ht “- . wy Ury of the Dreamer, Iam tired of planning and toiling in the crowded hives of men ; Heart weary of building and spoiling, Aud spoiling and building again. And I long for the dear old river Where [dreamed my youth away ; For a dreamer lives forever, And a totler dies in a day. [ am sick of the showy seeming Of a life that is half a lis; Of the faces lined with scheming Io the throng that hurries by ; From the sleepless thought’s ondeavor, I would go where the children play ; For a dreamer lives forever, Aud a toiler dies in a day. 1 fee: no pride, but pity For the burdens the rich endure ; There is nothing sweet in the city But the patient lives of the poor, Ob, the iittlp hands so skillful, And the child mind choked with weeds; The daughter's heart grows willful, Aud the father’s heart that bleeds, Nao, no! from the street's rude bustle, From tropies of mart and stage, I would fly to the wood's low rustle And the meadow's kindly page. Let me dream as of old by the river, And be loved for the dream alway; For » dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day, FROWNS AND SMILES. * owned as much herself. must be very patent, indeed, before Mrs, Briggs would own to it. For she one of females, who pretend to have an almost y can read character as il ET Ln. I never was so disappointed in a girl in my life,” said Mrs. Briggs. I thought she had some grit about her, my kitchen as Meta Milton !'’ Meta, herself, if the truth was equally delusionized. ied that life told She had wats, fan 11 ii and when it came to getting up at day- break, churning by the half hour ina blue mold-smelling cellar, Kit a tablefal of she was completely taken aback. i » no lanes wherein to ling I tox Le bh’ rer Mr. Briggs was a great dea his land to let any part of it . no pict wel $a sai ad ruins. win rows; oni s wresque old we SWEODR OF 1V y+ abbages gr their perfume cn tiv infro i fiat Gaela |) 5 : 2 ut of the main monster tobacco leaves, it any time to spare,’’ ‘you'd better lay it plaguey big worn instead 3 arter of yn ef your g 1 Mr. Briggs, pickin’ them terbacker, ‘ riryhr WI FULLERLY na of O lina Bridge- store before she came to her cousin Briggs’ Her health had failed; the loctor had advised country air, new milk and a change of scene. Mrs. Briggs on being written to, had unwillingly consented that Meta should spend the summer there, “She must be a poor eretur, indeed, if an’t earn her board and a little more ito the bargain,” sald Mrs, Briggs, who was one of those griping, grinding task-maistresses who think of trade and profit alone, ; But Meta had not passed triumphant- v through the ordeal. Perhaps she had not fally regained her strength. Per- i y had become discouraged with the endless treadmill vork which Mrz. Briggs provided for her. was a pale, pretty girl, with fair air, large sorrowful blue eves, and a or that came and went with a flicker- f i I Yi : Ts ir eta had Deen a shop-gu DOTS of he my opinion,” riggs, who was in the habit ing wound the house with her head tied up a cotton pocket-handkerchief, *‘that w:nds a deal too much time a fixin’ 1 primkin’ before the glass white +} said Mrs, f 1s OL uy ¥ SCE 3 ind white aprons of Checked gingham is good eno me and it ought to be for her.” At the end of the first month Mrs, iggs told Meta, with engaging frank- that she had not proved equal to the emergency. I guess we don’t want you here no mi said Mrs. Briggs. ‘You ain’t got no mere strength than a rabbit, and, anyway, there ain’t no calculation about you, You may do very well as a storo-gal, you 't never earn an afternoon, ugh for IW 1 Hr ness ie, Won't vous bread at general housework.’ Meta sighed. “Put what am [ to do?” “Where am I to go?” “That's your affair,” Briggs, And then she went to take her out of the oven, John Perkins, the nephew of the old deacon who lived in the brick house on the hill, and bad more money than the best arithmetician in Yellow Plates could count, came the next day to drive Meta and ber poor little trunk to the stage station, John had seen Meta at Church, He had stood beside her more than once at singing school; and one night when the cattle were obstreperous he had come to the rescue and helped Meta to drive them home. Fuso dt al said Meta, said bread him for the loan of Deacon Perkins’ roan cob to carry Meta Milton to the station, John himself had volunteered to act as charioter, “(Going way, hey?” said John, when they had ridden a short distance in silence, “Yes,” said Meta, sadly, “I am go- ing away.” ““Didn’t like the folks?" said Jolin, “I tried to like them,’ said Meta; but Mrs. Briggs was not suited with me, The washings were too heavy, and it gave me pain in one side to 1ift the tubs,’ ° ; opi do look rather slim,” observed John. And ho chewed a straw in silence for some time before ho asked with some And wi .