Plain Dealings. In great reforms go slow, of course, For haste makes waste, we know; But use a fair degree of force Go slow, but not too slow. "Tis well, in torning rascals out, To sort and sift them so; But send them to the right about Go slow, but net too slow. *Tis not so well to give, you see, Rascals a chance to crow; Let them be free, but not too free— Go slow, but not too slow. *Tis not so well to house and feed Spies of the wily foe, And gratify unfriendly greed! Go slow, but not too slow. The people's grand decree was right That bade the rascals go, And right is justly joined te might Go slow, but not too slow, A ISI. ON THE ROCKS AT CAPE ANY. Kate and I went there to spend the summer. Is there really such a thing as fate or destiny or luck? Or wasit simply bhind chavce that carried us to that little out of the way spot, where one of us at least was to find such un- foreseen experiences. We knew of no special attractions there other than pure sea air and a comfortable lodging place, but we tired of Saratoga, Cape May and the Catskills. *‘Let usgotoan unfash- jonable place,” said Kate. ‘‘Let us find a place,” quoth I, **where we can wear shade hats, big boots and no over- skirts; and so we forthwith engaged two rooms in Miss Lane's boarding house at Annisquam, a quaint, queer, primitive, crooked little village, which makes one of the rocky knobs along the edge of Cape Ann. Of the journey from Philadelphia to that distant “haven where we would the very memory of it awakens sicken- ing thoughts. Some of our friends, either in ignorance or malice, advised us to go by sea to Boston, tingly well and lively all the way, while I lay prone and wretched, registering the effect that never would I go any- where by sea. morning of the third day we were seat- passed away as if by magie, ant journey of two hours by rail and a stage ride in a crowded and not too easy home during the hot summer months, Making a hasty toilet, and casting, meanwhile, glances of approval over the surroundings of our tidy little rooms, we descended to the parlor and went through the ordeal of presentation to the other boarders, Well, we saw nothing remarkable among them either first or last, You need not conjure up a vision of love at first sight, nor of a sudden *‘affinity” between one of us and any of the twen- ty people with whom we were {0 pass the coming weeks, It was just an av- erage party, no more; and Kate and I bave always been noted for preferring people above the average. We found the usual depressing majority of women ~why are there so many women where- ever one goes? Some were married and bad no children; for them the great excitement of life was the arrival of “Mr. by the evening stage, Some bad a quiver full of little innocents, whose daily baths and paps and toilets, gave full occupation to mamma’s hands and thoughts, And we had the noble army of spinsters—excellent women, who did a great deal of worsted work, played a little, sung a little, and made no impression whatever upon us, either in the beginning or at the end, We came indoors to sleep and eat, and sometimes when the evening was cool or rainy, we made a virtue of ne- cessity, put on our *‘city gowns,” and talked society nonsense as If we liked it. But we feit like prisoners during these hours, Desides, Jack Adams was not in the parlor ‘with us, He lived on board that beautiful nhttle yacht the Butterfly, which he had brought from Boston, as if 1t were his petted child, How shall I tell you about the part he soon claimed, and that was given him in our summer life? I say in *‘our” life, because, you see, he was for a time the friend of us both. One day when there was no wind the Butterfly lay quiet at her moorings, her owner strolling ovey the rocks came suddenly upon Kate and myself trying to scale a height we had never before attempted, and as he wus active, long. limbed, and possessed, moreover, of a good, stout stall, he offered his assis- tance, which we gladly accepted. We fell into conversation about the beauti- ful ocean view, the fine surrounding scenery, and then the yacht was noted and commented upon. Our new ac quaintance casually mentioned the names of her former owners, who proved to be intimate friends of Kate in Boston. And so—and so, we parted that day, only to meet by accident the ‘next, and afterwards, many another day, whether by accident or intention, who shall say? ‘We liked him, and he liked us; we soon found him to be a thorough gen. -tleman, and as Kate and I were always made her appearance at Annisquam, we finally spent most of our time, a blissful trio, sailing over the blue wa- ters on the wingsof a beautiful Butter- fly, making long pedestrian expeditions to the various points of interest along the coast, and dreaming away the lovely moonlight evenings on our belov- ed rocks. “Juck Adams,” as everybody