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"MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS."
When I was but a verdant youth
I thought the truly tcreat
AVere those who had attained, in truth.
To man's mature estate.
And none my soul so sadly tried
Ur spoke such bitter things
As he who said that 1 was tied
To mother's apron-strings.
I loved my mother, yet it seemed
That 1 must break away
And find the broader world I dreamed
l'.-yond her presence lay.
Hut I have sifrhed and I have cried
O'er all the cruel st infra
I would have missed had I been tied
To mother's apron-strinBS.
Oh. happy, trustful Rirls and loys!
The mother's way is best.
She h-ads you mid the fairest joys
Tlu-oufrh paths of place and rest.
If you would have the safest pruido,
And drink from sweetest springs.
Oh. kevp your hearts forever tied
To mother's apron-st rint s.
Nixon Waterman, in U A. W. Bulletin.
SUGAK OU SALT.
nv kyk joiinsox.
It was an old-fasliione house, in
the suburb of an old-fashioned town.
Nancy Moore sUwmI tion the jioreh ami
matched the carriage until it disap-
earert around the 1 end near the bridge;
ihen, turn ill";, danced pleefiilly into the
pleasant Kitchen. "Miss .Nancy Moore.
Missus for the day, if you please." kIh
aitl aloud with a sweepiiifr courtesy,
though her ewii brilit self was the
only U-iiij visible. Then droppin"; ii.ttt
;:ii easy ehair, placed invit ii:g-y iH-ar
in open window through wliieh tb
sweet inorr.ino- air came in delightful
little puffs, she proceeded to plan her
.lay's work.
".Mamma and papa are off for the day.
and 1 n. ay work my own sweet will
while they are away. There's a
rhyme to bein with, yon silly thiiif;-.
i'hey will be prone until near Jive, and
ousin Hal is coming' home with them
to tesi. I am to prepare that tea. :
rather dinner. It me see. what sliai:
e have? There's Want if ul biead.htil
er and honey for a foundation. I'ii
make some of 1 hos mock niimv jiies
papa loves so dearly. Then a whili-
ake and a cream layer, a mold o '
arieiralc-d appie jelly to please liiam
::ia. some lemon jelly to please Hal"
witli Hush at mention of that name) :
"Ihen there's potato salad, creamed
jiolatoes. fried chicken there that
will do, Nancy, yon must remember the.
dat liiiir old papa is not rich."
Springing- up. the happy pirt took
down a hure ";iniriiaiii apron from zi
-..ti vetiit'iit nail, and :ifter ilonnino- it.
rolled her sleeves alnive her dimple.!
elbows. The Ii re was rebuilt in tlit-
ooi.slme and the dampers were riru
l.ited. Then seizing a pan she ran
iiIitly t low n the ei'llar stairs to the
,ot:;t. bin.
"Two eupfiils and a half of prated
potato." she s:iid. as she stdeeted I iiln rs.
""and if I have any over I shan't ptn
t in as I did last time. Str:;n;'e how
:; y it is to spoil a nice dish by uof.
: ..How :np the directions implicit ly."
aney sanp merrily as she pa reef,
washed ami dried the jiotutoes. Then
she proceeded to prate them coarsely,
but unfortunately rublied her thumb
over the prater, thereby interruptinp
her soup for a minute. J lit s:ie v as t::
happy to care for a wounded thuir.
and was soon warbliiip away iu t.vai:
with the birds who were sii p tlif..
: i'. tolier melodies preparatory to a iii. -t
iisp.
"'j'o eupfiils and a half of pTatei!
potato, two eupfiils of Litiup tatt .'
- otired over them, oe.e euprnPif vii.i -ur,
one of molasses, one ai d a t.alft "
vii-rar. two teaspM)iifulti of eiuLarno..
.-. A one of cloves. I'atler size c-f a.:
;.p ai.d a cupful of ra sir.s." she- re
. aletl aloud, as she ad.led. each ii.
tedieiit in Sum. "'1 ere. that's a!;.
. .ovv lor my crust and papa's miijin: puai
a I e I. ade."
in a very s!ort time shrt had foir
ilainty-loiikinsr pies in the oven, uu.l
. !ie savory inlor they emitted
she presently ojiened the oven doorwa--a
vMiuderful imitation of the oripinal
to sly the least.
White her pies were balinp. she pre
pared her mold of variepat-.'d apple jelly
by eelinp and euttinET up a pound of
sour apples and putting" them to cook
In a siew-pan with three ounces, of
siipar, a cupful of water and" the juiee
.ml pratel rind of a lemon. When
'hey were cooked to a pulp, she put
hem throuph a strainer ami added an
;tince of pelatine. v hich siie had dis
solved in a pill of water. Half of the
:pples she colored with a teasxonful
of cochineal, and then she filled her
mold with alternate layers of the
colored and uiicolorcd fruit. When it
ivas cold, she turned it out Uon a pla.ss
dish, ami it was to be served with a
.'mt of whippetl cream iilel hiph on
the center. This done, she made the
cream for her layer cake, liy that time
I he pies were done and the cake making
fol low eil.
