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"Anorriiv
"it's very strange," muttered lllannlm
rouroy, alowly weaving together the
wreath of scarlet mitunin leave with
v. hloh h was deooriitiiig hor broad
brimmed straw lmt.
She iun.lt) a U'ttiitlful picture there, oil
alone in the mellow gold and eolor of the
October woods, ft crimson shawl droop,
itig '""in hr shoulders, and the Himntiiiin
lighting up lierbriglitaiiburn onrUwitb
Wittering tli renin ( gold, while upon
uio uiii'ii tree trunk that formed hor iiii-
; l'loinpni aeut lay tiny branch of
turn mid autumnal flower. Him wan
' transparently fu.tr, with purples vein in
1 each wnxi.fi tinplu ami a faint pink
i bloom mi her eheuk, while hor eyon,
I lnigti ii,l bruwu, seemed to look at von
i Willi the. grave, tuinlcr expression of an
s infant.
"l'o, it U vory aliuugo," went on Mia
IVliroy, miming within herself. "I
.know no little about liim; I havo only
known him about ten day, yet wbnn bo
!.'mk about leaving l'.liu 1'uliit laat
Bight it aeviued un if nil tint Hnimhino tu
ieaviug the worbl for ma. Ub, Blanche
naughty, naughty, nnugbty littlo
ltlmu'lutl' b added, leaning forward
I' and apostrophizing the fair face mir
rored in tb stream nt hor foot. "In it
possible that you've allowed yourwlf to
fall in lovo with tlmt black eyed young
's Jinn 'fen tluyn ago I bl never won
him noil now!" .
' Tho roses mounted up iu her cheek ftA
Ue wondered within hsrsolf whether
i Mr. Kvering ctirml for her.
"I wish 1 konw!" nhomutlitiwl.ftlonil,
i'1 "Knrw wlml?" ib-ninmleil ft uulm
voioM.mi.l Mr. livurlng took no tbebnnob
' of Howcm mul ciMilly wuUnl liimnolf bo
i iiln br - Ull, bitniUorao limn, with
brilliant ilitik oyi-h, rntbur irrogulur fun
turra, u.) n duep oolur glowing tbrougb
'"Dm nlivn ukin.
' illun.-lio ililmnrvly lonkml up nt bint;
the not to bii token by utorui tlui
fonilv.mi.l nnkixl:
"(ht y think it will ruin to morrow
l.ir out- pii'iiior" I wnnt to wear my
'whito liiuinibftwll"
"Oil. th piouiu! I hiwl forgotkQ tint
when 1 HpokA of having to-morrow. Of
oiirno, tlio. inh, my )riHineo or abiHinco
will inuko no gret iiinrfntn."
Illnlu-lip WftN niliiut. Hoiioihow tlmt
ki'irb't Kii.l brown upotUnl liaf riuiril
rixhI ilnnl of ftiljuntiuunt in the rililxm of
bir but.
"lUanrhc. nbftll I go or atav?"
"Aft you pliofti', Mr. Kvoring, of
rour.
"So n ftoiut'body i'Ihc pliH'a. Y or
no! And I forewarn you that y mraua
a grat ib'al."
"How uim'h iliwt it moan?" quca
tionm) liUm-bo, half archly, half tiuto
I fotmly.
"Kvrjtbiug!"
i "Then you way atay."
"My llUm-ho-niv littln duiny!" bo
, - Ulie rod. twndinK biUt.lv hua.l over
the tlrndiir band that lay on tho autumn
bftv. And lllaurbo foil that in tb
1 Hflhlm itillniwa of thai OotoWr cvoninf;
lis had turuod ft now pago iu tb book
o! er IUt:
Sim wan very, very happy, and all
that day aba awmcd to I walking
through' tho bright myatariva of
dntni. Kiit with tint morning cain
othfi- finilincn; ftlaa! that abailow should
alwaya follow annabino iu this world of
oiirv i
"I'm not dinpoao.l lo lw nnrpanojialilo,
It'a'iVi'bo !" aaid OilU.rt in a whinper, an
bo arruuped br wbitu laoo almnlfor
bor am ill thn mcrrv tumult of the pirnio
cround, "but I do think yon bars
waliod quit i oflcn euongh with Mr.
llirininiiliaiu:
"Jealous 1 roo.lv, Oilborl?" taunted
tho cirl. flnabod and roar with the
triumph of hor beauty, and thn irre
aintibla inatiuota of coquetry. Hho ool'
ored diHHilv.
"Of ooorwi vou'H do a vou uloftao,
ItUrn ho; only I warn you it' a ehoieo
netwovn aurr juriiiiigiiaiu ami mn.
Yon (luiiro ofiiiln with bun at your own
mk.
