fi:-:i,vi!. wtnrl ntlii ttH'l tivi nsrtiiiiiT tuiit autumn ks not too drcj'S from hit i I i t 14 not Use iret from her -' ' -i than I tn f;in J guiil of in j bright halt . jr (ho winds on their becl-wings me tc ti st Is friends with me. -And . r -1 rrn i mo to wound or chwrs f- hj ir c , hi and found of song t-ttrr war trwui'io roe: I can hear i.ut Tho w ind g loud laugh, and the sibilant, rrr.r, Luiied rt::tof the rain through the sapless 0 rare, near davn, ye are here aim In! 1 ul vmyeu maldensare wooed of men ith oatua lurgxiuen and broken creed I Tie ""in"! nrt l-ck for the sun's fierce shtnlnfr he aoiitdf n y hair will 1 make ye (fittd! I r i our r- on n, red forcers trlve no repining H ro n-e mv I r: will yo still be sad? O ntm t e. con lot t ye, days of cloud, 1h s m fhannw, of wrath, of blast 1 a ho love ye am ootne at last, I.at:go to welcome me, cry aioudl For wild mm I an thy winds and rains Free to come and to fro as they; Love s moon fwsvs not the tides of my veins: Thre is no voiee that can btd me stay. Out and away on the drenched, brown lea! Out to the great, triad heart of the yearl Nothing to jrrleve for, nothing to fear; Fetterless, ia leas, a maiden tree! Ameiie Rives, in Harper's Magazine. VKKY PRECIOUS. 'I did not givo it to him! He stole it owt of the mother's album. He did! he did! he did!" The speaker's voice rose with each repetition and her cheeks jrot redder and redder. I must know better than you, Rosie." "Oh, of course; you do not call it pivirr. but I do. l"ou were standing by, 1 suppose, when he took itP Your eyes were cast down and yon put your ruost becoming pout on? And now that Tom Ciichton, with his ten thousand a year, falls in love with you and wants to marry you, you are afraid that poor Geoff Hamilton will show him your photograph and talk about your silly letters and make mis chief. You incorririble little, flirt. It would serve you right to be treated as you have treated others. How many men have you made fools of, I won der? A dozen?'' The speaker spoke sarcastically; her hearer was be "-inning to erv. The girls were sisters, says a story ' teller in the London World", both young, both pretty and charming; but Letty, the vtmnger, was a lovely, brainless little iiirt- The eider, Rosalind, had plenty of brains, but scarcely experience enough to enable her to use them ju diciously. She was a brilliant creat ure to look at warm-hearted and im pulsive to a fault. There is nothing she would not do or dare for one she loved, and she dearly loved her be witching little sister, and rejoiced with ail her heart when the genial, jrood-iookinjr young "squire," Tom Crichton, whorame into the neighbor hood to take possession of an unex " pected inheritance, fell in love at first tsight with Letty and proposed to her airer a week's acquaintance. But Tom was a quick-tempered, jealous young fellow, and he had al ready spoken his mind to Miss Letty about her love of flirtation. She promised to mend her ways, but it was more than she could do to keep her promise when temptation came in alluring guise. ... Mireford was a garrison Vrwny ai one of the gallant Dashshire regiment, Geoffrey Hamilton by name, had quickly succumbed to the fascination of the younger of the two daughters of the widowed Mrs. Maitland, who lived in a pretty cottage on the Lon don road about half a mile or so from Mireford. It was in vain that Rosa lind warned the heedless young co- that she was treating poor young Hamilton disgraceful ly. But in good truth the young man was very well able to take care of himself. He was not very deeply wounded; but as soon a3 Crichton appeared upon the scene he made up his mind to punish Miss Letty, if possible, for her tricks by pretending to be broken-hearted and desperately jealous. He was, however, sufficiently in love to be able to put a fair amount of ser iousness into his reproaches, and when he flatly refused to give up the photo graph Letty h-d given him and one or two absurd little notes she had writ ten to him and a glove he had pur loined, the silly girl was thoroughly frightened and. firmly persuaded that "Tom" would hear all about it and break off his engagement. Had Rosa lind but known how slightly Hamil ton's heart was touched she would 4 iave quickly laughed Letty out of her fright; but when the girl solemnly as sured her that Geoff was bo much in love and so angry and jealous that she knew he meant to have his revenge the sensible elder sister forgot that she was not living in a melodramatic age, and, moreover, she quite over looked the fact that Hamilton, being a gentleman, it was not likely that he would act as if he were a cad. - So, on the whole, things were look ing very serious when, for the fiftieth time atleast, Rosalind tried to make her sister confess whether she had given Geoff the photograph, or wheth er he had taken it from Mrs. Mait land's album. She had her own opin ion on the subject, so it was really waste of time to cross-question the naughty bttle girl, who was anxious to keep peace between the old love and tiiernew. "I think you are very unkind, Rosie," she said at last; "and if you do not believe me, how can I expect Tom to do it?" "I do not expect Tom to do it! You talk as if believing in you were a gym nastic feat. I know what I should do in Tom's place if another man told me he had a photograph of the girl I meant to marry, and gloves and things " "He has only one glove and no things!" interrupted Letty, whimper ing. "Don't exaggerate; and I gave Tom two photographs one sitting and one standing and he bas heaps and heaps of letters." I hope the spelling is all right." I hope so. He is not much of a speller himself." 'He spelt 'adored' with two d's the other day My addored one. It looked so funny." "Mr. Hamilton is away just now, is he not?" Rosalind asked presently. .--""Yes. He went to his sister's wed ding. I wish it was to his own." "He does not live in the barracks, I think?