— FHE LAND OF THE AFTERNOON. I know a wonderous lend ef pearl And pink and golden gheam, Above whose battlements of clon Broad crimson banners stream Beyond the azure depths of noon, Far down the west it lies, Ite gate, the setting sun, is cleft Through the salfron-colored skies, Its seas are floods of amber light Where stately cloud-ships sail, And violet mists its silvery domes Aud palace walls envell, Athwart the dewy shadows, that Forever eastward creep, Ths In mazy circles sweep. long-winged swallow 4, silently It is the realm of finished toll To weary hands a boon And twixt the day and twilight lies This Land of the Afternoon. Good Housekeeping Smt SAI os A One (Woman's (Way «It’s no use, I've worn all the cast off clothes I'm going to.” 01 There was no sign of irritation {ll-nature in the girl's bright she made this assertion. She the centre of a heap of finery. velvet satin and silk waists, strained out and threadbare in almost | every sean, flounced and bedraggled | gros-grains and nun's veilings, erum- | pled ribbons and torn laces. i «What do you propose to wear?” Florence Annable’s only companion on this occasion was her married sister, | Mrs. Paul Grenman, in whose pretty ears sparkled valuable solitaires, and whose fingers were crowded with cost ly jewels. Mrs. Grenman's cold, and the smile on her faultless lips sat ir discarded skirts, tone was | was almost a sneer. «“] don’t mean an Julia,” Miss Annabel truth is, I am not ond-hand clothing.” «Blanche would be remarks, Florence,” man; “it was these things together,” increased hauteur. well that garment 1 Blanche's.” Notwithstandi i A unkind, | ing replied, “but the comfortable in s0C- no £ added with know very | my maid expects every Yo GisCara voung lady jured of the velve gun to rij ff threw i step] bx one’ family ald Cena Pay fing a few sonatas and in a while! Why don’t pay vou for condescending to our ki tiledrums and receptions? deed. Florence, if 1 must vou ask us to attend it, 1 SY for either of us” Greenman waved a jewelled hand toward the bundles in the centre of the Foam. «Julia, I will find out what a pro- fessional pianist will charge for play- ing the piano the same hours that 1 do,” Miss Annable began again, calmly, “Then, not being a professional, I will play for you and Blanche for just half that amount.” Mrs. Grenman rose, picked off a fow bits of the thread from her handsome black silk dress-she had been darning a tiny bit of lace—and proceeded array herself for the street. The room in which this conversa- tion took place was the fourth-story back of a so-called fashionable board- ing-honse, and this was Florence Anna- ble's home. Her father and mother were both dead, the former having survived the wreck of a large fortune only a few weeks. When the estate was settled, it was found that there would be enough money to provide Florence, the only unmarried daughter, with the necessarics of life. In other words it would pay her board. Bo, for two years more, she had been de- ndent upon her wealthy sisters for r wardrobe, It was a disagreeable ition for a sensitive and high-mind- ed girl, and it had come at last beto unendurable, done $3) “Florence! Mrs. Grenman was veady to go, “Well?” said her companion. «1 shall repeat this conversation Panl. 1tell you, that you may prepared to meet the CONsSeQuences, «] am prepared for anything bu rags and fags,’ Julia.” her sister re- plied; sand I beg you to believe that 1 should not have remade your cast-ofl garments so long if it had not for keeping the Lot me vou what else I am willing to You sav that some of the costumes I have made from the dresses vow hawe finished wearing have been very pretey and stylish. 