A.clveitiinjr Jtittes. Te lare-a and rellaMe etrenlatVia 01 tb (liW wma rRMmir comme nd It to tb lerprepie as tlflermtfon of a-1re-tterrie n ravon win he 0B rerted at Mie following low rmuafl : 1 Inch. time tVa 1 " 1 mmthg aAO 1 " 1 yw ( m t raontbi -- i jr " enmtbi , 1 8 " 1 Tr M Of Ki onl'D niorxhn mm e month.... rv 1 mr tt-M S moritti. . 1 year Tnit)e( Iteinn. f rut trertmB loo. p line : rntqoi-Dt lowrtlon hf. per lln. Artra'nlKtmtor and Exeeator'i !otir..... fO AolttoT' Notlcoe StrT and Klmllar N'lrr l.M f Kpnrtrm or r(ww of rnryi r. a tion fa i',uifT' fi-nirf itrnAtuiuiiMini nul e finiw rm o orfrPrfirmpft. Jon Piktti of all kind- neatly and eitrad onaly axecnted at lowest prlee. IXio'tyon kirgat It. ,1b PublturieiiJ Weekly at It V JAMES HASSOM. IP M ,ln,l.1.lr,l tr..r,.'ti In a lvn- ! M ' j ! t t ;f !: I -'.t.n.t to-; th... 1 T5 'j .'. It i.ot'pfil.l th . r. f in-'' : ii-. v.i'O 'j,, , i II n..t within the j'sr . . 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HA and Wpxt Baltimore Street oltlmora. Ho. lui-lfln Avenue, Sow York. . OR AW-POKER il.ttirttr. .'r ii a w : : Het manner t iiinir and l"liir ..nip ImUit-ialiy arn--K'-pr i K : 1 1, p. - ma- ! ..: 1 " v I ' - tA kii 11 I TI. O. U.iawil U.li f ir. Fr:.-iin Fuiiliiliins Co., 1 1 f : AV' Km 1 Si Tn E PROPOSAL, "I'm going to be married," ho softlj Mid ; She looked up in swift surprise, The color from out of her bright face : fled. The light grew dim In her eyea. "You're going to be married.?' she echoed low Tier voice had a steady tone; "I hope j-ou'll be happy where'er you go " A cough hid a little moan. "I know that your bride will be good and truo, You never could love any other ;" She steadily looked In his eyes dark blue "I tender you Joy, my brother." ' I'm going to be married that Is, I hope To b, though I hardly know Dear love, shall I longer pine and mopeT I tremble for foar of ' no.' " The color that out of her face had fled Came back with a deeper hut) " Why, 1. n t it funny?" she shyly said, " That I'm to be m.trried, too !" Roxbury Advocate. JOHNHALLETSSECRET. The nir v. is clear and dry on tho hill, f!ltboii-!i tho twists of nn autumn twi light w pi -eft lin.i; down on tho busy little town in 1!.. valley In-low. Mr. Ilalli't had 1 n an invalid for the last week or two, tint ill enough to eaue any alarm, yet not well enough tit go to tho city as usual; and thankful that he had ;t shrewd, s.-iisii.le son, both aide and willinj' t lake his place. Henry thr-w himself into the breach manfully, and had even slept in town for sever,:! ni-i,;s. that ho might sit later at his !.)oks, and bein earlier. The mother would have preferred to stay and watch for her boy's coming; but Mr. llallot was calling, and sho went to hiiu. Jle was surveying a doomed honeysuckle. We planted it tho year Henry was born," he reminded his wife. "I tuip pose you think that would bo a reason lor lei t in.,- it stand?" Mrs. liaiiet smiled a3 she replied: " Nay, John ; it is not I who glvo away to sent j nieiil ." The w.ir Is were no ponnrr spokf n than s-he wi.dieii -lie had not uttered them, for u frown contracted her hush;. mi's hrow, and he raised his eyes involuntarily to where a couple of windows were nearly hidden l.y the passion How. r In the room those windows should have lighted, John Ha'. let's father had spent the closing years of his life. An accident, rendered him incapable of leav ing it, and when he opircd. his wife soon r.-llowcd !.m, f,, the -rave. Pr. .i.i the day of the funeral not a cr .'at, ire w allowed c enter this room but old I i-i.e'h, the trusty German who had ciiiii.-d into tie household of tho Ha i'.et - i: her void h. A -hoi:! front the children proclaimed that Henry had come. His tir-t look was for his mother. After she had satisfied herself that he did not appear to be any the worse for the Confinement and hard work of the week, she was content to stand quietly by while busiiii s matters were discussed. Sh could have fancied that Henry was rather re-t less under the pucstioning to which h'-v.as subjected. Put at last Mr. Hallet apjeared satis fied, am he would have led the way indoor-, but now. In eager haste, the young man poured forth the tidings he had boot: ! urrdiig to tell. "Such news for you, father ! Mother dear, v hat do you think ha j happened? Aunt Miry sent for nie the other evening you v. iii s ty that that is not a very tm : ami n occurrence." and Henry nnd Mr-. IT.-: 1 1 t interchange I amused smiles, for Miss Mary Hallet was one of the fus !": f maiden ladi. s. " Sh- sent f.r me that she might introduce rne to some new relations from over the sea. You had a brother. p !pa, who died iiot long after my gt and t her?" .Mr. Hallet. did not immediately reply. Yes, he had had a hall-broi her, whose restless disposition h;el induced him to dc'nan I !.is portion and sail .- way with it to Anio'-icn. After many wandering tie had se'tb-l in Canada and married. Pr:d.- l.a.i i:...i ! !iim to ! - Mont re pp, e'ieg t' Hiistaio - he had Jaadc, the iii i -! .1 1 u. c- that had befallen him; but ju-t bef-ire t'-e dea'h of the elder Mr. Halb-r, a rumor leached Kl.