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VOLUME XXXI.
EBENSBUHG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL, 9, 1897.
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ni. iiut after alitick bead
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fc ' ' f t-jr j.;Hd luanea d.ieo.
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t:(, ;i lii-f p:ilt:n t-uiipmt.
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with wit ami humor. I is rout ri liulors arr t hi' liosl of A nieriran
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r CO cants' worth of weeds.
,. r ,.U T ii,;, r,.iv. nn.l VP.- vill tend a parket of
lmi' Klowcr sredi lre.
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", in Anit-ru-a. n.kH kkMv ailvertii.! Wl
four yr: known and nnil hy ev.-ry i-ianiyi
Tbol why hrcinnrr. V"'rr' '"t
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Mle. and inromr. Now n the time lo Mart
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' l.lopo Kinerlti, Koebe.ter, N. V.
HOPE'S PROMISE.
While the life of a man
Moveth smoothly ulonir,
And his walks lie apart
Krom the sorrowing throng.
He may coolly docry
Kaith's "jnrrainlnK prayer"
And assert, with a calm,
I'hiloophirai .air.
That the frrave is the sum
Of humanity's uain?
The reproach and reward
Kor its pleasures and pains;
Hut Philosophy flees
From the presence of Woe
Like an ally abashed
In the face of the foe.
O, parent whose eyes
lathess l.mpint; revealed
In that fclati- e ere hy Death
They were silently sealed;
O, hahe that has passed
To the I'r.-sence al-ove,
Art thou Rone for all lime
Krom the pressure of love?
Am! thou who wast more
Than all mortals else dear.
Art thou lost to the soul
That was one w it li tin here?
Ah! 'tis false; sophists turn
From the lowly ih.it irrieve,
F!ul the Father sends hope
I'nto them that M-lieve.
Ami their hearts in the years
They thereafter aldde
Are the sweeter because
of Hope's promise inside.
Frank 1 "utnani. in Chicago Times-Herald
A STJiEKT CHARACTER.
M)X'" Home walked into the Alfalfa
KiiroK'an hotel fceliiif as if he were
u returneil Ki Van Winkle.
He hail leeii away from t'hirao'o only
two moil t lis. and t he 1 1 eets seemed 1111
faniiliar and t-hanired as he came into
the A I fill fa neitrliborhood. At one cor
ner where a four-story liuildinir had
stood there was now a muddy excava
tion. Tin- liotcl front, loo. seemed dif
ferent. There w as .oinet hi .tr IliissiniT
or something added, he couldn't tell
which. Perhaps the e plana t ion was
that he now looked at t he old luiildin-
with a refreshed interest.
There were two stramr-Ts seated in
the oH'ce. 1ml they lowered l!e-ir pa
pers and studied "Hoe" as if he were a
stranger.
As usual, t here w as no our ln-hind 1 he
de.k. The Alfalfa hotel usually t.wk
care of itelf - the patron-; takinsr the
keys from t!ie p-L'eoii -holes. settimr
down "calls" on i,e slate and hunt int.'
for mail out of the nssirt nient h-ft ly
t he J M1 map.
"I.oc" put his new fan-colored valise
mi the t'oor an-' removed his new l.hick
derhy hat with the swathe of crae
around it.
The day was damp and niucfv. and
"Hoe's" 1-ald frontal wasih-wy with jht-.-pirntion.
"ApxImmIv at honie?" ho a--lr-d.
The tra nirers did not condescend to
reply, and "Ooe" felt more than ever
like a K'p Van Winkle.
"Well, if it ain't '! !' "
Tt was the li-rlit nine- dentist. Tie
sl.-ipiied "riM-" on tin- should, r with a
familiarity which would no; hate ljeen
pardoned under other circumstances.
"Yes. my Imv, track nfrain -Lack to
the old home."
"I'm mijrhty rlad to see you. MI the
Jhivs have lieen askinir alwmt yon."
"They're all lier.-. T sup-pO'-'P?"
"Vo. haven't yon heard? Why. sny.
M.m-. this has seemed like a different
place since vou went awav. Let's pit
down."
They sint on the .side of the office
where a dim daylipht fell from the
street windows, and the lichtnintr den
tist cave "Io:-" a lop", pale eiar with
a red and cold label around it.
"You heard about the banjo man,
didn't yon?" asked the dentist.
"I haven't heard a word. I've Ix-en
very busy settlimr the affairs of my sis
ter's estate. I had a lawyer and an ac
countant to help nie. but all t he respon
sfl.ility prart ically rested on me."
"Ye heard about your sister's deat h.
Was it iincccW-d .'"
"Well, you fro ahead and tell me w hat's
happened here and I'll frhe mv story
later."
"You know the banjo player?"
"The one w ho w rote soitjirs?"
"Yes. Well, he's married married
the week after you went away. She's
:ui actress, and they went on thest-ace
locether. He can sine some and play
the banjo, and they say she's ipiile a
dancer. They act- at these rout I n nous
houses."
"Well, well. Isourot Iut friend drink
inc as hard as ever?"
