the fuowkr of Bonnow. stammer command summer goes, Rat all month of all year There It falling ot Imin Untnmf comes nl summer goes, AM hmir are grief's, and thaaowur sows : T-ity anil tn-mnrrow Tlia flower nt Borrow Mailo and blow. -John vnnr Cheney, In Oawtary Mngnr-lne. AUNT TABBY'S UMBRELLA. WO of thn three Fosdick girls as pirml to wealth and aoeial position. They claimml a few rich relatives, who visited tlipm occasionally anil raved ovpr thn "lovely Holds" and "darling cows. 1ut nevertheless would have anf fered thn pangs o( hunger before they wonld nave maila in effort to till theaa aawt Held or anil their dainty handa tr milking a cow. Among the country relatives waa Aunt Tebitha Simonda. Hha began with little amount ot property, and had been known to have I men very cennorainal for many year. Hho waa prnliar woman, but received due rwnrtray at tha handa of aorae mem hrru of the family on account of "what Aunt Tabby might possibly do lor them. The shrewd old lady intnitivoly ranged these courtesies and knnw just where tn draw tha line, where truo dafercnee ahould manifeat itself. The Fosdicks were a family of six, father, mother, aon anil three risugh terai CVlimta, Clara and Marie wore the daughter, but were unlike in char ar.ter and personal appearance. Ce linda waa the acknowledged beauty of the family. Clara considered herself of the moat importance in literary altera, and Marie, the youngest, a plain, sensible, goiMl little daughter, wan Bele everybody happy. Jaat now all wpre busily discussing letter Jaat received. It waa Celinda who spoke Arat. "Of nllthingat That Aunt Tabby ahnnld thrust herself noon ua this sum mer t And we might juat aa well have had aoma guest from the city who would hare returned tha hospitality for me next winter. And no knowing whether we ihall make anything out of ne." "Celinda, I'm aahamed of you. Why weed yon he ao mercenary? exclaimed her father, reprovingly. Celinda cowled. "I'm anre Aunt Tabby ia merisen ry," ahe said, in a complaining tone, "If ahe would ever do anything for ua or make ua preaenta it would be differ nt. bnt ahe jaat aorimpa all the time rad nllowa ua to acrimp, too." Celinda . "wand her head fretfully. "And I'm aure ahe haa no regard for tba poetry of life," simpered Clara. "Maybo Aunt Tabby doesn't care for "he poetry in books, bnt ahe carea for . Bother word that begins with p and .hat ia 'practical ;' ahe takea right hold tj help with the housekeeping," said Ua tired, overworked Mr. J osdick. "Yea, indeed I I don't know what we would have done that hard summer without her," said Marie, with a grate ful remembrance of Aunt Tabby s will ing and ready handa. v"Wa ought to have souls above anch drudgery," exclaimed Clara, rolling aer eyea towards the ceiling. "Well, Clara, I can tell yon one thing, interposed Mr. Fosdick, "Book are all right enough in their places. Folks ought to have plenty of iu and know what ia in em, too which ia more than half of 'em can aay wso nave a big library. All the same. X gnoss II it waan t for thia same drudg cry aa you call it, you wouldn't be quite aa comfortable aa you are. There waa a little ailence while Mr Foadick drank hi tea and then con tinued: "You like pie and cake well enough. but yoa don't want to go into the kitchen to help make 'em. Seems to aa yoa might help mother and Marie little more." "Ma wye I bother her," replied uara, in an apoiogetio tone. "1'hat'a because you ain't teachable, like Marie. She had to learn. " ' "It'a no use of fussing, girls," said Mrs. foadick. "Even if Aunt Tabbv ia old and sometimes queer and cross, a inmn we can manage. "She needn't be ao queer," said Co linrta. "She is just as she was made, if she ia my Bister, and we've got to make Ihe best of it," said Mrs. Fosdiuk, riaing wearily from the table. Abner Mason, sitting in the kitchen had heard all this conversation. He compared the fretful, complaining voice of Celinda to Clan's drawling (ones, ana again witn the cheerrul, practical word of the pleasant Marie, Abner was something mora than a farmer's hand. He possessed a fine pbyaique and fair education, broadened by a course of good reading. He wanted to know how to ran a farm. Ha had views of a time when he might owa a farm of his own and he wanted to learn how to utilize every acre. He had also had his day dreams of lot lima when hia home might be pre aided over by a fair, good woman, and aoanewhere in the depth of his soul had been registered a purpose to make Marie bis wife. Bnt of this Marie waa blissfully ig norant. She worked about house all day and served Abner at table as grace fully as if he were a titled truest. Maria had no nonsense about her and respected the young man who ao faith' fully lightened her father s toil. Oa this particular afternoon she watched her father aa he stood in the porou, pausing for a few mo menta' rest before setting out for thn hayfleld for the afternoon's work. She uoticed he passed hia handa wearily over bis pale, tirntHooktng face, ami turning suddenly to him, aauli 'Ta, can't you ait down and rent a little whilnf You look more tired than usual." "No. child. There'a that lot to be raked up thia afternoon, and a good job it ia. I must be going." Abner came near and aaid '. "I'm willing to work extra hard on it if you rent for a little whiln. 