-iw! that tie ( .,..! ;:.;,i fart. i did not ;. . a ;n 1 i's ow tier v.;.- strugi'iing wit!i d.ki.ess as wellaari in. !avor..!.ie ejisoii. ti'.er of help w. i ' sent, bnt they were d.a iii .-d ; t ho-e o':, r . were repeated to Toni Hal let's wi ;. u. and again, but more grate fully, rerused. Since tha'i. lime, ior:g years ago, no intercourse had been kept up bet V cell tho families; wiia!, then, did Henry mean? It was to m uncle Tom's elder daughters Aunt Mary introduced me. They are tall, bright, handsome girls, merry and frank and unaffected, yet ouile as lady-like as my sisters Eva and Emma. They have led a busy life, working with their mother to free the farm of its encumbrances. Their labor- have been successful ; they are prospering :,t last ; and so they have felt tlieiu.-e! s just i!ie, in taking a trip to England, to make acquaintance with their kindred." And crosf-ed the Atlantic alone !" ex claimed Mrs. Hallet. Oh, no, they en mo under the wing of a friend, the elderly lady who took them to Aunt Mary's. They have fn-oi- tint.il her, and " Henry turned to his silei.t father, "and I think I am sine you will like your nieces, sir they are charming girls." Put X. Hallet put out his hands, cry ing hoarsely: "Keep them away from me! I will not have them Iwro !" And so saying, he went quickly Intotho house, whither his wife would have fid lowed if her son had not detained her. "Mother, what does this mean?" ho asked. " is my father worse? Is it pos sible that he knows what he is saying? He never had any quarrel with Uncle Tom, did he? Then what could have made him speak so strangely?" "I do not know; perhois a sudden spasm. I must go to him." ' Ah, yes, go, and beg of him to ex I lain himself, for they are coming here, these cousins of mine. I told them in your name and my father's, that they would be welcome; and so I ihought they would. How can I meet them again? how tell them " And then gronning in his Impatienco and alarm, Honry hurried his mother in. II. On Monday morning Mr. nallet pro nounced himself aide to go to business. They would have pit ied him had they known what a Sunday ho had spent, shutting himself away from his family because every questioning look they turned upon him seemed to pierce his heart and lay bare that which he hid within It. Yes. tho upright, honorable John Hal let had a secret that he had burled so deep down as to be sometimes forgotten, until a chance word or recollection would bring it back to his memory. He had a trouble of which no one knew anything but old Llsboth, and even she did not suspect Its nature. In all honesty of purpose she had told him, as he stood by his mother's coffin, that Madam's dearest wish had been to see her nbsent son Tom. I think she had a message for him," T.isbeth added " a written one. I know that Just before your good father died, bbe wjui talking to him of Master Tom ; and I heard her say she was sure ho would come back If he could come to tho old home." "Did she wish my father to will this house to him?" asked John Hallet. "I think so," Lisbeth replied. "I know ho gave the dear mistress a paper that she cried over after he was gone; but I do not know what she did with it." The paper had never been found. At rirst John Ilallet'.s feelings with re gard to It had been of angry surprise. He was the elder brother, and had always resided at the Copse. With thcupprohn, tion of his parents he had brought his bride here, and his children were born under the roof he had come to look upon as his own. Ha did not - deliberately scheme to wrong his brother, but he never i. -.do any search for the paper of which Lis beth had spoken. And so years had rolled on without anyone disputing with John Hallett his possession of the home so dear to him. Lisbeth made no further allusion to tho paper. She knew that Master Tom was dead, and was not aware that it might have been of Importance to his widow and offspring. And niiw, after all this lapse of time, the children of John Hallet 's dead brother had come to England. For what could it be, he asked agitatedly, but to claim their own ? John Hallet started for town oppressed with a new foar. Lisbeth might have found the paper, and, suspecting him of foul pla.v, posted It to Canada. How he pot through the day no one knew, for Henry pleaded a headache and stayed at homo. The disappointed youth would not risk encountering his newly found relatives, while he was unable to account to them for his father's extraordinary refusal to receive them at the Copse. Mrs. Halh't's sympathies were with her son, but she was too dutiful a wife to say so, and seeing that she avoided htm. Henry carried a book into the shrubberies, shunning the eyes of his elder sisters, who, for lack of any ot her reason for his depression, decided that he must have fallen In love. And so he had. Already his heart had gone out to bright, capable, brown-haired Nell. At last he went indoors to find his mother. He hurried to the mcrr.lr.g room and had entered it fr:i ti.r. garden, before he became av.