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iCE THE BLIND LOVER SAW 8
LjOOOaCOOOaOCQOOOOOOa
Y') blind people
wlio I o v n each
other.
He, nn iintfniuly,
stunted Iini e,witU
.i vitt hnmel v f tap. :
plf. kIic, tall, thin, of
yellowisn compiex
iou and of sickly
jK appearance.
J Benevolent peo
ple had placed
jUiml asylum years before.
,,, wero brought up.
lren they lin il played together,
contented and happy. The
of tin' world were as strong
ill diiilj miseries. They
,1 quiet, comfortable house,
pirtleu ami nothing more.
mv boloueii. They could
.lii'iift, of what was going on
One thing only was clear to
Ji tliat was that they loved
er.
1 snmnior day.
.oust on a bench m the gar-
;ir,g.
Jam so glad." ,
,!iit account, Anna?"
Don't you know' To-inor-
To-morrow the famous ocn
lis here."
lie will mnke nsboth see."
is rtally able to accomplish
long neck? It could not bo possible,
No; it must not be!
He closed his eyes, leaned far out
of the window, opeuod thorn wide and
looked again. His imngo was still
thorn unchanged. Still ho would not
boliovo it. In horror ho kopt on star
ing at the gloss nntil it became
clouded. Then a veil seemed drawn
slowly over his eyes. It grew more
and more indistinct; darkness Rnth
ored all about him, and suddenly
everything was black. He saw no
moro.
Despair seized him. Ho thought
ho had become insane. He threw
the mirror away, stamped with his
feet aud struck himself iu the face.
Anna would soo him, and sho would
be horrilled. Khe would forsake him
ugly nnd blind and sho would go
away into tho sunny world nnd forget
him. He must remain behind, help
less and nlono. All tho happiness
was gouo forever.
He sank into a chair and sobbed
like a little child.
Suddenly he started up. A well
known hand caressed his head.
"Is it yon, Taul?" he heard her
ask iu a whisper.
"Yes, ' said ho, breathing heavily.
"1'aul, I looked for you everywhere
in tho garden nnd could not find you.
lheu I took oil the bandnge.
And do vou see mo? cried 1 aul
in deadly alarm.
"1 must say that I do not. Ao, no!
It is just as dark as it was before.
The operation was a failure. I see
nothing whatever."
"And I nothing," said rani exult-
ingly. "I also took off tho bandage,
at once, everything became quito
dark."
"Now," said Anna with a sigh,
"we must remain forever blind."
"It is better so," answered Taul
with a happy heart; and he tenderly
embraced his poor blind friend.
are joking.
)Ie to 'lo it.
Of course, ho
That is his busi-
, it lust, I shall bo able to
lovely face. Of that I niu
of nothing else?"
ing."
," said ahe, laughinir quietly,
you know that I havo a 1 jyely
ise I havo seen you twice
-in a dream. You had golden
wings as white as snow.
ilUiut were only true!"
quite certain."
I 10 beautiful?" she asked,
lumbytlio hand: "so beauti
yitwlicn I rellect. 1'aul. I think
I b even, hotter for us to be
kaeli otbor thim to be able to
it would be lovely. Don't
k 80?"
not," he answered thonght
Ulien both were silent.
pntful day had passed. The
a on the eyes had been per
il not all a delusion, it must
;rof you must take the band
to eyes for fourteen days!"
tho doctor's order before he
i'ueiteveuinir. after the sun
down, the cvo were a era in
f the garde'j, cliuging close
itier.
ttlioa will we first see each
fifteen days!"
,fi nut that is much too long.
;'? would certainly be long
I'me than that, perhaps; but
'w doctor's order."
I!")t endure to wait so long,
tho operation has been a
ad we have rejoiced iu vain!
ii?"
silent,
that, wo could "
It
,(r a moment, dear Paul
J not bo wrong."
'"'H, notwithstanding "
fr moment. We will put
V on again immedintoly.
1 ut be ut all afraid. Ploaso,
'f let 11 K wo it- W I .... r
, u UUvu BUI-
F J years. Let us eudure it
p longor."
I1 caill"t wait. It you loyo
or I will myself alone."
JJ'U ed awhile, bnt nt length
Jicalmiy; "We will do it."
hath" mornin8 oMly here
? Vou
'i time?"
night."
iy, 1 hoPe yu wil1 uftve
ft twilight.
