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A FREQUEXT MISTAKE.
Joniab and I have been on a visit to
Alcander aud Fidelia Pogram. We had
been owiu' 'em visits for some time.
ineyre moviu' planets, and revolve
round considerable, and always have,
e are stars, Josiah and me, that are
more fixed in our orbits. It wui on
one of Alcacderses revolutions (with
of cot re his sttelite Fidelia a revolvin
rmudhinj) that they lived neighbor
to us fir over two years, aud I got real
attached to Fidelia. She is a conscien
tious, painstaking woman, and her
huabaud is well off, and nate rally good,
n-ttured aud well-meanin'. But when
they wuz first married Fidelia made a
Molok of him, and burnt incense be
fore him day and night, buruiu' up on
that altar all her own perferences and
desires, all ber chances of recreation
and rest, all her own ideals, her own
lovev
Never tryiu' to lift herself up and
look abroad iuto the sunlight, and
fuller it outdoors iuto happiness 110;
the jest t crouched before that altar
till her eyes got dim with the muokeof
her sacrifice aud she couldn't etraight
en up. And the cloud of incense she
wuz offeriu' up to him fnm day today
wuz so heavy between 'em that he'd
lost sight of ber; aud bein' at bis feet,
instead of by his side where she be
longed, he couldn't see her very well,
and she seemed to be quite a distance
away from him. Bbe bad made over
bysuchdoin'a his naterally generous
disposition into a selfish, overbearin'
one. He wuz about as innocent as a
babe of the way it wus done, and she
too. But, take it all in all, she had
made about the worst botch of married
life that I hal ever seen made, and she
all the time jest as conscientious and
religious as old Job or Zeklel or any of
'em; and be too thought that he wuz
jest as good as Obadiah or Jonah or
Enoch. And, what made it seem still
worse to me, she wuz bringin' up her
g rl in the same way.
Elinor wuz goiu' on twenty-one, and
had a bo, Louis Arnold by n uue. Her
ma bad told me about it tbe year before
and I had noticed that Elinor looked
real nwy and sweet. That wuz in the
first Jay 8 of courtship, and I could see
that the peil wuz upon her. Tbe earth
wus glorified; the heavens bent down
clost to her; she aud Louis wuz a walk
in' through Eden. But tbe next time
I see Elinor sbe looked considerable
faded and anxious eyed: for all the
world her eyes looked like ber ma's
loviu' and faithful a a dog's and as
anxious Iookin' as a -dog's when it has
been doin' sunthiu' and expects a
wbippin'. I had beam from a neigh
bor tbat Louis was of late growin' cool
tn bis attentions to Elinor. And I felt
bad, for I mistrusted how it was done.
Bbe had sot him up on such a bite tbat
he looked down on her. Good land!
with her potter, he had to look down
if he her at all. Tbe neighbor said
that it waz's posed tbat Elinor wuz
goiu' iuto a decline, and sez she: "Tbat
Louis Arnold is a viiliao. He paid her
attention for a yeur and won her love,
and wuz as good as engaged to her, and
she doin' everything under tbe sun to
keep bis love, and then he grew cool
and drawed olt He Is a villian!" she
repeated.
'Well, mebby there Is blame on both
sides."
And agin she s z, "Elinor did every
thing to hold him, and duz yet, for sbe
still hopes to keep him."
And I sez, "Mebby she did too much.'
And tbe neighbor glared at me, and
bjz, coldly, "I don't understand you."
And I sez, "No, I s'poze not." And
I didn't explain furder, nor she didn't
And this neighbor, bein' a sharp-
eyed-and-nosed woman, who evidently
laved scandal, sed, "Have you hearn
anything more abjut Fidelia's trou
bles?" And I sez, "No."
And she sez, "Poor creeter! she is
passin' through tbe waters."
And Isti: "What waters? Has she
fell into the creek, or has her sutler
overflowed?"
And then she sez, right out, "Her
hired girl gits more of ber husband's
attention tban sbe dux. hoiks talks
sight !" sez sbe.
And I sez cooly, "They generally do;
tbey mostly make out nut to lose tbe
use of their tongues by tyin' 'em to
tbeir teeth."
Aud I wouldn't ask a woid more;
but she went on: "Everybody tez
Maud acts more like the mistress of the
house tban Fidelia duz, dressed up and
loiteriu' round; though tbey do say that
she is faithful and honest; but Fidelia
duz the hardest of tbe work herself,
and folks say that Maud eata with
tbem, aud if anything is wanttd
Fidelia gits up and gits it, and Maud
sits like a lady."
Well," sez I, "most probable that
is Fidelia's fault. Bbe wouldn't do it
unless sbe wuz a fool!" sez I.
'And some one told me," sez the
neighbor, "tbat hearn it from one that
wuz knowin' to it, that Alcander bad
been known to pay Maud compliments
oa ber good looks and pretty drestee
aud find fault with Fidelia."
'Wei!," tz I "tbat la notbin' but
human man-uater; tbey will always
find fautt w ith tbeir wives in prefer
ence to other witnmen; they're built in
est tbat way, and mebby tbey can't
belp iL I s'poze mebby tbey think
tbat they're compiimentiu' 'em, payin'
attention to 'em; men are so queer."
And again she looked real meanin',
and sez, "Well, folks talk a sight."
