The Somerset Herald.
stilismeb ttrj.
Term of Publication.
p-Md -.rry Wdnislv m-Tninr t 0
w, .nnum. if r- lu lvn-e ; .Hhcr. i- t! t :
v i nh"riiio ill he diwoatiiiiM-d nctil all :
rv paid op. Pwnnix'Wni nerin-tinj- :
when isilnxrllxrm ilu tux lake iit their ;
;r h. held nsrtmCMlbUs iur Ihti autjniTiii-
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i.,t,-ribt rMwin fta on. pustofRi-e to mo- j
-famil-. "" " th ' lhr !
rIi v tut praeut olttce. Addrea
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J. A O'COSSo.
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ATToKNtYS-AT LAW
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AlTuKNFY AT LAV
si.it;eT-t, Fa.
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aitoknicy-at Law.
MHftelSet, Pa.
- t.MI-KY.
A l l' 'K-NfcY-AT-LAW.
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L.' I". TKLNT.
S .1TT0KNKY AT-LAW.
si imerset.
M.
PKITTS.
AHi'liSEY-AT-LAW.
.men-!, fJ.
u -.mi.r-t County bank.
II
AITOKNKV-AT LAW.
ri;jetwt, Pa.,
.-t,. m .siiufM and aij-inmje cun
' j.:.-niu-w cutn.fu-. tu him a iii rwtive
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J1U 'TU
W. H. Ui'rrai.
Kl'ITKL.
ATToKNKYATI.AW.
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ill he
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AlTMKtV-AT -LAW.
ji!.-rrU Pa ,
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. in .-iu''0-i iii atljoii.tnir eituutu-x.
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ATTi'lOtY AT L AH .
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Al'ri'KKY
AT LAW.
Sitfii Tet, Pa.
;; mh-H'I t" all tiijtnej entrusted in hi rare :
N.iii. r-1 ;.ii.Nitj"'niUl iMitllH. with (r'Mil?l
- :;! N'l- liiv. 'tli'V U Jiiioa ( B twet, j
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AMK
AIT1 kN EY-AT-LA W,
pwHauffNeU Fa.
i-ft.-e in MammtMh Hlk. up rtair hut ranee
i.i- ' nm MP-el. .4nlt-ttu. Uiale, eMatei-
ntiH xainj-L ami ail l-rai buMUer at
tMiw( Ui u;ih rf"tatpluei auii rt'ieuty.
A. 7 1 tLa?i.
t. wV i rn.
I a rn h.v t sat la w,
TH.uj.rset. Pa
xil Tmin- eiiiniM-l U .air eaiv will be
i.r..::,.i:v mt'i lmUttull atteitihil U l!-.-tiMM
jii- :lt -iiiTx-r b-llT'i alit 1h.u;iik .iu
lit, .mv ilu; auil "Miveyaueiiia: atie uu rta-
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A IT' hN fc Y-AT-LAW.
!N.ieri, Pa.
:i.;v aiii Fvu-it! Aveut. Hfiw In ManuiKh
hi.
'AI.KNTINK II AY,
ATTik.VKY-AT-LAW.
A!ni l Ttn Krml Ksute. W ill ttrlid li 11
r,.;j:,. riurUflel Ui Uu Willi maul'llM-
aim! ;itl"i!I.
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UN U. YUU
ATTnKNtY AT-LAH.
.Suni-rfet, Pa,
will jn!iutU Hitt-nd tn all buiiiet; eiitru.ivtt
u. aim. W-iu.-t a.lvaiueil wb culltrtKv. ke. f-
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!:. H. . KIMMKLL,
T ui'-r hi pn!'witmal werviee t theeiuzen
ti "Ntiiit-pwi tin' I vK iiiiiv ( ni prtitewnmaliy
firau he t;ul at hi flM-e 4l MaiU "H..
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1!. r.KtT.AKKH
1- r u tnfeMial ja,r'i-,w ti tle eitiwiu
; -H.mt n- t inii . l!lr iU reMiein-e i
.Maui nrer( t t iMnmtHiil.
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'. WM KAU U .
ii'r ht D'f'unial iervi-e to the
"nirr-t aJul viemity. othee m Pi
:ti-ii
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AM srR.hN.
T.-t.i.r- hi - n-ief t the fei.k f SmirHt
fn: 'i:.ty. i itt m town ami wuntry i.r-(npt-
Ti n.t.-.i t. au tie Muni at 'lay r
: ijri.i. mill-. 'Ftts-iHian ei:Kmf-L Hli-e on
D'.L J. M. I.til'TIIKK.
I Fm-msHy of V ra t
PHY-M IAN AM M'Ri.EX.
H. Iin-hihI wrnmm-titlv in Simt'Tet ftr
the 4
t'4i t:ii- .-I li niMiti.
iii rmr IniK More
nticei Mam street, !
DH. J.S. MMIIXKN.
'v tmiur.i u-i-lh- Artilirai in?.'rttl. All
".ra'.iiiiiMfUraiiltn-l niiliu-uir'. 'tluf tu b-r
h.- k. i:i.-HUir.
D'-LJolIX BILLS
lKNTIST.
DR. WM. Oil.I.INS.
(KNTIT.
"f.. tti Knv!i.r'. ttin'k Ui-tiir. when1 hf
ii.-. v t.ti:n.! .i limn, irvvrf1 1 't .1' ttni
ot v tilling n-triiiitilie. eTlnntmif.
' AriTH !B: irt-ltl .11 klltl uli4i of Ihr bM
ailt-r.1 :n-'r:vil. All work jeimriuitl.
J. K. MILLKK
ll- -n;;ain-Tith' lirf af-t n rtTlin fi th prae- ;
'' it! hi pnt-),i. othee irtvite hane
Sini's't County Rank.
CJ. HARRISON. M. J. PRITTS, j
PhtSH-tNT. I'AMIKR.
'lnnmi Btade iu all art f the Cnitetl itatea. J
CHARGLS MODERATE.
liinit- i"l,i!it tn m-iiit nhrti-v Vi'eA en he
"'i:.iu..ii,i. .1 t, .imrt n Si' York in ny miiu.
' '",1',x-niDitt - uli irinifitii'i.. t'. s. Homi
""itta nl;.l .. M.lli v mnl vmuaWi- nei ureit
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Ail Leioii Ii.4i.biv- OlHTTiHt.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
M '!.-. soKll.Hs. t ARKiA'.KS.
-1 l:lS'i. W A'iNS. Bl 4 K W Airf'SS.
M K.l'TUlN A.MiWKSTKkS KK
' i.til i SJxirt wtiiv.
runtng Dona on Short Tune
" 'Tl.lM..l, ma of ro-i;Ji w.m H
In I yl,rl. SlllnlKlltlH.iv
' wi-trwi.! , iir FiiiMmt. sl
tranl,t Ui ive Snttjtitiin.
2?!? Csly rir Class Ta-ksiea.
tT.ri.r of All Kind. )n xy Unr IV.m- oa
Nu.n x.k;.v. kEASiABI.E. uxt
All Wk Warranted.
-!! Kj.niin,. B,y stix k. and Urn . v.
mcu .a,i fumij, s,.,v-f.-H ind
Ki nx-mim- tlx- ,l.v , and mil tn.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SilMtKsfcT, FA.
c
MIAKLKS Il.irTMAX.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Alrr H. m.-T . Sturr.i
Ut Styl, and Lowest Price.
SATISFACTION CUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
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VOL. XXXV. NO.
AUMJtT A. HokML
J. unii.
HORNE & WABD
I Eaton& 13ro.
: NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSKlliGH, PA.