called him was a universal favorite, 1t seemed, and a welcome guest in every house, but by degrees he gave up nearly all other society for ours, and it came to be an accepted thing for us three to be ‘always together. Icannot describe the great charm there was about him, We used to say, **he is so jolly,” and so he was, full of good nature and merriment, and wonderful conversational powers gay exterior lay a depth of feeling and to general observation. He seldom referred to his home life or occupation, and for some reason or other, we never cared to inquire into either, until with- in a short time of our departure from Annisquam. made so pleasant a friendship and it never crossed my mind that we could be anything but friends. I sincerely liked and admired him and believed that was all. little chat, before we said good might, the time comes for us all to leave Cape Ann home?’ “Yes, I suppose he will,” I answered dreamily, not understanding a strange, sad feeling that shot through my heart, as she spoke; *‘but Kate, I wonder what his work is at home? He knows well enough by this time that yours 18 to paint ptcetures, and mine to teach mu- sic, and I have not the remotest what his occupation is.” “Molly, my dear arn't we two siu- pids 7 But, never mind before the sun sets tomorrow, we will know, Let us make a guess first; it is most important that you should be thoroughly posted, for if I am not much mistaken, you idea in his career, whatever it may be.” “Nonsense!' sald I eagerly,**he cares it is for you.” “Now you are beginning to tell fibs, so I will take myself off, but first for I think he is most probably a head tablishment of some kind, and bas managed to save a little money, has invested in a yacht, and takes his month’s holiday down here.’ “And I believe he 13 the son of a Boston nabob, with simple tastes, a dis. like to the follies and frivolities of fash- fonable life, in which he 183 doubtless forced to join during the winter, and a love for nature, and he has let the rest of the family follow their inclinations, while be comes to commune with the sea and the the rocks—" “And fall in love with my Molly into I drove her from the room and went to bed, Now to find out—What ishe? It would be awkward to put the question to him direct, and to seek the desired was not quite to our taste, 50 we resolv. ed to bide our time and see what the next twenty-four hours would bring forth, including ourselves, went off for a sail in the Batterfly,. We were merry, and many a pleasant jest went around the very poor preaching we should proba. the village. sation I paid little heed. believer in candlesticks, vestments, and all that sort of thing, should, of course never enter, matter-of-fact tones: ** You're a minis- ter, Mr. Adame, why don’t you preaeh for us, sometimes 7" “Well,” reephied Jack, *‘I expect to supply the pulpit, to-morrow, Mr, Brown wanted to go away for a week, and [ promised to take his duty from him. Mind you all come to church.” The murder was out | And so was 1 in the next moment, for, as we moved to give more room to shift a sail, my foot must needs become entangled in a rope, I lost my balance, and tumbled head foremost into the water! But al. most before I touched it, Jack's honest face, white as a sheet, was close to mine, and as his strong arm siezed me, 1 heard him cry, not caring for those around. . “Don’t be afraid, my dearest, you are safe I'’ In less time than it requires to write a description of the scene I was on the deck again, half smothered in warm shawls and wraps, half choked by the raw brandy that was poured down my throat, and wholly dazed and bewildered by the two revelations so suddenly made to me, Everybody talked and laughed as if nothing remarkable had happened and as if they had not heard Jack's astound. ing words, He sald no more, until stepped before Kate, who evinced rath er a decided impression to hustle him off, and whispered in my ear: “I shall look for you on the rocks, to-morrow morning, after breakfast.’ Then aloud: “I sincerely hope your sudden bath has will not be visible again to-day, so good bye for the present.” Off he marched. Between Kate and aside and a warm dressing gown re- placed them, Thea Kate planted her- ted **Well.” She really spoke only that single word, but tie wne in which it was ut- tered made it contain two duodecimo a whole dictionary full of words would and then we went to the subject more comfortably, “Whoever heard of such a thing ?”’ said Kate, had heard all about him from people to play parson, And [’'m just dehight- ble overboard this morning, and thereby bring the affair to a crisis.” " “There is no affair, as you call it, said I; **I don’t care anything about him! at least—well, 1 don’t exactly dis- like him; but I would not marry a min- world—no nol even a ter ! wish I had never come to Cape Annl and he said he should expect me lo meet him on the rocks Lo-mMOTTOW OTN. Jeside, he is to preach at 11 o'clock, of ing! and he had much better be thinking sermon than 1" his talking nonsense to ie, And so I ran on, Kate listening with a face as she could as grave AsSUIDe, would be rude to take no notice of what he said so I will just stroll down to Un beach for fve minutes to morrow morn- ng, and tell him, of course, that I can- not possibly think of marrying him, a long ramble, and forget all about i” “Just as you say,” replied Kate, try- ng to keep a sober face, ‘you cannot have anything to say but ‘No’ #" It 18 very disagreeable to be obliged to own up to an inconsistency. I had much rather confess to having done something wicked, and from my earlier childhood, 1 had made asserted, On thesubject of matrimony [ declared myself with no uncertain sound. I would never marry a Yankee never, never! And yet, on this falr August morning, here was I, arraying myself in a killing white dress, hair, and preparing deliberately to knew to be a Yankee minister, course, it was highly unconventional undisturbed tete-a-tete in the boarding possible, off followed by Kate's benediction, and a great boulder that seemed to shut us off from the world beyond. 1 can hard. ly tell what we said first. 1 think we exchanged some very feeble common place remarks about the weather and the lowness of the tide. Then Jack plunged boldly into the awkward chasm, and asked me then and there to marry him “I could not think of it,” “Why mm “You are a minister, and I so dislike ministers.” “You will make just the most be- witching parson'’s wife In the whole country.” : “But you are a Yankee and 1 never could endure Yankees before I'’ (The last word in a low tone.) “1 shall prove to you that New Eng- landers are the salt of the earth.’ “But I told Kate I did not intend to marry you, and I came here on purpose to say 80." “You shall use your woman's privi- lege of changing your mind, and Miss Kate 18 too good-natured to blame you for doing sounder the circumstan- oes? “Buatl am so very high church,” “You shall be as high as the sky if you like, and when you are ready to come down to a plain, sincere Chris. tian man, there you will find me your side,” . “But you should not be so persistent ~and it Is time for you to go to church,” : SO 5.3 HAIR HAS 37 ~ pa “Say yes, and I will lkave you peace.’ “Well—yes, then!" All this happened eight years ago, but I remember every word we spoke, | and also the shamefacedness with which | I went horee tbat Sunday morning and made my confession to Kate, who re- sponded very calmly: “Why, Molly,I expected it for weeks, | Jack took me into his confidence long | ago, but I was resolved not to say a | | word to you, for or against him, Now | { all has come out exactly right.” | At present my huusand has charge of | | in one of the largest churches in Boston. | ‘I sit in the minister's pew, and am re- { garded as a veritable mother in Israel, | I preside over the sewing circle, and | | teach in the Sunday school, and am as { happy as possible, but for one thing, | It was 80 very inconsistent in me to | | marry Jack, and I have never been able | to reconcile myself to having done such | viclence to my principles. To this day | it is a “crook in my lot" to remember | how suddenly and how easily I abjured | my youthful convictions, and gave my- | self over to a man who combined in | | hizoself all my pet qualifications for a | { husband. ——— Cultivation of Licorice. Sacramento County, we believe, is the only one in the State in which lico- | rice 1s grown. A pateh of several acres | near Florin is devoted to this root. | i The plant has been found to thrive and | is filled with the roots, which have grown to large proportions and penetrated to a depth, This patch is a demonstration that the the soll considerable piant can be successfully grown in Call fornia on suitable soil. But the gnes. tion of profit remains to be considered. The demand for the root is not great in this State, as little porter This principal uses of the Licorice plant, is made by Cali is one of the Its main consumption in the United States fornia brewers, however, is in the preparation of chew- 2 tobacco, although a considerable I quantity is used by druggists, In Eng- land licorice juice is largely employed in confectionery, but foreign competi. y . m of the tion has lessened the produclic root in that country. The State department at Washington Fea sail the anh v s "gl ’ has made the subject of licorice growing d matter for consular inquiry abroad, and a pampnlet embodying the infor- mation thus collected has just been is- sued from the department. It appears that the plaut 18 caltivated throughout the warmer portions of Europe, parti- | cularly along the shores of the Mediter- Asia Minor tities of the root, large Brows The nited