LIFE, oa © Life. how slighiy A little aweet, A brief delight, And theon<we mee O Lif, how walal A liskle mplte, A little pain, And then—good night! ={Uharles G. D. Roberts, in Indupuaidont A WHITE ONE. ‘The nir was thick with steam and im. pregnated with the smell of soap, the temperature was by no means low, mare espocinlly as tho sun was stream. ing in through the uncurtained windows, But the laundry girls were used to these inconveniencos aud thought nothing of them, They chattere! continuously over to say, but because they had no sone tion of the dignity of silence. The em versation was, perhaps, not of thy most edifying description, and the language employed was forcible, garnished by slang, and not free from superfluous ox- pletives, for these girls were not of the highest type. There was a curious taw. for the most part, ragged dresses: they had big, heavy fringes, which the steam had taken out of eurl, so that in nearly every instance they straggled into the not compulsory to put them in the water in order to earn un livelihood: but they were better in this respect than thev would be nearer the ond of the week, for to-day was only Tuesday. The only exception to the universal untidiness was manifested in the person of one whom the girls called "Liza (the i thong ai). " of whose name was invariably dropped by her acquaintainces, was a hunchback, and her face. though it pos- a most repulsively ugly. The complexion was sallow, the mouth badly shaped, the eyebrows obtrusively dark and heavy ; very sad were the eves beneath them. had there been any ane to their wistful look, but "Liza did not encourage scrutiny, and, indeed, the brown oyes were not remarkable in and were moreos or half hidden by the droop. lids, from which in a sideways, haif-sinister manner ‘Lian was not very popular among her compan- ions, partly because she chose to be ex . sive, and partly becanse she cond on note themselves, ing she e gliaoced CCCAsIons say unpleasantiy sharp things. But there was person loved, and that was Miss Callender By and by the ringing of a bell cre. ated a diversion among the w Almost simultaneously eight red, soapy arms were drawn out of the wash-tubs, eight pairs of r crinkled hands were wiped on some portion of convenient apparal, ill-shod f TOMI rn Ionm § One whom she i OrRers., pairs of { 0 pe irs of vet tramped into au a joining i i 1 and eight At a table in this room stood a voung lady, very sweet in appearance and pret tly dressed. She nodded in a friendly way to the girls, and shook hands with cach one as they [ras sed. She had their nterest at heart, and made it her duty to come two or three times on week and pros vide thom with dinner. This dinner con- sistod usually, as on this occasion, of a plate of soup tnd a large slice of pud. ding, for which they paid a penny; a sec- ond helping of either could be had for a farthing, so the payment was mercly nominal; butthe girls were exempt from the feeling that they were the recipients of charity. The co spers were ‘dabbed” down on the table wn a little pile, and Miss Callen- and noisily consumed. The young lady watched the other women, smiling. Per. feotly dainty herself, their roughness did not seom to repel her. “Girls,” she said prosently, in her quiet, clear toioe, “I am going tor giv on party in the Mission Hall. Will come?” spoons on the almost empty plates. “Lor, Miss; what sort a might it be, now?” “Oh, frimdly,” “Music, gwd pleaty to oat, aud may bring your sweethoarts.” This caused a prolonged gigeling, “Might ve bring more than ome?” in- quired Poly Blanes, who enjoved the distinction of being the prettiest of the girls. of party you provingly. : “You or ghtn't to have more than one,” she said, smiling. “Oh! ns for that, Miss, I any, I'm sare; but there, the more vou draws off, the more they comes “on, That's how it is with men. and that's why uiont adm rors,” And Polly, conscions af in her hoad in the air. done, and by no weans reticent on the subject of thir love affairs, fell to talk. nently congenial, and treating it in n was glad of anything which gave her an insight ink their lives and characters, Two there were who kept silence; one a little newly married woman, to whom fore was too sacred for commen spocch and "Lim, The pudding she had begun to attack seemed to stick in ‘Liza's throat, and she had great difficulty in gulping it down, for the other hanger of which she