AND YOU'LL P EM EM HEn ME,"
One evening ns the ur went down
Among tlm gnl len lull",
Ami silent s'm !, sn't an 1 brown.
Crept over vnl'-n hii I rill.
I w tic tin dusky l.il n-wing ,
1 ( down th luky ; I
Hnrenii)ir, henr I a maiden sin?,
'An I you'll f etiH'mner in."
Wln-n other Hp nnd otfur lirt,''
Cmii' drifting through the trw ;
''In liitu'n i" whni ex -ess Impart ,''
V:n borne upon th" brin-re.
Ali ' l"v is sweet and liop is strut.?,
And .1 nimini'f
A woman's .ill is in lnf sr.tr.;
"Aii'I you'll r'niivnlxT ie'."
HI ill rlppiTiu- fro'ii t!i thro'i'.iin? tlirotf
Willi joy akin to pain
Tli'T" "i"iii''l u t".ir in I'l'i'fy not
A o'i in rv Tv strain .
Ho't n tli t'viliir'it !ia I or"i';
A t t'i" IUtl'" I'1 1.
Tli" iti'.' T 'ir ; lir lov I
Willi ' V ui'li rvri"Tii'M- ni"."
Cv Wnrn iii. In New nU Sun.
A &
For a Romance.
AP.K I'AKLINO-
toll WUS i!l dis-
t ress. I h it w as
one reason why
III' t'Mik 11 hllll-
k i tu st r.ught
from !i doc
tor's t. i: : i ii
tiruy's rooms
1 ii ' the A I
l h ti y. II i
knew r night
h i v i! Ii..i.vn.
tlmt it was just
the linn- when llulph was most buv--tin-
r i : i of tin- iiioiuiiiL'. when Ihe
w riter's ideas nr.' in si vigorous tin 1,
dh In' loudly 1 1 n - most t I i i ti ;i I.
liit Mm!, was not altruist i '.i.im ;!) to
m it-two pins whether lu- il.-l n bed
Ii ih friend in tii" mill. Hi' of h nation or
a frii'il Mill-. Aiitl yci lie, t , was n
writer.
Hi I ' u n It'll inLi Ihilph's rooms iike
ft tipi'llt.
I'm under sentence, in v '.iir fal
low, " In- i t ii'.l, heedless nl the coin-,
pOM'll look of tcpl'llliclt th.it WIS lfvif 1
tit him, "anil I thought you'll liko to
know."
"That's I iresome," exclaimed Kaipli.
IiK'tlioil'.ciilly closing his fountain pen.
"Now, whst I wtuit to know in,"
proceeded Murk Partington, "whe re 1
mn I to go? Egad, if only I could
inert with a Kill like tho future Mrs
1'ii.v nt least, if nil you say of her is
to 111' l.l'iU'M'll."
"A most wise reservation, th.it!"
said Kalph. "lint then', itoiv, why
not gel oil to Willi's Hiiil try your own
luck? I'l'iijilt' don't viilu.' Willi's lis
thcyou-ht. It is h h" f ly ruiintrv,
h ii will liii'l tlii' ii';ui' in tin.1
. thr-wiiy (nirts eituur Jiuni'ily
pic n:nl iiiiKoilt."
'All riiht. (Iivi inn ln-r tililros, or
. loust tell mn her iniiue ; mi l if hhu
foini'S up to your own i.rliuit of hnr,
liy J (i vi', linlph, I'll tike tu.1 loan, t-io,
ami Krttlo down."
"I'll not fpvc yon her n'Mrt'SK, my
ilt'iir frllow, nor toll you Iut uuine.
Ditt I'll tell you whi'io I tui't her, ftiul
I think you'll havu no il'.tUculty in
tiuilni' otht is lioiiK thin; like lo r.
You I'un tal.o ii tniin to Twllhi'li nii l
thi'M iimki' your My to Alii-rcully n
uuyhow you plfHst.''
riirlintoii pioki'd up his stick,
"riniiikw, my di'iir fellow. (Mi, liythi
wity, just writo it down, will you?
AIht Hoim'thiii'-i or other is vhih.
1 liopi- th v?riil will l'e i M'luriilih'?"
