One Touch of Nature, Uruel and wild the battle: Great horses plunged and reared, And through dust-cloud and smoke-cloud; Blood-red with sunset’s angry flush, fou beard the gun-shot's rattle, And, "mid hoof-tramp and rush, I'he shrieks of women speared. For it was Buss and Taurkoman-— No quarter asked or given; A whirl of fienzied hate and death Across the desert driven. Look! the half-naked horde give way, Feeling frantic without breath, Ir hope, or will; and on behind : he troopers storm, in blood-thirst blind, While, like a dreadful fountain-piay, I'lie swords flash up, and fall, and slay— Wives, grandsires, baby brows and gray, iroan after groan, yell upon yell— Are men but fiends, and is earth hell? | Spurs a Russian cuirassier; | In his arms a child he bears. Her little foot bleeds: stern she stares | Back at the ruin of her race, I'he small hurt creature sheds ra tear Nor ntrers cry; but clinging still Tv this one arm that does not kill stares back with lier baby face. Apart, fenced round with ruined gear, I'be hurrying horseman find a space, V nere, with face crouched upon her kuce, A woman cowers. You see him stoop { Aud reach the child down tenderly, Chen dash away to join his troop. How came one pulse of pity there-— One bLeart that would not slay, but save— In all that Christ-forgotten sight? Was there, far north by Neva's wave, Some Russian girl in sleep-robes white, Making her peaceful evening prayer, I'hat Heaven's great mercy "neath its care Would keep and cover him to-night. RTT EST A YOUNG WIFE AT RICHMOND. Ar, Thomas Bilbury is the junior partner 1m the great firm of Bilbury, Blackthorn & Co,, tea merchants of | Calcutta and London. The senior part. ser 18 Mr, Joseph Bilbury, his father, | who bas a very nico house at Kew; and antil a year or two ago there was a | third member in the firm in the person »f Thomas’ uncle, Mr. DBabbington Blackthorne, the Calcutta representative of the establishment. But, unfortn- aately, Mr. Blackthorne, like many | Englishmen who live in India, drank | too much Scoteh whisky and Bass’ ale, | and ate too much curry and too mary ‘Bombay ducks;” the result being that | at the age of fifty-five his liver declined to bear the strain put upon it, and eol- | lapsea, leaving its owner so weak and | ill that he had barely time ere he died to telegraph to his partners in England a brief notice of his impending fate. This alarming despateh arrived at a particularly inopportune moment, Mr, Thomas -Bilbury had on the day pre- vious, married a very charming young lady, Lydia Lapples by name; and the intelligence of his uncle's sad condition necessitated that the newly meade hus- band—who, by the way, bad only be- some acquainted with his bride about six weeks betore wmarriage—should, withont a moment's delay, take the train for Dover, cross to Calais, and thence go by the quickest route to Cal- | >utta. The affair was pressing, Ar. Blackthorne’s death would certainly throw the business into confusion, and any hesitation on the part of the Eng- ish partners might imperil the future f the firm, “Go at once, my dear boy,” wrote Mr, Joseph Bilbury to his son, who was n the Isle of Wight, ‘“and send your wife to me. I will take care of her, ind see her sottled in your new home at | Richmond. I would go myself, but wy gout won’t allow me. And, above all hipgs, take care of your liver,” There was no help for it. Mr. Bil- sury, Jr., feit that he must go; ro go | 1e did, putting the best face on the natter, und bidding a very long and ender good-bye to his poor little wife. de escorted her acrpss to Portsmouth, »ut her into a London train, kissed her, aw her off, and then took the next rain for Dover. She settled down in her new home on | ichmond Hill; and he for many months terward worked hard at his desk in Jaleutta, arranging the worldly affairs »f his dead uncle, and from time to ime sending home reports of his pro. cress, and love letters to Lydia, Two years, in fact, elapsed ere he was ible to return to England, then he re- urned, as he had gone out, ata mo- sent’s notice, Unforseen circumstances inddenly left him free; and, nnwilling © lose a day, he took the first home- | vard-bound steamer, which, so it hap- | ened, was also taking a letter to