“ where are you bound for?" “I don’t know said Meta, “I can't the store because got another girl and-—-"’ turning him scientifically round. “Pear! dear!” got into the wrong road ?”’ “No,” sald John Perkins, I know of. stay.” But where?” said Meta. taken a notion to you, Meta, ‘Here's the girl for mel’ care of youand be a you,” “Marry you!’ repeated Meta, ! honest gray eves, and 1 “Yes, Mr. Perkins, I will,”’ “Shall we go right to the said John, **I—1I suppose so,” said Meta. “Its the best way,’’ said John, If I with it.’ So they were married. back to Mrs. Briggs’ house until his uncle. Mrs, Briggs received | bride with some faint semblance of wel- | come, | “John Perkins is said she, ‘and the deacon is the richest man in Yellow Plains, 1 will | Meta, that if you haven't done badly { for yourself. If you'd told me what you 1 1 ol i IIRELY was calculatin’ for “Bat 1 La, 1nd h a tl was not caleulating.’ said dignantly, i “That'll do to tell with a dry chuckle. Meanwhile Jol uncle. “Uncle said he, * to spare me a bigger room after this” Deacon Perkins, a dried-up, wi old man, 1 a strong likeness chimpanzee ribe, looked from | account with a snarl, which vealed a set of ragged, yellow teeth. "Al said he, “What for?" “There's ot house you don’t use.” | besides®’ tal fact sid Mrs, Driggs, 1Y in went bravely to the wit! Ww 4 t book i igger room?!’ : % * 1 » ASL 4 QOZen oon sald Joh as if this was a mere “I've been gettin dropped i * AhQ STWGAR than ever, : you can go and hs freedom at your le I'h is §¥ } gue . said the deacon, have ruined you!” said he, chedr- I” You've It ain't hang on the coat-skirts of I'm more independent n » been for ten vears, If Mrs il} stay there for a few ig at 13 ii 8% US bl Mis, rood in't idn't 48 eezZing fey y sai “if C88 YOu, | up ag’in his judg visibly. nele d iscountenay + Lo set myself ment | “Yery well” said John; ‘Farmer Drake wanted a hand to clear up the { maple hills this winter— I'll engage with him. My Meta shall a good home some where!” When Mrs. Briggs heard that John Perkins had rented the little onestoried young couple as they entered and Mrs, Briggs studiously evaded them, When the burial caremonies were “It’s about the mortgage, Squire oyte,’’ said he, “That one that Deacon I do hope ' erkins had on our farm, { cause times is hard, and I ain’t noways prepared, The interest is a little behind, {to be sure, but : | “What have the Gattawoochle In- | me, { his thumbs, “Not at all.”’ said Mr, Coyte. ‘The | another. The heir to all the nextof kin, hi i Perkins.” { is news became bruited abroad. Everybody discovered all of a sudden at they had always sympathized with ¢ dear young couple—that John Per- Kins was a noble fellow, and his wife Meta one of the salts of the earth, { And Mrs, Briggs came humbly to the {red brick mansion the hill to see ¥ on sta, and beg her to intercede with her husband in their behalf, “About the mortgage,’ said that Dencon Perkins had on our farm. It's ove and Driggs hasn’t been as | regular th the interest as Ieould have | wished: but I do hope, Meta, he won't be hard with us, It was a bitter pill fo swallow, but Meta di { her fallen foe, “Of course he { yd ry , Cousin Briggs, she, r due, wi vO said she, loudly. And now you must 8it down and have a cup of tea with us, and John will send the i OX and spend the evening.’ The tears came 1 “1 do feel **1 never pt 1 what would home was took away, it now, Meta, thanks t hen 1 slept she sald, » = Fin : . iiresiqe.; he Children Earn helpless women relatives some that 1 soon learn y spend a has on those, we allowed only her own moneys . she soon learns and to We sp i A New piece, st business-liks girls who iven a certain to make all their clothing out of how allowances y quite wonderful secms quit me can dress on a comparatively if she can know how to cal what 3 she will the daughter of a rich welve dollars and Gfty cents I i have oF AINOUNI she knows she can to make that go make with herself as well on what her position a and, in order @ possible, she learned to : and dresses her own dresses seamstress, she would seem to very small sum. A girl who is allowed to g and buy whatever will, will find herself many in 0 to a store having it buying many she * § i iki, if han all when she find herself with no definite idea of what money is worth, To a woman, the being obliged to ask worse else, the Ww COmes | for his bride, she shook her head fore- bodingly. { “If Meta can put up with a bole like | that, she hain’t no proper pride,” { she. | But Meta was as happy as a lark. | own. And John came home to it every night, with a face as cheerful as the dawn. *“I wish it wasa palace, puss, for your sake,’’ said he, “1 couldn’t be happier, John, if It was,’’ Meta brightly answered “And youdon't mind your Cousin Briggs passing you in the stmet, with- out speaking to you?" “Not in the least, if you don’t mind Deacon Perkins returning your letters unopened?’ “He is an ill-tempered old crab,” said { John with a hearty laugh. | “And she,” merrily retorted Meta, “is a venomous old gossip, ’’ While the public opinion of Yellow Plains unanimously condemned Mr, and Mrs, Perkins to the poor house in course of brief time, “He hasn't a cent of capital,” said one neighbor, “And she ain't no mapagement and never had,” sald another, “Buys baker's bread, and makes her pie crust with butter instead o’ drip pin’s’’ said Mrs, Briggs. ‘Did any one ever hear of such shiftlessness! I, for one, wash ny hands of them.” Until, one day, Deacon Perkins died sitting in his chair, with his spectacles on his nose, “We'll go to the funeral, Meta,”’ said John to his wife. “Of course he has left all his money to the Gattawoochie Indian Mission, as he always said he would, But he was my uncle after all.” wy " maid “We'll go.” All a yt was of course. The richest man in Yellow Runa, part of life, especially if ing into her husband’s home, does it rightfully be, and what homes of their own are those who either have a certain sum for their own use, or have a right of way to a common purse, All the joking about the change in the vest pocket disappearing, and about buying Christmas presents and having the bill sent in afterward, is very humiliating to a woman's sense of honor, and ought not to be, A woman has as much right to money as her hus- band. In many cases, it is true, the reason a woman is not given more liberty with money is because she is not a better manager; but, if as a child she were allowed to earn a little and spend it . | her own way she would grow up with much more appreciation of what money costs, Hit naan AI AO Superstition in Japan. “In the garden of the Shihan Gakko at Nakanoshima stands an old pine-tree called Takonomatsu, among the roots of which a badger has taken up his abode. One of the mh in the vicinity had a dream lately in which the badger red, He announced that as the ter is very severe he has no food and that if fried bean cake and boiled rice mixed with red beans were paced at his d os hightly, he wou dis : and prosperity among Ponetactom, If, however, ho modest requirements wore not attended the houses in the ward would surely be » There are but two road s; the one 10 Gots the Oot 1h JEYAlr a death ! i ! i i : A GIRLISH LUNCH. How Two of the Dear Creatures Do When They Go Alone and Don't Have a Man Along to Pay. Time—1 o'clock p. m. Place—Fash- ionable restaurant, Dramatis Personwe: Brown Tailor. Made Gil. Gray Tailor-Made Girl, Patient Waiter, [The young woman being advanta- geously seated, extra wraps and bundles disposed of, patient waiter fills their glasses and lays menu card before them, Neither glances ut ‘t.] Brown Tailor Made Giri—1 I didn’t know I was so tired. Gray Tailor-Made Girl--Nor 1, declare, it's I'd new Dreadful, three Brown - material rather buy for dresses than Gray—So should I. I'm in such a quandary about that silk at Cash's, Did it seem to you to mateh at all? comer, A man, | Brown-—-Why, I thought it was quite the nearest of any we have seen yet Gray—Did you, really? I am in such y dilemnma about it, and I must send it down to Whalebone to-day or she will disappoint me, Brown Yes, quick takes