"Yi's, it will In I'lidiirulih'," hiiid
lvidph, nud he wii'l. tlu- niiut on n
nlip of piiper. "l'lii't't' you hiv, and n
good t inie to yon. "
Murk I'urliiitoii wiik much mori'
impulsivi.' tluiu he looked. IK- whs
forty-olie, htoilt, rut her more led of
fiiee tli'in he liked to lie, mid with
mi's tlmt stuck out from his Lend us
if they were the split hiilves of h hoop
with the rounded parts hcI tu his
bkul!.
Tho ilny lifter his interview with
Iuilph (irsy he took train for Wnles.
It wns close upon 4 o'clock when he
reiiched Aliereiillyn. An nirof siicred
enlni wusover the villne. The very
pills of the phuv welt' penned. Words
euiiii.it my nioiv to prove the pro
fundity of Ahereullvn'sSiiii hiy torpor.
At this stne of his ndsetitures Murk
heard steps liehlll I Ii i in. it lid the door
of n cottage opened. He turned to
look into h 1 1 m i r of sunny txvny eyes.
They lielolii;e,l to It Voilli woman,
whose rt tt.v tUi'.re was well declared
liy h r tiut liltin Iduek liress, 'l'h'Te
was either the lieiiitiiu or th.' i lid of
ii smile upon her lips. Tim lips were
small 1 1 1 1 I shapely, mi 1 so were tho
teeth they half lii 1. Mark did not
take in nil at one
the fact tli it this
UU'l wits lieae.tiiu1, lut he felt instinc
tively that sl'.e had ii human h '.irt un
der her lioiliee. In reply, therefore,
to her I'hariniii'ly limped "Cnuwe otJ'er
you sh.ltej-, sir'.'" he poured out his
pliiint. There was an elderly, dark
eyed nnd hnrd-faced wouiau in tho
ejooin of n pnssao liehiu.l, nud the
iiil't-i'ii on her head at once iniide
Mink regard her us an enemy. Hut as
he sat ou ii chair in the little room, :
cuiulietvd w ith millinery, into which
lie had heeu invited, and watched the
piny of the KilTa tnee, Mark knew
that, he had gained nu ally. I
He sat in patience while the girl
opi ned and curried on a lengthy eon
Versatioii with the night-cupped lady,
"My mint nays, sir," observed the
Kil l nt length, "that if you w ill excuse
tho coufiihioa bho shall give you a
room."
Another look into the gray eye and
all Murk's scruples lied.
"I cautiot tell you Low re!iovcil I
feel," ho said, with a genuinely grate
ful ring ia Lis voice, as La followed
the girl into a chamber about nine feet
square, the prim burse Laired furniture
K7
J9 6
of which woa disguised under its coat
of (lunt.
"That i.1 my father," said the frirl,
pointing to the portrait of a broad
shouldered man in black with a kindly
expression on Lis somewhat shaggy
face, n.itl with a roll of paper in his
Land, as if it were a truncheon. "And
that," indicating a minister on the
other shin of tho room, "iss my father's
brother, t'nelo Owen."
"What must I call you?" asked
Mark, when his pretty deliverer
brought him hi tea and sat down to
moo him eat it.
"My mime? Oh. it is Claude How
lands I am generally called Claudia;
I like it best and Mrs. Griffiths here
isi my mint. Yoit fee it ia the hiring
time, nud she iss so busy then tlmt one
of iiss, my sister or me, comes to help
her with the shop it iss amusing,
too!"
"Vi ry, I should think, Claudia. An
uncommon name, C'luii lis, and not so
ill s itui liu either! Oh, good gru
oioii, what's tip?"
Th.' till lii'iidied ns Mark righted
I lilm-i If. His chair had Lrokvu through
I th- floor.
J "It iss too shorkingr. thiss Lottie, to
ask you into. Indeed, i am sorry for
you Mr."
j "i'ariiiinton, Claudia ?.Jark T'or
' liii2t.:i. And you mustn't say such
thing". 1 am well content. "
They went to ehnpel together in the
evening --Mr. rarlingtou, Mrs. (Srif
tit In nud Clan lui. It was Mark's Aug
' K.-tdioii, and it i.eemed to raise him in
the postmistress regard. After the
service, however, lie hud Compensa
tion. The iiiin hud set iu naiu. Mrs.
(iril'llhs locked the hoiise-iloor. The
three sit to.'eth .' until ten o'clock.