Li . . lon8 out f bed. He
T- o. me next hour. Anna,
r " utautifu . hut iaO wi,
ngly ho may be? Perhaps
some also, but he can never
A LANDLADY'S SCHEME.
How a Woman Got Her Start on the Horn)
lo Social (Irenlmm.
"One bears much facetious talk
nbout tho hard luck of boarding
house keepers with fellows who loavo
without warning nfter running up a
good size bill, but I am going to re
late a story that is absolutely true,"
remarkod n traveling sulesman to n
group of men who were swapping
stories in the hotel corridor.
"The story concerns ono of the
social lights of Gotham who got bet
first step upon tlio rung of the laddei
of success by realizing on tho death
of a boarder who owed her a pretty
tidy sum. A very improbable tale
you say? Well, we'll see. It was in
the days when sho was not over pros
perous and kept a boarding-house in
a not very fashionable part of tho
city. Ono day a stranger went to
board with her nnd paid regularly.
He appeared to bo without friends or
relatives, for no oue calleilto see uim
and no letters cumo to the houso
addressed iu his name. Ho was em
ployed ns a clerk in some store, and
never enlightened any ono as to who
he was aud whore he lived when ho
was home, if he ever had one.
One week he lost his job, but as he
was a steady chop, and had beou so
prompt in his payuiouts, his landlady
allowed him to run up a bill. He
seemed to be unfortunate, somehow,
for no one would cive bun employ
ment, aud so that bill grew larger and
larger. One day the landlady pro
posed that he become insured iu her
favor, tliat sue wonui pay tue premiums,
and. if anything liappenod to uim,
why she would be reimbursed for
the credit she had advanced him. A
blunt, cold-blooded proposition, say
you? Well, be agreed to it, and be
came insnred for $500 in her favor
The premiums were regularly paid by
the landlady.
All that time the dohnquent boarder
went from oue job to another, aud
never staid in one place long enough
to be able to pay off his debt to the
landlady. A fearful winter set in and
pneumonia was prevalent, people
dropping oil so fast as to create tue
Diggest Kiua 01 a scare in me cuy.
He was taken tick, ami no mother
oould havo looked after this fellow as
his landlady did. Bho paid for
ddotor and a nurse to attend him and
did everything in her power to bring
him around to health. liut ho died,
and a mighty good funeral the poor
fellow had. The insurauco was paid
to her, aud with tho few hundred dol
lars sho received iu a lump sum her
husband was ouabled to make n for-
tiiimtu speculation which started them
well on the way to tlio possession of
millions and a place iu the I our
Hundred. Improbable? Well, the
story's truo every word of it."
will come at the
k.f.. .
r'"re her in ll.i. .i.if..i .,.
the bandnnot
i o
. loose and threw it on the
"'ye were still olosed. He
I'Ue OUIll.r.o,l 1 i.l
tblil l ' nuu aearoueu
liu1 to. th8 window, where
f . himself and ir;
K,entljrj hi8 Lead 9 in
-men on tue little glass,
nueri held in a firm olasn.
"owdeoide his fate. In a
o ue woul.l lm i.toi
'VvlioU
fed .7. ' Penet His eyes
1 ti,. "v" "l '"a mirror, trouv
uue with torturing ex
.i uu. nil i mi r. naa
. ? Could that bo himself?
Lir ken 0UBekB. red,
""""eaecayed teeth, that
WORLD.
MluiHlury lliriU.
The solo business of a migratory
bird's Bojourn in the land of its
ohoice seems to be the rearing of a
family. This accomplished, the
thoughts of tho birds seem to turn
immediately to the South to the
warm, fruitful, indoleut latitudes,
where harsh wiudn and chilling rains
and 'fading leaves never benumb
bright spirits. The conjugal tios
break, fathers forsake mothers and
offspring, and the latter follow as fast
sb strength permits. Thus again, as
wave after wave sweops down to us
from Canada, as if ou the wings ot
autumnal breezes, it is noticeable that
old males are leading the hosts of
each spocies, aud that only later come
females and young. I am careful to
make this matter of the buooossiou ot
ages clear, btcauso of noble signifi
cance iu the problem: How do birds
find their way? The old answer was
short and easy: Instinct tells them.
This means, if it means anything,
that a bird is boru with an intuitive
kuowloi.ge of a road he has never
seen, perhaps orossing au ocean.
