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A FAILURE.
Do east his not nt morn whsro nhr tolled,
At evs he drew It empty to the shore.)
Uf! took tho diver's plunjje Into the 'n,
But thence within hla band no pearl he
bore,
H nto a rsc, hut never rnvlio 1 his Rinlj
Hn sped an nrriw, hut ho missed his aim;
And slept nt la.-t beneath a simple st n,
With no n.hli'Vi)m'i)t4 carvel about his
liair.e.
Men en'ile I it faitur; hi
I dan not uo thnt
lirnvrn
; f r rr.v wn part
w .rd, f..r whr.t If
fhall iim-stlon, e.-o In judgment slinll I
fad,
Sut "hnst Hiou w-m?" Imt only "hzi tliu
striven?''
Ka!" TlKk'T (i'Xldl!.
The Maior's Antioathv.
r.vEi:Ai;i) jack aitletos.
UK Major
camo slowly
il o w n the
steps of tho
Veteran
Club house
im I turned
In) in en nr. I.
Tho ilny was
ii warm ouc
nnd the Major's wounds were npt to
worry l.itn u ym- deal in lmt weather,
lot In; In 1 I his Iriu lsouio kI1 head
tone the less liii.ll.
MarUiam, one of the founders of
Hie eluli itsi If, watched him go for a
tnii:i-tit, iiti.l tin ri turned to Altiiiiili,
Who nut litar him.
"One mini in it hundred in tho Ma
jor,' said he, "one iiiiiii in n hundred."
"Yes," ngrccd tho other' "bill what
hiii ho been nivin this afternoon?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary, " re
plied Miirkham, "I nun only thinking
oi Li j ie t i tu riilly. I believe that
lie win the best ull-aronnil sjldier that
I ever Kii.'iv. Uo has tho greatest ull.
t i : 1 1 1 y for nnthing bordering on
frivolity in miht.try itlTairs, as you
rolmMy Kiinw, an I he declares the"j
boys ilo Kothin,' hut iilav soldier' ns
if they were fifteen your youngciyou, daddy dear?'' she'asked, hugging
til in they reiillv are
"lint doesn't he see the pood side of
the question? asked Altnmn.
"I suppose he does. Imt he thinks
tlie Guard Hhoiild be eonipost'd
f
more capable in, u workiiigmeii who
c".:i :t in. I a great deal, aul not aristo
trutw. "
"I'.ut--
"I'ray don't think I am supporting
the Major's views, my dear Altinaii.
When ( remarked that tho Guard had
been ordered to tho mines, ho Haid :
I feel sorry for tho young men them
selves, but more sorry for tho State.
Jt ought to send experienced men tu
such jil. ices if tiiey ever hopo to eu
foreo tho laws rigidly nnd quickly.'
Very tirm in his beliefs is tho Major,
nnd tho strongest ouo ho has, however
wrong it may seem to us, is that tho
Governor's Guards in its present eUto
is a useless organization." .
"i'ori a stranger's opinion thtt
mighi 'pass, fn,u Alt-an, "but tho
..Major ought to know bettor. And
I'm iA., too, that the officers aro ull
txeellelit swordsmen."
"Yes," stud Markham, "so I'vo
heard, and all of which I pointed out
to him. Iiut you can't shako tho Ma
jor, as I said."
"Well," returned Altaian, picking
up his paper ngain, ":t gives him
something to talk about, anyway."
But neither ho nor tho Major's old
comrade knew tho real reason of his
last outburst against tho Guard in
question; for that reason, in tho form
of a square sheet of uoto paper, lay in
tho Major's insi lo pocket, itud it con
sisted of hastily written but eutirely
earnest ollVr tor his daughter's hand
in mnrriage. And tho young man
who took such a liberty was nono
other than tho First Lieutenant of tho
Governor's Guards.
