of and Ireland decreased The number Great Britain very largely last year. emigrants from “Rome in its palmiest days knew nothing of buckwheat cakes or codfish balls,” Detroit Free Press. exclaims the The Hartford remarks that people who think every sagely Journal man one ought to be perfect should re- member that even the sun has on it, spots There are seven colleges in the United States which maintain daily newspapers, namely : Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and the Uni- Brown, versity of California. The insurance statistics of England show that in case of the deaths of hus- band and wife, if the the husband while if the husband is the first to die, the widow lives for eleven years longer. wife dies first, survives nine years, Puck turns philosopher: “‘Tempor- ary insanity is the excuse for a good many things; but what excuse can be given for temporary insanity? Has any one of this madness causing the doing of a good action?” ever heard The English Home Secretary has re- Mrs who fused to allow Maybrick, the American is alleged t« have poisoned subjected to a hypnotic test in order woman her husband, to be to discover whether she is guilty or innocent. George W. Childe, the g thropist, once said that reat philan- the best 1n- vestment he ever made was sending an overworked employe on a two-months’ trip to Europe and paying his ex- penses, Said he: ‘““‘He could twice work he came much when back, you see.” As Southwest Lonisiana is one of the | best sheep countries in the world, maintains the Courier-Journal. Sheep | live all the year on the range, and | there are no wild animals that prey | upon them. The only expense involved is in driving them lambs and shearing. Becretary Lamont estimates the i militia strength of the country at one- | eighth the total of population, and | thinks that in case of need the PRited States could take the field with army larger than that of any civilized nation of the world. 8,233 007 men is his figure for the available military strength of the country. The New York Tribune, in comment ing on the recent aggravated case of erime at Corre’l University, asserts that college ruffianism is dying out, | and that a better feeling prevails among | college students generally now than in | former days. remarks the New York Witness, ‘““We hope that it isso,” “and that the college faculties will pluck up | courage enough to Mnake and to en- force righteous laws without regard to consequence.” 4 Southwestern North Carolitfashelters the most important and prosperous | band of Indians in the East. They are Cherokees, and the band is porated company, an incor- Their whole nun ber is a little over 1500, and they habit a Although they retain their aboriginal beautiful mountain region features and the strong frames of their savage ancestors, they dress in the garments of civilization end follow the pursuits of white men. The principal chinf is a distinguished | he has three sweet-looking danghters, two of whom would Le noticeably Old still used in the cabins of these Indians. pretiy girls in any community, fashioned spinning wheels aro Beveral wealthy New Yorkers have spent a great deal of money in the im- provement of Jekyll Island, off the const of Georgia, and now it is one of the finest winter retreats country, George Bleistein, publisher of the Buffalo Courier, describes it as follows: ‘Nature did muck to make Jekyll a thing of beanty, and mea and money have made ita joy forever. We have the grandest beach on the South- ern shores, as good as that of Unlves- ton, eleven miles long, from 300 to 600 feet wide, its hard, white sands washed twice per diem by old ocean's waves that sing an eternal Inllsby. On the island we have sport fit for kings the rod deer, the wild turkey, the wild boar furnishing excitement for cur Nimrods, while the waters abound in drom, shoephead, nnd bass. Our club. house cost $00,000, and there are eight oottages that cost from 85000 to $30,- 000, Woe have built forty miles of beantifal shell roadway, and there are bridle paths ail over the islwud, The climate is senui-tropie and in wintor more perfect than that of Californie.” in the Nine-tenths of the public-houke keepers of England are stanch Tovias and upkolders of ihe House of Lords, The Japanese workmen average less than twelve cents a day wages, yet, marvels the New York Times, the con- tributions last year from converted natives aggregated over 8100, 000, It Hartford (Conn.) Journal, that for the is an undeniable fact, avers the one person willing to give you a help- ing hand in adversity at little cost, there are ninety-nine ready to give liberally to pull you down. A lady in Chicago has just received a legacy of $1,000,000 from an old lover who deserted her many years She received the bulk of the man's fortune ago and married another woman. aud his wife was left with a competency. Protestantism in France is a starve- the St. There are in the entire country but ling, says Louis Republic. 