Moreover, migration routes are rurely
straight lines north and south, to
which the little creatures might be
kept by some mysterious "souse ot
polar direotion," but are usually some
what roundabout, often crooked aud
sometimes squarely oast aud west for
a large part of tho course. Ernest
Ingersoll, iu New Lippinoott's.
" ' FreH Ega From Auitrnlia.
""Fresh" eggs from' Australia are a
prominent feature in the London mar
ket. They come in orates, and are
packed in oat hulls, sometimes acquir
ing an oateu taste thereby. They are
good competitors in Loudon with lius
sian, Austrian, Italian aud other con
tinental eggs.
X 'j
ONE WOMAN'S PROFESSION.
ho ICiirnfl a (,'nmrnrtiililn InroniR Ai-i-anc-
IiiB llrlditl I-'Innry.
Miss Eleanor lturwe.ll in a young
A'omnu who dresses brides. That is
ho way nho makes her living, nnd a
very good living nt that. Tho other
lay a friend of miuo was married, nnd
sue morning, about two weeks before
Iho ovontful tiny, a card was sent up
to hor, and I went down to seo tho
caller, a Miss Uurwell, whoso name
uuther of us had over heard before.
She explained her business and my
friend engaged her.
Larly ou tho morning of tlio wed
ding Miss Piiirwoll appeared with hor
nisistant. 'Tho entire trousseau, and,
might say, tho bride herself, was
turned over to her. Sho lirst investi
gated tho wodding ontllt nnd saw that
everything was as it should be. Sho
insisted ou tho bride s romiuuins
quietly in bed until 10 o'clock, tho
weddiug not being until 5 o'clock in
tho afternoon. Then sho had her out
nnd tried on the wodding dresi, gloves
and slippers. Soino alterations, only
few stitches, wero necessary, and
sho took them. Next sho turned hor
attention to packing tho trunks, and
in less than two hours the task was
accomplished nnd n little book con
taining a complete inventory was put
in the bride's traveling bag. This in
ventory gavo not only tho list, of
articles, but told exactly whwo the
ould bo found. By this time tho
bride had tinishod her luncheon and
was persuaded to tnko a nun and re
main in bed until called by Miss llur-
woll, who, with her assistant, left tho
bouse, to appear again promptly at
3. Ill) o'clock.
Then a tepid bath was prepared;
the bride awakened, and while she
was taking it thoy straightened up the
room and laid out tho bridal costume
Tho dressing of tho brido was accom
plished without tho slightest hurry
and in ample tune. IJut best ot all
was the fresh, rosy faoo that was seen
through tho bridal veil. It was bo
Tlilleiout from tlio haggard, nervous
prirl we had all oxpected. Sho was
not a bit tned or worried, and, feel
lug that she was looliiug lier very
best, womanlike, sho was supremely
contented. Miss IJurwolI accompanied
her to ;-tho church door, guarded
against soiling her gown iu tho car
riago and gavo the llnal touch to her
veil and train as nho entered
Alter the ceremony sho retnrnod to
tho house, mipoi'iiitondod tho ex
chaugo of tho bridal for tho going
u way gown, gavo tho final arrnugo-
monts to tho last trunk and tho
traveling bag, sot the room to right
aud left as quietly as tho proverbial
mouse
Tho next day I saw her ngain, and
asked her to tell mo about her work.
"I began four years ago," sho io
plied, by dressing a friend of miuo,
and I thought her mothor, who was. a
very dolicnte woman, would never get
through thanking me. Sho said I was
just the right person iu tho right place
on such an occasion, and ns 1 had left
school aud was ou tho lookout for
something to do to earn n living, I de
cided to try dressing brides as a pro
fession. I came to New York as our
nearest big city aud affording tho
largest field. Of course I had a few
letters of iutroductiou and a small
amount of money, less thau $30, iu
my pocket.
"While they pay me woll formyscr
vicos thoy do not fool that thoy can
afford to keep expensive servants. Of
course I am compelled to keep up with
the latest styles, and for that purpose
I spout two months in Paris last sum
mer. August and Soptombor are the
poorest mouths iu tho year for wed
dings, while October, February nnd
June are about the most popular.
Often during these mouths ,1 have us
many as two bridos a day to dress,
aud several times I could havo had as
many as four, but was obliged to re
fuse many eugugemeuts for wnut of
timo. Lafayette M. Laws, iu Chi
cago Record.