-' "2no; he has rooms in Diamond Cres cent, No. 15, and Gerard Townsend lives with him." "He is the womaaJiating person who is reading for something and never goes out? And now I suppose you are going to write to your 'addored' Tom? I am going out , for a walk. "-s'And won't you advise me how to get back my photograph? I wish I had not given it to him." "O, so you did give it!"" "I am afraid I did," sighed Letty. "But he begged so hard and said he . hainever cared enough for any girl skBk for her likeness before. V "Poor fellow! But he must firive it np. Now go and write your fetter." And Rosalind ran out ox the room. About an hour later a young lady With a mackintosh on her arm knocked at the door of 15 .Diamond Crescent. She had evidently been walking fast. for her cheeks were glowing and her eves were bright. "This is awful," she said to herself, ! vr.r on ti e ii.- U . A eh il-lookhij ' woman opened it, "Are are the geullenieii at home?'' the visitor asked. "I mean is Mr. Townsend at home? I ant his sister, and he expects me, I think." "Oh, walk in ma'am, if you please. Mr. Townsend told me you were not coming until to-morrow. He is out just now, but your room is quite ready. Have you no luggage, ma'am?" The visitor muttered something about the station as she went into the hall. "Please show me into the sitting room," she said; "I can wait for my brother there. No, thank you; no tea Is this the room?'' "Yes, ma'am. The gentlemen has this between them. Mr. Hamilton is coming back unexpected this evening. He was telegraphed for, as there Ts some talk of tho regiment leaving at once." "What is that noise?" the visitor asked. , "Rain, ma'am. It's a thunder show er, I think. It always makes that noise on tho roof of the verander. It's well you was under cover, ma'am." Rosalind gave a sigh of relief as the door at last closed behind the land lady. "Now, if by a stroke of good fortune I can commit my felony and get away before my brother come9 In what an extraordinary thing that he should bo expecting his sister. I sup pose (glancing at a cabinet photo graph on the chimneypiece) that is the man himself. Why. he must be 40 at least! Now, 1 wonder where Mr. Geoff keeps hi9 treasures. In a drawer, of course; but which drawer? I do not half liko rummaging among the poor man's possessions, but he brought it on himself. .V She presently came upon a packet neatly tied up with red ribbon and sealua. She pinched it. It evidently contained a photograph, for she felt the cardboard, and there was some thing Soft that might be a glove; and surely those were withered flowers that craekled as she pressed them! And the more lumpy inclosures must be letters. Should she untie the rib bon and break the seal. But time was passiug and there was really no neces sity. Then she turned the packet over and found an inscription that settled the question. In a man's writing were the wonts: "L.'s likeness and letters. Very precious." "Poor Geoff! Poor, dear fellow! How devotedly he loves her! I am so sorry for liim. 'Very precious,' he calls them." Rosalind murmured. "But precious or not, I must rob him of them. We cannot lose Tom. I wonder what Letty will say when she sees them? Now, I wish 1 were safely out of this. I must write the tiniest scrap of a note and leave it for poor, dear Geoff." She closed the tlrawer, put the packet in her pocket, and wrote hastilv on a half sheet of paper, "L.s sister lias taken what you have no right to keep against her will." She had just addressed the envelope when she heart! steps on the stairs; in another moment the door was opened and a handsome young man came in. "How awkward!" thought Rosalind. "But I must keep up the character of lownseud s sister. t ho in the world is he?" The new-comer stood still and stared at her. She was the prettiest girl he had seen for many a day. She made him a little bow. "I am Mr. Town send's sister," she said, "and I expect him every moment; he not expect me until to-morrow. Did not the landlady tell vou I was here? "She she she did!" the young man gasped. "11 hit a donkey he ts!' thought merciless Rosalind, quite at her ease. although she had just been robbing; a drawer. "I wonderif vou would mind SToine to look for my brother?" she said aloud in the sweetest manner. "It would be so very kind. It is awk ward to be here all alone with people coming m. bhe gave him a little smile to indicate that he was one of the people. "I have to go to the sta tion for mv luggage" (what dreadful stories I am telling! she added to her self); then aloud, "and, perhaps, by the time I come back he will be here." "Oh, you will come back, will vou? But it's raining cats and dogs! lou'll be drenched." Oh, dear, no! I have a water proof," and Rosalind took up . her cloak. "Thank you," as the young man rushed forward and put ,t round her shoulders. "And you will go and find Gerard for me," she said, turn ing to him with the sweetest Binile. There was the slightest possible hesi tation before she said the name. He noticed nothing but the beauty of her eyes. " thank you very much! tone was gone before he recovered himself, and when Geoff Hamilton came into the sitting-room at No. 15 a few minutes later he found his friend Townsend hanging out of a window. "Hallo, Gee!" he said, "what's np? You look dazed. Seen a ghost?" "No; bnt the prettiest girl in the world She was here. She said she was my sister. She asked me to go and look for myself, while she went to the station for her luggage." "Then she'll be back?" "Not she! She turned the other way." "J. hen who in the world is she. and what brought her hert?" "I suspect you know all about that. you rascal! She's one of your army of martyrs, I take it." "Rubbish! I am the inartvr. What's this?" He had picked np Rosalind's note from the writing-table. G. Hamilton, Esq.' Now for the heart of the mystery." He opened the note and read it. Then he threw himself into a chair with a very red face. Then he