The postmistress ted not understand
I'.u jish. Mu k t'u.'ink'.'d heaven for it.
' l!ut she kept her eyes on him, and
even when, at (.'l iudi.t's relilest, she
sanctioned tie- eiur ."or which her
t;iiest was pining, she watched the
smoke o! it with nu c'.prcHsioti that
j was ii t exu'tly comforiiiiK.
"Yon must not mind mint," whis
pered Claudia nt tint moment,
when I
! tiie elder Utlv had left tho room ami
the ii l was kneeling to list' the bel
I lows to the reluctant tire. Her pretty
head toiiciio.l Mark's arm whilti she
, worked -it was such a very small
room. "She iss stricter than uss
yonn.T nu.'s. And, besides, I was
i two years with an English school, bo
, cause my father ho wass resolved his
I eiul lieu should kuow tho English and
tin- Welsh but I speak it badly yet."
"I don't know when I've Lenrd Eag
, l:sh spivken so sweetly," said Murk;
1 nt'd he meant it.
His s-voud day in Aherenllyn did
but cou.inu his earlier impressions
a'u.iit this Welsh girl, lie saw her
now in her rob of busy worker, doing
every thiii j that came iu her way, aud
; iloiug it all with the most winsome
j cheerfulness.
! ".'ii ' s'uop was tun t customers al
, most from daybreak. It was odd where
' they came frocr, aud also how they got
; their money. Hut, as the girl said,
, tiny mostly had six months' wages in
' their pockets nud they meant to spend
i them quickly. l'.very ono wanted
I Claudia. It nnnoved Mark very
, much to see how she was at the din
posal of little il ls of thirteen or four
! teen w ho w ished for ostrich feathers
I nnd sulphur-colored bouneU n foot
! Inuh. hii 1 sat down to make sure she
: did not forget their desires. And it
annoyed him most of all to peiveive
tli" cordial tooting sin was upon with
all tho handsome young seafaring men
who dallied so long in the shop on
the pretext of letters, pipes or suull'.
He dined on tin salmon of nu indif
' fei t-nt brand ; but Claudia served it,
' and ut his request sli ired it w ith him.
Sin? was not a bit troubled at being
usl.ed to dine with him, but there was
' just it soiipcou of deference iu her
manner, which made her all the more
charming.
I Then she again took up her bonuets
i nud continued to run between the
shop and Mr. Parliugtou's room till
j even Mark's obdurate nature yearned
iu pity for her.
"Will you not come out with roe?"
j he asked. She excused herself with a
: smile. The bonuets aud her aunt
1 were her pica ; but Mark snw it in
her face that a sense of propriety also
, di ten ed her. Y et this same sense of
propriety did not preveut her sitting
I w ith him for hour after hour iu the
j evening, while she worked by the
- light of one caudle, nnd Murk smoked
cigar after cigar, and studied her face.
Mrs. (irifliths came periodically to
I peep at them. She did not seem
' pleased by her niece's conduct, but as
there was no relaxation in the bonnet
making she uttered no uudible protest,
j Somehow the talk took a lit.-rary
turn. Claudia's father, who was a
tradesman in a town at some distance,
' was also a preacher. The roll ol paper
: in his hands on the wall was one of his
I sermons. Claudia climbed the stair
' to fetch a manuscript copy of tho Her
I molt tho old gentleman had preached
i in Abcreulivu only tho lust fSuudnv.
Mark rend u little of it, praised its
vigor (which was undeniable), set it
aside, and again turned his attention
to the girl's gny eyes, which had al
most a morbid sparkle of beauty in
them by the candle light.
"1 suppose, Claudia, you don't reo.l
many novels',''' he asked.
"No, Mr. l'arliiigtoii, iin-1 it iss
strange yet that I should not though
l cannot t.'ll you altogether v. liy. lint
w hen I wass a very little girl my I'ucle
Oweu there took me upou hiss knees
aud said I wass never to reu.l those
books, and I saitl I would not. They
are wickod thiugs, uovelf, Mr. Par
tington, and put idle aud vain thoughts
into girl's minds."
"I myself am a writer of novels,
Claudia," said Mark, stooping tu see
what effect his words would have upou
the girl's turn.