was often conscinas, the hunger of the heart, livious of bodily needs. was, too, of bitterness in her mind as sho listened to the talk of those others. Per. haps Polly's xoxds dd flare to Shue it then anything olse; * as don't want tu Sl iye has the nest admirers,” up, *he suddenly met the eyes Ty Yor waudid imauination | they expressad pity, perhaps scorn. She grimsoaed, There was a momentary tof oulinrly load, harsh. defiant voice: “Mine isu't Hviv'; mine isn't.” ‘Liza turned away quickly. *'I reckon And at that minute the door was opon- | ed, and the othors came trooping in. Miss Callender exchanged on few words with them and then went buck to get hor gently. though there was the slightest perceptible accent on the pronoun. i voice was louder than before. It isn't | only pretty girls a% hax people caring for | om, There's other things i looks.” i “Of course there are, dear,” said Miss i Callender, soothingly. for "Liza's eyes | flushed ominously. ‘Goodness is worth { moch more to a man.” “What wns his name, "Liza?" Polly Blaines, Polly was conceited, and "Liza, hy per. sensitive, scented patronage. “lL ain't going to tell ver,” sho said. Then, with swift contradiction, “his first name wns Charlie.” “Was he handsome?” asked Polly, pinching her neighbor under the table, so that the latter, a high-colored, coarse. looking girl, gave a little squeak. asked “I nover see anybody better looking.” said ‘Liza, with promptitude. ‘He wasn't any of your pink, dolly men.” (Polly's favored suitor happened to fair, He was dark and his nose was straight, like a gentleman's, and his teeth was white, and” ("Liza warmed to her sub. jeer) he used to wear a red silk tie, with a pin in it And,” she went on, “he always gave me lots of presents loved me so, ns he couldn't bear me oat Oh,” she eried excitedly, i “he did love me, and wo was so happy : keepin’ company, and he was a-goin’ to { marry me She paused abruptly. Indeed. her shrill voice had boyond her control, “What did he die of?” the girls, with : tones, ‘Liza looked at her ed hesitated a moment then rose and pushed back i her chair. { “That don't matter to ," she ! said, in a hard voice that yet had a eatch in it. “He's dead, and that's onough; i and you needn't any of yon ever talk to me about him. So there! And went back into the laundry. There was a moment's silence Callender sat looking thoughtful; she rose and followed ‘Liza into the next room, closing the door. The other girls regarded one another with some SUTpPTise, "Liza was usually silent and was eoasid- ered morose, but her affliction had made them kind to her in their rough though she was certainly not a favorite But that they real. a romance in her If Ae every be { of his sight. got almost 1 naked one of genuine compassion in her ren Ry ad | no one she Miss then waY, among them HOW wl that she | i » of raed sontiment, which is in woman, made them feel a symp thy for her hitherto unknown ‘Liza was standing by her washtub, plunged in her hands and begun to vigorously soap one from the heap of tow els she had to wash, Her lips were set tight together, her bosom was heaving, and a tear had rolled down her check and dropped off it on her coarse apron. She put up her arm, her bands being soapy, and laid her elbow across her eyes for a minute “Fliza." more tender than she was wont to hear, so that her name She looked up. “Eliza,” said Miss Callend again, and then she came close up to the girl, aud drew Lior toward her. rs and she had already said a soft voice, in accents sounded quite musical. From that dav began a new ern for 'Liza. Whother it was that Miss Callen { der sing’ed hor out for ipecinl attention, | or because they were really eapable of a lusting impression themselves, it is im- possible fo say, but it Is certain thut she was differsntly trotted by the other women and equally certain that this treatment ha la salutary effect upon her, Repellant at first, she grew daily more approachable, less suspicious, more gra. cious, and her better quulities came into play. Perhaps the influence Mis i Callender had not a little to do with this, for from the beginning "Liza had loved her, und now her fecling was little loss than worship. And to love another is so good for a woman's soul that it works itke magie on her whole being. It made possible to "Liza the comprehension of u love higher than Miss Callender’s; and tho little Loudon lisathen, being