Lieutcuant llalloway was not a dis
agreeablo young man ; in fact, ho was
quite tho opposite. Ho camo from
tho South aud of a soldiering family,
his father having lost his lifo at Cold
Harbor during tho Civil War; ho was
interested in a well established busi
ness situated in tho heart of tho city;
his family pedigree was a long one,
and his own character and record
upotlebs.
"Ilo doesn't want my answer for n
week, doesn't ho?" muttered tho old
soldier, as ho marched on homeward.
"Well, ho Bban't get it! I'll think it
over, as ho ssks me to, and cot uiako
a hasty decision, but I cm tell him
right now what it will bo. No, em
phatically 1"
Had tho Major's good littlo wifo
been living herself, sho would havo
pointed out long ago tho possibility of
of this contingency arisiug, and would
have prepared him for tho blow, which
must fall some day, aad leitvo him
childless, whilo noma enterprising
young man gained a wife; but Mrs.
Major had died mauy years ago, and
left tho Major with the pretty child
to bring up alone.
From a vivacious, headstrong,
pretty little girl, Dorothy hud grown
up into a beautiful young woman, with
Per mother's sweet faco and her fath
er's will and determination.
Ko to-day, when he found the letter
waiting fer him at the club, and to be
forgiven for railing against anything,
spoeially tho Guards, when it was re
membered that one of them was tho
vandal, bent upon robbiug the eld
soldier of his daughter. Entering the
open door of his baud some house, he
culled a cheerfully as ho could I
"Dorothy, daughter I"
"Yes, daddy," came the answer
from somewhere upstairs, aud tho nest
moment tho face ho loved pooped over
the banister and a stu'ill foreliuger was
shaken wsruinglr at him.
"Ton minutes late, sir," sho cried,
trikg to be very sew re; "what does
it nieab?"
Then sho ria down tin stair;, her
pretty face dimpling with happy
smiles.
"It means, little girl," repliel tho
Major, slowly, taking her bright face
between his two kindly old hand,
"it means that tny daughter has
gone"
"Gone where, daddy?" said she, af
ter one glance at him, for she felt what
wan coming.
"Over to the enemy," returned the
Major.
Then, na they went arm in arm into
the library, ho added :
"Dorothy, Dorothy, to Ihi-k of
yon doaerting at thin time."
"Hut I'm not deserting dear, I'm
not I" buo cried.
Then alio asked, slowly :
"What what did ho say?"
"Xothinq;," replied the Major,
ahortly; "ho wasn't coldier enough
for that, no ho wrote it."
"It wns not hectnio he wasn't sol
dier enough, papa, but beeaitso he
didn't havo time. And now you cull
him a coward and and ho'a up to
where thoso wicked miners nro, and
ho may bo killed "
lint the rent was unfinished, for the
tears had welled up iiito tho pretty
eve, and tho next minute tho eotitritu
Major was apologies and declarations
of better behavior in tho future.
"Ho in't a coward, daddy," mur
mured DoroMiy from tho depths of
the Major' Hhonlder, where tthc hud
taken refuge npiili, "r.n 1 "
".My dear child, I didn't ray he
was," rcmoiistrittod th harassed old
Holdier; "and you lntHtu't cry any
more."
Hut all through supper, though she
(hutted and laughed ho Illicitly, tho
Major's old heart was still n trillo
sore, for ho kejit snying to himself:
"Only half her Iov) is mine, and tho
rent belongs to a Governor's Guard 1"
That tiixht, after tho evening had
worn awiiv and tile daughter of tho
house hi 1 gollO to bed, the Major
cliiubod tho stairs, when he heard it
putter of small bare feet coining along
the entrv, and tbo next moment a
white-robed littlo figure stojd beuido
him.
"You ann't antrrv with me, nro
him lovingly, "mid you won't feel
bally about it, will you?"
"Of courso 1 won't," repliel tho
Major, laughingly, "but run back to
be I, my dear girl, or you'll catch
cold. Of course, you couldn't expect
me to feel very gay," ho ad led again,
"when I'm about to lose a daughter
now could you?"
"Hut you aren't, she answered
quickly; "you're going to !la 1 a sju
Tom says so himself."