IZverylKidy lias a favorite recipe for
w hite cake, but perhaps Nancy's simple
formula for layer cake .may fill the
i:ced of some one. wliose papa like hers
is "not rich:" "One cupful of white
: upar." said she nloud someway she
hail talked t.y herself all day "oneepp,
half a cupful of saleratus and one of
lemon. Now just Hour enough for a
running batter, and into the three tins
you go."
KvcrTthing turned out splendidly.
.Mid Nancy felt a thrill of pardonable
hi :! as she surveyed her finished pies,
cakes and apple jelly.
"Now for my lemon jelly," she said,
after a short rest in the easy chair by
'he wind v.v. and a f.w breaths of the
oiire fretdi air that, luld a, hint of frost
in it, "I shall Ie nil done by twelve and
can climb the hill for those autumn
leaves this afternoon.
Half an hour later a row of fancy
mollis of golden jelly stviod upon one
of the v, ide old-fashioned window sills.
V brisk and energetic war was tJi"n
wa-red w ith tlie various articles nsed in
baking. Of course they were spi-edily
vanquished: and when they were all
wit in their places in shining cleanli
ness, the tired yet happy girl hung
up her ginghatn apron ami rolled dow n
her sleeves with a igh of relief. The
ihicken was in t lie cool cellar all ready
for tlvt frying ia.n, the tiotato salad
must le prepared later on, for it could
not stand too long, while it would only
take a few ininubw to cream the pota
toes while the chicken fried.
Nancy thought of all this while set
ting thi taoie. 1 lie wine kitcuen was
also tlie dining-room, but it was built
ljcfore jieople liegan cutting tlieir
houses tip into so many rooms. Tin
east end with its matting covered
floor, windows full of sweet smell'ntr
plants, and daintily set table with its
snowy linen and shining glass;, formed
so pretty and inviting a picture, noon
need look further.
The girl gave a sigh of satisfaction as
she surveyed her finished task, then
covered all with a length of netting.
An hour's rest, a lunch for which she
brought a pood appetite, and then she
fret out on her search for October treas
ti res.
She was back long liefore the hour of
her parents return, and when tJiey ar
rived she stood at tlie gate to receive
them. Hal Dinsley was with them,
as she had eiiectcl, and he thought he
had never seen so fair a picture as she
present wl in her soft brown dress, a
spray of l elatwl poldenrod at lier throat
and another in her hair.
There was a happy look in her dark
cyt, and a deep flush stained Iter cheek
:is he. held ier hand in greeting. Hut
someway lie did not like the "Cousin
Hal, so freely In-stowed. A nearer
and dearer title would have bw-n far
mote to 'his liking.
They were a little late, so made haste
to prepare for the meal which Nancy
said was wait ing for tliem.
How ecrybody did enjoy that tea.
It was not considered ill-mannered in
that section, if anything was particti
Inrly pood, to say so, and Nancy foam!
herself loaded with compliments.
"Now. here's a. pie a man caiii eat
without a haunting fear of indigestion
ei nightmare." said Mr. Moore, as he
deKs'.Uil si. pepeirous triangle of th.;
mock mince ii pxri hi.s plate. "You have
excelled yourself, dear, they aiesplen
lid." Thus it was w it h e cry t hinp un
til the ea.kc.s were passed.
Nancy salwi1.li tl w neast eyes, blush
ing under Hal's admiring glances, w hen
a sudden and complete Milcm-e on tin
part of all caused her to look up. Mr.
Moore w a.s e ident ly iin t he verge of a
lit. or making a heroic- atlempt to sup-p-resis
a la uph. She glanced at Hal. He.
too. was smiling, despite all efforts l.i
the contrary. "My ih-jir." said her
motlier in a pie-r voii-e, "where did
you pet the sugar for your cake?"
Nancy l.iokcd surpriswl. "Why. after
I used what was in t he bucket, I opened
tr.at p;ip-r papa brought, yesterday."
"Oh. by t!-orpe, 1 thought so." and
Mr. Moore burst into a ringing -al of
laugh U'.r.
Mrs. Moore could not s-.k, but mo
tioned for Nanev to taste her piecx- of
ea!:e.
She olicyed. but the expression of lis
giisb d an a.i nieii t on her face w hiel
followed was too much for Hal, and hi
joined the chorus. Nancy sat. a mo
ment t he pict lire of mort ificat ion. Her
leautift.'t eiike. which rivaled the snow
iu w hilebt-ss. and her cream layer or
which she had lieen so proud, went Iwtt h
made of s.-ilt-!