-ro that the maid was ushering in rorno visitors It was too late to retreat, the cro actually in the room, Nell end -m gazing around them with shy pleas-.. n, and Miss Mary Hallet, her broad '...a beaming with smiles as she cau-: t '.. A- of her sister-in-law's hands, and J.ls;;cJ her on both cheeks. " My ileal ;t Jennie, I have brought these dear girP. to rpc:id a tow days vith you poor Tom's dar.hters." Mr. Hallet by n grc;.t ciYort composed himself sufficiently to l icet hL; tt. 1 ; but if his lipe, v,-v re pr.1"; ami ho ia- away from them to s hado hi ; eye-, '..1 his hand, they saw nothing su&pu-iju; in it. On the contrary, their conviction that he was thinking of their father, of whom this gray-haired, stately gentleman was the living image, drew them towards him. They hovered near his chair, they left off speaking when they heard his voice, and, when complaining of fatigue, he rose to go to his room, moved hy the same Impulse, both girls ran forward to put their arms about his necks and hold up their fair young faces for a good night kiss. It was plain that he had been mistaken when he fancied they had come' to wrest his homo from hir.i, but he was none the ha 1 pier for t he Know ledge. lie 1 ried to appear calm and cheerful, to le-pond to tl.e a; lion with which his i.;, vet-.- dispose! t regard him: bu' ".hen th.y talU.-l -is they did f i--.-iy - f the tnals and -truggles they a, id their in older had gone through before nnd af.er I heir ;',.;-ea- emelit. hie 'tear; :::ii,;-d witdi:. idle, and his remoi.-e w.,,iid be come o ei ' v ering. John Hallet would fain hare made ati n.'-nt. He thrust into Nell'-- Land a foil of notes ; but it was j fompily re turned. No. he was not to be allowed to ploze his Conscience dy this kind of eouipuiiria tion. Neither w:as It any use pro, .-st iuri that the :-ry act of le-aving the Copse away from him the eldest son was unfair. p. . iallyas Tom's portion had been justly meted out to him at his own desire. As long as Tom's daughters wore iii hi - house;, keeping nlivoiheold recollections, how could ho beat pe-ace w ith hims.'l 1' '. Four days elapsed anxious ones to Henry atal his mother, who watched Mr. Ha 'del s clianging moods, but hesi tated to --peak of them even to each other yet very pleasant ones to the young Canadians. Attributing to their uncle's ill-health the shadow they saw on his brow, and the troubled looks his wife and son would interchange, they were always gentle and sympntlu't ie. It was the only check on their enjoy ment of th.ir visit to their English rela tions. Aunt Mary, in spite of her fid gety ways, w as a lovable old lady. Mrs. Hallet was very motherly; and as for Henry, ah. Nidi would sigh whenever she reminded herself how soon their stay in England would draw to a close. One morning the sisters were on their way to the garden, when they saw Lisbeth in the net of unlocking the dtor of the closed chamber. They passed Into it with her. Eliza beth opened a tall press and shook out before them the folds of their grand mother's wedding gown. As she described her mistress Nell saw that from the pocket of the dress a mor sel of the bridal handkerchief was peej ing. To get a better view of the fine old lace that bordered it, she drew it out, and with It came a Tedded paper. "Ah!" cried Lisbeth, "it Is tho one my good master gave to her before he died. She must have gone to the press and slipped It Into the pocket of this dress, instead of her ordinary ono; they hung together then. Take it, young lailies ! I believe, nay, but I am sure, it concerns your father." Mr.Hallet was Just sitting down to break fast when Nell and Min came to hia side with the paper. 'We have net opened It, dear uncle; It Is you who should read It to us. Per haps it was to let my father know that his parents had quite forgiven him for leaving them. Ho used to say ho had not acted well when be deserted them." But John nallet pushed the paper from him. "Tho hand of God Is In this," he groaned. Read fer yourselves, and ease my soul of tho burden that lies heavily upon It. Lisbeth told me there was such a paper in existence, but my search for it was a half-hearted ono. I valued my home more than what Is right, but If I am to lose it I will bear tho loss without murmuring, for I havo had greater mercies bestowed on me than I deserve." Mrs. Hallet drew nearor, and laid her cheek against her husband's, while Mln read the lines the paper contained : ' I have thought over your wish, dear wife; It is hard to say you nay; but I cannot let compassion for Tom make me unjust to his brother. Le you know that If John had not toiled early and late at tho time of that terrible crisis, we must have been ruined?" So the Copse was tho property of John Hallet after all. Noll and Min went hack to Canada at the appointed time, but they did not refuse the useful gifts thoir uncle added to their baggage, for they saw that he would be & happier man if allowed to take the piace ol the father tifey had lost. Henry will follow them in the spring to fetch home his bride. WOMEN "WHO SELL SHOES. Why Lady CtMttnrm Prefer Men In Moat Jnatancea. " Most men are Tery