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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1895)
.THK ODD THICK. 'Lucilo!" "KM I lii'n your pudon, (iil!ir. Did you Knk l tut J" "Speak to yon? 1 ic-keit you three time to give ma another cup of coffee. " "Did you, dear? I'm so sorry!" ami Mm. Corin extended a tlitu white hand fur the coffee enp. "May I ask what no engrtissed your thought?" inquired lur husband, lit tle irritably. Lucilesmilod. "Oil, you'll only Ungh i "droum, at tne if 1 tell you. " "Never miml. What was It?' reiter ated Jit r husband, it little mollified. "I I wa thinking of some lovely Turkish nibroitltry they showed nut at Liberty's yesterday, ami" "My dear girl, what rail you ossibiy lo with Tiirkir.li embroidery?" inter rupted Mr. (.'or in impatiently. hi endowed with thin world's good ttiere would bawl been innall chance ft lillliert; but, n thing were, "marriage Wiw a luxury they could nut afford, " as '.iiv il.' ( .1.1 t : i nugry young nun, win luii. iv in t i upbraid lit r for her faith le"i'vs The It i tie woman wa not with o.. l ,i-lo for dramatic situation, and on llm whole xliit rather enjoyed her farewell interview with Wilfrid. Nio weit a little i:i it booiiiiiiiix fashion und gave utterance to it few sentiment of llm "lll.tiieho Amory" typo mid end by saving that idle would like to keep hi letter u souvenir ef their Though she bad laid express oone mauds oil Willred a to their conduct to I inch other after her marriage, Lucile h id to Intent ion or their being olie.vetl. I'm I lortunutcly, however, and its every silver i lining hits its dark cloud, tlilhoit Colin ! wo as jealous a it Moor, nud some ( whisicr concerning his w ife nud Kmlj i cott having it-itched his cur it wax lipeeilily made clear to Wilfrid that Mr. "Well, do you know that' what I've i Curia was by no means likely to find a beru wondoriug ever since, and I've just discovered"- "But" "Yes," continued Lucilo, regardless of the impertinent monosyllable, "I think it would look perfectly lovely to trim a ten gov n. It could outline a sort of crepe do chine, you kuow, nud un derneath" "Tut, tut ! I dou't want you docked ' out like ;t houri ill a harem. " "Gilbert!" : "I don't like nil these newfangled things women got up iu to look like fig ures on n Japanese fan" "But, my dear husband, there's noth ing Japanese about Turkish emhroid- j ery!" exclaimed Lucilo as sho pushed back her chair from the breakfast table. "Never mind; I don't like it Be- deliver t:p to this Mr. Applegarth. sides you are really too extravagant, j Mrs. Corin unlocked a drawer iu her Lncila I cannot see the necessity for j wviting table and took out a small par all these wonderful toilets." i eel neatly tied up and docketed: "My dear Gilbert, don't talk about j "Letters from W., June August, things yon don't understand. " ' 18!:i. " And, gathering up the small pile of j She untied it and glanced over one or letters that were beside her plate, Mrs. ; two of the most passionate. Corin made her way to the door. j "To think that ho could write like "Oh, by fho way," said her husband, j that nud then bo so utterly faithless," a little hesitatingly, "do you very much she exclaimed. "I've a great mind to mind giving up the Claytons' ball to- j fend the whole lot to that little May so night?" Igirl!" She paused. It would bo a tie- : uivm? up tueir ball! Why, in th ! lightfully dramatic thing to da It su nnme of all that's reasonable, should I j vored of French novels uud Dumas' do that?" plays. "No, na It wouldn't be safe, "Because I ask you. " I There's no knowledge, tdie might make , . . .. I . . . . r. v.orin snrnggea ner snouiflers iu i a scandal, ami it it got to WHIiort s ears silence. tll.'Kti tiliiimi the m.'irw riimiil.'iw.-iiif s rs ' ' -. ' Acting on the principle that when a ; man's heart is broken he gathers up the ! piece and melts them together ugaiu nt , the nearest candle, Wilfrid had gone to . Kathleen Mayse for consolation, which ' ronsolutiim was HVisjhlv all the morn rlfrt'iivo th.tr, as a setotf to her red hair , and hael eyes, the young lady was sole heiress to one of the riehe.