781 places of worship, with 887 Re- formed pastors, and less than 1,000, - 000 adherents. The Latheran clergy the Protestant denominations but seventy number but ninety, and other uo | up, marking the | an | yoking man | two, The Congress of Norwegian Physi- cians, which recently met at Chris tiania, instead of hiring a hall held its gessions on a large steamer which moved from place to place, so that they | of while they were holding their delibera Thus, comments the New York had fresh sir and chaage tions, Independent, they were hygienic as 1 i ess de well ag scientific, and possibly pleted in purse than if lodged in hotels, he successfc, yovage or an Atlantic steamer with steam generated from petrolenm refuse is, to the Washing- ton Star, an interesting event. oil, in some of its forms, has for years been used as fuel for small eraft, but this experiment with a large steamer is entirely new. No great economy is apparent in the use of this substitute | for coal, however, for in the case noted | the steamer consumed twenty tons of | the liquid fuel per day, which is two- thirds of the weight required in coal Concerning the wealth of the South “In cot- ton the South still recognizes its king, and every year adds. about $300,000, the Kansas City Times says: 000 to the country’s wealth from that | The 207,000,000 acres, and is immediately the States source, timber supply covers fabulous of the Of availed, while in iron wealth of South the Southern States produced more in the mountain is generally known. 1890 than the whole country combined in 1870, while the phosphate beds of Florida and South Carolina agp worth more than the entire gold output of California up to date. These are but the leading sources of Southern wealth, and improved methods will bring the equal in all Thornbury for cheesecakes | imperceptibly drawing him to the ingly, | and muffins.” utilization of many elements which are not now considered productive, but it is sufficient to prove that one who casts his lot with that section will not make a mistake.” The recent speech of John. Burns, labor member of the British House of Comiiions, was the most scathing ar- raignment of the House of Lords yet pronounced in all this laste agitation. Custom, he said, and the habits of a slow-witted people like the English had not brought the Lords into con tact during recent years with the rough that slow-witted people did move the Lords it, The side of its intentions; but when would know people had but a eipher in our political and Par- The House of Lords In no country in the world were there five-sixths of the upper chamber claim: ing the right, not to legislate, but to prevent legislation, on the mere fact of hereditary or titular influence. The gilded chamber, or the guilty cham- ber if they preferred that name, was no longer the stronghold for a high type of statesmanship, but was the meeting-place of the representatives of property, reaction, wealth, landlord ism and the company promoter, al- ways seeking an opportunity to con- spire against the best interests of the people. The organized workmen of the country would not allow the Lords to mutilate bills sent from the Com- mons, snd they ealled upon the Gov ernment to take up the ery of ‘No surrender.” The House of Lords was the juggernaut acting in the interests of the railway companies, but the Lords would soon learn that the Eng- lish people to-day were not the brutal, ignorant, apathetic, enslaved drunken belots they were a century ago. The country which had sent King Charles to sleep without his head would stand no veto from Queen Guelph or Lord lisamentary life. was an unexampled anachronism. Salisbury. Beene Coal | | You that we are both | wishes as regards the alsence of | quite remember the coal | | especial object in life | lotted her culinary art checked the Crown, and the Crown was | THE HIDDEN SEONG, O'er blooming miles of Wills and dales, The wind comes from the south, The sweetness of a thousand vales Is Lorie upon his mouth, Yet