatched a
letter to Berlin, whieh contained these
words:
"Come as soon nnd remain as long as you
will. Thanks to my cousin Marianne, you will
II nd tho most comfortable, of homes. The man
who possesses such a practical, domcstio man
ager may esteom himself happy. I need not
nssuro you of my delight in tho prospect of seo
Ing you onco more. Tho longer you remain the
better. With Joy I saluto you and await you.
' Ahnim.
" p. S. You will nnd hero a littlo maiden a
French girl, who speaks Gorman like a native.
She Is tho daughter of u fr end of my youth.
Sho will not disturb you. Slic takes lessons of
me "
Strange, bewildered, feverish dreams
this night haunted the Russian doctor.
Marianne appeared to him in bridal
wreath and vail, leaning on the arm of
a slender man with Hilman's interest
ing features, while Papillon flitted
about smiling and happy. She clung
to him and whispered: "Now, I shall
stay with you always!"
"A letter from Berlin!" said Arnim,
entering the arbor where Marianne was
tying up vines. In her neat, fresh
light-blue muslin gown, and white
apron, a dainty morning cap partially
concealing her abundant blonde hair,
sho seemed to him almost pretty in
spite of her short, dumpy ligtiro
Papillon stood closo by handing the
twine. Tall, slender and graceful, sho
formed a striking contrast to Mari
anne. "Uncle, tell mo something of this
gentleman," she cried. ''How does ho
look?"
"Ho used to bo called 'handsome
Ussikow.' I fear ho may not impress
you.as an invalid."
"Why does ho not bring his wife with
him?"
"Because ho has none, Papillon."
"Havo you not told mo that he is
somewhat frivolous?" asked Marianne
over hor shoulder, and still going on
with her work.
"Possibly. But not moro so than
most young mon in his position and
with like surroundings, lie now longs
for a quiet, German lifo." .
"Is ho old?" asked Desiree.
"Twelve years younger than I."
Why did the Russian doctor feel loth
to describe Hilmar as ho really was?
He recalled tho beautiful dark eyes,
with their glance now melancholy now
radiant the finely cut mouth with its
dazzling teeth, tho delicately arched
nose, the tall, elastic figure, tho head
proudly borno with its dark, wavy
hair.
"Ussikow is very musical and draws
and paints charmingly," he said. "His
voice is a sympathetic baritone I
think ho will not scorn to play upon
our modest piano."
"O, if ho is a musician I shall bo de
lighted with him!" cried Papillon,
gayly. But Marianno said:
"How can a man becomo absorbed in
such useless .things. To hear music for
hours at a time would annoy oven you,
cousin. 1 hopo ho will go walking a
great deal."
"Let us wait and seo how Hilmar
himself divides tho hours. Ho is too
perfect a gentleman not to make him
self in all ways agreeablo to tho mis
tress of the house. Ho will not discom
mode us in the least. Wo will give him
the parterre chamber at tho left of the
terrace. I hopo ho may sleep well in
that retired alcove."
Tho next day found Marianno ab
sorbed in preparations for the coming
iruust, in all of whieh Desiree was her
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has prepared this card for tho use ol
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Gone to Canada. Back In ten yours.
Uoston Budget.
HUNTING WITH FALCONS.
Description of ft. Sport Which Whs nt
On Time Very rnpulnr.
As my party was crossing a spaco of
withered bracken on a sunny day in
late October, on the shore of tho sea
loch of Loehoil, I caught a glimpse of a
bird which jumped up a foot off tho
ground in tho bracken, disturbed in
our approach one hundred yards off.
Thokeoperdeclarod it a winged grouse.
knew it well for Seolopax rusticola.
H-ro was a chance. To stop the men
and the cadge; to take a lovely mid
favorite littlo Welsh cess falcon, born
in tho locks of tho Glamorganshire
"Worm's Head," on mr hand, to cast
hor off and to form a lino across the
bracken, was soon done. Up rose tho
falcon in the sunshine, and perhaps if
1 had had a littlo more patience and
all weil poor "Taillie" (so called from
her broken but well imped up tail)
more time to mount, this story might
twor have boon writton and the wood
i o k brought to hand by tho hawk's
very lirst stoop.
However, we soon moved on, and so
also did tho coek, and up ho went,
too, most cheerfully. Down came the
falcon; the coek shifted cleverly, and
stretched away upward from the blue
sea loch in wide zigzags, Hying for all
the world just like his congener, the
full snipe, goes up, and apparently
with even greater ease, speed and de
termination, if possible, than he. In
short, I never believed then that any
trained peregrine could overhaul such
a bird, for 1 well knew that captivity
anil training deprives a falcon of fully
one-third of her natural wing power,
and that tho woodcock possessed all
his, and had probably not so very long
arrived from Scandinavia on the
wings ho was making such uso of; and
even now 1 am convinced I should
havo had a good passage falcon for
this flight, and that the eyess would
never havo killed if tho cock had uot
turned back.
