pOORHOUSE TO pALACE
BY Alin I J. nULAlto fi
land, or yon would have mention.! nlrn'mirtf HI . ri-TI Arii1 TOWN
to me. t llko him very much, Indeed, ami J-Iila UJiL- LllUUi 1U lllli
CHAPTER XI
In tho old brown school house, over
shadowed by apple trees and sheltered,
on tho west by n long, steep hill, where
tho acorns and wlM grapes grew, Mary
Ilownril taucht a little llock of twenty-
five, coaxing some, urging others and
teaching them all by her kind words aud
winsome ways to love her as they bad
never before loved an Instructor.
When first she was proposed as a
teacher In Rice Corner, Widow Perkins,
and a few others who had no children to
cend, held up their hands In amaiement.
wondering "what the world was eomln'
to, and If the committeeman. .Mr. Knight,
'posed they was goln to bo rid over
roughshod by a town pauper; but she
couldn't get a stlffent, for the orthodox
minister wouldn't give her one; and If
be did, tho Unitarian minister wouldn't!"
Accordingly, when It was known that
the ordeal had boon passed and that
Mary had in her possession a piece of pa
per about three inches square, authoriz
ing her to teach a commou district school.
this worthy conclave concluded that
"either everybody bad lost their senses
or else Miss Mason, who was present at
the examination, had sat by and whis
pered In her ear the answers to all hard
questions."
"In all my born days I never seen any
thing like It." said the widow, as she
distributed her green tea, sweetened with
brown sugar, to a party of ladies, which
she was entertaining. "But you'll sec.
she won't keep her time mor'n half out
Sally Ann, pass them nutcakes. No
body's goln to send their chllaren to a
pauper. There's .Miss Bradley says she'll
take her'n out the first time they get
licked. Have some more sass. Miss
Dodge. I want it eat np, for I believe
Its a-workln but I tolled her that
warn't the trouble. Mary's too softly to
liurt a mlskeeter. And so young, too.
Its government shell lack in. If any
body II have a piece of this dried apple
pie. I'll cut It.'
Fortunately, Mary knew nothing of
Mrs. Perkins' displeasure, and never
dreamed that any feeling existed toward
her save that of perfect friendship. Since
we last saw her. she had grown Into a
fine, healthy looking girl. Her face and
figure were round and full, and her com
plexion, though still rather pale, was
clear as marble, contrasting well with
her dark-brown hair and eyes, which no
longer seemed unnaturally large. Still,
she was not beautiful. It Is true, and yet
Billy was .not far from right when be
called her the finest looking girl In Chlco
Jee; and it was for this reason, perhaps,
that Mrs. Campbell watched with jeal
ousy. Every possible pains had been taken
with Ella's education. The best teach
ers had been hired to instruct her. and
she was now at a fashionable seminary,
but still she did not possess one-half the
ens. and gracefulness of manner which
seemed natural to her sister. The two
girls had seen but little of each other;
and oftentimes when Ella met her sister
he merely acknowledged her presence
'by a nod or a simple "bow d'ye do?"
When she heard that Mary was to be
ji teacher she said "she was glad, for It
"I know them children will split their
throats. Can't they hold up a minute."
exclaimed Mrs. Pcrklus, greatly annoyed
at being thus prevented from orerhe.triiu
a conversation the tmtu.e of which she
could not even guess.
The stranger was at that moment smil
ingly saying: "Tell me more about her.
Does she ever scold, or has she too
pretty n month for that?"
"No, she never scolds," said Delia
Frost, "and she's got the ulcest white
teeth, and I guess she knows It, too, for
she shows them a great deal."
"She's real white, too," rejoined Lydta
Knight, "though pa says she used to be
yaller as saffron."
Here there was a gentle rap upon the
window, and the girls, starting off, ex
claimed: "There, we must go In."
May I go, too? asked the stranger.
following them to the door. "Introduce
me as Mr. Stuart."
I,ydia had never Introduced anybody In
her life, and, following her companions to
her seat, she left Mr. Stuart standing In
the doorwny. ith her usual pollt?ness,
Mary came forward and received the
stranger, who gave his name as Mr. Stu
art, saying "ho felt muchaJntereMed in
common schools, and therefore had ven
tured to call."
