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IV hat It l to be Forty.
To discover a sprinkle of gray in your
beard.
And a thinners of crop w her tha upland
la cleared;
To note how you take to yonr slippers and
liovg,
And hug to the Are when yoo set home
from Town
Ah, thai' what it is to be forty.
To find that jour shadow baa portlier
grown;
That yonr voice has a practical, bain-a.-
like tone:
That your vision la trieky. which once wax
ao bright.
And a 1.1m of a wrink'.e U coining to
Hictit
AU, that's w hat it i to be forty.
A sleigh-rid. a pnrtl v, a ilanr-n or a dine:
Why, ot cuurw, you'll be prment, you
nrvtr d-clinw;
But, aliw, ih. m'a no invlie; you're not
"youiiii folk," yo-i m:
You're no Innr a peiich. but a crab-apple
Ah. thai what it N to be forty.
A danglitrr that grow like a lily, a qnwn.
Aud time hiooma like a ruee in a garden of"
grwu,
A dair young clerk in an ice cream
eaiiion.
Both a dii.le and a dunce is to carry off
aoon.
And a boy that; is ten, and the pride of
your eye,
1 caught iiuj. .kin.: vile cigarettes on the
'
Ah. that's what it U to be forty.
At twenty a man dream of power and
At thirty hit fire has a soberer flame:
At forty tus dreams aud hta visions are
o'er.
And be knows and he fools as be ne'er did
before
That a nian is a fool till he's forty.
miss wKicirrs aiteal.
When Jmljs Ih.berta eutered Katha
rine Wright's li .tie parlor he found her
c i. teaipi.it in i thret bonnets laid oo
the table iu front of her. They were
of velvet and trimuied with feathers,
but one ws blue, one violet, aud the
third a dare poppy red. The sunlight
shone in; it was quite early in the
morning and Katherine lojked pretty
and gentle, 't he Judge liked to stop
in for old niotneuts. He had known
Katherine ever since she was a little
girl, an I lie felt she needed some super
vision. Why luive you gone Into a new
busiue.-," he said. "Did you make
all these bonnets?
"Not oni ot them. I had them sent
from Madtuie Fontaine's, and I am
trying to decide which one I shall
take."
"The blue one is pretty," he said.
"Yes,' aud she look it up ami turned
it aiouud. "Men ulwais like blue; 1
suppose I oi:ght to think of that."
At this remark the Judre smiled.
"I tiid not suppose women ever did
forget that point."
' You don't suppose women dress for
xneu's eyes? If we did we would care
more for money and less for fashion
We dress for e.icii other, sir."
Then she took up the red bonnet aud
looked at it.
Tii is is lovely." she said; "just look
at the shadows in lr."
"Take it then. Isn't it becoming?"
N"ow,"th- brightly answered, "you
hav hit the very point. It is becoming.
I I avrt tried them all on and I know I
look best in this one."
"Take it," he repeated.
"Hut my hair?
"What Is the niatUr with your
hair?"
"It is red also.'
"But not the same shade."
"No, It Isn't, and this shade subdues,
kills it a little, but you kuow there
isn't a woman In the city who wouldn't,
say I look horrid in it. Girls who have
nil hair wear blue or purple, you
know."
"Well, you are an absurd creature!
aVl the Jud,re. "D you know why I
cam here? It was to g v you a point
tor your speecli. I expected to find
you bur ed in notes, in ink, in ideas,
and beholl you are worrying oyer bon
net! Is jour speech ready?'
Oh, yes, she replied, pushing the
red feathers with a lead pencil, "or it
will be. I know pretty much what I
shall sav."
"Don't you want to give me a Judi
cial opinion concerning these colors?"
and she jumped up aud went to the
gluts, carrying the bonnets. (She put
on the blue on aud turned to him.
"That is very nice," he said. "I
think it will do first rale."
She put on the purple one.
"That does make your hair look red,
I cooess, was his comment; "still it
Is preur."
Mie tos led it aside.
"Oh, I shall not take that!" she
exclaimed, as she smoothed back her
hair, pulled out the little curls on Ler
temples, and with care aud deliberation
tried on the red bonnet.
Mie was quite tight iu thinking it
was becoming, and her radiant satis
faction did not diminish the effect.
The Judge nodded.
"Take it. he aid; "prepare to con
quer all womankind."
"Oh, but this time I have the legis
lators to conslderl There Is not a
woman oh that committee who has said
a word to tue about my speech, but
each one in turn has told me to dress
well. JK) I usually diess eo badly?"
"You always look very well." be
WUed. "I do not suppose any one
wiXiU expect you to look like a woman
of f.njlejn." , , , .
"Still " "he said, glancing mischiev
ously at him. "that is my present
ambition. 1 ""tend to make an effort.
The only tnwble Is I never thought of
it before Tutsday, and so I've had to
UU M7hope," he replied, "that you have
thmi.'lit of vour speech? Of
course. 1 suppose you want women
appointed ou a board of street inspectors
or yju would not have consented to
talk to our eminent lejisUtors on the
subject?" . . ,
"Certainly I do. Oh, when I begin
to speak I shal' be Intensely interesting.
It wiU seem the most important thing
in the world to me. Hut as I am to
meet them at Sirs. Elliott's house I
must look all right." ,wi.-t
"Nouesel" he exc'a.med. "What
rou ble difference can your clothes
make lr only you are neat and appro
priate? D.d you know that in ls17 a
bill very similar to the one you ar
iutercatetl In was btfire I he Legisla
ture?" "1 wish It had passed," she sa:d.
"D) you kt-ow 1 would dearly love a
reform in oiieraliou. Was there ever
one?'
He snvled very slightly.