Two days later tho Guards wero in
the city again. The niht thiy
reached the mines an attack hud been
made upon them by tho dct-peruto strik
ers, and thou.'h they were taken bv sur
prise, their ofliccrs had not lost their
head-. Using a row of salt bags as
breastworks, they received tho charge
and repulsed tho enemy. Thou the
Guard had captured fifteen of their
prmoipsl ruou, driven the rest back to
their homes, and waited uutil tho Sec
ond Hejnmeut arrived on tho scene to
relievo them. Tho latter having ap
peared at last, tho Guards were or
dered homo with their prisoners. Tho
papers were, of course, full of tho
story of tho fight, and tho fact that
Lieutenant llalloway was mentioned
as ono of tho most efficient and col
lected officers there, did not tend to
harden tho Major against his would
be son-in law. Ho had also received
a painful, though not serious wound,
in his left arm from tho knifo of a
murderously inclined miner, which
necessitated his carrying the arm iu a
"ling
Later in tho day nil sorts of rumors
began to fly about tho town concern
ing tho injured feelings of tho miners
iu regard to tho imprisonment of their
ringleaders, aud as night came on, tho
report that they would como to tho
city in force nud endeavor to tako
their meu from the jail was gaining
ground every minute.
"That is nonsense, plain and sim
ple," said the Captain of tho Guards
when approached by nnowepapcr man
on the subject. "The miners havo
had n dose they will not soon forget.
Tho only danger tho city now stands
in is from meu out of work, who are
more desperate by hunger aud want,
aud who will take to robbing if they
cannot find any other way to livo."
And that very night tho Captain's
words were proven.
Tho Major and Dorothy had been to
the theater and wero rotnruing
home. The night was warm aud soft,
and tho moon shono so bright aud
clear that the old soldier and his pret
ty daughter walked on another square
beforo goiug in to enjoy tho night.
Tho Major was about to say something
about tho stillness of it all, whou from
behind them there came a light trea I,
and the next moment, without the
slightest warning, tho kindly old sol
dier was staggering forward from a
stunning blow on his boa 1.
With a little cry of terror Dorothy
caught at him as he fell, but she was
quickly graspod from behind, and a
lioarso voice whispered in her ear :
"Serouiu, an' I'll choke the life out o'
ye!"
"Go through his pookets, Jim,"
continued the fellow, who wan now
niudiug Dorothy's arms to her sides;
"he won't come to right away, but
wo'vo got no time to lose." As ho
spoke, he picked up tbo short, heavy
stick he had used with such murder
ous effect a moment before, and as ho
stooped to do so Dorothy sprang away
from him and dashed toward the cor
ner. With a muttered oath th man
rushed after her.
Despite her clinging skirts and im
prisoned arms, the brave girl had
gained the corner and was just turning
down it, however, while her pursuer
was still several yards away, when she
run plump into a tall, soldierly ycuug
tnnn, who was coming tip tho street
with a long, easy stride.
"What why, Dorothy you I" he
exclaimed, M ho looked down into her
white face; but ho got no further, for
the man was upon them. With an
other fierce exclamation of disgust
and anger, for he recognized the Lieu
tenant as he turned the corner, and
utterly dospcrate as to the conse
quences, ho threw himself at tho
young office. . llalloway stepped
quietly aside as ho saw him coming;
then, as tho footpad missed his aim
and hurled himself past the Lieuten
ant, the latter struck him a sharp,
hard, scientific blow just bolow the
car, and doubling up like An empty
sack ho fell to thi pavement without
a sound,
Then tho young soldier sprang to
Dorothy's side.
"What iu Heaven's namo is tlio
meaning of this?" ho cried, freeing
her nr.us.
"There nro two of them ho struck
papa back there!" sho answered,
pointing to tho spot where tho other
highwayman was still bonding over
tho Mijor. Without stopping to
question her further, her lover ran
quickly up the dark street, nnd rondo
out the prostrnto form of tho Major
nnd tho kneeling one of his Assailant.