A l'retly Itoillce .Novelty.
There is a uew noto in the bodices
of fashionable gowns these days, and
although ono that would havo si-omod
incongruous to our grandmothers, it
is extremely pretty. It is double
zephyr worsted, used to liitlieo work
and embroider certain parts of fancy
shirts instead of the Komau silks aud
flosses that havo been familiar so
long. One distinctive usage is seen
in bodices of u black witiu or liberty
silk, made over white linings. It it
is ariaugod with tucks either bias or
straight, tho interspaces aro decorated
with a working of the double zephyr.
Tho decoration never represents
flowers, loaves or similar designs.
Usually it is worked iu a cat stitch
aud, us an nddid touch, wheu tho
needle points out of each side of the
goods the zephyr is throwu about it
several times aud fastened so as to
form a French knot. The dress goods
under the worsted is theu cut away
aud allows the underlining to show
through only slightly as the cntatitch
ing was very cloBely done. The
worsted was of muuy mixed colors
through wbioh yellow and purple pre
dominated. Another charming bodice
was of cherry-colorod liberty silk
made over cream white. It was elab
orately worked with black double
zephyr.
On rather fancy shirt waists this
work, though Blight, gives them a
touoh of Btyle aud novelty. The
edges, also of faucy and adjustable
collars, with ear points and pointed
cuffs, are being finished with double
zephyr. At lirst they aro edged with
a satin ribbon of some color iu con
trast to tho collar and ou tho ribbon
the worsted work is executed. This
work is quickly done, aud it is greatly
in its favor that no advance design
ing is necessary. A straight eye aud
au adaptability in designing is all that
is necessary.
It is also feasible to fill in many
sharp little corners on gowns with a
fan-shapod bit, the stitches being
long and graduated. Acain the old
ltoman block design is used on straps
to crosB over the vests of bodices. By
those that know about up-to-date
gowns, it seems as though evon more
uttentiou was paid to what is new in
wrinkles, as such little points as this
one about worsted are culled, than to
the excellence of the quality ot the
goods.
XJrcdMltien Created hf Xrir Fimltlonti,
New fashions often create now ne
cessities, and tho train skirt is new ti
many of tho younger women. They
find it (li it: on 1 1 to manage, and accuse
themselves bitterly of awkwardness
when they find thoiusclvca entangled
in its clinging folds. In point of fact,
tho mere phrnso "mnnnge tho train"
definitely conveys the idea of difiiculty,
and sinoo trains lirst were woru novel
ists havo laid stress upon their hero
ines' grace in managing them, and the
atrical critics comment upon it in like
manner.
The novico in train gowns, there
fore, doos not nood to feel badly ovet
her dellcioncy, but simply apply her
self to remove it. It is not weakness
nnd affectation ti try to noquiro grace
of movomout. It is duty.
The wny to seat ouo'sself is to catch
the skirts lightly in ono hand, bend
ouo knee, nnd so slido dowu into the
chair, nt tho samo moment releasing
tho draperies, with an imperceptible
swing that throws thorn iu sweeping
folds almost into a semicircle. Iu ris
ing catch tho skirts in tho samo way,
nnd with a dxxtorous twist of tho
wrist and slight backward movement
of tho foot spread tho train iu its
proper fan shape. It is difficult to do
scribe, but a little practice will accom
plish tho trick, utul it is well wortl-ac-iuiring.
Tim fili-l Wlio Kiiiiit II. iw,
"There's such n thing as being too
smart," sighed tho ambitious girl.
"It's really a misfortune to havo tho
reputation of being nblo to do things,
for tho ono who possesses the. knack of
doing anything, from millinery to
scrul)biig,is almost sure to bo imposed
u pon."
It is Inio that such n girl is apt to
bo overworked by her friends, who.
seeing tho deft fingers work so quick
ly, too forgetful of tho strength used
iu gratifying their requests to "just
help mo out on this, dear, you do it
so bcnutifully."
However, I believe in teaching girls
to do everything that thoy are likely
to need to know iu every day lifo or
emergencies, nnd I nm not liko
the mother who would not toach her
girls how to cook, believing if thoy
didn't know how they wouldn't havo
it to do.