-t iron found ers in England. The engagement had lnvn formally announced a few days 113,1, and some how Lueile's maid hud not found that her lot lay among the lilies and rose of life ever since, und this letter capped everything the calmly impersonal ton of it it might have been from any one to any one ami her bauds clinched us she thought of thecoutcntscf the packet that she was so snmmarilv culled ou to "You will write to excuse yourself?" "Certainly not Why, I've got a per fect dream of a gown to wear, and I mean to thoroughly enjoy myself. " "That is to say you intend to make yourself conspicuous by your flirtatious, as usual. " Lucile laughed. "I will not allow it. You shall not go on in this ridiculous fashion. " it might be awkward. No, I suppose there's nothing to do, after all, but j meekly deliver them up. How wretch- eoly tame! W hat a stupid, commonplace ending! 'You've come for a parcel for Mr. Emlicott? So sorry to have given you so much trouble. Thank you. Good morning.' No, I won't! I can't let it end like that. Wilfrid shall coma for them himself, of course. I'll tell this ruau so. He shall come tomorrow niorn- "My dear Gilbert, don't you think j ing. I'll receive him here, and we will that it is you who are ridiculous inst I say our last eoodbv. " now? ou silly fellow," she continued. drawing near him, "what does it matter to you if half the men in the room are in love with me when you know that I'm not in love with them? There, don't talk nonsense, and be off to your ride. " "Why dou't you come, too?" nsked her husband, ha!f mollified again. "I oh, no! Couldn't possibly spare the time, iai. Heaps of things to do and letttn to write! Goodby for the present, " And with a langhing farewell Fho tripped out of the room. The smiles, however, vanished as she j sank into a low chair in her boudoir and picked one note out of the heap ' that lay in her lap. Mrs. Conn's pretty J dimples disappeared and her brows con- '' tracted into a frown as she read: ! Ana Mrs. (orm s busy brain imme diately went to work with the mise en scene the gown she would wear, the attitude she would assume, the words sho would use ah, Wilfrid should re member that interview, she was telling herself, when the maid brought her a Dear Mks. Cokin Yon know, of course, that I am engaged to Hisd Eathl.t n Muyae. Don't yon thick tinder the circujustanci-s it would be better for you to return me jomo very fiKil ish effusions uf mine which you still have? I am rare you will the advisability of this and will be (food enough to give tha pat kiit to my friend Apph-garth, who will call upon you t 12 this mornin'. Yonrn sincerely. W. E. 1 snan 00 notning cr tlie sort, ' ex claimed Lucile when she had reread the letter for the third time. "Engaged to Kathleen Mayse, indeed 1 Engaged to her thousands, he ought to have said a horrid, plain, little, red haired thing without an idea in her head. It is per fectly disgusting, the things men will do for money, but I did think Wilfrid was different. I did believe in him at least " And she rose from her chair in dignantly. "Why, not a year ago, he was ready to blow his brains out because I would not marry him, and now" She finished her sentence with a dra lnatio gesture worthy of Du.se herself. A dangerous little person she looked as 1 she paced up and down the pretty bon doir. The fact was that Mrs. Corin wai suffering acutely from the complaint which in onr nursery days we called "dog in the mangernesa " Married before the close of her first season to a man whose hold on life and fortune was more unstable than any one had supposed, at 21 she was left a widow with an income which allowed mall margin for opera boxes or Pari sian toilets, both of which, with tout ce que s'en suit, were exceedingly dear to the little woman's heart Launched among a certain set, however, she was swimming with the stream to no very safe port when Gilbert Conn an elder ly banker came, saw and wag con quered. Some one says somewhere that there are no wedding bells which do not ring the knell of somebody's happiness, and certainly on Lueile's second marriage morning Wilfrid Endicott might well have been dubbed the "Knight of the Rueful Countenanca " He and the pret ty little widow