, Hut really, it was too comical, and a
moment h'lT she was laughing as
heartily as any of them.
Well, the siiier was a prcat Riiecess.
not withstanding iter awful blunder;
and ere she laid her head upon her
pillow tluit night. Cotrsiit Hal, who
really was no cousin after all. had asked
her lo sw eeten his eakes for all hi life.
And she had promised to do so. provided
he fiirnishetl nothing Imt salt.
Nancy now mistress ofa liom of
her own. and has lieeanie a notable
hons-w ife. I hit she. never uses theeun
tent.s of a package without lieing sure
whether it is sugar or salt. lood
I louse !. w piii g.
ENGLISH DRINKING SONGS.
Fletcher's Happy KfTorts and the Varin
tiont of It.
The lx--.t of t he Knglish drinkingsongs
wcie v. . ilten by the draiiiatists of tin
H'vt nt ; at.h century, men who trolled
out thiir vigorous sentiments, linktsl
swif tly together in flowinp verse, with
out the smallest thnught or fear oT
: hoi-king anyltutly. Frankly indecor
ous, they invite the whole wide world
to dri;.!-: w ith them, to empty the brim
ming tankard passed from hand to
hand, and to reel home through the
frosty streets, where the watchman
grins at their unsteady steps, and quiet
s!eeVTS. awakened from dull dreams,
echo with drowsy sympathy the last
swelling cadence, of their nproarious
song. Where there Is no public senti
ment to defy even HaeclKuialian rioters
and liaceliunalian verses cease to lie
defiant. What admirable good temper
and sincerity in Fletcher's import un-
Sty:
"Drink to-day and drown all sorrow,
Yo.i shall perhaps not do it to-morrow;
Hest, while you have It: use your breath;
There is no drinking after death.
"Then let. us swill, boys, for our health.
Who drinks well loves the commonwealth.
And ho that will to bed ro sober
FcUs with the loaf, still in October."
I'lion this song successive changes
have bwii rung, until now its variations
are lew ildering, and to it we owe the
evcr-iopular and utterly indefensible
glee roared out for generations by many
si 1 tusty tavern chorus:
"He who Koes to lied, and roes to bed
sober.
Falls as the leaves do. and dies in October;
liut he who goes to bed, and goes to bed f
mellow.
Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest
fellow."
Atlantic.
Making War Halloons.
Women make the aercstats, or war
balloons, used by the Hritish povern
men;, arid also do some part of th- rop
ing of I he balloons. They work in
sluds built specially for the parprpT.
There are alout o5 women enpied,
and all earn good wages. They are
mostly the wives and daughters of sol
diers, and have all been earefn!!y
tra'.r.cd by the. superintendent cf the
hnlloon department. The making of
the balloons requires a very deiieate t
touch, one thin nun of bullocks skin
having to lie laid over another with the
greatest care. The ends of the sopes
have also to be woven into each other
with extraordinary deftness.
Moon M on n tain.
The mountains of the moon are im
mensely large, in proportion than those
of iV.e : arth. The moon is but one
forty -n nth the size of the eart'i. bi:t
ts ::.ountain jeaks are nearly as h.g ii.
"'wetity two are higher than Mt tint
Slane. which is within a few feet of
1hrc miles high. The highest is n lit
tle more than four miles and a half.
St. Louis lli-public.
tiUR-JLHt IN TH: HACKVvOOUo.
Dislocat Ion Treated by M cans of m I'ullcy
and steam Kng;llo.
"I'robably a.s queer a piece of Lack
woods surgery as has be.-u described,"
:iys a frequenter of the region, "wat
thai pciforiUv'd by a Moosciivail l.ikt
guide kbovvii as 'Old Sabiitlu.' -o y;ar..
ago. The man was not aa indian, a
his nickname implies, but a VaiiUie,
one of those rough fellows foimctly
i-Liaiacti rislic of that locality. This
guide was left on a lake steamboat s:t
one of the far up landings while the
tnginecr went asiiore with the eon -jjiny.
A man nametl Mesirvty cairi
aboard and iu fooling aroui.d the bt.n:
mauageil to tumble down into the lire
pit ami put his shoulder out of joint.
'Here was a dilemma. The other
members of the party would i.ot b -.
back for half an hour, and the injure:!
man was in great pain. The guide was
a man of expedients. He got a rope
and tied his patient securely t- a pos:..