Inquisitive when they enter a shoe store," said a sales man in a big store to a reporter, " and if there Is a woman within view trying on a shoe, tho performance Is sure to receive their closest attention. But they would get over that soon if they were around very much, and if they bad to wait on the customers themselves they would soon be bored. "At this store, however, wo have women clerks, as you see. and the men are relieved from their romantic duty, If voti Insist upon viewing it in that light." " How are those young women doing as clerks?" " Oh, pretty well, but as yet we regard It simply as an experiment, although wo havo had them here for quite a while now. It is simply a question of business policy, ami if It shall appear that a majority of our lady customers prefer their own sex they will be retained, otherwise not. " I myself am Inclined to think that there is a large demand for women clerks In this lino, and that particular stores will always havo them, although I do not anticipate that all the stores will do so, by any means." " Do most" ladies, then, prefer women clerks?" " Not by any means. It requires a great deal of strength In hand and arm to force a close-fitting shoe snugly into place, and a man can do that much better than a woman. But some women are so prudish that it makes them nervous to have a man fussing around their feet that way, and then there are others who, without being the least bit silly about the matter, are so genuinely modest that they dislike the assistance of a man. " There are a great many others who tell their friends how annoying it Is te bo compelled to have a man servo them in a shoe store, who really enjoy tho annoyance.' and who will keep a hand some young clerk working over them until he is all worn out, long after they have actually made up their minds what to purchase. That is what makes a shoe clerk swear to himself and it is only a very green specimen who does not become disgusted. " I think, therefore, that some places will always have women clerks and others men. Some stores have tried the experiment of keeping lotli, but even a lady who decidedly prefers to have a gentleman wait on her, does not like to select a young man when there is a woman standing by, and she will probably take pains to avoid that store anot In r time." "How do the male clerks regard tho Introduction of the women?" " Generally with entire favor, unless It happens to cause the loss of their posi tions. Almost any old clerk would rather wait on aman than a woman. " It takes a great ileal morn time and trouble and hard work to servo a woman than a man. A man usually knows what ho wants, and Is easily satisfied. A woman merely knows what she docs not want, nnd as that embraces about everything in the store, it is sim ply a choice of evils to bo made after much labor and worry. Of course, the cb rk is blamed for any mistako the customer finally makes. " Yes. I think the men are perfectly willing that the women clerks shttuld attend to the women." A Lawyer's Smart Clerk. A New York lawyer tedls a story of a recent occurence in his oflioo by which his boy ma'lp t;i"i. but came near getting two people into a very unpleasant pre dicament. A pIain-hokIng man and woman walked into the office one day In the absence of the attorney. His boy greetf-d the callers cordially and asked what they desired, adding that Mr. - wa-s out, but that ho at tended to matters In his absence. The man explained that he and his wife did not get along very well and loth wanted to In; released from their married relat ions. " Oil, that can easily be arranged," re marked the whilom attorney, and look ing wise he ostentatiously examined a lot of law-books, and after a few minutes proceeded to draw up an agreement betweeu tho man and his wife to dis agree. He framed it in the language of the law, putting In the "saids," "greeting" and aforesaids," as well as an alarm ing array of references to "parties of the first part" and "parties of the second part, " and even to "i cinrulo jiKitj-imnnin," the latter being Intended to properly im press his clients. Large seals were added to tho docu ment, which the boy Indorsed with a flourish and gills of red ink ; then the agreement was duly signed, tho boy adding his name as witness. The man was very grateful, nnd asked wdiat the fee was. The small boy said $50 and to the plea that this was a good deal to pay for 60 little work, answered : " But see what I have done for you, and, anyhow, we never scratch a pen here for less than $"0." The man only had $25, but he paid that, and promised that he would return in a fow days and pay the remainder. The following week he put in an ap pearance, and the boy being out, saw the attorney himself, and remarked cheerfully that he had come to pay $15 on account. " On account of what?" asked the attorney. "Why, the agreement I had drawn up hero last week," replied the client. "What agreement?" asked the at torney. The man produced the paper and handed It to the lawyer, and, as the latter read it, his eyes grew like an owl's at night. When he at last reached