there's one flower best loved of all His lips have kissed while straying, ‘Oh Sweetheart, ' “Sweetheart, “Sweotheart I I hear the zephyrs saying With many a twist and tuneful turn, The brook runs through the wold, By shadowed moss and nodding fern, O'er sands a gleam with gold. In one fair dell he lingered long, And mid his murmuricg singing, Oh Bweetheart, ‘"‘Bweetheart, “Bweetheart,” I hear the brooklet singing. Let breeze and brook, the silvery twain, Love's loyal heralds be ; And may their murmuring refrain Ineline thine heart to me By day and night, through joy and pain, I see thy blue eyes beaming, ‘Oh Sweetheart, “Sweetheart, “Sweetheart I’ Of thee my heart is dreaming. ~Bamuel M, Peck, in Atlanta Constitution, MRS. BLACK'S PROPOSAL. BY WALTER POSTER. H dear!” ejscu- lated Mr, Coates, furtively mop ping his fore head, “whatever ean it mean? Whatever ean it mean ?' Mr. Coates knitted his brow and gazed first at the ceiling \ "Qt and then at the 2 * floor, and finally ge took out of his q ” xt oN pocket and read, SAN slowly and de- liberately, and for the fifth time, the following tinted letter : Dean Ma, Coarse] am deeply sensivle of the honor which you have conferred apon me in s=king me (0 be your wife, and hasten to say that to nobody could I so confidently give my hand and heart. I quite agree with past the nonsensical age, and shall be happy to conform to your undue cere. mony. If you are really bent on the 2%th 1 will try to manage it. Yours affectionately, Myrtle Cottage. Marios Brack, Mr. Coates buried biz face in hie! hn ds and subjected himself tos severe | mental cross-examination, “What did happen last night after ! that innocent little festival ? I certainly {| remember taking Mrs . | and I'll swear 1 didn’t speak ten words | found his anger suddenly transformed really, we've grown so confidential that There!” | she exclaimed, as she found the page, | Black home, all the way. The weatuer, I know, we touched upon, and I think 1 made some | alight allusion to the moon. insinuated. Egad! though, I don't! parting at the | bat no! it's im- preposterous ! “Of course,” he continued, musingly, “I've nothing to say against the woman as a womsan-— she's a nice, decent little body, and if I was wanting a wife, why I'd as soon pitch upon her as shybody. | But I don't want to marry. [Ive knocked along ip single blessedness this forty years come Michaelmas, and have never felt the need of a wife. Moreover, Martha understands me like a book; and I doubt if there's her gate ; it 18 possible possible i The mention of his handmaid seemed to offer a suggestion to Mr. Coates, and, | ringing the bell, he requested Martha | $0 give him the pleasure of a few min- nutes’ conversation Martha was a jewel in her own par- ticular line. A firstrate cook and housekeeper, she had made it her to minister to Mr. Contes's comfort; and it needed but half an eye to perceive that she was the time to deliver his carefully | Instead of which, | had not been altogether unsuccessful. One complaint only did she foster, and that was the smallness of the field al- in which to exercise her In her own words she wanted a “larger spere to hoperste in." She had long desired to see Mr. Coates married; and although she | knew her position too well to attempt to instruct her lord and master, she had at various times, and by divers gentle hints, conveyed to Mr. Contes | her willingness to be under the super intendence of another. All these hints, however, had proved unavailing, though, as Mr. Coates called her to his study on this particu- lar evening, several of the aforesaid | wore presented to his feverish imag: ination in their true significance. “Take a sest, Martha, please.” Martha dumped into the nearest chair, rubbing her floury hands the | while, and Mr. Coates proceeded in as | off haud a manner as he could ecom- | mand : “Lot's see; what time did I land home last night?" “Why, sir, I should say about 10 \ Martha, “Excepting what? Speak out, Mar «tha, 1 shan't be displeased. 4 were afraid of being heard, sir, it was quite a treat.” “1 sung, Martha?" Contes in genuine In fact, echoed Mr, amazement, such a thing for twenty vears. you quite sure of that, Martha?" “Perfectly, sir.” Mr. Coates thought deeply moment, while his countenance { trayed his worse apprehensions,” ‘Are be sung about, mean.” Martha the remember the something like: words, but it “Happy's the wooing That's not long sdoing.’ . “Wh-at!"” gasped Mr. Contes. Martha slowly repeated the lines Mr. Coates groaned aloud, ‘“You--you're quite sure of Martha?" he inquired feebly. “‘Perf'ctly, sir.” “That will do, Martha, thank you; you may go back to your aaties. And, | by the way, Martha, I shall not re { quige my tea till late to-night, as I that, | have important business to attend to.” § “But the muffins, wsir,”’ protested ‘they'll be spoilt to a—" “Hang the muffins!” roared Mr. Contes, ‘1 beg your pardon, Mar tha,” he said, softening, ‘I mean save the muffins; I really am not myself this evening. I trust you will excuse any seeming rudeness on my part **No offense, sir,” replied the un- perturbed Martha, ‘‘But you'll have is cup o' tea, wir, before you go?” “All right, Martha And Mr, departed to bis dressing room, where he made a hasty toilet, descended for his and two minntes after to Mre. Black's Conld Mr. Coats back to his hearth would have Contes “soother.” was on his way have but sts ppe | and home, he been conside rably more shocked to his hand maid Martha, who, estching up the sleep ing Tang, danced round him on his hind legs round the kitchen with = “What d'you say to a new mistress, lang? Eh? What? Can't you speak?” And although Tang could only bark, he seemed to understand there was something in the wind, sur. prised, and probably witness the antic of LJ * LJ * » * Cold, damp, snd in anything but an amiable frame of mind, Mr. Coates at last found himself at the gate of Mra Black's cottage. Onee within the gate, however, aud walking up the path be intoa kind of trembling, dread. Bervous Several times he was on the he had prepared on his journey, he walked boldly up to the door and knocked timidly, hoping against hope that the object of his search might be “not at home." His worst fears were realized, “Come in," called a soft voice from within, The next moment Mr. Coates found himself standing awkwardly in the little kitchen and parlor combined, vaguely conscious of » double row of shining pans, a bright crackling fire, and last, but not least, a trim, smiling little figure meeting him half-way and musical aforesaid fire “Good evening, Mr. Coates,” said Mrs. Black, in sccents of genuine pleasure, ‘‘thisx is indeed a pleasant surprise. To what must I ascribe the honor of this timely visit? But really, how thoughtless of me! Come to the fire, Mr. Coates, and allow me to help you off with that cumbrous overcoat.’ Now was Mr. Contes’s chance, Now prepared speech. the utmost he could do was lo gaze about him in a dazed kind of manner as he stammered: ‘‘The note, Black ; I--I--ealled about the note.” “Ah, to be sure,” said Mrs. Black ; “‘yon got my note, then? Bat, really, Mr. Coates, what a tremendous hurry wou are in. Of course" “I assure you, ma'am,’ broke in Mr. Coates, eagerly, having found his tongue; ‘‘there is no hurry stall 1 wnlo-was only joking when I said there was-—if indeed .1 ever did say there was. I can easily wat six months, Or A yeaAr-—or-—or-—even-— “Ten years,” Mr. Coates had almost said in his eagerness. himself, reflecting that such a heart- less indifference was hardly com- patible with an affianced lover's pas- sion, Mrs. Black smiled sweetly. “I am afraid you say that entirely ont of consideration for myself,” she murmured, solfish ; and besides, I can manage ‘very well. Miss Milnes tried me on this afternoon, and she has promised o'clock ; mebbe a quarter past—mnot | the dress faithfully by the 26th.” | later, certain.” “Ah, to be sure; you see my watch | stopped last night, Martha, and er | ~-have ressons for wishing to know the exact time," Mr. Coates nerved himself for an: other effort, “By the way, Martha, you didn't notice anything extraordinary in my conduct Inst night?" “Extraordinary in your econduet, sit? No, sir, that I didn't, sir, and the chap as means to insinuate “Stay, Martha, I didn't say that any one had been insinuating. I merely wished to know from your | that my conduct last night was just same as on every other night. Osn you confidently assure me that such was the case, Martha?" “Certainly, sir, excepting —" Mr. Coates fairly gasped at the audacious manner in which his objec- tion was overruled. “However,” continued Mrs. Black, | suavely, “business will wait, 1 think, | Mr. Coates, and I'm sure you've had | no tea. You'll sit down and have a ! oup of tes, of course?” i ave tea with this little woman! In | a lone house and in a lone part! Mr. Contes shuddered at the thought. And besides, would it not be a sort of tacit complisnce? He would have protested, ‘but