Offering the seat of honor, Mary re
sumed her usual duties, occasionally
casting a look of curiosity at the stranger.
whose eyes seemed constantly upon her.
It was rather warm that day, and when
Mary returned from her dinner Widow
Perkins was greatly shocked at seeing
her attiml la a light pink muslin dress,
the short sleeves of which showed to good
advantage her round, white arms. A nar
row velvet ribbon confined by a small
brooch and a black silk apron, complete-
her toilet, with the exception of a tiny
locket, which was suspended from her
neck by a slender gold chain. This last
ornament Immediately riveted Mr. Stu
art's attention, and from some strange
canse sent the color quickly to his face.
After a time, as if to ascertain whether
It were really a locket or a watch, he ask
ed "if Miss Howard could tell him the
hour?"
"Certainly, sir," said she, and stepping
to the desk and sHmsulling a silver time
piece about the size of a dining plate,
she told him that It was half-past three.
When school was out Mr. Stuart, who
seemed in no haste whatever, entered in
to a lively discussion with Mary concern
ing schools and books, adroitly managing
to draw her out npon all the leading top
ics of the day. At last the conversation
turned npon flowers; and when Mary
chanced to mention Mrs. Mason's beauti
ful garden he instantly expressed a great
desire to see It, and finally offered to ac
company 3Iary home, provided she 'had
no objections. She could not, of course,
say no, and the Widow Perkins came
very near letting bar buttermilk biscuit
burn to a cinder when she saw the young
man walking down the road with Mao-
Arrived at Mrs. Mason's, the stranger
managed to make himself so agreeable
that Mrs. Mason Invited him to stay to
tea. noever he was, be seemed to uu
derstand exactly how to find out what
ever he wished to know; and before tea
yet I could not help reeling a little Jealous
when ho manifested so much Interest In
joii. Sometimes, Mary, I think that for
a brother, 1 am getting too seltlsh, aud I
do not wish anyone to like you except
myseir, lint I surely need not feel so to
ward George, the best friend I have lu
Boston, lie Is very kind, lending iu
luniks, and has even offered to use his in
fluence in getting me a situation lu one
of the best law offices in (he city,"
After reading this lettur Mary sat for
a long time thinking of Georgo Morvlnud
of the time when she first kuew him
of all that William Bender had been to
her since ond wonderlug, ns girls some
times will, which she liked the best. Billy
unquestionably had the strongest claim
to her love, but could ho have known
how much satisfaction she felt In think
ing that George still remembered and felt
Interested In her he would have had some
reason for fearing, ns he occasionally did,
that she would never be to blm aught
save n sister,
CHAPTER Nil.
The summer was drawing to a close,
and with It Mary's school. She bad sue
ceeded In giving satisfaction to the en
tire district. Mr. Knight, with whom
Mary was a great favorite, offered her
the school for the coming winter, but she
hud decided upon nttendlng school her
self, and nfter modestly declining his of
fer, told him of her Intention.
"But whero's the money coming from?"
said h.
HAS GONE WITH OTHER OLD
FASHIONED THINGS.
Overtaken tir the Itnplil Murch of
I'rorci mid tlio (ltd beetles of Hits
tlcltjr No l.miuer Exist l.vcii the
Cluircli Affected.
I.lku so many other old-fashioned
thing, thu old-time town Is going dtiwu
before the march of progress. N'oth
lug Is llko It used to lie. Invention,
discovery mill education of tho people
up to a taste In belter tiling" mid it lit
billon for conveniences nee what hnvo
led to tht change. To-tlny olio mvs the
village itiiildeti itrrayod In clothes that
would conic near taking first place In
n procession lit the main cities. Tho
nbtmdnntly If not artistically carved
boxes no longer stand In front of stores,
ready lounging places for tho discus
tdou of the world' events. No sign ex
tends across thu main street near thu
tracks cautioning the people to "Be
ware of the locomotive." Modern
sales art' let down to prevent collisions
between trnlns and teams. No tin
starred countable lu overalls swells
about the station platform any longer.