As he came upon them, tho latter
sprang to his feet, nnd seizing his own
club ho struck nt tho Lieutenant vic
iously, but tho soldier was too quick
tor him.
Like a flash of light tho slender,
tough sword leaprd from its scabbard,
and us tho man's blow fell it was par
ried neatly by tho oflicer's only
weapon. Again tho stick wns raised
nnd swung nboiit his head, nnd ns tho
man moved his face camo into tho sin
gle patch of moonlight that bhono
through tho thick boiwhs above, nud
llalloway laughod grimly ns ho recog
nized his antagonist the mnu who
had wounded him at the miues.
"So it is you, is it, Scarry?" said
tho olllcer.
There was no reply to Hallow-ay's
remark, but faster nud faster rained
the blows of the frenzied man.
At the fust clash of woo l nud metal
tho Major had opened his eyes nud
struggling to his feet ho leaned
ngiinst one of the trees near by nn I
watched the litllo battle goiug on be
foro him.
"I ntu sorry to hurt you, my
friend," said Lieutenant llalloway,
coolly, "but I really think you've
done enough to-night ; nnd in order
to render you harmlcst I'll have to "
Ho did not finish the sentence iu
words, but beforo the other could re
cover from his last misdirected stroke
ho was reeling backward with a sting
ing blow from tho flat of tho Lieuten
ant's sword.
Tho Major, though still dazed, held
out his hand to Tom, nud wrung it
heartily.
"I hopo that villain did not hurt
you badly, Major," said ho; "and ns
soou ns I find a policoman and got
theso two pleasing individuals in the
hands of the law beforo they come to
themselves, I'll bo back t3 help you
home, if you need it." And without
waiting for an answer, he hurried
down tho street, soon returning with
n city ollioor whom ho met sauuteriug
leisurely along in their direction.
Then ho nud Dorothy and tho Major
went homo. Though tho Lieutenant's
sweetheart had kept back her tears nil
along there was n suspicious moisturo
iu her pretty eyes ns they passed into
tho hall, but sho was smiling bravely,
lieverthedess. As tho old housekeeper
bustled olTto get something to put on
tho Major's wound which luckily was
not n serious one tho tnreo stood
looking ut each other beneath the
chandelier for n minute. Then tho
Major took tho Lieutouaut's hand onco
ngain, and put Dorothy's littlo ouo
into it, with a kindly smile.
"It wns ono of tho finest bits of
fencing I ever saw, my boy !" ho said,
with only n slight tremor iu his pleas
ant old voice, "and a man who can
handle n sword ns you can in these
degenerate days, deserves anything
another can givo him. Ho take her,
Tom, and God bless you both !"
Aud this is how the Major's antipa
thy was overccmo at last Now York
Advertiser.
A Considerate Servant.
A young lady, lately aul happily
married, has n literary man for a hus
band, who does all his work at home.
It is very good work, anil pays well.
Heceutly they got a now servant, a
buxom German girl, who proved her
solf happy, and also seemol to tako n
deep interest in tho afl'iirs of tho
young couplo. Ut course she stw the
husband about tho houso a goo 1 deal,
but her mistross was not prepared for
the following:
J'Ogscuso me, Mrs. Blank, but I
like to say somedings. "
"Well, Rena?"
The girl blushed, fumbled hor apro
stammered, aud then replied :
"Veil, you fay me twenty-five shil
lings a mont "
"And I can't pay any more," said
the mistross, decisively.
"It's not dot," responded the girl
"but I be willing to take tweuty till
till your husband gets work."
Household Words.
How New York's Streets Aro lit.
New York is lighted by 25,123 gai
lamps and 2723 eleotrio lights. This
illumination begins at present at 7.U0
o'clock every evening, and continues
till 3.15 o'clock in the morning.
The hour for lighting aud extin
guishing tho lights is regulated ac
cording to the length of the nights.
