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KKYNOIjDSVIIjLK, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 24. 1151)7.
VOLUME 6.
1NTMM5H 45
NDQLPi
-JvUANMAWTHORNC .
CiirvmiiHT v Ameuicam PitEsa Association,
ICONTINTKI) 1
CHAPTER IV.
WHAT WAS (IOISU OS KIKWHEIIB.
"It's (ill .forri nor, nil xc: hut f'U It In
nhlhtf ry.m." Kfifil Inlqu.
.Toeolya ntul th impresario staid over
night nl t iif !i :ni'l 1 J ! im' . Mini cnmplot
eil tlic details .if tlin ngrcptueut for
Minli,nivjs"llp Manilla's appearance. She
was tnrmrielo the city in a'.ew days,
tnW up Ikt tili'iui" lit a luili'1. Mil l liegin
ursnls immediately. Before leaving
S handed .Mr. llindolph check fur
' i), as mlviinco salary, to :miblo linn
t Sake the necessary arrangements;
nnil tins tvvn gentlemen took their de
parture) with c.iiany profession, of good
will on liot h Hides.
Lain iu Hip afternoon a tall, rather
stein liHikinw young iiian, with (raw
Who ryes under thick, level brows, nnd a
short, rfli'iiHG brown lionrd ctwering the
lower part of his fare, wnlkefl into Ueii.
Inign'. ofiicn, anil was informed that tlm
general wax expected every minute, lln
seated himself nt n talilo, undid the roll
of paper that lm carried, and proceeded
to busy himself in making calculation
mid sketches.
Thi. yoiins man, whim" name 'was
Geoffrey Bellitightni, wm a New Ung
lander, whose family had livt-fl for many
general ions ir an ttneient town not very
fur from Boston. From the early part
of tlm present century, however, their
prosperity began to recede, along wit!i
that , of the town with which they were
bo closely allied. Large families of chil
dren "divided and dissipated tlm prop
erty! many of .them moved toither part
of the country: those who .remained,
proudly mindful of their past grandeur,
nnd unwilling, to descend to a lower level
in scan b of new ways to fortune, grad
ually fuded nut of sight or existence, re
taining to tke.end the old trait of char
acter, rendered harsher and gloomier by
their ii;ore restricted circunistnnccs. At
length, .about tliirry years ngu. leoffroy
Belhiu.linui was norn. lln was a child
of mutual intelligence, nnd with a
strong uppetite both for reading and nd
Tentum. But ,tlie monotonous .and life
less exigence ,uf iho sluggish old town
Vexed and wearied him; ho wiehed ho
bad couae into the world a hundred
yearn earlier, when men went forth to
battle, and to nail the scan, and tlm days
were full of novelty, activity and excite
ment. His heart stirred within Jiim to
bear a hand in the work and movement
of the world, .and such ec hoes as reached
hitn of what was going on in other places
and lands kept alive .this longing and de
veloped it lie met with no sympathy,
however, from his own family circle,
.and at length ceased to niako then .con
fidants of his desires and projects; yet
this discouragement to the ntteranue of
bis thought! led him to cherish them
mot less but more ardently. Finally, in
his twelfth year, he ran away to ira,
taking passage ou board ft Boston vessel
beuund for the Pacific.
He was absent three years, and be
came home first mate on hoard an K
grudi blockade runner from LiveriiooL
It was in the midst of our civil war; ths
blockade runner was captured and Bel
lingbam was taken prisoner. On his an
nouncing liis readiness to take service
under the federal flag, however, he was
allowed to join the crew of a govern
ment war vessel. Hu had the good luck
to see a great dual of fighting, and was
promoted for gallantry and general effi
ciency. Ik-fore the year vas out he met
Confederate bullet, whkh put an end
to his participation in the war, and very
nearly severed his connection with all hu
man affairs. Nevertheless be recovered
and made his way to the north with
$1,000 in bis pocket. On reaching bis
native place lie found his father nnd
mother both dead, and his sister (the
only child besides himself) married.
Ho was nt this time about 1? years
old, but as tall and robust (barring the
temporary -effects of his wound) as u
much older man; witli a prcuiuturo
gravity and dignity of demeanor, and
a strong, penetrating and resolute mind.