And I sezagiu, "They most generally
do."
Well, Fidelia Pogram wuz dretful
glad to see me, and so wuz Elinor.
Alcander, owin' to tbe course of treat
ment he bad bad, acted some hauty,
bein' I wuz a woman Fidelia's fault,
every mite on'U Alcander wuz warm
hearted when he wuz married, and
liked wimmea jest as well aa be did
men and better, too, bis wife beiu' a
woman. Well, I see in a minute that
Elinor looked bad, boiler-eyed, pale,
wan, and some stoopin' in tbe should
ers (but of that more anon.) Well,
tbey hurried round and got a good
supper. Fidelia la a splendid cook and
due all the cookiu', for Alcander like
ber cook in' better than he dux at y
body lae'i; aud Fidelia, bein' so anx
ioui to please bitn,
mite; and he thluks
dux it all, every
that Fidelia duz
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op his shirt bosoms better and so sbe
irons all the fine clothes; aud Alcander
finds a sight of fault if the bouse hain't
kep' jest so; and Maud not bein' a
nateral housekeeper, Fidelia jest slaves
round all tbe time, cleanin' and pickiu'
up, and looks fagged out and tired and
worn all the time, and the hired girl
pert and rosy; and Alcander paid her a
compliment on her good looks, and
wished right before me tbat Fidelia
could look more like Maud, and Maud
brid ed op and looked tickled, and
Fidelia's bead drooped like a droopin
dove's. And I don't know when
have been madder, both as a friend and
as a woman.
And I spoke right up, and sez, "Meb
by if Maud had been in the kitchen
over a hot stove, and br'iled tbe steak
and creamed the potatoes aud made
tbe coffee, and if Fidelia had been out
on the piazza part of tbe time, mebby
sbe would have looked more fresh
I had seen Maud there half of the time
she wuz a-aettiu' the table, a-leanin'
over tbe railin', actiu' lazy and uppish
"But," sez Alcander, coolly, "Fidelia
prefers to do thecooklii'."
"Yes," sez Fidelia, faintly for she
wuz wore out "yes, I prefer."
"Well," sez I, "If you do, it la tbe
least we can do, who enjoys your de
licious supper, to be thankful to you,
and sorry tbat you have wore yourself
out for our enjoyment." Fidelia's
cheeks flushed and ber eyes brightened
at the unusual thing of a word of praise
beln'gi'n to her; and the hired girl
looked mad and black; and Alcander
looked on with perfect wonder at the
turn things had took, and spoke quite
soft to Fidelia, and she brightened up
still more.
Bez he, "Nobody can cook a steak
equal to Fidelia."
And my Josiah looked real temper-
some, and as if be wuz a-golu' in to
combat for my rights as a stak'idt. But
I spoke right up and sez:
"Tbat la so, Alcander. Fidelia is one
of the most splendid cooks in tbe coun
ty, and you must be proud of ber, and
do all you can to make her rest and
recreate between meals, jest out grati
tude to tbe one that furnishes such de
licious food."
He looked kinder cheap; and Fidelia
looked troubled, for sbe mistrusted tbat
there wuz a shadder of blame bein' cast
onto Alcander; but I changed tbe sub
ject, like a good mistress of ticktacks.
I s'poze, Elinor, you have read tbe
last great book of ?" aud I named
a book very upliftiu', and beloved by
young wimmen.
"No," she said; she hadn't much
time for readin', ebe wuz so busy mak
in' Christmas gifts.
Sez Fidelia, proudly, "Elinor has
hemstiched tweuty-two fine linen
handkerchiefs for her aunts and cousins
on both side, and made home-made
lace to trim them with out of one
hundred -and twenty thread."
And I sez, "I didn't know that there
wuz any thread so fine."
Yea," aex Fidelia; "it looks like a
cab web; and out of that same threat
she has made twenty yards of that lace
to trim under-clothea for ber two sister-in-laws."
"Isn't it bad for her eyes, Fidelia?"
sez I iookin' at tbe worn, red eyelids of
Elinor.
"Yes," sez Fidelia, "it wuz very hard
on her; but she wanted to do it, for she
thought they would prize 'em higher;
and then," sz Fidelia, "sbe has made
two dozen dollies for Louis's mother
out of tbatsbme thread."
"How long did it take you to do it?"
sez I dryly.
"Oh," sez she, "I bad them for work
all summer; I begun 'em tbe 1st of June,
so I could be sure to get tbem done for
Christmas. I think tbat I could have
done tbem in two months if I had
worked all the time."
And I sez to myself, all these long
golden summer hours, aweet with bird
song, fragraut with flowers and beau
ty, she bad sot over her one bund red -and
twenty thread patiently weavin'
cobwebs, hopin' mebby to ketch Hap.
pinessin it; but 'tennyrate doin' this
slow work, utitch by stitch, and lettin'
all the beauty aud glory of summer
and life go by. For I begun to see
plainer than ever why Louis Ar
nold wuz a defaulter in the bank of
Ive.
"Oh," sez Fidelia, "I want you to see
the slippers she has embroidered for
Lniia I never see the beat of it; they
are so fine you can't tell where tbe
stitches are put; each one look her three
weeks of stiddy work; they are a
design of pink roses on a sky-blue
ground."