had, for some time be fore Corin 's appearance upon the scene, been engaged in a very serious flirtation so serious indeed that when her elder ly suitor declared himself, and Lucile murmured the fateful "Yes, " she had a nearer approach to a qualm of con science than she had ever experienced. Without doubt had Wilfrid been soit- ' oard. "Show Mr. Applegarth in here. He bowed a littlo stiiiiy as he ad vanced, and certainly, if he was suITi r- : ing from nervousness, Lueile's manner ! was not calculated to reassure him. "Mr. Applegarth, will you be good f enough to sit down?" ; Tho yonng man took tho seat she in dicated, and began: "Endicott told mo that yon wnuld be kind enough to receive me, and" "May I ak what else Mr. Endicott 1ms thought fit to tell you?" Applegarth looked up in surprise ii was rather the tone one might uso to a presuming footman. "No doubt you are acquainted with the whole story," she continued loftily. "I am aware that there are certain letters of Endicott's in your possession, which he thinks you would be glad to get rid of, and as such things occasion ally miscarry in the poet ho fancied that the simplest way would bo for you to give tbem into my charge. That is all I know of or care for in tho matter. "Why did not Mr. Endicott come for them himself?" Applegarth suppressed a smile. "It would not havo been quite wise. wouia it.- tie is not, 1 believe, a regu lar visitor at your house. "Neither are you." "True; but I am also a total stranger. wuereas ne was 1 mean every one knows that you that is, " ho concluded hnrriedly, "as you were formerly ac quaintances comments might be made if he were seen doing so unusual a thing as calling upon you. 'Oh, is Miss Mayseso jealous, then?" The embassador became interested in a minute speck upon his coat sleeve, and made no reply. "Here are the letters," continued Lucile, after a pause, holding up the lit tle packet, ' but you can tell Mr. Endi cott from me that unless he comes for them himself they shall not leave my nanus "But, Mrs. Corin" "I am quite determined. Your friend can call upon me tomorrow morning at 11: JO. X shall be quite free then, and" "He cannot possibly do that" "Why not?" "He has to travel up to the north this evening with Mr. Mayse on business. and he is particularly anxious that" W bat can it possibly matter to him whether the letters remain with me a few days longer? Is he afraid that I may address them to Miss Mayse by mistake.' ' Applegarth 's hurried denial was a trifls too emphatic not to have a doubt ful ring about it, and Mrs. Corin was too keen not to notice it. He was afraid of her. Then he would put off the jour ney and come to her. "Let ma entreat you, Mrs. Corin, to reconsider the matter. It would make things so much easier for every one if you wonl.1 trust met Wou't yoil up the letter and let 1110 take them away?" "I havo already told you that I will give tlieei to no one but to Mr. Ku.li oott" nut" "My mind I made mi. Thank you very much for nil the Irouhlu you have taken, and t xenso 1110 f I must w ish you grtvl morning. I have tome Stop ping to do, Applcgntih rtwrt. "If yell would" ho began, when suddenly a man's voice suuuded with out. Mr. Con 11 I In the boudoir, you said?" 'My husband!" exclaimed I.ueilu in coiistetmuioii. " hut shall I do?" Applegiii th looked in nurprise at Iter hanged eoiiiitemtiict Wn the worthy banker A veritable. Othello that slit) np- jieured so nhirmed as she tiiod there, the letter still in her hand. A the han dle of the door turned she looked round wildly for some hiding plucu for them, and thou suddenly catching xlght of a pale green cardboard box, with a big gold "Liberty" painted upon If, she lung them hastily into if, jammed down the lid mid sank into a chair just us Mr. Corin appeared tut the threshold. "Lucile Oh, 1 beg pardon," he Uli-H, stopping us ho noticed Apple irth and glaiiii;; ut him with 101 air of suspicion. "I ill I net know that vuu were engaged, " he continued, address ing his wife, who win nervously llilgi t ing with lit r rings m a way that was anything I uf reassuring. "Havo i .ii.iturlh d you?" Applegarth stepped forward tjuiekly. "I was endeavoring t. persuade. .Mrs. Corin