A uniformed marshal, every lilt ns lm
Mary laughingly asked him how many I portnnt, struts there to meet all trains,
bags of shoes he supposed she had stitch- xlw olt, , wlth ltM Wanting poroh ex-
,L utZVvTy' " n , I mu"B over the sidewalk, supported
More n two hundred, I II bet, said he. , ? . , , . .
"Not quite ns many as that." answered I TtS offW llc" ,anm,r" l,or,M unv
Mary; "but still 1 have managed to earn lon 1)0011 dining, has given way to n
my clothes and thirty dollars besides; and "o1 w" om humming name tin-
this, together with my school wages, will ' porttnl from some metropolis. Ijimp
pay for one term and pnrt of another." posts ndorn the corners and the mcr
ell. go ahead." returned Mr. Kulght. ! chants display their wares behind
"I d help you If I could. Go ahead; and plate-glass windows. All these the
who knows but you II one day be tho , travoKr sees-sign of progress-a
president s wife. . . ., ,
W!. wt.w- iwi-.n. ,t. f, Kreat difference to the ixisslng eye.
was more respectable than going into a was over he had learned of Marr's In-
y.inp. n. Mn,tlntt nnt " V f r. Pmnhnll ...... t . . 1 . I t
-'-'j " w i. f vuiiuvii, iruiiuu lu mitruu me il calif li J III l 1 1
too, felt in duty bound to express her ! braham the next autumn.
pleasure, adding mat "she hoped Mary Finally he said good-night, leaving
would give satisfaction, but 'twas ex- Mary and Mrs. Mason to wonder the
tremely doubtful, she was so young, and one what he came there for, and the oth-
possessed or so little dignity: - er whether he would ever come again.
Unfortunately W Idow Perkins' red cot- The widow, too, wondered and fidgeted
tage stood directly opposite the school
house; and as the widow belonged to that
stirring few who alvrays "wash the
breakfast dishes and make the beds be
fore anyone is up In the house," she had
ample leisure to watch and report on
the proceedings of the new teacher. Now,
Mrs. Perkins' clock was like its mis
tress, always half an hour In advance
of the true time, and Mary had scarcely
tanght a week ere Mr. Knight, "the com
mitteeman," was duly hailed in the street
and told that the "schoolmarm wanted
lookln' to, for she didn't begin no morn
as the sun went down behind the long
hill.
"It beats all nater what's kept him so
long," said she, when he at last appear
ed and, unfastening his horse, drove off
at a furious rate: "but If I live I'll know
all about it to-morrow;" and with this
consolatory remark she returned to the
best room and for the .emainder of the
evening devoted herself to the entertain
ment of Uncle Jim and bis wife. Aunt
Dolly.
That evening Mr. Knight, who had
been to the postofflce. called at Mrs. Ma
la' till half-past nine, nor no afternoon son's, bringing with him a letter which
till half-past one! Besides that." she bore the Boston postmark. Passing- it to
added, "I mini; sne gives em too long a .Mary, he winked at Mrs. Mason, saying,
play spell. Anyways, seems ef some on "I kinder guess how all this writin'
'em was out o doors the hull time." '' works will end; but hain't there beep a
Mr. Knight had too much good sense young chap to see the school?"
to heed the widow's complaints, and he j "Ves; how did you know It?" returned
merely replied: "I'm glad on'L Five ! Mrs. Mason, while Mary flushed more
hours is enough to keep little shavers deeply than she did when Billy's letter
cramped up In the bouse glad on't."
The widow, thus foiled in her attempts
at making disturbance, finally gave up
the strife, contenting herself with quiz
zing the older girls, and asking them If
Mary could do all the hard sums In arith
metic, or whether she took them home
for Mrs. Mason to solve!
In spite, however, of these little an
xtoyances, Mary was contented and hap
py. She knew that her pupils loved her,
and that the greater part of the district
were satisfied, so she greeted the widow
with her pleasantest smile, and by al
ways being particularly polite, finally
overcame her prejudice to a considerable
extent.
One afternoon about the middle of
July, as Mrs. Perkins was seated by her
front window engaged In "stitching
shoes," a very common employment In
some parts of New England, her atten
tion was suddenly diverted by a tall.