Rieh- nond, written a few days earlier, mn | vhich Mr. Bilbury, among other mat. ers, regretted to his wife that the pres- | ure of business would not leave him at | iberty for at least a month, He traveled home without adventure, ! anded in due course at Dover, arrived | n London late at night, and, without | waving written a word of warning to Lydia, hurried on next morning to | Richmond Hill, Why he did not write | vr telegraph, we cannot say; perhaps | re thought his sudden appearance would | igreeably surprise his wife; or perhaps | 1 was too excited to be able to think | it all, But in auy case,"he neither | vrote nor telegraphed a single word of | reparation, i It was a fine sunny morning in Sum- | ner; Mr, Thomas Bilbury had searcely | een his new home, which he had taken | n a hurry immediately before his wed- | ling; and he was walking eagerly up | she short carriage drive leading to the | aouse, when, happening to cast his gaze | wward the upper windows, he caught | sight of a fair, white-draped figure | watering some flowering plants that stood in a row on the sill, He at onee recognized the figure as that of salutation when he suddenly became Jando Shia she did nok] focosaine tim, for w1 graceful e vithdrew from the window and disap- seared as soon as she became conscious shat he was wetching her. An struck him, It was a foolish, bu wholly unnatural, one. He #nd to be some one elne— »f her hosband’s—and 1ee her na such, Of it once recognize the ‘he surprise, and the are would be the more shus deferred them, berefore, at the door, and to vant who appeared anpounced bad joat returned from India * sired to eee Mrs, Bilbury, Ie gave no name, but he was admitted and shown into the drawing-room, where in some perturbation of mind, he awaited the advent of the wife from whom he had been so long and so cruelly separated. *‘I suppose that she will know me,” he reflected, as he stood with his back to the window; ‘‘bat it is true that I have grown a tolerably big beard since I went away, and that I have become considerably tanned. However, ‘the beard ought to make no great differ- ence, I suppose that she would know me if she saw me in my shirt-sleeves, or with both legs cut off at the knees, I hope my sudden appearance here won't upset ber, I must be careful, Here his thoughts were switched aside by the unmistakable sounds of rustling skirts in the passage without; turned and gazed into the garden, at the same time coughing nervously. ‘May 1 offer you a chair? I am afraid that you will find the open win- dow too much for youn,” said a soft voice behind him, “Oh, no; not at alll” he returned, den. Mrs, Bilbury did not in the least re- “Do let me or- “Oh no; not for the world!” ejacula- even his nervous- ness was no excuse for his rudeness. “My name is Mrs. Bilbury!” Oh! thank you-—yes. The fact 1s, tirely reconciled to this abominable Eng- lish climate, man who has existed in groves of the thermometer in the shade, is—ah; but I dare ssy you understand!" “Oh perfectly, Mr, ——, I think I ” name, Jilbury, slight pause, “is Tilbury.” his wife. ‘Yes; I can readily believe find this climate very trying at first, even in summer, My husband writes cessive. Possibly, Mr. Tilbury, yon may have called to give me some news of him? I hope so. good spirits,” ‘That is satisfactory,” thought Mr. Bilbury, “The lapse of two years has not altered her love for me.” “Yes,” you some news of him, for, a month ago, 1 was at Calentta” ‘Indeed? How delightful! Do sit down, Mr, Tilbury. It is delightful to band so recently, for I gather from what you say that you have seen him, How was he?” Mr. Bilbury was by this time much exercised in his mind as to what to say next, On the one hand, he was afraid to declare himself for fear of frighten. ing his wife; on the o* ~r, he enjoyed the situation therefore determined for the pres... to retain his inecognitio, “He was,” he said hesitation, ‘‘as well pected,” *‘As well as could be expected?” re- peated Mrs, Bilbury with alarm. “Do you mean that he has been ili?’ “Well, not exactly ill,” prevaricated Tom, who had not yet quite made up his mind as to what he should say. “But I do not understand you, Tell me, please. What has happened to him?’ with deliberate as could be ex- wife would recognize him and settle the difficulty by throwing her arms round bis neck. ‘“Nothing very serious,” he said. *] dare say he has told you that Le has become very foud of tiger shooting?” “Ah, tigers! “Well, he went out tiger-shooting one day as usual—ah--he was sccom- panied only by his servant. They en- tered the jungle! Suddenly, and with- upon your husband and bore him to the help arrived; and the victim was found faint from loss of blood, with his right ah-~deeply scored by the eruel claws of the ferocions monster,” “Dear me, how alarming!” com- mented Mrs Bilbury; but the exclama- tion seemed 80 out of proportion to the gravity ot the story that Mr. Bilbury felt seriously disappointed. **That fully accounts,” continued Lydia, ‘for his bad spirits, His right arm" “Yes, torn out at the socket, Mrs. Bilbury, He hae learned to write with hus left hand,” “Ah! dreadful. stroyed?” “Yes; low.” “It must be agony! And hs leg deeply scored by the cruel claws of the ferocious monster! Terrible misfor- tunel And when you left him, Mr, Tilbury, how was he? Will he sur- vive?” A new light seemed to break upon Mr, Tilbury, Did his wifo want bam to Suvive? He felt by no means sure of t. “It is impossible to say with certain. ," he said; “but yon must hope for © best. Let me beg of you, my dear Mrs, Bilbury, to kee up your spirits,” “Inded! Then he not quite for- gotten me.” “Forgotten you?” repeated Tom, his feelings for an instant the bet- ter of kira, ‘Oh, nol that it is the lot of but few women to have a hus- ‘And 0 And his left eye deo- he wears a glass eye, poor fel- so utterly devoted to her of but few men to have a Do; to please me, You kuow that a woman hates solitude little less than emallpox, One moment, I will just go and give the necessary orders,” And “Well, this is awful!” reflected her husband as goon as he was left alone, “Bhe doesn’t recognize me, and appar- ently she doesn’t seem to care for me much, Bhe reminds me that there are a8 good fish in the sea as ever eame out of it, « That, I suppose, means if 1 would only die and liberate her she would promptly marry some one else, A nice instance of the faithlessness of women, Perhaps I should do well to know the truth; but I can’t do that, 1 love her still; indeed, I'm afraid I love her more than ever I did. No, I will see this affair to the end. If she is un- faithful, I will find her out, and then" His meditations were cut short by the return of his wife, who informed him that she had ordered some luncheon, and that he must meanwhile do his best to amuse her, as there was no one else in the house except the servants, This style of conversation made Tom more aud more reckless; and at once he launched out into an account of an im- aginary moonlight pieme at Aden. where—so he let it appear—he had broken the hearts of several charming girls, and upon the whole had behaved in a highly reprehensible manner, * *‘It must have been very delightfal, ” said Mrs. Bilbury, there! ant evenings here, | my house, | wards,”’ By this time Tom was perfectly fran. tie. ‘“T’'m afraid I shan’t be here for long,” he said bitterly, “Iam going abroad, 1 cannot rest anywhere,” “You aro worvied, I see,” said Mrs, “Yes, family matters and disappoint- | ments you know." “Disappointments! But you | bad-looking. Perhaps you have merely {lost your heart to one of the young ladies at Aden.” “Oh, no,” he replied. “And, to tell Woman | about.” would be worth worrying { bury with a smile, pect {00 much from women,” i sideration,” answered Mr, gravely, “But the probable death of your hus- band!" added Mr, Bilbury, “Oh, I am philosophical We were ouly together for two days, we only knew each other for a What am I to him? What me? Life is still before me.” “That is rather plain thought Tom, she would like to get up with me. I will draw her on a little.” “*Ha!” he said aloud, *‘you happiness within your grasp, and you can make another happy. it is not every man who is so fortunate as to meet with a woman like you, Now, 1 confess that I have been unfortunate in my expenence. But if I thought that I might hope for your sympathy —" ‘Barely, Mr. Tilbury, it woald be nnwomanly of me to refuse it,” **This,” thought Mr, Bilbury to um- self, ‘is my faithful and devoted wife!” yet he was unabl® to refrain from seat- ing himself beside Lydia and putting his arma round her waist, Bilbury,” he said, ¢'1 love you! you, can you love me?” She gave a scarcely perceptible gest- 18 he Do convinoed of his wife's untrustworth- | iness, sprang up acd confronted her, “Mrs. Bubury,” he said, *‘what | would your husband say to this? | have disgraced him!’ She looked up, and hands imploringly. *Ah! if yon were only a good woman!’ | Aud he approached her and took her i by the hand. For an instant he stood thus; then he rawed the hand and | kissed it, and finally he kissed his wife | on the cheek, ‘‘Are yon going, Mr. Tilbury?’ she | asked. “Yee: I had better go; it is for the best. We conld not be happy. Good- bye!’ He kissed her again, and then {moved slowly away to the door, [Fate he stood, painfully regarding | her, **Good-bye!” {she continued | “Tom!” “Tom!” repeated Mr. Bilbury, start | ing and coloring. “Who told you my | name was Tom?” i held out echoed, another she in vPat, ’ voice, “You did, you foolish fellow, about | two years ago,” ‘‘And you know me, Lydia!” he cried, as he quicklyjreturned to her, “You have known me ail along?” “No; Idid not know you until you | told me that tremendous story about | he igen . There was no mistaking you en » By this time Mr. snd Mrs, Thomas Bilbury were embracing each other so wioetionntaly that the conversation was rende very fragmenta and disjointed, It is. therefore, eg impossible to chronicle what they said, but it is certain that they forgave each other, and it is a matter of notoriety that there has since been no happier couple on Richmond Hili, i ———— A new substitute for wood for the manufacture of piano cases is said to "be used in Germany. The case is made entirely of paper, compressed so that it can be highly polished. The color is a creamy white, and when finished is said to be very beautiful, The tone of Wie istrumetts is A be not very loud, very sweet, sound eunitted, unlike the short 0 DUELING, Interesting Account of the Code as it was, An Thinking of New Orleans reminds one of the celebrated Howell and Henry duel that took place at the so-called Way. The various accounts of this affair contain 80 many conflicting ing feet, a brother-in-law of Mr, Jeffer- son Davis, had been with Walker in Nicaragua, and while there had had an altercation with a Major Henry, a wonderful character, a combination of Hudibra’s Cassanova and Knight of the Leopard. The recorded feats of his ing and all his kind. difficulty was never known. On the way out Howell’s second gave his prin- cipal some good advice which the latter received with **Tut, tut, my boy, teach An immense concourse of people had preceded the adversaries to the field. Both parties were noted bravery, coolness and determination, and both were seamed with scars from head to foot, of two half-famished Numi- In the account before me meeting dian lions. sion of the cause of this difficulty?” Howell's second asked. “It don’t fight,” was the sharp answer “Well, but brave men don't fight if we are wrong vice versa.” “But if you are ignorant origin and cause of this difficulty, how | can you point out a wrong?” “Wait; we will see Major Henry.” frye Ging. leisurely res In less minutes the Nicaraguans Henry sat three | were back. “Well?” asked Howell's man. “Well, Major Henry says if Joe | Howell will apologize it’s no fight.” “Apologize for what?” asked othér with some animation, “Don’t know and don’t the laconic reply. “Then there is no possible way of ar. this matter amicably. Sup- pose both parties apgroach each other care,’ was | word? Will you see Major Henry and side?" After some discussion they consent. This time the seconds remained fully cipal, There was animated discussion and much gesticulation among them, { but they returned and said: ‘“*Major Henry says Joe ought to apologize, and “Then it means fight. navy, We will do likewise, six barrels loaded; fire at vance,” The fire was a narrow path, flanked on each side by a small ditch. | Howell stood six feet seven inches in his boots, and contrary to advice, wore white pants and an alpaca coat, mak- ing him a dangerously conspicuous tar- get. The command was given : “Gentlemen, are you