to purchase soma of our newly imported goods, " "then" "I urn a traveler rf Messrs. Lilierty &Co.,"ho colitiiineil bolilK, KCMing tho box, while Lucile g:ued at him with wide open eyes. "I see, "said Corin without relaxing his frtiwu. "You've come about the Turkishrmhroidcry, 1 suppose." "Exactly," replied Aiinlegarth promptly. "it seems t ) me that shopkeepers tlo quite enough in their showroom to in linett people to spend money uselessly without pestering them at home." "We only venture to call on our old customers, " explained the young man apologetically, "and really tins em broidery is so very beautiful. " "Yts, 1 dare say, " interrupted tho banker, "bat 1 particularly dislike that sort of thing. So gaudy mid" "Oh, excuse me, 1 assure you the col ors are most beautiful!' "My good man!" exclaimed Mr. Corin, checking what looked like a tend ency to display Ins wares, "it s quite useless. Mis. Coriu does not wish fol nuy of your embroidery. " "Oh, but 1 do, Gilbert,'' put in Lu cile anxiouslv. "I do very much." "There is a lovely strip lit re for i''O, " interposed Applegarth at random. "Twenty pounds!" cried the banker. "Tweuty pounds! Perfectly preposter ous. Certainly not. We don't want your embroidery; we won't have it, do you understand? Good moiling. " Good morning, replica the other quietly, taking up the bandbox. "Oh, bnt won't you leave the box?" cried Lucij ) hurriedly, "perhaps" No, no, take it away; I hate that sort of thing lumbering tip the place. " rtppn garni t'oweu, nnti tiie door ckseil ion him and tho box. Tho next moment Lueile's sob caused her hus band to turn toward her with ustouish meiit. "What i earth is the matter?" A fresh burst i f wet ping was hi only answer. "What's wrong, Lucile?'.' "You isrc so unkind to mo camo brokenly from behind the flimsy bit of embroidered muslin that did duty lor a handkerchief. "Unkind? Wiiat nonsense! Because 1 won t let you throw away money by handful on mere nonsense "It isn't nonseuso. Besides you al ways say that you never do anything to please 1110 now! "My desr child," he said soothingly as tbo littlo frame shook with hysteric al emotion. Oh, I know, you don't care about JUST MKK A WOMAN. THIS 13 WHAT A "BCAH OC A MAN" SAYS AOOUT LOCOMOTIVES. Iron lliirm Am freaky CrMtui-M anil full uf Wlilu N.uii nt Ilia til,l Tliln Thrjr t,-TIrjr Hrrttt to ll Innllnt'U Jttat I. llm Llva MurMW. That locomotive are freaky creature ml deserve classification it "Jiu" for lio one ever heard of 1111 engineer culling hi machine anything else N attested by William II, Criiwtoi'd, chief uf the constructing engineer' coriut of the Baldwin work. "It Until nil uncommon expression, " said Chief Craw foul, "to hear that mieh and such 11 Hung work w ith the regu larity of a machine, and one I not tnir prised when such a comparison i ituule, for imii'h'ncs urn supposed to work with mathematical regularity nud never to vary trout the uptttl or action to which they are set The locomotive, though, is a striking exception to (hi ruin. It seem decidedly eppused at times to a monotonously pcrloi t pi rforuiimcc of it work, and to rid itself of tho depiessing t'flcct of samencs it indulge in the most fanciful und inexplicable freaks, driving it muster into Nwildei lug wonder. To attempt to tell you all it ciii iou way would be a great an un dertaking us to tell why a woman doc thus and six In this respect there I a great similarity between locomotive and women. "No mm over heard of an engineer speakiugof hi machine, a 'he,1 and no BCCAM8 A THitr- WHILI INSANE. mm ever will unless It btcotnoa uioru submissive to reason or less iueliiiftl to net aivordiug to it own whim ami caprices. Thu uu eiigiiuvr must kuow hi engine before ho can manage ft lie urio-UHia liUiiliMMirM tnllnw tl Mflar". ul a I ioivli l' lun.ioi, Thl'tf Vein of lnipiloiinietil have lirtcd the clod rroiu tin' mind ' " KUiimwiil to be a I'lUiinioii hoi Ihb f. lull who 1 now I'l'Vritleil H IU, llel lt'll SMncer, fonueily 11 pronperou Loudon physician. A n climax to hi lining" NilvciitiirH (he Uiaiil uf pardon H ill be Ht mien petllloneil lor hi" releiiiMl from Uieeusleril 'tlltellll'liylll I Mil 1 11 ill I J ' ll 1 i tin