laughed. Then I am afraid he swore. Meanwhile Rosalind, with her heart thumping half with fright and half with trinmph, was speeding home ward. She flew to Letty's room and found that young person on her bed reading a novel. "There!" Rosie cried, throwing down the packet, "never say again that I am not your best friend. There are your letters and your photograph, and all the keepsakes you gave that poor, dear man from time to time; and you ought to be ashamed of yourself!" "What!" cried unabashed Letty. "Did he give them upP He is a darl ing." "No," answered Rosalind, calmly; "I stole them." "Oh, you dear delightful darling! How sweet of you! Poor boy, how sorry he will be. But what fun. What is this written outsideP L.'s likeness and letters. Very precious." Poor, dear Geoff, how fond he is of me." And she gave a little sentimental sigh. "Had you not better open the thinp: and see if you have them all right?" said practical Rosie. "Here, cut the knot." No sooner said than done. A cab inet photograph fell out, then a piece of deep crimson ribbon, a few faded flowers, and two or three notes. This is such a good likeness Tom had bettr have itv' said Letty, as she took up the picture, which had fallen face downward on the bed. "Look, Rosie!" Rosie looked, and, behold, it was a likeness of a tall, handsome girl, who bore not the slightest reseml-iance to handsome little Letty. Beneath was written in a firm a.nd dashing woman's hand the one word "Louie." The sisters looked at one another with blank faces. A glance at the notes revealed the same dashi nor hand. "."o yoiti e not un u, , a made a fool of myself aval V '-the man's drawer for nothing!" v v alind. "Oil, it I had but known. "- "Never mind, dear," said Letty; "I am sure I don't. But I wish 1 fenew what he sees to admire in that black woman. Just puck her up aud send her back to him." A tap at the door interrupted them. It was a maid to announce that Mr. Townsend was in the drawing-room. Ha wanted to see Miss Maitland for a few minutes on business. He had a message and a little packet to deliver. "Tell Mr. Townsend I ara directly," said Rosalind. coming "Oh, Rosie, do 3-011 mind?" cried Letty, as the maid went out. "He has sent my picture, I suppose, and he wants his black woman back. Tell him we think her frightful. Are you sure von do not mind seeing him?" "Not in tiie least." said Rosalind. I saw his likeness in their sitting-room, and he is plain aud elder!-. Give me those things and trust to my ingenuity to get myself out of the scrape. J. he ft cannot say much wiien thev know was another girts photograph I car ried off." And jnst as she was in her muddy little boots and with the wlud-blown untidy hair she went down stairs; and it still Is and it ever will remain a mystery what those two said to one another when they stood face to face. But Geoff got back his precious packet and Letty got her photograph. She gave it to Tom forthwith and he was delighted. She is now Mrs. Crichton. Hamil ton was finally captured by a pretty young widow. I do not know what became of "Louie," but Rosalind mar ried Gerard Townsend and he still thinks she is the prettiest woman in the world. AFRICAN BARBARITY. They Kill Men Jut for th Somatlmrs. Fob of It "I had the pleasure of witnessing a negro execution once." said r J. Glave at the Sherma? House recently. Mr. Glava has jnst returned from Alaska, where he has been exploring the interior, but for the six years prior to that he was in the Congo country with Stanley. "I had the pleasure of seeing this execution and of knowing that 1 wasn't strong enough to stop it, I was allowed to witness it only on the condition that I and my companion should be nnarmed. But for that I should hare shot the chief and the exe cutioner. Afterwards I did have forces enough to prevent it, and for two years there weren't any wanton killings. The missionaries have the place now and the slaughter is going merrily on. Soft words won't stop it. It take9 something more than that to iuit the fear of God iuto those blacks. Jut I am drifting away from my story. Some old women of influence had died and accordingly, to celebrate the oc casion, a slave had to be sacrificed. He was lashed fast in a kind of a seat and a pliant stem about fifteen feet long stuck into the ground near him. The top of it was bent over and tied fast to his head, so that his neck was as taut as a fiddle-string. That was the first time 1 had seen them use one of their soft iron knives, and I expect ed to see the poor fellow's neck hag gled into rags, but I heard only a click when it struck the bones of the spinal column, and the man's head shot away like a pebble in a sling. A fountain of blood spurted from his neck, and the body worked and twitched exactly as a chicken does when its head is cut off. The head when picked up was chatter ing its jaws and rolling its eyes. "It's awful, the amount of killing that goes on in Africa. A tribe will make up a party and go out to make captives in an adjoining village. They wait until after night and then fire up on the village until its defenders are killed. They take the rest of the folk and make slaves of them. Some are killed for the mere fun of killing them, some are slaughtered to be eaten, some for sacrifice, and others die from cruel treatment. About five out of every six captives taken die by violence. As a consequence interior Africa is being rapidly depopulated. One may go for hundreds of miles and not see a roan, but may note the charred stumps which mark where villages have once been." Chicago Tribune. CUPID AS AN EDITOR. Baalnraa Being I)ntl, He Reaorta to the Cae or Printer's Ink. Here, according to the Memphis Avalanche, are some advertisements that appeared in a matrimonial paper in that town: "Ott the market! A blue-eyed blonde of nineteen and 135 pounds, who will be a sweet girl graduate in June, and whose father makes 100 bales of cotton, would like to be pre pared for