At the aauin iiiHtuut bo onina up.
"May I have tho ploiumro of tha polka
Willi von, .Mian l'enroy?
And l'liuiobn, dofiant, willful and
littlo piqund, auaworcd, "Yea."
Hho glidod away with lior iiund on
Walter ltirmingham'a Hhoul.lor. Oil-
bort bad no biuincaa to be ao unroa
aonabbi.
Hiacravp, atom fuco i other (iturtlml
bor aa abo camA onoa morn to tho rustic
oat of twixtod IioiikIi", wbon tho band
won ailiuit, and Mr. llirniingbara had
gona to bring bor ghwa of iovd louiou
nda.
"OtllMirt! why do you look ao itohh?"
"lioeatiao I have nwnnn. X am aorry
you pay ao littlo attention to my wishes,
Miaa IVnroy,"
She drow herself tin liRUirhtilv.
"lou ara boginniug to ilioute early,
ITirf"
"Havn I not tbo right?"
"No. Mr. Kvorinff.'1
"Ho it ao, lllnnolio," be said, iu ft voice
that butrayed bow dom tbo arrow ran
kled in bla boNom. "I give up the right
now and benocforward.
Uliiuelio was ntsrtloJ. Hbe would have
aaid more, bnt Waltor JiirniuiRiiam wus
advancing toward her, and when next
nlie had leisure to look around Gilbert
was cone from her aide.
"What have I ilonol" alio thought in
dismay. "I'll en him this evening and
coax liim into good humor once more.
He surely oun't bo vexed with me for an
idle word ike that."
"Ah, littlo lllnnolio, it is not tho woll
cousidorod sentence that doca nioet all
the harm in this world it in tbo idle
word.
'Hindi a flharniina duv we have had
Mis, Traice," aaid ulnnuhn, aa she came
in radiunt and amilmpr aa if tho worm ro
morse vu not enawiuir at hor heart.
"Yea," aaid the blooming matron, who
was reading in the eimy olinir under tho
hliiulow of tho vines. "Hut what Bunt
Mr. Kvering away in attob a vory great
liurry? ' (
"Honthim awa'
" Yes by tho evening train. Ho came
home, packed his things and drove away
ns if there wus not a moment to lone.
I am very aorry: we ahall miim liim ho
lunnh."
lllnnoho wont slowly upatatrs anil Rut
down by bor window, looking out at tue
purplo glow 01 mo evening iiinuaonpo as
if it were ft fonturoloHS blunk. Bo be
was really gono away; and by hor own
folly she had loct tho pric-doss treasure
of Gilbert Evoring'a love.
"And I cannot evon writo to him, for
I do not know bla address," she thought,
with clasped bauds and biurlesa oya,
"Well, it is my foult and I must abide
tho oonacquoiieiia,"
Ho llliinehe l'erey wont homo from the
gay, fnshionablo ploeo a smlder and ft
wliwv woman, and tbo Novombnr mists
drooping o'er the brick and morlar wild
onions of bur city homo bud never
siteiiiej Imlf go dreiiry to her as tbny did
now.
"I sunpoao I sluill bo an old maid."
abn thoiiMht, walking up uml down in the
nro in iiiirknosa of iier room, lior iliiu-
dod bauda oliiMped behind her wuint,
'I never cm ed for any one aa 1 cured for
Gilbert; and 1 daro . any I shall keep a
cat und grow fond of green tea. All, well,
liln cannot last forever.
A dreary comfort that for ft kil l of
nineteen miuiiners.
She rang the boll with no imputient
joik.
"Are tuore any letters, Kondoraou r
"One, ma'am: it came by the ovoniug
post about flvo minutes ago."
"Iilglit tho ga, then, and give it to
me.
lllanche ant dowu by the fire aud
ojiened the loiter, auppresniug a yawn.
"tiliiek oiluod and lilook-soaind! ho
poor Mrs. Marohmont ia goue ut laatl"
It was iroui too oxeoutorsol iuinii run
roy'a distant couain, formully and brinlly
nuuoiincing her dentil, whicfi ba taken
place in one of the West India island
aoiim mouths aiuce; but of which the
"molanoholy news." as tho lottor ran.
bad oulv just boon received. It was not
etitlroly uuoxpetul, as Mrs, Marcbmont
had lmeii (or some years slowly fading
out of the world, victim of hereditary
coiiisumption.
"leaving the child, a son, slowly re-
Iwutd lllnnoho, loaning her cboek on
lor band aud looking down into the
(lory quiver of the white-hot coals.