Nrpt. Via. IUI, throe, linre wt'tu stolen I10111 the tiiblu of tl, W, Young ill 11 11 III tin 1 Ity '1 he thief wn easily tracked and tiiptiiril at Mount rie.tstint, I'a liu'leetlug III capture Nil ollleer WM shot III thu hip Mild Mil nltiei whs tvoiiuded III the arm. The liolni Hue) litul a gillilit wound til llm Mile, nud one Mini w it li' iu l" torn tlom the 101 ki t. lie wa (nought I'm k to VtlllHiiiNlt und lot ki.l in thiieouuly jail White In pi l-ioil lie Hindu half a iloci'U Ntteiopls to end III lite, lie wit !Mid III lleeelllU I', IMH, llllder lhi millieol lleflnll Spellt er Ihttw III, Wit convicted and m 11I1 m t d I" Hit pi'lilteli- t tit) y for i'j jeiir. Uetoie eit w-t piononui 11I II wn pretty coin In sivelv hliown tluil (it tin' II11100I Ins trial the man was Iinoino. lie Iiuh hh-iiI over two year in pilsnii, und until tlm tlmt of the present tear lie showed no change in In t'hiiiiii t r or iietii'iii. Then Clime a sudden and lult ling de velopment. The fiiudf nun d thief, who hud shown so imiiiy lt,u et liismnlv uud whose bungling iilteuipt to steal tim e Inn set w an t imil v overt hriowi, showed iim uf reluming teti.1.11 Ouieklv Huso siutixuiiittii'lletl, and luov the prisniier. m fittingly a rlet tly tn I101111I 111,01, niitiouui t hi lil 'iitily. lie I not lleihfit 'p-tn er Ibirwlu, but I'r. Ileilt rl Spencer, IIim uiiio IoHuhoouiI' try in Is'1" 1 1 It fui.oiitl in eiish, He in- cannot mount a cab in which he hit i tended to . ate in tho C11it. il Mutes. never sat before and obtain goml work, j Soon after liiHiirnval his lulnd be lli! must becomo familiar with It hah-j eiiinii a blank, and lien-calls inuhliiu it and wiivs, and whenever hn change j Umi ims Imppeuisl Die meanwhile, engine he has to begin all over again. (Through tho pi inti utility oi'.lclal lie Eiigim t rs do imt like to go out on any ! learned w lu te l had U eu tried mid other engine. They never gain complete j eonvn led, Sulii, til pr.t t li In en mastery over anv, but nnproaeh it nearer when they have been 1.11 one for , soniti time. Tin seems strange, In view j of thu fact that there are so few lever I to lie controlled to manage a bs'innotlve, The only parts of the ui.e hum necessary ; to Ih) touched to move 1111 engine fur- ! ward, back it or bring it ton stop are the j throttle, thu revero lever uud tho air- 1 brake. The throttle is the controller of the main valve, which admit or shut ! off stcuui to tint cylinder. The reverse j lever run over a semicircular bur of j iron, iu which thtro am several notches When this lever is thrown open, the en me now. Yoa think I'm silly and friv olous and" "I think you the sweetest little goose in the world," he ejaculated us ho drew ber hands away from her face and look ed into a pair of blue eyes that possessed the rare and enviable quality of looking all the prettier through a few tears. gllio Will move forwaril. To reverse It tho reverso lever i thrown hark ward. Tho only other lever necessary to he used govern the brake 'i. "Like horses engines seem to know who holds the reins. An engineer on mi engine not hi own is ut uu utter loss wlmt to tin if it begin playing tricks, one of tho most common uf which i running uway. Tho engineer will get out of tho call, having the machine standing quietly and submissively a can be, when of a siiddun it start along the tr;;ck nt top speed und generally' keeps on running until steam is exhaust- j ed unless it run into uno'lo e train and 1 is brought ti it sudden stop, Just why I engines do tin it t mystery. How the I throttle opens itself or how it can run i with tint throttle closed is beyond the: knowledge of engine, r. but they do it 1 and sometimes play lutvoe too. j "Another trick is foaming. Without ! warning t lit water 111 the boiler will ; mgin ru main, mm n-ste.-el of general iir stnani will bubble like 11 teakettle. Ibis can bo remedied, though, by tak ing 11 new supply of water. It U an old trick for discharged employees and dur ing strikes to have a piece of soap drop ped in the boiler to produce this ell'ect. Often, too, it will go lame.' This hap pens when the eccenfrio is slipped or it does not cough' properly. The eccentric work on theaxltiof tlm main driver, and often Hut outer ring will slip and fall on tho axle. As they work the steam chest, the supply is cut ot. when nun of them slips, and the engino come to a standstill. 