KtylUh-Iooklag young man, who, driving
Ills handsome horse and buggy under
thu shadow of the apple trees, alighted
and entered Into conversation with a
group of little girls who were taking their
usual recess. Mrs. Perkins curiosity was
aroused, and Sally Ann was called to
see who the stranger was. But for a
wonder Sally Ann didn't know, though
he "guessed the boss was one of the
East Chicopee livery."
"He's talkln' to LIddy Knight," said
he. at the same time holding back the
curtain and stepping aside so as not to
be visible herself.
"Try if you can hear what he's sayin',"
whispered Mrs. Perkins; but a class of
boys In the school house just then struck
iuto the multiplication table, thus" effec
tually drowning anything which Sally
Ann mlsbt otherwise have heard.
was handed her.
"Why, you see," answered Mr. Knlgbf.
"I was about at the foot of the Blanch
ard hill, when I see a buggy coming like
Jehu. Just as It got agin me it kinder
slackened and the fore wheel ran off
smack and scissors."
"Was he hurt?" quickly asked Mary.
"Not a bit on't," said Mr. Knight, "but
be was scared some, I guess. I got out
and helped blm, and when he heard I's
from Ilice Corner he said he'd been Into
school. Then he asked forty-'leven ques
tions about you, and Jest as I was settin'
you up high, who zbould come a-canterin'
up, with their long-tailed gowns, and bats
like men, but Ella Campbell and a great
white-eyed pucker, that came home with
her from school? Either, Ella's horse was
scary or she did It a purpose, for the
mlnlt she got near It began to rare, and
she would have fell off If that man hadn't
catched It by the bit and held her on
with t'other band. I alius was the most
sanguinary of men, and I was building
castles about blm and our little school
marm, when Ella came along, and I glu
it up, for I see that he was took, and
she did Wok handsome, with her curls u
Uyin' Wall, as I wasn't of no more use,
I whipped up old Charlotte and come on."
"When did Ella return?" asked Mary,
who had not before heard of her sister's
arrival.
"I don't know," said Mr. Knight. "Tho
first I see of her was cuttln' through
the streets on the dead run; but I mustn't
stay here gabbln', so goodtalght, Miss
Mason good-night, Mary hope you've
got good news In that ar letter,"
The moment he was gone Mary ran up
to her room to read her letter, from
which we give the following extract:
"You mutt hare forgotten George More-
was going away to school she forgot to
put any yeast In the bread which she was
making, and, bidding Sally Ann "watch It
until It rlz," she posted off to Mrs. Ma
son's to Inquire the particulars, reckonlug
up as she went along how much fourteen
weeks' wages would come to at nine shil
lings per week.
But with nil her quizzing nnd "pump
ing." as Judith called It, she was un
able to ascertain anything of importance,
and. mentally styling Mrs. Mason, Mary,
Judith and all "great gumphcads," she
returned home and relieved Sally Ann
from her watch over unleavened bread.
Ito.h Mrs. Mason and Mary laughed
heartily at the widow's curiosity, though,
ns Mary said, "It was no laughing mat
ter where the money was to come from
which she needed for her books and cloth
ing." Everything which .Mrs. Mason coold
do for her she did, and even Judith, who
was never famous for generosity, brought
In one Saturday morning a half-worn
merino, which she thought "mebliy could
be turned and sponged, and made into
somcthln' decent," adding, In an under
tone, that "si- 'd hnd It out alrln' on the
clothes hoss for more'n two hours!"
A few days afterward Jenny Lincoln
came galloping up to the school house
door,, declaring her Intention of staying
until school was out. and having a good
time.
"I hear you are going to Wllbrabam."
said she, but I want you to go to Mount
Holyoke. We are going, a whole lot of
ns that is. If we can pass examination,
Hose Isn't pleased with the Idea, but I
am. I think 'twill be fun to wash po
tatoes and scour knives. I don't believe
that mother would ever have sent us
there If It' were not that 'Ida Selden Is
going. Her father and her Aunt Mar
tha used to be schoolmates with Miss
Lyon, and tbey have always Intended
that Ida should graduate at Mount IIol
yoke. Now, why can't you go, too?"
"I wish I could," said Marr. "but I
rnn't. I haven't money enough, and there
is no one to give It to me."