ready?” Joe, who was facing the woods, an- Load your Ten paces; will, and ad- line of | eye looking steadily along the barrel of his pistol. Henry, in a ponchalant fashion, threw his head on one side, | his pistol dangling at his arm, and In a lazy tone said “Ready!” The word was then given, “Fire!” Both raised simultaneously, fired and missed, | Howell cocked with his right thumb and fired again before Henry was ready for his second shot. Howell's ball plerced Henry's left forearm, when | Henry again fired and missed. Howell {ing Henry in the abdomen. { Henry responded with a shot which | threw up the dirt rightat Howell's feet, The latter then advanced one step, and ger. Seeing that Henry was done for, Howell's second rushed up and threw jap Joe's pistol with his hand, i shot flew away up inthe air, that cer- { Henry. The other side having cried ‘‘stop,” | according to agreement in case of either | party being badly wounded, uttered | shrill erles of “Foal, foul I" and im. i mediately whipped out their revolvers, | Then followed a scene of confusion, {and for a long time it looked as if a | wholesale duel would follow; but the | crowd interfered and prevented the { fight. The wounded man was taken to the half-way house, where he remained some weeks before he could be trans. ported to the city, Perhaps the most celebrated duel | that was ever fought in the south was | the Prentiss-Foote duel of duels. In 1833 these two were pitted against each other in a law sult, during the course of which Foote. who was a very wasp, flung some taunt at Prentiss, The lat- ter retorted with a blow that knocked Foote down, The latter then chal- lenged Prentiss, But one shot was ex. changed. Prentiss, who was an uner- ring marksman, expressed his intention before going upon the field of not firing at Foote. When the word was given Foote fired so quickly that Prentiss was disconcerted and pulled the Tr before he intended. Foote was hit in the shoulder, and here the matter was supposed to end. “But whispering tongues can poison truth.” who was lame, had leaned upon his cane during the duel and there was . | Were soon arranged. arrest the principals Prentiss and his friends bid themselves The attempt to "to get the Hirst boat, While | main, Prentiss joined the spectators ; | the party were startled when two cocks | were put down, one named Prentiss, { the other Foote, in honor of the duel- ists. They were not a little chagrined when Foote killed Prentiss at the first (lutter, Prentiss and | grounds just in time and { only Foote and his frien but { mense crowd of people. Among | latter several small boys who had climb- | ed a tree, somewhat to the rear of the | position taken during the duel by Pren- tiss, in order to get a good view. As | the principals were alloted their places, | Prentiss came limping to his with hs | cane, which he threw aside as soon as { he took his position. Morgan noticed {that he smiled bitterly as he 118 party arrived on the found not 18, the At the word Foote fired hastily, his | ball striking the ground in front of | Prentiss. The latter aimed steadily at | Foote, who stood coolly and unflust- { ered, bis left arm pressed against his | side, his right hanging down. As Pren- Liss pulled the trigger the cap exploded, but jhe pistol failed to go off, His sec- ond stepped up and put on another cap, { and fired the bullet into a tree to prove the pistol was fairly loaded. It is said that the box of caps contained 100, | every one of which afterwards, upon { trial, went off. The pistols were re- loaded. At the second shot Foote fell dangerously wounded. There is tradition that after the first shot Pren- tiss -advised the boys in the tree to come down, as Mr, Foote was shooting very wild that day. o “ee Posters for all Shows, Many of the huge posters used to advertise the theaters and circuses are familiar, making their sppearance year after year, as playe are reproduced or the circuses resume their summer rounds. It 18s not unusual for differ- | ent companies to use the same pie- tures. In explanation of this a printer of posters said: “The cost of engrav- ing these big canis is generally too great for one establishment to own (them, although some are held as ex clusive property, The