'Coughing' is not the result of a cohl, but i the c!ischiii-L"it uf rim gathered, H i hi rn, to i stul.loh Hie truthfulness or llr, Spencer'tu lain: that he wiet Insane w hen lie stule the hoiset himI le al ly ever since. l'i lends will use every etlort pimslblu to have lite lie tot til unlit prisoner ml tree. -Williitmspoit ll'u.l IHspiltl'h AMtmCAN IN CUKOI'C. I Til tatsllsh ItitliltiM- W Making rrepar. t linn to l-aitrr inIii Mnitt of t 1 III r, j Already lite Inilieulioii are that more j American are coming to l.nruM- tlo ! year tlnin ever iH-tore. The proprietor of j the principal hotels in London itr rejolc j Hit; over tlm bu t Unit they have ren-ived 1 iii'ire Mpplu iiti.tu for 11p.1t tioeuls dtir ! in:: llm nfiisiui tiom nil potts of n," United State tiuiti at mi cully a date In any previous vein. It their ejitf tious nr iitilultllleil, it will lie a dismal tiiim lor ti e English Ismifuee, or the Iwst of them found the balance on the wre'it; side of the ledger last year, and America i the sole Impe for tiiiinv of them One thing only It wn feared j might cheek tint exoilns, uud Unit dun ! gel I probably over. Most of the steam 1 ship Hue 1 1 1 in ! mime advance In lirt cla lute last sens.. 11 tu imtieipatloii of Voi Id fair tiaiel, It proved to he tln most iniprolihiblii tear for a buig tune. Tlio ru enl eotifereiieit of muiiuger ,,f thu principal hues dlcusii the point uiicieially, but tho iitiiiiiigi rs were nl most iiiiionuiMiis in oppiising n furthi r advance. Tito iigeiit rei oguize tluil tin- bulk of Aiin-riean stiuiun r liun-l compris. clei -gyim-ii, HeliiHilt-aeher inel other liitving modeiale salaries uud hmg va ciittiius. A heavier tax would kit p llieiii at home, h i further iirgm-d that liiese eliisse rutin r profit than sutler by tho It.ird tunes, so it is expected that travel this year will bo iiiiuiiiilly large. Loudon Lettel. WANTS TO CE CUT UP. steam from the cylinder after it has been used. Thorn ought to bo four 'coughs' to every revolution of tho tlrivini wheels, but when the valve choke it will 'cough' only once or twice, anil tho relief is a largo tlose of oil. One of tho oddest freak of uu en- glue is jumping. I do not mean to tell "No, you don't," and a big drop that of tho wonderful tales of eugitie lean- had trembled ou the eyelashes fell with a splash upon his hand, and Lucilo knew by experience that tho battlo was won. Vou never let mo have my own way. Is it about tho ball toni-'ht?" ho asked coaxiugly. "I didn't mean it, of course. It isn'tthat," shosaid, with a shake ing across canyons when bridges wero gone, but frequently when running at a high rate of spend, if some small ob struction is met, 011 the track, tlmengino will jump 10 or 12 inches and dron squarely on the rails again. Them are a few of the ailments a locomotive iu subject to, and they begin as soon us it leaves tho shop and continue until it is of the head, and only half yielding to consigned to the junk pile. " i'hiladitl urn encircling arm. pnia Inquirer "surely you vvouJdn t cry about tho embroidery, darling?" I did want it so much, and" "You silly child! Well, dry the tears. You shall have it. We'll send after the man at onoe. He can t havo got very lar, or 1 11 go round to Liberty's myself. Will that do? Before Lucile could answer, however, the maid appeared at tho door holding the fateful green box. "Please, madam, the gentleman said that perhaps the box had better bo lift till the firm's cart called for it. " 'There, isn't that lucky?" said Mr. Corin as he smilingly placed the box on his wife lap. "Now you ve got all yoa want. But having taken out every separate piece of embroidery several tiiiios Mrs. Corin did not think it so lucky. Hhe found that sho had by no means got all she wanted, and while she aied with rage Wilfrid Endicott and hi friend shouted with laughter. Of snch con trast is our little life composed. Lou don Truth. I'lillaili-lpliia Droll. In Philadelphia we havo wlmt in known a tho "Philadelphia