"It wouldn't hurt Mrs. Campbell to
help you a little," returned Jenny. "Why,
last term Ella spent almost enough for
candles and gutta percha toys to pay tho
expense or nair a years schooling -at
Mount Holyoke. It's, too bad that she
should have everything and you nothing."
(to lie continued.)
Twenty years, even ten years, ago
the village store was the sxit where
all tho earth centered. In the winter
time the prominent citizens sat around
crenao down their trousers, legs. Tito
shoo Mtoio Is lu tho next lilnek, tlm
milliner Is across the way with a fas
dimtlng illttptay of tlitlly hints rrom
Paris, tlm hardware man Is hi ImslncsH
for himself over next lo the brewery,
anil the grocer occupies tho modern
store-room under the olllee of tho eveii'
lug Toll-Till!', the rattle of whoso lino
types makes a merry raeo with the
clicking of the keys umulptiliiti'd by the
entrancing and np-totlat product of
civilisation, the blonde typewriter girl
across the hallway In Hkliiiiums law
olllee.
And over In the eluireli the minister
no longer simply tells the good story
of the man who went down to Jericho
and fell among thieves. He thunders
against the trusts and talks Browning
or evolution. No cottage organ's sweet
refrain leads the doxotogy and Old
Hundred any more. A huge organ,
with blue and gilt pipes, big ns stove
pipes, Is manipulated by some fidgety
professor aud a quartette slugs tho
most modern sncrcd music, The min
ister's clothing Is not shiny with tlm
years, .Vo great bowed speetaeles af
ford him vision. Trim side-wlilskers
aud neat nuistaehlos mark him, Instead
of the sanctimonious smoothness the
razor achieves or the austere abun
dance of whiskers. It Is safe betting
that he Is the host golf player In the
section, n bicycle, expert and it wonder
at wiust ami progressive citieii. lie
preaches simplicity of life. Then ho
summers at Nnrragnuactt Pier, or fer
ries over to Europe, Instead of going
Into the hay Ileitis as his predecessor
did.
Quilting txi's nnd sewing circles nro
likewise of bygone days, Tho women
do their darning nnd sew on the but
tons of the men at home. If they neg
lect It the men do the darning lifith nt
home nnd abroad. This feature Is un
changed. But the women meet nt their
o'clock tens ami the Saturday after
noon club, nml Instead of discussing
each other (altogether) they discourse
vena In favor of Ulcus which would n
ilutlllil to tilt) well holllk of his sub.
Joels. Ho recalled how IhiIh XVI, hint
established tho reputation of tho long
despised potato by wearing Its llower
hi his liiittou-holoi a word of approba
tion from Ills majesty might dispel tho
prejudice against the horse.
M. Deerolx was a vutcrlilnry surgeon
In tho nriny at thu time, and n very few
days after the dispatch of Ids report tin
was summoned lo appear lief or u Mar
shal Vnlllmil, tlm muster of tho Impe
rial household. Ho found the Marshal
beside himself Willi rngo and Indigna
tion. "Ho you, sir," ho mured, its Do
enilx entered Ids room, "nro tho person
who purposes that tho Kmpuror should
eat horso meat I You must be out of
your senses. The Emperor eat horso
meat!" Tho Marshal was at n loss
for further words lu which to express
his stupefaction, and lit) motioned Do
erolx nut of his presence with a gent nro
which Indicated that he might bo thank
ful ho had escaped being placed under
arrest for n grave breach of discipline.
-Paris vorrcsiHMidcuco Pall Mall Ga
zette.
TRANSSIOERIAN ROAD.
Cars Luxuriously Furnished, but No
Wutcr fo (loml Wnsli.
Tho llrst nnd second class cars nra
luxuriously upholstered, anil, by u curi
ous contrivance, tho upper bed turn
over and becomes, not "a chest of draw
ers," but the back of tho sent by day.
The only real lack of a Siberian railway
Is suitable lavatory accommodations.
The little tollvt-room I often a wretch
ed, lllthy closet with n sluglu wnsli
basin and a very limited supply of
water, mid It answers for all, men and
women nllke. This fault Is shared by
nil Siberian hotels nnd steamboats that
I have se'ii. Tho ouo cramped and
dirty spot Is the washroom (for tunny
hotels have n common lavatory, and no
water Is brought to the rooms), and tint
nun scarce article Is fresh, cold water.