taught by her dear Indy coneorning those things of which she had been ignorant hitherto became what the girls called “religious,” Foward the end oc the summer, she con- sented to be confirmed, and went to classes, and this seemed to the others to make "Liza more important, especially when she explained that ‘thers Indies at the classes.” ‘Liza was nearer being happy now than she had ever been in her life, and vet she Often she heaved great sizhs that made her neighbor turn sud lovk at her, aud frequently there were marks of tears oa her face; so that sw evident to the others of was seemed saddor ton, gre that there was something weighing upon her. As the time for her confirmation drow near "Liza looked graver than ever, and more worried At last it came to the day itself. She had obtained a holiday from the laundry, through the influence of i Miss Callender. What was the surprise of that lady and the others, therefore, when, in the midst of the mid-day meal, in rushed ‘Liza. She had on a clean print dress, ma je for the occasion, her hair was disordered, her face from fatigue and eccitement, her shone brightly. “Hullo,” exclaimed the girls in a breatl “Mv! ain't she Fhey thou she had como hor dress “Eliza,” exclaimed Miss Callen “What do you want? You will be for your confirmation “ith. Miss. as she 1 3 * bye-and-bye it y swell, “ fo show of gasped hire nililoss I've tried and could; and at But, lately Ane I was tried to say it i i first § , and when to me, it ha’ cat oh, Miss, when boon fallin’ down and explaining to yor, bat somethin’ held back Aud 1 told Ged, but he seemed to say it wasa't any use my just teliin’, un less 1 undid it. Oh, please, I don’t care now what you think of me, or you despise fe I can't go to church until I've told ver Him as 1 talked of was only what | dream when I was lonely, evenings amd times nay d t me li And, youve wiv ken of him, I've 6% near ne all of you if ii about and there wasn't no Charlie, really, and novTer loved ine £] wanted to marry me. t Lud gate Month % iv, no ohne ain i or stration. Perhaps that was why she half-pulled herself away, ““* My dear,” said Miss Callender, must be great friends. you and I, for we have a in common. Nothing binds pe ople sa close together as to be linked by mutual trouble. Two voars ago | was engaged to be married, and he who was to have been ay husband was— was shot, in Afghanistan.” ‘Oh, Miss! if Rao you we ROTOWw cried ‘Liza. ** Oh, Miss !” gee,” said Miss Callender eaci other.” Liza did not gpeak. She began to pull at her apron.strings, then getting them into a knot, busied herself undoing it. she said presently. “You always seems happy and bright-like. You're mostly | smiling. { when any one as has cared for ver has { died.” | “God helps me to bo happy, said Miss ‘ Callender simply. * Besides, 1 have | many things to be grateful for.” { "Ah, there yer ars,” most passionately; lonely and hugly. if yer wanted to; you don't go longin’ and lengin’, and a pain in your heart mostwhiles. I woolda't tell any o them, and you won't make a mock at me, but thore's times, specially in the even. ings, when I ache for some one to say ‘ quite gentle-like to me, *'l to look at my a bit lovin’, Why shouldn't I have what others do? Cause I ain't pretty? Ain't my heart as good as Polly's there? Wouldn't | be truer than her? LH] ain't so old now as all And nature's natar, whether tor poor girls. Ain't it nat'ral to to be joved?’ that come want lendor to whom "Liza was just then a revelation, by the sympathy which was rather in manner than words, “when folks are { Kind to mo it's mostly pity os makes ‘om; (an hato to bo pitied. It ain't be. { 6nuso they wants me with ‘om; there's | Oven some, | suppose, as wouldn't care | to keop eompany with me in case folks | should stare, And, ob, I'm proud, 1 am | lm awlally proud. There's none so woud us thom as is despised, you ow” [21 don't despise you, Eliza.” said Miss | Caller, spontaneously. “Aud I'm | sure thors dont. nig 1 liked mo a bit, not becanse you pitied me, I'd bo uncommon glad,” wiiid "Liza, shyly. “I #'pose,” she went on, half-antinmed nt her own confi. | dences, “it wouldn't make no manner o' “renee to you, moe likin’ * Indeed it would,” Miss | ewerod, and she bent fo ‘Liza on the {wehioad, i ¥ § Earthquakes, Several shocks have recently of earthquake which felt in various quarters of the globe at about the time of the new moon