Toor littlo follow! b must feel noarlv
aa desolate as I dot Only I bava one a.1-
vantage-1 liavo at luoal a siillloionry of
this world's goods; and this orphan child
muat he thrown penniless and alone on
bis own resources, fur, if I remember
aright, Mrs. Marcbmont forfeited all the
wealth of her first marriage by bor aec-
oud alliance with the povertv-atrickon
lawyer whose death plunuetl bor into
auuli bitter mourning. That was en-
ulnn lova match, yet how much Brief aud
trouble it brought with it, 'leaving one
child - a son! W by should I not adopt
tbo stray waif, and make it the basineas
of my life to cherish and comfort him?
1 have no objiH-t in existoneo; hero ia one
that Providence itaolf socms to point out
to me."
Once more alio ranir the boll, with
Irosti color glowing in nor cheeks and a
new light in hor eyes.
Wiring in my writuiR-'losk tuimetli
atoly, Haudorson, and get ready to take I
letter lo the pout fur mo aa soon as inn
aible."
The old aorvant obeyed, wouderins at
bis mintrnsa' unwonted energy, and vet
well ploaaod to aie some of her old aui
malion returning.
Hbn do liMik more like herself to-
night, do Miss lllauobe, than aha boa for
ft long time," be aaid tn the houaekeoKr
as be came down loirs after obevlng the
aumtnons. "I only wish Miaa lllanche
would take a faucy to aoma nic, prop-erlv-bohavVl
Tounir man: it don't Muni
right that aha should live all ly herself
in tula big bouse, ao forlorn like.
Thn hoiiaekiHiiMir nodded aairarioualy
to old Mr. Sanderson's proposition, hi a
aaretvl with him.
"Only Miss lllanche was too wilful to
listen to a word of advice.
It was a Very simple lettter that
Illiinrha 1'euwy wroto tj her "far away'
cousin's executors, dictated by the full
nosa of her heart.
"1 shall never marry now," she wrote,
"and it seems to become my plainly in
dicated duty to undertake the rare of
this orphan child of Mra. Marcbmont
W ith your approval, therefore, 1 pro
pose to adopt him, and endeavor aa far as
ia my power, to supply the place
of bis lost mother, lou may at first
deem me rather too young to undertake
ao grave and seriouia responsibility; but
I was nineteen last month, audi am very
much older iu thought and feeling than
in years. Of course at my death the
child will inherit the property which
wiw loft to mo by my deceased parents.'
"1 hope my cousin s executors are
like the nice, white-headed old lawyers
one reads about," aaid lSluncne to herself
aa she folded the littlo sheet of paper,
"and not cross old fudges, bilking of
'expediency' and 'appropriateness; for I
do ao nuiflb want somebody to love and
care for; and I've a sort of premonition
that this littlo fellow will be nice, rosy
and lovable. I think 1 11 teach him to
call mo 'Aunty.'"
Kxactly a week subsequently a prim
legal noto was received from Messrs,
Aliaa A Corpus, tho doeottsod lady's exoou
tore, stating that "they aaw no valid ob
joetion to Misa Tenroy'a vory laudable
projects, and that in accordance thereto
the child of the late Mra. Marcbmont
would arrive nt Miaa Tonroy'a residence
on the following Saturday."
"Saturday, and this is Friday," ejaon
luted lilnnche, with n new .brightness
dancing in her bn.el eyes. "Oh, bow
glad I wuhII be I Sanderson, tell Mrs,
Brown to have the blue room fitted up
immediately, for Muator Murchmont.and
you bad better go yourself to the station
with tho carriage at five to-morrow after
noon to meet him.
"Yes, mu'nm," said Sanderton rathor
stolidly.
The apparition of a great, unruly bo
tramping with muddy boota on the vol
yet carpets, and diaturbing the boueo
with balls, marbles and hal loos, did not
possohstho charm in Sanderson s eyes
mat it soomoti to havo for Ins miHtroes
And oven patient Mrs. Drown remarked
with a apoeies of exasperation that "alio
didn't aeo whut put this freak into Mies
111..-.. !.'., l.A.l
.umuiiiuo mini.
Saturday was a day of bail and tern
pest, and aoftly fulling snow, and by
o'clock tho drawing-rooms wore lighted
and tho crimson silk curtains closely
drawn, to excludo the stormy durknoss
without.
Six times within the last fifteen nun
utes bad lilunolie 1'enroy looked nt hor
watch, as she stood by the fire waiting to
bear the returning earriago wheels.
She was dressed in a rioh Ohinn-blue
silk dress, with vourl niu and oar-drops
and a littlo point lace at hor throat and
wristo, and tho color iu her cheek, and
tho goldon tinge in hor bright hair madu
hor, unconsciously, vory fair to look
upon.
"Oh, I hope I hope he will like me,"
thought Blanche, with that instinctive
yearning for love that enters every wo
man 'a heart, as the door opened.