Put with all tho rest of tho knowl
edge, impress upon the girls a regard
for their own strength, aud the power
to say no when the nerves cry out
that tho limit of healthful endurance
is reached.
Smaller C'tillitii; Cnrrin.
Tlio big pocketbook has been re
placed by tlio purse of gold mesh,
netted silk and beads, suede and
jewels, and tho very long nnd unhand
ily broad eardeaso has givou way to
the easily carried case of convenient
si::o and weight. The chaugo has
necessitated u change iu tho size of
visiting cards, and theso aro smaller
thau they havo been for jnauy years.
A few years ngo tnisMcs not yet "out"
used cards tho sio of thoso now cor
rect for their mothers. Some of tho
new cards aro almost square, others
just n triflo longer than they aro
broad. With an address iu ono corner
aud nu nt-homo day in another there
is not much fair white spaco left upon
which the indolent woman can scrawl
a message instead of writing a note,
but these small cards nre vory huudy
for the little reticules and small curd-cases.
E5QHINGS
2?0 WEAR
Laco boleros in black and white
aud ecru colors will bo seen.
Cluiiy lace is used for mauy kinds
of gowns this year, and is charming
with all.
A satin ribbon worn around the
nock nnd tied in a trim bow at the
throat should have the two ends long
aud tucked in at the belt.
A panne velvet parasol has rather a
warm look for summer, but it is beau
tiful. One with a white ground, with
tho most delicate pink roses iu clus
ters upon it, is charming.
A woolou gown which has a narrow
panel front has a solid muss of tucks
or folds going aronud horizontally
over tho hips from tho panel. Largo
women will havo to light shy of such
gowus.
Soino of tho bodices seen aro ma.lo
to blouse decidedly back and front, as
pronounced a blouse effect ns has been
worn in any of the timo of tho recent
popularity, of tho bloused garments.
Soino of tho Moused waists are plaited
iu close small plaits.
One pretty little silk gown has tho
fullness given it by Hue tucks sot in
around the waist. These are stitched
down live or six inches to form throo
points iu tho front aud at the sides,
and below this the tucks How out iuto
tho skirt. Tho tino tucks are set in
plain at the back.
An Ltou jacket on a pretty little
light stuff frook opens at the side,
and is fastened across with narrow
black velvet ribbons. Thoro aro three
of these fasteuings, each with two
straps of the black el vet, with bunchy
little rosettes of the blaok velvet ou
eithor end. It makos rather a pretty
liuish.
Panne velvet is combined with satin
ribbous. A sash that is worn with a
light stuff gown has a black panne
velvet centre, with brilliant colored
flbwers on it, and wide edges ot black
satin ribbon. This is a narrow Bash
width, and is tied once around the
waist and fastened a little at the side
of the frout with a big bow.
Tho new stockings are gorgeous to
behold. Black Bilk stockings are cut
out on the instep to show appliques
of lace. Othors have the holes worked
around with button-hole stitch, and
underneath are set pieces of bright
colored taffeta. Blaok stockings, are
embroidered with dots aud small
flowers. The open-work stockings
are of exquisite deliouoy.
A unique bolt is made of three nar
row straps of white kid over black
velvet ribbon. The blaok velvet is
rather wide, crushed together at the
ends in frout, where the three straps
of the kid are also brought close to
gether, and the whole faateued with a
buiuII gold olasp. As the strupB pass
around the waist they are aeparatod
about their own width apart, and held
in place by little crosspiecea of gold
illigree work.
I GOOD KOADS NOTES I
Country lllghwiiyii.
P Owe actually want good roads?
Or are bad roads preferable?
Is tho cry that has been raised
throughout the length nnd
breadth of this continent: "Wo want
good roads," tho demand of mon in
their sober senses? Or has labor and
money been placed on our ronda for a
century past merely to (ill in timo,
and keep our surolus capital in circu
lation. If wo do not wont good roads,
if bad roads are preferable, why should
wo want roads at all?
We must have roads. That neces
sity having been placed upon us, the ex
perience which lias taught us tho wis
dom of building other structures sub
stantially, teaches us tho economy of
having roads that are good. We want
roads which will withstand wear. Wo
want tho labor and money spoilt on
them to bo a paying investment: Wo
want roads which will bo pood no mat
ter whot tho stato of tho weather. Wo
want ronds which will not bocouio
rutted immediately tho fall rains como
ou or when tho frost leaves tho ground
in the spriug, remaining iu rough
ridges for n considerable part of the
summer. A road which does this is a
bad road. Tho money and labor
spent ou it is largely forced down into
tho mud, is plowed under within a
year and wasted. A good road is au
economical road.