great demsnd for them, however, among the many | theatres of the United States, which | are constantly reproducing the same { pleces, has built up several large es- tablishments where they are kept in | stock, and impressions are sold to one show after another, A picture of an { elephant will do for one ecirens as well as another. The sume 8 true of camels, acrobatic illustrations, ring pictures, and the like, Certain stand- ard cuts are always in demand, There are many vaneties of scenes from “Uncle Tom's Cabin” which have ornamented Dbill-boards and fences throaghout the country, There is a big cut of Eliza's escape ong the ice, pursued by bloodnounds ad slaye- catchers. It is made up in twelve sheets of four colors, Each bill costs a dollar and twenty cenf, A picture of Topey four colors, made out of three costs twenty-four cents each, “The largest in sheets, size of the blocks is 274x390 inches, Tiey are simply soft pine boards, without knots and well seasoned, The picturee 18 drawn on the wood as for ordinary wood en- graving, and the perts not wanted are ent away. A block must be cut for each color, The largest size yot used is a circus poster in four colors, re- quiring mnety-six blocks, or a pile of wood forty feet bigh—say 3,000 [feet of lnmber., If all the pieces were laid ‘at length they wonld extend 1,660 feet, “Among the big cats kept in stock are ‘Plantation Dances,” at 24 cents each, a greal variety of cuts for min- strel shows, special portraits of well- known actors like Joe Jefferson, and | Insh scenes and cheracters, We also Here is a scene on a lawn, with a fine residence. There { are four figures, The gentleman has a {lady in his arms. She may be either asleep, in a faint, or dead, as the play | requires, There are four colors and | nine pieces to make up the picture, They cost ninety cents, Here is a | scene of a safe burglary with a man | dead on the floor, pistol on the table, {man bending over the dead man in various plays. | A large butterfly or moth, with four life-size male and female figures on its back, costs $1.25 each. Three danc- ing girls before the Czar cost $1.20 each. Then we have Indian scenes, opera soenes, and pantomime soenes, so that all sorts of shows may be suited, It 1s a common thing for a new play to be thus illustrated with huge bills that are sold to the theatres at 80 much = hundred, while the euts are owned by the dealer, who take his chance of selling copies to some other combina- tion playing the same piece. Io this way some of the smaller combinations ke as good a show with their bills as the few rich ones that can afford to pay for cuts of their own,” cc — ——— In recent experiments the average crushing force resisted by red bricks was 6830 pounds per square inch, They were slightly cracked. Bricks support- ing about one-seventh of this load-—or 63 tons per square foot—have been accepted as safe for hugh towers if still uncracked. At the base of the tallest brick structure in existence —the famous chimney of 420 feet in height at St. Rollox, Gmsgow-the re is Suiculated at 6670 pounds square ool. cori rni— een wml . “ rr WIVES OF SOME SENATORS Women Who Have Helped to Win Their Husbands’ }Viome. { There are many briilian! snd enter. | taining women in the families of the present Benators, Mrs, Logan and | Mrs, McPherson, wife of the New | Jersey Senator, are the two ecleverest | women in the cirele, each in a differ. {ent way, Mrs, Logan 1 the typical | Western woman, and Mrs, McPherson a | typical Eastern woman, elever, polished, | graceful and brilliant in conversation, Bad health and Jong abscuces abroad have kept Mrs. McPherson from being as well kvown as she would be were she here all of the time, but when | present she is power and farce | quickly appreciated. Mrs, Mahone is { a universal favorite, and, besides shin- | ing with a front of diamonds on grand | occasions, shines by her conversation, { which is full of humor and originality. | Mre. Mahone always keeps a bub- { bling of mirth about her, and relates | her own experience and describes things and people in a way quite her own. She i an uncompromising American {and carried the flag ftrinmphantly | throngh many encounters with the in- suflerable Bntish tourist