1 think myself yon don't look quite well. It yon will trust mo I will look after that thia afternoon." Mr. Foadick had learned to rely on Abner--mnch more than on hia awn aon, Henry, who, if truth must be told, waa inclined to shirk. Henry disliked the farm, tn fact, lie dis liked labor or application of any sort. lhen I gttPM you may go on, Ab ner, anil I will rent a spell. To tell the truth I don't fnnl very scrump tious," and he seated himself in the old-fashioned rocker out in thn shady side of the porch. He soon fell asleep. two hours passed, and Marie began to feel anxious, a her father seemed still steeping. She passed hnr hand anxi ously over his brow. He awoke, but seemed dated. He failed to recognise her. as he failed to recognise all the other members of the family. Dr. liome was hastily summoned, who aaid he was suffering from sunstroke, and gently intimated that his working days were over. "Abner came home much later than usual, having stayed to finish the lot. He lonnd the family in distrcaa over Mr. Foadick' condi tion. Somehow the blow seemed to have crushed Mrs. Foadick. Htin aat in a state of apathy, from which they could not nronae her. Everything fell upon Marie. "Marie" must do thia. "Marie" must direct that. Henry, instead ot bracing himself to help meet the needs of the place, grew laxinr than ever, aud absolutely refused to be dictated to. "There'a just one thing about it. Abner," said Marie emphatically one morning, "we have got to make our plans exactly aa if Henry were not here. He can t be depondod upon. lou bad to do hia work yesterday aa well as your own. He ia determined to go to the city. Let him go. shall oppose him no longer. Then we shall know just what we have got to depend upon. I he next day Henry started for the eity, leaving hia share of tha burden to fall upon Marie and Abner. "I'll do tho heat I can. Miaa Marie." aaid Abner. "I want yon to feel free to call upon me early and late and I will aerve you faithfully. "I don t doubt you will, Abner, bnt oh t if onl mother had not fallen into such a strange condition I She doesn't scorn to care about anything, and I don t know much. I shall have to de pend upon you entiroly about the farm, and if I fail to show judgment you 11 know it ia because I don t know, not because 1 don t care, aud then we will talk things over and got as utrsight aa we can. Marie was not a prying girl usually, but just now such largo tears atood in her pretty eyes, and she looked up into Abner a face with such an appealing, dependent look that be felt bis heart jump strsight into Marie s bauds. "It s not much that I know, but you may trust me, Miss Marie. ' Somehow Marie felt extremely com' forted from that moment, although he could not sing about the house in her old-time way, yet she worked and directed with a feeling of greater se curity than before. And in the midst of it all Aunt Tab by came. Even Marie, hospitable aa aha was, felt a bit more weary after ahe bad welcomed her and helped her place her few garments iu the neat "spare chamber." "Now, look a' here, Marie. I made np my mind to come, even if your pa an' ma air sick. I can do a little to help, an' I will, too, if you an' I can agree on a few things. "But yon are getting old, and yon are not atrong, auntie, You must not do much; you 11 get siok." "If I ain't capable there's folks in the world as is an we can get em. " "No, we can't, for we've no money Jo do it with," said Marie, deoidedly, "Well, I have, an' I'll do it. pro vided a good smart gal can come here an help you, but if you say you'll allow her to wait on them lazy girls an work over their flounces an fur be lows instead of helpin' yon, why tiant of much use." Marie caught eagerly at this hope of neip. "Well, auntie, I promise you faith fully that Celinda and Clara shall wait upon themselves and iron their own flounces. We will have good work done in an orderly manner, and I am tired, Aunt Tabby." "Well, there's one a-comin' by next stage. I counted on bow it would be an took the liberty to have her prom' ise to come. She's a stout, likely gal." . Marie knew her aunt' compliments would not be