1 will hold myself ready to make over the best of them for you to be been tell do. peacn., to wear again, and I will do it in best manner.” And be paid for it? “Certainly, like any maker.” “If VOIL were not a my other dress- perfect con, you would marry Luke Harness,” Mrs. Grenman burst out anew, “Then vou would have an ment equal to your sisters’, and there wouldn't be such a in our stations as now.” «1 marry Luke Harkness?” said Miss Annable, with the first touch of she had shown, “A man h to be my granfather, as deaf as a post, and bald as an iant cay would Yes, me of own simple- establish- horrible inequality haughtiness enouny as ?2 1 or housemaid first, the choice were given All ie gO out as a cook Juli ¢ that man or digging my the understanding vhen com iatter alt 8 later Miss Annable } park with some fri h both of her sisters, heir recognition, though caleulated to deceive her companions, was well un derstood by her. Julia had commu- nicated with Blanche, and they had both shown their displeasure in as marked a manner as the circumstances This recalcitrant mem- ber of their aristocratic family was to be brought to terms. Florence Anna- and Clarke Durivage rode along by the gide of the landau, and chalded with For the first time since Florence had decided not to wear any more “east-offs” her courage failed her, B8he felt it to be a humilis ating truth that she cared more for this man’s good opinion than for any- thing else in the world; to think that she was quite independent of remark or criticism from any other quarter, but not from him, filled her with con- fusion and alarm. Mr. Durivage had been the only man the had met in go- ciety who had talked to her as if she were possessed of an equal intelligence, Miss Annable canvassed the subject very thoroughly in these few minutes. Her scorn of her own weakness, as shown by the presence of this man acted like a spur to her conscience, «The die is cast,” she told herself, as Mr. Durivage bade her good even- ing. “I will not wear jags, and so must play jigs.” The young lady did not estimate her gusical talent at its true value. It was almost a case of genius, She could play the works of the most ini) composers, and with a power and expression which delighted the most critical, And so it came to pass that Miss Florence Annable was en- gaged at regular professional prices to play for a party at the house of the wealthy and distinguished Mrs, Cortland. Her were both present, but neither of them came neay her during the evening, and in way the world found out that had been a quarrel. ood evening, Miss “Good evening, Mr, «It is rather singular but y gisiers Lis there Florence.” Durivage, there is no one the se to play ou,” emarked. “1 have been half-hour to invite y ¢ least singular, Mr. oti to dance.” “lt is not in th Durivage,” said the musician, smil heros uly, “for | loved to play for Mus, Van Court am regularly evening.” the that land's Fests this The plunge was made, over, and Florence felt look in the “And vou for vourself?”’ Wis a WOrst was she could herself squarely the face when EVening was over. vou have struck out in way There gentleman's voice in the that his companion did not understand, «Strack out?” Miss Annable laugh- in®y answered, “That is a good phrase, It requires muscle, 1 Assure you. «But your sister, Miss Florenoe?” “They here. You must hav. seen them. The next piece is a quad. rille, Mr. Durivage. it eritically. Itis my strange quality are tion.’ The music was a success. and ise Hin There came Annable Durivage, [2 per month, given to a lost both arms and one eve by an accident while on duty unde: state orders. At one factory in the United there are manufactured between two and three tons of postal cards a day ull the yoar round. The Inrgost order ever filled for one city was 4,000,000 cards, or about twelve tons of paper, for New York. There are 450,000,000 postal cards manufactured aunually and their use is increasing daily, An Oklahoma hack driver purchased two lots on the day after the opening from men who decided there would never be a city, and who were going away in disgust. For one he paid 810, and for the other he traded a well worn six-shooter. One of the ots he has since sold for $1,100, and he is bwolding the six-shooter lot for 81,500, While tearing down an old chimney in Nyack, N. Y., last week, the work- men were astonished to find imbedded in the mortar a toad in a somewhat inactive condition, but still alive. It had been confined in that spot, hidden from light and air, for fully forty years. Half an hour after he had been brought out he hopped around in as livaly a manner as if he had been born the present year, militiaman who States The great secret of success in life is to be ready when your opportunity comes, We must confess small faults in order to insinuate that we have no great ones, The cOmerdians of Phllosopil. it you can't have what you want, % want it, EXPERIENCE OF A TRAVELER IN SAMOA. 