"Horo'a the young gentleman, miaa,"
aaid Sanderson, with hulf-anpprosaod
sound between laugh and ft anort.
Jtut instead of a child of seven or
eight years old. ft tall apparition atalkod
in something over six feet high, with a
block mustache, and merry liu.el eyes
brimming over with mirth. 1'or an in
stant Itiuucho stared at him aa if alio
could aearetily credit tho evidonoo of hor
aoncea.
"Gilbert !"
"Kxoctlv, You wanted to adopt me
and hero i am,"
"No, bnt, Gilbert "
"Yes, but, Jllaiieho!"
"You are not Mrs. Marcbmoiil'a on!"
I am-by her first marriage. And
although 1 am by no means tho penni
less InfuDt you seemed to suppose, as all
my father's wealth comes to me, I am
quite willing to beodopt"d particularly
you are not murriod to Visitor
llirminglmin."
Dlaiicho struggled with tears and
laughter, uncertain which would Ixmtex
press her feelings, bnt Gillxtrt Kvering
drew her tenderly toward bim.
"If yon adopt me, dearest, it in ust be
ir life. Nut. do not hesitate our hap
piness lias already U'ou too much at the
uieroy of tritlos. You will not retract
your offer?"
Well after all, auld lllanche, de
murely, "nil I wanted was somebody to
ove anil care for, and-- ,
And I snail do very well in that
capacity, nUI
And hundeison, who had been listen
ing earnestly at the door, crept down
stairs to inform Mrs. Ilidwu that "they
were going to have a new master.'
I'uli Harem. '
Yesterday, when the Union Pacific
train arrived, bringing in IHUhu oar
loads of emigrants, thmo was much bus
tle, and jtcople wore seu running hither
and thither in aareh of exmutod friends.
Many acenes of interest wore wiluessed,
where relatives met and ahed tear of joy
together ufler a separation of many
yours. Hut there were other meetings
ess affectionate and morn in mo sliaiie
of businuHS. One coxe will illustrate bow
the old polyguminU enter into the busi
ness of bartering for the transportation
and purchase of the young girls to be
come additions lo their harems and en
ter into a life of wretchedness in tbo
name of religion. Missionaries are sent
by tho church to orosclyto in Europe for
convert to the shrine of Mormotnism.
When a aufllrient number are persuaded
to leave the low walks of their native
homes for Utah, where they are promised
an earthly paradise, they are gathered
together and stowed away in a veaaei
and anil for America. Their trip across
the ocean, and thenoe by cars from New
York to L Uh, is made under tho direc
tion of some of these missionaries, who
look after tbe matter of transportation
and keep, if possible, members of the
crowd from straying, Themi missionaries
aro of tbe shrewd class, and know how to
act the part of shepherd over the tlock,
and at the aame time make the most out
of tbe business. They, too, are very ac
commodating, and ready tu take charge
of apeoinl cargoes of girls. When the
train arrived yesterday that old reprobate
imlygauust living down v abator river
bad no trouble iu Hinting tbe returning
misaiouarV who could point out to him
the fourtt'ou-yeur-old Swedish girl who
had been imported especially as an addi
tion to the liarem of tins old gray haired
saint. Going up to the girl he greeted
her in a vorv business-like manner, and
taking her by the hand, went wandering
among the crowd and around the depot.
The girl waa not specially pleased with
his appearance and preferred not to ac
cept him aa iter Iractionai iiustmna; Dut
then her fare had been paid all the way
from Sweden by him aud she had been
shipped on the condition of being his
upon her arrival, and she foit
that she waa bound and
must accept tho situation. Tho old
brute, in his attempts to console her and
make the situation pleasant, put his arm
around her waist. This wna too much
for the young girl, and in hor innocence
she broke down in aoba and tears. Tbe
lust seen of her she was in a wagon with
a motley crowd and by tbo aido of the
old sinner, traveling toward his home,
nnd we presume she ia to-day more of a
slave than ever was any of the colored
race tn tho South, for the breaking of
whose chains came tho long and bloody
war of tbo rebellion. Hnoh oases aa this,
we preaume, are far from boing unoouv
mon, but tiie actors in moot of thorn pos
sess too much discretion to permit pub'
lio expose. When girls are aelected in
Europe in the same manner that fine
stock is to be shipped to America, as woe
the cose in this instance, it ia time that
tha nation should arise and crush out
tho hellish system which carries on its
disgusting business iu tbe name of re
ligion. Ogdcn Pilot.
A rrohlbltloniHl on his Travtli.
Among the thirsty ones yesterday
bunting up and down Woodward avenue
for something to auench thirst. was a man
in rusty black who eutorod a drug store
and inquired:
"Have you a temperance drink?"