SPRING AND SUMMER, 1886.
i '
NEW GOODS
! SVZ2Y TAT SFIALTISa
i 1V
krrrlwf, Ih-m T nnimr, H-mirnt. iihtrm. f W
rlV. Mnjdin ami Mntm t'ti lrrar, Infw$
Ynriu, Zrfthvi. Mitmnis tf tiil
Gents' Fimistei Goals, &c, &c.
1 Ywir Pitrenag Is Respectfully Solicited.
IT'lcn" hy Mi! nu. n.ll u v itb Pthuiiihi
arU itMitib.
EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVES
UI1TS UIBIinUT.
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS.
All Finite cai Is
WJ.Vf F. Ti kLli KY
ILlSIEFBEslStOllTlMl,
AM' BY
Tt. 11.
Schell ct Co.,
.lUtlvliT.
.v:r. -.i.
PURE RYE WHISKEY
FOK SALE
HY TIIK
Gallon and Larger Quantity.
I have acfetei the atferw y ftr the ei'lebrated
R. i . Lainli lirlillt-ry ttini will have enutantiy
m hanl a larse supply wf tlii-. fnuiu PI KK RYK
Copper Distilled WhUkey,
whieh I will retail by the y;iJhHt. ttr fn larjctT
quant il iei.
4 ORDERS FILLED SAME DAY AS RECEIVED.
Store ntm at my hMe im West Main Mnri,
Hin-ret, Pa.
ia:oRui: u niy.
September Bargains.
Wr Muni u rviliu-e (. k. ill a!l I iniiii-iits
Jimittf tiic itHMitii cf Ji.i!y. aitt liae 1nuil
tmnit ntiurtiMii tlir..u!nmt o:ir tnn-.
lU-ailt-i if 1 hiy .t'r. no niitiu-r wlit-re tl y
live, w ill liinl il .sr"--n'j tu tli ir alvantai:r t.i
ii1 f.r Kini'lf" iMrtiiW ith.
Vt- kr' 1'.iml Si!k. Cilnivl Silk-. ami
Yvivi'tJ ; Vtwil I rf SunmHTWf i!its:
( ottnn 'a.h Kalri-. H-ew-ry. CnlTwar:'
(i!itvt". EinlirniiU'rit-M. t'tllars unl 'itrt-.
Haii'ikfrcliirl. Lint1. Thin Wliitr ,imh..
Linn. Imiv t'urt:iiii. f iliim-n'. In-w I
Triniiiiin. HiH'"U!. Ijh1U am! 'hi!.ln n'
Suit., mnl Wra-. ami M. ii. uml Hty" Kur-
itiliiiiff 4tMHl.
I Kiv- 'n storm M.m. in
Our Mail onlt-r I'li-in -xiTitls ovr all
! tl' Stat unt TiTn'ioiS-s N.rth. W?t an.l
i
! s-iitii.
j Siitistiti-tory l.ti!iriir jnuirtii'Tfl, a; all
ltiiiM-vs Jy. .,n .-our-!ivi' i,l-a..
Si!kautl lrfx iit.nl ur KTi-at iiilty.
JOS. HORXE & CO.'s
RETAIL STORES,
613-621 PENK AVE.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
AN OPEN LETTER.
' LisrsBi Rm. P.. 1
J May i
! Mk. N. I'm. VI'. S'WKKSKT. la.
! Jinir ir : hi Te.itS :rv.r Ti ibe merit nf
! your Mati.Inike IJr I'i.N. ..nN fail me iti
' exinM.tii: mv vix apret iati'tii of ti ir inn!
; aiel runitive r -rtie. u well a tlie 1111-
i etikalU' Itelh lM 1 Inv reevnetl ltm tlierr
j M. Kr a eetiy aii'I erfi-efi e ttirt tr liver
! '1 :r':L'-, tlu-y ;ta uii rl it)i. A. a tl-il j,u- i
j ntier they una ail known rvnietlu. It ;
I mT tntthfiilly ie tnnt tU-ir a ti!i Uniu I
' tle liver if miier:i(. nt a j;iui l lm -- j
eat'irti li'-tr .rijt''Ve !:I1im-imv. J lM-:irtilv f
, m iniue:..! yur .Manlr.4L IJv r I'iiL to any
- otif !u!lt'niut'ri ni i.ver etii ljiiiit.
j . I IkI.AITKK.
! Tli a'tv '::tm r.iH' un-.!ieitrj .iti.1
I i- all ajS4' itHn ..(fniei.!-.. 1 !u an
uriiotiir tin-nx riiuU'. iln-v are not a (titi-nt
nit-ty. :i tf.t-It.rtti i- u eve-y ! :e. Tn- !
! Tlnni. Y-Mi w:!! tiiut jt(t w t :tt vmi want. !
i t all .it tnv -t!ir, w lure y-.-ii wilte tdetiiMM I
! 4.t k ol Iniii in themiity. oli tin-lit j
, ami prh-t-. loweM. i
C. n. BOYD.
f Maiimxiili !'.!. k. S.wkksct. P.
C WITH IN C. SHORTLIDCE'S
; O ACADEMY, K'k Yi .i.;.u..v aSV
Hii. kt.I'iA. t.i. 1J mtWsi ffixu PtliUilel-
phi.. Fixeil vr:i- eevers rverr rxts-iw. eeli
j U.-ks. 4,r. NiiexMm cbr3(i. Nil llicldi'lltHl
j .-iiNeit Ni. rxiaiialxxi Iur admiiti. Tflve
' enfirnem-il tewtiin. ail men. and at! miMluat..
I spii'iai iMi.xnuuirv for at mixienis u, aiiaiH
ni in aiiaiHf! :
and 1-k.anl
1 rxi'idlv. siH-t-ial drill lor dull
: hot. Pxtnxtn im-xtiiii 'nt m iei,it any ud
ie. or h.x liie n-iiar bicitli. f-ieiiti!t-. Ilus
i iix-. i iiv.'WHi or i il tjimneenn nmsr. siu
l ik-l titled at M,-.l. Ai-a-li-tuT arv now m Hr
! Tird. ale. ITniitsm.. and ten uUsht i hHi-k simI
' Pwlrtix-iirtW S.-rnla. Hi rfdi-ols illt b I idletv
; in 's:, l. in lss4. I in ls. and t in s. A
; jTrmdnahtlir cliu rVenv vrxr iu Uur eiHUKlfffeUi
. iitt.rUm'Ut. A Pivili'l Mid (tlefuMltl ijal.Tatie
i rv. ovamvinim miu'i hall onxilid. voltiBie
1 liiri u Ijhmrv tn Ixkl Media hits evit
i rhuri-rH. and a letuix-raw r(int-r . iiteti rrii
; htlitt. ttiv wle nt' all UHuxiraotiir d-ln. Fsr
i norm illw.ratd rirrutar aildosw th- Pr:rx-ipal .ml
Fnsnru. HlrHlS t. ,-HnkTLllK. J. At.,
i iti-irruni Urmamnlr) JfrdM. Mt. .out- '-lyr.'
POL? i4T tT.XTEAW tX'HSKS,
KJIS. OnLC . , v l fnr frcmi. fkm-
n anil shts mxi Worm. ?Vnd-haiKi E.ninne
: aild botUT. otl haad. Uotstmic iUiXitM and Ma
j chinerv a Spwity. rio Js t AMJS.
i AdCJW- sb-ljr. MUfttent 1Mb. f-
Hi.
THE SUMMER MAN.
In muam-trr. at the mimniaim blue.
H lien: life k fair, hnt nu-o are few.
He ailjr wp.n. he ha ti dy ;
Aui by the -a wave alo
He i i a muf-b adiniivd beau
i'atil the AraMi Ikthv awar.
