AT THE OLD TRYSTING PLACE. ————— The dead leaves rustls at my foot, The moon is shining brightly; Something has softly dimmed my eyes. Acroas the path one shadow lies, The path two trod so lightly, It was upon a night like this Love loft us only adarrow; I held her little hand in ming; That parting is to ma divine, Then thers was no lo-morrow, Sineca I have learnad life's lesson well, Hoarts are not easy broken. To-uight all joys I have forgot; Thare's something sscred in this spot, Wha e sweet good-bys wars spoken. I'd feel less lonely with myself If I wore broken-eartad; Would I could live that night again, With When love from live was part d! -{lippincott’s Magazine, all its sadnossswestenad pain, THE PAIGE OF SUGGESS. There was a din of carpenter's tools and the rasping of 4 painter's scraper on the west wing of tie house when Mrs. Hunter s'opped in the midst of her work and shaded her ejes from the glaring | rays of the spring sun. Desides being a little nearsighted, overwork with the | needle by lamplight had made her eyes weak. Facial neuralgia had left indeli ble marks of suffering and nervous ir- | ritableness stamped on the thin outlines | of the pinched face, and the entire mus. cular system twitched sympathetically with the blinking eyes. The sound of | k on the west wirg of the large er atten- | yy int work country house had attracted } tion, and she gunzed as earnestly at the workmen as if this constituted her sole purpose in life. Far away in the distance the hazy ou lines of the hills rose up majestically in the bright spring ht, wooded the summit of their bold heads with the green verdure of another season's growth. Loog stretches of flower- decked fields, shaded with fruit and or- vamental trees, sloped down from the hills to the closely-cropped lawn sur. rounding the old mansion. Ia theclean- swept yard clumps of early roses were opening their buds to the mild, balmy air, and sweet honeysuckle vines were twining their delicate tendrils over ar- bors and trellis-works. Mrs. Huanter's eyes passed by all of these sights, and saw only the dark side to the who'e scene. She turoed from her position nesr the front yard, aod walked back to the hot Kitchen with her quick, nervous tread. A girl with flushed cheeks and an old calico dress on was bending over a sideboard ub bing the knives and forks. the did mother's footsteps, and not hear her Mrs. Hunter remained quiet a moment, gazing at the bent form. When spoke it was ich modulated voice. ** "Mandy, what the west wingi"” The girl s'arted ruption in I without looking around “I don’t know, mother, unless they're fittin’ it up fur—fur” — “Fur what" *‘ I heard Father say as how he "spe boarders from the eity this summer.” “ Boarders ™ Mrs. Hunter emphasized the word made no further comment She was looking straight ahead at daughter, bat 'Mandy did not heed t steady gaze. She kept on ser hard, humdrum, daily work. ‘* When did you hear Father say this? Mrs. Hunter always addressed | 13- band as Father. ‘* Day before yesterday,” girl, “ Why didn't you tellmeb worn-out woman continued, questions pointediy. *“ I thought—as—--how it u, Mother, and” ‘1 see,” interrupted Mrs. Hunter, She became quiet again, gazing this time out of the winds It was an un usual! thing for Mrs. Hunter to remain idle even for a few minutes, and "Mandy | grew nervous and restless at the change, | She scrubbed away at the kuives more | sunlight, to loafe | leafy SCT au she in MCK, SO irp ang un- a5 G1 are the men doin’ on inter replied at the sadden er Wo but she I 3 £ Sor some $ 3 in i + - ier hi + w might worry yo Ww, marks about the grease and dirt, but her mother did not notice her. voice, “Yes, Mother, than" — Her eyes looked around the room, at the dirty dishes, untidy furniture, un- mend«d clothes, and articles needing at- tending to that had been stowed away in every hook and corner, we have ers?” *I don't know,” the girl replied, in tha same weak, monotonous voice, *‘un- less—unless—we cared for "em as we do fur other things.” “ "Mandy, I ain't likin’ city boarders, an’ specially them that Father will bring out here. They're too high-flutin’ an’ stuck up. We ain't goin’ tb work fur ‘em neither.” “‘But, Mother, how —."" “Never mind how-—-we $0. Mrs. Hunter jerked her words out with a decided air, and then, picking up the drying towel, she a to wipe the knives and forks witu quick, deft mo- tions, Neither wogker spokes for a long time, and the bright spring morning waned into the calm, peaceful afternoon : but the labors of the two pairs of busy bands were not finished until long after darkness had settled over the earth. : John Hunter returned from his work on the large farm, and repaired to his study, where he spent the greater part of the afternoon and evening in consult. ing books and diagrams. He was a strong, well-formed, and handsome man of his