' "Two or throe. Will you take soda
water or ginger ale?"
"Well, now, our socioty does not re
gard either of those as a strictly temper-
nnoodriuk. Bath are associated with
stronger liquors."
"How would root beer anawer?"
"Suspicions suspicious," was the an
swer.
"Ah! I've got it now."
"Ah I"
"I can give you a straight temper-
unco arum, as oooi as ice; but it comes
high."
"How muoh?"
"Ten cents a gloss."
"Very well," said the old man as he
put down hjs dime.
me druggist was absent only a nun'
uto, and then roturnod aud placed a glass
or liquid before him. The old man
drank half of it, smacked his lips, and
asked ;
"May I ask what vou call ill"
"CorUiinlyjitisoalled water. I just
urew ironi tne hydrant."
The exouraionist sot the gloss down
buttoned his ooat, and with a glance
meant to roduoe the druggist's weight
to 120 pounds iu five socouds, went out
as stiff as a bean-pole and crossed the
street after a lemonade flavored with
peppermint easonce.
A Erntrkable feat.
W. L. Hosekraas, of Albany, while on
a trip during the past week performed
the remarkable foot of being in three
counties at one time. He aat on stone
in Fulton county and rested bis right
foot in Knratoga county and his le.'t foot
iu Moutgonieiy county. AllmnyTimea,
Saturday. ,
Keinarkalle as the above may seem to
our evening contemporary, a feat still
more reiuurkable can bo performed by
any person who will bike the trouble to
auccml the mountain which separate the
towns of I'ownai. V I., and 1'etershurg,
In tins county, un tne top of this moun
tain there is shine which marks the
stmt where the States of Vermont, Manna
oliusottsand New York come together,
A person can stand on the top of the
stone with one foot, being not only in
three conntiea at tbe same time but three
States as well. During tho time when
the prohibition law was not a dead iettor
in ermont and MasMchnsetts the poo
pie of those Suites who resided along the
York Suite line were in tbe habit of
crossing over on this aide to purchase
tnnir aicoiiono uevoragea. An enter-
prising resident of Petersburg, to meet
the want 01 bla uignbora across the
mountains, loused a small strip of ground
from the ownen of the land which cor-
nored at the atoie spoken of, and erected
threa-oornercMl shanty thereon, tbe
stone being in tbe center of tbe build
ing. He then jir.t up s bar in tbe shape
of a triangle, one, aide of which waa in
Vermont, another in Mastacbusetts and
the third in the hlate of New York. To
save expense he biok out no license in
this State, but latii in a good anpply of
liquors, which iia ftld by the drink, or
jugful, according te demand. The fact
that be waa violating thn laws of the
commonwealth of tboiold liay State waa
reported to the autboatiea in due time,
and a oonatahle armed with a warrant
and a pair of handeuflwasaont out from
Williamstown to arrest him. When the
officer arrived at the ahtnty be found a
number of the residents of Masnaolio
sett standing at the baron their aide of
the line, treating each .other in true
Yankee stylo. The constable atupped
up to tho bar, and pulling out his legal
document, hurriedly readibe contents to
the dispenser of corn jufce, and added:
"I arrest you in tbe naiae of the com
monwealth of Massachusetts, and by vir
tue of this warrant."
The bar-tendor,pointingto the corner
stone which stood insida the counter.
laughed in the face of the New England
peace-preserver, and rcplUd:
"That'aall very fine, old roan; but it
strikes me that yonr wwront doesn't
reach a man in the State of Vermont, and
I call yonr attention to that official cer
tificate, that 1 m out of your jurisdic
tion." A few dav after the W-tender re
ceived an official visit from a Vermont
constable armed with a warrant for hia
arrest for selling liquor in the State., But
the aame taotics were employed as on the
occasion of the first ocmatable'a visit.
The two constable not long after the last
visit happened to meet, and a plan was
agreed upon for the captor of the do-
fiant rum-aoller. The Vermont officer,
rppoarod at the mountain top in dis-
guise, ana remained aooui rue auaniy I
l - i t & i .!