the clause: " Know all min by these presents, that John and Mary , having agreed before me as a witness, they are free to marry again in this State," the cold perspiration started to the lawyer's brow as he blurted out : " For heaven's sake don't tell me yru are married !" "No." answered the man. "I'm going to lie married nextweek and Mary will be mnrrii'd to-morrow." The lawyer quickly explained the case to the man. i:nd two trials for bigamy were saved from our already over crowded courts. New York Commer cial Advertiser. Tine Collection of Coins, The most complete collection of coins In America, embracing coins of every description, from the early colonial days down to the present time, is in the possession of Luring G. Parmaloe, of Boston. Its intrinsic value is something less than $l,2oo. but its mercantile valuo is about $70,000. ' "Take the) Cake." A correspondent in the Chicago News suggests that the origin of the slang, " takes the cake," may be in Macaulay's criticism on Robert Montgomery's poems, in which he uses the expression, " Hold tho pnMfy." in referring to the " well-puffed fashionable novels " of tfeftt day. f GREEN TEA AND BLACK TEA. Proeeew by Whtrli I.ptp, Are PraprMl for Market. The principal market for green tea Is the United States. Having fallen rather Into disrepute In tho Old World, it has established itself tn the New World, where it is largely consumed and known as "tea" simply", in contradistinction to 'English breakfast tea," "China tea," or Oolong." by which names the black teas are designated. The reason for its popularity is no doubt In a great measure due to the Intercourse with Japn. where pron tea alone is manufac' 1. and which every year sends . ..aioua cargoes across tho Pacific. In the making of tea, as In everything which this curious jeopl do, the Japanese have a way of their own. It would startle an Assam planter to see them In picking time squatting down before the trees and stripping the branches of the leaves, instead of scien tifically selecting only the young, un developed leaf, the first leaf below that, and half the second, from which would be evolved respectively, "Broken Tips," or "Orange Pekoe," " l'ekoo," and "Souchong." Any one accustomed to the elaborate machines for "rolling" and "tiring'- leaves which are In use on European planta tions might be amused at the Japanese method, where the workers roll and squeeze ami twist the leaves In their hands on a parchment stretched over a charceial fire. Very line teas are, nevertheless, manu factured by the Japanese, and in the celebrated "district of Uji rumor tells of tea worth $lf! per pound, though It is not definitely stated whether that price hns ever actually been paid for it. Moreover, in tho case of teas in tended for export only so much work is done upon them as will enable them to bo sent to the "tea-flrlng gedowns" of Yokohama, where they areworkivl up for the market before shipped. As is now well known, the difference between green tea and black lies in the fact that in the former fermenta tion has bii-n arrested by " firing," the color of tho leaf being In this way partially preserved and fixed ; with the latte-r, by a much longer process, fer mentation up to a certain point is permitted, and the leavea are not "fired" utdil they have bocome oxi di.eil by exposure to the air. In Japan the leaves, after being picked and "whltered" by a short ex posure, are fired in the way described above sufficiently to stop fermentation, nnd in this partially cureel ttate are setit to the European tea merchants, by whom they are again "fired." In the"godowns" of Yokohama hun dreds of women can be seen at work turning the leaves over and over and round and round In large basins built over a charcoal fire. The coloring or "painting" is also done at this period by means ef a spoonful of indigo ami powdered toapstoiie' put into each basin, er.d thus disseminated through its contents. But in Japan tea I si not grown for export only, but is the chief article of homo consumption; and tin--e d out est ic teas as procured in the country are probably the only samples of unadul terated green tea which Europeans are Lkely to meet with. The-y produce a beverago which Is re freshing, quite harmless, and which, notwithstanding the way In which it is prepared, can, after only a i-lmrt resi dence in the country, be readily dis tinguished from hot water. rail Mall Gazette. TheM IU-tter TteAfe "Does it ever occur to you." said a cash-book keeping man to his friend, " hovv much more you are getting for your money now than when we bogtin on $15 a week, twelve or thirteen years ago? " Ixfk nt It. Yon had to dress then pretty nearly as well as 3-ou do nev. I will venture to say you couldn't get a pair of trousers then that suited you for less than $10 or $15; you get the same thing now for $m to $10, and you can get for $5 trousers that would have cost at least $10 then. The suit you had to pay $40 to $50 for then costs you $30 to-day. "You can buy all the New York papers if you are a newspajor man and read news wholesale for twelve or fourteen