"Well." hrf said, lookiug a little an
noyed, Toil know 1 eer approved
of ai y or tU Mr. EUiott shows
little wlsdotuliu inviting those men to
her house to . be talked to. and 1 don't
think you need have consented to talk I
to them. I said nothing because it was
none or my business, and I lso thought
you were deeply Interested in the ques
tion. Now 1 find you are interested In
I on nets."
Yes," she answered, "I have a
fever for bonnets! And It has come
lata iu life. Consider, I am 24 years
old and I have never had a complete
costimtel' I have been a creature of
shre . and tatters, and II have
woru i;ist year's coat with next rear's
bat. Now 1 am to have a 'toilet!' A
velvet dress, sir, and a train and
gloves vrlth ten buttons!"
"And for whatr To meet a lot of
lubberly men! What will they care for
your ten buttons?"
Kathurine laughed.
"The men are the excuse. Why a
wedding party would do as well. But
perhaps my attack on vanity will be as
short as it is violent."
"I hope so." he said, standing up and
holding out his hand. I thought you
were superior to all this."
"I am not," she replied gravely. I
am a victim to it."
"You have my best wishes for look
ing well. May I also hope for the suc
cess of your appeal?"
Katherine Dow looked at him with
real gravity. he feared her frivolity
had carried her too far, but be turned
and walked out of the room.
He looked perplexed as he hurried to
his oQce. He did not like this. He
had considered Miss Wright a very
sensible girl and he had not objected to
her liking for politics, nor had he cared
because she made speeches at ladies'
meetings and eemi-jubilee affairs. lie
would not have liked all this in his
wife or sister, but Katherine was
neither. He was nearly forty; he was
a bachelor, distinguished and not poor,
but he was not a marrying man.
Suddenly he stood still. "A fever
for bonnets!" he repeated. "A fever
for bonnets. The next thing she will
be getting married! What a fool I
was! Of course that is it."
Then he laughed. And then he
woudered who it was. It couldn't be
one of the legislators!
That eveuing he wrote her a letter:
My Dear Miss Wright: I saw the
very bonnet for you this afternoon. It
was gray and it was tied down, and
mi;ut be described as fuzzy or woolly.
I think it very superior In style and
color to the ongs you were worrying
over. A very ptetty frlrl bad it on. Of
course I couldn't ask her where she
bought it. Truly yours.
George L. Roberts.
When Katherine read this note she
was confounded. Her "fever" was of
such very late date that she had had
short time for preparation. Even now
she had to go to her dressmakers, aud
she had to buy lace and natural flowers.
The reception was at three o'clock; it
was now after nine, aud from half-past
nine to half-past teu she had a music
lesson to give, and it was pouring rain.
She had more than half a mind to
wear her old cashmere.
A gray beaver! That was what the
Jude meant, and he was nzht. A
gray leaver! Mow stupid not to have
known it was the very thing.
But she bad no t'uie to (pare. She
put on her hat. her waterproof, she
took her umbrella and she sped away
to give her music lesson. What an
hour it was! The selections from the
I'rophete were longer than toe opera
itself But even this came to an end
and she ran home. It was now after
eleven, aud with the help of fcer land
lady she made a hasty and provisional
toilet. The velvet, with its train, was
to be put on at the dressmakers, and
the bonnet changed for a beaver at
Madame Fontaiue's. It was after
twelve before she left the house. She
bought the lace, but she went from
florist to florist before she found juat
her ideal white rose. It rained in tor
rents. The streets ran in water and
mud was everywhere. She was hungry,
she was nervous. She went to a res
taurant to get a cup ot tea, but the
waiter was so long coming to her she
jumped up and rushed to Madame Fon
taine's. "What, change that hat!" cried the
mi liner, "that suirt hat! It is the
most charmitg one I had In the room.
Beavers are commonplace and to you
not becoming." She could not trim a
hat on so short notice. She talked,
she said It was absurd to tbiuk of
change. The time flew on. Katherine
had no time or strength to discuss it.
and she hastily threw off her old hat
and the milliner put the new one on
her. And without a glance at the
frioa aha was off again. Ice cream is
not stimulating, but It is readily served.
and on it Katherine luncneo. it gave
her a pain In her forehead, and she
laughed to herself at the idea of anyone
so drenched with rain eating uch cold,
rrozen stuff. But at the dressmaker's
all was ready. It took but a moment
to sev in the lace, and the skillful fin
gers of the dressmaker fastened np the
dress, pinned tip the train, and then the
clock struck three.
How far away Mrs. Elliott lived;
how slowly the car splashed along! It
the hones had ouly kept time with
Katbenne's watch how they would
have flown. ,
But when she entered Mrs. Elliott s
door how still, how apart from hurry
it was. There was a murmur of voices
in the parlor. The was the perfume of
flowers, the bushel step on soft carpets,
the gentle voice of a lady's maid. And
up in Mrs. Elliott's room Katherine at
length viewed her costume. She was
pleased. Her figure was tall and Blen
der, her dress lell in heavy, lustrous
folds; her gloves, her handkerchief, her
flowers! Well, it was the possible
Katherine Wright made real. She did
not regret the gray beaver and she had
one moment of perfect, unalloyed &at
iMTar.tinn in her own appearance. It
seemed to her that her train gave her
a new movement. If she had been but
seventeen she could not have been more
conteut.
She noticed, however, that there
were but few legis.ative hats on the
bail table. But she was not sorry- She
was not displeased because she was
not tb last to arrive.
In the long and brilliant parlor a
group of ladies stood talking to some
gentlemen, and among them she at
once recogulzed the tall figure of Judge
Uoberts. When she entered, Mrs.
Elliott looked up In surprise. She did
not recognize this elegant girl, aod
then she came forward and. as she
greeted her, whispered. "You are just
lovely!"
Kathenne looked down the room,
and her hostess laughed. ..