some fun as soon as school days are over. You need not write unless you are handsome, for I will not marry an ugly man. Now, boys, if you write and send stamp and your picture and this ad,' you will either get it back or a nice letter from a pretty southern girl. Come, come, come, the summer now is here. A farmer who does not use tobacco, liquor or gamble desires "correspond ence with pretty ladies of neat form, good disposition, good housekeepers, good singers and religiously inclined. Presbyterians preferred. "Well, gents, why not try on a little brunette of eighteen sparkling sum mers? Would like to correspond with a number of young gentlemen and re ceive some nice letters. Now. boys, please put in your best licks and write and find out all about me. Every one that writes and sends a stamp will truly receive a prompt reply. The first will receive a photo of myself. My object is matrimony. Write soon; papa don't care. "Look here, boys! Here is your chance. I am a jolly little postmis tress, having a very good educatiou; height five feel and weight 107 pounds; I have a fair complexion, light blue eyes and light hair. I wish to corre spond with several 3-oung gentlemen of good character and some means, be tween the ages of eighteen and twenty six. "Here, boys, I am your hollyhock! Am twenty years old. weight 118 pounds, dark hair and eyes, form per- rect, good-looking as most of girls and am in for fun. Will answer all letters containing stamp. "Here vou are. boys! A little Mich igan beauty, raven black hair, pearly teeth, rosy, kissable two lips. Venus like figure and the temper of an angel when I have my own way. For further particulars apply at head- quarters. Write One, write all." Sons of Italy. une or me most notable features in the development of the manufacture of shoes is said to be the number of Italian immigrants who become members of the craft. About 7.000 shoemakers are employed, and a 25 per cent iucrease during the year has made the propor tion ot Italian shoemakers nearly one half of the whole number. This influx of labor has made work unsteady. It is largeJv piece-work, but the nominal price and hours of labor have remained the same. Jen hours is a day s work. The average return for a week has oeca f id; girts receive $4 and fd a week. This spring work was especial ly slack, ihe shop associations pre sent the striking anomaly of being up held by the employers and unpopular witn many employes. Tho MUhlnff Hoat." Soft winds olerh out from a minllt ltenvon. titi'en 11 V f wiikIi low on a trii tuning strand, rr bouts (lilit in a the fimm In driven. A little cimce, and they reach the luiul. Not all. A boatman who led at dawning-. When the fleet with the Hood tide went far and fant Has gone beyond night, or t ho noon, or th morningr. And nulled Into silence Told and vnBt. He was rrlnco of the wind, he was lord of the wster. Nor wave for tempest could make him mml I; In his bout he laughed when the billows fought her. And taut linet sang tn tho milling gale. A thousand times though the surfs white blM loir She bath Sown as tlflrht as the 8' a-blrds fly: How faroth It that such eraft Is mlpslng On a summer Be 'nvath a summer skyf What of the boat, and tho boat's brave master, Pall they In suntditne vrseud In rainf O shimmering sea, thou dost pledire disaster lu 1 all h lees anchor and broken chntu. O slphlng sea, doth no late relontlnir Thrill and throb through thy cruel tide. When thy flotsam wnketh to low lamenting M hlte-halrvd mother and rosy bride? In the checkered web that the Fates tit wear ing. There Is irold for love, there Is gray fur los; And ape hath heart-break and yi.uth hath grieving. And the crown ts crushed by a thorny cross. The e two who sit on the sands together. And hear In the surf-beat a funeral knell. They know what comes In tho summer wouther, They read the riddle the sea winds tell. "Ho was prince of the wlnd.ho was king of the water; His arm waa steel, as his heart was gold; But the white squall came like a wraith of slaughter. And his rase was run as a tale that la told." M. C. W., In Harper's Bazar. TIIE YACHTING TRIP. "No, indeed," said Thalia, giving her lace parasol a significant twirl; "you don't catch me marrying a poor mau. No oatmeal, old "shoes, and made-over gowns for ma. I'd rather die an old maid any day." "That is putting it very strongly," said her Cousin Dorothy, who was quietly hemming the edge of a surah sash for lhalia. "Uuce 1 heard you say that if you were not married at" 30 to"u would take a dose of laudanum." Thalia laughed, and tossed her pretty head till her ostrich plumes danced disdainfully. She thought there was no danger of her being driveu to a violent death. "I tell you what, Thalia." said Maud Dare, looking up from her chocolates and her novel, "you ought to make a dead set at that Gordon man. They say he is awfullv rich 1500,000. at least and he owns that pretty yacht down the inlet, too." "The Myosotis?" said Thalia, with growing animation. "Why. I didn't know that. Who told you? ' "Oh, I don't know," "Maud replied. carelessly. "You know dear, siuce I am engaged myself I don't pay much attention to these new men." Who is that Mr. Campbell?" Thalia went on. What Mr. Campbell? The one who was so sweet on Dorothy? Oh, they sav he is a bank clerk somewhere. He Is a friend 01 Mr. Gordon s, you know. I believe Gordon pays all his bills." 