his tongue agein fabled him, Vacantly he allowed himself to be uartered in the old armchair; while Lo” Black, with a bewitching smile, in which a shade of wing might have been detected, herself snd commenced to pour out tea, “Well, wir, you sung just a little bit ~not boisterous, sir, nor rowdy like; but just low and sweet, sir, as if you | and knowing full well thet he had not done for = “Perhaps you can tell me what I words, I “Why, no, sir; I can't say that 1 went Mrs. | | clasped the little widow round the But he checked | ‘But really, I won't be | And here another surprise awaited the already bewildered Mr, Coates, To his right he found a plate liter. | ally stacked with muffins; while at his left rose majestically a similar plate of and his eyes sparkled cheesecakes | | How in the world did Mrs. Black know of his fondness for the particular danties? He looked at Mrs, Black for an ex- planation, pating his query, murmured something about “studying the wishes of those whom we love," and for commenced to blush furiously. to at once, “Agr good as Martha's, every bit,” he murmured, as the first cheesecake | | a third Jack,” disappeared, A second and followed suit. ‘Really, Mrs. | he exclaimed, suddenly finding his tongne, ‘your cheesecakes Martha's, I do declare.” { Mrs Black smiled modestly. She thought it quite superfluous to inform advent by a few minutes. “All's fair in love and war,” she ar- | and gazed upon his features | with a scrutiny slmost bordering on | gued ; " | rudeness, It was now Mrs. Black's turn to ap pear embarrassed, to hide which she | excused herself to clear away the tea things. From the little parlor, and he was obliged across a neater or cosier room. Every thing was in perfect harmony, even f« the diminutive eanary in a pink cage, | spotless curtains, | hanging against the He directed his eyes once more on Mrs Singularly enough, now he came to think of it, he many little peculiarities of Mack discovered charm, and divers sterling qualities, all of which he had feiled to notice previously. he watched her deftly ips and Little great de ! Really, ¢ solide as he the ‘she’s a charming well, I might do a And now I think of I've felt lately that single ness, as they call it, And besides, Martha can't and I shouldn't like to IT A BNOCERROT wjuized, manipulating sanoers, WOInAD I al worse, blessed - ig not all blessed 11 OHH f live orever, Lave to hunt { Having bustied about aslong as con venient, Mrs, Black returned to the charge by Mr. Coates if he would like er-—the dress—or at least, a picture of it Mr. Contes now prepared for anything almost, readily soquiesced. Bkipping upstairs she returned with a ladies’ journal “Of course,” she explained, as she rapidly turned over the leaves, ‘‘it's not the usual thing to consult the the—bridegroom” (with a blush) *“‘but, asking 0 Boe I feel I must confide in you. ““that’'s the dress— white, of Mr. Coates expressed his admiration of the dress and his approbation of her choice, though he could not for his life deteet the difference it and any one of Martha's He was kitchen dresses, now so infatuated that he would probably have proceed- | ed to express admiration of the little woman herself had not the clock at that moment begun to strike twelve, “Dear me! must be off, Mra Black ; 1'd no idea how late it was. How the time has flown, to be sure! You see,” he continued, beam me, in my-—my new-found happiness.” “If yon must go,” murmured Mrs Black, holding out her hand, and call- ing up a most becoming blush. Mr. Coates took her hand in his. “I must thank you before 1 go, Mrs, | Black,” he said earnestly, ‘‘for the very pleasant evening I have spent in your company. I--I spend many more together, 4 Aud still Mr. Coates hand. “ood night, Mrs. Black,” he said, | softly. “Good night, Mr. Coates,” she mur- | mured. Still Mr. Coates seem dissatisfied. He glanced through the already half- | opened door——all was dark and quiet | Mrs. Black wae visibly em- | without. barrassod. He gave another glance around the parlor. There, also, per- feot quiet reigned; it was impossible that any one could be peeping--even the canary was looking the other way. | Mr. Contes hesitated no longer, but, yielding to his sudden impulse, he waist, kissed her frantically alas! for his confusion—on the nose! and, set- ting her free again, seampered down the garden path with all the ardor of a schoolboy. “I've had tea, Martha," shouted Mr. Contes a few minutes later as he bounced into the kitchen, having