during the forenoon, drinking now and
then wimth xw na ,atn m to replenish
sneur jnga. : aoocv.wu tna .iiassaonu-
nvtto consit-iile arrived, and proceeded
u again reivi his wamun aim reacn over
tuv usr iur uiti uisu. . 1110 tiier nwrnnu
into the Vermont corner of his domicile
and jnst aa be did ao he was seized by the
constable from that State, but while the
latter was pulling out his warrant and
handcuffs the New Yorker broke away
from him and got over into the State of
New York, where he waa beyond the
jurisdiction of both. After a time, bow-
ever, it came to tbe knowledge of the
authorities on this aide of the line that
the man was selling liquor without a
license and a warrant waa obtained for
hia arrest for violating the laws of
the great Empire State. When
tbe Petersburg constable ap
peared upon tho scene he found
that the man had removed hia stock to
the Vermont side of his house and was
retailing drinks in the State of Massa
chusetts. Of course the officer waa pow
erless to go aoroBs the line to arrest him
and be again escaped. The affair waa
the talk of me country for miles around,
finally tho officers of the three States
moved upon the ahauty at one and the
aame time and tho defiant rumseller was
now in hot water, lie carried out the
"joke" to the end, however, for getting
on top of the stone Which stands partly
in the three States he shouted: "Come
on and divide me into three parts, but
I'll make it hot for the one that takes
the two-thirds of me that don't belong
to him!" He had, however, taken too
large a quantity of bia own medicine to
enable bim to preserve hia equilibrium
on top of the atone, and while defying
tho oonsutblea he fell off aud rolled over
into the State of Massachuaettea, where
lie was secured by the officer from that
State and taken to Williamatown in tri
umph. The other two constables con
cluded that the liquor was partly iu the
Shite of Vermont and partly iu the State
of New York, and thev mode an eoual
division, each confiscating one-half of
the stock in trade in the name of his
State. Troy Telegram.
Tiik lioa. Tho following tale is a
true one: A gentloman, owning a kitchen
garden, remarked that a bosket which
bold a quantity of fresh carrots got
quickly emptied. He asked the gar
doner, who said that he oonld not under
stand it, but would watch for the thief.
A quarter of an hour hod not elapsed
when a dog was seen to go to tho baskot,
take out a carrot, aud carry it to the sta
ble. Dogs do not eat raw carrots, so
furthor uiouiry was necessary. The ob'
servers now found that the dog had
business with a burse, hia night 00m
panion; with wagging Mil he offered tue
latter the fruit of his larceny, and the
horse, naturally, made no difficulty
about accepting it,
The gardener seized
a stick, aud was about to avenge this act
01 too complacent gooa louowsuip, uut
his master stopped him in order to watch
further. The aoene waa repeated until
the carrots were all gone. The dog had
long made a favorite of this horse.
There were two horse lu the stable, but
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me otuer reoeived no notice, mucn less
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Don't bn in too great a hurry to sue
oeed. Work hard to deserve suooesa,
and fortune is aura not to forget you. -
Polat Ia Favor or nherp.
A Spanish proverb says: "Sheep have
golden feet, and wherever the, print of
them appear the soil is turned into
gold." the hietory of arming in every
country in the world shows that the rais
ing of sheep baa an important connection
with keeping up the fertility of the soil.
For reclaiming a wora-ont farm there is
no stock equal to sheep. The manure
they make, however, ia aeldorn reckoned
among the profit of sheep husbandry,
bnt it is in reality one of tbe chief source
of income. Sheep are vegetable scaven
gers, and they eat and digest a very
largo number of plants that horses and
cattle will never touch. They will make
a comfortable living on littlo more than
the loaves of bushes. A a rnle. one
ahoep may be kept to every cow or horse
in a posture without detriment to the
feed which these large animals
consumo. Such is their desire for
variety of food that they will often leave
grass to food on the loaves of weed and
bushes. Sheep will search higher and
lower for food than horse or cattle
They are the hist to leave the pasture in
tho fall, and the nrst to return id me
spring. From seven to twelve years of
it life sheep will field a fleece almost.
if not quite, equal in value to the body
from which it ia taken, tmnng all this
time tbe increase in number will pay for
the keeping. The differences between
the prices of wool at tho place where it ia
shorn and where it is marketed is less
than for any article produced on ft farm,
with perhaps the exception of cheese, be-
cause it ia light and easily transported ;
and if the price does not suit when the
fleece ia taken from the sheep it may be
stored cheaply, and will increase in
weight in a year enough to pay one per
cent, for storage, and it mny be kept as
long as desirable. Ia all old countries
where agriculture nan made the greatest
advance, aheop-raisiog boa constantly
grown in importance, aa it ia now grow-
ing in tin country, uuring me past
hundred years the number of sheep ia
Great Britain has doubled, the price
of wool ha doubled, and the
?rice of mutton ho quadrupled,
'he demand for mutton always
increases as a community increases in
age and wealth. Sheep are the best
adapted to furnishing meat for a farmer's
family of any animal be raises. The car
cass being small, it can generally be
eaten fresh, without any of it being lia
ble to injury. Mutton can be kept
longer than beef under the aame circum
stances, and its flavor ia improved by
it being kept a reasonable length of
time. No meat ia superior to mutton
w hen cured with salt, boiled, or eaten
with vegetables. Cold roast mutton is
superior to beef, owing to it fine flavor
and excellent keeping qualities. A nice
mutton chop i the best breakfast dish
that can be found for the aame cost, it
ia easy for farmer to supply themselves
constantly with this meat by keeping a
few aheep in a small pasture. Sheep
pelta always bring a fair price, In fact.
tbe aheep is the animal that furnishes
clothing and food, and eats what other
animate reject, which crops bill aidea too
steep for other animals to ascend, which
multiplies rapidly and enrichA the land.
and which is therefore one of the moat
a . i i ;..! . -.
proniauie ouimaia vt raise.