Away toi ed poor little Taillio up
ward also not in tho rings sho could
make so well on occasion, but in a
straight lino. As tho coek was evi
dently bent on crossing tho soa loch
(there a mile wide) for distant Dhuls
kee, I soon saw that tho matter was
glowing serious, and down I dropped
with a lino pair of Volghtlandor field
glasses at my eyes. On my left were
tho well-known host pair of eyes in
all broad Anjyleshiro in the head of
1113 ghillie. Sandy Kennedy, tho "Fox
hunter's" son; on my right my light
sighted falconer, Jamie Barr. "I oan
11:1 see them," quoth ho on the right.
"I ken 'em line." said ho on tho left
(as well ho might). "I ken them no
more," soon came from him also, and
my glasses alo 10 held the field. Soon
I thought the two littlo dots, which
had then become one, grew somewhat
larger. "I ken 'otn again," came from
in' right; "1 seo them, I seo thorn!"
from my left.
Larger and larger grow tho spot;
then it turned into two spots, both
shooting out of tho clear bluo sky,
over tho eiearor blue loch, right toward
our astonished eyes, with this dif
ference, that "Taillio" was now far
the higher up in this headlong fall,
and the woodcock was plainly seeking
the sholter of tho very samo bank of
bracken ho had risen from. Forward
shot tho falcon, and turning over, de
livered tho stoop known and loved by
falconers of all ages; and this timo
with entire success. Tho cock was
cut completely over and fell from n
height of two hundreds yards, leaving
a trail pf brown feathers in tho air,
dead as a stone, not fifty yards from
where wo were lying. 'Her con
queror descended on closed pinions,"
as Knox has it in his inimitable de
scription of a fight ho saw, worked by
a wild falcon at a wild mallard, in Ire
land; and there she sat, with the dead
quarry safe in hor foot, on an op n
knoll on tho moor ("as tamo as a par
rot," sad Barr), wliilooating her well
earned meal, and porfeetly freo and
unfettered all the time. London Field.
Electric Piano-Playing.
Electricity has boon invoked to sup
ply a substitute for a musical educa
tion. By means of tho Stephonlum, or
"electric music interpreter," Mr. J. C.
M'gee, of Edinburg, proposes to 011
ablo persons ignorant of music to play
tho piano and other instruments of
similar action. Tho music sheet is
placed behind wires spaced to corre
spond with its scale, nnd each success
ive noto is sounded by touching tho
wiro ovor it with a metallic pointer,
which closes an electric circuit, and
s'.rlkes tho proper bell or string. It
is only necessary to follow tho notes
with eyo and hand until tho piece is
played. By sliding tho shoot up or
down tho wholo range of notes 1b
quickly transposed into another koy.
Tho Stcphouium may bo romoved to
any distance from tho piano or other
sourco of tho musical tones. 'Science.
Utilizing the Sun's Heat.
One of tho most interesting and
practical methods of utilizing tho heat
of tho sun Is that devised a littlo whllo
ago by Prof. Morse, of Salem, Mii6s
the 1 mltations of which, It is hoped,
may-bo overcome by ftituro improve
ments. Tho device consists simply of
a shallow box. tho bottom of which is
corrugated iron and tho top of gins.
Tills is placed outstdo tho building in
such a position that tho sun shines
directly upon It, tho heat rays of tho
sun pass through tho glass and are ab
sorbed by tho iron, heating it to quite
a high temperature, and by a system
of ventilation a current of air is passed
through tho apparatus and into tho
room to bo heated. By this means the
air was heated on pleasant days to
about nlnoty degrees by passing over
tho iron.- Uoston JJudgeL
JUST WHAT SHE SAID.
Coltnptn of a Nn wa-Ontlirrtir Who It
porteil n Womnn's Address Verbatim.
Sho was well known to tho reporter;
ho had been nresnnt nt 1.700 mectinc
I over which she had presided. Ho had
reported hor speech in all stages of
unparliamentary incoherence and fem
inine perplexity, but ho had always
sifted tho bushel of chaff and brought
out tho grain of wheat and set It in a
high place, because sho was a very
good woman, whoso husband was
worth something liko fSOO.OOJ. There
fore, when he saw neryestenlay in tho
chair at a meeting of tho Soeioty for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Mosqui
toes he was prepared to do his duly
and condense her remarks into a felic
itous little speech. It is not to bo
wondered at that ho felt that it was
somewhat cruel whon sho accosted
him 011 sight with:
"1 don't seo why you newspaper
men can t:ot be relied upon to publish
a name right, now and then. In the
last report of our meeting somebody
from your paper spelled our secretary's
name wrong; put an "o" on tho end
of it, and she was furious. And my
own remarks were not at all straight.