"Who, the lush? Well, sir, he's try
intr his hardest to quit. There was
three days last week that he didn't drink
a ny l hin-r but ci nirer and some new cider
they've frot in at the bar. Then one
ni-rht he frot with some ft -Mow, w ho was
here buyinc a stock of froods, and he
jri.t an aw fui skate."
"Too bad. too bail. A man of g-ood in-sttuu-ts,
yes. sir. It's tint bad."
"'I he real e.-tate fellow is out on the
road, jidvertisinc a couch medicine, or
somet hinc like that. There wasn't any
thinc tloi.ic in his line here. I tlnnk he
owes the house a little money."
"Does t he drummer ever come in any
more?"
"Yes; he's Ik-cii hen-tw ice a day or
two at a time, l'.ut we've fjt two n-v
ones, 'lKe, a bicycle man and a lnx.k
acenU You want to look out, Iic.
That bicycle man will sell you a w heel
liefore he's known you fin hour."
"I don't think o. I have a fri-nd in
the niaiiufact urine business who ha.s
offered to make nie a present f the
finest wlieel that's manufactured."
"lo you think you could learn to ride,
'IK.cr""
"Ioc" chuckled and rublM-d the ash
from, his cipar afrainst the arm of the
chair.
"You weren't, out here that eveninfr
last summer when some of the loys
dared me to try to ride a wheel? I for
pot who all were there, but I turned the
lauch. I jiiruix'd on that wheel, rode
down the street, turned around and
came back w ithout a "wobble."
Whv. -1rd '"ll li"rn?"
"Learn! I never touched n. hicycVe
until that flay. I suppose it cajne a.sy
to me, because I'm naturally cool
headed, and then I learned to preserve
u:y eipiirbrium when 1 w as walking-the
ticht rope."
"Why, I never knew that you walked
the ticht roiie."
"Well, I never did follow it tor any
lenirth of time, but I used to practice
it a. fjooxl deal iu a g-ynniasium at Cin-
ciiuiati. That was about tiie time 1
wt.it out wit h the circus. You've heard
of I'.lon.lin, the -rrcat rojie-walker '."
"1 believe I hav yes."
"Why, you know, the fellow who
walked a li-rhtrojie across Niagara falls
with a man ridiniron his back?"
"Oh. yes; certainly."
The lifrht iiiiifr dentist expected that
"loe" would claim to be the r ..u who
-s-ihIcoii Illoudiu's back, b-.it he lid n't.
"Well, one day I'.loinlin was in ("in
cinnati, and he came down to t he frym
ncisium ami watche.1 me practice. I
didn't know who he was until 1 came
down off the rope, and then some of the
Imvs introduced him to me. lie said to
me: 'llorne, if you keep at it tin. I prac
tice, you'll make a ln-tter rope-walker
than I am.' Well, I lauirl.ed. and, of
course, 1 appreciated the compliment,
but I w asu't t hinkinc of wa Ikiitc rope.
in those days. That was the time I
was interested with some eastern cap
italists in establishing a southern
branch for a bijr implement iartory.
If I remember correctly 1 cleared up
about ten thousand on that deal."
"Why don't you try some time now
to see if you can walk a rope?" asked
the dentist.
"Oh, 1 haven't thouchtof it for years.
I suposemy feet arc tender, too. When
I used to work in those thin rym
nasium shoes the sides of my feet were
so hard vou couldn't drive a tack in
thcui."
"IVoc" smiled reminiscent ly, nnd the
dent ist, who did not vv Tsh V: tax "Doc's"
powers on the very first day, chanced
the topic of conversation.
"So you lot your sister?" said he.
"Yes; xor Louise. I hadn't seen
her very often in late years, but when
she was IMl years old she w as admitted
to 1h- the most beauiful girl in eastern
Ohio. She was a very well-preserved
woman up to a few months si fro. w hen
her health Ireiraii to fail. 1 didn't tell
you. did I. that she left some of her
property to me?"
"No. 'Doc, you didn't; but I am cl-l
to hear it."
"She was a w idow, had no children,
and she left her property to he divided
between my brother. Col. Mortimer
Home, of Palermo, and me. Did you
ever hear of Col. 1 1 or ne V"
"1 -believe I have."
"lie's a very prominent nieti-bcr of t he
lar in Ohio. It is i-tippled that Molt
irive tien. 1 1 rant the outline of t he
i. ksburc caii.paifrii. I have a clippiuc
somewhere iii my trunk in which h
tells about it. Wonderfully interest inc.
ma ii. Mort is,"
"I I'd the estate amount to much?"
asked the dentist, who could liot run
. cal his curiosit v.
"We can't tell yet. until we fret, mat
ters st raichtcned out. Most of the
proM-rty is in land and lots. My share
may amount to--oh. I don't know $IL',
ix ii. may be $1.".immi."
"Well, creat Scott! 'Doe,' let mi- cin
crat ulate you. That's a Cleat pick-up."
and the licht nine dent ist Ik-:iiih-iI as he
.--hook "Doc's" hand.