In tho course of a year eaon gas lnmii
burns for a total of 4 J00 hours. The
elootrio lights burn for 3'J30 hours an
nually. The estiinatod cost of light
ing the city streets this year will be
gJgO.OOO.
The city has more street lights iu
use to-day and in preparation than
ever before. Now York Huu.
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT MTRRATURK FOIt
FKMIX1NK KKAUERS.
Tire kkw woman's a Art.
Tho fashionable feminine 'walk is a
curious thing. It is a swinging from
the hips, a throwing of both shoulders
and arms, and a rattling pace that of
tentimes puts the male companion to
bis breath s limit to keep up with it.
jw vriencs x icnyune.
"THE tATBW" LONDON HAT.
Tho hats of fashionable English
ladies are becoming moro startling as
tho season Advances. A fashionable
London milliner displays tho J,vcry
latest" in headgear. Poised Ou tho
front of the hat is a dove with out
stretched w ings, around small riviere
or diamonds.
HEROIC LITTf.E WOXIA.
If there is a heroic little woman In
this country, one of whom every
a s si m -
Americau snouiu iccl proud, it is Mrs.
Josephine D. l'carv. wifo of T.inntnn.
ant Peary, tho Arctio explorer, and
aIko a first-class Arctio explorer in her
own rignt. sue had a terrifying ex
perience iu tho icy latitndes of the far
North not so long Ago, but is now
making ren.iy to try Another voyage.
Sho is nlso rninintr thn fnn.la whnva.
with to equip the ship with which to
reseuo or ant licr husband, who soetns
to bo icebound far up in North Green
land. She has already lectured before
lartro nndiences nnd raised a cnnillv
sum of money nnd has now a sjcond
leciure wiiu wnicu 'sue nopes to pro
duce the amount of 'money required
for tho expedition. New York Adver
tiser. wombs on tiir mrvcLE.
Thero wns a good ileal of pith to
Mrs. Stanton's remark In rnntv In
Bishop Donno that "women are riding
io suurago on tno bicycle-. ' They
may not be riding to BufTrnire, but
they are riding everywhere and every
whither they want to go. Certainly
and conspicuously they ure riding in
to any sort of costumo it suits them
to put on. Bloomers ure getting so
common thnt it seems possible that
tho untutored cyo will presontly dwell
upon them without a shock. The
rnoro circumspect American ladies still
keep out of them, nnd may never
como to prefer them to skirts, but the
young nnd giddy experiment with
them pretty freely. Was there ever
anything so efficacious to give woman
au iden of what sho could do if she
tried ns tho bicycle? Soberly spoak
iug, if sho had to choose between the
ballot and tho bicyclo as a means of
development nnd Advancement, she
mignt better cleave to the bike. It is
worth more to her than the ballot. It
is moro fun, more use, less trouble,
and very much loss costly. There was
pith iu what Mrs. Stanton said, but is
there not some substance in the sug
gestion that the bicycle has brought
women bo many new opportunities
and privileges that sho Lever needed
or wanted the sufl'rage so little us now.
Harper's Weekly.
MODELS WHO DISPLAY CLOTHES.
There aro hundreds of young wo
men in New York City who make their
living its models ; one authority says
that thero are mure than a thousand ;
which estimate leads to the conclusion
that good looks nro not scarce in the
island of Manhattan, for those young
womou owe success entirely to their
fine physique. The models here al
luded to uro not those who sit to ar
tists, and whoso charms are trans
ferred to canvas, but those who try
on suits, silk waists, jackets, cloaks
nnd capes for the benetlt of tho cus
tomers iu tho stores uud dressmaking
establishments.
Tho moro exclusive nnd expensive
of the uptown women's tailors all em
ploy model to display their gowns.
The best firms in the shopping dis
tricts have them, but the great major
ity of models Hud occupation in the
big wholesale houses in middlo aud
lower Broadway, a number of firms in
that vieiuity employing us many as a
dozen tho whole year round. The Av
erage downtown model is paid from
312 to $15 a week, but uu unusually
pleasing subject may command as high
its 3 is. Those iu the big retail estab
lishments who combine the offloe of
a model with that of a saleswoman get
321).