1 don't see why I can't bo reported
verbatim."
"I will do so if you prof or," said
the reporter.
"I most certainly do prefer It," sho
replied. "1 want every word that 1
speak."
"Wry well," said tho reporter,
wondering if ho could scrape together
money enough to got out of town if
tho "verbatim" report went into
print. He had commenced to flsh
down deep in his pocket for possiblo
dimos whon n sharp rap of tho mallet
interrupted his search, and the report
er seized his pencil.
"Ladies," sho began, "will you
please to come to order Why, how do
you do, Mrs. Squeal? I'm glad to seo
you looking so well after your con
cert Waiter, will you closo the win
dow? It blows right on Mrs. Brain
ley Don't move, Mrs. Dryasdust.
Ho can got back of your chair
Heavens! how awkward ho is! Now,
don't you try to do It, Mrs. Poke
There! Why couldn't ho have dono it
in tho first place Wo will now pro
ceed to business Ah, I had not soon
you before, Mrs. Flight'. I hopo you
didn't forgot to bring in your report
this morning. If you did 1 shall scold
As presidont of this society I may
scold all 1 please! Now the first busi
ness beforo tho mooting is tho discus
sion of Your husband, Mrs. Veneer,
wanted mo to ask you I met him just
a moniont beforo 1 came in if you
would go into tho drug store 1'vo
roally forgotten what drug store and
ask if ho loft well, I've forgotton that,
too, but 1 shall think of it beforo tho
meeting is over. If I shouldn't, re
mind 1110 of it, please. Now, ladies,
ploaso como to order Oh, beforo wo
proceed to business, 1 want to say a
word about a similar society that has
recently been organizod in Italy. You
know something about it, Mrs. Gad
about, you havo just come from Rome.
I think it would bo pleasant for Mrs.
Gadabout to tell us something about
it, but not to-day, perhaps, but at our
next meeting. Is it your pleasure,
ladios, that Mrs. Gadabout give us her
impression on this subject? All in
favor ploaso signify it in tho usual
manner. It is a vote. Mrs. Gadabout
can tell you much hotter than I can,
nlthough I was in Romo at tho
timo of its organization, and did what
I could to rescuo soveral mosquitoes
that bloodthirsty wretches wero pur
suing with wet towels and other ini
quitous instruments of torture. You
wore there, Mrs. Softly, when Miss
Wisoacro road horpoom 'To a Wingod
Aerial Band,' for tho benefit of tho so
ciety Boy, bring some chairs up
horo Now, Mrs. Soborsidos, won't you
como forward whero you will bo out of
that dreadful draft? I wonder wo
don't all get our death. Now that you
aro hero, can you toll mo if Mrs. Go
lightly's baby is dead? I wonder if it
has tho snmo doctor that Kate had for
littlo Jessie! Oh, very sad, indocd, if
Mrs. Veneer, I havo just recollected
that it was a laundry bill your husband
wanted you to look for, and I boliovo
now that ho wasn't just sure that ho
lost it. Now, ladies, will you ploaso
como to order? Ah, Dr. Bugboar, wo
aro very, very glad to seo you. Wo
want to thank you for your brilliant
effort in our bolialf beforo the Legisla
ture. Wo extend a vote of thanks to
you do wo not, ladiosP for your ex
ceedingly brayo defonso of our bill:
Shall mosquitoes bo taxod?' in tho
HouseP Oh, nnd mustn't forgot to
mention that sinco wo mot I havo re
ceived a very liberal donation from an
unknown friend. Of course, I know
her name, hut sho doesn't want it
known just now. You could oaslly
guosi, Miss K., hut thcro, I promised
not to telll I suppose it will got out.
Such tilings always do, and in tho
most mysterious maniior."
A small hoy enters, very muddy and
showing other signs of having peon
active service Ho passes an envolopo
to tho presiding officer, who seizes it
and opens it.
"This is for me, ladios, and if you
will excuse mo I will road it. I ap
point Mrs. Soborsidos presiding offi
cer pro torn."
But tho reportor waited no longer.
Ho closed his noto book and crept si
lently awuy. Whon ho reached tho
street ho appoarcd to bo dazed; ho
looked wild and his stop was uncer
tain. Ho was found soven hours later
at a well-known hostelry very weak,
but still conscious. It was too Into for
his "verbatim" report; tho paper had
go no to press without itl But there
was news enough to justify tho publi
cation of tho papur. 'Uoston Herald.
THE COUNTRY'S SAGES.
Very Iw of Tlirm Come Troiii the Lars
Itlea or tlm Knst or West.