the vreteh! ly she advantage of hat way. Yes, indeed. She Kept three bee Crray waiting me winter for a one day late weeks last ause 1 word whe square bod waiter, having an’s order to the kitchen, Brown-—Well, I suppose mcheon Pulls What do I don't FAVE 1 don’t know, il taken the returns, | we must | men You kn yA WW OW, On, ol table Do pi ean’t, Gray—Well, 1 « do know what t { Patient man's order. TI hen he returns card I want? hashed potatoes, Brown—So will 1 cup of { hoool * Gray--Y es, that will wtient waiter Bring us vl potatoes and two cups of cho 3 CeiyY. two Cr 3 Gon Gray—--Of, cours Patient walter with a meat order, aione, Gray-—-0Oh, is that care for potatoes, Brown-—-Nor 1, either, bread here. Gray (resuming the study of the ca Oh. bother! let's take some consomme, Brown-—All right Gray-—DBut we don't with soup. 2 evs it Brown want cho Oh, no. Gray-—Well, we won't take cho? then, but we can have some ice cream afterwards if we want it, Brown Very well, C:ray (to patient waiter CONSOMIMEs, [Three quarters of an hour later. | é bread and a Jong story at ment)--And from that day to this 1 bave never even bowed to her, Gray--You did perfectly right, She was horridly rude-—in her own house, too. Patient tenth time more? Brown (looking at her friend)--1 really don’t believe I care for anything more-—the soup is so hearty. Gray—Nor 1, either. Besides, must hurry, [Patient waiter vanishes and returns with the check, which he directly lays midway between the two. | Gray (buttening her glove) mine, Kate, Brown--Oh, no, indeed, Nell must let me pay. Gray--not at all, shop with me, Brown--Oh, you forgot I have several errands of my own, Gray—Oh, I really insist. (Finishes her glove and draws check over. It is 40 cents and she lays a balf dollar on the tray.) Are you sure you didn’t want anything more? rown--Oh, no, indead. I have eaten all 1 possibly could. (Patient waiter returns with two nickels and retires toa convenient distance. ) Gray ( the nickels)--Do you know, 1 think it's sort of fast for girls alone to fee waiters, Brown-So do I. I rarely do. Gray—Well, let us make haste. We really have no time to lose, (Then the dear girls trot off to Cash's, and Gray pays $10 the for trimming to reno- vate the old dress. ) ED I A A UL WHAT MAKES A MAN, walter Do you wish anything we This is You You came out to Five of these are gases and eight substances, The oxygen is shown in a » jar with a label which states that the weight of oxygen in a man weighing 150 pounds is ninety-seven pounds, The jar, which will'h+ld about a gallon, rep- resents only one ten thousandth part of the oxygen of a maw of that weight, If the ninety-seven pounds of oxygen were set free from the body it would fill a space of 1,000 cubic feet. The oxygen is the great supporter of comi- bustion in the system, The next jar represents the fifteen pounds of hydrogen going to make up the 154-pound man. This amount of hydrogen set free would fill 2.750 cubic feet, and the jar represents only one ten-thousandth of the whole amount. Another jar or bottle, having a capa- city of a little over a quart, represents the three pounds and thirteen ounces of nitrogen found in the imaginary man. 4.5 ounces of fluorine, Another jar contains one-tenth of the four ounces of chlorine to be found in the man, Chlorine is one of the consti- tuents of bleaching powder, jar of chlorine was pui in the case was blown out and the bleached all the tinted labels in the case, The carbon is represented by a solid cube charcoal weighing thirty-one 3 i111 i of The and twel e 1” . UF ¥ wind ¥ i v-pound man yields one é Os i phosplic three-fifth ounces of sulphur. After th PHOTIUS Au | : * OUnCes i [his quan- this Forrry a silver- Hin and were taken £8 + aby of remains a weigh- mt exhauste nemist started, --—— Origin of Slanting Rools To find the source from which the European nations have derived the art of building in stone we must look to the From Egypt the Greeks it was taken up by the Romans, north and west of Europe in the process colonization, The similarity, in re- gard to the constructive parts of the ancient Greek Dmildings, to some those found in Egypt of older tion that the Greeks borrowed the art from the Egyptians, ever, in adopting it added a new feature, addition is easy to find, Egypt is prac- tically