Cures Victims or Drug.
A church union now exists In New
York for the moat remarkable purpose
on record. Its avowed object Is to
cure the victims of the morphine and
other drug habits and a most Impres
sive list of well-known clergymen hare
registered themselves In support of the
scheme, which Is conducted by Dr. AV.
N. P.lchle.
The plans of Dr. Richie's work and
the means by which he hopes to make
It effectual are to be made public as
soon as possible. All that Is withheld
from the public Is the elements of tho
mysterious compound, which Is, Dr.
Klcble alleges, an absolutely Infallible
panacea.
Men and women who have sunk to
the lowest levels of degradation have,
It Is claimed, by the use of this cure
become perfectly regenerated. Physl
clans of established reputation private
ly Indorse the cure, and the testimonials
appear so convincing that the clergy'
men who have formed a union on the
strength of It feel absolutely sure of
Its efHcacy.
Dr. Richie says that he obtained the
cure from a friend of his, who In turn
obtained It from a German savant. The
friend referred to, baring once become
the slave of morphine and having but
5 cents left In the world, conrerted It
Into a 5-cent stamp to address a letter
to the German who had originated the
cure. The recipe came, was made use
of, and the man, when Dr. Richie knew
blm, was enjoying an honored old age.
A committee has been formed to re-
celre donations for the cure of such pa
tients as are not able to pay.
Could Not I to Repeated.
"I met Hlgglnbee and be stopped me
to tell me what his little boy said, but
I'll bet one thing."
"Huh! What's that?"
"I'll bet bo didn't tell his boy what I
said." Indianapolis Press.
If Satan ever gets short of fuel be
ought to be able to us excuses.
TYPE OF COUNTRY LIFE THAT IS RAPIDLY PASSINQ AWAY.
an abundantly provided stove. Mes
sengcrs boarded the passing trains,
pumped the passengers for news, man
aged to pick up any kind of an old pa
per and hurried back to thu store to
tell the tidings ana to join lu their dis
cussion. Between arguments the de
baters nipped at dried peaches aud
other delicacies from the hospitable
barrel of the storekeeper, V'ho made up
on the customer by manipulating tho
scales nt the next purchase. A stranger
In the town was nn oracle, reverenced
aud resiectcd. He had tho best scat
near the stove and the townsmen
nursed their knees lu their arms as
tbey drank In from him his recitals of
affairs In the rest of the world. Then
there was the Town Hall, with Its spell
ing bees, Its occasional lecture or Its
debate.
In the summer tho wise men took to
the boxes lu front of the store, or to
the bitching rail, on which they poised,
nnd talked and "wldttled." Tbey wero
out In their shirtsleeves before break
fast to leam what had happened dur
ing the night Then they strolled over
to the old frame station to see the train
go by. How different now lu the mat
ter of acquiring Information. It Is a
poor town, Indeed, that hasn't Its own
paper to record, and brightly, too, thu
local happenings. And as the trains
go by they drop off bundles of papers,
fresh with all the news of the earth,
all the latest periodicals, Illustrated pa
pers and the newest books. The village
store Is no longer the loafing place for
the gossips, but an up-to-dato business
establishment. The town hall hps de
veloped Into a public horary or theater.
Prosress Everywhere.
Ten years ago the country clothing
storo, which was also tho hardware
store and the dry goods store and thu
grocery store and the millinery estab
lishment all In one a bucolic trust
made a specialty of ready-made suits,
that were so tightly packed away on
the shelves that you couldn't get tho
creases out of them any more than you
could get the wrinkles out of a corru
gated Iron roof. And what wonderful
patterns and styles. Now In front of
the clothing store Chauncey Depew and
Mark Hanna and Gen. Miles and Ad
miral Schley and Georgo Dewey, all In
wax, stand In all the glory of bluo
serge aud corkscrew, with double
breasted and bewildering rests and a
on Zoroaster and the Zcndevcsta, the-1 Beer, wine, vodka, tea, c-spoclallr tea
OX.t.l.U - ..... 111. fl I ' ,1 M . '
now rreeiy, nut to order a glass of
water to drink, or a bnsln of water,
much more n tub of water for n bath,
creates a commotion, and the water de
sired Is often unattainable, except after
strenuous effort. A Siberian writer re
marks naively, that "Englishmen havn
the bad habit of washing themselves
all over every day. As n conseijuenco
of this habit their bodies emit an un
pleasant odor."