1 dou t believe It: said Uorothy, with sudden animation. "He is not that kind of a man at all. I don't know him very well, but I am sure he is too manly a fellow to to " Thalia burst out laughing and Dorothy paused. Dorothv, mv dear," she said in a patronizing way, "don't go and fall in love with a bank clerk, now please don't! I should think you'd had enough of poverty In all these years that you bare had to teach and sew and struggle along. For pity's sake I shall marry a man whom I can love, no matter what his circum stances are." said Dorothy, firmly. Be still, both of vou!" Maud inter rupted, changing her pose. Here conies Mr. Gordon now. Dorothy gathered up-her work hastily and went into the house. Thalia's face was wreathed with miles. "So glad to see vou. Mr. Gordon." she said, sweetly. "We were getting so horriblv dull! You have just- come in time to cheer ns ud." Dorothy tossed her work into the basket under the window, seized her bat. and went out the back door. "Thalia will drive me frantic," she said, as she dashed across the meadows dowa to the strand. "Oh, if I were only rich enough to refuse her patron age and rid myself of this humiliating servitude. Thalia treats me like her maid, and I must bear it." "Whv. Miss Flovd " some one ex claimed, at this moment. "I was just going to hunt you up. The Myosotis is up at me lanuing. vt ou 1 you iaae a little sail with me?" Dorothy stopped in confusion. Some one with a tine brown face and rather stubborn dark hair that grew straight up from a high smooth forehead was smiling at her in the bright morning sunlight. "Oh, Mr. Campbell"' she began, and stopped. "You are out of sorts, areu t you? he said, easily. "Well, bo am I. It will do us good to have a sail this morning. I feel as though I wanted to get away from everybody every body except you." he added, softly. "Is Mr. Gordon going, and Thalia and and all the rest?" Dorothy said, dubiouslv. "No, indeed!" he said, with empha sis, "i want you, and nooody else. Will you go?" Dorothy assented gladly. It was just what she wanted. She wondered how Mr. Uampoell took the liberty of running off with the Myosotis but it was too delightful to puzzle over, and she gave herself up to the pleasure of it. "Now, I want j-ou to tell me some thing," said Campbell, as they went skimming over the water together "Where is it that I have seen you be fore we met here at Miss Doane's? I feel as though I had known you for years." "I don't know. I used to teach, you know. I was governess at Mrs. Law ton's before I came to Miss Doane's' Mrs. Clarence Lawton, you know." "My aister's!" he cried. "I knew I had seen you somewhere. Miss Floyd. I hope you are going to be a friend of mine." "Do you believe in friendship?" she asKeu, luiv. And the Myosotis scudded along, quite unmindful of them both. 1 he hours armed uy as lightly as the foam on the waves that swelled under the yacht's snowy keel "Where on earth have you been?" said Thalia, sharply when Dorothy came in after luncheon-time. bailing with Mr. Campbell, was the quiet reply. "In the Myosotis? Humph! I think he has a great deal to do to run away with Mr. Gordon's yacht. He wanted to take us fishing this morning, too. declare, some people hare the cheek of an elephant!" "1 am very sorry," said Dorothy, quietly. "And you haven't put the fringe on my sash yet. You know I want it to night, too." "It will be ready for you." Thalia flounced out of the room. "I wish I hadn't promised to go to morrow," though Dorothy, with a sigh. But on the morrow her regrets had vanished. The Myosotis lay at anchor at the landing for weeks. One day it was Gordon who wenLsailing; the next it went . Kernel . mil,.. limiia was auRorucd 111 her now nd- tulrcr. "Your cousin scums quite kindly dis posed to my friend Gonlie," miid Camp bell, one day, dow n 011 the rocks. "I rather thluk it will be a go dou't you?" "Very likely," Dorothy said, stitch ing away at tho embroidery nhe had brought with her. Put that sewing awav. won't you?" Campbell persisted Impatiently. "You are always at it." 1 have to uo it," Uorothy saia, quietly. "I am paid to do it." Well," said uampbeil, pulling it out of her hands. "I'll pay vou to put it away. Do stop! I want you to listen to me, Dorothy." ifo had caught her hands and held them so she could not pick up her work again. Listen to n:e! " he persisted. "I love you. If you will only marry me, you shall never be forced to do any thing you don't like. Speak to me, Dorothv. You can care for me a little lust a little, can't you? Oh. Dorothy. if you knew how much I love you, you would not turn away from me." Dorothy lilted her shv face and smiled at him. "You you won't give me a chauce to blush," she said, with a forced laugh, by which she tried to hide her excite ment. "No!" he said, drawing her toward him. "Dorothy, speak quickly is It joy or woe that is In store for me?" "You may change your mind," she said with a touch of roguery, "after we are married." Campbell caught her in bis arms. "Dorothy." he said, joyously, "tell me In plain Kuglish that you love me a little." "Not a little," she whispered "a very great deal." The bow of the Myosotis was grating on the sand. "Don't!" Dorothy cried. "There re Thalia and Mr. Gordon." Campbell scowled at the intruders. "Dou't speak." he said, in a low tone. "They haven't seen ns." Thalia went up the beach, leaning lovingly on Gordon's arm. When Dorothy came in. rather late to luncheon, she was lying up in her room, crying hysterically. "What on earth is the matter with Thalia?" cried Dorothy, who had tried to get into her cousin's room aud had failed. Maud Dare was eating olives and drinking coffee in the morning-room. "Oh." she said, in a disgusted tone, "Thalia has made a fool of herself! She and Mr. Gordon went over to the village this morning, and they were married there." "Well," said Dorothv, with a cnrl ol the lit), "wasn't tha't what Thalia wanted?" "Well, you see." said Maud, slowly, "she has Married the wrong man. It appears that people have got Mr. Gor don's affairs rather mixed tij. It ap pears that he is only a bank clerk, lie isu't rich at all. and and the Myosotis belongs to Mr. Campbell." Oh!" was all Dorothy had to ay. She did not dare tell of her own "en gagement. Thalia went home that afteraoon busing her cousin fearfully. -Yon knew it all along!" she cried, passionately. "That is why vou were bo sweet on Mr. Campbellf I don't see how any one could be so de ceitful." Dorothy went to her lover in great trouble. Whv didn't you tell me? ' she said. pitifully. 