"Yes. Ihat helrs," said "Doc."
t luuicht fully, as he huC'Tc'l his tuft of
chin whiskers. "Still, it doesn't look
s hie to a man who has Urn accus
tomed to deislinc with larcc sums all
.is life. It isn't much compared i-
v hat 1 mad. -..ii that C. 11. , D ileal: yci
.it 1 Ije present juiirtiire, a.s I sav, ii
helps."
Tiie lichtninc dentist knew that, for
two years "Doc" had been li v intr f I .ill
hand to mouth, relyinc on a "snap" job
in the city hall. Therefore the piet u re
of "Doc" hoIdir.fr $ 1.j.(hhi bet w cell thumb
and toretincer and smiline at it Indif
feiently was by far the most pietiir
csoue performance ever civi'ii by the
remarkable oid cent ieman.
"1 suppose you'll c hack there and
stttle down?" ventured the dentist,
"No. sir! No. I'll do not 'nine of t he
kind. I've cot a cousin dow n 1 here w ho
offered to cive me one w hole end of his
house, but I couldn't stand it. It vva
t.o i:iet. They went to Im-.I at sun
dow n and cot up in the middle t the
nichf. The street ears ran two mile:
apart, and when I'd look down the
street I'd see about four jx-ople. I'll
tell you I -rot uneasy before I left. I
wanted to lxv back ainonc vou loys,
where f could see people passitiff m
front anil hear an elevated t rain once m
awhile. May 1m-, when I'm older, I'll
want to c,J "t on a side, street in a
country town and sit down and vece
taic, but. up to this time I'm as much of
a city man as 1 ever was. No. sir: you
can't fret rid of me. I'm here to stay."
Chicaco IZecord.
RENOUNCE CHRISTMAS.
3lohannielaii4. Itruli iniiiH and ItuddhintA
liriiy llm HoHiicH of f'lirist.
Therti are millions upon millions of
i-ople in the world w ho w ill not cele
brate Christinas, and there are other
millions to wh'.uii Christmas is objec
tionable, says the New York Herald.
Take, the followers of Mohammed,
for instance. They are divided into
in or "o different sects, amonc which
are the Nousay-rie-y oh. There are
about ."il.oiMl of tlu-in, and they believe
in t ransmicra-t i-n of t he soul. They
1-olU ve that men's souls pass after
deatJi into the b.nlies of animals. For
1 1.4-m the sbury of the birth and life
of Christ has n charms.
Then. tJiere are the Druses, who pro
fess to have knowlcdc. that t!nl has
v isit.al the world 2.U timis, but t.hcj
lo not believe in Christ. For tlieio
Chi-ist in. is h:us no sifruilicstiiee.
It is iHju-illy disrefra rded by Huil
tihists, Japanese. Cliin-se. 1'ni.hiiiiiis
and Molianimedaiis. "There is no (iod
but Allah," suiys the Mohammedans,
'and Mohammed is His prophet." Mo
hammed's fololwcrs also have curioii-i
notions in rce.ird to tJie fate of t.lie tm
believen'" children. Some; believe that
ihso -.liihireii act as tiie srvaaits of
the faithful in Paradise, :ul Mohaiu-In.-il
is reconled as sayiuc on one oc
casion to his wife:
"If tJuou dc-sircst I run nvake I Itee
hear vheir cries in hades."
Other Moli.imiucdaji authorities,
however, dissent from this view, and
.ne of them lA.iiliy says: "I know tjial
Allah will I...I torment those w ho have
not comiuitN-d ajiy sin."
Hilly Warm'! til.
'Johnny." alled his mother, "stop
tisinc that bad laneuaee."
"Why," replied thelHiy,"Shakesi are
s-w'd what I just diil."
"Well." replietl the nwither, frrowin.'
infi.-n-iatrd, "you should stop coinc
v.ith him he's no fit coruiianion for
you." Tit-Bits.
WONDERFUL SEED.
A Georgia Farmer's Strange Crop
of Cctton.
The Seel of It Worth More to llr Ie-
troyvtl Than for I'laiitiiiK Keeauae,
1'aradoxL-al art It May See in.
It In Too I'rtrlilie.
An Atlanta farmer nas cretit.d a sen
sation in acricultural circles by bem
waited on by a committee of south
(ieorciai.s appointed by the farmers .,f
that section of the state to buy from
him the seed from a crop of cotton.
The price to be jraid for the seed is
JiS.iMiu. The man who raised and im .r.
the valuable cotton seed is Mr. .lacksoli.
a well-known farmer, w ho lives ol- and
cultivates the farm of Tax Collector
Stewart. The citizens of south (lenriii
are not the only persons w ho a
anxious to occome owners of the cot
ton seed. Other men throughout the
state have made offers almost as llat
t critic, all of which have lreen rtfuseil
by Jackson.
The mi natural part of the offer to
1m- made Jackson by the committee
fri.in south tiro rca is t he fact that the
men w lio w ill buy the seed do not wish
to plan them. On the contrary, if they
Cet possession of the seed they will
destroy them as iiichly as jrossiblc.
takiuc care that not a sincle seed, es
capes. Such a price as that for cotton
seed was neter heard of lie fore. Ja-k-sui
has received hundreds of offers for
his seed, but even he was surprise,
when he heard that a committee wouhi
wait on him for the puro.sc of offei
i ii ii- him as hich as $ls.(Ki(i for his crop.