cents and the bundle left nothing of a quarter then. ' As for books well, there weren't any tooks that cost less than $1 in lsf'2, and now a dollar bill covers a fairish library. "Just look at the way good ready made shoe have come down In price, and as for shirts and good underclothing, you ought to find tiut what they cost 'b"fore the panic..'" " Well," rejoined the non-cash-bookkeeping man, who promptly gave up these conundrums In price, "what I want to know Is what Wonios of tho mediey I am unconsciously saving?" You had better go home and look around and try and remember how bare house-s wore before 176 brought in art decoration, for one thing; and for another, notice that you see ten dresscoats where there was one a dozen years ago. You are living better for the same money, my boy. That is all." Philadelphia Press. CORN-SHUCKING. A Pen Pletnre of the Oreat Rnral ragtime. On Wednesday, by Invitation, we at tended a big corn-shucking at J. B. Al ford's. When we arrived at Mr. Alford's wc found about fiTty or sixty of the neigh bors and their' " hands " surrounding Immense piles of corn, and the shucks and ears were flying in every direction. We took a turn at the pile, and our hands and wrists are sore yet from the unusual exercise. Gathered around the pile wore farm ers, negroes, a justice of the peace, a lawyer, a merchant, an editor and a physician. Mr. A I ford made about 15.1KK1 bushels of corn, besides a full crop of cotton, etc Very few farmers are as successful as he. His farm is self-sustaining, and he always has com to sell. Mrs. Alford and her accomplished daughters had a grand feMist provided for the shuckers at noon, and while the bibles didn't groan under the weight of edibles, as the stereotype writ, r.s would say, it was a fact that they were crowded wdth everything In the way of good vic tuals to be had, cooked in the 1.-st style, and our generous host and lc less did everything in their power te ma .0 every body eat hearty and enjoy themselves, in which laudable undertaking they succeeded. There was old ham, the sort that makes reel gravy, and fresh pork and turnips and cabbage and potatoes and chickens and chick pie ami oysters and sardines and cheese and pies and pound cake and pickles and preserves, world without end. When wo left at 3 P. M. constant acces sions were being made to the shucking brigade, commanded by Major Shelton. and the work went bravely on. It was thought that the corn would all be shucked by 12 at night. Mr. Alford's family l remarkable. He ha,s eight children, we believe, and not a single member of the family have ever used tobacco in any form, and they are all healthy and fine-looking, from the father and mother down to the youngest child. liartwell (GaO Sun. SOVE LION AND TIGER 8T0RIES. Ootid Reeding; for the Roya of the Household. nerr Driestidch's life was full of re markable incidents and he frequently took plea-ore in relating events of his llfu. The- following is In his own words: "I a exhibiting In the city of Balti more. We were playing a" piece in which one of my tigers was to sud denly leap from above me. us if to kill me. After it would jump tn me we would roll around on the lloor, to all appearances engaged in rartal combat. " The theatre In which wo wore plav lng had a large pit. and it whs tilled almost to suffocation that evening with boys and men. This time the tiger jumped over my head and was thing for the pit when I caught him bv the tail and hauled him back. " I needn't tell you that standing room was made mighty quick in t'.at pit when they saw the unheal coming. They rushed out pell-mell, yelling and scteaminL f.-r me to hold on to him." When Edwin Forrest whs playing at the old Bowery Theatre in New York City, his piece was followed by an exhibit Ion of lions by their trainer, Herr I 'riesbaeh. During their stay there Forrest re marked one day that he bad never ex perienced the emotion cau-e.l by fright t' nt he was never seared in his life. Driesl ach heard tie- remark and one evening took Forrest home with him. They entered a house nnd af;.-r pass ing through long and devious dark passages, Driesbach opened a deor and said : " This way, Mr. Forrest." " As Forrest euter.il the door was slammed behind him. Forrest felt something touch his leg In the dark ness and reaching down Ids hand touched what he thought was a cat's back, which ho gently stroked. A rasping growl greeted the motion and he saw two liery eyeball glaring at him. " Are you afraid, Mr. Forrest ?" asked the lion-tamer, who was Invisible In the darkness. Forrest replied, "Not a bit." when tin lion-tamer said something and the growl deepened and the back began to ar.-h. Forrest held outfora few minutes, w he-n he exclaimed : " Now let me out, you scoundrel, or I'll break every bone in your tody." The Lion King kept him He re and ho did imt dare to move-a linger, w hile the pon kepi rubbing aga'n-t his leg. Forre-t linn Uy promised a champagne supper if Driesbach would let him out. which w a-done and tho bet was imme diately paid. The Lion King was to some extent a praet ical joker. On one occasion when he was exhib iting in New Y'ork, he had entered a den of nnimals, nnd was going through the customary performance one Satur day niu-ht when he was suddenly stretched on his lack and a large Bra ilian tiger wits on Ids tiir-.at and lb.