A COLONTIAG MESSAGE. ny A quaint old book, HENRY TALCOTT MILA. faded rots som? whoso Turned ovar i dond forth an od from «i } rifame, days than A stra The perium "non the fiv | Which many AO SHODB WO i ) From the fi back in‘ thirty which + With « I asked m matter 83 N i me war “oat Li aiso a lvlging bh tor's man we had b by =is nephew that it »ssa stran to ha~: made f womar 5 than a» idiot an eq-ally stupi time | “ut this re ional 2alous!: had teen to face, ness ris wer he rooms I myself was ow i and, after making parti-ular inquiries, had refused them It was not until I had n at ville 2 week that the weather brig) and ! was able to tale my sketch book in search of subjecta the eighth day | was fine, and starting immediate ly after | breakfa8t, [ managed to put in a good | dav's work at the ruined tower some miles along the coast Returning at sun down I dined, and then sottled mvsel for » comfortable pipe over the day's | paper As lit up [ could not help won dering how many visits the doctor had paid tv No. 13. From mere force of | habit I had grown into looking out for | him sad finally into taking a sort of in. : tere in the number of times he came. | The Jay before, while I was still at my post at the window, he had been in four times, from which I argued that the patient was worse I bud not been reading very long when there was a ring at the street door bell, A migute or so later my landlady came into tire room and said that the gentle. man who lodged next door was below, and had asked for her husband, who happened to be out for the evening. On hearing that the gentleman had inquired if there was any ane clse in the Poe who could accompany him back next door for a fow minutes on a matter of business, The landlady was unable to go herself, the servant being out, but as the gentleman seemed disappointed she tekeu the liberty of suggost- Oi i Ie ned Ii:t ut ir Bi ing that he should ask me. Would I, at any rate. see hita and then decide? i Wis only too glad to be of use to peo yoared to be in great trouble, seaside landlady ple who app ; far from their friends in a house, and I told the the gentleman in, another ! lodg- ing S110W In moment the framed man whom 1 had seen attending the doctor to his stood bowing in thedoorway, “Pray come in,” 1 said, rising, what wav ean be of service to vou The stranger entered the room, eves, which I saw were weak, blinked in the bright lamplight, He I made toward Hi seemed ner rl inxious to conquor his shortsight loose tall, s0 often carriage i the motion a chair, and answered me standing ry OUsiy edness in order to make out what manner ’ man I was. In other of t me somewhat rudely, 1 G of wit will,” he said kindness to “It is simply the small matter signature to a ahi trespass on vour xt door for that ti » dang ‘1 will come introduce ] the od me briefly, owledged ination ' he rou the tor there would do, said I thought, vidual whose brough itched so often, should to the flaxen-haired young right arm encircled carefully The personage the Lrougham did not cure quick enough, I suppose, Mr. Pie rrepoint returned with a snu. filing, countenance at once relieved my own landlady from a charge of libelling her neighbor and rival which 1 had mentally preferred against her, whose general so wit} Ith ari pg wanted we must not crowd the genoral,” tention to the pattern of her own « arpet than to the proceedings around her, “Here is the will,” Pierrepont went on, holding up the paper, with the place for the signatures of the testator and wit. nesses as yet blank. Then he replaced it reverently before his uncle who bent over the document, and, supported by the ever careful doctor, slowly affixed his name: “William Joseph Maitland,” at the foot. As soon as his wn had made the last feeble soratch, Mr. Pierrepont brought the will over to me before the ink was dry, and I added my name, using the dressing table as a writing desk, The vacuous landlady followed, and in her tremulous serawl General Maitland's last will and testament received its fin. ishing touch, I immediately prepared to leave the room and Pierrepont made no attempt to detain me, 1 said *‘ Goodnight” to the general, adding some commonplace remark about {hopes for hin recovery-—a compliment { which he again acknowledged with ane | of his bow That is my last | recollection of the venerable old man sitting up among pillows with | the watchful doctor at his side Pierrepont followed me to H lnnding to conduct me to the street door. He thanked profusely for coming; indeed, he said a good deal more the occasion demanded, 1 stop ped him, and to turn the said “Bo you have changed your doctor, Mr Pierrepont pn He stopped in the passage and blinked grave the scone on me than conversation at me enquiringly. “Ah!” he said, ‘yon have perhaps no Dr. Lorrimer here, That is Ax i, his assistant, The doctor could to-night, between our- Andrews is man, 1 ticed n- drew and, the not come selves think We ] I went Dest it the d back to my pip absent from 8.30 ed to rest I found the amount of Mr t in t} iL 10 the rted wor of No, 18, and nes aper, barely 8.050, ind bu tn to ¥YiZ.. i for the credit Od MNHY Lot to pursue them, seeing he st nothing by the will his father with a dead hand, {The The Athletic Girl. graces of a few The dainty bit of femininity that was afraid of a cow and looked at you with appeal ing eves if a spider crossed her path has vanished and in her place stands a { sturdy, magnificently developed woman, [who has pmfected her muscles by a | course of training as rigorous as that of her college-byed brother and who rows, swims, plays pool and tennis, bowls and walks as well as a man. Her shoulders are broad, her cheeks {sunburned and her grasp strong and (firm. She dossa’t care for anything, de- | fies dampness and laughs at ailments that she cannot realize, as her great, strong frame has never known an ache or a pain, Her walk is a stride, and altogether she hinges a little bit on the masculine style, but is nevertheloss just the sort of a girl that a man would call “jolly.” Senti- ment seems to form no part of her com- position. Yet she is fond of admiration, proving that she is after all only a wo- an despite all the training, Her gowns are never filmy or clinging, but have a little set air that is at once stylish and becoming. She doed not in- dulge in more than just the tiniest sus- picion of a bang, and no little straying tendrils curl around the dainty ears, Altogether she is a new type of woman. hood, which makes us wonder what sort of wife and mother she will make if by any chance she assumes such responsibil. ities. —[ Philadelphia Times. 