age, with a large, massive brow, and a determined mouth. The. few iron hairs and prominent wrin- kles of EE oe wi rz in perfect harmony with the rest of his Appeitauge. He was a self-made, successful mau and one who had met and overcome many difficulties in life. The very adversities which he ain't goin’ had encountered were the secrets of his character as hard, stern, and relentless as the rock ribs of his hilly land, Ambition to accumulate money led him on to en- rich his mind with knowledge, not for the pleasure which it could afford, but for the higher reach of power and wealth which it would inevitably bring. His spacious, well-cultivated fields yielded him no greater joy than his well filled library, stocked with all of the valuable books which he needed, In this comfortable room he spent a part of his time each day, watch- ing the course of events in the world of business, politics, science and literature, The rest of his time was employed in conducting the affairs of the farm, or in scheming new plans for furthering his financial interests, By degrees he drifted away from his family, associating even less with them in thought and sym- pathy than in person, but always with the self-satisfied feeling that he was pro- viding comfortably for them, Their life began and ended in the affairs of the household, and John Hunter firmly be- lieved that such a narrow, restricted sphere was essential to the happiness of woman, for a broader field of thought and action would be confusing and stul tifving to her mind, Mrs. Hunter had always been a meek, modest wife, ready to console her hus- ti their early lives she had toiled and econ- of and lessons These early her character ual burdens, self-denial formed er work. work assumed gigantic proportions, and and night and day to get through with it Mrs request y "in the house, bed in 3 od 2 the services of and her hus his work oblivious to the was essential to md his own forbade her to baad, thought absor Own fact the See servant He 1 men 3 43 +! I Le tin farm wut their help siled on under harvesting period, and not be carried on with Mrs. Hunter and "Mandy t the additional and f little time for self-culture and improve. In this way the separation of the family gradually widened; for the suc cessful man developed in the line thought and action in a larger sphere, while the wife and daughter narrowed and restricted their existence in the littis details of household slavery, The new wing had been built on the without Mm. Hun- g secretly iargement of the 1 burdens, ale iy i oo $4 24 iiready large house ter's advice, and, rebelled against the although she on sry of gz idea « her position : + * hushand’s entered * her found ti ] I'he posit } never whon she being defiant spirit r addition r boarders a was it nec new rangement The fact that boarders fr Ha mer was not wing was all ompleted to take the sum- the west nicely fur he until and he re fitted i peopie up nicely, will find it likin Hunter gulped down a lump in her throat, and then seemed unnatural city boarders here, John Hunter prehend the mea anid he minded young ( wing,” = “We can't her ather not £2 F did seem to come ing of I wife's continued in an absent 0 iis re- 1 ouple, or even three, in the west and There was then another Lard gulp, n the same unnatural voice Father, | a" The . 1 man began to understand tion, and he looked a little embarrassed. ‘* We have no servant todo the work,” nued, ‘and we do not 'Mandy is worn out nt need the money. We can’t take oity boarders.” One of the tarm laborers interrupted and the meek woman retired thankfully from the scene. Her courage was fast ebbing away, and the little body was all in a tremble. Nothing more was said about the city boarders for some time, and Mrs. Hunter in her quiet way was thankfully congrat- It was the first time she had ever objected grace with which he yielded made her She half regretted that she had openly refused ‘‘Have the papers come from the post office yet, mother! Ah, yes, here's the Herald.” John Hunter always followed the news of the day carefully, and, as he dropped into a chair to rest, he tore the covering from the paper, and opened the sheet hastily, ‘Any news in partickler?' asked his wife, rubbing a few specks of dirt from the furniture. *‘No~that is,” the man replied slowly, “my advertisement appears to-day, 1 want to see how it reads.” Mrs. Hunter's bright face changed in an instant, and she asked, in a trembling whisper: **What advertisement? ” “Why, for boarders,” was the impa- tient answer. ‘It is time we did some- thing. The west wing is all ready for occupants.” He soon became absorbed in reading She pu r, while the tr woman stole aithily out of the howe, Her face was white, and the bloodless lips wers deawn tigntiy over the teeth, Her breath. ing was quick and sharp. Nature no longer offered sights of uty to her. A