The seed has a history of a kind t hat
is unusually intcrcstiuc. Several years
airo Mr. .lad, son was presented with
them by a .lew who had broucht them
from the int.-rior of Africa, from a part
tf the dark continent on which the
firot of white men seldom treads. The
Jew had joined an explorihc party
which had started to the center of
Africa. He was weaHlv, and went on
1 he trip simply for the novelty of the
experience. When in the very middle
of Africa the party came across some
cotton, the stalks of whicl. were over
L'.l feet in heicht. The cov eminent lrot
anist who was alone with the party
took the measure of one of the t-talhs,
and it was from this stalk that t he
t'.rst seed came. The .lew cut off alrout
Is inches of the stalk with a view to
hrihciiic it to America. On the stalk
were bolls, the larcest and finest ever
seen. The it'.ls were Well preserved
by their original owner. -Mid weir
broucht safely to America. While on
a trip through the south the man w ho
Lad brouclit the seed from Africa told
of them, and stated that he would cive
1 1., m to some farmer who would tala-ran-
of them. Jackson w as m.-nt ioi.e.l
I . r h i ui. a ad t In- Jew t II rued 1 he seed over
lo hill..
.lac! son pla rite.) the sed and w at died
its i' rout It with fond eyes. Jle had
heard how hich the stalks from which
the soil were taken had been, and he
lieleriuiiicd to croxv stalks equally as
hich. 11 is ti rst crop w as a success. TIk
stalks of the cotton crew to an enor
mous lu icht.
This year when the time for pla.itint
c otton came .Mr. Jackson l I i l:.im .'
to cive the seed a severe test to sc.
if it would stand it. He planted ever
sect I in the prorest f round on hisentir
!:rm on the west side of a hill. As i:
well known to farmers, the west si.h
upland fr,,,n,l is always very p-.o-Thoufrh
the land was iitimnaiiy
and the year one of live woi.-t cotto:
ycars in the history of the south, ti.
cotton lioiirislicd. Mr. Jackson use.i
tiothiuc to ei.lich the soil in which
tiie seed was planted. The 1es was. a
severe one, lut. not v. ithstaiidinc that
fact, some frf the stalks are as hich a.:
seven feet.
The cotton produced by this seed i:
of the very finest tprditv. and i
even as line as lone staph-cot ton. Jacl -son
Las been otfered ten cent - per poui.o
lor w hat he has raised t his y car. but h
has refused to iim, I it and bclievt;
he will be able to fet 14 cents for i'.
tine of the jrcculiarit ies this col
ton is th- fact that it is le.mess. Whci:
tiie stalk crt-'w"s up leaves becin t:
sprout cut on it, and after they have
Crown out for some distance the frmt
(Mini's out from the stem of the hal
After 1 he fruit Ills partially matuicd
1 lie leaf drops off. lcav ire t lie stalk p. i -fectly
Icallcss. This is the only cot tin,
of this kind ever heard of :n this coin:
try. and is causing no end of comnu r. :
amonc the farmers throiichout th.
r-Ull Ik.
The farmers of south ticnrcin have
sent thc-r committee t Atlanta to buy
t he sc: tl f i . m M r. Jackson. K-caus.-1 he;,
believe that if the cotton is plant.
throiichout the solilli they will L.i
i niiicil beyond repair. They are of th-
vj.ii. 'on that if cotton will i!j so w i
ni.d: r so severe a test, w hen lai.ti I a:u
cull. rated it will j rodutv so mu.-h t liat
c-otton will be so ht-up that tin re Will
be no money in it for the farmer.
Ja.-ksou says that if the cotton is
cultivated it will rod uce at hast two
l ah s to the acre, ai.il joss.i-.ly as r-.u.-h
as four. He I .-els sure that he will li
able to convince the committer
from south (.'-orcia of the lai't that
the cotton will be tiie creat est thiL.e
the south has ever seen or hcar.l of
lie says that with this cotton in u;
all over tiie south the fanner can r -dtiee
his aert-ap-e by over oi.e-h"!f at'1
ra'se more cotton then than he i-; tai."
iiC now. The land that hcdoi s i.-ot lire
for co! Ion eaa l o lit toa rcfiiaLI.'iiro.
a::d the income of the faimer will le
l.ii!.h-d as compared with the amount
of lalror employed in the raising-of cot
ton. Jackson does not much like the idea
of having, the seed tie;! roved, but will
sell it to the. south tleoreia committee
if they ;.vill pay him a larpv enr.uHi
j.riee frr it. If he refuses, the offer of
Sis.coo he will have the ronwlation of
knowinrr that, lie Iras K-cn offered the
hifhestt price ever 1-efore offered
cotton scetl. Atlanta Const it ution-
fiave 1 1 cruel r way.
Lady (in pursuit of a cook) Why did
yon leave your place?