Bez I, "She could have bought a pair
fr five dollars tbat would have done
jest as well, and I wou'd have loved to
have seen some of the pink roses on her
cheeks, and some of the bright sky-blue
In ber eyes. Tbey used to look like
bits of the sky peeping out of rosy
clouds." (Them wuz her cheeks in
metafur.) "But they look faded now,
Fidelia," sez I "dretful faded aud
wore out."
"Yes," sez, she, "she has injured her
eyesight this summer injured it a
sight, Bbe has sot up till midnight,
night after night, workin', for fear she
wouldn't git 'em done In time. And
then," sex sbe, bustin' out into a con
fi lentlal tone, "she has cried a good
deal. Ob, Bamantba," sez she, "you
don't know bow much that girl Is a
aurTerin'. There she Is, jest the same aa
engaged, and ahe jest aa faithful aa tbe
north star to tbe pole, and he growin'
cool all tbe time and indifferent."
"Well," sez I, 'the stiddy faithfulness
of tbe star can't be changed, Fidelia,
mr the coldness of the north pole, for
It la the nater of that pole to be frigid,
aad we can't di anything to warm it
up. But," sex I, "as for this matter of
Elinor and Louis Arnold, I believe my
soul that I coull make a change in
their doin's if I had my way."
"Oa, dear Samantha! Could you,
oou'.d you?" sex Fidelia, awipin'up
h?r tears and Iookin' some brighter.
"But," sez I, a sort of Iookin off
meatally some distance, "it hain't no
ways likely that she would do what I
would want her do."
"Oh, sbe would r sex Fidelia.
"I would, I would!" cried Elinor, ad
vanclc' from behind tbe porchchair.
"Forgive me; I wux behind the curtain
a-catchln' tbe la t daylight on tbe slip
pers, and I overheard you talk. I will
do jest as you say, for my heart Is
set
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mey always auntiea and uncled ua,
our children did, Fidelia's and mine.
"I will do jest what you tell me to,"
sez sbe, standin' before me, tears
streaming down her white cheeks, her
work-box in one hand, and tbe oncom-
pleted slipper a-danfUn' in the other.
"Well," sez I, "the first thing to do
s to put them aside," sex I, a-mo'.ionin'
o the slippers, two-thirds of which wus
not done; "and them too," sex I, p'lnt-
in' to the delicate cobweb-work baogin'
over the sides of ber work-basket.
"Lay them aside!" sez she, in won
derin, horror-struck axents; "these
Christmas gifts ?"
And I leaned back in my chair and
looked indifferent, and sex I, "I knew
you wouldn't do what I wanted you
to."
"Oh, I will, I will!" sez she. "I will
do it." And she went to a side table
and laid the work-basket on it and
throwedascarf over it. I see she meant
bizness, and sbe oome back and sot
down on a low stool at my feet and
leaned her pretty head against my
knee, and I smoothed down the cl lis
ted n' curls on her pale forward and
went on.
;now," sez I, "the first thing you
do, you go to the book store and buy a
handsome copy of 'Is Marriage a Fail
ure?' for Louis Arnold, and some other
nice book or piece of useful silverware
for bis mother. Wrop these oncom
pleted gifts up in silk paper and put
tbem in tbe draw; and as you shet that
draw up, abet up in it all your cares
and anxieties for Christmas; keep in
your mind only the beauty and blessed
ness of the day, and its holy and hal
lowed meanin'. Keep this cobweb-
work you have done for yourself as a
motto that means 'I will never do it
agin,' and buy of some poor girl tbat
wants tbe money some of this hem
stitch in' and tattin' and drawwork you
want for your relations, and do them
up, ready to send away, and put tbem
in draws; and when you shet them
draws, shet up all anxieties for them.
Then," sez I, "all this off your mind,
bathe your wore-out eyes and pale face
in some good pure water, go to bed at
nine, and get up in the early mornio',
fresh aud vigorous and go into the sun
light and drink down tbe sweet air like
a heal in' cordial."
The weather wux wonderful for Oc
tober; Injun summer had made the
ountry beautiful; the roads wus bard
and smooth as summer roads. Sez I,
Forgit all your cares, put on the pretty
dress you wuz makin' tbe last time I
saw you, and go out for a long ride."
Oh," sez she, "I don't ride tbe
wheel any more."
"Why?" sez I, wooderin'iy.
"Oh, Louis dou't like to have me.
He thinks it's unladylike and unwom
anly."
"Don't he ride?" sex I.
"Ob. yes he baa to for his nerves.
He thinks that ridin' a wheel has al
most cured him. He used to be dretful
nervous and weak. He can't bear bein'
shut up in the house all the time."
Well," sez I, "didn't you think that
it helped you to ride? Your ma told
me that you felt like a new creature
after you had had your wheel for a
month.'
"Oh yes," Aunt Samantha," sex she,
it did, belp me more tban I can tell,
and you don't know how I have miss
ed it; I have felt that it would have
been such a belp to me while I was
makiu' these Christmas gifts."
"Well, why under the sun and moon,
to say nothin' of the stars and meteors,
haven't you kept on with what you
knew helped you so?"
"Oh, Louis doesn't approve of my
ridin', and he wuz bitterly opposed to
my wearin' short skirts; be considered
it immodest, and I had Jest about as
soon not go at all as to go In my long
skirts. Tbe last time I rode, to please
Louis I wore my long dress, and right
in the middle of the village my dress
wound round the wheel, and it wound
my dress nigh up offen me, and I fell
over onto my head."