In building tin economical road, im
provements must bo iiigde iu such a
way that they will last. Knads havo
been built ou the same principle, as is
wagon which breaks down under tho
lirst load, and is used for firewood af
ter a year of service. Most of tho
leadiug roads have becu made and re
mudo a seoro of times and are stilt bad
roads. They are of the kind that
"break up." A road that "breaks
up," liko nnything else thnt breaks
up, is a poor investment. Whou road
building is rightly uuderstood in this
country, township councilors will no
more think of building roads that will
break up iu tho spring thau they will
think of constructing houses that
break up iu the spring, barns that
break up in the spring or fences that
break up in tho spring.
Tho road builders of this country
havo not given HiUlieient consideration
to tho effect of building bad roads.
Y'ear nfter year work of a flimsy, shift
less character is placed ou the roads.
Tho results aro only temporary aud are
destroyed by a very little wear and
trnflic. In a very short time the work
has to 1 dono over again, jtut the
evil tlV'A not end with this. This an
nual fitimuuil for repairs is so groat
that no township can respond to it.
The roads instead of being repaired
wheu they need it aro neglected, grow
worse and worso, aud all the evils of
bad roads follow.
What bad roads aro doing for this
country is ouly ono side of tho evil.
Tho othor side is what they uro not
doing. Tho loss docs not ariso so
much from tho money and labor wastod
evory your as it does from the abseuce
of beuefits which good roads would
bring. Our loss must bo measured
not so much by tho money and labor
we are throwing away ou bad roads,
as by the opportunities which would
como to Us if tho roads were good.
AVI ile Tire Tentimotiy.
Testimony on the valno of wide tires
comes from all sections of tho globe.
A correspondent of a paper in Sydney
describes a road iu which hoavily
laden wagons with narrow tires sank
"half-Bpoke deep, and in placos to
their wheel hubs," and yet a loud of
live tons carriod ou six-inch tires sank
but two to four inches iu tho worst
places. In dry weather, he says, the
roads are cut up by narrow tires until
tho dust is a foot deep, nnd thou the
rain will not mako the dust sot hard
again.
A good material for roads is gravel,
"but no gravel loads often and twelve
tons on three aud four-inch tires. Au
experienced teamster will not Bpoak
about the touuage his team can draw.
He will say, 'L think tho road will
carry live tons' or more, us tho caso
might bo. I havo hoard road superin
tendents say that enormous sums of
money could be saved annually if
broad tires were used. Tho ouly ob
jection I have heard rniso.l against
tho wide tires is that they do not tit
iuto tho ruts -cut by tho narrow ones,
which makes tho draught heavier upon
the team. That is partially truo, but
tho ruts would not be cut if nil tho
wagons had wido tiros. Portable en
gines varying from six to eight horse
power and weighing livo tons and over
aro drawn by lighter foams than
wagons which, with their loads, would
not weigh moro. This is owing to tho
broad tires always used ou engines.
Tho ash pans on engines aro seldom
more thau about ton inches from tho
ground, but owing to the wido tiros,
these engines seldom bog deep enough
to allow tho pans to touch the grouud."
North American Horticulturist.
MnkltiK Clootl ltoiula.
We once helped a man fit a bit of
road through a low and miry piece of
land on his farm. There wus a bad
road often used at oortuiu seasons aud
he wanted it made good. The surface
soil was thrown out as deep as it was
thought to be valuable material, and,
by the way, that woll paid for the la
bor. Theu a bit of old stone wall was
put into the roadway, the larger
stones being rather carefully packed
at the outside. Ou these larger stones
were dumped piles of buiuII stones
that had accumulated from clearing
the meadows and cultivated Holds. It
wus two good jobsiu getting the walla
and stone-heaps out of the way. This
foundation was covered with grovel,
and when it was done the owner said:
"There, that job is done, aud I think
it will stay done while I live," and we
think it would aud through oue or two
more generations. We have thought
sinoo the fagitatiou of tho good roads
question that we should uot reach a
solution of it until road makers learned
to do their work so that it would "stay
done." Many farms have plaoes used
as roadways which need just snob
treatment, aud so do certain pieces ot
town roads.