3 Some of the Handsomest* Women on the Earth. A middle-aged gentleman, of rather notable appearance, gat in the rotunda of the . James Hotel, St. Louis. “Mr, Hanson of England,” clerk, by Way of introduction. ‘i Hanson is on his way home from extended visit to the Samoan Islands.” “As a race, said the traveler, in the of an interesting Samoans have the finest any people 1 have ever height is about an average of ten inches their chests de ep, and their ams show muscles which dit Sullivan. The olor that is hard to describe, neither brown nor copper-colored, but rather a sort of tincture of both. “The women up to 20 vears of age are very handsome, but at 28 they be- gin to grow. wrinkled and homely. Very little clothing is worn by the n: tives, A man’s wardrobe a breechelout made of a which feels and looks like a Chinese papkin, only of coarser texture, The women wear a skirt, but are bare from ot AL ail. un COUrse chat, “the phy slques of seen, five feet Their shoulders are broad, would do cre toa y are of a being nn- of wooden fiber consists the waist up, with the exception of a i i material the shawl of LIrowh over the same shoulders, ninety-nine of of the men beautifully i from their waist to their knees tures of wild p ! This wa out are every ANIMAS rious kinds. them jong ¥ ket feo still observe tivate ric but their coanuts and | eat no mea “They learn, and CAND understan of a few gest themeselve ——— A COURAGEOUS SQUAW. With en With Gans Run ashe Kills a ear nr Axe Away While in y ool i fio near bevond her mgth to move, proceeded to cul it in two with an axe she had in wagon. To her surprise she had disturbed a mother bear and her family of cubs The bear, more frightened than angry, took to the woods, and the woman walked in search of the men and their firearms. Finding them, she conducted her relief back to the log, to find that the bear bad also returned. When all were stationed ready for action she again used her axe and the bear made her second appearance, this time angry and vengeful. The man who stood ready for just this emer gency missed his aim, dropped the gun and, with all his other masculine com- panions, took to his heels, Left alone with the infariated beast, with only an axe for defence, this In- dian woman coolly waited until the bear came near enough, and, letting the axe fall with all her might upon its head, killed it with that one stroke. The same weapon applied to three of the little orphans effectively pre- vented their ever realizing their loss, and the other she kindly adopted and carried home with her. Reaching her home she found het husband, son and others assembled there, anxiously & lating as to what could have been result of the en- counter they had failed to see ended. Standing before them, with the cub in her arms, she scornfully surveyed them from head to foot and exclaimed : one to 1 : Off Was she the «The man that can’t and won't deserves the sincere thanks of a Ww community, ONE OF THOSE SCHENCKS, i There Were Plenty of Them and They | Were a Jolly Lot. When the war of the rebellion broke { out, Gen, Hobert C. Schenck had been und sway from know, even by 30 long in public life Dhio that he didn’t sight, half of the nephews who were the half-dozen brothers, He was appointed bi igadier and regiments a in Virginia, | De ond Ohio, | Alexander MeDowell of Sool mevera! of the « Oompa iment were raised Dayton, sWarins, i HUINCTrous sons of his reneral, if the gade over it 80 happened ti his Twenty commanded by Cok nel nics of this rec- and CHECKS in around where the i { in and as the family all through, there was a f Schencks in Company B and Company ¥F that regiment. It happened that the Schenck contingent in the Was 101 goodly num- her oO of BO regiment was thoroughly im- bued with a love of fun, and when any hief Was afoot the to have a hand was hauled up for more Schencks was st number, This fact was to the general, as migl tise Schencks in it cise ipling, one were sure ~if a party or be of the ing y ANNOY » been ex- wected, and he did not try to While the b Fairfax Courthouse his annoyance, aent tL. was even One morning a i} LC Lreneral He The general looks faces clos ly + bu ind then asked the first m “WB is vour name “Peter Brown, Md “Ohl” ified and reg ond Ohio ts {if 8 I¢ lieved is n in a Den of Snakes, fr a - Electric y's Freaks, New York broke on a