recall the interesting theory that the earth is more frequently shaken near the periods of the new and full moon than at any other times. Lists | of earthquakes covering many years have been prepared, which soem to favor this theory, The reason assigned is similar to that i by which we are able to acoount for the greater height or the tides at new and full moon, When the moon and the sun are on the ! same side of the earth, as is the case at now moon, they unite the force of their | attractions in heaping up the waters of the sea. The same thing happens when they are on opposite sides of the earth.as | at full moon, for then each, by attracting { in an opposite direction, assists the other { in pulling out the ocean, so tu speak, as one might pall out the sides of a rubber { ball. According to the theory in question, been | the crust of the earth which, by causing the strata of the rocks to slip and slide a little, produces earthquakes, | When the moon is ot its qaarters its Il is at right angles to that of the sun, snd then, as is well known, the tides are {lowest. Then, too, it is argued, the | strain upon the crust of the earth is least. | If this theory is true. how wonderfully sensitive the apparently solid globe must | he to the impulses conveyed to it by the {Chicago Herald, Sm" Memory Feats. Louis XIII. after a year's time counld draw from memory the plan of a cotntry, When Mr. Blaine was in Congress Le used frequently fo repeat bilis nnder discussion, after having read then once. Daniel Webster was able torepeat the whole Constitution of the United States word for word, including punctuation stops, Hortensios the famons orator.attendod o public sale lasting a whole day and re- enlled, in order, ali the objects sold aud the names of the purchasers, Scanger, an Italian, in twenty-one days committed to memory the “liad,” which comprises 15.210 verses, and the “Odys- sey,’ which also comprises a lrrge number, Lipsius, n professor at the University of Fier, offered lo Incite Tucitust history in its entirety in the presence a person armed with a person who should stab him with it at By ft ovr. OF THE PRESS, Needed Finishing "Twas Ever Thus It Doesn't Pay -At the Club, Ete. LEFTY HIN Bunk teller-—Wall, sir, Tramp (at the window ADDEERR, Sany, I picked Bugle to-day. Saw a queer thing in it, Teller Perfectly, Jimmy ! I'm glad that. Say, thut paper says money is so easy the Japs will moon socking borrowers, and [ merely wish to remark Tramp 0 y He No. 226 trood New 8. Washington gare, MEEDED VINISHING, Caller — Your daughter is nt home now, is she not? I heard she had graduated at tho Artistic Literary and Scientific Uni- versity . : Hostess She is not at home gone to o finishing school, “Why, what for?” “Oh, to learn how to enter a room, aud pit down, and hold a fan. and blush, kuow.’ New York Weekly xhe has sli Vrid "TWAS EVER Tilt Wien a maiden is vivacious Men applaud and call it chick 1%, if i 2 3 ” o} } put if she = an old back number, hoy will whisper: “That's no caiek IT DOESS T PAY. Little Daughter I'm awfal had our old piano tuned Mother Why sO, my dear? Little daughter now | blame the piano. oil News ROTTS Cause when | play enn’t discords on the fag tray | Do you think thee in anything in the theory thal married men live | fr than unmarried ones ? Honped xed Friend ily fh I lon't know MINS jonger. : : pe it helor ¥ fig gf wear i : 0 iis have a jovous sound in peace And and good-will bring nz: sicigh-bells, when the moon Is round, Have masie in their ringine: 3; fter all. I nn oy sil, alter all, | must agree That maideas are the belles for me Judge, HEMORY FOR LITTLE THINGS, Blogzs (returning to his native town Do you remember me, Juy? Jay Well, no, I can’t reall | { five dollars in 1840, which vou never veturned. Do you happen to have that amount with vou now? HARD ON sornriv, “I am very sorry for poor Mrs. Soph- tie.” “Why “She has so little to live for.” “How is that?" “They say sho lives only band.” for har hus. A PHYSIODGSOMIAT, “Oh,” esclaimed Miss Bondelipper, “what a clever man that Mr. Gilhooley is! He is really quite a physiognomist. I was telling him last evening that [ hai become quite proficient in painting, and he said: “I am sure of it, madame: vour face shows it," " 4 Chorus Indeed. [Texas Siftings, REGRETS, I've soribbled many a tender note, In language woft and sweet: "vu written many a loving verse, In differant