Cook I couldn't stand the dreadful
way the master and mistress used to
fjunrrel. mum.
"What did they used to quarrel
alrout?
"The way the dinner was cooked,
mum." Cincinnati Encpjirer,
A SISTER.
11 V U EMIOLEX OVEHTOS.
iVrmy wives generally have uiunar-
I led sisters. These sisters. aJ w aysconie
out to v isit them.aiK) tne rest gwrs by it
self. Mrs. Lorrilard had an unnwirriwl sis
ter. She wets very att raetive. She was
lar nmre attractivt than Mrs. Lorrilard
ever could have been. The cirl's name
was Sjreneer May Spencer. She was
1" years old, if you trok her word for
it; ami she was blond and pink and
white and plumji. She came from
i:omc place in Ohio, and she visited the
I.orrilards at Stanton w hich is in New
Mexico, UM miles from the .railroad,
across Dead Mail's valley (there is al
ways a Dead Man's valley) and some
steep hills and a lava lied a mile wide.
II you have never seen a iava l.ed. ytu
eannot-a jiprcoiate that. Ytiu micht try
to kiiiacine the. ocean lashetl into fury
by a simoon, then fancy its preat waves
and billows and swells chanced sud
denly to tlark gray-brown stone at the
height of the storm, and you may form
n vague idea of what the lava Ired le-tv'-eeu
Fort Stanton and the railroad is
like.
It frichtened Mis.s Sjiencer badly.
The ambulance went slijipinc. antl slid
ing, and coastinc. ami t humping, ami
b-mnding over the tine j:iss:.bie pa.rt.
in a way that only an ambulai.ee con
ducted by a driver vv ho has sj nt his life
on Arizona ami New Mexico roads could
jrossibly stantl. It put all the laws of
cctitrietal fore and of c.piilil.i ium at
iiamg-ht. It and the four muies were
laws unto themselves.
Muss Silencer was not accustomed to
Ihat :-ortof thing. She stood it as long
a.s she could, and then she told Maj.
Kochc in w hose chare-' she w as t ra vel
i"ic t hat she meant to cet out ami walk.
She had lxrthered the ma jor a firod ileal
already, ami he was evtline tirei. so
he did not sav anythinc. but sirndy
told the driver to "slow up" and let Misrs
SjH-ncer get out by herself.
She fell Itchind after a moment, and
the ambulance went relentlessly on.
reakinc. flapping its eanva--. clankinc
Is chains, its brake soreeeliitic shrilly.
And as it dlsapt a red. sxm-tim-s lost ti
sicht in a great hollow . soiuet imes toil
i:ig uji a .-in. rot Ii face of I i va. M is Sjren
ter felt herself airandontMl. indeed, in
a New Mexico desert und-T that terrible
iiiidsuuiiner sun. The heat was ti. ry.
st rehinsr, irclnnc. The sky was like
hot blue class. She wondered w hy.
when the lava was hot enmich tr bin n
her f.-et t hroueh Jlie stiles tif her .ht-s.
it did not melt or crow soft. She kej.t
on walkinc Iiecjiise he was afraid to
st.?. Tw ice slip slijiped and fell ami
cut her hantls. I'nder the porous.
pil".l-U rock, rabbits and owls and
tji.ail were hidden: there were snake?.
to:. and lizards. At first site was
frightened when they scurried by her.
but soon, with her head rincine and
her eyes dazed with concested MlmI
-Mi l her mouth oiw-i: and a dry a llour.
the did not even notice them.
She
reached the entl of the huee mx-k
tiver at last, ami found the ambulance
waiting. The driver was asleep, and
the major was dritikinc lreer. lie" of
rert tl her some, and when she had drunk
t she he'd out her broad little foot.
"My shoes are ail cut to pieces, antl
hey were new and awfully heavy."
"You slionld have kej.t still." he an
sw eretl.
Now , Miss Sjrenoer wantetl sy mjrathy.
ind when she didn't get it she tmk a dis
ike to the major; antl Irecause she dis
liked him, she eventually made him
-orry.
For t he first fortnieht. of her v isit she
was not pretty. She was sunburned
from her iass.rre of the lava sea. Her
face was red ami swollen, then blotchy,
and lastly jreely. After that she re
turned to the normal pink and white
Shrt was tho only girl at the post, antl
there was a bachelor, a brevet Ivacheilor.
a you tip contract surgeon, and Maj.
Koche's son. The. bachelor officer was
studious thekind that havemuch faith
and think that the preat fathers in
iYH.shinetoni will reward lieutenants
who pass hich exams, and have ideas on
Indians. He had no time for vounc
women. He iid his one call ami re
tired. The brevet bachelor is jecular
to the service. IIIb wife is back east,
visiting her family. He differs from the
real article only in that. he is in-licible.
lie was devoted to Miss Sjiencer. but
he did not count. There was also the
contract sureeon. Of course, he was
only a contract surgeon. Still, he was
tall and blond and had a ticpuiliup
soutlierii drawl. He fell in love with
Miss Spencer.