- otii.-r animals were wildlv dashing about the cage. 1 ii i.-.-! aeh'.- voic" was heard calling f.'.' aid :;i a hoarse maira-r. Tic au-di.-'a-e became eoitd and won; mi shrieked. Several keepers ran to the prostrate lion-tamer's aid, and he vac d rigged from the cage. lie came from behind the cage with hi- lace and 1 ights covered w it h crimson liquid like biood. He wa- ha t l v t .Leii upstairs where a physician, who was eonv eni'-i t'y near, cxamii oil him and said that, although seriously Injured, the lior. -miner would live. The next day Driesbach appeared on the streets with his fHco covered with strips of court plaster and his arm 111 a sling. His friends were great lv eveited over his escape, but their sympathv tnrned to di-gust when they b arm-! that the sore on the lion-tamer's face- had bce'ii squeezed fremi a sponge filled with rose pink, and that the affair was an advertising dodge arranged by the man agement ef the menagerie. While traveling along the Ohio River one season Herr Driesbach was wanted in Cincinnati to give an exhibition at the edd Wood's Theatre. He was showing in Zanosville when he received a flattering offer by tele graph, and he accepted. Ha-tily'caging a tiger in an ordinary store box he pro ceeded to tho Ohio River ami started for Cincinnati by boat. He registered himself as Herr Pries bach and the tiger as "Colonel Alex ander." No one save the captain of the boat knew who "(V)lonel Alexander" was, although he was assigned to Driesbach 'a room in the boat. After th" boat put off, the passengers became jolly from frequent centre shots on a biaek bottle. It was decided to visit Driesbach's room and ascertain if he had anj thing good. The lion tamer assented, and taking his com panieins thither opened the door for them. A bottle was found, and Dries bach excused himself to ge t a pitcher of water. The tiger was not visible when the crowd entered the room, having crawled under a bunk to w hich he was chained, as his tamer had removed him from the store box. Presently those inside the room heard a scratching and growling and "Colonel Alexander" emerged freun under the bunk and prepared to leap. The crowd rushed headlong for the dior, through which they scrambled in their hurry to leave t he room. Driesbach met them outside and luughod heartily at their fright, and taking the tiger's chain led him areund tho boat for passengers to fondle. The World What We Make It. More than half tho troubles in this world ore imaginary. The real moun tains we must cross are not muny. The most of us are like tho little girl who sat crying on the floor. After a wdiile she stopped and seemed !.uriid in thought. looking up suddenly shesaid : Mamma, what was I crying about?" " Because I wouldn't let you go down town." "Oh, yes!" and she set up another howl. So we older babies busy ourselves alout tho merest trilles, and get into complaining habits, atout half the time forgetting exactly what it is wcare so up set altout, yet going right on in the same melancholy mood. It is all nonsense. The world Is what wo make It. If we want to be miserable we can be, and we can find plenty of com pany, but if we want the sunshine we can alwayg find it, for it fill all God's uni verse. Man-1 acre. A bill has been introduced Into the New York Legislature to prohibit the marriage of girls under 10 and boys under 1M years old. As a rule marriage should be de ferred until the man and woman are matured, but early marriages are by no means ranked among the leading sins against society. More oven can bo said in favor of early marriages than can be said in favor of deferring that event Indefinitely. The idea that the young woman must wait until tho young man has a competence or a fortune, and they must begin life with as much as their fathers or mothers accumulated during all their years, is a great mistake. Marry for love and work for riches is a good motto. Chicago Inter-Ocean. APPETIZERS. Bffl Tye on Taclrlermy. ThfA name fa from tvwn ".reetr trnrrffl - - . ,- - - ...... . . v ........ - J whb-h signify "arrangement " and "sklD," so that tae aiclent Greeks no doubt garded taxidermy as the original skin game of the period. Taxidermy did not flourish in America pr.e-r to t he year lW. At that time an Engli-hman tinmedT Scudder established a museum and gen oral repository for upholstered 1-astj. Since then the urt has ad vuneed quit rapidly. To properly taxidrm require a fine taste and a close Mudy of the ub j.ot Itself in life, akin to the ri-quiremi!t necessary 1n order to succeed a a "eulp tor. I have soon taxidcrmo-l animal that would not fool anybody. I recall at this time .tvially a moun tain lion, stuffed after death v a party who had net made the, matt a sui jocft of close study. This lion w;- represent ed in a crouching attitude, with "pea jaws and r. d gums. As time passed on. and year succeeded year, this i,,. continued to cr"u. d. HU tail became less rampant and iiroopxj like n hired man on a hot day. His gums 1 ame less llcry rod, ami his reddish skin hung over his bn;p in n ..o-,. and! dist rang lit matine-r.like an old bufa h . tuba thrown over the knees of a v inogury old maid. Spiders spun their webs across his dull, white fang. Mice trmdu their n.