undeservedly given. She rsn down with a lighter heart. Abner oame in with his pails of milk and won' dered at the unusual brightness of Marie s tired faoe. . "You can't always tell what folks will do," he said, after Marie had ex plained. "I felt as if ahe had a streak of good in her whioh emergencies would bring out." -. And so the summer waned, and the aged father and mother were still in' valid. It was with a sad heart and sometimes tear-dimmed eyes that Marie aaw Abner's favorite books gathering a suspicion ot dust upon their cover. He bad no time for atudy or reading, And then Aunt Tabby suddenly fell in. , . . . ( . "It's of no use doctor in'." she said. "My time has come. I feel it, an' to morrow I want things fixed pretty ranch as I want 'em, an' I'll get yon Ho a time waa set apart for the duty tb Mario a sad duty, for alio really loved the old lady, who had been so kind to her. With the renewed strength and elar voice which Is sometime given a dying person, she gave a few explicit direc tions. "Jest hand ma that tin but onto' tlienpperdrawaro'my bureau, Mario." She did as she waa bidden. "An' now I want that umberul o' mine out o th closet." A faint smile touched Marie' Hps ss she brought an old brown umbrella that had been the derision nf her sis ters. Aunt Tabby took it in her trem bling handa and deposited it carefullj on the bod beside her. Then she opened the box. "Now, here in this old black wallet is a hundred dollar. I calkerlate it ill pay my funeral expenses. An' hero in thia brown wallet isl'JOO more, which I give into your charge, Mario, to help pay some of the house expense. An here is my will. Yon take care o that, Marie, an' see that everything goes straight a I have got it. Lawyat Sibley drew it np an' you can get him to read it when I ra gone. An , Abner, I give to yon this nmbernl o' mine. Take good care on't, an' maybe it will help be a purtection to your old age. I guess that's all only, Marie you mav o-iva tnv nld clothes tn Mammv Oiddona. Don't bury me in my beat dress, (live it to hnr ; second best will do I" And with these strange word she turned her head on the pillow and expired. A few hours later Marin, standing in the porch, with the sunset rays falling about her, ssid to Abner : ''I hope yon won't feel insulted by Aunt Tabby's giving you that dread ful nmbrela. It waa a aingnlar thing for her to do, bnt you know ahe waa partly crazy. I know she thought a great deal of you, Abner. I wish aha bad done something for yon. "never mind, Marin, I shall not hold it against hnr, you may be anre ; andaa for the umbrella, if I were at all a believer in luck which I am not I should aay thn poor old weather beaten thing will certainly bring it to me. I shall certainly take care of it, aa ahe aaid." Celinda and Clara were in haste ta learn the contents of thn will. "Not nntil after the funeral," aaiJ Marie, decidedly. And so, alter those last rites wer performed, Lawyer Hibley waa called to read the will. It bniueathed S1OO0 to Mr. and Mrs. Fosdick, $101) to Ce linda and Clara and $'2(100 to Marie. "How atrangethat she did not pon- tion tier farm in Vermont t She has not spoken of disposing of it; but per haps ahe hss done so and this money ia the price. Still, I ahould thought she would have mentioned it, said Marie to Abner. Tho next morning it was raining as Msrie stopped into the darkened porch. "There a chance for your new umbrella, Abner," said Marin, smiling a little. He answered with a look which showed no signs of offense. Now, Abnor, we must make ar rangement for you to have more help. We can do it now. You have worked too hard. I shall never forgot yout faithfulness and yoa shall be paid at far as money is concerned. Most voting men would hsve gone away and ion us in such straits. "I don't know who conldMeave you, Marie," he aaid, with an earnestness which made her cheeks flush. Just then Celinda called from the dining- room : "I want to go out, Marie. My um brella is broken, and so is pa's. Can'l 1 take yours?" "Yes, came the reply, and they watched Celinda and Clara as they waded persistently through the little puddle between the door and gate. "I think I'll take my new one," said Abner, and he soon reappeared with it. As he opened it a large paper fell ta the floor from the inner folds and folded note also fell out. Abner road the note first : "To Abnnr Mason 1 1 hain't watchsd yon all summer for nothln', an' I'va made up my mind that what Is yours will ba pretty llkel; to ba Maria's, too. Ho f hereby give you th deed of my farm In Vermont. I know yon win maun ki usa 01 11. aeep me old ma Derei m romemor&naa oi me. "Tasitbx 8 in sos." It was several moments before th young people could speak, and then Abnar aaid : "Is it true, Marie? Will you let wnat it mine be yours? Msrie's answer was tearfully but uappuy given. "But we will not leave father and mother at prosent." "Surely not but by and by we can mane our plans. When the winter snows oame they foil upon the graves of the agedoonplc to whom siokness could come no more, and in tha early spring Abner and Marie went to their -new home. Thi old brown umbrella was carefully pre served ss a most preoious relio Uht cago News. A Marvelous Tale. Mr. CoonrodSti winter, our esteemed fellow-townsman, caught a snapping turtle, oarried it home, out off its head and threw the head over into the back yard and ate the turtle. A day or two afterward some ohioken came near th turtle's head, and one waa oaugbt by the jaws of the head and the head held its grip until it thundered. Cars Spring (Ua.) Herald. The 811k Hat Still on Top. The silk hat continues to hold its ground in London, but in the prov' inoes it hss lately been almost entirely displaced by the bard felt JJerby, There is a brisk and inoreasing demand for resonsitated chimney pots in South Afrioa and Australia, whether by the Datives or the whites is not apparent Chicago tlsrald. A Handsome This handsome dress is of petunia of frayed inouxselinp dn soin of the simile, with a bordering of fluffy black feathers round the edge of the skirt. vest and niching of the nmiisseliue do aigrettes faatenpil at thn left side. The tirrek Nobller. Iu a letter from Athena, Greece, te the Chicago Herald tho writer say: Yesterday (jueen Olga, with the mem bers of thn royal family, except thn King, went to church in state to the Metropolis, the great central church of thn national Worship in flreece. King Ueorgn waa nbsont lincanse he is Lutliprnu, and performs bin devotions at a little chapel in thn palace. A magnificent and showy event was Her Majesty a church-going, t irst came a large body of cavalry riding full gallop down the hill leading from the palace. Then several carriages containing members of the royal family, high officers of the (loveruuieut, etc, and next Her Majesty's state ceach, drawn by four spirited horses, at full spend. To anybody who haa never seen a (Jnnnn s state coach, this one ' at least would bo a curious looking vehicle. In architecture it somewhat resemble thn famous carryall of (Inorgn Wash ington, of blessed memory, although it i much longer. High on the front seat sat a coachman and footman in OnEXK HOLPtKR. all the flounced and white-skirted splendor of the Greek national cos tume. This costume, which would attract a crowd of boy on Broadway, Wabash avenue or Kearney street any day, is exactly that of a ballot dancer, tights, skirts and all. Vut it on a mun, add a pair of red turned up shoes with big pon-pons at the toes, lot the tight bo somewhat bagged at the knees, as alway happen to a man no matter what sort of trousers he wears, and surmount the whole outfit with a cap, and you have the Oreek soldier in Albanian costume. It is only necessary to sdd that the men who wear thi outlandish outfit are among the bravest soldiers in the world, as thev have shown on many a bloody battlefield. Natural Enough. Rfl First Fowl "I'm surprised to see that you're afraid ot a dog that's chained." Second Fowl "Well, I can't help being chicken-hearted. "Truth. Flattery always has a string to it. Galveston News. Mitring Dreis, mauve-nmbriiidernd crepon ; maraliont It hss Iwrtha nonnce to sleeves, with aoie. ' Them are small black feather aaah ia of aatiu ribbon. A Sew Hafcly rocket. Pocket are to be counted among the many troubles of womankind, and any alleviation of thn difficulties entailed by a desire to carry all that is neces sary with safety will tin hailed with do light by our sex. There is hsrdly any feminine pocket that can be honostly said to ba safe for carrying money. Lady Isabella Margesson has, howovor, come to the rescue of her sex, and has in von ted one of the most convenient hags which wo hsve yet seen. It is, indeed, multum in parvo. It is in tended to bang at the side, and is di vided in half, one portion being de voted to the watch and a small baa; for gold, the other to the purse ; while the pocket for carda and p ncila is at the back. But by a clever contrivance the purse cannot be reached from the outside. By mesne of a ipring, the mouth of the bag opens wide, and on unclasping the upper pocket first the purse is available. The bag is of a very moderate size, made in different kinds ot leathor, being ornamental as well as useful.' London Queen. Funny Ducks' 5esbt. Thn wster-fringed villsge of Orouw, in Friesland, North Holland, is re markable for two things cheesea and ducks. The lakea which fringe the village on three aides are thick