. oy tp wh THE CAPTAINS CHOICE. “Now Meta, you must try to be a lit- tle more woman: Iv." Isabel Vermo + spoke in acce ts that were almost des uiring, vs she looked at the lively little giv, her yellow curls all blown about in glittering tangles, and cheeks flushed with the summer sun, who stood before ber, with both arms filled with branches of. wild roses. “I found them on the island, Bell!” cried Mota, eagerly, “and I had to cross on stones! Oh! it was such fun, jump- | ing over the water!” “Meta!” remonstrated the elder sis- : | “Well, why not?” retorted the dimpled little rebel, burying her face among the roses, “You are 16 this month.” “Yes 1 know it.” “And you are wearing long dress I” they “Yes and adreadful nuisance are. I have a great mind to cut them off again!" “Mera, when will you become a wom ed Isabel. “1 don't know--never, an?" sig I laughed Meta, dancing up on the ul of her toes; ' want to be a woman--1| rather al vs reluain a are happy v u sol i me, ’ FMeta, vou must not talk Dale wealthy, Arist Ail is He comes out | parti to behave as well as possible.” wl. i pas guest, and ularly you ip her cherry lips fora Kiss, Meta you must not bur ber ie, nor nor ei lo such things in New York.” OF “Then they must have an aw d time of it,” said Meta, with a grin vie. “Well, Bell, I'll do my best, for you know [ never could behave.” And away the little lassie ran to cap a ture a purple win tterfly that was the elm gazed sighing flying to and fro among ks on the lawn, while lsabel : her, half smiling, half “Dear little Meta she could only remain a ¢l she th But she must be tamed.” “Isabel Vermon, who was sole house- the of wed father, was ve on in establishment bu 15% keepe r : a vid ry morning of the day in which Captain Dale was expected to arrive at Vermon Hall, while Mota, i to room, lil dancing ym i re wh reting the preparation ’ nbroidery, | the wilful | in the garden and walk straight up and down the paths “Yeu, said Isabel, who was the the mantel, and away wh rled Meta. absorbed in the arrangement of flowers on From the garden to the level mead ws beyond was but an easy transition ~and then Meta could not help won dering weather the blackberries were ripe on the edge of the woods, and a little brown bird fluttered on before her and Meta must needs follow him to see where his nest was: and the first she knew she was setting in the fork of an | old tree, close to the riverside, with her rosy mouth all smeared with black: berry stains, and her white dress all bedraggled with dew and berry marks, | while her ruffled apron was full of flow- | ers and bright-colored mosses, As she sat there, whistling softly un der her breath and swinging her pretty little feet, a sudden rustling of the * “Soranches beyond betokened a new ap- parition on the scene, and a tall hand- some gentleman stepped into the dell, Meta dropped the corner of her apron, away went the flowers and mosses on the bank, while the gentleman, equally astonished at the appearance of a beauti. ful young girl perched in a tree, with | here reflection in curls blown like gold mist, about a blackberry stained face, stood still an instant. ‘Pardon me, if 1 startled you, he began, ‘but’ — “Oh ! you haven't startled me,” suid Meta, immediately recovering her self | possession ; **1 suppose you are Captain Dale 2" “Yes, but who, inthe name of Titania for have and all elves, are you 7" “I am Meta Vernon,” And as she spoke she sprang lightly perch and glanced st the natural from her lofty mirror '" exclaimed, “what will My mouth—and my new What shell 1 do!” “Well laughingly Dale, to whom, in the perfect confi L dence of innocent childhood, Meta had | i] : not the curls and wash the “Oh, dear I'" she 1sabel say! curls—and my white dress! - | | mswered Captain out l will thus apps aled, should smooth mouth di ny wel aa I could, and for the ‘ it ook very well." Meta stoops 1 OV the bright droj epli nal think we dosen w with know to Mrs ther don’t that ehild school for and {WO Your would be very | with Bell married litt iH mely and gone, and e Meta | Hy the her ipp ' AWAY wim | his sweathea thoug 1a old gentle : man, complacen tly just exactly as it should be J ne Isabel was sitting a! in the break fast room as her father entered it some minutes later. He walked up to her with a beaming counteance, : “My dear.” “i bre said, congratulate you," “What upon, papa?’ “On Captain Dale's engagement to you," Isabel colored crimson and half rose from her seat, “Captain Dale is not engaged to me, | papa,” she said. “What made you think of such a thing !"' “He told me so himself’ Impossible, papa!" “Dale,” eried the oll gentleman, turning wrathfully round upon the cay: alier in question, who had just then entered the room, followed by Mots, “didn't you ask me for Bell's hand in marriage this morning !,' “No, sir,” said Captain Dale, looking somewhat surprised, 1 asked you for Meta.” And Meta ran up to hide her blushing face upon Isabel's shoulder, | such a child!” | Meta, for with | hood." { own heart with all a | rolfishness, whispered her “Oh! Bell,” she sobbed, with a torrent of happy tears, “he loves me-—and | sm | | “Do you love him, Meta 7" asked the | older sister, earnes ly. | “Oh, ves, sodenrly,” was the murmer- | ed answer, “Then you are a child no longer, loved comes woman | And Bell, repressing the pang at her | sister's noble un loving con [ gratulation, | formaod by the glassy stream below. “Bat how came you to choose Metal” | demanded the bewildered Mr. Vernon of his son-in law elect, tecause I loved her was the snswer. | And little Mata tour instead of being sent to at boarding school at Miss Prinpet ils. ——— A— Western Girls. went on a wedding and modest with i not n tt or trang Fy Corres por dent from | the New k Many Nor Sun young women es