"Oh, they have uiA come yet. Tuey
re no DunotuaL but we can wait."
thmm iKr I' id come. N ot a
.l. numhar nt tN jl-f slslatUTe came
that afternoon To i -JU about the legal
...,. wnmon I ft- regard to the
-Board of Street inspector?-." Every
one else was there. The committee ot
ladies, th4 gentlemen Invited to meet
them; the graceful and persuasive
speaker who was to convince them, but
n it a legislator.
Some or the ladies said tbey must be
bashful, and some said they feared ttie
weather, and the gentlemen declared
the proper refreshments bad not been
promised, and when half-past four
came Judge Uoberts said In a low tone
to Katherine that she was right in her
estimate of the relative importance of
hats and arguments, and sj took hlr
leave.
In the evening the Judge went back
to his cfHce, and on the way he stopied
to see Katherine and to condole with
her. He found her sitting in front of
the Ore. Her bonnet lay on the table.
She still wore her velvet dress and she
looked tired.
"You have not been long In?" he
said, glancing at one gloved hand.
"No. I staid to dinner with Mrs.
Elliott."
"Well?" he said.
-Well?" she replied.
"Were you disappointed? '
"Because the legislators did not
come? No, I was not,
"Your dress was all right?"
"I was over-dressed. There wasn't
a rich woman there who was dressed as
I was, and they were all rich."
"There was not a woman there who
was as beautiful."
"And I ought not to have worn a
bonnet."
"You looked well in it. You were
right about it."
She gently sighed and began to un
button her glove.
"I am sorry," he said, "that you
were disappointed."
"I was not," she answered, looking
up, quickly. "You don't suppose I
really care so much for dress? It was
a whim. Of course I am sorry it wa
such a fiasco."
"You are tired," he said. In an anx
ious tone.
"No yes, I am."
'-What is the matter with you,
Katherine?'
She looked Into the fire. Then she
glanced at him with a mixture of shy
ness and defiance In her eyes.
To-nlght," she said, "Mr. Elliott
was very cross. He was annoyed be
cause his wife put herself in such a
position."
"Mrs. Elliott is a very lovely
woman," replied the Judge. "I have
a great liking for her."
"Yea," said Katherine.
"He did not scold you?" said the
Judire, after a moment's silence.
"No." And Katherine colored and
smiled. "That is the very trouble. I
envied her. I was more to blame. She
trusted to the good faith of others, I
was silly, vain, ridiculous, and there. Is
no one who cares enough for me to
scold me for It."
"Do you want me to scold you?"
"No," she cried. I waut you to
forget all my foolishness. To-morrow
I will be wiser. I am tired now."
The Judge looked at her In great
surprise. What a very woman she
was. He had thought her superior to
the little foibles of her sex. And how
very nice she was.
He walked about the room a mo
ment, and then he went to his office.
Katherine cried a little. She was
certainly very tired. She had never
before been so lonely. She hated her
rooms. She hated the legal status of
women. She hated inspectors, and
hated music lessons, and she felt that
she was very cross, and quite right in
being so.
The Judge was not cross, but he did
not like his room nor his office, aud he
begin to stop still more frequently to
see Katherine, tut he gave her no more
"points." Neither did he bcjIJ her,
aud yet Katherine seemed satisfied.
He wanted her to be mat ned in the
poppy red hat. but she declared it vat
horrid and all out of taste, and Bhe
much preferred her gray beaver. But
the Judjedid not. He liked the red
bonnet.
An Odd Itirtlidav tiift.
A queer birthday presut It was, in
deed. But at first Ualph was in a
quandary. "I haven't a thing to give
Bertie," he said. "What shall I do.
mamma? It is so far to the stores here
in these Florida woods."
"1 don't know, dear; but perhaps
we shall think of something In the
morning.'
At early dawn Italph was np and rfl
to his traps, fishing-lines an turtle
pits. Soon he came in and whispered:
"Mamma. 1 have found the nicest
present, after all! I can scarcely wait
for Bertie to 'blossom' mayn't I wake
him?"
Just then Bertie moved, and Ralph.
bending over his brother, pressed four
kisses on hi forehead, saying: "l li
give you one to grow ou to-night; but
now hurry to dress."
Eater, mamma beard a snout ol
delight outside, Bertiecailed: "Mamma,
please come and see my horse."
She found her boys bending over a
queer object, Kilph said; "He travels
like an elephant witu mose snort.
clumsy legs. But when I found him
iu the pit I dug at bis door, ne was
making the sand fly like fun with tho
flippers of forelegs. He had nearly dug
himself out."
It was a land turtle, fifteen iucbet
long. This kind live on gnurs aud
berries, preferring garden stuff to wild
vegetation. They feed mostly at night,
lying iu their burrows all day. It Is
only found la the South.
'Take care, darling, he may bite
you."
"Oh, no, mamma; uncle says be I
gentle, and will never hurt any one.
See me cany uitn round, and then see
him carry liertle." He did prove gen
tle and became a great peL He was
picked up, harnessed up and ridden
bare back. He was at times elephant,
camel, donkey, horse or turtle; but
nothing could tempt them to sell, or
hire him out, lest he might be harmed.
Before the children went North
"Krtie" was painted on bis back and
with sorrow was turned loose. Do
you suppose he will come to his stable
this winter and look for his little mas
ter? -
Prta or the tarlicr Germans.
Tacitus, In his "fieruiany," thus de
scribes the dress or the natives: The
universal dress is a plaid (sagum),
fastened with a brooch, or,' falling that,
a thorn. Tlie rich are distinguished by
a dress that is not flowing, like that of
the Sarmatians and I'arUiians, but
usht and showing the outline ot every
limb. Nor does the dress of women
differ from that of men. excep that
they more frequently wrap themselves
In linen cloaks, which theyrnl ven
w'Ut purple, and they do notaproloa
the upper P-""' lato "le,ye- l leavt'
1
the arms ana soouiuci
KTJROrEAX IrtlXKS.