He lree in tir beiie)it tf myle.
Theiv'i IkM-iuaiwai in hi aiile.
He" nimble tn the pdiy daiHt ;
He -picuify piu with rmiy akfil.
Wiih htve-maainst. hf pia at a ill,
Bui i nM hurt by t njMi laurts.
He wtfif the &nl ill of nuuunuvs
The dark uxpietuc of ut)jaft
He aaive away with jrra-efil tact ;
Ue nine live nr villi jfnufiil pwer.
He alwayn wear a litrle tfowvr.
He kuWN bitth bw U !-vk and
At api'hery. io Wiiui eiwrt.
He rivals aii in the any ttrt.
Bm playw a that ihe mivt wtu ;
And yet, thnuivh wtine mnxt subtle art.
The vnquib-t beHea -till take hi.- rt.
Aud leave him wiih i.nMunhel ins.
But Miniiner jyt, alai ! are brief;
Ht- rtlt 'kwtl Uke rhe tell. Irr leaf
When blahinr D'lt icrtiw imtlly bnrnn ;
Mammas antl pi-tntil tnrU more
Ailtuire h'm a Ujey iti'LoT yore:
lle'n lut a dnr-f9l rh rk lnuau.
Ami all !m iuied in w-t July
in lull heumtier htia by ;
N he'4Uitetf atlttther elan :
AikI thtvii he wear a auiiIeM hat.
Anl jn i t Uh a era vat.
Hi- ii!y ic a summer man.
BAD BETTIE BENNETT.
Tla-rv U m moral at ail U what 1 am
.in to t-!l you a'out Itettic IW-nn.'tt.
j -t l-ast the n-al fai-f of the a.- i that it
! ;il Vi-ry imiuoral. Hut that's iiitiu-r
j hi-re nor tht-rv.
j I hal Ixt-n watrliim; t!ie jilay for nic
! time I. .fix-rally lm.k:.l tiji.m liy tin
j fortimatc others as on nM niai'U a Uily
! u illicit Xn'rK'mv, aii.l ii'rtaiii'y witli-
out lio-v. Tilt- play w nt on at tin; st a
, wrilb play, for thi' stakes wrre
j liili, tt ijrli as w ln-n souit- o!l east; rn jm
j t-titate risks his lovely Cimi.s..ian );ir!,
j IxnIv aii.1 soul, to his antagonist. The
I liayerw were not eastern iiti;t:tates, hut.
all the same, lovely jirls, Usly atfl so;il,
were the stakes. I useo! u tiiink of it
! when I saw Ijinra St.H'kwool, tiiat state
I ly lieiiuty. ami Jeatu-tte IVan. tlie lash
I inr one, an'i Caro anil KIsieanl K-lith
j ami the fst. Ani uiuoni: the rest nml'I
ne foro't I5-ftie Ik-nnett? She was Dot
a i'rson who alloel herslf to lie for-
ptten.
Ami yet yoit ilii) not unilerstati'l what
it all meant, this furor alsmt her. Sin
was not a lH-auty ; she hail no :nvom
lishnients to sjieakof: she was not an
heiress. But she hail every thinir her own
way the summer through. If you hail to
ilescrilw her you wouh! say she was ilark
atn! sleniler, w ith an h eyes ami the (fay
little lausrh in the worM, anl that wouM
le all there was about it. All there was
alMiut it? oh. not in the least ! In the
first jla-e, there was the re.iiiii-st w it, the
irreat-st jtimh! tuiture, the most erfei t
vrat. In the next .l.nv, there were the
most" wi'inlerful toilettes. Tliis moruini:
a ro!e of filmy blue India silk, jrirr.isiieil
with hutf of the same tijrlit hue, and fin
ished w ith a ix larette and t hatelaine of
old earneiian U-ads, not to I iHiiijrht
now tor love or money; this liatliin
dresn of l.urlajulrij i'inii wifli rn k-Tys-tals.
anl Horn utt-Ur s eixik of white
dash, thrown otT a; t'ie riulit moment
for the wave; This di-tnitinii dinner j
dress of white -ilk Uiund about with j
autumn leaves, mrfhiiiir Imt a strip of
the lirioht vine making the shoulder- I
stni: and to-morrows 1-rtivery as fine as j
this, with soft, rn-amv wmils made softer I
bv thetr eMjr.ntr "t stni fi ti;. camimcs
slu-en as hoiir-fnts, and r iered with
thn-ad laee, lustrous wutiu ot a!e rose
fitting jierfei tly tLe ruTfu-t sliai-; and
now a broeade stiff w ith isold threjid.siu-h
as they uii.'ht have worn in the days of
the Meiliei ; and now a Llack Sauish
lav, with fiiU nnub and mantilla that,
taken with her little foot, made an Amla
lusian of her.
"Well." I said to her. after a week or
i tt m wili ept4l hv ttif h ninTiiint. it
must est all of fortune to dn-ss vou. I f
w . . , - ..,:'
Siit'lms. she saiit w ltn I'ncourairm i
r ur i .. n ... .... l
frankness. Take mv toilettes anil gloves .
land l-.tsandfoldero!sai1da!!,andthe!t" 11 "llt' T!,tl!l n""'11"
j inten-st of it would take care of one poor j v -v""r , hiUr' thit.ks there j
! ts-rson for life. Isn't it wicked?" and ! is si.methin-; worth while there, and hes i
'she l.x.ke.1 at me with an irresistible j """'' in llis !i,,;i"' : h" :f l"' ,5'sn't 1
i dnillTV.
j " Yes. I think it is," said I. For I had
i known Miss Iiettie of old, and I knew
j that if she jpt through the summer
j alive, she would not have one penny left,
j "Ani the worst of it is." continued
i she. " tliat when you think you have
! enough for a ipKn-n yw find you've only
i made a Ix-irinnitii:. and have to keep or
! derins; more from Pelix-er Mini lUibhiuet
j and the others. It won't do to su
I i-cted of any tarnish. Yimi must lie
j fresh, or nothing. Why, I'm in debt up
to my eyes !"
" Bettie, I donl know what you cm
think of yourself:" I said, in Ifo'nstcrna
tion. "You have nothing to pay with.
It's dishonest ; it's it's sw indlini:."
"No, it isn't. It's business. If I car
ry out my plans, my pin money next
year will iy my debts.
u i 1 :r - 1...,'. -I"
.1UI1 II Oil null 1 .
" Weil, then, they can have the thing's ;
l.-k." !
Bettie r
"To lk out for that is more tumble '
than I can take, with all the tw that I ;
have. I'm in for it. I've pit to do it. j
And I've tfot to be a sun-ess " I
" Is'ttic, if jnople knew alxdit you, you i
wouid be anything but a sun-es.-." ;
" I don't intend they shall. And it's a i
pity if I can't trust yon." I
"You can you can. 1 don't -approve j
f you, imt I shan't hurt yon. If you j
were coutent to sit still, as I do, in two !
i
I or three gowns ami see the show p
by"
" And let sotuelxxly else marry Mr.
I'unrobin! No, tliank you. I am not
content. But I should not have (ione in
to all this extravajstuce it makes my
"ery ikhiI a he to aee thie gowm if I
were not obliged to be all the time en
. - i .
evi.ten. - e.
" I don't really see the need of that.
" I do : if you are so Iw a succes. And
I didn't come here to ty home airain.
And I came here not only to rule this
summer, but U bae my rule remember
ed in all summers ti come."
" Noble ambition T
" It isn't ambition, I tell you ; it's busi
ness." " But, Iiettie., you're not a beauty."
" So much the more to my gh ry."