After remaining quiet for ;v mouth or
two, to recuperate his physical powers
and to think over his position, he dete
mined to bo uu architect. Uu s-t to
work ut once, with his usual eucrgy and
persistence; and nrterlmving familiarized
himself with the m.limeiits of the pro
fession at the best scientific school in tit:1
country he entered an aivliitcct's olllee
In New York, and woii;"d there from
twelve t fifteen hours it day for sevea
years. Unremitting application such as
this, rendered physically piwstlile as it
was by an itivincibl" constitution, iirvl
turned to l!i:' best advantage by a pow
erful and c.iinpre!i . nsive intellect, colli. I
not fad to liaiv its ea.vt.
When Di llingham, at Ihc end of his
apprenticeship period, set iu luisine. i
on his own in euin t there Mere few 11:1 I
ill the country who pi'ssessed a broader
and sound. v knowledge jI' architecture
than (his young man of or who Iri l
so much taste and originality in matte:
of design. The remainder of his p;o
fiwsional history, beiiijr mainly a record
of well df served and increasing slice, ss.
has little interest. At the epis-h of hi
entrance into this story he hail had
band iiKiiany of the best buildings of
our large cities, both private and public,
and incidentally he had been brought im
contact with a great number of peojji
Tliuint might Un dn'tned socially ex
pedient to know. Hut Ilelliiigliam
scarcely seemed to 1iave the ordinary
social instinct. His manners wereabrupt
anil reserved, and he had a very disco,
corting glance for these who sis-med dis
poseil to attempt to lie familiar with
hill'.. Ho seemed to have a tempi-ia-lneutal
antipathy tipaiust nrisliH raiKal
or -xcliisive pretensions of any kind,
tliiiuifh iu a certain sense no one was
more exclusive and aristocratic than he
The type is no mcommou one, as the
critics say; and it ip perhaps a pity, now
adays, that it is not a great deal com
moner. Though repellent ill several
ways, it has some qualities of almoM. in
finite rcdompt ion. It includes every
thing that wo call Masculine. Il ex
emplars are often delicieut in humor:
but I hey havo a sternness and Himjdicily
that are to the ither parts of buin ci
nature what sea salt, is to water. They
avo often unjust, but they are never coin
phisnnt. They may bo bitter, but til
an in ver sweet; or hard, but never noil.
And yet there i-i another side t. tliein -lint
only very few perhapi oidr .cm
over comes to know it. Knougli f ,i;en-er.ili;-.!!llons.
Ueolirey llellirshnni had not I be air
of being susceptible to feminine charms.
Hta manner, when he was brought in
coiilaet with the gentler sex, underwent
no gentle and illuminating chungr.. TI:.'
ok incuts of his nature seemed inverse
In in harmomxiny witli those of Ttinen.
"When he happeui-Ml to ipeak villi a
'Wi.iiiau he would xpress himself on his
msual curt, laconic way, keeping liinoyes
fixed upon her face t lie while, with as il l
of . unsympathetic ainpiisition. Tk: i;u
Iirtssion conveyed was that ho -onsid-rd
women innufllclent and uutxust
worthy. Un the .other hand he never
railed against lkem, as Keif councioir
misogynists do; his indill'erence m jiied
Beit rlo lie the result. of uu exhaustive or
uiurlifying experience of them in 'the
past; it was scientific or temperamrjital
ralu-ir. He recoguizf.il their functional
ases to the race and tit society, but .did
not icure to be personally concerned Wiith
them .more than was jiecessary.
But his professional reputation wwnso
high .and so well attested that his sbr.iul
disqualifications did not injure his suc
cess; and when Oen. luigo couctimd
the idiiH. of a grand now opera lioure
fiellinghain was aiuouj those to wUwui
he nmilied for a plan .and an estimate,
and it was Ucllinghuui who got the at
tract. The result was a .building whiti
many judges considered .to be second U
none uf iu kind in the world. It v
beautiful, it was luxurious, it was
acoustically a marvel, it was fireprooX.