ranean, qua wild supplies where it and needs cultivation. export from States 1n 1854 was about no Smyma to the U 15,000 tons, valued at $318,000, Consul Stevens loubts whether the plant can be profit in the United States. since in Asia Minor for the mere cost of digging, and labor is worth there only about 20 cents a day, The demand, however, is increasing, and he gays the supply from Asia Minor is | limited. Other Consuls speak very | hopefully of the introduction of licorice | culture in the United States, Our total must aggregate something like a million dollars’ worth | per annum. This indicates a fairly good home market for American grow- ers, ably grown it can be had | imports of the root soil, Bottom lands, subject to over- flow, are preferred. Dry, hot summers favorable, after planting for the roots to mature, | are can scarcely be exterminated. i little cultivation. it 1s only necessary to plow | ground. Mr. grower, last winter refused an offer of 18 cents a pound for his crop, believing | that too low. { estimated that his crop would pay at up the $800 an acre for each year of growth, This ought to be a sufficiently handsome return to suit anybody. The quality of his product is excellent. If Califor. nia brewers would undertake the manu- | facture of porter on a considerable scale, | they need have no fear of any failure in the supply of licorice, when once the demand is established, h——— ns Blowiag ups Weeok, The United States Branch Hydro. graphic Office here has been notified that the government will send a vessel to the coast of Ireland as soon as one ean be had to destroy the hulk of the Philadelphia schooner Twenty-One Friends. The schooner was wrecked on March 25 in a collision with the schooner John H. May while on her way from Brunswick, Ga., to Philadelphia, with a cargo of lumber, She wasaban- doned oft Cape Hatteras and has drif- ted across the sea, through what is known as the “safe route’ between here and Liverpool, A collision with her hulk would be disastrous to the largest of the ocean steamers, and the speedy removal of the wreck Is regard. ed as imperative. The vessel which will be sent to blow her up will also bs instructed by the navy department to locate, if possible, the new rocks re ported to exist off the coast of New. foundland, but the existence of which do His Hed Chrokas, Cal Osborfie, a grizzly gambler, who in the good old days *‘befo’ the wah” won and lost many a dollar on the big double deckers on the lower Mississippi #at on a bale of cotton at the wharf one day last week, There were large rents in the back of his russet coat, and his | trousers were infirm with age. “Times are not what they were,” the old sport moaned as he tossed a piece of a red faro check into the river and stroked his chin with a velvety band, But I saw some pretty hard days in the | 60's, though, and my present condition It was of a Wednesday in June of that year, if I I boarded a | me any. days, and as [ was pretty cute in my | line of business, the idea of not being | We had gone down the river perhaps five miles | when 1 spotted a smooth-looking fel- There | But, as I said before, I didn’t | have a copper, and what made it all the | more discouraging, I had pawned all | weeks before, “I saw that the players kernels of corn for checks, and I also seen while waiting for the start at Memphis that she good-sized cargoof corn in Now here was my opportunity, I moved away from the game, feeling as though were using had boat to carried a the ear. myself tnd opulence, Sneaking down deck, I found an open Lhatchway, and, thrusting this big right on the boiler hand into the boats hold, fished up an ear of corn, into my coal pocket and crept up stairs like I jammed the cob a thet, shelling the corn as I went, It was not more than a minute more be- fore I was looking over the shoulders ? 33 of the players. The game was getting interesting, and the men were piling up the corn on the cards at a great rate, “Now here was my time, “1 scooped up a handful of kernels in my pocket, and slapped the queen, The dealer kernels a second, and the seeds on looked at the without raising his head, said in a tane of voice so fros- ty that it chilled me to the bone: ‘Stranger, 1 don’t remember of is- suing any red checks,’ “1 took in the situation at a glance, and, with a stage cough, siunk away to the bow of the and cursed my | luck, When that boat reached Natchez I sat on the wharf two days watching them unload that corn, and I will eal this old hat if there was an- other ear of red corn in that whole car- | go. Talk about hard luck, friend, that was a little more agonizing than the | Kind I am playing in now.” t—————— Movement of Alpine Glaciers boat whole It is stated that in accordance with the phenomena of the last few years in the snow regions of the Alps, a con- stant increase in the