dark cloud seemed to obscure the land. soape, and the sun appeared as an em: blem of blackness rather than of light. Under an old apple tree, where strange eyes could not see her, gave way to her grief, and wept bitter tears of . ant sorrow, John Starrow, tos stalwart lover of ‘Mandy, found hes there and nearly stumbled over the stooping form. Bhe tried to hide her tear-stained eyes from his bright, searching ones; but he was not so easily baffled, He had watched and pitied the careworn face too care. fully to fail to notice a change, ‘*Hullo, Mother, you've been cryin’ he said, in his frank way. “What's up now? Broke a chiny plate, or spiit the dish water on the carpet! Not Well, what is it! Don't be afraid to tell.” He passed a strong arm around her slight waist, and nearly lifted her off the ground, The tear-wet eves blinked and winked hard to keep back the signs of her recent sorrow, *‘Oh, come, don’t keep anything back. I know something's wrong, an’ it must be serious this time. You're all broken up. But here comes 'Mandy; know." "Mandy, in search of her mother, dis- covered the two in the orcl approached them. A long was held, during which the was exploded. The keyword to whole difficulty was ‘*‘boarders,” "Mandy's active mind filled out the rest of the story, Mrs. Hunter felt better when she re- turned to the house, ‘I'he force of the consultation outburst of tears, and then by the com- forting words and attention of and her lover. Johu Starrow owned a neighboring farm, and had been court ing "Mandy for years; but he had not nessed his suit owing to the fact that Mrs. Hunter could not spare her daugh ter. So the big, frank, handsome lover een and in women, nt n the fi forlorn com His inestimable, and forting the two he took advantage of the scene to bring The wedding day for the young couple was set. John and ‘Mandy have decided t Mrs. Hunter ex husband that evening “They want to get married in the west wing, and they've got to do it before the city boarders come.” “Well, 1 d 0 et = 35 ne ““No; they are determi ried in three days, and then got ir wedding trip.” Mr. Hunter mad but two days later while holding ao open kis hand, he said “Well, it's lucky they didn't put wedding off any longer. I've got board ers for the west wing coming the very night of the wedding.” “Oh, how fortunate!” exclaimed wife, examining the letter, “Yes: but we must get the before noon, so’s we can fix up the room a little before the | the boarders come.” “Yes,” assented Mrs. Hunter, y tha on the the or yy COUN i mod estly, The wedding of the appros hing little from indulging in any grief, excitement prevente 1 the woman rho vy § oy af £4 wu ae coming yi cif ‘Mandy performe a j hss He jours prodigiou of the and unt of work during help. early in the mornin for the city on the The wedding and promising one, and a up there was considerable bustie around the house. "Mandy looked pretty as she hurried sround t The couple were to be married and then depart raing train was a bright lane bs raiog mo lore Lhe was or = ceremony. John Starrow soon appeare The bridal couple were as hand- them om their woked at his own worn Hunter complimented He I up feelings of regrets he kept them to % servant, and did not appear as happy and smiling as the occasion might have war ranted. When the ceremony was over, . the good by Kisses and sobs exchanged, the happy pair were i 1 5 still and watche The form, and then stood boarders. The sight made him angry with himself, and he wandered from room to room, and then out into the orchard. The guests had all de- parted, and the place seemed strangely onesome and deserted. The afternoon gi when night approached. It was dark when he reached the station again to meet the evening train. He found his two boarders waiting for hima short, well-formed lady, deeply veiled, and a large, well-built mun, Owing to the veil of the lady and the surrounding darkness, he could not see the features of either one distinctly. The journey from the station to the house was a short one, and Mr. Hunter could not find words with which to en- tertain his new boarders, the day had unsettled his happiness, and he could think of nothing but his lost daughter and his poor, lonesome wife. The thought then occurred to him that, in Ins negligence, he had not asked how long "Mandy intended to stay in the city. By the time he had left the boarders at the front door he was heartily sick of the whole day's doings. His conscience prickad him some, but most of the blame attributed to a bilious stomach. “I don’t feel well,” he muttered, as he walked toward the house, after seein that the horses were properly housed. ““It must be another attack of billous. ness. I'm all out of sorts, I'll get ‘Mandy to"— Then Le stopped and made an ejacu- tion when he remembered that she was #0 longer with them. He entered the house, where the supper was Slready on the table. Mrs. nter was lookin pretty ina new dress, with ruffles aroun the throat hands, and two bright burning spots on her cheeks, She was busily flying around, from one thing to another, and when her husband entered she greeted him with a smile, “ Are on ready for supper, Father?" she asked. “Yes «no--I don't foel well," he stam- ; mered, “* Well, eat something, and you'll feel ® better," sympathizingly replied his little wife, “Yes, but those comfounded that ia, I wish we didn’t have company. 