But they seemed to have hardly
any. Bhe colored slightly, and her
eves took an earnest expression.
"indeod, I am sorry I said that,"
she whispered. 'They nay not be ao
bad as Uncle Owen thinks, and I sup
pose nomo people must write them, as
there are people who read them."
"rfhe puts me down as a sort of
scaveuger," thought Mark, with much
mental disaffection.
"Claudia 1 Claudia ("called the aunt,
and, laying aside her work, tho girl
excused herself, and left tho room.
When an hour had passed and she had
not returned Mark went to bed. 1I
shuddered to think what Abcrenllyn
would bo for him if she were not in it.
Tho next morning she said to him:
"I have a letter from my father this
day, and I nui to return to him the
day after to-morrow. They miss me
so much nt home."
The day nfter to-morrow !" echoed
Murk. It was as if a veil had suddenly
been drawn between him and the sun
light. "Yens. I nhnll be sorry, and I shnll
be gl.i 1, too. I am happy at Lome and
I am happy litre ; but I do not sleep
so well nt Abercullyu, though I do not
till auntie."
Mark put his hand to the girl's
browi It was much too warm. He
fancied the pretty foreh"ad clung to
his piUin, and the fancy made his heart
beat.
'You are the goddess of self-sacrifice,
Clnudin,"he exclaimed, "and your
aunt is a "
P.ut the girl's little white hand was
to his lips in a moment, "ion must
not say anything against my aunt. I
love her very much. Hho is lonely
and does not thiuk people tire them
selves." Mark kissed the fingers that had
thus assumed to bur his speech nnd
gallantly leturued tho hand to its
owner.
"You should not have done that,
Mr. Pnrlington," she murmured, "it
iss not u very clean hand just now. I
am afraid; indeed, it iss not."
"It is a good otie, and that is enough
for me," said Mark. Iter blush nfter
the kis had cheered him like uu elixir
io .iH veins.
The next dny was mistv nnd cold,
and the southwest wiud drove the sea
hard into Abereullvu's little bay.
"Our last day," said Mark, when
Claudia greeted him with her usual
gladsome "good morning." Her eyes
were very dark underneath.
"Yess, and it will be a bad one, too,
Mr. Partington. I am so sorry for
you. Hut why will you leave
Alierenllyu as wll as me?"
"Du you think I could tolerato it
without you?" retorted Mark.
Claudia laughed with a certain con
straint. "You would soon foret me," she
said, "and will you please to like your
eggs with the bucou or done simply iu
the p t?"
"Auvhow. Claudia, so your pretty
hands bring them to me."
wareally n melancholy day out
sin ,( , ol course, too,-',
fecttvt ..... inneo in tho shop.
Itut Mark was concerned to hear the
deep voices of mankind nearly always
when Claudia left him, nud her clear
laughter never failed to encourage
them iu their gulVaws.
frit ill, there were bonnets enough or
dered to keep Claudia's lissome fingers
iu motion whenever she was not re
quired in the shop; aud she did most
of this work iu tho little room with
the broken floor and the photographs
ou tho wall. Mark sat at one side of
the table wat?hiug hor. It seemed to
him he hail been doing this oil' and on
for years. Ho knew each of her
liugtrs by heart, and where her hair
was thickest over that sensible little
forehead of hers.
"Are you, Mr. Parliugton, always
so idle? No, no, I do not mean that,
pleaie forgive me. Itut when you are
not hero do you not work like other
people?" asked Claudia at one time
"les, I work, mr Claudia,
and
pretty hnrd, too."
"Hut you mean at tho writing, do
you not? Is that real work, Mr. Par
liugton?"
"Faith, I think so, child."
The girl dropped her ueedle nud a
hazy expression of far-awayness stole
into her gray eyes. "I do not know
if I shall ever be very wise, but I do
feel so curious about London at times.
It iss chiefly w hen I lie awake iu tho
night."
"Coughing?"
"Well, yess, perhaps I am coughing
though you must uot thiuk me weak
and good lor nothing. My Uncle Owen
says 1 have silly little ears, lint tliat 1
should bo more foolish if they were
larger."
"I don't quite know, Claudia, what
your I'nelo Owen meant by that, but
I think your ears, like every other
part of you, are perfect."