A Bicyclist Write Conefrnfn Conti
nental Concoct lon-i.
Whilst beer and ale might perhaps
truthfully be called the national bev
erage of England even these days, it is
far less so than it was some years ago.
Englishmen are taking very kindly of
late to mixed drinks, and drink al
most as much whisky in proportion to
malt beverages as we do. The mixed
drinks of England differ very materi
ally, however, from those of this coun
try. Shandygaff, a mixture of ale and
ginger. Is a favorite drink among Eng
lish athletes and frequenters of race
courses and summer resorts. Another
odd mixture is known as dognose.
Dognose consists of two-thirds ale aud
one-third gin. The consumption of
dognose is confined chiefly to the lower
classes. It Is drunk mostly by old
topers, whose stomachs have swilled
1st and porter and 'alf-and-'alf uutil
these comparatively mild beverages no
longer sutlice to satisfy their craving.
The addition of the fiery and penetra
tive Old Tom makes a combination
that goes home every time lu spite of
their well seasoned condition.
The custom of drinking ale at meal
times in English f amilies has made an
unfavorable impression among mauy
American lady visitors. But there is
as much to be said in favor of it as
against it. Mrs. John Bull recipro
cates with even more horror at our
pitchers of Ice water on the table.
Mrs. John Bull would seem to have
on her side the best of all arguments,
too. a roouster constitution and fewer
fleshly ills than her Ice water drinking
sister.
What says Monsieur le Frenchman
across the English channel? Beer?
Take It away; the barbarous stuff, fit
only for the gross palates of Germans
and Albions. Whisky? A little better;
still altogether too gross and solid for
the mercurial Frenchman. Ills favor
ite tipple is absinthe. This spiritu
elle beverage floats around in Pierre
Macelotte's nervous system, tingles the
nerves and causes him to feel patri
otic and sans souci. It causes him to
shout out in his imagination Vive la
France!" and "On to Berlin." This
is what honest 1'ierre likes, and since
absinthe brings It about, he drinks a
good deal of it. Another beverage is
tea and rum. "The et rum" is a fa
vorite beverage with the French la
dies, who drop into cafes and sip it
during the afternoon promenade or
when out shopping. The Trench table
d'hote is familiar enough to many of
us here, with its inevitable boutelle
de vln ordinaire. 'I bis vin ordinaire,
or common claret, may rightfully be
considered the national beverage of Ea
Belle France, for everybody drinks it.
In the common couutiy hotels It flows
almost as free as water.
Passing into Germany, it s;ems
hardly worth while to remind the
reader of German lager. Everybody
knows what is the national beverage
of the Fatherland. The good people
of some German cities well nigh live
on beer. The women driuk almost as
freely of it as their husbands and
brothers. The shopgirl or milliner's
assistant in Munich will trip into the
neighboring beer hall at noon, and take
for luncheon a quarter mug of beer aud
a piece of bread aud a rad.sh. Iu the
evening she wanders with her sweet
heart into an al fresco beer garden ami
oasses hour after hour listening to the
band and drinking beer. For dinner
she baa probably consumed the second
or third quart of beer since morning
and a Fiaukfutter sausage saudwich.
The natural result of so much beer
drinking iu proportion to o'id food
taken is to give the people of Munich
a kind of tlabty appearance, and to
make them drow:y. The whole cliy
seems to be In a semi-comatose condi
tion. The cabmen fall asleep so orten
on their boxes that the municipal
authorities have found it necessary to
impose fines upon hackdrivers found
asleep at their post. Notwithstanding
the universal consumption of beer,
however, the Germans of the wealthier
class drink a- goad deal of schnapps
Beer holds its own all through Aus
tria to beyond A'ienua, but wine and
liquors usurp the throne again In Hun
gary. All down the valley of the Dan
ube below Budapest the red loam
bluffs fairly ooze the rich wine of Hun
gary. Every town and village has its
adjacent vineyards, and every village
gasthaus or cliy hotel has an a! fresco
vine garden. Here the good people
congregate of an evening aud pass the
hours away drinking wine, gossiping
and listening to the weird music of a
Hungarian Gypfy band. As in France,
the Hungarian peasant makes nieny
on red wine that only the well to do oi
most countries can afford to drink ad
libitum.
Beer, wine and schnapps are common
enough all down through Slavonia aud
the lower Danublan provinces, but a
change takes place when oue gets fairly
into the Balkan peninsula. One now
gets among the unspeakable Orientals
whose ways are not as our ways. Sher
bet, mastic and coffee are the bever
ages of Bulgaria, U jurnelia and Tur
key. The former my be merely a
glass of water in which a lump of sugar
has been dissolved, or may be a concoc
tion of fruit, sugar and rose water, or
of various mixtures between these two
extremes. The drink called mastic is
said to be a preparation ot imported
Boston rum and gum mastic. It Is a
vile liquor, and about as deadly as the
"bug juice" of the ltocky mountain
saloons, but makes au agreeable tast
ing beverage when mixed with several
times its bulk of water.
Kahvay (coffee), however, is the na
tional beverage of Turkey. It is
served in tiny cups, holding no more
than a couple of tablespoonf uls each.
The coffee Is ground into fine flour
and used with euch liberality that the
beverage Is quite thick. It is served
scalding hot, and is Imbibed by touch
ing the lips cautiously to the edge of
the cup and sipping it out with the
weariness of a person who has known
all too often what It is to burn the
mouth.
A Soldier's Love; or, BackFroralbc
(irate.
"I will tell you a little love story,"
said the kind, old Pastor Neuville, as
I sat at his hospitable board.
"I had a favorite pupil once, named
Pierre Lavelle, the betrothed of one of
the loveliest girls in the parish. I had
looked forward to making them man
and wife some day, when the news
reached us that Pierre had been
drafted Into the army for a term of
five years.