broil," which, by tho way, is not a broil nt nil Tho oyster are cooked after tho follow ing fashion: Uram the oysters; put the lionorover tho fire; boil und skim it; for each 20 oysters allow a tablospoonful of butter, which pnt in a saucepan and brown: add tablesiKiouful of browned flour: then add a half pint of the ovster limior which has been boiled und skimmed; stir the mixtnre until boiling; add half a teaspoonful of salt, 2 tablesnoonfnls of sherry and a tablesp.xmfnl of paprica Turn all this info a double boiler ami add a teaspoonful of "Kitchen Hon. quot. " Havo very hot an ordinarv nukn griddle; brush it lightly with butter; throw on a few oysters at a time. As soon as they brown and curl turn and throw them at onco into tho saucepan, mid so continue until all the oysters are broiled. Thu griddle must lie verv hot or tho juice ot the oyster will nr event the bruwiiin. Household New. Tlirrc' .Mi.iiry ln.l.li- II It.,. Iln Tliloka, 1:. till- u MrmiKi, IiUciikk. A pisirly dressed old man walked Into thu reception ollieeiit llellevnn Itospittil uu; outer iitiernistii ami suiprised Hid clerk by hauling thick roll of green hack out of olieof his iMicket. Ilttful lowed till up by taking uioru bill out el the lining ot Ins hut. 'It nil mine," ho Htt ii gleefully. nun 1 snow vvuero 1 can get mure. lie said he whs lieriiard llergeii, mi yin olil. a petldler: thct hit hud been all over the world, and that 1... i,,,i uioicy to hum III tell you how tt is." lie went on, "I decided Inst night to become it mi,r tVI to iiteill. al science, I have discoy- eieu 1 11,1 1 iniiveit siriingeiltseiise which nas never lieen lien rd of hetore. When thu doctor cut liiuup, they'll ,,aril none thing ' A doctor pronounced the old peddler crazy ami committed ,i, ( thu j,IN,IM, pavilion. In ,i K ket were foun, -" " '"I "nil a handhil o small change,. He refused to tell where hugot thu money. 'When they ,.,,1 ,,, ,, n n,!,,.,! "you II find a lot morn. " lio said he hail no friends, und that all people wanted wn to get nway bis money. New Vork Press. To hv tin, Speculator The bishop of Loudon ha ordered hi clergy to make a special effort during Lent on iM-half of the worldlings uf tho Stock Kxchiingo and Lombard street who ceitamly need a spiritual awaken ing a much a the injur east end. The lushop's scheme include midday w.rv. lei-s at various ancient citv cbnr. i,... anil a business is very slack they have ut.-ii so i.tr wen Httendeil. I ne stock produce brokers regard the m ,.. hsu remarkably f,Imiv j()k(.UI11j consider it their duty to help it ,m(, On Ihiinulay during a dull interval on tho Stock Kxehungesoinelssly si,gg,sst,., a specinl mission c.n behalf ,,f tm. ,,, of the bucket shop kcc,.r. whereat t .er.wn much fUtbusias.u.-Loudou Cable. AMNMM'MNT IW HIS ATTtMPT TO OtScHmg 4 TIGHT IN I1IN0 VtllNACuUK, Tha Hrlil t riiliin.it a mii, (aiuilit a -Tha ftuwl.,, mai J aiieisM.,1 In AiMsarli l'wl,,h,('J Ilia 1,1111a llnt' Itliia 1arlr, A pteai hcr lohl lid utoryai, tllng ttiipperi'll tho Ninth Kl.h, n,. rvt-niiiKi "I wa rldiiiK nlong 'iiiitryy lieur lllisuiilnglon," lot filltl, oj liotlctsl a uroiiptif p l,,,,, 1 Tin in M il n lai(tt t.. .j,,,, ) lulil' t of the Hock, nud at tun,,,, .i,-rr..- s, III II, III IIIM.,,, but stanillng a lilt lit nt ttiut i,0( w ' thiul ram. Tlm Iwo ram i,t t-,i..' had 14 falllmt out ulnott wimr-ii,!, ' else they lunl imiiiii In mIIh t a (,1 ly t nUlest lili'h Wit lite Imtier Ham Na !l seemed to tm m-iinff nr jiidgi', umpire what tin y..a ril . , Heferee? Ye. I lull 'a It, th tnnUn Mil the leleioo. lloll't kt.iw Bttd Vtllilf ni!f lli Hieelinn link Idji-m, 1. may have lfi t,luei tislwrt y or Ihae m Yon -i I inn imt tip to (in wi ti,in?Zi lutiiti'i . "When nil the prell 111 loan., in ranged and both couifstani tiM cautliilied app ileltllv llutt thetn,,h I 'fouling' I think I luiva that Word lit llio lteWspaer lvn,,r ly, und then furtt I supiawit it I tii t Wind to 110 in linn conni,itii eaeh backed nil' to tlm farthest hunt, of the circle, which, by llm vrtV a K'pi.trid circle, The It fi rm nt,, out of the xvi y. ami llm r.nu .tkJem Murd tuell othil-. When t,,r i, y j eaitie tugi ther, llierewasit terrtllr- nb, 1 Slid the