I tut. the excitinp xirt of the story
hinees on Maj. lCoche's son. He was 20.
but he was of no use on earth. He was
just a Iroy. and never would lie tuiythinp
more. He hail failed in every t hinc he
Ifcad ever undertaken. lie couldn't even
dance, and he w as afraid of a three-foot
aeetpii.i. when he rode. 11 f. dejiended
on his papa for everything, antl he
thought he kuevv women t hroueh and
through. Provideuce sent Miss Sjh-ii-tt-r
to show him that he didn't but
tlu- ways of Prov idciicc are inscrut-al-Je,
and I can't lie sure.
Well, the con traot surgeon fell in love
with Miss Srencer. but, like Yiola, he
inever told his love. Now, as the bach
elor was hidden. Miss Spencer couldn't
fall in love with him. and no one could
have fallen in love with Totldy IJoebe.
so she reciprocated the contract sur
freon's passion.
"His name was Randolph Curtis
Kaiidolj.h. to iimtch his nice blue eyes
antl his charminp draw 1. Hiscourt-ship
was of the ebrnsi!l v -tin-hand sort. The
life of a garrison offers even preater ad
vantages for this than that of a south
ern town. He was with Miss SjwncT
from guard mount inc until long after
tajrs. Hut Miss Sjienjcer pined to see
more of him.
"Mr. Ilaixloljih. I I relieve you're laiy !"
"Ol.. now Miss May why? That
isn't kind." He enzed at the Hap on the;
il:r staff tenderly, antl dw elt musically
on each worth
"l'recause."
"It is the privilepe of a lady to pive
that reason."' His eyea soupht the tenuis
court in teiiihr, blue abstractedness."
"Well, I k now you am"
"Won't you have pity on nie, and tell
me why?"
"lJecause you never are up until al
nurst guard in-ruiit."
"Oh! deah, yes I am. I po over to the
hospital at sick call, you know."
"Why don't I ever see you. Then?"
"Perhaps you haveu't risen yourself."
"I'm always ujiat reveille."
"No! (ommIiicss; why on eurth tki
you do t hat ?"
"I Irelieve you po over to the h.-sjiital
the liack way aud aren't half awake and
don't even have a collar on."
"Now, Miss May ht.vv unkind."
"Isn't it true?"
"1 always have my collar tm." He
told a future truth. After this he woukl
wear a collar.
"I hate lazy people."
"Oh, Miss NLiy how unkind. You
don't hate me. I hoie?" His -es vveire
on the pink ribUm that Mutter.-. I form
her licit; he took hold tif it and wound
it around his fincer, petting pra.biallv
.learer to her.
"I th), if you are lazv."
"How can I prove to vou that I am
not?"
"'Hint's easy enouph.
"Do tell me how."
"Just prove it."
'T.y rising earlv and lettinp v.u see
nie?"
"Well -yes."
"I shall th so to-morrow."
"Hut I always co ft.r a ri.le Ircforc
breakfast."
"May I not join you?"
"If you I ke. I tlon't care." Which is
feminine for carine ve-y much iinh .l.
So Dr. nandoljih ro.levvitli Mis, S ii
cr the next niorr.ire. ami he break
fa si etl at the Irrrrilanls". antl he sat
on the I.orrilards j.n-h. to watch
guard mount inp. and then he plaved
tennis with Miss Sjn-neer. and when it
was too hot to do that any longer they
sat on the j-.rch aeaiti. sh.ule.l by tiie
t rovv-sfKt and moriiinc elory v ines. an.l
read aloud by turns. They part--d f,,r
luncheon, but immediately afi.-rvv.ir.l
they went acain in the Ixirrilards' sit-tine-rooi-i
to rat-tie.' the mand.-liu ami
puitar. Kurd dph dined with the I..r-riI.ir.K-.
a" ' 'hen he aol Miss Sp.-n.-t r
walker' n down the line until tajts.
and after taps they su on the irreli
one it -oi e -! talketl in underioti.-s.
Occasioiially the Roche Iroy made a
third, an.l. thoueh he w ;is far frt-m
welcome, he never pn.-ssed it.
N.w. it may seem incmbble. but it
is true. Ihat thoueh this went on vv ith
oiit a pause for ten solid months. Ran
dolph st'Jl modestly doubted if lie were
loved, antl dared not voice his m
Mrs. Lorrilard trepan To think thai she
hr.d d.me rjuite all that the fam'-lv ihl
exjieet of her, and she grew ho-l.-s
and weary, moreover, of liardinc fre
two hi! inert" .VOU lip JreOJile. She tol.l
Miss Siencer as eentlv as possible that
she micht Co the next time the aniiui
lauee went over toCarthape. which was
the railroad station. Miss Sjhmic-t tol l
Rand-il.h she vv,k po"inc-tn.l wet.t.
And Rand.. I nh ertjsoe.l her from afar,
and actually thought she was w eepinc
at leaving her little nephew ami nie-e
and her sister. There are men like
that.