"I suppose he C3usidered that more
modest?" sez I, dry as a chip.
He is dretful opposed to short
skirts," s x she; he talked awful to me
about 'em."
Why don't you insist on his wearin'
hij bath-robe on his wheel? Let him
try it once and then see. Why didn't
you say tbat you wuz shocked at tbe
sight of bis long limbs, and favored the
Eastern garb for men? Your dress wuz
modest and mejum, it come to the tops
of your shoes, and you wore a divided
skirt of tbe same cloth; you can tell
him, from me, your dress wuz jest
twice as modest as his'n."
"Oh," sez she, "I wouldn't think of
criticisin' his dress."
"Why not, as long as he criticises
yours? But as for your dress and bis'n,
they're both all right And now do
you, within the next fifteen minutes,
don that garb, and go out on tbat
wheel, and take a good long ride."
'Ob, I don't feel aa though I should
go right against his wishes. 1 nave
done everything I could to hold his
love."
You have done too much," sex I,
coolly. "And now, Elinor Pogram, do
you brace up and have a little gump
tion. Get right onto your wheel and
go out into the sweet air and sunlight;
and if you meet Louis Arnold, jest nod
at him as cool aa a cowcuniber, and go
right on and fuller It up next a ay and
next, or as long as good weather lasts.
I believe you rusted and tired out
your faculties a-bendin' over yovr fine
work from day to day, and be didn't
find your companionship exhilaratin'
and ioepirin' at alL He la a bright
chap," sex I, "you know, and he will
seek bright inspirin' company."
She looked up gratefully as I abused
ber and excused Louis, In a real wom
anly way, and left the room to put on
ber abort bicycle rig. It was dark blue,
braided with white, and a coquettish
little white cap braided with black, and
some black feathers stuck up real cute
on one aide, and she looked as pretty as
a pink a white pink and real cuu
Din' as she sot off. Well, she come
back Iookin' perter considerable; she
hadn't met Louis, but she had met the
sunshine and soft autumn air, and they
had invigorated her.
Tbe next moruin' I went with her, at
ber request, to git the books and pres-!
ents I had named, and, at my requests,
they wuz locked up at 12 m., and back
aches and eye-smarts and fevered an
ietles and pricked finger-ends with 'em.
And at 3 p. m. ahe sot off agin on ber
wheeL This time she come back look
in' considerable white around her li,
but her eyes bright and cheeks rosy,
after all; she had met Louis and done
what I told her, and left him in such a
state of complete stupeflcation she wuz
alarmed about him. Bez she, anxious
ly, "His looks wus so wonder struck
and alarmed that I fear for his safety;
I fear that he may be led to extreme
lengths," sex she.
"Wus he on his wheel?" sez I.
"lea," she replied, "be wux on his
wheel, and the picture cf health and
strength."
-Ana so win you De," sex l, "now
you have laid aside your eye-harro win',
nerve-destroying' needle-work; and
when I say this understand distinctly
that I might applaud, though I pitied,
your work If it earned yon your liveli
hood. But in your case it is needless,
and so I have said lay it aside; there ia
no fear but that you will perform all
the domestic duties you ort to, for it is
in your nater, and you will resoomyour
music and books, fur you will want
to get brightness from them; but be out.
care free, under the blue heavens all
you can. lies pec t yourself, and insist
on bein' respected. Be thoughtful of
Louis's rights, and insist on his being
thoughtful of yours; respect his opin
ions so fur as you can consistently; but
for his selfishness and whims, gi
onto your wheel and ride right through
em. If you are to walk through life
together, stand up straight by his side;
don't crouch at his feet doin' drawn-
work and tattin' all your days; he will
like you enough sight better. If you
find him worthy, and you are to be his
wife, make his home tbe most delight
ful place on earth a clean, sweet rest
in' place from tbe toils of life and a
shelter from its storms; but don't, don't
burn up your own individuality as in
cense before him; keep it to make his
home more cbarmin' than any other.
Make him love you for your sweet love
and care fur bim; make him admire
you for your thought and care for your
self; use a lot of c mmon sense In tbe re
ceipt of married life, and mejumness,
use tbat lavish, and you'll git alonz
first rate."
Well, they urged me to stay a week
or so; and Josiah iiavin' bizness to
'tend to right there, we gin consent.
Elinor kep' on jest as I had planned,
and, stimulated by the example of plain
common sense right before ber eyes,
Fidelia braced up and began to use com
mon sense and some mejumness her
self. Bbe spoke out of ber own accord
oue afternoon, and sez sbe:
"I have three of the night-shirts
dune, and I am not goiu to make any
more of tbem for Christmas; and you,
Maud," sez she, tiirnin' to the pert-faced
domestic, "you may wash them and do
tbem up tbe next time you wash."
Why," sez Maud, "I can't do the
washin' and ironin' as well as you can,
Mis' Pogram. Mr. Pogram won't like
my iron In' I am sure."