"Ah, it was a aad day when le
marched away, leaving his poor eld
mother and beloved Marguerite sob
bins in each other's arms. She saw
him again after two years' time, but it
was only for a few days. She was
proud of him tn his uniform. He was
true as steel, and they tenewed thlr
vows of constancy in each other's arms.
After that news reached us often of
Pierre. He had won bis epauiettes
he was now au officer. How proud we
all were! One day came the terrible
new. He had been killed." Ths
good pastor pause I to wie a tear out
of his eye "He had died with his face
to the foe, I had teamed from a s.ddier
who had returned. Died with the Iron
cross on his breast. As time passed I
could not help but notice that the pa
thetic grief on Marguerite's face, in
stead of injuring her beauty, only
made it the more striking. Aud so
thought one Jules Iermot a rich
farmer, and a good friend of mine, but
a man twice Marguerite's age.
"A year went slowly by, and then
one day Marguerite came to me for
advice. Her father was old and poor,
and growing each day more feeble,
and now he asked of her a sacrifice.
That she should insure the comfort of
his declin:ng years, and her own wel
fare when he should be gone, by ac
cepting and marrying the wealthy, re
spected farmer, Jules Dei mot. I
thought long aud earnestly, then I
said:
" 'My child, how do you yourself
feel about it?"
"A resolute light filled her pretty
eyes
"I have thought. she said sadly,
'that it might be wrong for me to re
fuse to obey my father's wishes. I
have been taught by you that a child's
first duty is to her parents, and my
father has not long to live. A girl's
passionate love I can never give to Jules
Deriuot, and so 1 have told him; but
as his wife I can serve and obey him
faithfully aud truly, and he says he
will be more than content to have me
even thus.'
What could I say but what 1 did
to follow the impulses of her own
pure heart; they could not lead her
wrong. !o tbey were married; aud
the old father left his humble cottage,
and lived the following year (which
proved his last) in his daughter's new
home. Then came a little Marguerite
to Jules Dermjt aud his wife; a tiny
copy of her mother. Like a pure
white daisy she lay. just beginning her
young life, while ala-sl the mother
the beloved of all was dying. The
truth could not be long disguised.
There was no hoi.
"A tremulous sigh a long upward
look and then a beautiful, inanimate
form was all that was left to us. Jules
Dermot sorrowed faithfully and keen
ly; then after a time an irresistible
craving for change came to him. He
had money, aud he would travel. So
he brought the little Marguerite to
me and left her in my care.
"One Summer evening my put aud
I were in the gardeu, when I saw a
man's figure coming up the road with
slow and weary steps. He paused at
the gate aud looked in at us.
' 't'ome In, sir, and rest yourself,' I
said; and lifting the latch hs came to
ward me.
'As my gaze fe'I on the ta'.l, atten
uated form au 1 the wan face, whicli
looked blanchel aud worn under the
moon's cle.ir beaain, I st u te I, and a
thrill passed through me.
'Have you forgotten Pierre?' he
said.
Then I kue v him that it was In
deed Pierre Eavelle! With trembling
hands I drew him into the house.
" 'Oil!' he exclaimed, siukiug into a
ch'i'r, 'how good it is to be at home!
1 doubted if uiy strength would keep
me till I saw its blessed scenes again.
But God is kind -I am here at last,
1 cami first to you, dear old freud, to
wear off this intense laOgue; but iu a
little while I must go to my mother
and my lietrotbed. How are they are
they we'lf
"I evaded an answer as I pressed
him to partake of bread and wine.
"Suddenly the little one, whose very
existence I had for the time forgotteu,
came into the room and to Pierre's
side, lookiug up at hiiu with her
mother's tender blue ejes. lie drew
her to him Pierre was ever fori 1 of
children.
'What is your name?' he asked.
' 'Marguerite,' she answered; nd
then won to confidence by his friendly
manner, she added: I live here.but rny
papa is away, and my mamma is dead.'
"Pierre's gaze feil upon my fuse,
which was working toavulsiveiy ih
spite of all my efforts at control, and a
vague fear seemed to spring into, his
mind. Rising hurriedly, he put her
from him.
! must go now I feel stronger,'
he said though his looks belied his
words 'I must not stay longer from
the side of my loved ones.'
' 'Ob, Pierre, stay do not go!' I
cried.
"His eyes dilated with au expression
of terror.
'Tell ma truly,' he exclalmeJhow
is It with my Marguerite?'
"I could not answer. Hs re.id the
truth iu my face. With a cry he sank
back and covered bis eyes with his
hand. Then quickly a3 I could I told
him everything that had happen-d
withholding nothing for it was best.
"As I spoke the little oue, awel by
the rtrange scene, bad again drawn
near. With a convulsive motion he
caught her to him and bowed his face
Ukju her shining hair. 'Aud this is
her child, Marguerite's child!'
"It was a piteous sight aud I will
not dilute upon it longer. Pierre
stayed at the parsonage, and attrr a
while I let him take his own time
he told me how he bad been left or
dead upon the field aud had recovered
consciousness to fiud himself a pris
oner in the euemy's hands; how he had
been confined ever since, until at last
escaping, he had journeyed on foot
over mountains and through forests,
buoyed up by the hope of reaching his
native village, and there, amid the
ministrations of his dear ones, regain
ing his strength aud passing in happi
ness the rest of his life.
"As you may have surmised, the
poor feltow did not live long to bear his
great disappointment. In the village
cemetery not far from the resting
place of her he loved is a grave con
spicuous from any other by the stalely
granite pillar which his townspeople
have erected to the memory of Pierre
the Hero, their countryman, who by
his courage twice saved the day for
France.
"Those are his medals which he
managed to conceal and preserve
through all bis wanderings. He left
them in my charge, for the child of
Marguerite."