" You ridiculous niiiist't."
" She's little, but she's shrewd." And
off she ajied as young Pennyeantle came
oilier
alotu for an hour at tenni: and I nw
her efimini: lek in time surrounded by
an awkwari uad of the yotinsr soeiety
men.
" Yes, they are anawkwanl siujid."sli;
said, in answer tue by and by. "And
stupid stupid tieyoud anything!"
"'The idea of taktmrso mix h troul.le,
R-ttie, to ph-ase them, then."
"I'm not do'ma it to please them, the
iin-knapes ! Y'es. they are ja knape !
They don t know anything but s'iety
small talk and attitudes. They can dance
oh. how they can danee: First one
and then another, till there are holes in
the soles of your s!ipjrs. Simetimes I
jo to btil so tired it seeiiLs as if laths of
hot aliuhol wouldn't put any life into my
feet. Rut I'm up in the HMiruinjr as fresh
as a rose with the dew on it. I have to
b;. It's what I'm lien- for. And they
are jmtrt of my sun-ess. these little swells.
I've cot to is about with a train of them
as eertitii-.ttes of it. They're just like it
where one pies, all p. t h, yes. in
deei! ; thank you, Mr. Yonderbust ; yon
are always so kind ! Just what I wanted.
IM you know, I sometimes think you're
the most " And I i-auuht no more of
; the silvery sentence, for.sfie liad gone off
i with Mr. Yonderbust, eati-hinir up her
j draTies as slie tl-L-heil alon all lidit
j and race, and presently tripping; down
j the stairs in a close tilttug dark scie.
i ami a cock's feather in her little turban
hat; and half a dozen other youths had
sprung to hold her parasol, to button her
iove, to walk Inside her ti the sfst
; w here Mr. Yondi rbust waited w ith his
r new Hambletonian.w hose p-ace they were
"vim.! to trv tooi ther.
Wiieii IVltlc caiii'1 bark "-he c;iine di
nrtly to me to where I sat on the
t piazza with my crochethii:. "If you
don't mind Lr"iii' into hu.ch with me?"
I didn't understand till afterward that I
was part of her role too. It jsive people
picafsint things io uy aisjiit her kindiiess
to a forlorn old spinster, for one thing;
but the iiiaiu thins and I'm afraid if I
had comprehended it iu the ls-iiitiini I
should have put an end to it out of baud
was that quite innocent and ijruorant
cf it al!, I her rhap n.n- " It's such
a misfortune," she said to the ruiht peo
ple, "that my own dear chaperon, who
always takes me alioiir, was obliged to
leave almost as sis. n asweeame; and I
should have had to 1:0 too. and Is buried
t alive somewhere. I supimse if inv dear
little Miss Iiiiirli.-s had not happened to
Is her", and she lia
hiL'".ti 1'lrir.n. of m.
so kindly." Take
. . :LW
i ii.irv ot Liiai miiii..
j I should as soon have thought of tiikinr
j chare of a w ill-o'-the-w isp."
j " Now you se- what I mean when I say
I it is necessary here to lie always en evi-
tenee. loure tor.-otten it you re not.
( ut of sij;ht. out of mind. I am here to
le seen. If I hadn't been sitting here
w ith you, that alsurd little Yonderbust
Wouldn't have asked me to drive, and the
others wouldn't all have jn'JOt.. Polling
caps alsuit waitin-; on me to the dos; cart,
and Mr. Htinrubtn wouldn't have seen it
as he snt there w ith his ci-rar. When I
have filled everylxuly's eyes, Mr. Iun
nibin wilt be.-in to see me. S I am al
ways plainly visible with my train of
idiots. h. yes. I'm as lUrht as froth, but
it's a pimt1 as de'p as the sea under
neath. " r-rtie, I'm a-liamed of human nature
w hen I hear you talk."
' No oo-asion," crumblitix her bread.
"You wouldn't be ashamed of me if I
I were trying to make a fortune by what
you call honest lalor. Well, if this Is
! not lalx.r. I should like to know w hat it
i .
; is.
I " La'uprr
" It's lalxr enough, let me assure you.
just to talk to these w hipicr sn:ip)rs.
It's more trouble than it would lie to write
a lsk, to graduate your conversation to
the level of their little intellects, if they
have any intellects I'enhurst and
Ltcy and Yan Stout, and the w hol.-- set.
You have ti make lxdieve to each one
H,"i 1,h" 1-' tly
leliirhtful.
If vou are the least atom above com-
iin-hension in vour tilt.ir silent, or slow,
-
spxxl-bve : and 'jixxl-nve to one, jiiHxl-bve i
- - -
! see anylxnty, lie is (.oins W here it is plain ;
t there i somethin-j the ..ther fellows ad-
mire, hi vmi sf? Here they mime ; Ii
j thought thev would." j
' Siie ran into my room one niirht Wforc j
i i?iiti'-r down to the aentian. "Am I ail j
' ri'ht?" shesnid. "Come down with me, t
! that's a dear."
! " Whv don't vou rot to-nijiht T-1 ask
: eii, not yet aware of my chyperonage.
" f!i-t she said. " A if there were
: anv rest iii the middle of a campaign !
i I'll n-A when I'm through."
i " Itettie. I'm afraid"
; "What of? That I -hall fail? Well,
i what if I do? Folks have fiiilisl la-fore.
t
j Ami if I fail, life won't lx- worth a cent,
land then there's always the river, you
know."
"Bettie Bennett! I'll liavc nothing
i more to do with you at all. I think yon j
i an" " ' j
" s lu:. f -is b:ld ism lie. Then come (
i iii.. ., , , f.,; r-,. i
dow nn ami help me not to tail. Iiegotj
to dam e to-:iiglit till the List ihiniT. and j
take ices and drink elwrnpaatw witU the i
Ix-st of them, or the worst ..f them, just ;
as if I were to the manor Ix.m. If I j
don't danc- the first .lam-c, then the oth- j
ers w ill think son.clhing's iqs or noUxly j
w :uit t:ie. or l nran old story, and 1 shan't j
have a partner a!i the rest of the night, j
! t--n;.... i.w K..1..., .i.;..l- I-,., i
fallinx-olTH-iv-" !
lililingoi. aiiy . j
" Falling off?" said I. "There' nothing
to fiill off. You'll be the more piquant
and taking the more faded you are. You
will lx prettier at 4 than your are at
JO. But, oh, Bettie, you're awfully old
at lM.
"Well, my dress is new. And isn't it
lovely T'
It was a bright, gold-coIoreiL satin, fit
ting like a glove; and with it she wore a
quant itv of topazes, and tlie re was a black
swan's dowu wrap, to lx- left on tier chair
or to pull up if she were chilly, and .set
off wiih its soft shadow the perfection of
her perfect little shape.
"T"iizes are cheap." suid she. " You
can buy beauties, as big as the tip of your
thumb, for 2..'Vi apiece, in the old coun
try jeweler's shops. " It' the setting that
ots; bat nolxxiy need know that isn't
eighfeen carat. If isn't everylsxlv would !
dare to wear topazes with yellow satin;
no contrast, you know. But don t thev j
make ne look just dripping with light?" j
"Yes," I answereil, " thev make you I
set
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look hkt? a constellation half seen in th
snnset. But yon are waste.1 here, Bettie.
Yonon-;ht to be in countries w here there
are kinsp; you'd be directin;; affairs of!
state presently."
" I shall be content if I can direi t this I
affair," said she, whh her jray L.uh.
"Come! I've just aiiven Can my tur-
uuoises. by the way. To tell you the
truth, they're not in the least liecouiim;
to me, and she admired them so. There
is amther part of the hdxi- you have to
keep on the lest terms with all the other
;rirls, unless you are perfei-tly assunxl
there's no need of it, or else they will
tear yi u to pievs. Sweet lift-!"