-sts la Ids abdominal cavity. His glass eyB Imcniiits hopelessly strabi-mu -d. anl tho moths left him baldhcaded on tha stomach. He was a sad commentary en the ei trem. lv transitory nature of all things terrestrial ami the hcdlowness f the) stuff.il beast. I also had a stuf4il bird for a long time, which showed the cunning ,,f the stuffer to a great de-gree. It afford.-,! mm a great deal of unalloyed pbHs.,ire, be cause I liked to get old hunt.-ts to look ut it and tell me what kind of a bird It was. They did not generally agree. The bird had a duck's body, the head of a common eagle, and the jeet of a sage hen. These parts had been a-: ju-ttnl wit h great care, and thetnil hiai. i with lead somehow . so 1 hat the p"Wi-l lul head would not 1 ip the bird up U-l ind. With ti i- l ira avis, to use a foreign term. I loved to amuse and ia-trnct olJ hunters, who had been hunting all their lives for a free drink, and hear them tell how they had killed hundreds ..f these birds over on the I'oudre iu an early day, or nv.-r near the Elk mountain when the country was nw. A lU-llgloim Affair. "There was a very sad cas in p. dies court this morning, " said a lawyer to his w ife. "A girl was nrr"st-.-l f t s'c.ling a fine la. -e veil. The woman who owned the veil came to court, and. with h.-art-l.-s-.i p. j i.-teii in pri se.-m , ; the I r i-irl. The judge. Inwcwi-. v. add liot p'oy hun-elf to be ill 1'. Ui-Iic i . So h released 1 he girl." She di. 1 not prove that the was In nocent, did -ho?" "1. no." " i In n why did tho Judge r leao her?" W.-ll. b" -aid that be had no r ;gt to inter'ere with religious matters." " io iigioi. - natters?" "Ye-. I,.- -ail that tho laws ,- the land . 1 ' to evcrv woman the right to t:-ke tl e .-il." The v.on .-.n did not replv f-,r 1 v. rul min : . Then -he .-.-.!d : "I kfow a woman w! 0 i..;".ri ' d. I'm the woman." Green Wa-tsl Hit, Time. " I wanted to see ono ef your clerks named Gr'cn." said a demur" little woman the other day as sic- st i il ia a Woodward avenue dry goods store ty the floor walker. " Mr. Greet, is very busy, ma'an." "Yes. but I won rt detain Lim more than a m itnite." You'd better leave the message with me, ma'am." "Oh. w U. then, you may tell Mm fc6 needn't mind about coining up r.s usual to-night. 1 shall be mam.-d at least an hour b.-fore be can g--t there!" "Ah! eva.-tly! Anything else I can show you to-day. ma'am?" he asked as he-bowed her out. Detroit Fret Press. Beard end Conscience. A gentleman who was up trf-fore a court for st-aling cattle hai a lr.g black lieard. Tic proscut!ng 't..rney In his speech to the jury did not spare the f.i-lings of the accused. He called the unfortunate man all manner of hard names. As a parting shot he said : "Yes, gentlemen of the jury, th" pris oner at tl o dar has a conscience as black as his board." "If that's so. then you haven't got any conscience at all." The pn-si.liiig judge, -whose face la lean-shavt-n. smiled, as did the jury. As most of the jury had smooth faces they yelled "not guilty" without leaving their seuts. Punster' Catechiaui. rrefessor : " Why does a duck put hia head under water?'" Pupil : " For divers reasons." Professor: "Why does he go on land." Pupil : " Fer sundry reasons." Professor: "Next. You may tll us why a duck puts Lis head under water." Second Pupil: "To liquidate hla bill." Professor: "And why does he go cp, land?" Second Pupil: "To make a run oa the bank." ' A Warm IU-ct ption. A well-known minister was sect South from New Jersey a few years ago to labor among the colore-! ie. pie. They received him with many demon strations of joy, and at the first meeting which he held one colored preacher prayed tor him with great earnestness, thus : j O Lord ! bress dis yer dear I ruddst what's come down from dc Norf to prac!i the gospil to us. 'Nt int Mm wid da kerosene lie ob salvashiu, and set Lim on fire." For the (ilrU. Bessie had loon wearing a young lady visitor's locket and chain f' r s.-wial dayn, when the guef-t announced her intention of leaving on the m. rn.w. " Dar me, I'm so oorry !" said Bessie. " Are you, my dear?" asked the young lady with a smile, that fadod somewhat as the small girl added : . ' " Oh, yes. indeed. I shall mlbs your locket and chain dreadfully." The Amenltiea of Travel. Ancient Brute: " Er. excuse me but, doesn't my open window trouble you." Lady Passenger : "Uh, thank you! I was feeling it a little." Ancient Brute : Well, I wouldn't run any risk of catching cold. Th' re ara some empty seats forward." Harper's Bazar. r: ' A .Jaat Conclusion. "Call me early." eald Mr. Tonnysea In one of his poems. Mr. Tennyson was evidently ot ssJr ployed on a farm.
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