Switzerland has recently adopted a
raw placing the manufacture of wines
ahd liquors in the hands of the government.
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A MEAV MILLIOX.UUE.
A Mat. M t Stjueczea a Penny Till
the Indian on It YoIIs.
A financial man of the Listener's
acquaintance tells some interesting
stories of a veneral Boston capitalist.
wnos9 name, ir published, would "be
well known aud widely recognized"
as the interviewers of anonymous per
sons always say and which, for that
very reason, will not be given here.
The capitalist originated in a Massa
chusetts country district, where Ideas
of thrift are instilled into people's
minds In their ultimate New England
minuteness, and in this man's case the
seeds of instruction in economy fell
upon friendly ground. To what extent
he improved upon his education In that
direction one story will illustrate. He
once visited a dentist, who filed down a
tooth that had given him trouble. Not
long afterward another tooth began to
give him pain In somewhat the same
way; whereupon the capitalist went to
a hardware store, bought a cheap file,
took it home and had his son-in-law
file long and patiently upon the tooth.
But there is another story that illus
trates perhaps even more stronsly the
old gentleman's thrift. He used to
drive his own carriage, a two-horse
top-buggy. One day, just before
Thanksgiving, he drove down to
Fanueil Hall Market to bargain for
and get his turkey for the frugal but
traditional feast at his house. As he
drove up a boy started out as if to offer
to hold his team. At the same moment
he saw his cashier, arriving on toot.
'Well, Smith," said the capitalist to
the cashier, "where are you going?"
Going to market to get a turkey for
Thanksgiving," said the cashier.
"Yes. Well. I'll tell you what we'll
do. I know 'em iu her, and if you'll
hold my horses, 1 think 1 can go in aud
buy two turkeys so that they'll come
cheaper to us than if we bought sepa
rately." "All right," said the cashier. He
took up his station at the horses' beads
while the old man went into the mar
ket. As he stood there, kicking his
feet against the, curbstone to keep them
warm, a horrible suspicion came over
him that his employer had no idea of
buying two turkeys, but bad simply
adopted the plan as a ruse to get him
to hold the horses and save the five
cents that would be expected by a
small boy as the minimum compensa
tion for holdiug the horses! The old
man was gone a long time, looking for
a bargain, no doubt. After awhile he
hove In sight through the door and
with but a single turkey, done up iu
brown paier, under his arm.
"No use, Smith," said Le, "I
cold n't make it go. We can do just as
well to buy on our own accouut.
Seein' that that was the case, I thought
probably you'd waut to buy your tur
key yourself."
He got into the carriage and drove
Away, leaving the cashier the happy
consciousness that he had, at the sacri
fice of his time and comfort, saved a
millionaire five cents.
New found land.
Attorney General Winters, of New
'oundland, told our correspoudent that
ihe lonely little island might possibly
toin the Dominion if sufficient Induce
ments were offered, but that she is
happy as she is aud is witling to remain
so.
Well, Newfoundland is the picket
;uard of llie Atlantic Coast, aud a
very picturesque province. The popu
lation is about 2d0,OK), of which num
ber more than 00,000, mostly heads of
families, are directly or iudirectly
engaged In the fishing business.
It Is easy to see the relative value of
the fisheries when we say that last year
jne million two hundred and fifty
thousand quintals of cod wereexporttd,
while only three hundred thousand
bushels of potatoes were raise.; and,
though the area of the island is forty
thousand square miles, ouly forty -seven
thousand acres are under tillage. The
people are the hardiest of the hardy,
but they live, for obvious reasons, al
most exclusively on the seacoast, the
iuland territory being so muoh of a
frre incognita that there is scarcely a
correct map of the island extant.
These sailor folk are tremendous tea
drinkers, and their consumption of
tobacco is prodigious. It requires
nearly eight hundred thousand pounds
of the decoction that cheers but not
inebriates to satisfy the demand, and
something like nine hundred thousand
pounds of tobacco to satisfy their
luxurious tastes.
Y'es, Newfoundland, with Its copper
mines. Its coal, its two hundred mills
and manufactories, and its great fish
eries. Is a very interesting b:t ot real
estate.
Value of an Eyelash.
A Washington financier, who is well
acquainted with Colonel Lew Washing
ton, the teller of Lewis, Johnson and
Go's, bank, said that it was at the
close of business hours, aud Colonel
Washington was poring and perspiring
over a long column of figures ou the
balance sheet. The sum total of the
column should have read -$6000. In
stead of that amount, however, it
showed a total ot SO'JOO, or J'JOO more
he could ai count for. The vexatious
mistake caused the Colonel to scratch
his bead vigorously and wonder where
the excess was in the column of ago
nizing figures.
While golug carefully over the col
umns for the twentieth time he dis
covered the error, and it was one that
would hardly occur once In 1000 years.
One ot the Colonel's eyelashes had
fallen on the balance sheet and adhered
to the first 0 in the line of figures,
$1000, making a perfect figure 0 of the
nought, increasing the whole amount
to $0900 instead of StfOOO. Going down
the column the twentieth time he
brushed the eyelash away with his fin
ger. Hereafter, Colonel Washington
says, he will go over his balance sheets
with a street scraper before he begins
to add the columns.
Punning Karly in Life
For a very little girl's joke this isn't
bad, particularly when she did It with
the utmost seriousness. She was dig
ging away at half of a pecan with a
hairpin, when she suddenly stopped
and inquired: "What kind of a nut is
this?" Pecan." some one answered,
Oh, yes; pick onl you pick on till you
get it all out,"
Sir John Lubbock says that among
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a certain uiu viwo vi mum it is a
tr ark of respect and gratitude to put
the thumb to the nose.
KICKING A J ACK A SS.