It was a triumph that Bettie had tliat
nijrht. The lieauties, the heroines, the
bas-bhies, and the sunirre aulas, were ni
where, as she said afterwanl in her own
i umlect. Mie was surronnueii lite a
qticen-lwe with workers. She had bou
quets by the itizru, so that her lovers
hail to help her hold them. She sjhv
ome quietly to the is nn pieties jrirls, in
pursuit of her plan, you niiht have said,
but really, I dare say, lx-i-an.se slie had a
kind he;irt under all her artirice and au
dai'ity. "I only jwve one to Helen Peter
son and another to Yiriuiaj Lamb, that
happened to lie duplicates of some I kept,
bti-ause their mothers were! ijettinir so
mad at their nesrlect, and f was afraid
they would Ixinn to show tlieir claws,"
said she. " Why. didn't you see me p
and sit down by Mrs. Jjimh? I was
praising YirEinia to her. I was wishing
I only had Yirinia's complexion and I
wish Iliad: (h, you have to kotou to
the chaperons tix, or else they w ill ruin
you. the old tabbies.' They put me in
mind of hens pecking the heads off of
other hens' chickens. It's a fwrt of the
!alir you think so liirhtly of. Why. I
actually got a partner for Julia Irink
water J Mi, I tell yon if I set an estab
lishment and a fortune, I shall do lots of
ipxxl things. I shall make any number
of people happy that wouldn't be if I
hadn't the fi rtune. I shall make it a
particular chaw to establish jrirls in life,
So ive nii-e wardrobes to this pretty per
son who wants it why, sometimes a
wardrobe is half the battle hk at me:
People will think a world more of you
with one than without one. I can tell
you. Yes. a fiarticu'ar charge to have
one taiijrht a trade, and one set up in
business, and I shall have a match-maker
of match-makers. Tve felt the need of
it. So you see, I'm not so nriprincipli-d
as you think."
" Bettie r
" I'm hxiinj; out for a great many oth
ers than just myself."
" At anv rate it's doing evil that goil
may come, Bettie !"
" Well, it' l-tter to do that," said the
ini-orrigible girl, "than nothing at all.
Now. tell me ; did I dance well?"
" Like a little flame. Y'es, I must ad
mit that you ilaneed like a bull of fire
like a golden butterfly on th; wind."
" I don't know how well that would lie.
But that's the way I like to hear,
you talk. So I'll reward you. Ijxik
here,"
"It was a basket of the most suoerb
orchids that I ever saw, a priceless affair,
from w hich she drew the scarf she had
throw n over it.
"With Mr. Iunrohin"s compliments
eh ? He has seen me, you six'."
" Well, then"
"Well, then, this morning Jeanette
Kettn Ls going to mount her hunter, and
leap five-barred gates, and things ; I
shall let her do it. And I -aura Stixk
wixxl is going to drive int. town shop
ping; shell go alone. .And Klsie and
Caro are going to the w oixls; let them go.
I am going to find Mr. Injnrobin. and
thank him just as sweetly and nnlety
as a little milkmaid I do w rite such a
bad hand ! And then I nm going to get
my water--olors and go out on the rocks.
I shan't do much sketching ; every man
in the hmise will be down on those rocks.
Then I am coming up to read with you
that mean get a nap, and then lunch.
And after that I drive with Mr. Yonder
bust. and later I sail with Mr. Kilgore,
and then its dinner, and then talking
and promenading on the piazza, and then
the com-ert, and dancing, and supper.
That is well, then And to-morrow
there's the archery and the picnic at the
Wells and the yachting out to Red Reef
tight."
" For gracious sake. Bettie, ilav after
day. it will kill yon:"
" Yon can't stop. Yon have to keep it
up. Stay to rest, and you're like the dead
man in a battle the other walk over '
yonrlxxly."
" Ioes it jiy you, really, my dear
Bettie T
"It will pay. iJon't you know how I
love ease, beauty, splendor, luxury, fine
houses, equipages, gardens, pictures, la-
l"'. gan.ens, pictures, la-
ujr.rw, O.H1 n miviiiiui . iini, iii.il is j
what I iilar for. Mv little oittaiu-e i
;.. K..ni- f-- i-..ii .1,...
would bonni me in a country town. I
had rather die. So I threw it all at one
toss heads I win, tails you luee. I slut! I
have m t a basket of orchids, but an or-
chid-house. I was made for it all I s r- i
ish in anv other atmosphere. Ii isn't like (
a girl that wants moiiev nn-.v!v for the
suk of luoiiev. I want it for the sake '
of living, living m v own lite.''
1
It was Mr. lhinmbin with wbom Ix-t- j
tie was promena.liug the piazza that
evening after dinner, and before the con- (
rt and the dancing. He wasn't a danc-
i was only a n.illionain-, j
well Ix.rn and edth-ateil, a quiet, middle-
a-'1 gentleman, of unassuming manners. J
na-'eil me a glance as she passvl j
that might liit out the evening star. He !
sat beside her at the .-..n.-ert'; he went
.
with her next uiorning to the archery ; i
he rxle beside her all the wav to the i
Wells : he aat lxide heras tliev'sailed to '
the Red Reef light. He walked with her
the next day after dinner ; but this time
they stepped down and away from the
lighted piazza, down the pe)x-!y walk,
down the nx ks, and out on the sands
and along the Is-ach in the starlight.
When Bettie came in she was drenched
with dew ; but slie looked divinely hap
py too divinely happy to notice the
dark disapproval on the brows of all the
mammas.
Ami the next morning Mr. Imnrobin
was gone he and his trunks, and bis
horses, and his yacht, and his man. It
was a little yellow wreck of Bettie that
rame into my room and threw herself,
face down, on the toimge, and sobbed out
the story.
WelL" I said, soothingly, teeliitg it no j
i fti . ti.iiTtiv anat hifvlnn tKi I
time
little wretch, tor all, " there are plenty
left." i
" There's nolxsly r she cried. " There
; nolxj.lv : I'd ju t as lief vou knew it as
j not. II love him ! But oh, the worst
of thin is, I deserve it! But I met let j
these peojje nee. I must go on just the
muii T il mrf . lirtU. r..,v. 1 i
heart's broken. I'm dead, dea.1. "deaJ,
deaii. I shall look in the elass while I'm
doing it, though, and say to myself 'Anil,
Bettie, give this check a ftiuch of red ;
one need not, sure, look ugly, though one
is dead.' But let me hide here this
morning. I can't see anybody this
morning. Have you got any rouge 7"
Xolxxly would have dreamed that
Bettie wa disappointed, broken-hearted,
dead, or anything of tlie sort that night.
She was recklessly, desperately gay.
Iancing on the edge of a volcano, she
called if. And so she wasthe next night
and the next, and for a week running,
till all the chaperons in the house were
getting wild about her, and expostulating
with me and that was the way I learn
ed that I w as suppi)sed to be her chape
ron and I couliln t think where it would
end. And then she went to bed sick for
a couple of ilays, and I said to myself
that this was the end, anyway. And
then one morning, when I thought she
was in bed stilL and was just getting,
ready to go and see her, she burst into
my room, radiant, rosy as a peach, fresh
asanew-hlo:.' rlower. and caught me. am I
eovereii my oM tav over with, ca
resses. "Oh, I must kiss somebody:" she
cried. " And he isn't here. And I must
tell you. I can't let anylxxly see it, actu
ally see it ; it's too precious!"