Tho available model must measure
thirty-six inches about tho bust and
twenty-three or twenty-four arouud
the waist, her height being in propor
tion, the trying on of gowns and
cloaks for women built on it loss lib
eral plan being intrusted to the
misses' models; that is, to unformed
girls fourteen to fifteen years old.
Now York Tribune.
THE WOMAN DOCTOR.
The woman doctor is Already An ac
complished !sot, but as vet she has Ap
parently made no considerable way in
publio favor. It may be contended
that there is somethiug in the art of
healing in acoord with the primary
instincts of a woman's uature. But it
we look closer into the subjeot, it will
be seen that there is more than mere
prejudice and long-established custom
to aooount for the exolusion of the
female sex iu tho past from the prao
t.ce of this calling. Have women the
calmness of nerve the aplomb, ao to
say tbo steadiness of baud and pulse
for the work of the surgeon? Is it
possible to suppose that a non-abnormal
womau, with her more highly
strung constitutional sensibility, oould
amputate limb with the same imper
turbability that we should look for in
the mule operator?
To this it may be replied that, grant
ing a certain dsawbaok to women by
reason of sex in the matter of surgical
exfertness, the case is different with
the "metier" 'of the physician, and
that hero, at least, the sexes csn com
pete on terms of perfeot equality. Yet,
again, as a matter of plain fact, are
the services of lady doctors much in
request with their own sox nay, even
in those branches of the thorspeutio
Art dealing with specially feminine Ail
ments? Moreover, ;if the Advanced
woman's theory of exact professional
equality And indifference as to sex if
to be maintained, why should Any bar
rier suggest itself to the consultation
of medical women by men, any more
than now exists to the calling in by
women of the male practitioner? But
is there no such barrier? Surely the
mere statement of the case disposes of
the parity argument.
AVe have heard of a man here and
there resorting to lady experts iu mas
sage, but thnt men should go to women
doctors nnd lny bare their bodily symp
toms in the sarao way as women have
done from time immemorial to thoif
mule rnodical a lvjsers. wgubl Jig a pro
cedure rcptignaut on both sideis and
"not convenient" for obvious reasons.
Ilcre, then, while Admitting thnt a
sprinkling of females may, perhaps,
nsofully find their mission in obtain
ing employment ns doctors Among n
limited number of their own sex, we
Are brought face to faco with the eter
nal And immutable disparity of sex.
Tho Scottish Review.
FASHION NOTE.
Basket-woven linon duck is much
nsod for vests.
Silks in solid colors Are invariably
trimmed with rich jet and guipuro ef
fects.
The ncwost thing in crepon is semi-
transparent. It is wool, and of very
light weight.
Surplice folds, those quaint garni
ture! of our graudmothers, are moro
popular than ever.
Dolicsto pale green stationery,
stamped in gold or silver, is ono of
the present fashions.
Picturesque dresses of chiffon-cro-
pon show a sheer black guazo, held in
full waves ou a black net ground.
P.ibbons come in all colors, And
often show brocado and laco-like
patterns. They are of velvet, silk and
satin.
The material known ns drill will bo
more popular than ever. It comes
now stamped with a variety of bright
and beautiful designs.
Leghorn flats occupy a prominent
place in fashiou's realm, ns do tho nu
merous fancy white braids that uro to
be seen at every baud.
Black crepons nud grenadines have
in a large degree usurped black laco
in fashionable favor in the making of
somi-diaphanous black gowns.
One of the daintiest ribbon produc
tions of tho season is the narrow satin
stripe alternating with fine Valon-
cienuos lace insertion and edging.
Though wide and flaring at its cir
cular edge, the fashiouablo oape, of
whatever material, fits the neck aud
shoulders as perfectly as a bodice.