during her re. | cent stay abroad. She has » proper ecorn for the Europeanized American and bis sffactations, and a comical story that she onee told was of her | going to a store or shop, rather, in an | Enghsh town, and innocently asking {for crackers, The propnetor hunted through all the shelves and boxes and under the counter, and finally sent the | apprentice boy up a ladder and brought down a dusty paper of fire crackers, { Though she had to call a cracker a bis {emit for the two years that she was { away, Mrs, Manone 18 quite the same {as ever now that she is in a lané | where a cracker is a cracker, At Ben | ator Sherman's her pale blue satir | dress was ball-covered with lace, ané | the front of her square-cut corsage was all a glitter with the sprays, pins ané ornaments of diamonds Mrs. Bpooner, wife of the Wisconsin Senator, who has made a stir lately | with his maiden speech and funeral or- | ation, is another of the very clever women of the group. Mrs. Bpocner is a fine vocalist in ad | dition to other things, and is quick. witted and humorous conversation, { Her blue :atin gown wes striped with | silver flowers recently, and a deep gathered yoke of white crape lisse was | drawn 1n by a woven collar of narrow ribbon around her throat, It was g most artistic and becoming gown, and exquisite in ite freshness and dainty | combination, Mrs, Harrison and Mrs, Frye give the same honors to Indians and Maine by their clever conversa tion, full of witty turns, and Senatos Dawes’ daughter keeps up conversa tional fireworks right and left all the | time. There are other ladies of equal talent in the cwrele, and Mrs. Don j Cameron, Mrs. Call, and Mrs. Dolph | are considered the most beautiful among { them, while Mrs. Eustis, Mrs, Ingalls, | Mrs, Manderson and Mrs, Hale are Women of -fine and striking appesrance, —-_ —— “Rho 3 ¢ fe a # in iad logy. Points in “Yes, sir; they beat paimistry all hollow, Take yourself, for instance; in your shoe I see wacillation, irresolu- tion, fickleness, a tendency toward neg- ligence or evasion of unpleasant duties, oocasional spells of moroseness, Show {me any persons foot-covering after two months’ wear, or often less than { that, and 1 will tell you that person's character, f both heel and ecole are evenly worn level the wearer is clear- headed, decisive and resolute, a good business man, a valuable and trust- | worthy employe or an excellent wife end mother, If the outside sole 1s cul through, the wearer, if a man, is in. clined to be adventurous, unreliable and spasmodic in all his acts; if s woman, she is predisposed to boldness and wayward tendencies. if the in. side the sole is ent through it in- dicates weakness and vaeillation nn a man and modesty iz a woman “A few months ago there came inte my shop a stranger having a pair of shoes with the outside of the sole worn through and the toe romewhat | out away, while the bull was nearly (as good hs new, 1 said to my wife, {after he went away, ‘that man’s ' sneak,’ and s0 he was. The very next {day a boy came up from the police | station to get the shoes, and said that | the wearer had been arrested on a clear case of sneak-thieving. “A certain young man who has pat- ronized me fer years was keeping com- pany with two girls, also customers of mine. I noticed that oce of them wore out her shoes on the outside of the sole first, while the other stepped squarely and wore down both shoes alike, I've always had a fizing for the young fellow, and knowing that he was wavering between the two girls, I took him aside one day and showed him the shoes of his flames and told him what ¥ have told you, The resuit wae that he married the square stepper and was happy, while the other girl disgraced herself, “I can also tell something of a per. son's tendencies by the size of hie shoe, the breadth of the sole, the con- dition of the buttons or strings, the amount of wear on the toe, the condi- tion of the lining, etc. I would not advise a triend to marry a girl who squeezes a number four {oof in a num- ber two shoe, for such a one is apt to prove vain, affected and frivolous, “Do 1 believe that charsoter can be molded by keeping the shoes hi and healed? of
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