Then he tied another roj-e arotird t' e
man's wrist and hitched the loose e:: 1
to a pull-.'y of the engine. He manage. 1
somehow to turn on steam ami t!:e pul
ley began to wind up the rone. It drew
the arm out tight iu beautiful s-hape.
and presently the joint snapped la.
into its socket. 'Sabattus' jumped
around to shut off steam while t!:i
pulley kept on winding. 'Holy Moses."
gasped the guide, excitedly, 'how dtvs
it go? I don't know Where 'tis. I cai.'l
stop the blanked thing, and the pulley
meanwhile was slowly but surely
pulling Meservey to pieces. ITiseve:-:
were sticking out of their sockets and
he screamed and gasped for broath.
Sabattus' danced around like a wild
man. not knowing what lo do. when !i
hnppencd to spy a hatchet lying near
n:n. jumping for that, he cut the ro)K
and saved a dreadful catastrophe. T:i:s
was done just as the party of city fo!!:s
who had gone ashore came rti'Thirg
bac on to the lioat, alarircd at Mi sur
vey's screams. It was sr. me year-;
afterward." pays the narrator, "that I
I was present when a lot of summer
I'omnaiiy arrived at Greenville. 'S.il
iitlus was there, too, and presently r.
tlist Inguishrd looking man. one of the
newcomers, went ut to him and
with a meaning smile: 'Are you tin
man that practices surgery by tcam';'
itntl 'Sabattus he.d to admit that he uni
that same feller." " Lew iston (Me.)
.lournal.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND EYESIGHT
! protected Ijhtjm round to Be Inju
rious to the FyesiBht.
The. question of injury to the eyes
from e-leetrie light is being prominent
ly liscussetl by scientists, oculists and
laymen throughout the country. While
opinions widely differ as to the ulti
mate injury likely to result from the
rapidly increasing use of elect rieity,
the consensus of opinion is that light
from uncovered or une-olored globes is
working damage tt the eyesight eif hu
manity. In a discussion of the subject
a Tendon electric light jottrnal. in de
fending its trade, feels called upon to
make some important admissions. It
says: "It is not customary to look at
the sun, anil not even the most enthusi
astic electrician would suggest that
naked arcs and incandescent filament":
were objects to be pazi-d at without
limit. Hut naked are lights are not
usually plat-eel so as to come w ithin the
line of sight, anel when they elo acci
dentally, whatever may result, the in
jury to the eye is quite perceptible. The
Mament of a glow lamp, on the other
hand. is most likely te meet the eye. bur
it frosted bulb is an extremely simple
mxl common way of getting over that
lifliciilty. The whole trouble can be
nsily renieelied by the use of properly
frosted or colored giass globes. In anv
-ae. however, the actual -rmanent
injury to the eye by the glowing fila
mert is no greater than that due to mi
orrdmarv gas flame."''
CHICAGO HORSES AT LUNCHEON
31nn f aithful Kcruiil l:uiulite iliiu in
Talcing at Hurried f.Ical IniviiIukii.
Even the horse-s ef this city take
luncheon, downtown. Kvery business
man knows what this means, the hur
ried bite taken in the short hour alou1
noon eiry tlay, w hen business is aban
eloneil long enough to jiermit the div
st met ion of a piece- of pie or a sandwich
Kverylnxly does it, so it is as fair fot
one as I he other, says the Chicagc
-Chronicle.
This same haste applies to the nap
' which pulls the cab or the heavy draft
l tirses used as freighters. At the noon
hour on any of the- downtown, street a
the oliservant jierson can seex these
faithful Ix-asts with nesebags depend
ing from their hesids quietly mune-h-ng
their oaJ or corn with every evi
aleiiee of sailsfaetion.
It. nwil.es no difference to the horset
That the Missing throng seMs them in
n3ie net of taking food. They are as
i-allous on this subject as their mas
Scrs, many of whom can lie seen sitting
on the wagon or adjacent side-walk
With tinpail 0'n. eagerly destroying
The luncheon which the w ife packed in
Tbf -.morning. It is all in a lifetime. and
the -Chicago 'horse has learned that he
mtisfi eat when he can. and not be too
pjnfirnlar about it. Hence he lays hs
ears "back and munchs away with
jilaeiifl joy.
The I'nknown South.
"The international geographical con
gress rn Ixmdon ayearngo declared that
the grt'ate'st piece of geographical ex
ploration remaining to lie undertaken
is that of the antarctic regions. Since
then a number of small expeditious to
ward the south pole have liecn planne-!.
but littJe has yet lecn accomplish
and Dr. Mill reminds Knglish readers
in Nature that, although 55 years have
eJajiswl sincf. Capt. Kess discovered the
two giant volcanoes which he named
Mounts Erebns and Terror, they have
i.ever again heen seen, and no imjior
tant additional facts have lieen learned
aliout that mysterious jmrt of the
glolie.
Choice Illbernlelama.