Some of tae prettiest waists Aro
made of cream-white embroidered ba
tiste, after the same models which are
used for silk and moro vxpeusive ma
terials. For full-dress occasions tho half -low
bodice is eucirclod with a wreatty of
Artificial blooms. This wreath usu
ally, but not necessarily, heads a IJLi
of rich lace.
Some of the prettiest blaok gowns
are of sheer matorial. Black mulls
and orgitudies urb iu special demaud,
trimmed with black thread laco or
pointe d'esprit.
Pure undyed silk with a weave re
sembling cauvas aud rather ooar.so iu
texture is called Arabiau silk. It is
used for tailor suits for morning aud
traveling wear.
Striped crepons are very fashion
able. Mauy of tho silk and satin
crepous show flowered grounds aud
Isoe stripes. Ihese goods are made
up over taiteta silk.
Black and white is moro fashionablo
than it has ever boeu before. Black
and white light-weight silks, very
narrowly striped, ure among the sea
sou's most popular fabrios.
Black laco, ombroidere l with real
straw, is uow used for trimming hats
and bonnets. These embroideries.
which give the impression of pule cold
color, are extremely effective.
This is a season of box-plaits. They
are often made of passementerie and
of rows of overlapping ribbon, which
begin on the shoulder, cross tho bust
diagonally and end at the waist-lino.
Bleuder-waisted women and girls
may wear ribbon belts fastened with
silver bucklos, aud finished with long,
streaming ends, but stout women must
beware of such garniture, fashionablo
though it may be.
Several attempts have beeu made ti
lessen the size of the sleeves. Pos
sibly they may become suddenly fiat.
It would be a pity, for pulled sleeves
when not exaggerated give much
elegance to the figure.
Tailor-made suits of white and
pearl-gray satin-faced alpaca and
pique are included in very smart ward
robes. They are made with short
natty jackets and full skirts fit tin
tightly around the hips.
Traveling gowns of mohair are be
ing made with the fulluoss of the skirt
carried over each hip in a series of
very tine pleats, stitched down flatly
and visibly. With many of these
skirts is worn a short cape, instead of
Jacket or blazer.
Crepele will be very fashionable.
Some of them are extremely variegated
and original. The shades most worn
Are tuordore, violet prelut, blue gray,
Venetian red, emerald and violine.
The same fabrios Are made iu ailk And
the weft of some bright color in wool.
This produoes a transparent ami very
pretty eflecU White crepons with
spots or stripes and fauoy patterui ar
also extremely pretty.
Koine Frathercil Joitf
ITsve birds A sense of Im- .
j must not only be thorough .
quninted with its habit, hn
be Able to enjoy the doine. m
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appreciated at its full wnr n.
as the writer wns watching . I
luiunu in m tjuiut grove whore
enjoying life in its own lr ' J'
ensional spurts of song t0 o'n'ij,
od
uvvimiuii, n VIltlMEM "PPl'llrcl
branch not very far from the r
but a littlo below it. .Jn, .), '
thrush began to sing. Insun,"
catbird snread its 1
li's
wings slightly cloar of its body, j
ouo kjo up at mo lurusn gUj
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VIJ VUlIk IIIUSI UttVO SOIimiuJ (J
to tho dullest ear. Thn ), v
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short and inttantly tho catbird J
up ino mrusu s strain la a vnio
ire
thrush eyed the catbird calmly J
was siniDiv riiiicn ons. i i
nip
quiev was rcnorcn nun men M.irt
once more on its song. A -nia j.
interrupted by the mocker, na
nerformnnen was roiimit.i.l .
lito
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led
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time, when tho thrush gave it or
Uew Awny.
Keep nn cyo ou Almost nnv
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itn
lest
utiun nuu umu win uu neeii f.i .