IfoVV till lailWll rtfiif a Trlnmiiltnl
over His CuadriincU Antagonist,
In the early days of Dutch Flat a
large-boned aud gigantic lndianian was
known to his rough but kindly asso
ciates as4"Klcking Tom." He had won
the nickname by reason of the terrific
force with which he could launch his
great sinewy foot against an opposing
object. He was. besides, as lithe and
spriugy as a panther. In those days
men were not very particular about
the character of their amusement, al
though nothing mean or underhanded
ever took place among them. Their
rough courtesy was genuine and
hearty, aud they were as brave as Nor
man barons or Faladins of France.
They at times had little regard for
human life, but in their deadly affrays
they took the lion and cot the hyena
for their model; They admired courage
and strength because these were quali
ties which came every day into requisi
tion, and without them there was
neither peace nor safety in the then
lawless realm of the gold-seekeri.
Among these pioneers of the wilder
ness Kicking Tom bad grown into uni
versal opularity. He was generous,
brave aud kindly, and what perhaps
endeared him to his associates more
than anything else he was always fore
most in the rough sports of the camp.
He was ever ready for fun and frolic,
aud it was a matter of supreme indif
ference to him whether this took the
form of pleasant episodes or rough
fighting. lie exemplified the old adage
that "It is just as good to fight as to
eat."
One day a miner brought Into camp
a Mexican burro which noon obtained
a wide celebrity as a vicious animal,
who, when excited, would attack man
or beast with desperate fury. Several
mountain ponies had been kicked to
death by him and more than one man
had nearly lost his life by the savage
heels of the brute. So exciting had be
come the record of the jack's achieve
ments that they became the subject of
universal conversation and inquiry
among the miners. Sitting in their
cabins they spun wonderful tales of
what he had done aud was capable of
doing.
"lie is the liveliest kicker iu the
world," said one.
"You are right, old man. That
beast can kick the hair off a man's
bead without touching the skin," -replied
one of his companions.
This was touching Tom in a tender
place, and after a moment's reflection
he soke up with the remark:
"He can't outkick me." The ob
servation was received by the group in
amazed silence.
"Lord, Tom! Why, he'd make mince
meat of you in a minute."
"Would he!" replied the athletic In
dlanian."Then he can hive the chance.
I'm ready to kick for S100, aud may
the best man win."
"Or the best Jack," laughingly inter
posed a companion.
"I menu what I say, old man, so
don't lie too spry with your tongue."
And Tom's brows lowered in gathering
auger. Ills friend apologized for the
jest and the crowd dispersed for the
night.
The next day the rumor went wild
through the camp that Tom was will
ing to kick the burro for a wager, lu
the dusk of the evening the miners
gathered in from their work and dis
cussed the subject in all its bearings.
Opiniou as to the match was about
evenly divide-!. If anything, Tom was
the favorite. Under these circumstances
a mill for $ 100 a side was easily ar
ranged between the beast and the man,
and it was decided that the conflict
should come oil on the next Sunday af
ternoon. Fromitly at the apioInted hour every
inhabitant of Dutch Flat was assem
bled in a little level spot just outfide
the limits of the camp. The prelim
inaries were quickly arranged aud the
fight began. The beast seemed to take
in the situation at a glance, and laying
back his ears he watched his wary op
ponent with angry eyes. (Suddenly
Tom leaped forward aud landed a ter
rific kick squarely on the junction of
the neck and head. The brute reeled
before the force of the blow, but re
covering on the instant he wheeled and
launched both heels at bis antagonist.
The man leaied aside and as quick as
lightning responded with another fear
ful kick cn the burro's neck. And so
the conflict raged. Sometimes the jack
would get in a savage blow on his op
ponent, but oftener the man had the
best of it; and at last, putting forth all
of his wonderful strength, he landed a
kick with the fury and irresistible
force of a pile-driver on the Jack's
neck, which had been his objective
point from the beginning. The bexst
reeled back and with a convulsive
quiver fell over dead. Tom was terri
bly bruised, but no bones were broken
and in a few days he was as- spry as
ever.
The miners next day gave the jack a
regular funeral. Amid all the pomp
aud circumstance of the camp he was
laid to rest underneath the sod of the
valley and a local poet thus canonized
his memory:
Lay his waxen boots together,
Jr old hack his long aud spreading cars.
For he has ilouo to hleud his geehaw
With the music of the spheres.
B Floatlnjj Gardens or the Aztecs.
During ad their wanderings,
wherever they stopped, the Aztecs cul
tivated the earth and lived upon wha .
nature gave them. Surrounded by
enemies, in the midst of a lake where
there were but few fish, necessity aud
industry compelled them to form float
ing gardens on the bosom of the waters.
They wound together the roots of
aquatic plants. Intertwined with twiors
and branches until they formed a foun
dation sufficiently strong to support a
sou tney urew lrom the bottom of the
lake, aud on it they sowed their needed
maize and chilo. These floating gar
dens were about a loot above the
water and of various forms, the most
effective being long and narrow, called
cintas, or ribbons. With their natural
taste for flowers, they added the orna
mental to the useful, and these Bmall
gardens multiplying, were covered with
flowers and aromatic herbs, which wtrj
used in, the worship of their gods, or
sent to decorate the palace of the em
peror.
What a picture of delightful inde
pendence! The peaceful Indian could
anchor his flowery home where he
willed, 0 at beyond social cares or
political burdens, and from prymz
neighbors and poll parrot gossip, he
could quickly paddle awayl In these
secure retreats the spendthrift could
elude his creditors, the bank defaulter
' bide from the minions of the law.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
At a sale of autographs in Paris a
letter written by Charles 1 X. brought
$80, one by Louis XlY SS3 and a Mo
zart manuscript $09.
Another walking phenomenon is
reported from Piersou couuty, S. C. A
despatch credits him with being per
fectly sane, and says he would like to
stop walking, but caimot.