The ambulance went a week later to
carry Maj. Roche and Teddy Ro- he to
t le railroc.d. Teddy was offered a pisi
t it in at Tuestm. ami w as poine to lake it :
the major hal pov errment biisiness.it
Carlhace. Th' Carthage road is a
branch; it joins the main line of the
A. T. A S. F. at a station c.tlle.1 San
Antonio. The major would chaperon
the youne woman tof"arth:ice; thence
she would po to the main line and cast,
and Teddy to the main line antl west.
Only Teddy and May comprmnise.1.
They lroth went to s;tK.(rro which i
on the main line, a very little northeast
of San Antonio.
The contract doctor antl Miss Sjrcn
cer had a harrow iirp part inp. The lat
ter lost her teuijierover his prtreriisi-iiui-tion.
antl burst into tears. It nearly
broke his heart and entirely sileiwed hLs
tonpue.
After slie was pone, tvupelessly pone,
he detenninctl to reveal the secret ..f
his heart, by letter. Hut. Ireinp ii:uiied
Custis Randolph, he put lTthinc it. ln
stesid, he swunp on his kammM-k all
day, and thoupht of her blue eyes and
pretty face and puileless smile, anil re
pretted his erst w hile constant eoinp ni
ion. Th archnlatin-e would return,
empty of its lovely load, in five duys.
He knew that. He would write vv hen it
returned.
So, tin the afternt.n of the fifth day ,
he sat, still swineii.p in the !tammrck
ami smoking a pie. the ashes w hereof
liesj.rinkleti his coat, when the four
mules ami the atnbuktnce rattled into
the jrost. They stojijK-tl at 1 lie major's
tpiarters. in a cltnxl of tlust. antl two
men ami a woman aliphted. There was
iro doubt alrout who the wouwin was.
In his delight, Raixiolph hvst his head.
He strtnle tltwn the brtuul walk to the
Rtxhes.
Miss Sjrenoer was still slajidinpby the
ambulance, hvintinp with the tlriver's
helji for strmethiup under one of the
sesit. The major ami Teddy liad pone
indoors.
"Win. M isMav!" said Randol j.h. antl
this time there was no draw I "bow tle
Ikrhtful! Wliat brinps you liack?"
"Oh! my lnisliiiiid. Tetldy and I p..t
married in Socorro, and joimsl tlnnd.-ar
okl nxijor apain in Carthape the s:une
tlay."
"How delightful," Raod.rlph rejieat
etl. weakly.
"Well. Teddy seemed to think so, but
the tlear, sweet old major didn't. Any
way, you kuow, he was so horrid alrout
my shoes on the batl lands that .lay."
She smiled demurely.
And that was all anyone ever Itnew
atrout it. tiWemKrlen Overton, in San
Francisco Areonaut.
A fwrrrt Worth Knowing-
When one observes the ill-tlressetl
nomrii to Ire seen on tire streets daily a
rcrsou is led to think that their most
common fault is carelessnt ss in in. .Sell
ing shades. Hetter take acoutiasi if
you cannot pet an exact match, but in
I-ondou. at .east, jsitience will always
secure what is wanted; if one shop
titles not have it, another will. Har
monics in dress are more effective at
ail times an.l iu IrctL-r tu-ste than con
trasts; thus, if you have a pink even
ing dress try ratlier to pet plovcsof just
the same pink than, of white kill :rof
tan. Apaiti. if you have a hat with a red
or a blue llower, antl are buy inc a dress
that you are likely to wear with it pet
somcthinp with a spray or line repcat
inp that very tone of red or blue; this
aj.pl res tt every color. Strike a note in
each costume, however, s.mjile. and
keej to it. The chc:iest gown, if all
the details are studied, will cost no
more and will surrasts in effert s..iiie
thiug; a.t thrice the price.
FAILED TO KEEP HIS PROMISE."
A Irammtir Traced, la WhlrR th. II .a
baod UH the- Heavy VUlain.
"Harry." said Mrs. Hartleiph, tbe
it her moriiinp. with a serious look
ujioii her face; "are you sure, that you
love lne the sajne its you did before
marriage?"
"y, you little simpleton," ex
claimed Mr. Hartleiph, gently pinchinp
Ins l.-it.r hair s i- vv itchiiip little, chin;
"what a .piestion! Of course 1 do."
"And you will keeji aJl prom Uei you
make to lire?"
"RelieitrlLsly."
"And whatever I ask of vou, vou will
do?"
"es; that is to ay, darling, every
thinc in re.-u-ou."
"Ah, Harry, in tnir courtship days
you never il.oucl.i rf reason."
"No. probably not." saul Harry with
a smile that Irore ,,n the border of
cynicism. "N, dear. ..f omrse not."
"Tlr-ii why do you now? Alas! I
fear that you do not care so much for
tour Mamie as y,,ii used totlo."
"Nor. s.-nse. tiarlinc! I meant any
thinc that it is jrossible for nie to do."
"And you are sur--, Harry, that I am
never out of your mind? That you
are alvvavfi, always thinking of vtiur
i-tr
" on are tiev.-r out of my mind an in
stant while I am nvv ay . and w hen I ara
asl.-ep you are always with me in my
dreaiiiS."