1 duiu t ihiuir. 11 maae any tnuer- ence to vou. darling, whether I waa rich or poor." that is true." she admitted. "It didn't. But Thalia is so angrr." Never mind Thalia." said Camp bell. "Dorothy, we will be married right awav. and we will take our wed ding trip in the Myosotis, No; don't refuse me, love, tt bv should we wait? You don't want a trousseau for yachting trip; besides, vou can buy it afterward just as well as before, and if you will consent, dearest, you shall have my checkbook as long as you like." Dorothv hesitated, and was lost. Two days later the Myosotis put to sea with the ownei and his bride. Well, upon my won!!" said Maud Dare, and went on eating chocolates. SaturfJ'trf A'ighL Dutch Courtship. In certain parts of Holland, when a yonng man thinks he has found his affinity, it is customary for him to ask for a match to light his cigar at the door of the beloved one's house. This little subterfuge is intended to arouse the parents of the girl to the fact that something is in the wind. If the second call with a similar ob- iect is made soon after, no doubt is eft othe young man's intentions, and the parents proceed to investigate the youug mau s character and antece dents with a view of ascertaining his eligibility as a member of the family, When he calls a third time, alwavs for a match to lig'it his cigar, they are pre pared to give him an answer. If his suit is regarded with favor he is politely requested to step inside for the firKt time and is served with a light. If he is not accepted he is refused a light and the door is shut in his face without further ceremony. But, hav ing prepared for this ciiiiiingency. the downcast suitor will in all probability light his weed with a match from his own box and walk away musing on the transitory nature of all earthly things. When the accepted suitor is invited to enter the bouse he, as a matter of course, iuforms tho parents which of their daughters has captivated his fancy. When this is settled the young man tens forward and they join hands. Wliile tho engagement is by no means a settled fact, even at this importaut stage, yet it is stated as a truth that when, on the occasion of the young man's third visit, his iuamorata has offered him a second cigar, which he smoked in their house, tho engage ment has never been canceled. Ireland Merry, Though Poor. Ireland lias comparatively few towns her cities seem to be finished. Real estate isn't worth half price. You can buy property in Irish cities for a song. The decline of the city is due to the prior decline of the country. There is nothing doing in the country; the farm is fallow. "There is so much heaviness in the air that I am homesick. Jehu, please spin your Irish yarns and let some sunshine through these lenden skies," I say. "Well," says " Jehu, "I was at Blarney last week with ail English tourist who began a-chafllng me, and at last I got a little overdone. "Tell me the biggest lie you ever told,' said the Iletiglishinan to me. 'You're a gentleman says I!' and he didn't say no more. L.ewisui journal. African Pipes. Mr. Stanley's expedition has brought to light some curious specimens of pipe from equatorial Africa. Surgeon Park has made careful drawings of them. The simplest specimen of a rough and ready pipe is that used by the natives of the Arutvimi and Ituri forests. Its stem is a perforated ba nana stock. The bowl is a banana leaf rolled up into a funnel, like a grocer's paper, and inserted into a hole cut in to the stem. was Campbell. They tii?rcr LAKE DWELLERS IN AFRICA. TliminroU of llhtric who Hear Their If OU on files In the llrnlinni Waters. Much attention was recently called to tho region around Kotonou, on the Gulf of Guinea, near which place sev eral hundred of the women warriors of the King of Dahomey were killed in battle by tho French troops. One of th most interesting features of this region Is the large native villages and towns that have beeu built in the water. The Inhabitants many years ago took this means of trying to escape from the terrible raids of the King of Dahomey. Many hundreds of people wero actually driven by the powerful King into the water. It happens that Ihe Diihomiaus are very superstitions about traveling in canoes or crossing streams, and the fugitives took advan tage of this fact to secure protection for themselves. On any good map one may see the "Denham waters" near Kotonou. This is the home of these lake dwellers. The towns have each a population of from 200 or 800 souls to as many thou sands. Physically the people are fine and healthy specimens of Africans, and as a rule they are free from dis ease. Gov. Moloney of Lagos sav the houses are built upon piles or straight branches of hard wood three to six inches in diameter. They are driven into the bottom of the lake. The up per ends are secured bv cross pieces. on which are laid a bamboo flooring. two-thirds or one-half of which is cov ered in by a house. The uprights of the house" are fixed first and secured below the platform to the supporting piles. The roof frame is next made on the platform, and is covered with frass or bamboo leaves, and raised to ts position. The remaining nortion of flooring is used as a veranda. In the construction no nails are used. These natives are fishermen and also a pastoral people. It is a curious fact that they keep cattle in pens adjoining their bouses built on piles over the water like their dwellings. Some times during the dry season the shal lowness of tho water admits of the cat tle being allowed to wander on terra iirnia; but fodder is brought in canoes to many less fortunate auimals which are compelled to eke out their exist ence in these pens surrounded by water until uch time as they are tethered and transported by canoe to the butcher. The present natives are still in dread of the Dahotuians. but even if this fear no longer existed it is probable that the habit