At Oxford, Pa., the other day, a
sparrow hopped upon a pile of clams
and was suddenly imprisoned by one
of the bivalves, which closed it's shell
together over thj biid's feet.
The first translation into English
of a Hebrew novel will shortly appear.
iam c uist umcoveieu mat mere were
Hebrew novels worth translating, and
has had them for some years.
The Japanese have a legend that
fish are the embodiment of the souls of
naval otVnrers, an1 tl.e African ne
groes believe that magicians assume
the shape of tisli and come to their
uets t woik evil.
A l.idy interfered
with an impa-
tient r: river iu Lynu
and started a
stubborn, balky horse
attached to a
heavily loaded coal wagon bv sriviuir
the animal four apples and then sim
ply saying, "Come along."
A .1,0X) foot well is leing sunk at
San Iit-2i. Cal. It is hoped that a
supply of water equivalent to 2,000,
000 gallons in every twenty-four hours
will Ihj obtained from that aud an
other deep well now being sunk.
There is a cotton plaut at Nar
coossee, Fla., which is over five feet
across the branches aud has from 050
to 400 blooms, buls, and bolls. It
contains cotton in all its stages, from
the swelling bud to the mature article
Uself.
A flock of seagulls were seen re
cently on the Schuylkill river, near
Hamburg, Pa. One of the birds was
shot. It is supposed that the dense
fogs and storms on the Atlantic coast,
100 miles from Hamburg, drove them
inland.
Monkeys in Eastern countries are
said to acquire such a rondness fot
opium that they will habitually smoke
auy that may be left iu the pipe when
the master lays it down, and when
deprived or it will suffer from ner
vousness and depression.
A Kauris City confectioner drew
crowds of curious people to his store
and sold quantities of candy by sus
pending five dead mice from miniature
scaffolds aud labeling them with the
names of the condemned Anarchists.
The toughest resident ot Silver
City, Ali., is a little Indian boy who
was captured during Geronluio's raid
two years ago. He is ouly 4 years
old, but he has already nearly killed a
boy by cutting him with a bowle knife.
Pennsylvania has two of the thirty
eight widows of Revolutionary soldiers
who draw pensions from tl.e Govern
ment, Susan Curtis, of Malre( aud
Nancy Hiins, of Tennessee, ''V ieei
bly the oldest widows. The block .
A merchant or MerrilonJ. three
adopted a novel and succe,d three feet
of advertising. He took lrary track
cow, pkihterei her ovei d the big piece
heels with mlvertiseuiei'11 t and
at large iu tha streets o
"Diamond," a aA papers discov
prlze winner for whic'. ,B au extra Issue
is said to have bee--3, announcing the
Hartford recently. ckson'a victory at
tiger variety, ai.d ,'ctory was won
was unable to stand iTnIS bulletin vr j S
chair 10. !t tou1"8
A party of spotting 1 y -c-lem,
N. Y., recently witnessed about
the strangest contest on record. It
was a fight lietween a ferret aud u
cat, and a lively and exciting battle
resulted. The animals fought ten
minutes, aud the referee decided the
battle a draw.
A sea turtle, weighing about l.Oot'
pounds, eight feet in length from uos
to tail, two feet through aud eight
feet from Hipper to flipper, was caught
by James Buero. a Soquel fisherman,
while out with uets fishing neir Capi
tol a, Cal., a few days ago. It is the
largest Be.a turtle ever caught ou, the
Pacific coas.
A woman of Jersey tCity recently
brought home a str;i!igs egg as the
souvenir of a trip and placed it on the
parlor table. One week al ter she was
surprised to see a littl turtle break
the shell of the egg and blowly crawl
out. Tho beat of Hie room had
hatched it.
The coldest, known spot on earth
Is Werchojausk, iu Silwrla. The mean
temperature for the year 1S3 wa
2.J V., below zero for January and
December it was ;2 y below, aud foi
July it rose to OO.li above zero. The
lowest temperat ure iu July was
above, while in January a fall to 8S.(jc
below zero was exiierienred. Wercho
jansk is in latitude t.7 ;51', !ou"iti-, ,
103051'. ' V
The continuous decrease of crime
in England is very remarkable. So re
cently as 1S09 the in ions contained nc
less than 11.000 convicts, lu July last
there were only 7,441. What is also
very interesting the education act
marked the turning point in the his
tory of crime. Since the passage of
that act the decrease of crime has
been steady,
A remarkable accident recently
occurred at C:iapiil'epec. A youth
ful student named Coulter. wa .
about to cast in bron.e a small statue
representing the Aztec empeior Cuauh
temoc in torture, when the vessel con
taining the molten metal burst and let
it fall on his feet, producing horrible
burns, similar to those indicted on the
tortured emperor.
A young lady or Philadelphia, a
teacher iu a young ladies' seminary at
Newburg. escaed death iu a remark
able manner. "She attempted to get
on a car oa a West Snore passenger
train on her way to Philadelphia. The
train started and she lo her balance,
rolling between tl.e trucks. A brake
beam shoved her off the track into the
deep snow and hl;e again rolled on the
edge of the track. A gain did the same
thlsg happen. Thomas Gilhooly, a
newsboy, grasped tte young Udy and
attempted to keep her fro.a the rails,
but she slipped from his grasp. The
last car of the train had, however,
passed and Miss Ulgler was picked up
without having received a scratch.
Hit Japanese Hamboo never grows
In diameter after it appears two feet
above the soil. There are many siecies,
some lieing as slender as a lady's riding
whip, and others several inches through.
It is very vigorous, grows In heizhi at
! the rate of from two to four feet per
I day, and attains forty cr fifty feet; at a
. Zipe old age it flowers md dies. Tbe
roots-extend in all directions, grow
rapidly, aul shout soustantly.
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