The girl's cheeks crimsoned and she
looked up. "Ah," sho said, "but
that iss only a compliment I My sister
tirace she iss older ttmu me hass
had many thing like that buLl to
her."
"Y'our sister Grace, Claudia, what
is she liko?"
"If you will excuse me, I shall show
you."
The girl tripped upstairs, but boon
returned with two photographs.
"That iss (Iraee is she not sweet?
nud yet there are many who eay we
nre much alike. And this iss the
geutlemau ?he iss to marry."
Once again by his convulsive, start
Mark seut his chair leg through tho
rloor.
I'll if, Claudia this gentleman!
Why, it is P,alph(lra a great friend
of mine ! ()!;. come, there is a fatality
Py a deft movemeut he kicked t li
door of tho room close, and took
Claudia's hand.
"Child," he exclaimed "will you
give mo your life as your sister Lns
given Lers to Ralph? Will you be
mine, Claudia?"
"Air. rarliutitoD." revlied the mrl.
as aha gazed earnestly at him, "jom
do not mean that!"
"I awear liy by your Uncle Owen
and your father there, and by you!
own ancct self, that I mean every word
of it."
"Oh, dear, oh, dear only think of
itt Coming, auntie 1"
This last was iu answer to a qnernlon
cry for her from the other side of the
door, which Mark Lad shrewdly
blocked.
Five minutes passed ere Claudia re
turned. She appeared iu a pretty
straw hat.
VSee, Mr. Tarlington," she aaid,
pointing to the patch of blue in the
sky that was visilile from the window,
"it iss better weather. Aunt snya I
may take you as far as tho old church
to show yon my grandfather's tomb."
"Oh, with jjilensure," observed
Mark.
It was the r lt imposing monu
ment iu tho churchyard, a lit tli
matble ecluinu telling r? the dt
ceased's many virtues (in Welsh) and
indicating his age at death as eighty
two. "You have not given mo my answer,
Claudia." said Murk, leuiiiug agniust
the railings.
"I w ill tell you why I asked you to
come Lerc, Mr. Partington. My
grandfather wass very foud of me, and
when he wass iu Liss last illness he
said I wass to do nothing serious in
I my life without praying over him. 1
have just iiravcd. He tells mo to sav
to you that if you mean what you said j
you shall please to en mo here again i
the net May hiring time Bnd I will
then siy 'Yess' or 'No.' I am sorry il i
I do not timke you happy."
"Oh, but you do, my tweetheart,"
retorted Murk, eagerly. "A year ie ;
notmng. it will soon pass,
nnd then 1
yon will be mine, my
ver."
darling,
for- I
"Well," sail P.Vqdi Gray, when
Mark Parliugton had told him the
story of his adventure nt Aberen'.lyu.
dust a week h i I sped since his abrupt
inrush after sentence by lr. (iibney.
"You ought to cousider yourself a
lucky fellow."
He said it with a sh-vlow of dissatis
faction on his face, as if lie were uot
wholly pleased w-ith the turn of events.
"I do, Il.i'ph upon my houor 1
do."
"Then I take it for granted that yon
will keep to your word and claim
Claudia this time next year."
"Why, certainly, I said so. Pear,
dear, how goue I wat upon her, to n
sure."
"Was!''
"Don't be so confoundedly sharp
on a fellow's tenses. I meant 'am,' ol
course. And now, ta-ta! I'll be ofl
to the club."
lhilph smiled rather bitterly.
As for Mark, no sooner was he io
the street than he clapped his hauds
to his side.
?'y jot "' ie extaimed. 'Only
think, if she is in the habit of makiug
an annual tryst with her lovers at her
granddad's grave ! What a novel situa
tion there's grit in it. The dear,
cajoling little chit, with her melodiou
siiiillutions! I'm glad I Lave her
photograph ; it would be a pity not to
keep her memory green in mo for
awhile." London I'.iaek aud White.
YVIieii an F.leplunl is Crazy.
When we present tho elephant in
possession of sti.-li iutt'llectuil gifts as
may bo his, t hcni has to be considered
tho case of the elephant that, hoi tig
"must," is for a time berjft of its
I seuses. It is only the mule that suf
i I- .... .1.;.. .. .ii .r
ieiis iiiiiu Linn mutt linn .ii instiling ,
but every male is liable to it some,
time or other, and, unfortunately,
may be attacked by it without warning
of any kind.