foti e i f the ctilteiiwlii llmr ' Hit 111 u far apart ft Ihw li-ngih of Dm I table, " All thi'i;u -: lis ked tbr full Imitli of tbo labia frmii the pa lutt flovtet, u one end to tho b nlc's r.tl," l'i !a In pc ts vtive, und then ul iht pru-Vr in the lot. i. l!o tlislltliee, but ttily lUi.Vthltig, "Thin," t'outinucd tbo po-vdr, "tin y t.Hil; !e-;r p! sei-s. Bimrf!itly ,m thewotsii fir the eiiciiuincr At,.ou, eti tleuilyitt a pre-oiiii'iifil s'giml (rout ! refeti. they dasheil tegothfr. Ttilvlinw the slink wa even inure teiTitie Ilia tint flr-t , nud I lint iced 1 Imt astmeuf tlflll Weill btf k III It!" till. Mh.it tin llu'Vcall It, coilii-r f lum n litiUtaa, aleiulv oil lit legs " "(in y.;y '." vi -111 tired the bride, "1 Isdieve that 1 lliu In hlitcul li-rttl," replnsl tint preacher, "nUlenig!i. I havo lutiiiittfi-tl, I urn not at ail bitiillmr with sHir; ng phriiMHiliyy, when Haw wa calli"! fur the third round tiltem tlutt is, i tucail tus iywlieii llniri: had tivovci-i-d tn tiglh for a third ! Iisioii thi re wa another tBh, crsiult, and one of the ruin, tlm tin you mt iiptly ilissi TiU'd a 'groggy' (with an uckiiow letlgmeiit to i!, hrido fell kt hi knee. Hm adversary tint uolim-nt inclined to follow up hi advantage, hut p issibly li may havo been retrained by ll. e rule of tiie inert ing. At any rate, fie rt'oittc mpl,iting lsi fallen f giovtt. ly fir 11 moi ii-nl b walked Kick lohl place. Tli other lam. ufii r rwrtiufl brieily. i.iruglis to In fii. Thnthira rai t the i-t. 1. I have calhd thwrefenn liKikt-d ut Inmr.iihtr inqniringly, iu II si i-incd t 1 me, but thu Wiirnur ulsiw. ed n is!f;'ii f r.s-i griltlon. Ho amhint to liis Mile t'f the nng und faced about. A luuruiur of sumo anrt seemed togi lliioti .di 1I10 ll,'k. The mid wem ap parently :t tu 1 iu favor of Ibetitlier nun that i 1 t 1 say, it n cnn d to l0 tlm K' nerai 1 piiiimi that tho rani w ith tlm Weak klut bad U-n ti!ilcl.is.il. 11 tin) other i nn Wii tbs iiledlv t'.ti heavier ti the two "lluivever. the unalli r rani wetued to havu wonderful reou'rtitivit pnvver. When tho prnju-r interval bail i'laiil, he tame up smiling, u;t it worn. 1 ffvwt thought I imihl si ta tw inkle in hi rye, for 1 was tpn t clt wo to tlm fence, atnl tin thing took phi'ti only a little dm tuneeyvt uy. A thu rcfotee tep'd lack from the cenier of Mm rim, where lie kepi hi position between the meetings, the other two ram drove ut each titbit pelltnell. At the very instant wht'B their hard horns would have met, how ever, ihc smaller ram suddenly chiingiii lilcoiiii,o to the right, ami the other went through tho rank like 11 catapult. ".lust a ho tinned iibout, evidently boiling ever with Indignation at tlm trick which had l'on pluvetl tin him. tlm other one, with the adth'il force given by it longer run from one sideof the cir cle to a point several feet outside tif it, where tlm larger ram' momentum had carried him, shot at him like a cannon tu 11, striking hint full iu the face and driving him several feel nwav. where ho lay limp and helpless. The third ram, who was promptly on the sit, a I suppose every ctmi-lciit referee should be, uiHlded hi bend several times in deed It listkeil to mo a if he wa count ing and then tint ful It 'ii ram failing to rise the whole flm-k marched away to ward a knoll in nnoiher part of ll'" meadow with tho victorious ram at the head. Presently the defeated ram got on hi f,.,.. ttli timibi bo, wnv tu a se- hided spot down by a little run, where saw him ris-liniior in tlm slitide of largo willow treo H I rmlu away. " iv 1 1 . . . t "inn uu interesting stiuiy nn'unii iiismry in, H!,, .,, ,rj('M grandmoth er a she adjusted her glasses. "It i indued," said thu uroom's fa ther, coughing Is'hinil hia napkin. Chi cago Tribune. An Irl.h stuilrnt'a Ilrply. All Irish student, who somo vears ago nttended ini universily of Ktlinhiiigh, calhtl upon one of the most ndobraletl tea her of the German flute, tlesiring to know on what terms he would give him u few lison. The flute player in formiil him that lie Kenerally charged guinea f,,r the first month and I Ruuma for the neeonii. "Then, by mj ul," replieij tlm ourni'of Hiririisl. 'I II count iu lbs Mooiiil uijilt "