IncidentulJy a number jif rtisU uchievej
renown aud made money by the decora
tions wkudi they executed, under Del
lingham's supervision, for its inner aud
outer walls. New Vork Wasted of it.
the paiiers contained descriptions of it,
and the illustrated journals published
pictures of it, iind endeavored, but un
successfully, to obtaiu a portrait of the
architect. Hut, as a compensation, there
was engraved u. dignified uud impugn;,
representation ut Oun, luigo, and a rec
ord of his brilliaui and typically Amer
ican career.
lk-llinglmui had been waiting iu tun
general's office fifteen minutes when tne
latter appeared, with Jocelyn on bid
arm, both in the best of spirits. The
architect did not rise from his chair or
make any other response than a preoc
cupied nod to the expansive greetings of
the gentleman. "If you have your wit
about you," he said to Inigo, "look ut
this plan and tell me your idea about it."
"What's it nil about, anyhow!1" re
turned the impresario, removing his
cigar from his mouth and pulling him
self together. 'Stageoiitraucu! What's
the use bothuriu' with that'.' Ju4 make
it to us they can yvt in mid out, and the
gals can see their f-llows"
"No, sir," iuterposeil Uelliughaiu ijui
etly. "1 want to stop that."
".Stop what, iu the mimo o gracious'
"Fellows hanging round the nt:igo
door for the girls to come out. I do.i'i
like it, and I mean to give (he girls a
chauce to get off free if they choose."
"Your saving clause will cover ninety
nine cases in a biiiiiliiiil. 1 fancy," re
marked Jocclyn with a laugh.
"What has that got to do with iff" de
manded ltellingham, looking at him;
"and what have you to do with it.
either?"
"(Mi, 1 wis only startled to nee yon
turning missionary," replied the other,
moving away.
Oellinghntn paid no further notice to
him.
"By connecting the window above the
lower door, by means of an Iron bridge
of fifteen feet spall, with the corridor in
the building on the opposite sideof the
alley," he said, referring to his drawing,
"you give additional melius or exit either
by the street door of that building or by
the ltpHr passage leading to Hie elevated
railway station. Well"
"Whst'll it cost?" inquired Inigo.
"Not more than eight hundred, or I'll
pay the difference."
"It's all darn nonsense;
but I'll do it
to oblige you," said Inigo.
"That way, if you like
ham. folding up Ins plan
," said l: Ming-
'Oooil dav."
"Odd fish, that fellow," observed .loee
lyn when the architect had gone out.
"I just tell you what." said lui ;ro, "if
that odd lisli was an impresario the
divas wouldn't go back on him not
much!"
"Why wouldn't Ihey?"
"Oh, maybe they wouldn't dare; but
they wouldn't, nnyhow."
"What do you know about it?"
"I know a man when I see him," re
turned the other, wagging his head,
"and so do Ihey."
CHAI'TRU V.
How lcvKnvTniNii was maur n.F.ASAtrr
ANJ K.ASY FOR HER.
"H'fmt hit the m rrlrrm for nhhh tliln
the yminiii nl.'" Mr. Ilrin'i.r. Imiili-til,
Twiiw three days afterward Jncelyn
betook liimself to a Mnall and rather
shabby looking house in East Eighteenth
street, jind asked if Mrs. TUmnx were at
home. The woman who o-ned the
door said, iu a weary and discontented
voice, that Mrs. lienuix wiu iu, and Jnc
elyn wiut upstairs. He entered tlu
frout room on the first floor. This room
hud a dingy and brownish aspect. The
furnittuK) was meager and rockety. Upon
tho wall between the windows hung
askew a print of the Prince of Wales
and his family, taken from some illus
trated fuiM'r and framed tin a wooden
frame stained black nnd rarnished. Tho
only pretty thing in the risnii was a pho
tograph .of a chubby little .child about 4
years of age. It was mounted in a
tasteful tundard frame of stamped
leather, 4.11(1 a small vase containing tw
or three flowers stood in front of it. Tli
photograph itself wan much fuded and
was in the style of ten years ago.
