A COLONTIAG MESSAGE.
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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
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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
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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.