Wliy On Man Wonder.
Considering the many old men who
are struggling along iu poverty, it in
wonderful that young meu do not take
better care of their money, and save
it for the iuevitabU rainy day. Atohl
80U Qlobe.
MODERN BURIAL CASKET.
Some Now HnM n Chmiilr n Cnlltin
M!imi More 1 Inlinriile I hull ler.
Probably about one-third of tho
people "lying in this country nowa
days aro buried in tho old-fashionoil
joflins, nbout two-thirds being buried
in ono sort, or another of the modern
burial casket, which is as different iu
ipponrnnco from the old stylo colliu
is it is possiblo to make anything do
jignod for tho purpose. Tho percent
age of those buried ,in caskets is nil
die time increasing. Tho only thing
Hint bus preventod the casket from
practically, if not absolutely, super
seding tho coffin, has boen apparent
ly its greater cost. The burial casket,
however, is now produced at lower
prices than ever before. A black
sloth covered casket of a kind that is
very extensively usod, nnd was Bold
livo years ago for about 805 is now
sold at 850, and it could now be
made and sold for less thau tint but
for tho advance iu cost within the
past year or two of tho various mate
rials that outer into its construction.
Thoro is now made a burial casket of
tho modern type, of white-wood, fin
ished in imitation of rosewood, that
is sold ns low as :J:15, or as chonply as
a coflla of tho moro costly kind; cof
fins being sold, according to material
and finish, at 810 to $l. These prices
for collins nro also rather loss than
tho prices at which they wero former
ly sold; those now selling at 810 to
?:5 having brought but a few years
ugo 315 to $15.
Tho lower prices hnvo boon brought
nbout by improved nnd moro econom
ical methods of manufacture It is a
familiar fact that burial caskets aud
collins are not mado nowadays as they
were iu old times, by cabinet-makers
nnd undertakers, but iu factories do
voted to thoir production, many of
theso being big establishments,
equipped with tho most modern ma
chinery and appliances of all sorts for
tho working of woods and metals. In
old times the undertaker might work
a way on a single coffin in a back room,
off his shop; recently an Ainoriean
concern manufacturing caskets has
put in $50,000 worth of now and im
proved machinery.
Not only are the less costly of the
burial caskets now produced at lower
prices thau those lit which they were
sold a few years ngo, but there nro
nlso now made lower priced caskets
of tho liner grades. For example: Up
to say live years ago the least costly
of the buriul caskets of tho most
modern typo, ono with straight sides
and square straight ends, was of curved
oak, und was sold at A casket
of this kind, hund-carved, and of
wood finished iu imitation of oak,
I can now bo bought for S5; nnd a
hand-carved casket of this stylo of
onk, nnd in a hand soino design, can
now bo bought for';j?l". This would
be of straight oak. A similar casket
of quartered oak would cost moro.
Five years ngo tho lowest priced of
tho carved mahogany caskets of this
kind cost $"00; such a casket would
now, cost S'250; this Bmaller propor
tionate reduction being duo to tho
presout increased cost of mahogany.
But while grade for grade all burial
caskots are now sold cheaper thau
formerly, nnd somo of them have boon
bronght dowu to tho price of coffins,
there aro also made nowadays burial
caskots of a still more costly and elab
orate character thau ever, and for
such caskets there is a constant sale.
Among the costlier varieties, caskets
covered with silk plush nro still iu
demand, though not so many plush
covered caskots aro sold as formerly,
tho largest demand among the more
costly kinds being now for caskets of
wood, of ouk and of mahogany.
Muny of thete caskets aro most elab
orate and in every way beautiful, in
material, in style and iu liuish.
Among the costlier burial caskets the
prices raugo up to $1000 oud upward.
Suu.
ACnmlbl Pnlillnlior.
In tho death of J. Sahabolisz, tho
Zurich publisher and author, the
world of art and lcttors has loht ono
of its extraordinary characters. Ho
was a shrewd business mun, an excel
lent linguist, n skillful writer, nnd
probubly tho most savago publisher
who ever lived. Whou ho ucceptod
the famous memoirs of Count vou Ar
nim, ho wrote ou tho postal card, with
tho acceptance, tho proviso: "I re
serve tho right to correct your infer
nally bad gntmmar."