Some men of long ex.icricuee of ele
' pliant keeping say that the "must"
condition is preceded by premonitory
symptoms', aud if taken iu time may,
by diet and treatment, be averted,
but, w ithout presuming to coutradict
those In tter-iuformed people, I can
aver that I have known some of them
to be taken by surprise by the sudden
"musting" of elephants under their
own immediate supervision
Some elephants become demons ol
cruelty when "must," as, for example,
a commissariat elephant that, during
my time in Oudh, broke away from
tho I.uekmiw lines aud went over a
considerable tract of coiiutrv, killing
"ie" women and children wherever it
found an opportuuitv of doiuvr so.
I do not remember the total ur.m'nei
killed by that beast, but it was sadly
large. And, of course, valuable as th
nniniul was to the (iovernmeiit, only
oue course could be pursued iu rngnrJ
to it. Tho sentence passed upon it
was that of death, and the execution
was carried out, not without dillicuity
nnd danger to tho executioners, by
several Europeans, who followed aud
shot it dowu. lilnckuood's Magazine.
The Navy War College.
Tho Xaval War College is a sort ol
naval university, where graduates ol
the Xaval Academy are seut to stilly
tho higher brunches of iiaval educa
tion. The college was started by
Admiral Luce some ten years ago. Its
idea is to take the ollieers when they
are uot on sea duty and give them iu
structiou iu the management of fleets,
tho historv of naval wnrfnro and the
i "grand strategy" as opposed to ordi
nary tactics. Ihe college occupies a
iluo building at Newport, Ilhode 11
and, and after an interruption of some
time will be in active operation duriu;
the summer. The commanding otlicei
of tho cruiser New York was President
of the college, and in preparation foi
his work wrote the now famous books
on ".Sea Power in History," aud "Sea
Power in the French Kevolutiou aud
Empire," two works accepted as au
thoritative by all European countries
Trenton (X. J.) American.
ronltry la Miniature.
These tiny specimens of ponltry
are, on acconnt their size, very popu
lar as pets for children ; but they are
also a profitable fowl, and repay all
trouble and expense. They require
little room, are quite hardy and con
tented in confinement, and are small
eaiera and excellent layers. Of
course, from their sizo much cannot
be expected from them in the way of
flesh, bnt what meat they do furnish
is very delicate and tine flavored.
Their eggs are considered to be par
ticularly good for invalids.
The principal varieties of bantams
arc the game, rose-combed black, rose-
combed white, golden and silver Se
bright, booted white, Naukin, Pcpkiu
and Japanese.
Game b:int.iitis wen; produced by
crossing the Lnglish fowl with the
bnntam, and by breeding in-and-in
until the desired si.e was obtained.
Thero nre now about as many varieties
of game bantams as there are id the
game breed.
The rose-combed black aud white
bantams are two of the most beautiful
and best laying varieties. The birds
when young are rather delicate, owing
to rapid feutheriiig. The black variety
is the black Hamburg fowl in iniuia-
Soiiii-AinphihliMis Hun alliiiis.
The nntives of the Sniulwich Islands
lake Crst rank as sw immers. They are
almost amphibious, living quite an
much iu the water as on the laud, and
are adepts at sw imming anil pluyiug in
the watt r almost from babyhood.
Lady Priissey has described their
wonderful swimming powers. She
says: "All the kings r.nd chiefs have
been special adepts iu the invigorat
ing practice of surf-swimming, nud all
tho pnscut king's sisters am consid
ered tirst-rate hands at it. The per
formers begiu by swimmiug out into
the bay and diving tiuder the huge
P'leilie rollers, pushing their surf
.rds tt.t pieces ol about four
t long by two feet wide v-ed at
each eud edgewise before . For
tho return journey they seleci. a largo
wave, and then, either sitting,
kueeling or standing on their boards,
rush iu shoreward with the speed of a
race horse on the curling crsst, envel
oped in foam and spray, and holding
ou, ns it were, by the milk-white
manes of their furious coursers."
This is a most enjoyable amusement,
but only those who have tried it know
that its performance is only possible
to expert aud fearless swimmers. Tho
majority of children iu the Sandwich
Islands are expert swimmers before
they are able to walk. New York Dis
patch. A llomc-Maile Tea-Table.