At the convention of the Irish race
last month in Dublin two speakers, who
had come from the United States, cein
tributed the following sentences in the
course of their speeches. Oneofthim.
in giving some details of tiersonnl his
tory, ir formed his hearers that "he
lad left Ireland 53 years liefor. a
naked little hoy, without a dollar in his
oe-ket. Said the other: "Until last
week I bad never set foot in the land ?
my birth." M . .
MI?S. LATON'S TEA.
Ensconced in the de.1hs ef her big
arm chair, a smile- lighting up her tine
old face that hT white hair frame-d
with a crown of snow, Mrs. Harmon
was consiilei ing her r.e; h. vv Aist'iew,
a gmxl-looking young fi How of i
who. for his part, vva.; coi:r!dcrIi ' l!i-timep:ce-e
on the mantel, whose hands
were already past three o'e-lock.
"Well, Andrew, elo you find the -loek
very interesting?
In some eon fusion the young man
stammered an excuse, but she went oi::
"Now, don't deny it, you naughty fel
low. Veil w anted to know if your v i;-it
had lasted long enough for you to take
your departure decently.
"Not at all. aunt. Your gu-ss is
ejuite wrong, for 1 haven't the . lightest
intention of poii p yet. Hut w hv do
you keep a regular sun dial like that
iu .our drawiug-roc.m?'
"lVrhaps because I was born so lopg
ago that it is I and not the clock that is
liehird time. Hut come inst ea-1 of
criticising my el rawing-room. tdl me
what you are geing to do when you
leiive here."
"In the first place. I am not going to
leave here for some time; but when I
have wcarh-d yfni with my presence
until you cannot stand it my longer,
it will be time for me to go lo Mrs. La
ton's tea."
"Mrs. Lafon Pauline La ton?
"The Fame."
"Ah. ye?, I urr-d to see her some time
ago. I r li-ember her vaguely a large
woman, dark "
The is a blorde. nur.t."
"Indeeil? She used to be a brunel te.
And so you are sighing at th' feet of
Mrr. La ton?"
"We rre : !1 sighing at her fi-t."
"She l-.ii'd enjoy it."
"Will. I lather think she does."
l it fun?"
"V .-. ::f!.r " fashion. We are always
the t.-p-e little c:ieh- of frieeds. and
then, hesiiles Mrs. La ton. t lit re's a sis
ter, a rather gotxM.i.iking .gill, and a
fewr other vonng mat rons ai.d bachelor
pills."
"And what lo you elo liesitles look at
these- women?"
"We take tea. which we moderate
with rum. a bit of lemon; we gossip and
we llirt."
"Oh. oil."
"Hut. my dear aunt, one must do
something between five o'clock and
dinner."
"Evidently, and tlirtir.g is what you
have found to do."
"It is a way to kill time."
"I s.-arctly know what you mean by
the term. Explain it tome."
"Oh. impossible. A definition for the
word ha l.sng be: n sought, but it has
not yet 1 -ecu foiir.d. I'm. given a young
wc.-maii tete-a-tete with a yoriv: me-:
who is net a fexd. ar.d ! v airn t you if
won't le hii-g before you v. ill have a
practical demons! ration. 1'lirtaiion is
a manner of being di-et ect ly indi-. erect.
To know how to (lil t is nn rnmruin :-e-e-omplishment.
It is a veritable sci
ence." "And is lov a science, too?"
"Nt. it is rather an art."
"And marriage what is it?"
"OK that is philosophy.
"Indeed? At what ape dx-s one at
tain this philosophy?"
"As late as possible."
"It seems to me that nt 2s "
"Aunt, aunt!" cried Andrew, spring
ing from his chair, "eorfess that you
are concocting some t rt'T-'e plot. You
look as guilty as a conspirator."
Mrs. Harmon smiled a line smile and
enjoyed feir a moment the consterna
tion in hervietim'f fe.ee. Then she an
swered, after a pau:-e:
"Yes. yon are right. I wish you to
get married."
"In heaven's name what have I done
to yon?" ge.rod the young man. with
comic seriousness: snil. as the old lady
still smili d. l e eent'nued: "See here,
aunt, T should never have suspected
you of such a thing. You. a woman tf
in 1 . lTgeriee, a superior woman, de
scending to the role of match-maker!
It is a terrible shattering eif my ideals."
"Come, come, my poor loy. do not Le
so cast down. The girl is charming, 1
can assure you."
"Of course, Andrew burst out. "the
girl is always c-harming. Oh, I know
her; I can see her now; she may not be
exactly pretty, but. as you have saiel.
she is charming. She dresses admira
bly, and makes all her own gowns. She
stexxl at the head of her classes in
school, and attends lectures now. Meire
cver, she has taken cooking lessons and
can put up preserves. She plays the
piano, she sings, she paints, and she has
a tidy fortune in her own right. Hah!