7 people named Maller Ye The languld airs and years ago are no longer popular, SB No fewer than 629, ary now living in i i i OF THE PRESS, Correction Accepted A Good Title Didn't Want Water Not Well Sald Correct, &c., de, CORRECTION ACC Mamma Will pudding pet? Pet—No Tsmma-— Horror re full, . attle Pet] vou have Littl vam, 1 You It isn't nice, im mean my A GOGD TITLE {to frien . AMS ory PaterDo al a man of to marry my Suitor low GOING IT TOO FAST. (suest-Now I'll take some to top off with, three flavors Waiter Your bill is seven already, sir What « Why, You is t Guest Waiter ice-cream wenty probably me a check, and that'll leave oalv for me New York Weekly, SUPERFLUOUS WORK. Mr. Billus Mary, vou needn't any time dusting those balusters Domestic] thought vez told me Mrs, Gumpus wuz visit, Mrs, Billus—Yes, but her three boys are coming with her. Tribune, wep gir. mised cents, and you'll ty pay the five cents give dollar was little ASKING that TOO MUCH. “What's the floor?" “That's the firc-cacape.” “How do you get away from it?” “That's your lookout. I'm not com. pelled to put fire escapes on the fire-cs. capes.” | Harper's Bazar, balcony on top ARN ASTUTE PURCHASE, Mrs. Darley (displaying her purchase) ==I have bought these suspenders for Harry's birthday present, Mrs. Snooper—They ars much too fine for a man to hide under his vest, Mrs, Darley-=That's what I think, so I am going to wear them myself, | Brook. lyn Life, : A TRIFLE TOO GOGH, iw = piirchase an umbrelis, Denler—-1 'mbrella t out Oh. not that kind Ch ppd got one of to New want omething Know, - HIMMINR XD KPOOXE, WASHINGTON'S CLOTHES. His Tallor Gives Some of Man's A Letter to the Great Measurements, pos rials than t, with § take care than those vo made, 11 thick for a per. long arms and + make the wont mo last yom ke *p the measure of the v make by you, and if any alter 1in my next, it shall be pointed Will pay your lam, wir ent bumble servant ! Oronae Wasmisarox further government and sire, 1 bave sent the en. nd you must observe, 31 from ve sagt ' No. 1 and No. 1, js ye size over yo roast and hips, No. 2 over vo belly, and No. t ive arm, and from yo breoshes ond. a, is for waistband: b., thick of the upper buttonhole; 4., knoe Land: for length of breeches, Therefore, if you take measure of a person about six feet high of this bigness, I think yon cant go amiss; vou must take notice that the inthe tr slender oii rotty 5) very obed For sour Geo of my eielomed ance for seams, ole Geonor Wasnrsores, To Mr. Chas. Lawrence, Taylor, in old Fish street, London. Az Washington was 81 in 1763. height, as he states it, viz., it may be that some other men he may have exactly the cor. rected difference. He was so correct in all his directions that this seems the only elucidation of the discrepancy, A Good Deal in a Name. a At a benefit performance at Flume the other day, a farcical piece adopted from the French was performed wi “Lord Mecknolenwordmaleckmenvillbes. | trickschedenmeedonolsonn.” Our own Miles Peter Andrews once brought out a a . hdern,” ke the ne or | te it me uction probably establishes a record Globe, TT oh = = THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH, ild has i digest, ment ime. of dry irround the t of coating, several days under po medicine, will feel OVER THE ¥ OOCUur and are mmation ently lemand omy. Pop- authority to the wed with much ninese, trem wr, AIWays ix manifested by * vomiting, and sometimes stu. Locally, there is great pain in the swelling, 1 olora- and COn- dis occasionally inflammation The proper treatment sists in sucking the part where practicable ~ applying a bandage Lightly across the bite to prevent, if possible, absorption of the poison-—and the internal administra tion of stimulants. Cauterization of the wound with the hot iron or nitrate of sii ver stick is beneficial if ati mpted at once. The wound may be excised with a sharp penknife or other instrument on the Spot. Some antiso ptic should be anplie to the wound. Large amounts of alcoholic stimulants are in order, or ammonia (five to ten drops of agua ammonia or a teas spoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia, well diluted, given at a dose) may be substituted. Better use whisky or brandy internally and apply aqua ammonia to the wound, suppuration Had a “Limited” Ticket, “How did you come down from St, Louis?" asked an Austin (Tex.) gentle. man of an old acquaintance of vagrant proclivities and an illuminated nose, “1 came down on a limited ticket ™ explained the acquaintance with a know ing wink thrown over the left shoulder in the direction of the sour-mash bazaar, “What is a limited ticket? asked the Austin gentleman, accepting the hint and moving off in the direction of the saloon indicated, ‘Limited to an outside passage,” “Outside passage! 1 fail to compre. hend. still grope. Perhaps 1am ob. tuse, “Why, an outside age is the right to perambulate the Crown Shes and count the exact number of them in & mile," Texas Siftings. testi es eat. Li The red shoe, with hose of the sane color, is the rage at watering-places.
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