And it was a letter from Mr. Ihinrobin,
and in it he told her frankly tliat he had
run awav from her, if she chose to call it
so, because he felt there would Is? no
happiness for him, or her either, in a
marriage w ith such difference in age, and
taste and tomperanH-nt. And now he
had disi-overed there could be no happi
ness without it. And he was coming hack
to learn his fate.
"Ohrshe cried, bursting into tears,
" it's perfectly dreadful that I'm so wick
ed. I'm not fit for him! I don't deserve
him: I ought to be ounished ! I shall
tell him everything ; I shall tell him just
how I manoeuvred and schemed, and
plotted, and "
" Bettie, it will finish evrything."
" It ought to ; I can't help it, if it does.
I won't let him take me, believing I'll
all I'm mtt ; if there's another world, he
wouldn't know me in it. And oh. I'm
afraid he wouldn't want to '. Oh. Isn't it
too bad I should be so wicked when I
love him so, and would die to do him
gixxl J And perhaps the best good I can
do is to die."
But w hen that night came she came in
from the beach, dripping with dew again
and hanging on Mr. thrombin's arm, her
fai-e pale and shining as a star.she stoop
ed and lent over me, fwing a lot of an
gry mammas, and .. kissed my fore
head. "Well, what did he say, Bettie?" I
whispered.
" He loves me; he loves me." murmur
ed Bettie. ': He said he said he didn't
care." .irx-rV ft'izitr.
The Money-making. Passion.
Wheu Jeremiah P. Robinson die. 1 in
Brooklyn the other day he left an estate
whow value is generally estimated at
from fJ.OKUW to ".( XH)tx.). Img
years ago. when Mr. Robinson was a
young and driving business man, he had
an ambition, and the ambition was tu ac
cumulate a fortune of $-"0,OW-
"When I get that much money," he
said one day to one of his clerks, "then
I'm going to quit business right short off
and enjoy the rest of my days incase."
And several years went by before any
thing akin to the figure he had fixed
upon as satisfactory was approached ; but
tlie closer he got the less he had to say
about "S.'iil.ilt") being enough for any
sensible man." One New Year's Iay he
entertained his clerk. "Will," he saiil,
" I've been making an inventory of
things this morning, and I find that I am
worth something over $oO,(X)."
" Then yon are going to go out of busi
ness. I suppose," theclerii remarked.
" t io out of business ! Why, man alive,
what are you talking about? isit of
business! I ha ve only begun ; my figure
is $I.V).otio; that's enough to satisfy any
man. and more would lx? a bnnlen. But
$."io,IiiiO don't Ii'k so big when you get
close to it as it di-s when it's about $4!.
(HK)otr." Neither did i.Wl when it
! eanie to look as big as it did once, and its
i jxwssion was but the im-entive to more
i energy and bigger enterprise. It is the
i same old fever enough is never what a
i mortal has.
Well Hitched.
' "e of the waiters of the hotel in tire
nade, Misstold us that a colored wed- i
ding was coming off that evening, and 1
several white people went over to the!
bouse designated to w itness the affair.
The happy couple finally stood up licfore
the minister who said :
' "Samuel, yon an' l.ueiiula am shortly
to lie jined togi-ther. Ixies yer desire to
Imck out?"
"No, sab."
"How am it wid you, Lucinda?
von want to llunk afore all dese
Ixxs
white
folks r
" No, sah."
" Ien yirti two jine hands."
They hitched.
"Samuel, does you take her for bettah
or wuss? Am you gw ine to do de fu'r
, thing by dls yere guri, wbese fadder was
ii:n...i...i :i i -. .i. u
"u 'iio.. up ,ogu asm. .
"es.sah."
" Lncimia, a. a you realize de serious-
ness ob dis oppitonity ? Am you gw ine
to stick to Samuel clean frew to de judg
ment 'lay, or am you gwine totririe nmu'
arter odi ler men ?
" Ize gwine to stick."
" IVn, chil'en, in de presence of dese
yere white men from de Xorf, one of
w hom subscrilieil two bits yesterday to
help build up de nieetin' house dat was
blowed down by e sighclome, I de
notin;e you as hitched, jined and marI
'cordin to de law an guepel. Now, yon
go long an' behave yerse Ives."
. Why does a young man embracing his
girl at the garden gate just as the old
man approaches, remind yon of a love
scene at the theatre ? Because he is hng-
I ging the girl before the fixitlighta.
;
True bravery is shown by performing j
without a wit new. what one might be
capable of doing before ail the world.
eralcL
A Romance ia Trousers.
A mom; the old mountain farmer who
eoiiie to Hai-retown, Md every court
day is Joe SimmonM. When he came
town hist week he brought with him an
! "1;' l""k'n P to l"" nuirried. Joe
paid the half-dollar for the license, and
j after the ceremony by the judge that,
j joined Lucy Ihinning and Daniel Frome
I ti aether for life, the couple took icecream
at Joe's exjiense, and as he gazed on them
! ai hut riii civ from his scat on a barrel out-
I side the refreshment sali x in, he told the
little crowd around him the novel story
of Michael and Lncy's i-ourtship.
Lucy is 'Z! years old. She is about the
average height, well shaped, with a sun-
bronzed face, large hands, black, spark-
ling eyes, and short, dark-brown hair
Michael is a nephew of Simmons. He is
a tall, raw-lxineil. typical mountaitwer.
The. novelty about Lucy is the fact that
slie only recently appeared in public as a
woman, having always before worn the
breeches, and been known as Luke Ian
ning. She hail only beeo wearing dresses four
months when she was married. Iike
a giixl-looking young fellow, rame to
Simmons' place alxiut a year ago and
asked for work. He said he had a wid-
owed mother to supjort on the south side
of Sonth Mountain.
" Bring your mother over, boy," said
Simmons, "and you can build a hut and
work at wixjd-choppiug when I don't
want you on the farm."
Luke was industrious and daring. He
was a splendid rider and a good hunter.
Last winter he killed seven deer and
eleven bears.
"There was always a kind of shyness
alxiut the fellow, however, that I couldn't
understand," said Joe. " He never went
to any of the hi-downs with the young
folksj lut after work always returned
home to his mother. He never asex x-ia-ted
w ith any of the men, excepting Mi
chael, and he seemed to take very kindly
to him. They often went hunting ti
gethcr. It was on one of these trips that,
Michael Frone was startled with the dis
covery that his companion was a wo
man. " This was in last April. Luke's dog
had treed a young squirrel in an old tree
that overhung a steep cliff. The hunters
had met with pixirhivk that day. and
determined to get that squirrel at all haz-
arls. Luke raised his gun and bang.il I
away. Iown drop's-d the squirrel into j
the r.t,vine. It landed on a leiLte alxiut i
fifteen feet dow n the almost perpendicu
lar side of the nx ks.
" Luke, with his customary daring,
droppeil his gun, grablil hold of the
nxd-tof a tree, ami swung himself over.
He stepped on a protruding boulder in
his descent, which slipped, and he fell.
He turned over, his head striking a rix-k
on the ledge, kmx-king him senseless.
He had his clasp-knife in his hand, hav
ing just used it to cut away some bushes
tliat impeded his descent. His arm doub
led under him, and the sharp knife cut
him severely in the breast.
" Frome succeeded in making the de-si-ent
to his injured companion. He has
tily tore his companion's ehirt open, and
while restoring Luke to t-onseiousness and
stopping the flow of blixxl from the
wounds, Frome discovered the sex of the
young hunter.
" Well, my wif went over and Mrs.
limning, the widow, then told how Lncy
for that was Lnke's real name had put
on boys' clothes w hen she was li years
old and her father diciL and told her
mother that she was young and strong
and could easily pass as a boy. Her sex
was stispeiteil on the iither side of the
mountain, where she had previously been
working, and she was compelled to seek
employment elsewhere.