1 don’t feel like entertaining.” “Why, we only have the boarders, will call them now.” "Well, go ahead,” the man replied, pulling himself together with an effort, “If I've got to entertain them I've got to.” It was a wan sort of smile which he tried to put on his face as the parlor door opened and the two boarders appeared in the dining room. He stood with his face toward the door, and he surveyed them silently for a moment. But the smile slowly disappeared, and a look of puzzled confusion succeeded it. “Why, bless me—what's this? how's this!" i Mother, The sick man turned from John Star little woman near his side, was turning red and pale by turns, and | THE JOKERS’ BUDGET. sins —— JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS, Modesty in Letters -Unearned locre. ment—Distinction—The Bliss of Ig norance—A Literal View, Ete. Ete. MODESTY IN LETTERS, ** The inventor of the alpbabet must | ** Why 80 7” asked Mawson “ Because he began it with A" Hawkins, * Most men would have gun it with L"—{ Harper's Bazar, said i be UNEARNED INCREMENT, becomes ice | that takes | Teacher—When water the great change 8 Pupil { Detroit | The change in price. - waking. John BStarrow approached | [* astounded man and said “I read in the city Herald, Father, | that you wanted boarders, and as "Mandy | and [| wanted wot board out here | We've engaged the west | We' yleasant at that’ help you and Mamma ever ide look at me s« Hunter, 4 . to 1 i ring for a vear Le “And we'll so much,” chimed in the new bn “Oh, Father, don't exclaimed BM ,a unable 1 ger to control her i : L me for the deca; 1 i want city home so, an —an She burst i her eves with her hands “There, there, Mother, ' 3 ner hu sobt know vou felt ight i r boarders either, t this way. t's all 1 don't — | ‘Mandy and John keep the west wing, There was and tatiie tO Concea Well, « now, nae, feast ng feast we a why. Were Nat -nigh on to be the an thal event that wife for the first he kissed lips of his time in vears, and the household Ie 6 Wo newly. Hunt al “ narried hit, and that it was 1g supper as "Mandy's marked a pew epoeh int It was not many days bef ned the | of married « WaivHs malr anew servant lighte urdens upies; fo ned that . er was th sat : oh i 10 th & is vow Zealand stone. The vauitl itself fi ed in masonry some Twi a3 1 Kaess, DiOCKS used for sist of an i of swo-inch ce The funeral process side the Royal Palace an ‘ of A Hea lid square vit for the first of i for Priocess’ Park. First came the Roval Guards, then came the Band, ed drams, the a March.” The iki with Dead or bier, in rich mats, vulder-high by bier partook oature of catafalque——with tas Immediately alter the bier {oi- ) fos Prince Taufaa dressed in Exami muss 15 ying maeiaxas speech th followed wii i. born boarers en some score of f sha hie OF % 4 etc siderable distance oam hau-—-*"Koe Tul"—the King full uaiform. {San F Fran 0 ner. i Nutmeg Culture Nutmeg is becoming a source of much profit to many islands of the West Indies, and especially in Grenada. For many is only recently that its cultivation has To start a nutmeg plantation the ground must be cleared at a cost ot $30 per acre gr be carefully reared io a nursery be planted out, Unless the locality is very favorable, ten years must elapse before the trees be in to be productive will be of the male sex. and, as the pro. portion of male to female trees should not exceed one in thirty, the planter will have to cut down the trees freely as soon as their sex is declared. It is reckoned that nutmegs should yield an anoual profit to the planter of about $2.50 per tree, Fortnightly Review, Flerce Carnivorous Fish, Such fierce carnivorous fishes ns exist in the depths of the ocean are unknown at the surface. There is the “bleck swallower,” which devours o'hsr flany creatures ten times as big as itself, Meer ally climbing over its victim, first with one jaw E then with the other An. other species is nearly all mouth, and having no power of locomotion, it lives buried in the soft ooze at the bottom, its head alone protruding, ready to engulf any prey that may wander into its caver nous jaws, There is a feracious kind of shark, resembling a buge eel. All ol these monsters are black as ink. Some 0) them are perfectly blind, while othen have enormous goggling eyes. No ray o! sunlight ever pierces the dark, unfath caves in