No, a thousand times, no! I elo not
want this miracle of perfection. I
know a thing or two, aunt, even if 1
don't lexik it, end if I marry, I shall
marry a woman who suits me. Hut I
know girls they are all alike and 1
know what they are and what they are
worth. There isn't one who suits me,
or can suit me-, anil I shall remain a
bachelor."
"And you go to take tea at Mrs.
Laton's." murmured Mrs. Harmon lx--tween
her teeth, while a disturbing ex
pression came into her clear-seeing old
eyes.
Under this ironical anel even inquisi
torial look Andrew- lost countenance a
little; he could not deny that to matri
mony he preferred flirting with Mrs.
Laton.
He was pulling himself together to re
ply, or rather to defend himself, when
the street eloor lx-11 was heard.
"A taller, eh? Is this your reception
day, aunt, or do you. too, give your
friends tea at five o'clock?"
"You are imjx?rtiiieiit, nephew. At
mv agff a woman dcx-s not give "five
o'clock flirtations. It is not even a
caller. I am sure it is my little friend
Rosamond, the 'charming girl I spoke
of."
"I shall flee, then."
"Do you not wish even to see her?"
"Never! Or. if you insist. 1 shall go
into this little ante-room and look at
her through the crek cf t he eloor. That
is the only eo.iees-iem I shall make,7
and the young man stepx-d quickly into
the next room as the opjosite door
opened to ndmit the visitor; throng
the Flit Andrew could make out the
grarcfr.l silh"ouelto ef a your.p girl.
"How do you do, Mrs. Harmon?" said
the girl, as she entered the room. "I
have brought back ihe little books on
the orphan asylum that you lent
n:. i.:i..a. .viay 1 stay a moment v.ii.i
you ?"
She continued to k-ep her Lack to
ward Andrew, and he. now lx-ginning
;o get tired of the gjme. had alio:., con
cluded that she must be- f right full v
ui'Iy.
"Sit elown here, dear, Wside me." and
Mrs. Harmon -asily contrived to place
the girl just opjosit? tlie small root.:;
and the young man, approaching h's
eye tt the crack, was struck by the
pretty face he beheld.
"Wt 11. llosanioml. w hat are you d-irg
nowadays? Are you going out much?"
"No. very little. 1 had a card fnrMr.
Iiton's tea this afternexui. but 1 wrote
her I was ill. You will not lx'tre.y r.-e.
will you?" and she laughed a merry
laugh, that set Andrew's heart to vi
brating. "Do yon not care for such affairs ?"
aski d Mrs. Harmon.
"Surely, Mrs. He.rmon. you i t ot
think it would be rmusing lo sjynd r.u
hour or two watching Mrs. Lalon's "imi
tations, with no one to talk to but the
insipid woman and stupid men of her
set?"
"You arc severe, my child."
"Severe? Well, with a woman like
Mrs. baton I elo not think me can be too
much so."
Instinctively Mrs. Harmon raised her
eyes to the door that concealed Andrew,
anil, under pretext of arranging the
portiere, she crossed the room. and. a.
she rearranged the ilrapery. whispered
lo hr nephew: "It's nearly lire you'll
l e late for your te.i."
I'.iit her wtirning was unheeded; An
drew did not butlge. As for the girl by
the- fire, she was still full of he- idea.
"Do you know Mrs. LaW.n. Mrs.
Harmoe. ?" he asked.
"Yen. ye:." the old lady hastened to
reply: ::.d 1j luri the conversat ion she
went :;: "I'tit volt are wrot.p to de-clar-
t'e.:;t ; i! men are stupid. There
fire ; on e v I: i arr quite svirsihh'."
"-' i s".l !. - .' We'd. I don't km w tV-i:-.
I do l ot r ::;i that they are :-!l stunie.
but th.-y I'. r.k themselves so superior
that they '.: :v wearisome. They ae
va'n. i: .-iii.': r::l le lores, with their
blase airs ai:d the-ir id-ea thnt they a. c
irresistible lxcause they can flirt with
Mrs. baton, wh-i has blcac.iit d h.iir.
smerrs paint tin her face as if it v -re
a palette, anel whose brains tro p.iad
for n-.ithing but to tlevis? out rag. oils
gowns."
Again Mrs. Harmon east an uncrts'y
.".liiee toward th little rtiom. in w-.Pcr
Andrew was fast waxing angry. I:e
v.ouhl have liked to strangle !i:s girl,
wliose superb hy!th and triumphant
lxanty irritated him.
"And w hen w ill you get married, my
elearV" snggestct .Mrs. Harmon, again
thrown-? hi rsi lf into the breach.
"1 shall never marry."
"Indeed? Why not?"