"Michael had thonght agi.nl ileal of:
Luke, and of course he thought more of j
Lucv. hen he saw her in kir his!
friendship turned to love, and I.ra .-on- ;
fessed to Michael that she love.1 hiilo!ig i
before he knew she was a woman." i
Woman. I
A handsome woman is dangerous. !
A woman h;is neither love nor respect j
for the man she can rule. j
One lad woman .-an keep a w hole j
neighlx.rh.xxl in hot water. j
A woman who is not jealous of her bus-
band is mrt in love with him. i
Nine cases out of ten when a wonum !
says she hat-s a man. she is in love with j
h',n- '
Woman is the sweetest and bitterest !
gift of (sxl toman. j
A woman w ill Confess to almost any- j
thing but to the Cu t that slie is growiug
old and ugly. j
If you want to keep a woman's love, 1
keep up a slight but steady flirtation with 1
her most hated rival.
When a woman gives y.u her l..ve, j
don't lay it away on i.-e f..r safe kc-ping. j
Better keep it in the warmest comer of;
your heart, so if she calls for it at any j
time you .-an return it in the condition i
She gave it to you. 4 int-imuiH mioW. j
Wasnt English.
"I say, chappie, you know iuy Sinqi-I
kinsou."
" Yaas, know him quite well." 1
"Well, what do you think 1've just !
heard alxmf him?" !
" I don't know, I'm snre. Something i
dweadful V
"lweadfui: I am going tobwing np ,
chahges against him to ex-l him from j
iKiah set" i
-Whatfiir?" i
" Why. he was heahd to sav 'molasses'
weal plain the other day."
"Well, what of it? There isn't any
thing so vewy fiad in that, is there?"
"Why, don't you know, the F.nglish
always say "tweacte"."
"Oh, the how wil thing! Let's exj!
him wight away."
An Earthquake Spoils a Million
of Acres.
In the southeastern part of Missouri,
the country, whieh was once capable of
cultivation, became, after the earthquake
of 1SI1-12. marshly. This distiict con
tains, on estimate, 1,517,2x7 acres, and ex
temls south from the neigh borh.xxl of
Cape Giranlean into the northern portion
of Arkansas, a distance in Missouri alone
of 108 miles, and westward'? as far as the
river St. Francis. The land is well lix-at-
reganls facilities for transport,
j and the gi eater portion can be, ami at
some not ery distant pc-no-l will be,
reclaiineiL The probable cost of
reclamation ia estimated at one million of
dollars.
AVIIOLE NO. 18tf7.
A Convincing: Argument.
i
' Turing one of ei!ator Yan Wyck's
: canvassesin Xew York Stare forCongre?,
long before he ever thonght of being a
Senator from Xebra-ka, and when he
was not sohanilsome is he Is now, he was
walking along a country road to a farm
house, when he met a mall man and a
big woman, evidently hu)and and wife,
or wife and husliau-L as you plea-,
"tnxxl morning." he said, with candi-
ilate cordiality.
j "Guod morning" rsxmlcd the wo-
man, crow ling her h islund to the rear.;. . . ... ,. ,
continued Yan Wyck. jokingly,
j " More'n the dogs k.n bark at,'
j ded tlie w oman.
respon-
! "Have you seen one they call Yan
I Wyck?"
"No, but I heard tell on him. an' my
husfian' here, kiu.ier wants to vote fer
him," she suid, jerking her thumb jver
her shoulder.
" Ah ?" and the candidate snitied.
I Yes ; but I don't think he will. I've
iiit mv riitiut i,ii tin. i.thikp it. -ui "
j " But, ma.Luii," remonstrated the can-
! diilate, " hy don't yi u want him to vote
j lor the man he wants to vote for?"
j "We'I, I ain't ntrsa Yan Wyck,
j an' I saw the other man, au' he suits me,
an' I caikilate ez I don't think my hus
band her ill vote fer Yan Wyck."
" You say, uiailam, you never Yan
Wwk?"
" Not ex I remember."
" Well, madam, l ui Yan Wyck.'
the speaker straightened himself up as
straight as the natural circumstances
would permit.
" Land sakes ! " she exclaimed "so you
are Yan Wyck ?" and she lixjked him
over from head to foot very carefully.
" Well now I know he'll vote fer the
other man."
The candidate fri'tl to argue, but she
wouldn't listen and h'irried away taking
her husband along.
The Old Gentleman's Coffee.
An honored and elderly memlx-r of (
the Boston bar. who is very fond of boat-
ing, is the possessor of a little shxip in j
which he makes venturous voyages to '
distant parts frequent! v going as far as
Rxx kport in one direction and Ihixbury ; He got no Ix tter, but said wheu
in the other. He always takes with him j n over a bad cold he woii'd be all
when they can go his two sons one a 1 rU-'"1- Two weeks later he died. A d.x--Vour.g
buines man. and the other a j U'T attended him. and said it was a
ilawning light of the law. Thev sail the ,rt of quick consumption. In his p.-k-
lx.at themselves, and the Ixivs " serve " j et-" 9rr f"m! half a dozen letters ; one
as i-ix.ks. They find the old gentleman's i h'' h di-ad man hail evidently writ
tastc easy enough to please except in the j t'n an'' neglected to mail, w as directcil
matter of coffee. i t" Miss Annie F Clement. New Orleaas.
When the party sailed this summer the 1 wa-" intending to mail it when I came
Id gentleman started in on his nsual '". among the papers f.und in his
complaints alxiut the corlee. It wasn't
strong enough. The boys made it strong
er. Still the old man complained alxiut
the watery stuff that the boys furnished
him.
" It strcms to !x that I nin never teach
you boys how to make coffee?" said he.
The nest morning one of the hoys
said :
"How would it do, Jiiji to leave the
old grounds in the pot, and try the effect
of that on the aovemor?"
" itxxl enough ; let's trv it."
They tried it. and when the old gentle-
man drank his coffee, he exclaimed :
" Ah. this Is !x-ftcr. lx.vs : Perhans I
shall get vim so vou can make coffee after
all."
They never cleaned out the pot after
that, and the old man kept exclaiming:
" Better and better, boys : "
But the old gentleman d rank his coffee
alone.
Finally toward the end of the trip, one
of the boy -s. id at table one morning :
" How uo yon think it would do father,
to leave Ue iPiunds in the coffee pot for
once ?"
" Never do in the world." said be.
' Twould spoil the coffee, of course."
He Had Hunted Woodchucks.
I
' '"'n the Lake Shore switchmen first
went out the company brought into Chi-
.-ago 11 the grani-erx' they could find
Hl1nj the line .-m.t -t then. t.. ..rk
Among them was an old fellow who J
-, -H,k ra(t it hai rver
railp,,.! t-f1re, and appeared more like a !
backwo.xlsman from wav up the w.xxls j
tilan anything else. Tin. engineers and
fin,lren ilid n.d relish tlw idea of mak-
n., n,, trim Wlt(l .f, ,,.. and ' -.-ab.'
at that, and so one aftermxin an eninneer
to his fireman -
" When we make ud X... 17 I will i,ull
up and get a gix.l nin on him, and we'll
mash that old cus just to make an exam
ple of him."
The fireman nixMed ass.-!it, and they
txith Iaugheii at the thought of what a
gixxl joke thev w ere going to have on the
(l, j j,, ,.VHr.4 car, start.-.l
w,.ki an,( th. n.'asthe old ger went in
, niitkt. , oupiing, theenginc-r put ..n
.. an,i (.lutt. with rlL,h a
S1I1 trlat Wifc, ),eanl all ..ver the yanis.