Well, be will have to stand it," sez
Fidelia, Iookin' some pale, but real de
cided; "and when you broil the steak
for supper, Maud, be sure you don't
burn it; have a hot platter ready for it,
and put on the butter and pepper and
salt even, and bring it to the table pi-
pin' hot"
Tbe girl's haughty feathers seemed
to droop, and sbe spoke more respect
ful to Fidelia than I had hearn her
speak, and sez she, "I will do my best,
mom."
And sez Fidelia, "If Mr. Pogram
comes here before we do, tell bim tbat
Josiah Allen's wife and I have gone
out fur a long drive."
In my inmost heart I said "Bravo,
Fidelia! bravo!" But outside I only
said, "I shall be real glad to have a
good long drive with you, Fidelia; it
will put me in mind of old times."
Bo Fidelia ordered her pony and low
phaeton brought to the door and we sot
off. It wuz a very comfortable carriagp.
cushioned with blue. I see tbat Al
cander did his part by Fidelia in fur-
nlsbin' comforts and luxuries for her,
only, bein' so much engaged in incense
burnln' and drawn-work, she couldn't
take advantage of 'em. As I lay back
on tbe soft cushions my mind roved off
on the strange turn things had took,
and I wondered if it wux tte atmos
phere of my strong desire and good
will to help her tbat had stimulated
Fidelia to use a little common sense;
for I bad not said a word to ber about
her affairs and Alcanderses. I knew
that high clear mountain air would do
wonders for sick folks iu a short time,
and I knew that my will to help her
towered up perfectly mountainous and
high, and I s'poze mebby it braced her
up. we mortals are sucn strange cree-
ters anyway that we can't really under
stand bow things be thus and so. But,
tennyrate, as we rolled along the
pleasant country roads, under trees or
ange and scarlet and gold - colored,
sweet with the birds' late songs, out
into sunny stretches of open country
roads, sun-glorified, and further embel
lished on either side by cozy home
steads and loftier mansions, and anon
long green meadows stretchin' away
to green woods and tree-covered hills.
with a tender baze bangin' about 'em
as our phaeton rolled noiselessly on
through tbe soft, sweet Injun-summer
air, Fidelia's cheek got to Iookin' con
siderable pink, and ber faded eyes
brightened up considerable, and ber
faculties seemed to sort o wake up, and
she acted brighter than I had seen her
act for upwards of ten years.
Well, supper wuz all ready when we
got home. Fidelia bad only jest time
to go to ber room and pin a pink bow
onto tbe bosom of her dress, but I don't
know when I have seen ber look so
welL Alcander noticed it in a minute.
He looked quite admirin' at her; and
though the beefsteak might not have
been so deliwious aa Fidelia's, yet her
directions bad beeu carried out, and it
wuz good enough. 'Tennyrate, Alcan
der seemed to enj y his supper the best
tbat ever wux, for be and Fidelia wux
talkiu' together in a way I hadn't
hearn 'em for years. And take Fide
lia when she wusu't so wore out burn
in' incense, and br'ilin' steaks and
chops and chickens, and drawln'
threads out of fine linen and workin'
He
'em in agin, she wuz a smart woman
and very agreeable companion.
Maud, 1 noticed, bad retired more
into tbe background, as it were; she
waited on the table with a different
air, less as if she wux the mistress of
ceremonies, and more as If sbe wuz tbe
helper Instead of tbe giver of the feast
Well, it wuz on the fifth day, as Al
cander and Fidelia and I wuz a drivin'
along through the soft air in tbe luxu
rious easy carriage, behind two prancin'
horses, real happy and contented, and
talk in good naturedly, who should we
meet but two young folks on bicycles?
The young man wuz bendin' fondly
over tbe young woman, so engrossed in
conversation that they didn't notice
our presence till we got almost up to
them. Then they looked up, and we
see that it was Elinor and Louis Ar
nold. But wuz it Elinor? Yes, it wuz.
But what a change from tbe pale, hollow-eyed
drawn -work stitcher! Her
cheeks were pink, and happiness spark
led in her soft blue eyes like two bright
stars becalmed in tbe June heavens.
Tbey bad made up, and Louis Arnold
looked handsome and happy and con
tented. Well, I told Fidelia, the next day.
that aa Josiah had got bis business
done, I guessed I wouldn't stay any
longer, and she bust right out a-cryin'
onto my shoulder (it wuz a gray outin'
cloth, and I knew tbat it would wash.
so I didn't care.)
And sez she, "My preserver, bow can
I have you go?"
And Elinor, who wuz in tbe room,
throwed herself onto my other shoul
der, and ber tears drizzled down onto
ray shoulder-blade (but agin the
thought calmed me that the colors
were fast)
Bez Elinor: "You have preserved nay
happiness; you have dragged me back
from the very brinks of ruin."
"And me too!" sez Fidelia.
And I sez, gently, extricatin' myself
from the four encirclin' arms: "Oh,
pshaw! you have preserved yourselves,
aud d'awed yourselves bark by the
cords of common sense and mejum
ness. And now," sez I, in confidence.
ere we part, let me adjure you to cling
to them two strings, and cling hard.
Use common sense day by day, be good
and true to them you love, and be good
and true to yourselves; brace up, have
gumption, and may Heaven bless you!"
sez I, and I turned away and begun to
pack my nightgown and barred-mus-
n nightcap into my satchel bag.