kinds of foot. I've shaken tha girl 1 wrote them to, Aud oh, it gives me pain When I hear them in court again, «New York Herald DASIRES OF PROCRASTINATION, Loandlady <1 #'pose you noticed that long -whiskered old gentlemen who sat op. posite you at dinner today? That is rof. Driebones, and vou can have his room, as he is going West on a scientific exploration - strangest thing you ever heard, New Hoarder-- What js? Landlady The object of histour. has been told that a pre-historic cave has been discovered out Wout. and in it sat toa skeletons aroand a petrified table. Now Boarder Well! well! Why didn't the fools change their boarding house sooner? [New York Weekly, MAMMA'E DIARIES, Little Girl--The teacher says I must ot a dar and write in it all Ldo every ny. Wi Inaba) ue ue, Suan Mama? amma are | © up stairs in the lower bureau wr fifteen or twenty, | think, ! iste Girl But jan't those ones writ. He Tramp—Ploase mum, I'm nearly starved mum. 1'm so week 1 can hardly ernwl, Housekeeper Tramps in that condi. tion are not so dangerous as the other sort. Goon with your starving, please, {vod News, A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW, Bonttown the best fellows that ever lived. Downtown Lends vou money, eh? New York Weekly, A UREFUL PROVERR, { not murey again and usked his husband that she would till she went to his grave consent.” “How foolish! get any reply.” “No, but she married again, neverthe. less; she remembered the po sverh, 'Si- Of course she couldn't leno gives consent. ONLY A HAL Little Dick boy? . * . rid vou ever see hall a Little Dot No: did vou? Little Dick— Not vet, but we both will next week, A cousin of ours what we never saw is comin here from the West, an’ mamma says be's half orphan.’ INORANCE. A LADY 1 Rind Lady If ot drink liquor you would have more to eat, Framp-—Oh, no, mum: no, indeed, mun; its just the other way. If the barkecper didn't seo us buyin’ a drink New yOu did i once in a while we'd soon starve WORSE THAN AN IXQ Young Wife don't schoel teacher at all wmtioncs nor consideration, vy eruel, " Husband —Great snakes! really make you eat the things New York Weekly, like that cooking. She has neither ] She actunl- i She doesn't 3 A of Goes sae BOME COXs Isa't aw fally cold these days? Liner it fully the chimney « New York Herald, Spacer our sometimes Maggi thos wander if Morrison Dell] brought home one of Eons { bBautnug in with her? Bil (th, ves: | saw inl mst night 1 walked vin vou do that? + <0, Bot Yel Oh. not a whole bird on my hat.” eried: ‘1 conldn’t think of that It's wrong to kill the daints Just use the head ba 114 things, and pair of wings f° hicago limes, A THREAT. Digs Snooper —I'm afraid we'll lose youna Harris. He's a very capable mau, and we are not paving himmuch, $'mafraid Swayback —Just tell him that if he ne- cepts another situation, we'll discharge him on the instant. — Epoch. THERE WERE EXCEPTIONS, The Shopper {in ohina and queensware to salesman) —You don't break these sets, | presume ? The Salesman—No'm; but our errand boy does, sometimes. A BAFE PURCHASE, “I've just mortgaged my house for 2000,” said a New Yorker to his broker friend. * Can you give me a pointer on something that's a purchase ? “I ean,” replied the broker; “buy that = Harpers Bazar. CURIOUR siMinAaniry “When we wore in the north seas’ A DIE THY, YOUNG FOLKS, FAIRY TALES, The time 1 like for fairy tales. Is when the day begins to die, Just as the brillinnt sunset pales, And twilight shadows guther nigh, When I can lie before the fire That blazes with a ruddy light, And hear the tales that never tire Of imp and fairy, gnome sud sprite, And sometimes os the shadows fall Across the floor from every wide, A goblin dances on the wall, And guomes within the corners hide. Then ns the fire-light Linzes high We see the shadows ran aw ny, And silently sguin draw nich, Like spirits of the wood ut play. And when the embers fnintly glow, Upon the smoke | soe ascend The little folk 1 love to know, Who vanish nt the store 5 cand, 3 vr 1 ople, Harpe: * 3a nULps. fv iF I akda benignant one’ is re endly, the of the spricalture amd domestic life with all its « ustomary du. which me hi hie supposed patroness of Fiuine Meomretimes it is seliod it is cheerful ties nnd teader offices wire dle d Holda, but however attend: d by thought. In the long ago. In house. mothers would savy whiten sheen Ty HL. Hulda is makine her bed, iPdeuroit