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4 story for the Tonug Folk.
Mary Clark, or Mamie, a ahe waa fre-
qnentiy calloil.winted a pretty red hood,.
Susie Gray had one. Dot Miller hod
one alao, in fact, nearly every girl ia
Miss Bimmer' school had a worsted
hood. Mary' father was dead, and her
mother worked very hard. Mra. Clark
made pocket-books for m man in Boston,
She made a great many for a very little
money. It took ber a long time to earn
a barrel of flour. It took the little Clarks
a short time to eat one.
Mamie, Harry, Fred and the baby
were all hungry little people. Some
times poor Mrs. Clark waa aorry they
were so hungry it waa ao hard to find
food enough for them.
"Oh.dear.I want a red hood awfully,"
aaid Mamie one day. Susie Gray waa
passiug with oue on.
1 wish I oould give you one, my
darling," aaid her mamma.
I wish you could, too.
"I would not use that word 'awfully,'
Mamie,"
"Why not, momma?
"Because you do not mean it. Let us
think for oue moment. Awful meona
filled with awe.terror or dread."
' I see mamma. I do not want the
hood awfully, but very much."
Horiy beard all bis sister said. The
next 'day he went to a store and asked the
man the price of red hoods.
"Here is one for thirty-five cents," said
the man.
Harry looked sober. He went away
aud the man called after him, "Here,
little shaver, who wants a hood?"
I wont one, air, for my little sister.
"Have you any money
"Yea, sir; Isold my "knife for fifteen
cents."
"la that all?"
"No, sir; I let Joe Blake have two
agates aud my beat top for five cents,
"And is that all!"
"ao, air, 1 aold aome evening papers
and earned five cents more,
"Where did you get your agates, knife
and top?
"My uncle sent them from Sew lork.
"Well, boy, you may have the hood
for twenty-five cents. To-morrow, if
your ma ia willing, you may oome here
and do my errands. 1 will pay yon
wen. '
"Thank you. sir."
"A boy who will sell his playthings to
please hi little sister must be a good
boy.
Mamie Clark wears the red hood every
day to school. She does not know how
Harry earned tho money to buy it. Her
mamma knows, and she told us the story.
The Esquimau husband iu uot a fool
He knows the value of a wife. It is 1
little cold in hia country, and in Im.'l.J
ing the snow huts the men wear long
umuuo
mittens made of reindeer fur, which are
in tU le(1 until w(mtM (or
U80 Naturttll tb Ucom6 fr0z6n and
stiff( ftnd it ia wlle.8 bu8iue8, to thaw
them for her lord'a use by placing them
in ber bosom, next to her bare skin, that
th u when Le neetU Ulom-
Jf 8-he fails to do th u gho mu8t put them
1 on her own hands before her husband at
- 1 tempts to wear them. One can under
stand that the Esquimau travels, as
I rule, aocompanied by bis wife.
A Bridal Troaweaa.
The London Queen give the following
description of a trousseau prepared ia
Pari for an Italian lady: The bride is
Hignorinl Kucoellani, of Florec, and
the bridegroom Prince Odonalcbi , of
I'.ome. The bouse and body linen ire
magnificent, and comprise three differ
ent typea: Firat, renaiasante embroider?,
enriched with deep guipure, m.vwive de
signs copied from baa reliefa, ixfter the
Byzantine school, and this orramenta
sheets, pillow-cases, petticoabi and
peignoirs; second, embroideries ia mod
ern style, light bosquet of flowers and
garden of foliage surrounded with fine
Valenciennes lace for chemises, petti
coat and summer sheets; third, Iimmian
ind Bulgarian embroideries, with Urge
flower and grecqne in colored ilka-,
the dye and shades being guaranteed for
washing and some fine gold embroi
derythese principally for serviettes, ta
blecloth, sheets and boa mouse
for tbe bath. Among the
twelvo dozen chemises there are
aome of a very novel cut. The top
of tbe chemise is low and round, edged
wito light Venetian gaipnre, below
hich is a garland of Marguerites, em
broidered in white satin stitch, the hearts
being pule yellow. The front ia gathered
and a branch of Marguerites falls grace
fully over the fine guaglngs. The Greek
sleeve has a similar enbroidery, and the
edge of the chemise has a wide, open-
worked hem, bordered with narrow
guipure; the initials R. O., with prin-'
cess coronet, are embroidered on the
lob shoulder. The wedding dras, in
view of the extreme heat of Home, is ia
crepe lisse over whit satin. The train
i embroidered with orange blossom
and roses in white silk, with ailver vein- J
ing and a thick framework of lace. The t
skirt opens in front over a satin tablier,
covered with point Paiguile, embroid
ered crepe bodice, wreath of orange blos
soms without leaves round the chignon,
and a long tule veil, worn l'Espagnole,
falling over the hair and dress, and not
over the face.