Josiah and I wus invited to Elinor's
weddin,' which occurred New Year's
day. That book, "Is Marriage a Fail
ure?" presented by hs fiewimty, had
skairt Louis most to death. His love
came back, sent by tbe great shock as
a wave that washed all barriers in front
of it They had to hurry up the wed
din' to phase him, aud Elinor consent
ed, after considerable urgin'. Girls of
this day are so smart that they can fit
into any rolL
Well, we couldn't go to the weddin'.
owin' to a crick in my back, but I sent
her a handsome book, "How to be
Happy Though Married," and Josiah
sent her a brilliant silk ban kerchief,
which he picked out himself. By Josi
ah Allen's Wife, in Harper's Bazar.
Toads and Bats.
As a result of experiments with toads
and bats, it has been demonstrated that
a house, or even a community, can b
rid of various troublesome insects, in
cluding flies and moequi'oes. These
experiments were made by Prof. Clin
ton F. Hodge, of Clark Uuiversity,
Worcester, Mass. Professor Hodge's
first experiment was with the toad. "I
constructed a small pen in my garden,"
he said, "and in it, in a pan of water,
installed a male and female toad. To
attract food for tbem I placed within
tbe inclosure bits of meat and bone.
Tbe results were as satisfactory as they
were unexpected. The toads spent
most of the time sitting within reach
ing distance of the bait and killing tbe
(lies attracted by it I watched one
toad snap up eighty-six house flies in
less than ten minutes.
'One day I gathered a quantity of
rose bugs in a tin box and began to feed
the bugs to a toad. At first I did not
count, but, finding bis appetite so good,
I started to count When I bad count
ed over eighty bugs and tbe toad show
ed no signs of wishing to conclude his
meal, I picked him up. Previous to
my beginning to count he had taken
anywhere from ten to twenty bugs. I
found' the toad equally greedy for rose
beetles, canker worms, ants, caterpil
lars, moths, June bugs, weevils, snails
and many other insects. So, too, in a
house, a room may be cleared of cock
roaches by leaving a toad iu it over
night
A single toad may destroy over two
thousand worms during the months of
May, June and July, and one of these
harmless creatures may well do a gar
dener service to the amount of f 19 KS
each season, and yet he can raise (J0,000
worth of toads at an expense of not
more than 20 cents.
Farmers in England buy them, pay
ing as high as 2 a thousand, for use
in tbeir flower beds and gardens, ror
household purposes a small number of
toads could be given homes in an aqua
rium. At night the toads could be let
loose to kill bugs, while in the day they
could kill flies. I have built a sort of
cage or wire screen a foot wideaod two
feet long, tbe top of which is kept open.
It is only necessary to put in two or
three toads, provide tbem with shelter.
with a dish of water in one corner, and
then keep them supplied with bits if
raw meat and any other refuse matter
calculated to attract bico."
In speaking of tbe bat, Professor
Hodge said: "We have no animal
mora interesting, and probably none
more valuable, and certainly none less
understood and more abused than the
bat Tbey are easily tamed, absolutely
harmless when gently handled, and
make pets as funny as tiny monkeys.
As destroyers of many of our most pes
tiferous night-flying insects like mos
quitoes, the bat is almost our sole de
pendence, and, as he is known to hunt
insects afoot, aa well as on the wing, he
is also of some value for larvae that do
not fly.
My attention was turned to the bat
through the codlln moth, the insect to
blame for most worm-eaten apples. In
an orchard near my home I found nine
l
WHOLE NO. 2520.
of the grubs of this insect in one min
ute. Chancing to go to another orch
ard, hardly a mile away, I found only
four of tbe grubs in an hour's search.
There ia an old barn near by, in which
live a colony of between seventy-five
and one hundred bats. The owner in
formed me that bis apples were always
free from worms." Bangor Industrial
Record.
Avoid all dryiug inhalants ao use
that which cleanses and heals th mem
brane. Ely's Cream Balm ia such a
remedy aud enns Catarrh easily and
pleasantly. Cold iu the bead vanishes
quickly. Price 50 cents at druggists or
by mail.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking
and to a great loss of hearing. By the
use of Ely's Crem Balm dropping of
mucus has ceased, voice and bearing
have greatly improved. J. W. David-
sou, Attorney at Law, Monmouth, III.
Flour From Potatoes.
Potato M'Hir is much used in Austria,
where it is cheaper tliau wheat flour.
The natives use it for all sorts of baking,
and it makes beautiful white bread and
cake. The met bod of mak ingtbeflour
is to wash and peel tbe potatoes, and
then cut them up into small pieces.
These pieces are next crushed so tbat
the starch Is separated from the cells.
Water is freely added to carry away the
starch during the process. Tbe pota
toes are then dried and pulverized,
wheu the flour is ready for using.
"After paying over $o00 for useless
doctors' service I waa cured of a com
plicated stomach, head and spine
trouble by Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer,"
so writes W. Swallow, Ridgeway, Ohio.
Tbe superior merits of Brant's Cough
Balsam are cur quickest, and larg
est 25 cent bottle. Fur sale at Uarman's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa., and Moun
tain A Son's Drug 3ture, Confluence,
Pa.
He Was Deceived.
"A rather queer incident occurred on
my train the other day," said the trav
eling man. "We were coming along
through Eastern Ohio. We were going
directly toward a very heavy, black
cloud, a thunder-storm, doubtless. It
was fearfully dense and black. You
kno how such clouds look. Every
body noticed it"
"Yes," replied the listener, "but what
was there peculiar about this one?"