with bulrushesjind water-grass, and afford excellent cover for wild ducks and other aquatic fowl. To promote the comfort ot the former and at the same time make the collection of their eggs essier, the villagers construct nests of the form shown in the illustration. The nests are made of plaited rushes, and ore hung on poles driven into the soil, or perched between the forks ot trees. Above each group the owner of the nests fixes pieces of colored cloth which enable him to readily tell his nests from those of his neighbors. These bits ot bunting aro useful also to the birds, who keep to their own Dents. The owner goes each morning in bia boat to the nesting ground, thrusts his arm into the bottle-shaped nebts and collects their contents for the market. ' The ex-President of a defunct Kan sas City bank is said to be peddling clothes-wringer for a living. W. T. Purnell, of Scotland Neck, N. C, is cultivsting land granted to his progenitors by King George. " viral rem at p f.swjrr. Mrs, Myra Jlradwell, wife of Jndga James II. Ilradwell, and tlio founder and managing editor of tho Cliloagi Legal News, died recently In Chicago. She was born in Manchester, Vt., in 1HHI. When twelve yesrs of age she ramn West with her parents. She was educated at Kenosha, Wis., and in urn MUpnur.r,. IH52 msrried James B. Brsdwell, a rising young lawyer. Becoming In terested in his profession . alio com menced the study of law under his supervision. She asanda most credita ble examination, lint because aha was a marrind woman was dnuied admission to the bar. She did not despair, bnt bent all her energies in removing this logs! detent. Her application waa refuted by the Supreme Court of Illinois, and ahe ued out a writ of error agsinst thn Stata of Illinois in thn Supreme Court of thn United States. Hnr oaae was argued in 1H71 by Matt Carpenter, United States Senator front Wisconsin. Thn Court, upon consideration, noti fied Mrs. Ilradwell that her marriage waa a legal disability, which only legis lation could remove. Another effort was made to have the Supreme Court consider thn matter favorably, but an adverse decision was rendered at the time. Twenty years later the Court . apparently recon sidered its ruling and ordered a cor- t innate iastind. Mrs. Brsdwell was the first woman in the United States to apply for ad mission to the bar, the first woman who became a member of thn Illinois I'ress Association and tha first woman to become a member of the Illinois Stat Bar Association. Over twenty-five years ago Mrs. Bradwnll established the Chicago Legal News, the first weekly legal paper ever published in the Western States, and was ita editor and its business managor until her Jnath. The Legislature gave her a special charter for her paper and passed snversl acta making it evidnnns in court and a valid medium fur tho publication of legal notices. Hunting With rrojectlle. ft has often been repeated that man is the only creature sufficiently intel ligent to utilize s weapons exterior jbjects like a stone or a stick ; in a much greater degree, therefore, it was aid, was he the only creature capable of striking from afar with a projectile. PifevertheleM, creatures jo inferior ss Ash exhibit extreme skill in thn art of reaching their prey at a distance. Several act in thia way. There is first the Toxotes jaculator, which lives in the rivera of India. His principal food is formed by tho insects who wander over the loaves of aquatic plants. To wait until they fell into the water would naturally result in but meager fare. To leap at them with one bound is difficult, not to mention that the noise would cause them to flee. The Toxotes knows a better trick than that. He draws in some drops of water, and, contracting his mouth, projects them with ao much force and certainty that tbey rarely fail to reach the chosen aim, and to bring into the water all the insects he desires. TOXOTCS TBBOWINO WATRB AT INSZCTSJ. Other animals also squirt various liquids, sometimes in attack, but mora especially in defense. The cepha lopoda, for example, omit their ink, which darkena the water and allows them to flee. Certain insects exude bitter or fetid liquid ; but in all these cases, and in others that are similar, the animal finds in hi own organism a secretion which happens to be more or less useful to his conservation. The method of the Toxotea ia different. It is a foreign body which it take tip, and it is an intended victim at which it takes aim and whioh he strikes; his movement sre admirably co-ordained to a precise effect Popular Science Monthly. The man who "itches for fame" ia usually kept scratching. Statesman. a aww v uuy UV HUH iiv in.
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