Table Adornseuts.
The dishe on which fish, jellies and
cream are placed ahonld be large
enough to leave a margin of an inch or
ao between the food and the lower edge
of tbe border of the dish.
It ia well to pour the sauce for cold
puddings around the pudding, especially
if there will be a contrast in color.
It is a great improvement to have the
sauce poured around the article instead
of over it, and to have the border of the
dish garnished with bits of parsley .celery
tops or carrot leaves.
When sauce is poured around meat or
fish the dish must be quite hot, or the
sauoe will cool quickly.
Small rolls or sticks of bread are served
with soup. Potatoes and bread are usu
ally served with fish, but many people
prefer to serve only bread. Butter is
not served at the more elegant dinners.
Two vegetables will be sufficient ia any
course. Cold dishes should be very cold.
and hot dishes hot.
It is a good idea- to have a di&h of
sliced lemons for any kind of fish, and
especially for those broiled or fried.
Melons, cantaloupes, cucumbers and
radishes, and tomatoes when served in
slices, should be chilled in the ice chest.
Be particular not to oveido the work
of decorating. Even the simple garnish
adda much to the appearance of ft dish,
bnt too much decoration only injures it.
Garnishes should be ao arranged aft not
to interfere with serving.
Potato balls and thin fried potatoes
make a nice garnish for all kinds of fried
and broiled meats and fish.
Cold boiled beets, carrots and turnips,
and the whites of hard-boiled eggs
(tamped ont with a fancy vegetable cut
ter, moke a pretty garnish for hot or cold
meats.
Thin slice of toast, cut into triangles,
make a good garnish for many dishes.
Whipped cream is a delicate garnish
for oil Bavarian creams, blano manges,
frozen puddings and ice cream.
A eitucky Lochlavar.
The story of a romantic chase, in which
two yonng lovers and an irate pursuer
figure conspicuously, comes from Ken
tucky." Joseph Carpenter and Ollie
Brown, a losa of fonrteen, have made
one or two attempts to elope, the girl's
parents, who live in boottsville, about
fifteen miles from the Tennessee line,
having opposed the marriage of the
young people. A few days ago, how
ever, their lovo affairs reached a climax.
Young Carpenter drove to the house of
his sweetheart in a buggy, and pleaded
as only an anxions lover can, with the
mother of the girl, who proved as obdu
rate as ever. Nothing daunted, he asked
the girl to choose between himself and
her mother, tier answer was all be
could desire, and "catching ber in his
arms," as the chronicler reports, he
leaped into the carriage and drove off.
The alarm was raised and a young
justice of the police court,
mounted on a fleet thoroughbred,
started in pursuit of the runaway pair.
The race was a hot one, and now fortune
seemed to favor the lovers and now the
arm of the law. The Western Loch invar
had provided himself with a good horse,
and he reached the Tennessee line a few
minutes before the justice. A town was
reached. Squire Fikes was hastily sum
moned; the knot was almost tied, when.
alas, up rode the horseman, hot and
angry, and forbade the marriage. The
prudent Squire hesitated, and while he
was pondering over the cose the young
people slipped away and started ia hot
haste for Gallatin. The justice was after
them with equal speed, but his horse
threw sNoe and he succumbed to fate.
He arrived, however, in season to oou-
gratnjute the couple with the best grace
possible a few minutes after they wero
married at tho prinoipnl hotel of the vil
lage, in the presence of aome "speoiolly
invited gue'jU."
A Enoton Lady Bountiful fell into eo
stacU about the lovely, saintlike expres
sion of a boy of nine who formed one of
the Poor children's exoursion to Walden
pond, but hor feelings sustained a cruel
shock when this "thing of beauty" was
heard to exclaim when sandwiches wero
dealt out: "How in h 1 do these ladies
expect a feller to eat sandwiches without
mustard ?"
Youth is the tassel and silken flower
of love; age is the full oorn, ripe and
, solid in the ear.
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