Veve Press, always hinge ’ . i WY « Ki DOMESTIC . The Divka tribes of Africa reverence win oes An officer nd to pay a fine of four goats for killing one suske. These tribes domesticate snakes and keep Hie traded blubber for sealekins.” “* That's nothing,” said Boad: “ down in the North River region my wife worked the very same racket on me.” New York World. THOUGHT SOMETHING OF niNsgLy, living. He-~Then there is no hope for me. It was because | thought you would that 1 provosed to you. Rassian Servants, We have a pleasant way of growling | and grambling over the inefliciency of | ten in : our Macy Anns and Elizas, and consider ourselves very badly used because they do not eome nearer the pinuscle of per. | faction, but the Russian servant doable | disouunts ours in voxations incompoteney, and the Russian mistress has trials beside which our fade into insignificance. Every | household has a host of retainers. They off to sleep at any hour in the day, trathds an unkown virture to them, A Indy cannot help about hor house or she loses all caste with and authority over and wait for the Smt of mentic to move accomplishmen her toward nent of her vith butter kes mav besesrn (ber Afri. nttachments i® ua tribe bathe with milk and anoint In most of their hats sua) crawling in search of mice Cans have © ually pam Msiny the the Nik in partial fo Hons told in s “In Darkest Africs of how a ii pit preg for other and how his wa aid tl east of thnt Stanley ion n prev. si cut poles bottom and the fallen ping of the mul, the 1% rin irda te : y= cut slontwise veil ns this coward somelimes (ss that Wher to ren the differ- the mu- its on in- {frequently \zain =n i% houses f5nai be ws Tectiy. §1AV i 1h PW ODNes, Baa Y which h vel fi ad the ne, and again ret them, templ the ! perching it- of the care remained and until the Then, through bird proudly BES AMING a and fourth ut tf inirars Nn disprust, an ilams 1 : 4 i ¥ wid Ms 60 lonrer reach Macon Te iad of rolled tue 1411 AN igs T W ben Boulot and iIv-W Boalotte, the little had reacke] the digni. it decided in council that the time had come for val twins pin fied age of twelve wns family them to put their little naked feet into Fhey were two browvnskinoed, black-« vod creole rolv-polies, who lived with father and mother and = troop of brothers and sisters half way up the hill, in a neat log cabin that had uw sabstantial mud chimney at one end They could well afford for they had saved many a picayune through their in- dustry of selling wild grapes, black- berrie, and socoes to Indies iu the village whe “put up” such things. ; Boulot and Boulotte were to buy the shoes themselves, and they selected a Saturday afternoon for the important transactiofl, for that is the great shop- ping time in Natchitoches Parish. So upon a bright Saturday afterncon Boulet and Boulotte, hand in hand. with their quarters, their dimes, and their pios- yunes tied carefully in a Sanday hand- kerchief, descended the hill, and disap. peared from the gaze of the eager group that had assembled to see them po. Long before it was time for their re. tari, this same small band, with ten year-old Seraphine at their head, holding a tiny Seraphin in her arms, had stationed themselves in a row before the oabin at a convenient point from which to make quick and careful observation. Even before the two could be canght sight of. their chattering voices were heard down by the spring, where they had doubtless stopped to drink. The voices prew more and more audible. Then, through the branches of the yo pines, Boulotte’s bine sun bounet ap. peared, and Boulot's straw hat. Finally the twins, hand in hand, steppod into} the clearing tn full view. : Consternation seized the band, “You bof ernzy done, Boulot an’ 1 lotte,” screamed Seraphine. “Yon g buy shoos, an’ come home barefest like you was gol” Boulot flushed crimson. He silently hung his head and looked sheepishly down at his bare feet, thon st the fine stout broguns that be carried iu his hand, He had not thought of it. 3 Boulotte also carried shoes. but of the lossiost, with the highest of hools and irightest of buttons, But she war not one to be disconcerted or to look sheep. ish; far from it, ; “You spoc Boulot an’ me we got money fur was'e-us?’ she retorted, with wi “You think we in de ‘walked into the house but Bounlotte, who was ween = shoes now,
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