house on rested on the wet tin | sult was thst it not t fire to the house, but it made things exceedingly lively for the whole neighborhood. The first one to discover that electricity was loose was a man who began to ar range his fruit shelves at 4 o'clock in the morning. Evervthing was drip- ping wet, and of course the electricity had a perfect conductor to travel on all over the place. The moment the fruit man touched the fruit he began to re. ceive shocks. He thought the pears and apples were bewitched. When the proprietor of the house attempted to open his shutters he received a shock that knocked him down. Then, when passers-by began to tread on the wet pavement they started to dance and got ow of that immediate neighbor. hood as quickly as possible. Sparks were flying all along the gutter, and pretty soon the house took fire. Even when the firemen came round they had to dance around pretty lively with the repeated clectrie shocks. i Fleas on Boston. Boston is afflicted with fleas. They are of the wickedist kind and bite with a savageness that has a tendency to drive the ave resident of the Hub into something like frenzy. The ob- trusive insect seems to make his ap- pean inthe best quanters of the city naturally people are slow to confess the fact--but this sort of thing will ont. The companions in misery one after another confess, and then the drug stores experience a boom in insect powder. But the flea contin. ues to flourish in spite of the »igid FE Ti a. Be — FOR THOUGHT, FOOD All men dle poor. As you get, give, Jealousy dowassn’s pay. A light heart lives long, As you receive, distribute, Do not be ashamed of work, No Ife is exempt from trials, The moment past is no longer. Every fox takes care of its tail, Think only healthful thoughts, The wise man always hesitates, A roiling stone gathers strength, When love is dead there Is no God. All honorable labor is praiseworthy. Btrong reasons make strong actions, It is better to be right than be caught, Welcome is better than pie for dinner, Necrets are a mortgage on friendships, Words may pass, but blows fall heavy, One cannot hide a bradawl in a bag. Vanity i= the superstition of pride, The only cure tor indolence is work, A present is cheap, but love is dear, Trust in ness, When silent, Who plants potatoes must dig pota- God, but mind your bnsi- money speaks the truth is the smooth of the way ns, does best on a poor tried friend Ke i8 LiKe AL upcrac ¥ 11 ST € 1 3 an tell just asbiga lie a sw ig near, but you canno present is all of which masier, sweet smile from wi F { - od wife 15 a tridder judges ar¢ that makes the harp with ouly ons & £ $ gh v $hm Apel a on When flatterers meet, the devil goer y ¢) £ srinset Ya aH LUA TOUS IVES ONY i ort sighted. Sones 38 BOING vialks an *% can’t use & minute ie most of it, 13 Kk. { Once-—-InaKe an old dog new an buy a new dog. visu en 4% vane from op his day and the cats warreliing over the nights, life worth ! We cannot intil it is over, and then 1 is 00 y Tig isser MVIng We are all the r. whether we else or not. time making charac. are doing anything When the man who wants the eartl goes into politics, he begins by taking the eld. A man never becomes so homely hat he Is not handsome to the woman he is good to. Let your zeal begin ‘with yourself; then you can with justice extend it to your neighbor. Many a man worries about ghosts that never appear wo him, Flattery is like cologne—to be smelled, not swallowed, Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our priveleges, With a great many young men love is a matter of losing the head rather than the heart. Without friends and without enemies is the last reliable account we have of a stray dog. Hope isa draft on futurity, some times honored, but generally extended, Great hearts alone understand how much glory there 1s in being good. If the world despises a hypocrite, what must they think of him in heaven. Only a great musician can makejgood music with string to his fiddle. Sensationalism in literature is closely connected with sensuality in society, Men exist for the sake of one another, Teach them, shen, or bear with then, With nothing to conquer we should never feel the grand triumph of t he vier tor, ; It requires gall to play all d with the and at night ask od 16 %
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