"Why, the brakeman saw it, and
went through the cars calling out 'Pitta
burg.' "New York World.
"I owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Bitters. Scrofulous sores cover
ed uiy body. I seenied beyond cure.
B. IX. B. has mada ma a perfectly well
woiuan." Mrs. Chas. Hutton, Berville,
Mich.
Tu brighten and clean windows, put
a teacup ful of ammuuia to every pail
ful of tepid water, wash well with a
spouge or soft rag, then dry with a
clean cloth, and polish with a leather
or au old silk handkerchief.
"Rjb Peter to pay Paul." This is
what tbey do who take stimulants for
weak nerves. Hood's Barsaparilla
gives true nerve strength.
Csadeased
Iaformatioa About
African Dutch.
tat South
Johannesburg is a boom town, but, un
like moat cities of like character, it ia
solidly an J permanently kullt, many of
tbe residence being veritable palaces f
granite and marble, that would do credit
to any of our American cities.
The Transvaal is probably the richest
0 u n try in the world so far as minerals
are concerned.
The Boera can muster nearly I8,0iiO
men armed with M tuser rides of the pat
tern used by tbe Spanish in tbe late war.
The.artillery and cavalry horses of the
Bjers have all been inoculated against
1 he "tsetse fly'' and rhinderpest, both of
which are apt to play havoc with green
horses in this district
Basin cms in South Africa, including
Cape Town, Is absolutely stagnant Food
stulfs have doubled in price, and thou
sands are without work or money to buy
the necewitiea of life.
The Southern part of Africa U ot vol
eanio origin aud the land in the neighbor
hood of Kiinberly is so sulphurous tbat
even ants cannot exist In it
Pretoria, the capital of the South Afri
cin Republic, is thirty miles north of
lh "City of Oold," and lies 4300 feet
above sea level.
The dividends paid by the gold miaes
of the Witwatersland in 1H amounted
to nearly fJI.003,0001 Tbey ranged all
the way from 15 per cent, tbe lowest to
3J0 per cent, and in the case of tbe
Johannesburg Pioneer to 673 per cent
Tbe Kimberley diamond mines pay
flO.000,000 a year profit on a nominal
capital of double that iuu.
In 1577 England annexed the Trans
vaal, and evacuated it in 1881.
In Kagland conquered and an-
texed the Orange Free State, and evacu
ated it six years later.
A household necessity. Dr. Thomas'
Eclectric Oil. Heals burns, cuts,
wounds of any sort; cures sore throat,
croup, catartb, asthma; never fails.
Catarrh Can Be Cored
By eradicating from the blood tbe
scrofulous taints which cause it Hood's
Baraapsrilla cures catarrh, promptly
and permanently, because it strikes at
the roil of the trouble.
The rich, pure blood which it makes,
circulating through the delicate paa
satt of the mucous membrane, soothes
and rebuilds the tissues, giving tbem a
tendeucy to health instead of disease
aad ultimately curing tbe affection.
At tbe same time Hood'aSxraaparilla
iresgtL""", !2T:guratr and energizes
the whole system and makes tbe de
bilitated victim of catarrh feel tbat
new life bas been Imparted.
Do cot dally with snuffs, inhalants
or other local application, but take
Hood's Barsaparilla and cure catarrh
absolutely aud surely by removing the
causes which produce it
The fellow who begins by lending an
ear to blandishment Is apt to end by
losing bis bead completely.
Wife "Doo't you feel better now
tbat you've stopped drinking? Don't
you find that your friends have more
respett f.r you?" Husband "No, I
don't. Tbey all say I'm getting stingy-"
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY.
B. Sptaa m Vara Ab.at a W.ad.rfal
KfCTerr ShlUardU
A little group bad been spinning
yams in the rotunda of the Walton for
an hour or more when a bronze
visaged. middle aged man joined tbe
party. Several of the group recognized
Lint as the captain cf one of the big
tramp steamers wblcb ply between
Philadelphia and foreign ports, and a
place in the circle waa at once made
for him.
"We've been killing time telling sto
ries." some one explained. "Suppose
you turn in your contribution."
The captain thought a moment and
then smiled.
"I was thinking of something that
happened on my last voyage." be final
ly aaid. "We had oa board as a cook
a big colored feilow, whose principal
companion waa a little yellow cur dog.
One day while the cook was preparing
some beef for dinner h let the beaTy
cleaver with which he waa doing the
chopping slip from his grasp.
"It fell to the floor with a thud, and
the cook emitted a howl of anguish
that was heard all over tbe ahlp. The
cleaver bad struck one of his bar feet
and sliced tbe big toe off as neatly as
a surgeon could have done It Here
tvas a chance for the yellow dog. and
lie seized It Making a dive for tbe
levered toe, he swallowed It In ooe
gulp and then made a bee Une for the
fleck.
"This was more than the cook, cras
fid with pain, could stand, and be hurl
ed the cleaver at the dog. H!a aim
proved true, and bis eurshlp passed out
of existence then and there. At this
Juncture tbe ship's doctor came up to
ftud out what all the row was about
When he learned the truth, he laughed.
" 'I'll fix that for you.' he exclaimed
lo the cook, wait till I get my Instru
ment case.'