The great cities of this country have
never furnished tho wise, reflective
and penetrative statesmanship which
has made this Nation great and pros-'
porous and guided it into safe and sal
utary ways. Tho average reader of
the ablo and enterprising journals
that reflect public sentiment in tho
centers of population throughout the
State will doubtless smite at this asser
tion, for a tendency has grown up of
late to sneer at the class of men who
li'ive boon dubbed as "cross-roads pol
iticians," "rural sages" and "turnip
representatives."
Look back for a century through tho
records of the Continental Congress,
the National Constitutional conven
tion, the war for independence, and
the latter years of the country's life.
How many statesmen pre-eminent in
ability ami magnificent in their at
tainments and success have the popu
lous cities given to this land? Of the.
groat soldiers whose names are mem
orized in storied marble or massive
bronze, and held cherished in the hearts'
of millions of their countrymen, how
many came from the crowded centers
of population? You can count thorn
almost on your lingers.
Snn Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago.
Now Orleans and Brooklyn have not a
Hiiglo name on the roll of theii history
that could lay claim to great states
manship. Philadelphia is old enough
to have scut forth at least one man
fully equipped in all that goes to make
up a loader of men. Yet all she can
truly lay elaiin to is a sort of half inter
est in Ben Franklin, aud not very well
founded claim that Henry Clay and a
dozen other renowned men havo oc
casionally bought their clothes there.
Even Sum Randall does not belong to
hor, for ho lives on a farm twenty
mill's out of that city.
New York City has not had much to
boast of. Alexander Hamilton, whom
most peoplo imagine was a native of the
town, was born in tho West In dies, nnd
Burr and Livingston would about com
plete her list. The present generation
of statesmen has no very groat names
to add to Now York's roll. Sam Cox,.
0110 of tho conspicuous figures on the
floor of the Ilouso of Representatives,
belongs to hor only by right of adop
tion, and is an original Ohio ruralist.
Boston gave the country Charles
Sunnier aud shared with Philadelphia
the credit of producing and maintain
ing Bon Franklin. But the world has
boon eleetilied by the doings of any
other great men that the cultured Ncvr
England city has produced in tho mem
ory of either this or tho past genera
tion. Ar. V. Graphic.
LIBELS ON MANHOOD.
A I'ew Wnr.U About Hunks, llnllos, Daa
illp. Swell unit DikIiii.
That variety of tho human s peeler
which rests its claim to consideration
mainly upon dress and affectation, has
had during tho last half century four
slang designations, two of which are:
obsolete. It has been a "buck," av
"da dy" a "swell" and a "dude," The
last mentioned epithet still continues:
to mark the distinction botweon the;
man who relies on his tailor to make
him acceptable to society nnd tho more
sensible portion of tho race.
Just now the ramblers among words
aro trying to got at tho origin, ol
"dandy;" but as "words," in tho
languago of Dean Trench, "often rido
very slnckly at anchor on their etymo
logies," they find it difficult to trace
this once familiar appellation t its
source. It seems, howovor, to have
sprung from Jaok-a-dandy, a common,
name for a dashing, lively follow, as
far back as 1G82. Thoro was nothing;
blithe or dobonair about the "dandy"
of forty or fifty years ago, however.
On tho contrary ho was a drawling.,
efleinlnato wretch, who protondod to
regard nil things, except himself with,
supromo indifference. Carlylo speaks,
of him as a creature born with "
divine idea of cloth."
In tho timo of Fielding, finical mea
of fashion wero called beaux, and ho,
being somewhat of a coxcomb in dress
nnd manners, was honored by his com
patriots with tho titlo of "Beau Field
ing." Brummoll, onco tho prima
favorlto of "tho fourth of tho fools and
oppressors called George," was the
father of all tho dandies, and thoy did.
not very long (under that name,,
at least.) outlive their sire. Fop, the
generic term for tailor-mtulo mon, is
an older name, and will uover be ex
tinct while tho languago lasts, for
Shakespearo has made it immortal
Beaux, bucks, dandles, swells and.
dudes aro all included under that ex
pressive head, and hoaven deliver us
from all such libels on genuine man
hood I N. Y. Ledger.
Advocates of Regular Living.
First tramp Talk about our ir
reg'ler lives 1 It's doso blokes who's
well off dat drives us to it.
Second tramp Yep; couldn't got no
grub ft 0111 do farmer's wifo ovor derer
till I sawed wood an hour.
First tramp Novor dodat. It's had
to work beforo or artor eating.
Second tramp 1 know it; and'twar
artor my roguln"r lunch-time any way.
I'm jist done up with dispepsy, Judge.
m
A Chance Still Open.
Young Mr Diplomat (nt Washingtoa
party) 1 am sorry, Miss Naive, that
you havo boon down to supper. 1 had
anticipated tho pleasure of noting as
your escort.
Miss Nalvo-Oh. thank you. Mr.
Diplomat; but or 1 havo only been
down onco. A'. Y, Times.
Robert Louis Stevenson was paid
(8,000 for his last uo vl