Tllr th ,.ri:iin,r t,j tlm nrt.Inu to
jump Mown ami run ttack ami see how
Iwilv the old man was iua.-h.il. Just as
the fireman got back the old granger
came out from fx-tween the i-ars. Iix.king
as oxd as a watermelon on ii-e.
"Thunder and lightning!" exclaimed
the firemen: "did you make that
coupling'""
" You l-t yinr lxxts I did," replie.1 the
old man. "I've hunted w.xnlchui k tix
long to lx- tx.l.il on tiudin' a hole like
that." ri.u-fjv ll.nill.
Too Busy to Study Nature.
"Ah," said the Summer tourist, lean
ing over the fence am! addressing the
fanner, "may I make bold to inquire
what that great quantity of green vegeta
tion growing over there is?"
"Cert'nly mister that's corn."
" Ah, thanks. And those large animals
over beyond the fem-e, they are, er "
" Cows, my friend, overy one of 'em
cows. Say v.m tlont seem to be very
well posted on these 'ere things."
" Perhaps not, the fai t is, my business
has kept me so finely confined that this
is the first chance I've liad to get out in
the country."
"Running a hajik or something like
that?"
" No, sir, I am an editor of an agricul
tural paper. I have ht Id that pition
tor thirty years."
Mrs. Cleveland was the recipient of no
less than five pemianta as welding gifts
to wear w ith the diamond neiklace given
her bv the President.
An Editor's Tragedy.
j He was the trlegniph editor " on a
paper, and ail thnvuth th! evening and
morning hour he rnt the sheet of mani
! 8H -titled the " i's," it in pnrimis.
"tfriiglitemxl the twisted sentences, and
ix-rasionally swore at the operator alio
j niade such p.-r copy. He wa at tbe
! time I knew him striitly temperate, as I
; afterward learned. dite to tlie fa-t that
while in New Orleans he U.-..I tiUcn in
love with a yoong girl in moderate cir
cmiistarjces. who had promised to Ix-come
his wife when he xhoold eonsider him
self is circrunstances to warrant such a
step. He never told me of this, but of
ten spoke of preferring to live in a small
citv, away from the boys, ami where he
could save more money. He had a pic
ture of a yoting lady, that was always on
his desk, and often in the night his eys
would wamier from the " manifold " and
look 6r 6ve niinnteson the face that of
a sweet-faced girl, with dark hair ami big
eyes, that in the picture seemed deep and
liipiiiL
lie night, or rather morning, 6t it
was nearly time (r the paper to go to
press, the night editor came in, ami
said:
" Mr. , how is tlie rejrt coming
j The Western Union "kid" had just
! bnyli.hr in the tiMt .ixwt iif riiiiv an,l rli
TUirtv is in.'
When tlie telegraph operator revives
; the last dis)th-h for the night, he writes
' under it the conventional sign. ":&)."
The night editor said unless there wjs
I something imxirtant, to kill it. for it was
! getting late.
My friend, w ith his pencil in hisdGgvr.
i ran hastily through it. and when he
! reached the last paragraph stopped short.
! and tor a moment turned pale as death.
: while his pencil dropped from his riugi-rx.
i But he recovered himself in a tnoinetit.
; ami in reply to the night editor ques
' tion. said wearily :
! "There are two paragraphs one on
: Beechcr's triaL and another alit some
! young lady being struck by lightning i;
' a town in Louisiana ; that all."
" Semi up the one aU.iit Bei her and
i kill the other," said the night editor ,
Uotxxiy in this part of theiiKintry cares
. 1 a continental about any young ia.lv tieing
killed two thousand miles from here, not
at this time in the moruing."
j My friend wrote a head for the Bee. h
' er story and put the rest of the manifold
paper in his px ket. He put on his eout
I with a tired air and left tbeoffii-e, pawing
: the police reporter in the adjoining room
! with a brief gixxl-night.
Next evening he did not show up at the
nsual hour, and the night editor swore,
I for he had to handle the telegraph him
self. It was two days lefore I saw or
heard from my friemL and then I heard
tliat he had quit his job. and I Went to
his n.iiu, way down on Flui street.
" I am not well." he said. I had toquit
night work awhile. I'm alxiut done up."
Tliat was alxiut all he said, and for a
week, as I made calls on him, it was the
; pix'kets. a bit of manifold copy, on which
j w;is written, as near as I ran rens-miier.
! the following :
i New Oki.ias.h. f'uring aseveretlinn
; der storm this evening lightning struck
j house of Mrs. E. Clement, Now Carom le-
j let street, and that lady'sdaughter Annie,
j aged twenty, instantly killed. That even
I ing I went down to the office where the
: dead man had worked. A new man was
j "doing the telegraph." and Hotly seein
, ed to rememlier that the man had ever
I worked there. The picture was puxke.1
! "v'r tn window sill and cmcred with
j ,nwt- th picture of Annie, w ho
i had been killed by the lx.lt that .lav that
the teK-graph editor had quit hL il-sk
forever. The picture, with the letter.,
were mailed to the girl's mothur. with a
short notice of the death, but no one ever
told her that the blow that broke the
pixir, hardened newsjiaper man s heart,
was the nnimportant paragraph that the
night editor had irdered killed."
In Danger of Tipping Up.
Iliring the war it was the had it for
delegations of " prominent citizens" to
visit Washington to consult with I'resi
dent Lincoln upon the conduct of the
war. Sometimes duriiigthe darkest days
a dozen or more of the leading business
men of Wilmington, In-laware, called
upon the President. They told him that
they represented the "solid men" of
iH-laware. and that they had come to dis
cuss the situation, and the means of end
ing the ifniggle. After the chairman f
the delegation (who is still in active bus
iness in Wilmingtom had finished his
six-ech. the President asked :
"So you are among the solid men of
Ivlaware T
" Yes." was the reply.
" All from New Castle county T
" Yes. all from New Castle."
"All from Wilmington, Ux.?"
" Yes. all from the same city," replied
the gentlemen, in a chorus.
" Well," replied Mr. Lim-oln. as his
eyes twinkled, "did it ever i.xurto vou
gentlemen that there was danger of your
little state tipping up during yisir al-sem-w?"
Tlie delegation returned home wiser,
but so full of appreciation of the joke that
their friends were not long in Inuring
of it.
He Was Afraid of Ananias.
There is a little boy down in Lynn
who is giving to the telling of very large
stories, and who often has to lx chasten
ed for untruthfulness. Not long since his
father, to try the effect of a new treat
ment gave over the usual metloxl of pun
ishment, and toliljrhe b.y the story! of
Ananias and Sapphira with all the im-pr-ssiveness
tfiat he i-uld mater. TI
lxiy seemeil to lx much edified by tfw
narrative.
The very next evening, when the fath
er came home, he found his w ife leaning
over tlie bny with ti-ar in her eyes.
" What is the matter?" the father a-k-ed.
"Oh, Willie has Ix-en telling anotlier
great big lie," said she.
" Yes, papa." said the lxiy, "and xl
didn't deaif me, either: "
Johnny's Ambition.
I you gi to schixd. Johnny?" in-
I ui red a lady.
" Yes'nu"
" And do yon study hard ? "
" Yes'm."
" I suppixw you want to be a great man
when you grow op?"
" Yes'm."
"And what do you Uiink youll be?"
" I know what I'm goin' to be."
" What is it Jonny ? Tell me."
" I'm goin' to be the man that wear
' the big fur hat and throw the stick
around in front of the ban.!."
j Never let the bottom ot your parse ut
I yuar mind be seen.