which they dwell. Each fes ia gobbled by es nox , for there is no vey le life on. Chicago Hola ' Meat should not be put directly on th a f hel place tina and this be set on the ice. pan, n,m : THE BLISS “Why are OF IGNORANCE, heads of the figu turned the So they cannot see what $9 apartment a Writer—So this Why, you haven't oat, Poet Id root here Lo swin on't ML “My § "* says the poet “ Pooh,” sniffed i Chicago “My father Cla sther's Ever so many New York Herald, 8S FAIR 1 “May I ask what your i inquired a visitor the other day, addressing 3 with a ing against is 17 at Jad vould coppery name Not-Stg Dora | H ara Mia ie Miss Flirtsome-—<An kissed a pretty gi How You don’t mean to tell me you irage’ Dever siogu lar! lack (eoquettishiy iacked® th oppor- Mr. DeCynique—No, not exactly. Miss Flirtsome—~What was it, you lacked? © Mr DeCyunique- New York Herald. COSMO LATION, “1 don’t think this lady would suit me, because | have made up my mind never The pretty “Oh, if that's all you needn't worry yourself, because, though she does play the piano, she doesn’t know one tune from another, and so she only goes strum, i TOO MARY CLOSETS, ' Husband-~Now, look here. [1 con- tirel Wife-~That's just it y on account of those sixteen closets. I thought I I've got it, it takes all my time to hunt or burglars, —{Puck. CAXDY HUNGRY. Wee Son—~When Johnny Jumpupp's papa died, hisumamma gave him a whole lot of candy. Mamma-—-What of it ? Wee Son—Nothing, only I was won. deriog if it wouldn't be all sight if you'd just pretend my papa was d instead of waitin’ for a truly funeral. {Good News, AN EASTER CYCLONEK. Western Child—Do you ever have cy- clones here? Eastern Child —What is they? “They is winds, awful winds that makes things turn right around.” “ON, yes. Once l saw a wind blow a market wagon ac the street ad the wheels turned around.” {Good ews, SUE MAY WAVE BEEN RIGHT, Laura—Mamma, can I sing awhile! Mrs. Figg — You wean ‘‘may «How di you know she does? e really has her doubts. —(In. A PRACTICAL VIEW, Struggling Pastor — The collections Practical Wife-—-It's that new vestry- He never t on, = » New York Week! “If you go first,” murmured the wife f his bosom to the sick man, “you will wait for me on the other shore, will you not, love?” *‘I g'pose I'll have to,” he grumbled. to wait for least half an —! New York Times. Cred at ¥ OL AS aour. gmmer s with us Now that the s wv #3 SAVATEe Cry 4 We i heer the And selected objurg Of the baldy st Lhe New York Herald » ALONE 4 AND THE BEASIDE ni hollie si i Chapple y B rowiully, lid weflect that if it wasn't ¢ Washing ntury, ¥ Eng vou evah of iat beastly 5% 1 WOW 18 into i i i woul subjects ss & 14-88, POISON IVY. How to Cure the Polsoning-~Some Useful Hints, Wh spe ially lesved 1 3 ud the base © An at wayside hree- find growing arou tone iz and old fences stone walis, and old fences. ive plant, just the kind beautiful, tree rac 3 £ 3s ‘ just take a little of it Don't hose few ity handie Rhus uni C85 are may with tor That's the plant, that, famil ivy, has caused so you that iarly known as poisos i i i ] ‘he writer has suffered, and on many occasions bas struggled for its cure by means of neighborly suggestions, by doc: sotions, lotions, harrowing 3 and itch. Does it itch know whan you've fooled with Rhus fox. by a strange itch. It's different from any other itch. You it, and it seems as though you You look for a cause, and find The skin is normal, no blem- ish shows, but it itches again. When you are warm and comfortably asleep, you will be awakened up scratching that same spot. You “could dig it out with your nails.” You can't do it. That's Rhus tox. poisoning Soon a small, insignificant swelling lumps wp where the itch is; thea it be- gins to look watery underneath the skin, but it itches none the lessp rather more. You scratch through the skin, the water underneath is released, aod the nails and fingers carry the watery poison to fresh spots; possibly to the face, the cars, the body. The same tedious itching, scratch: ing is multiplied. You are now a case for dympathy. Without means of cure, your existence is a realized sheol. I pro- pose, now that you understand the cause and the symptoms, to tell you of the care. It 1s simple, it is effective Procure from the drug or other stores where they are sold ‘a small bottle of little sugar pills, labeled ** Rhus tor.” A “hair of dog that bit you" will cure you. , Take six of the little pills at one dose, Tour doses the first day—morn- ing, noon, evening, and bedtime. The next day the itchi : degrees. The and third three doses of six pills each will, by this time, be so free tation that you may carelessly pills until nature heals up the begins, be of taking many of the pills, as in excess of req tolerable, you. uirement, produce an in- the whole body. tw, The writer,
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