In a few minute i a tall, .middle aged,
woman, with a square shajwd face and
rather strongly marked features, came
into the coom. Her eyes and brows
were dark; her hair wan slightly touched
with gray. Tho corners .of her large
mouth hud acquired un indrawn look,
apparently .from a habit of pressing her
lips together; her general expression was
studiously impassive. Hho Hooked like
one accustomed to meet wdth rebuffs
and disappointments, and ito put up
with them when necessary, though never
with meeknass und resignation. There
was an air adiout her that snowed she
lhad once bain familiar with J he hand
some side of ihe world, bat, rem what
ever cause, had discontinued tonjoy or
practice Its refinements. There were
more hard and .unpleasant things in her
memory than ihe contrary, .and these
memories and experience had worn
aatay her fonnor comeliness and made
her skeptical and somewhat malicious,
instead of gentle And engaging.
"Well, Hamilton," she said, she
cam in, "1 hope yon've brought me
some money."
"Mmey, my dear Meg! Didn't I end
you some laet week?"
"Yea. enc 'gh to pay up my arrears of
board. I've had none to spend on my
self for ft m inth, and I have only one
other dress to my back, and that is not
fit to be see.."
"Things are more expensive here than
in England. I told you that when you
insisted ou coming here. You would
have been mora comfortable ut home."
"Home is where the beurt is." she re
plied, with an intonation of somber sar
casm. "My heart is not in England,
wherever elno it may be."
"Well, I've ' been very busy," said
Jocclyn.
"So you ulwuys tell me; but 1 pre
sume, as umul, it in no business of
mine."
"Well, I in dear, It's only the money
aspect of my business that you feel any
Interest In."
"If you iiikp.ii there is no longer any
sentiment 1 tween us I cordially ad'-iit
it," was the .Miswer. "I don't care the
snap of my e.nger for you or for any
one else lio- alive. Hut 1 have some
claims upon you, and I've come hero to
enforce them."
"You have the photograph there still,
I see," remarked .liK-elyn, turning to the
table. "Poor little 'fellow! If he'd
lived I'd have made n man of him."
"Yes! You d have made the same
sort of man of him as you've made wom
an of his mother. I'm glad he's dead,
if it's only to save him from knowing
what sort of a father he's got! However,
you said thai to put me in a good humor
I suiKise. What do yon want?"
"I vow, Meg, yon're too confoundedly
sour for anything," exclaimed .Foeclyu.
twisting his wiskers. "I've come to
tell you of an nrrangement that will
enable you to live at yourease the rest of
your days, aud this is the way I am re
ceived. Come, now!"
I TO IIK (MN'IINfKll
l.liif-oln nml (tie Wlilow,
During ud that dreadful period when
i the civil war was ravaging the country
I liimiilii held the reins of the govern
ment, ami. although worn nut with uu
(reusing toil, he never neglected uu op
portunity lo help those who sulTcrid.
One day a pi or woman, whose tears
bad worn furrows down her cheeks gain
ed an audience with Lincoln, and in n
few words related the sad tale of her
husband, who had fought in the Union
army only to lose his life, and of her
three boys, who were then figh.ng. Slio
n-qticsted the discharge of her (dill st
boy, that she might havo somii one to
support, her. Lincoln's heart responded
to the appeal, nnd be replied, "Cer
tainly if you havo given us all nnd
your prop bus Iss n takeu away yon are
justly entitled tn one of your boys."
Tlie Msir woman went nway light of
heart, only to return later, tearfully
licgging the release of her second sou.
The discharge of the first stm had come
too Into. lie was killed Ix foreit reached
him. kSailly Lincoln sat lown and wrote
the requisite order for the releaso of the
second son, and, rising, banded the pa
per to the afflicted woman, saying:
"Now you have olio and I have one of
the two Isiys left. That is no more than
right." V eciiing with joy, the poor
mother blessed Lincoln and hurried out
ti send her pmtions order. Harper's
Hrmnd Table.
A 'Imn'llnn Library.