run the whole way. ‘‘Shan’t want the cheescoakes ; eat 'em yourself, or give ‘em to the first tramp.” Not until they were married and were speeding along to Bwitzerland | for the honeymoon did Mr. Coates muster up courage to ask for informa. tion regarding the manner of his pro- posal. At that precise moment, how- |ever, a charming bit of landscape | claimed Mrs, Coates's rapturons and | undivided attention, and Mr. Costes was far too happy snd contended to press the question. Lastly, tha, aider and abettor in the nefarious scheme, also shares the universal contentment. For she has at last soquired a considerably larger, and moreover. steadily inoress- ing “sphere” in which to “‘hoperate.” Spare Moments. That astute lady, antici | the first time | Mr. | Contes wasted no further time, but fell | ‘ xed ! ability. him that they were Martha's; that, in fact, they had preceded his illustrious | window Mr. | Contes's eyes wandered round the little | to admit | that for a parlor he had seldom come | between i 1" he exclaimed ; “I really | “Martha will be waiting up for | and I must consider her feelings | trust we shall | retained her | THE BRIGHT SIDE. Lookin’ That's the way to Pet you it on the bright side the right side Ee — HUMOR OF THE DAY. CIRC ked Peacemakers snd foolsearrs hie nile A is ~~ Ram's Horn. never stops t wt on Its hats ho one's with sirig ' 3 It is not what it, one that Knows, 1 one tells determing You can always tickle a girl feather, if it happens to be an feather. — Puck There not faith enoung! world to go around and neve Galveston News, The woman vain besuty is the ma vain of his brains — Puck. 18 whi iE RE Wise As 1 he man who is generally doesn't when he “asiways on t} know how Puck. visiting #8 she ¥ Ad = gets there Whe na girl goes turns home as soon he: At Many a man who would like form the world has a front ga? won't stay shut Ram's Hor: lorrows ‘Have funds?” Lenddes (¢ are all spare.” b “N NRE Wi dresses his Globe al a5 A ae thing su then Transcript. reef, A good many boys hav badly, becanse they had made them wi lam's Horn, irs wilh “There's a lesson te the pin, my son that it may not go to Transcript. The man darkest hour is just before the must have been making a night Philadelphia Life Teacher “In the sentence is money,’ Call you parse ney?" Scholar— *Yes'm, if it is good money.” ~ Detroit Free Press, Polite Gentleman “Take my seat, madame.” Lady— “Never mind, thank yon. I get ou here, too.” New York Weekly an the weaker who discover 4] } it. “Time in street oar VR countries, h as Transeript. oon Criticus be ashamed such stufl as “Of course, would say it was | CARLO Record, YOu wre you would IAgIaTIZEq Minnie “Don’t modern styles are just Mamie~-**Is that the still wearing your ias net ¥’ Indianapolis J The era of excessive and ishment has not AWAY A Socialist agitator tenced to hard labor in other day. ~—Courer-Journal. Westerly--*1 tell you there’ tricity in the air ont West, Y get Chieago nosp here York Hudson Yen, yo Walk just behind a garbag: Kate Field's Washingt Mrs. Van Asthelt— “1 take a lively inte yet Ler \ tne supy rest in the pe Lord (with yest country, word Baxonormd dear, no. I'm a member of of Lords, y know. Chicago ord. Clara are you? What is it this time? ~ “We are going to distribute cheap copies of Becthoven's symphonies among the poor. Music is such an aid to digestion, you know, New York Weekly. Master (examining pupils in geog- raphy) = ‘What is the name of this town?" Pupil — “Birmingham.” Mas- ter‘ “What is it noted for?” Pupil “Firearms.” Master “What sarc fire- arms?’ Papil—“Doker, shovel sud tongs," ~Tit- Bits, Rostful Rage—"“What's become of Pete?’ Weary William (shaking his head) = “Don’t ask me, Ragey, He's gone to the bad." Restful Rags— ‘In mil, eh?” Weary William— “Worse than that! He's workin’ reg'lar in a factory." —RKate Field's Washington, First Young Lady-~ “Do you always buy two kinde of paper? Second Young Lady “Always. Yon see, vhon I write to Obarlio 1 nse red paper; that means love. When I answer Jim's letters I use blue paper, which means ‘faithful unto death.’ ""—Erookiya Life. Aunntie—*"Does your new doll slose ts eyes?” Little Ethol —““Yes'm, but she is the most wakeful child 1 ever saw, She doesn’t shut her eyos when 1lay her down, as she ought to. The only way to make her go to sleep in to stand ber ou her hoad and shake her,” «(ood News Naxonorme? nride the Hon “Going in for chariiy again, Dora
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