"Within fire minutes he had held a
jtost mortem on tbe dog and recovered
tbe lost toe. Washing It with antisep
tics, be skillfully stitched It back In
place again, and the cook hobbled back
lo his quarters minus his dog. but with
as many toes as he had ever bad.
That'a about the only story I recall
Just now. gentlemen. It bas the merit
of being true, however, and If you
don't believe It come down to the ahlp
any time aud I'll show you the cleaver.
The cook bas quit the sea. and t don't
l.now his present addreaa." Philadel
phia Inquirer.
HAYDN AND THE LADIES.
Waaderfal Saac.ptlalllty f
Great CayaMr.
When Haydn came to England, be
aucc'nibed. says the writer of an arti
cle on "Music and Matrimony" la tbe
t'omh!!! Magazine, to the charms of a
certain Mrs. Shaw, who figures In bis
diary as the most beautiful woman be
had ever met. Aa a matter of fact,
Haydu was always meeting the "most
beautiful" woman. .
"The loveliest woman I ever saw"
was at one time a Mrs. Hodges, while
at another time the widow of a musi
cian named Schroeter so fascinated
him that he kept her letters for many
years and declared that If It were not
for the existence of Anna Maria be
would have married her. Certainly
Mrs. Schroeter's letters were pleasant
enough. "Every moment of your com
pany," she wrote from Buckingham
Gate In 1792. "la more and more pre
cious to me now that your departure is
so near. 1 feel for you the fondest end
tenderest affection the human heart is
capable of. I ever am. with the most
Inviolable attachment my dearest and
most beloved Haydn, most faithfully
and most affectionately yours."
What would the absent Frau Doc-
tortn Haydn have said had she known
of It? The composer also got mixed up
In a little affair with the beautiful Mrs.
Dillington. Sir Joshua Reynolds was
painting her portrait for him and had
rvprvoented ber aa St Cecilia listen
ing to celestial music. "What do you
think of tbe charming Bllllngton's pic
ture?" said the artist to Haydn when
the work was finished. "It la Indeed
a beautiful picture." replied Haydn.
It la Just like her. but there Is a
strange mistake. You have painted her
listening to the angels when you ought
to have painted the angels listening to
her."
If Haydn paid compliments like this
all round, we can easily understand
how be attained such fame as a Lon
don society man.
Jtot Very Pallte.
John Clerk, afterward known as
Lord Eld I a. was limping down the
High street of Edinburgh one day
when be heard a young lady remark to
her companion, "That Is the famous
John Clerk, the lame lawyer." He
turned round and aaid. w ith bis "not
unwonted coarseness:" "Too He,
ma'am! 1 am a Lime man. but not a
lame lawyer."
Lord Justice Rraxfield. too. appears
to have failed In ceurtesy to the fab
sex. for. when told that a brother
Judge would not sit tbat day, on ac
count of having Just lost his wife. he.
who was fitted with a Xantippe. re
plied: "Has be? That Is a gade excuse
Indeed. I wish we bad a' the same."
LONGFELLOW'S ADVICE.
Klada.a. TVaa tae Keya.a. at the
I'Mt'i Caaract..
Mme. le Navarro gives some charm
ing pictures of Longfellow in."A Few
Memories." She aays that every con
versation with bim led to some good
result His first advice to ber was:
See some good picture In nature If
possible, or on canvas bear a page of
the best music or read a great peeui
dally. You will always find a free half
hour for on? or the ether, and at tbe
end of tbe year yeur mind will shine
with such sn accumulation of Jewel
aa to astonish even" youraerf."
The poet waa fond of a good, amas-
Ing story and had many to ten ont ol
bis owu experience. He waa particu
larly delighted at the Ingenuity ef an
enterprising vender of patent medicine
who. vaunting the "marvelous effects
f bis drug, no doubt la the hope of In
spiring the poet Invited him to write
a verse for' the label, promising him a
percentage on each bottle and a free
use of the medicine for hlmseir ana
family.
On oue of his birthdays he was as
tonished at seeing a wagon containing
a piano drive op to his bouse, followed
by a strange young lady In a carriage.
The young lady Informed the house
keeper that she wished the piano to be
pnt In a room where It-would "sound
well." ss she had composed a piece of
music In honor of the poet's birthday
and meant to play It to him on ber own
InstrtHiif nt
Longfellow was a great lover f mu
sic, aud Wagner appealed to him
strongly. We heard several operas to
gether In Boston after my engagement
there. He generally arrived before bs.
armed with flowers and full ef delight
ful anticipations On one of these ecca
aions some one sent a magnificent bou
quet to our box. K Vnowing the do
nor. I !d not take it up. Be lssiatsd
on ray doing so.
"Put down my simple ones." be said,
"and take up these beautiful flowers.
It will gratify tbe glTer. who Is no
doubt in the house. Try aever to m!s
an opportunity of giving pleasure. It
will make you happier and better."
Kindness was the keynote of his
character. Ne Inconvenience te him
self was too great If a good turn to
any one waa at the end of It
John Bnlwer. a quaint writer of tne
seventeenth century. rrID"
following three dinner rules: Btrtoor
deevlum. sileotlum. rumor gen
tium, which baa been humorously
Slated. "Work for the
lent pause, frequent ha baa, -Waa. a
Eat