in the East but the re 34 foundly in ng the re hinted that what the ’ id on was whi y WO hke to den thal strange i oc 0 al e young lady to appear in Ps oomiume | bably they will be more CATT st , and that not! fied than ever whe they n she is seen on the streets a'r n just such attire : ng whatever is thought « 1 over whom State is raving just an Smith, an expert with the rifl } CArTY } 1p il she ove odd and targets, with shooting at glass balls and 80 unerring has her aim become that a failure to hit a mark the s consider- On her hunt calibre rifle, ed out of juestion, in rf 10 Pi, r ALO Usd A —— Unhappy Spinsters, I'he ugliest and most mischievous Mise wo ever knew was Miss-Govern- ment. Her sister, Miss Management. is no beauty, Miss Demeanor surpass ex them both; and while she is uglier and haughtier thn either of her sisters, she is still constantly getting “courted.” While we have no particular liking for Miss-Government, Miss Management or Miss: Demeanor, we have a decided dis- liking for Miss Fortane, She is ever sticking her nose in where it is not wanted, Among those unfortunate Misses may be placed Miss- Take, who is generally compelled to bear the blame for the acts of Miss Government, Miss Mangement, tos-Fortune, and sometimes Miss Demeanor. As for us, we oan endorse ani even tolerate any of the above named Misses as well, or better, than Miss-Ann Thropy. Of her we Lave a perfect abhorance. There in a whole family of Mises, whose com: ny had better be avoided; for instance “Chief, Miss Load, Miss Judge, Miss Quote, Mis Te ee Rdprment Mise Rule tions {amount | and superlative gall displayed by some | of these writerswould be more startling | to the careful reader were he competent {to pronounce judgment with certainty | | but the fact is that the world words are believed by nn very large A Chapter on Health Foods. The day is cold, and lark, and dreary indeed when one does not find in ap exchange a fresh theory upon the pro per kind of food for human consump- tion, together with authoritative direc- proper preparation. The unadulterated ignorance for of moves Ko the mutters of cook that author ty on either whose | sowly in ery and medicine there is to day no one cone stituency, One erank will tell you that | bread made from white flour is like so much lead on the stomach and should | be discarded entirely, the coarse meal yen and oat---being used instead Andther ill { mush, gruel and por the Ww on joe eninrge ! fr ) outing rye or corn meal, and wil | h Alin food, the human prove to his own faction that mu 1% the fit in connection = tomach aor f1 each separate article of food and drink, I he it where the He Lad read an had reached a pon " fl, onl ter and dried things he asnsiysis of water which pea ur were Fut nsumed, proved to be full of descase germs and poisonous AD imalculae and learned from another source that peas contained s0 much h th reparation the star Many reoi oor umed for a certain time would turn the the stomach into a mere laundry attach 1 the weary seeker alter a healthful diet burn book which he had ic theories and lived ment. This capped the climax, a h ed the scrap h filled with dietet after his § | While upon everything which I 1« ART d vate, regardless Of conse juenoces, people thy d true thst some the human stom hh, and so long as there is a world with people in it, this must fixed fact, so that until the milenium arrives remain people will eat what they please,as they please, food theorists and dietetics cranks to the contrary notwithstanding | Cowflectioner and Baker. - A Burning Bush. ADUMICOUS TREE THAT MIGHT BE BROUGHT FROM NEVADA TO THR RLECTRIC sHOW, There is a remarkable tree or shrub in a small gulch near some springs about twelve miles orth of Tuscarora, Nevada It is about six or seven feet in height, with a trunk which at its base is three times the size of a man’s wrist, It has resembles somewhat the barbery tree, But its remarkable characteristic is its follage, which at a certain season of the yoar is so luminous that it ean be plain ly distinguished in the darkest night for a distance of more than a mile, while it its immediate vicinity it emits sufficient light to enable a person to road the finest print. Its foliage is extremely rank and its leaves resembled somewhat in ize, shape and color those of the aromatic (bay tree of Calfornia. Th {ominous property is evidently parasiti # there. | innumerable branches and twigs and and consists of a sort of gummy sub stance, which, upon being transferred | by rubbing 10 a person's hand, imparts to it the same apparently phosphores: cent lighy, while that on the leaf entire, | ly disappears, | The Indian}regard it with supersti tion and will pot approach it even in the daytime if they can possibly avoid it. They have a name for it, which, lit- | erally interpreted, signifies “witch tree, An old Shoshone informed the writer {that there were only two others in the entire country, but the closest question ing failed ieit the wligl L. to Oe itest informa He would only ¢hake his head gravely and tion in regard their localities, | vjnculate, “Bad medicine," -> Newspaper Uses To POLISH Windows or mirror, s im breathe on them, rab Ughtly with sof newspaper, 0 Keep Linx lamp | Waler that ther Ink that eldom amg n y pers may be made r f and ihe after being use burned much it eli they ma wd. How re wholesome than and m to have so many dirty rags « y be sin be w } - yr cloths § 1 l daily d . {all these purp: washed ir. Worse to poisoning the air with their foul af ren unwashed Huvi ry! the of the houw Pi and bringing to hold Times. DO YOU WANT A NICE, COMFORTABLE ‘BOOT or SHOE ! nmsates disease and death ph | IF SO, CALL AT MICHAEL COONEY'S Well known Boot and Shoe Stand. 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