Besides the cars already mentioned,
a baggage car and a dining car com
pleted our train equipment. Pullman
would scarcely own the diner as an off
spring of hlsj Invention. A long table
down the middle, at which perhapi
twenty people can sit at one time, ami
n bar at tho end, at which nil kinds
of light and strong drinks nro served
nnd toothsome delicacies dear to tho
Russian heart, like caviare, sardines
and other llttlo fishes "blled In Ho" nro
eaten. At tho long table, table d'hoto
meals are served, consisting of threo or
four courses, nnd one can also order
what ho chooses, nt a fixed price
Harper's Weekly.
osophy, George Meredith. Browning
and other abstruse propositions. For
the men there Is u club. Instead of the
old store !ox on which they sat they
loll lu comfortable chairs around u ta
hie, on which rest steins or bottles
Formerly to relieve their nerves they
whittled. Now tbey shullle aud vlu
with each other to nee which can come
Into the possession of the greatest mini
ber of certain blue, red mid white discs
of Ivory or celluloid.
No longer does .the dweller In tho
country town go to bed nt nightfall Just
to bo certain where he Is nt, for elec
tric lights make the streets as light as
day. And the streets and sidewalks
are of macadam or asphalt. The tele
phone Is everywhere. It Is moro nu-
pierous than In the greatest cities, bo-
cause the cost Is much lower.
Indeed, things have changed. Tho
man who goes back to his old "country
town" nowadays on his vacation misses
tho smoke nnd the oleomargarine and
the hall bed-room nnd the crowding of
the large city, but the luxuries of the
latter are all there, and most of tho
modern Improvements. But the pure
air Is there, too, and the flowers that
thrive lu the open nlr and not In glass
houses, nod the old folks and old
scenes. Utlca Globe.
EATINQ HORSEFLESH.
Experience of SI. Deerolx with Emper
or napoleon III.
M. Deerolx, tho founder of tho French
Antl-Tobaeco League, who died sud
denly, though at tho rlpo old ago of 80,
was a man of many anecdotes. Most
of them bore on the dllllcultles which
besot tho path of tho reformer who,
when ho Is not treated with contumely,
Is woefully misunderstood. Under tho
second empire, nnd before ho began his
campaign against tobacco, M. Deerolx,
In whom the missionary spirit was In
deed strong, started a crusade In favor
of eating horseflesh. His Ideas, In spite
of the untiring energy with which ho
promulgated them, seemed to make llt
tlo or no headway. In bis despair at
his scant success ho decided to appeal
to Napoleon III. In person. Ho ad
dressed a long report to tho Emperor,
setting forth In detnll tho undreamed
of advantages of a horse-meat diet, and
humbly requesting tho sovereign (o giro
tho matter bis attention and to Inter-
A Tempting Offer.
A recent Issue of a musical Journal
published at Lelpslc. Germ
talned tho following curious advertlso
ment: "Wnntcd-A skilled musician,
who can composo'beforo warm wcath
er begins a tragic opera In one act Tho
author of the libretto will place at tho
disposal of the composer a houso
which Is furnished with a ph.no. ami
which Is situated near tho
most Idyllic nnd romnntlc country
furthermore, tho composer will bo well
fed and supplied with all necessary
fuel. A-poor but gifted artist ought to
bo able to mako his forttino t. ..i
llko this and under conditions such ns
aro hero proposed. Those who annlv
for tho sluatlon aro requested to send
biographical notices of thoni.ni.. .
tho olllco of this paper,"
Dlstlnguo,
"Sho comes of a grand obi fn.n .
bellevo?" 1
"Yes, very! An Ancestor nf impa
beheaded In tho Tower during
reign of the fourth Edward!"
perfectly Iovoly"DotroIt
"How
Journal,
How many level headed people do you
know,?