"And. Harry -1-ar. can I trust you?"
" Alway s. darlinc. and w ith anythinc.
Of whom .; . think or care except your
Mllvl self?"
"I'.ut then, nu n are so changeful."
"Some men. .hirliTip: but not your
lovinc hiisbatid. Ytru will ever find me
the sain.-, always true to you, always
kecj.ine you in my- thouehts, always
Irctit iijvn pleasing you. always ready
to r.-sp..;,.! to your ll-sit,!"
"Are you sure, Harry?"
"Sure."
"I have a great fctvor to ask of vou,
Harry."
"Oh. that's it: well, it is granted Ire
fore it is risked."
"Harry, mv love. Ire careful how you
promise rcckless-ly. It is no common
tl.ir.C I am coinc to ask of y ou."
"It makes no dirTerenee what it is,
larlii.c. you have my promise."
"Yt.ti may think me firt.lish. Harry,
but this is isiich an awful thing to ask
of y-.ii."
"Awful?
an it I..-?
Why. what in the world
You arouse mv curiosity.
Come. dear, out with it."
"We!!. !;, r. you lire sure you won't
think m. iiiir.-asonabie
"Not a bit."
"or act inc?"
"N ' ."
"Iv.n't tr'tb-. Ilrry : this is a serious
matter."
"S.-ruis? Y.oi don't mean that you
have l-e.-n e.Mikinc something?"
"What an idea! No."
"Or that, your mother is coming to
lit w ith Us?"
"Harry , you k now t-et ter t lian that !
"Tl..-ti. far heaven', sake, tell Die
what ii is."
"I will. Hut don't starts and don't
r fuse me. Here is a letter, tlear, that
I want vou to mail. It- its important.
Now. you won't forget it. will you?"
"You silly little p. osc! And it i-i
only tJiis? Why didn't you tell me at
nine? Of course I w ill do it. I'll put it
in the la.x at the comer as I po by."
"And vou will i.ot forpet to do it?"
"Forcet ? ImjMrssit.ie."
"t H irry. you don't know what a load
you have taken t.ff my mind. Here it
is. now U sure!"
They embrace and kiss, and Mr. Hart
leieh C''-s off with tin- letter in his
h-n.d. so : t Ire sure not to forget to
mail it. and his little wife p.es t-incing
alrout the house happy in the assur
ance that she has a husband whom she
can trust.
In lire evch'me. Mr. ILirtlrieh. after
he customary creetinc. discovers
dust on her hicd-and's coat. Prtrceed
iec to dust it off with her hand, slrrt
pcreciver- that there is something :n h:s
breast pocket. "What have you there?"
she asks.
"Nothine. that I know of," Harry re
r!ies. I'.ut mechanically he thrust his
tian l into the jM-ket and draws some
thing' tlrente with the exclamation:
"Hy Jove!"
It is that letter which he promised to
mail.
His liflle wife hurst- into tears. O
Harry!" site cries; "mother told the
truth. Tire men are all alike. My dream
of happim-s i over. My husliand has
irie.l false. Oh. why was I ever
Irorn?"
Mrs. Hartl.-ipli did not po home To
her mother, but in a few days she ap
jrcared on the street in a new seal saequ-
and a j-erfect love of a Imnrtct. liostou
Transcript.
A FAVORITE TINT.
With lnl In the Air .olden Hrowa Im
the True Autuorn tutor.
Soft shades t.f to own always sprinp
into favor at the first fiost; Jj rhaj
lreeause it is liann .iiious with the lad
ing leaves, and -t-rhaps In-causc there
is so niucti warmth in the eoior. A
lovely pow II trt this color IMX-Jrared for
a well-know n leader of favliion at l'.ryn
Mavvr has the skirt mad - of a soft can
vas cloth in the most Ireautiful. warm
shade t.f polden brown, over crimson
satin, show inp beautifully through tiie
meshes.
A narrow rojre or cord t.f crimson
velvet outlined every seam of the gracefully-pored
skirt. The lndice had a
liotly of polden loown mousseline de
stric. tl raw ii in st.ft ftillnessover a iiuinp
trf the crimson siitiu. and brought into
a licit trf twist.-d crimson, finished with
a knot directly iu front.
An odd collarette of appliqued tan
fi cures on a groundwork of puldeu
brtrw n mousseline de soie sets over the
l-.ust and the ttrjis of tiie sleeves, then
down the front into the Irelt, It is a,
most efftH-tive finish to the I rod ice. A
thick ruche of poiden brown mull setA
tiff t he neck.
The sleeves are narrow-topjied lep-o'-muttons.
finished in a point at the
hand. Ooiden brown and white eoru
bine tlaiutily. A smart pow n with this
combi nal ion shows a ttox-plaited skirt
and iKrx-j.lait. d blouse. The entire
under side of the plaits is of white
taffeta. The effect is wonderfullT
pretty when the skirt opens like a fan.
revealing the strijres of white. Short
jackets of brown velvet are worn with
tailor-made skirts of a lighter tout of
brown, with striking effect.
A. KXITT.lm Tot 0 V
-oner