Xow that the fashion of offering te
to afteruoou callers is so general, tea-
tables of every shape and size are seen.
Those that have a double stand are
found to bo more convenient, and such
i ono cau bo easily made from two
barrel covers turned so that the rim
will tdaud ii. nud secured by four
broom stick legs, which are screwed
into the covers, says the Household.
If this table is painted with the
ivory white enamel paint that is now
io popular for furniture, the rims of
the covers lined with gilt paint, aud a
few lines of the gilt striping the legs
tt tho top and bottom, it will bo very
handsome aud serviceable.
Hard Study Agrees With Her.
Anxious that his ten-year-old daugh
ter should exoel her school-mates,
Edmund Mays, of Poston, forced the
child to study Freuch, German and
algebra up to 11 o'clock in the even
ing for three months. Contrary to
general expectation, tho unusual
straiu does uot appear to have iujured
her iu the least, and her progress in
the studies baa been remarkable.
New York Mail aud Expreuu.
tnte. Their eggs are lartfe In ptoi
IIUU to UID 0IS.O Ol IU torn.
rYtt rnldn anil ailrfip Ki1l.i-
r ... gum.
two varieties originated at the
nmg of this century by Hir Joha"
bright by crossing different li
the tirst cross being bclwecu a CotasJ
bantam and a Polish fowl. Thewj
. I . 1:1. - il.i . 1 4
entirely uuuso wibi oi osuvsqd J
general, being square and expitxU
and the feathers broadening to,.J
.1.- i -
uir euttn.
Tho booted white is the
olW
known bantam breed. They
tirnu ami bard v. with nnro -i 1
ure u
plumage, which is very liable to J
sunburned unless given a sheltered r5
:. ."'.sv'..
rr ....... S'Z
a r-Air. or JAr-Avnsp. hantams.
The Xankiu and Pekiu bantam J
Chinese varieties, which reseas
each other, the plumage of the forJ
being sotiiew hat darker ami the t
feathers tipped with black. 1
Pekiu is practically a diminutive i
Cochin.
The Japanese bantam shows by
nnine its origin. I no lireetl is get..
ally considered tho most beaut
among bantam. The plumage is t.
white, except tho tail, which is blv
with a delicate white tracing aro
each feather. The eggs rank with i
rose-combed varieties in peculiar J
cacy of llavor.
(iiughniiis in Favor.
Ginghams ore to be worn moret
ever. Crinkled effects, like cm
in shades of green, violet and yeli
sell from thirty-live cents to fifty c
a yard. The dotted ginghams
novelties. They aro sixty-cent
CilMIHAM ASH EHBKOIPKrVT.
yard. Au ecru cingunm wi
sprinkled with brown, dark bl
green dots, and made up with cr
t luted lace au I r.ioiro ribboi;
match the dot. A gingham
dressy enough to be worn at a g
party is woveu with bauds of
lace insertion. It comes in al
new delicate shades, and sells for
cents a yard. ihe plaid gingli
out of style, aud revers have quit
grown their popularity. Xew
World.
Uritriuul Ossilicil Man.
In the Museum of Natural Hi
nt Dublin is the skeleton of a n
native of the south of Ireland
was called the osaitied man. His
became ossified during his lit.
lie lived iu that condition for
Previous to the change ho had 1
nealtuy youug fellow ol sni
strength and agility. Oue ci;
slept out -in a field after a d
and some time later ho felt th
symptoms of tho strange traust
tiou. Tho doctors oould do m
to avert tho progress of his m
ins joints stitlened. W lien ho w
to lie dowu or rise ho required
auce. He could not bend his
aud when placed upright ho rese:
a statue of stone. He could -I
but not move iu the least. His
were joined and became, au
boue. The doctors, iu order t
minister nourishment, had to tu
hole through them. He lost the
his touguo and his sight loft hi:
fore ho died. Chicago Herald.
CtBsar Killed by a Howie Kill
A wealthy Xexau rane rec
rejected au expensive ug
he had ordered, becuua. di
come up to his idea of proper
inent. ' The subject was the assal
tiou of Julius Ciesar. The Tex
tected to tue u agger, lie wad
bowie knife, and a bowie knife
to be before lie would pay m nicH
Mail and Express.
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