"Why not?" re i eat eel nosamond a
sliadow eif raclaioehoiy touiing over the
taee that Ai.elrew admired ip spite t.f
hinisi If. "Heeause I am a Title feci
wlir cannot do a : t!ie rest do I wen! '
wish to love my husband :.n 1 to l ave
him Live ire. I would w ii !i to marry
a man whom I should di:gh- out from
among the rest for his goodness an;' in
telligence. I would wish to have con
fidence in him. rind above all le proud of
him."
A.s tlie girl sjioke she had lwomeMii
mat'il with a gentle exaltation. wVch
wis not w ithout its effect, tin thej oi.r-g
man Ix-hind tlie drxr.
"Well. Hosamond." said !rs. 1'arrv-n.
"wli? do you not realize yourd:ani?"
"He-cause tliere are no young n:rn
nowadays who care to leu!-: for a girl
who plcaTts them. Marrisg- for Ihm
is a matter of business, nothing r:or;
and the woman herself dew;- r. "1 relict.
They marry when they have lo- t the-ir
mon-.-y. and the little he-art they p"s-svs-vcl
has lx-en frit tercel away e-.n somo
Mrs. Itt-m or another."
Again .?rs. Iljrtiion arose, and. pre
tending she had an order to give, ex
cused herself and hastened to her
nephew.
"Well. aunt, slie has givt n us a rice
dressing down, eh? For a 'charming
girl. I would back her ngainxt tJie
world."
"Hurry. Andrew: it is l::!e. nml you
have almost, misseel your ti :t."
"My tea!" he rcx-atevl. "Ho? her my
tea! Is there nothing else in the world
but my tea? Now, you r.-nst i.r.el an
excuse to bring me into the room, and
I'll show that young shrew whether
all men are fool--?. Oh, she need have
no fear. T shall not try to marry her.
for I still have all my hair, a little
money, anil a lieart still intact."
Mrs. Harmon could not refrain a
sn.ile at t!ve young man's vexation, and
five minutes latr Anelrew entered the
dra w i n g-room.
Hut, contrary to expectations, the
conversr.t ion did not become a war of
words; on the contrary, the girl's fresh
paye-ty disarmed Andrew's anger at.
one-e. Ili-s preconecpt :tn fled Ix-fore. her
dimpled smiles and her pentb voice,
and he sixvn fell ii inter her charm, for
getting bis :nger in his admiral ion for
her graceful movements, the jy-n-et rat
ing timber of her voice, tlie sparkle of
her wit.
The hour for the tea had long passed,
and Anelrew wa still there. He h:id
lost all elesire to run after Mrs. Laton,
that fatkd doll whom llosamorJ as
he was fore-eel to admit to himself-- had
portraye-d so truthfully.
And ensconced oree mr:e in the
depths of her orm chair, i'l-. Harmon
smiled a kii.dly smile, a-.d rlh niiy re
garded the young people, who. for thee r
part. looked nt one ar.her with looks
that do not deceive, a.'ul in which the
old aunt read with joy th hope of a
happy union. Fan Francisco Exam
iner. Plnlnt of the Downtrodden.
"Things ain't right in this world,"
said Perry Patettie-. bitterly.
"What's eat in you now ?" asked Way
worn Watson.
"I was thinkin of money. A mug
don't amount to r.oth'n w ithout it; and
when he elon't amount to rothin' he
can't git it. N o show fer a pore man at
all." Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Start.
First Hnrglar What leel you to the
profesh ?
Second Hnrglar Tryn ter get pen
nies outter me toy bank w'en I wnz cr
kiel. Washington Times.
A miscreant was originally a person
who eliffered in religious Ixdief from
yourself. The. name was first appli?d
to the Saracens.
COUNTING OF THE VOTES.
In Kecent Elections There linn Hesi Lit
tle Fraud In Sew York.
The counting of votes has lwen in
the past more fruitful of trickery and
falsification than any other part o
the election prut-etas. In 1S93 the can
vassers in certain districts reduced the
matter lo its lowest terms by simply
reorting a unau'mous -0te on ther
side-, and then goingout to fiing up their
hats for the rest of the night. In ttw
sulsequent election comix-tent bnel ir
corruptible men sujx-rvised tlie rantacx
so strictly that the jH-rcentage of frauel
was so small, if any existed, as never to
!x- heard of. This watching, saya a
w riter in Century, at therount not onlv
prevciite.1 iptentional lying, but savel
ae-eidental mistakes. In one case the
Ixiarel of inspe-iors confesseel they did
not know how to eount the votes" and
submitted entirely to the guidance of
i wcll-infoimeel watcher.