To au aspiring poot who had sub
mitted manuscript ho answered by
postal card: "1 refuse to bo dis
graced by printing your doggerel. I
don't return tho copy because you
di-lu't inclose enough postage. If
you will send it, with tho price of this
card, I will send it to you, but I don't
think the stuff is worth the expense
on your part."
One of the postal cards ton novelist
read about as follows: "For Heaven'ti
sako, como aud take nway tho unnaiu
ublo mass of paper you left hero for
me to look at."
An ambitions historian wascrushod
by tho following, written, like all of
his correspondence, upon a postal
card: "You are making tho mistake
of your life. . You dou't want to study
history. You want to loam how to
write." Saturday Evening Post.
Tint' Bncce a llegem'.
A pretty little incident marked the
arrival of Queen Viotoria at London
on the oocasion of her recent visit to
the capital city, just after .the turn of
the wur tide iu South Africa. After
the royal train came to a standstill
there followed the inevitable delay
pending the completion of tue prepa
rations by which tho Queen was pro
vided with an inclined platform to
make it easier for ber to walk from
hor saloon to the carriage in waiting.
It was during this interval that the
oged sovereign caught sight of the
station dog "Tim," who was ruuning
about the tralushed.
He was gayly beribboned for the
occasion, aud by means of a oup uu
dor his chin was diligently "collect
ing" from the orowd contributions tor
the fund to assist the widows and
orphans of the Great Western em
ployes. The Queen asked his mis
sion, and, upon being informed ot it,
caused him to be brought to the
saloon of the train and thereupon
droppod a sovereign in the oolleotion
box attached to his oollar. Philadel
phia Press.
Thou Ir Old a hoe.
A man's heart is generally where
bis old suoes are. New York Press.
CHORE BOY TO MILLIONAIRE.
To advance from the humble posi
tion of "chore boy" on a farm, receiv
ing fifty cents a week, to be one of
the leading business men of a state Is
Indeed a long step, but this is what
has been accomplished by James Oli
ver, of South liend, Ind. Ho has fought
liia way alone nnd untitled from pover
ty to riches, nnd now holds a promi
nent plnco In social and Industrial
circles. Mr. Oliver was born In Scot
land In 182.1, nnd rume to AmerlcA
when thirteen years of age. He locat
ed In (Jcneva, N. Y.. and secured a
place on a farm at fifty cents a week.
His father nnd brother had preceded
him to America and wore located on
another farm near by. In 1835 tta
thrco removed to Indiana, and James
secured employment on a farm at $6
a month. Having a llttlo money, he
made nn Investment In real estate,
which gave him a start. Then he
learned the molder's trade nnd in 1855
became a manufacturer on a small
scale. His business grew and, by de
vising 'a plan whereby an Improvement
bo hud long soiiKht was accomplished,
ho was stnrted ou tho road to riches.
Success, having onco smiled upon him,
became lavish iu the bestowal of her
bounty and his wealth is now estimat
ed nt .from JIO.000,000 to 115,000.000.
Although one of Indiana's wealthiest
men, Mr. Oliver remembers his early
JAMES OLIVER.
struggles, and the rough hand ol ihe
honest laborer Is today ns warmly
grasped by him ns is tho gloved hum)
ot tho aristocrat. He is a firm friend
of the deserving nnd muny young men
owe their success in lifo to timely belt
nnd words of advice from him.
.1 Kurprlnei cut.
Several d lys uro, says the Philadel
phia Times live or r.lx .sparrows were
pecking away in the gutter immediate
ly iu front of an engino houno when
a cat crept across tho street nnd
pounced upon ono of them. Inatnntly
the vlctlm'u companions sent up a war
cry, which wns ns instantly answered.
From housetop und trco, the sparrows
flocked to tho scene. With whirring,
hissing cries of noisy rage, they fear
lessly attacked the offender. For
about thirty seconds tho dazed cat en
dured tho blows from perhaps a hun
dred beaks and twice as many boating
wings. Then, still holding her prey,
sho struggled way from the infuriated
birds and ran into tho engine house.
The plucky little fellows followed her
Inside, bnt soon gave up tho chase,
leaving ber vlth her dearly bought
dinner, t saiJer but a wiser cat.
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Hound common I 'D
Mlildlliig - HOI ',01
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LITE STOCK.
BEEF Best Beeves 7"i -) S15
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