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mother, And Awny tho two win,.
game oi aerial tag. v atcn he
fsi
legged water birds in pi ,i?,
food is abundant, so that tln.y v
fm
wl
slmed to make up the littlo ilv.
parties for which they ar i
lud slv. maka-behovd ntia,...
lit!
npon tho other, will bo foun 1 t
mo usual beginning oi th" ul);
traordinary performance of
Evon tho hard-working robin j.
tinually playing tricks ou his U
in early spring, though ordinary
tators take their games f. ,r t
Ights. In sport, half thebirh
juo may sco in tho coursu ni
ibscrvntions nro so full uf ,'
buoyant in spirits, that they c
others nbout them to take part, i
way or nnothor, in thu joy- 0
sarth. Chuutiiuqiian.
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Midi in lirirni; li'irscslniii j
After tho old shoe has bem
off, tho hoof pared and the n.
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ti
Oil
linen, ino sum oi ine liir
111
comes into play in driving the
shoo. Sometimes nails nre ilriv,.
hi
nn inch, nnd a good flo.irin in
easily drive n nail its full U -ngt'i
out injury to tho hoof, while
who elid not know his busiiii "
ruin tho hoof beforo he 1ml I
nail twico with the hammer.
Tho nail penetrates only tin- i
horn of tho hoof. This is alin'.it tl
,ns
eighths of nn inch thick uti.l cji
tho entire hoof. Inside this
coflin-bouo fits. It is to .litiu:
between tho sensitive collin-huat
the insensitive horn that the np
tice must study tho formation ul
hoof and attend tho vcteriunrrU
tures. Tho usual method is to di
tho nails about throo-qunrttmaf
il
inch and in such a manner thittl.
will come out when they h ito
that far. The ends Aro then r.ii
off, tho under side rasped a little uJ
then cunohed down over the ho:
prevent the shoo pulling o:T. TJ
douo tho horso is ngain turned or
tho apprentice, who trims oi ;
rough edges with a rasp, aul :
horso is ready for the street. M
should not be permittod to remva:
long on the horso's foot. The li.:
continually growing and the oil':
may cause a deformity or sr:.
lameness. Chicago Record.
Dogs Hint Hate While Mm.
Kicknpoo Indians nro very fml
degs, both alive nud fricasee I. Am
their tepees or wickiups or t,':
Anne's, or whutover they call t.:
abodes, says tho Kansas City S
there nre always half a dozen vi
dogs. Au Indian dog hates a
muu as far ns ho cau see him,
loves an Indian as far as he can -
him, nnd that is Buying a goo I detl
' Whou n whito man driving t Lr
tho Kicknpoo country sees a img
the roadside his nntural iuiimhtu
whistle iu a friendly way, tor '
how in a wilderness of prairie or
est a dox is a comfortable siu'kt.
the instant vou whistle to an Iu L'
doer ho turns his tail and i eat
sisrht quicker than if he bud !"
kicked. Au Indian never whistlo
his dog wLen ho wants his line!
come to him; ho places his to&c
auraiUBt his teeth and hisses.
The colored population of OJ
homa have almost us many do-sa't
Indians. Those who live iu the bit
iack sand bills nro door rich. Tics
dogs have a deep rooted aversion
tho white muu nlso. When so
colored cotton planter comes tot
some of tho dotrs ure sure to fon
and when the old man walks up t
tho dog stjiys right betweeu hn
like a couutry dog under a
wngoc. And whenever a wUitrf
comes within snapping distune
dog gets busy.
31 is ill reeled E;g.
There have been mauv stories
within the last few days about W
Chancellor Buoou : thero is sui t tJ
only one to tell about tho late
Chanoollor Malius. When that u
excellent and well-meaning msa
on a certain occasion pelted with a
while administering justice oa
bench, by a discontented suitor,
observed, after committing the
fender, that he had probably mist
the court, siuoo the eggs must
taiuly have beeu intended for Ui
London World.
Heroic Way to Mreugtlieu tlio To
A simple way to strengthen
voice is before goiug to bed bathe t
chest and throat with cold water,
rub with a towel. To carry outt-
reeipo regularly through cold wim'H
will be uu effort, but it certaiulrH
its reward. Mauy people all
salt to the water, and find it very J
Tigorating.
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