The counting is done in public, and
is often an interesting sight Every or
ganization and each candidate may
Ncitd a representative to observe i
-.hough nolxxly but the uspw-tors l
jx-rmitted to torn h the ballots. The
stra:ght tickets are first counteel in ten
by four men iu sucee-ssiou. and a tally
is kept by at least two assistants. Each
name is credited with as many votes
as there are tickets for his side. Then
one inspector reads off of those ticket
which are "split." or have .asters at
tached, or tipon which names have been
'lased or new names written, and each
candidate is credited with a vote e very
time his name appears. When this is
finished Ihe most prominent office is
laken up. and the sum of the votes for
each canditlate is ase-ertaine-d.
HE VOWED VENGEANCE.
And Cot It with m W iU Lord ttea-tnnlda
l'nth.
"He strue-o-e-k me!"
The villain strode up and down the
stage cycle path and ground his teeth
with rage, says the New York World.
"He struc-e--e-e-k Cecil Legree!"
In a very ecstasy of fury the villain
stamjied his feet and tore his hair.
"He struck Ce-eil Legree! No man
ever did that and lived to tell the tale.
And as for the girl ah, me proud beau
ty, you shail yet feel the vengeance of a
Legree!"
What venom, what hatred there was
in the bitter words.
Even the pale moon wobbled in the
canvas heavens.
"I have the papers; ha. ha, ha! I'll
bide me time, and then, then I'll creis
hi rath ara'n!"
I.'aisir"- IPs clen-hed hand the villain,
served Tied ice p)Kin high heaven and the
pro; city m.xin that some day he would
puncture proud lord Lcg'r.aUi's tire.
"I'i! crews hi--- path r.ga'c! I'll cross
his pnt'i again!" he repeated.
A w L'rr on the air of the st :Uy night,
an on.itiousgrindingup-on the theatric:-1
macadam, a pneumatic "biff" like the
"biff" of a pile-driver, a bent, lettered
shape e'rasliin? into a pale-green tree
trunk with a dull, sickening thud and
then silence silence!
It was even so.
He had crossed Lord Reginald's cycle
path again!
A POLITICIAN TESTED.
A Conirreswmnn Mho Could Not Play
Checkers to Knit Constltaente.
"One of the ablest meu in congres
will lose a number of vot8 in bis dis
trict iu Georgia." said a department
clerk to a Washington Star reijorter.
A friend of mine wrote me some time
ago that the judge was safe so far as
his reelect ien was concern-d. but my
frleml visited one of the hack coun
ties a few days ago and found that a
leci!ed change iu sentiment had come
; lxiut. He asked cne of the political
leaders:
" 'What is the matter with the judge?
" 'He ain't no good."
" 'Why, what did he ever vote for
that you are not in favor of T
" '1 dunno.
" 'Did he vote against cnything- you
wanted passed?
" 'Not as I know on.
" 'Tlie new spapers all f peak well of
him.
" 'Newspapers is alius tyinV
"'What is the matter?
" 'Waal, he corned out here, an Torn
Wilkins lx-al 'im playin checkers. Tom
kain't play a little bit. an what kin' o
a figger kin a man cut in congress who
kain't play checkers better'n the 7 "
Strategy Well Employed.
The wise men of the east understand
he value of strategy and know when
to use it. A rich n. enchant died. Ho
had one son. w ho when quite a lad had
lwen sent to au uncle in India. When
on his way Lome the young fellow was
shipwrecked. It was believed that h
cse-aped drow ning, though no tidings of
him con!. I lx-obtained. His fat her died.
l-aving bTs fort une to the care of an old
friend, r.ot to lx? handed over to an
claimant until certain injunctions had
leen fulfilled. At the end of a year a
young man appeared, who dcclareti
himself the heir; then a second and
n third arrived on the scene. The guard
ian gave to each a bow and a now an.l
desired them to use the dead maa's pic
ture as a target to aim at the heart.
The first nearly hit the mark. he sec
ond el rove his arrow- home, but the third
burst into tears ami refused todishonor
his father's memory by eleseerating t h-
Irtrait of one whom he had love
and revered. Then the guardian knew
w hich of the three was entitled to the
fortune. -
How MaaBfartarrn Teat Rleyelea.
Unless one has visiteel a great bicvele
factory it is not easy to appreciate the
many delicate eiperations that the parts
of a bicycle are subjected to, the many
tests that must lx? passed, and the hun
dreds of careful inspections that the
many parts must pass before they sre
eonsitlered worthy or good enough to
lx- assembled into a bicycle of standard
worth. Visitors to a big manufactory
arc surprised at the extent of the plant,
tlie jx-rfeet appointments, and air of
discipline that prevails throughout.
It does not take the most inexperienced
long to see w hy it costs so much to build
a good bicye-le. The most exact inge.-;re
is reepuired; the very lx?st materials are
necessary in every art; skilled labor of
the highest order is essential to obtain
the desired resnlts, and if any part pets
through the inspection-room and is
afterwards found imperfect, it is noth
ing abort of marvelous.
IF