rainless, All the protection from the ciimate required in a palace or tem- ple in such a country is shelter from the sun by day and from the cold by night, and for this a flat roof supported by walls or pillars with architraves is quite sufficient, but when, as in all European countries, rain has to be taken into ac- count, a slanting roof becomes a neces- sity. The Greeks, with their eye for symmetry, provided for this by forming the roof with a central ridge at an ob- tuse angle, from which it sloped down equally on either side. The lar space thus formed at the end of the building above the architrave was oceu- pled by the iment, and this part of the facade, which owed its birth to the exigencies of climate, was thenceforth regarded as so essential to the artistic PIU AL TO THE OCCASION. An American Declines to Fall into a Bwiss Hotel! Beeper's Piiall. The pitfalls which the innkeepers pre. pare for the Americans are as whimsi- cal and curious as they are BUILeToOus, He who speaks only the English lan- guage has no show whatever, and his best course is to submit with good hii mor, and go his way. The ready de- viee of not understanding what you mean, although you may be employing the most variegated and vigorous ime precations known to Anglo-Saxon Cars, is common gverywhere, And what can you say against 8 blank stare, or do against an outstretched “addition,” with your trunk on the omnibus, and your train steamer, about to start? Perhaps, anticipating this every situa. tion, you have demanded your bill some | hours before, It will serve you little, | You may ask, and ask again, and it will be denied you till the last moment This is a favorite and effective trick, | and nearly always wins, Now and then, of course, it doesn’t. For example, a friend of mine the other day came to settle ht's lodging at a bed. buggy the wall rail tion here in Neucl | ed the Hotel des Alps. In addition to {the charge for apartment, servic Lights, ete e item ‘“‘undejeuner,’ 1 wil followed, “What is t} of near the way sl: wtel, call @ th s WAS 1 ’ “nglish that whicl I had no break ly. and was £1 rot, g i ORE, Monsieur, for breakfast.” Y you provide fat breakfast every and, please a fillet of a half chicken and a pint of % ¥ He until the real Last, : Ine Shp Alps look- hen disgusted situation, he altered his bill in is, and hurry- , Inonsisur, hes six fram 3 3 i just It ir ir - - ————— — The Wrestlers of Japan. ¥ i weigh restiers will man wil 1 ¥ pounds, and is ve the other peo- difference that wks away as crowds in the this class are also. This is » in the world # al specimens rary, and the erve attention, upes of fifteen travel from town to renerally held 8 improvised from bam- boo poles for the purpose. They will accommodate thousands of people and thousands are always there. The rival { troupes are seated on opposite sides of the house and the managers arrange the | matches. When it comes to the meet. ing of the champions of the respective troupes the interest is intense and large | amounts are stalked on the result, The | favorites are stimulated by the offer of large sums of money from their friends in case they win, These entertainments last a whole afternoon, and in the large | towns extend through-a week or two. | These athletic sports are popular and so | well patronized tha® wrestlers of any considerable note accumulate small for | tunes, The production of such a class {of giants in so short a time from so | small a race is proof of what might be done to improve the physique of the human race and measurably to banish disease and all infirmities, Fagging at Eon. Fagging is not easy work at Eton, Fags not only have to wait on their fag-masters at almost all hours, to bring them water and to look out for their rooms, but they even bave to cook for them. All the boys of a house take their dinner together, but excepting in two or three houses where a rew rule has been made, every one has his break- fast and tea in his own room. And for these meals the poor fags are cooks and waiters, There iseven a kitchen pro- vided for their special use where they boil water, brew tea, and toast bread Many heartaches have there been in those little kitchens. Fancy a young- rr fe lay Wryilddie i arge building $ + rile gx i TEE it if g> HH
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