which they and their fathers before litem have long followed would lead them to prefer these aquatic residences. It is not known how many lake dwellers there are, but it is sup posed there are at least 10.000 of them among the various tribes whose huts cover the Denham waters. Once in a while these tribes make war on one another, and they conduct their fight ing in canoes, capable of holding two or three persons, and their weapons are guns, harpoons, spears and clubs. Iu some other parts of Africa, par ticularly in the Congo basin, the habit of dwelling in huts sustained on piles in lakes or rivers is very largely fol lowed, and perhaps a million or two of the people of Africa are still perpet uating the phase of life of which we have relics in the remains of the lake dwellers of the pre-historic era. SLEEPING WITH A BABV. Mu Who lima t.lred Through ta perlene Tells Hla Story. T.x- The free from care and ease takin; old bachelor who, lu ins momentary lapse 01 wisoom, contemplates main inonv, should at the same time reflect on the remote but contingent possibili ty of bis having to some tune sleep with a baby, should he marry. Years of experience of martyrdom make me feel it to be my duty to set forth the misery arising from a contingency of this kind. The babe, if he happens to be a lnsty little fellow of 8 or 9 mouths, will de cline to stay covered, and will also de cline to allow you to keep yourself covered, lie mdicates bis wishes in this direction by keeping bis little pink heels going all uight.a good part of the time on vour back. He will also insist ou lvinjj "cross wise." endwise," "cat a cornered." "bias" or iu any other position but that which wilt give you a few inches of room in the bed and a few minute's sleep. His infantile needs will begin to manifest themselves about 1 o'clock in the morning. at which witching hour you will go blundering arouud in the dark for a drink of water. He will howl steadily and cheerfully from 3 to 3 o'clock and will kick you furiously between the shoulder blades with every bowl. It will not beof any use for you to pat him tenderly and sing out, "There, there." He is right there and knows it and intends that you shall know it. It is of no use to say coaxinglv. "What does papa's baby want?" Papa's baby doesn't want anything bnt to howl. and. he is gratifying that rmiable desire to the utmost. It is of no use to add to your judgment day list of enormities by swearing. And if your wife has been calmly passive through it all she will develop an amazing de gree of spirit if you dare lay the weight of your finger in anger on that "poor, dear, innocent, darling sweetness." He will squirm all night as though ha were first cousin to an angle worm. He will journey around alT over the bed, both udder and on top of the coverings. You are no sooner asleep than one of his moist little heels is planted firm ly in your nose or in your mouth, and. later "on, with child hood's scorn of decency and decorum, he will sit astrii'e your neck and grow green aud purple with rage when gently made to sit else where. Should he fall out of bed and yell loud enough to be heard all over y'onr ward your wife will say that she firmly believes that you pushed him out and that you are not fit to be a father, any how. An animated dialogue of a pure ly personal and private nature will fol low this remark. But when the roysterlog little chap finally "snuggles up" tdyoti and goes to sleep with one of his velvety Iilllo cheeko close to your own, and one of bis warm, soft arms around your neck, you find your heart growing very soft and teuder toward him. and you would single handed wage war against a host or lay down your life for tho love of him. Detroit Fret 1'rcss. A Neat Story From London. A little curate lately proposed for ine nana 01 jne pretty daughter of a widow famous In society for the Bril liancy of her wit. The match would have been in every way unsuitable, and the mother firmly though politely refused her sanction, whereupon the small and hasty cleric flew into a rage and wrote back a somewhat violent and altogether unbecoming letter,end ing with: Probably, had my coat been red instead of black, you would think well of me." To which the widow replied by next post: "Sir, your note would not demand an an swer, but that you seem to labor un der a misapprehension. Your profes sion has nothing to do. with my re fusal. It is not the coat, but the thing inside it, to which I reasonably end properly object." James S. Wethered of San Francisco owns a snuff-box made of the first lot of gold found in California in lfUfl. MACPIES IN NEVADA. . A Oarrulons Speelmen That Gossips with Railroad Passengers Hold Thieves. The innguie Is a bird of peculiar in terest wherever he may be found, snys the Virginia City Enterprise, and par ticularly so iu the state of Nevada, where he ranks as a specialty, like the "Washoe canary." His stout, sharp beak like a miner's pick his un reasonable long stiff tail, and his live ly, squawky, ehattering voice would make him "a marked specialty any where. As a rattling conversationalist he rivals the parrot, the raven, or tbo crow, and he is easily domesticated, making a very comical and amusing pet. Down at Mound Mouse junction 01 the C. & C. with the V. & T. railroad Is another lively young magpie. He belongs to Dave Pittman, conductor on the C. & C, and makes himself at home in and around the depot. He es pecially enjoys flying into the open door or window of some temporarily stopping passenger car and having a garrulous chat with the passengers. The other morning, for instance, when the local p:isenger train stopped there, ns usual, "Barney" flew in through the rear door, perched himself on the back of one of the seats, and astonished the ladies and gents present with the volu bility of his linguistic powers. He vol unteered more information than any body had heard or he knew himself, waiting for no introduction to those who