snow, and, as a | consequence, an early advance of the glaciers has been expected, The lat. | taken place in the But in 1885 the indi. The In the St. Gott- Heim found this summer that the snow had retreated, even as compared with last year. This has had disagreeable Pastures which form. up. Springs formerly fed by snow wa- ter have disappeared, The areas for- oars. Depressions in the snow, form- | erly easily crossed, have been turned places, where formerly the snow. | field closely joined the rocks, | there are now dangerous chasms, and both glaciers and snow! beds, having become thinner, are now | more intersected than ever. Looking down from the summit of the Todi on August 16, Doctor Heim was greatly | struck by the dirty gray color of the surrounding snow-fields, in contrast | to their dazzling whiteness of former years, This isthe result, he says, of the continual me ting of the snow and the concentration of dust partic les on the surface of the meited layers. Ex- tensive slopes, which formerly remain. od constantly covered by snow, are now completely free from it. It is, there. A Kiag's son Wedded, The religious marriage of Prince Waldemar of Denmark to Princess Marie Amelie, the lovely daughter of the Comte de Paris, took place with splendid ceremonies in the Chuarel of St. Laurent, near the famous Chateau d’Eu, The civil 2eremony took place ded royal pair were borne to Eu on a special train. They were received by tion. A strong foree of police was on but there was no outbreak of hostile The grand nuptial high mass was and Princess kneeling on prie-disus be. The Princess look ed lovely in her white satin gown and When she rose to be wedded she trembled visibly, and tears were seen to start from her father, the The reception by the bride was won- the castle. The Chateau d'Eu, the home of the Comte de 1’aris, where the castles. In architecture not unlike the Tuileries, which the Paris Commune destroyed, and with small, but cosy mouth of the river Bresle, within sight + 5 Wie of Lhe sea, and overlooking fertile Bresle valley, the old town of Eu and mighty forests in which traces are found yet ot the invasion of Cesar’s and beech egions the Roman colonies they established, The main buil ; fronts on an extensive park full of noble old forest trees, many of which possess his- toric interest, Louis Philippe erected a marble tablet at the entrance to the park with the inscription "C'est ici g } ca [Sead i " % % yyy 88 ruises lenalent consells au ALY. siecle.” The Bourbon family’s great picture gallery is preserved in the pa- y lace, It was scaltered during the revo- ution, but Louis Ph BK I that monarchs residence, and he received flippe collected aud enlarged Was favorite Queen \ and It was built in 1551, icloria there during his reign. historic and roman- je thr and has had many tic episodes 1n es centuries of its existence. Under the vaulted roof of the Church of St. Laurent adjoining the which was the scene castle, of the curemony, the In a urn on a low marble pillar front of the sanctuary is enshrined { heart of Catharine of Cleves / image ot the Virgin, carved by Anguier, possesses great artistic value, The crypt holds relics of St. Laurent (Law- rence ()’Toole), after whom the church is named, RS AD MS SL Value of a Wig. mqueror wedded Princess Mathilda 835 years ago. The bair of which wigs are made is collected by special drummers in Ger- many and France, England and Bel- glum are but poor markets for hair, not because of its scarcity, for both Eng- est beads of hair in the world, but be- cause they will not sell i, When col- cess, severe enough to fetch the dirt out from private hands. To this rule how- Per- fectly white hair is so rare that it is grabbed eagerly from any source, and Natural A good wig of white hair costs of the trade and can only be told in whispers) the material from which A peculiarly soft, silky A perfectly white of white buman hair would cost $1,000 at least, a price Dead bair, i. e., hair cut from the head after death, is never used by any tonsoria! artist worthy of the name, Indeed, it cannot be used to any advan. manipulate, Hair cut from a living It will then contract quickly to its for- mer position, It will live for a couple of years or more after having been cut, and when it dies, the wig front or and useless, A —_——————————————————— * Taxing Maohelors. There is talk in England of an inten. tion to tax bachelors, and theabsurdity of the proposition affords much amuse. ment. But the matter is not so out- rageously novel, It has been done be- fore. Who does not know that such » tax was resorted to in old Rome and Greece? Bachelors were heavily taxed, widows were compelled to marry after one year of mourning-—some of them may have thought eleven months too long-and at one time a legates, if un.
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