didn't know him. Everybody liked him and listened to him like an oracle. One familiar gentleman ad dressed him: "I Bar, Barnev." "What?" "Are you there, Barney?" "Ah, there pretty good! Ah. there ha, ha, ha! dammit, get out! dry np rats!" "Where are vou going. Barnev? Are you a deadhead on this train?" "mat s wnar- tiurram na, na, you bet! rats, rats!" "What's the news in politics, Bar ney? Who's getting in?'' "Barnev, Barney, ha. ha, whoo. whoo! dammit, rats!" "Bnt who is going to be the next congressman?" "John Mackay, John fllackay! ha, ba, John Mackay!" "But which party is going to win, re publicans or democrats? Rats! rats! rats! ba, ha! dammit rats!" Just here Jerry Bray, the con ductor, stepped in from the baggage- room. . - "Get out o' here, you long-tailed rascau whoosh" and with a wild, de. risive squawk Barney flitted out of the back door, flying back toward Monnd House. "Oli, what a pity now," some of the ladies exclaimed; "he'll be lost." "Never you fear for him, ladies," re sponded Jerry; "he's all right. Hare to run him out of this every day. Never allow him to deadhead any farther than the Eureka dump." The train men. freight-handlers, and everybody about Monnd Honse station knows Barney and handle htm familiarly, yet bave to be on their guard lest he should take a sly notion to nip a small chunk out of their finger or back of their band with his sharp, stout beak. Three or four days ago. at the board- ing-honse near the station, he was hav ing a little concert with a pet canary. when, out of pure rollicking fun, he gave his musical little friend a jovial poke with bis bill under the left ear. Directly after Barney stood over him watching his death struggles, with his head cocked contemplatively over one side, muttering "Uammit, rats, rats. rats." Barney was arrested and caged, but for the two days that he languished in the bastile he never spoke a word or even squawked. The magpie is a mischievously de structive fowl, perhaps more so in some localities than others. Harry I Bab- cock, the well-known mercantile traveler, tells the following which would be bard to believe coming from most anybody else. Glngage's old station on the'Tuscarora road, eight or nine miles from Julko. bas been d aerted for some time, and the magpies have taken possession of it. Tbey tore the shingles off the roof to get inside. and picked the lock of the door. Then they carried off bedding, blankets, and whatever odds and ends of provisions and things they could find. They even got away with the cooking utensils and stove-covers, and one dar the passing stage-driver saw about forty of them doing their best to pack off the stove. but it was too much for them. They squawked terribly over their failure, but bad to give it up. How Tin Soldiers Are Made. M. Leon Duplessis. the Vice-Consul of France at Nuremberg, has contrib uted to the Bulletin Constilairi a very interesting description of the mann factnre of the toy soldiers in lead for which the artisans of Nuremberg and Forth have long been famous. Tb first thing is to make sketches of the intended figures. Great pains are be stowed on them. The best artists do not hesitate when asked to supply models for these toy soldiers, and in making their sketches they have to bear in mind certain fixed roles, while when they make colored sketches tbey nave to avoid deep tints and select gaudy colors, which children so much preter. J. hey must also possess a inn knowledge of the military costumes of the period to which the soldier tney represent belonged. At Nuremberg and at Furth slate moulds are used for the plain figures. while brass moulds are employed for those in relief. Xbe slate for the for mer is bought at Sonneberg. in Tbur- ingia, and the tin, which is purchased in England, is melted and poured into them through a small orifice. The metal soon hardens when it has been poured in, and the workman then re moves the figures, cutting off any ex crescences which may have been caused by the molten metal rnnning over into the interstices. The soldiers then have to be painted, and this always done by women, who work at home, each woman being given a cer tain number of figures at the begin ning of the week. The system gener- ally adopted is to place a dozen figures or so upon a piece of wood slit up the centre so as to hold them in a fixed position. When one side of the figure is dry she turns it round and paints the other. Her wages are very poor. The final process, also intrusted to women, is that of packing the soldiers. which are placed in boxes of su, w, 120 or 240 pieces (weighing one-eighth one-quarter, one-half or one pound) for the infantry, and of 12. 24. 48 or 96 pieces (of the same weights) for the cavalry. Boston Evening jranscrip. A Case or Tree lies urrect ion. . About 1375 a large tree of the elm species, growing on the farm of Mr. Smyth, rector of Little Houghton England, was blown down, upturnin an immense quantity of dirt in its fall. Inis large ball of earth bad almost en tirely washed from the roots on the upper side, whan in 1881, workmen were set to work removing the old forest monster. W hen they had saw off several of the large limbs on the uudermost side, to their great astonish meut, not to say downright terror, the tree rose of its own accord and went back into the pit excavated by the up turning roots six years before, standin np in its original plac,e, straight as an arrow. In 1882 it threw out a fresh green head and still stands, even to this day. a curious example of a resur- IWtTMl IIWI IJOiV. ', ' .-u ,t t'i" cu ; it truxlne. . ym t jit kwp half tli.-wn b n ),i iik 1 , l ?' more fi:f-rnmtlon f tnau rony i the" Mid t'3 jlt4 - , .X We een'l 1 1 1 w ' 1 rv 3 00 . .... -1 - ... . v y i . tx.tllre- I'JCTAIX'MA I.VCCBATOS C)., Petahtma. Cat. Poison in a Pipe. Few smokers fully realize ihe dan ger of t mo king new or improperly -.v cnrecl obacco. 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