All insatiutv nailer on bis travels,
JJapnleoii rowipluiiic d, when ut Warsaw,
tin 1H07, ami when at Uaytww, in IMiH,
that his librarian ut Paris did not keep
him well tt pppliul with lmks. "Tho
emperor," wrote the sn-TWary to 15nr
bier, "waifs a portable library of 1,000
volumes iv 1'Ju.o., printed in good type
without um-.-;,.i:, n'.rl -om;xiscl us near
ly as pnhle oi ;0 volumes on religion,
40 of 'ji'H. 40 l plays, '')0 of poetry,
100 of n. Is, (id ft luxury, tho remain
der, to r-:i':e up I.(jO if historical mem
oirs. '. .. religious works are to twi
the Old i.nd New T sttouents, the Ko
ran, n o-lection .f le Twrks of the fa
thers of the church, -w.irks respecting
the AT--aiis, CuJvuiiNtti, if mythology.
't!. inn ejiies ure hi be Homer, Lnenn
Tasso, Telemachus, 'The Heiiriado,'
eto." WacliiavclU, FiiOiling, Itichard
son, MKintesqnien, Voltaire, Conieille,
Uociun uiid Kimsseiin wrn also nmor
the authors mentiojuul. Lew itosoo.
A Dliiappolrttmiit.
"I Bfiver was so disgtwted and angry
in mvdifo. " said lln. crifi Nnrmn
"Whnfs tlm rroolihS" her husband
innnlnyl.
"This uftemor tbirt rich Mrs. Hil
ton, whom I have been dvimr tn hum
call on me, came just .us I was gutting
reaoyt) take a lauli."
"Too bud I Wonblnrt he stay until
yon craitii get rendr to -see her?"
"That's just it I rushed around and
almost ibroke my nrrk retting into my
best clothes, only to find out when I got
down-stnirs that she had jvillerf tn t if
I wouldn't like to boy .a CO cent ticket
to nn.oBtertaiuroeiit tnat the Uood tia
muritun society was -getting np for
poor swing girls. I shnll cut her dead
the next time we neat."" Cleveland
Leader.
Query of tWi 'Tlnw.
TheUtrvor was enthusiastic
"tihe&as poetry in iieryes," he ex
2aimcd. "YeeT returned tha cynio tantaliz
inly. -'Sho lhas roses in Iwr cheeks, " per
Wlcd the lover.
"'Yes?" returned the cynio again.
"fcilie 'hits music in bcr voioe," assert
1 tho Iovit defiantly.
"And what iu the bank?" queried
the cynic. Chicago Post
AlbaqaarqM.
"The live uud progressive town of
Albuquerque' says a citizen of that
town in the Wushiugtou Post, "is sadly
handicapped by its name. The percent
age of people oprside tho territory who
can spell it is tmall, uud often it wor
ries a homo muu to get it just right
Ono of these days, when New Mexico
becomes a state, we are going to give
the town a shorter and easier name, the
spelling of which there will be no chance
to butcher."
In California 60 pounds mako a bnshel
ef barley; Georgia, Kentucky and
Pennsylvania, 47 ; in all the rest, 48.
DOGS OF INTC'-LIGENCE.
t Mrlrt Nshhnlnrlsn snrt a Trniler
In
tlnnontnn.
The Ladies' Krnnel Journal consists
of n inimherof don nneedotes select
ed from ininiy sources, new and old.
The stories are arranged to illustrate
different features of the dog's character.
Here is nn example of what Is called n
dog's "tenacity of Impression," vouched
for by an Kdint nrgh minister:
"()ne sacrament Sunday the minister
left his house to the care of the servants,
who thought it a good opportunity to
give a party. During the day the dog
(a Newfoundland) accompanied them
through the garden, nnd indeed wher
ever they went, in the most attentive
manner nnd seemed well plensed. Iu
the evening, when the time arrived that
the party meant to separate, they pro
cis di d to (lo so, but the dog, the instant
they went to the ihsir, interposed, and,
placing himself before it, would not al
low one of them to touch the handle.
(In their persisting ai d attempting to
use force, be became furioiiN and in n
menacing manner drove them back Into
the kitchen, where he kept them until
the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson."
From which it would appear that
some dogs are Sabbatarians. At nil
event", he m msto have l.ien of opinion
that i velers in a mnm-e ou sacra mil :
Sunday were out of place.
A not hi r story, illustrating the reason
of n ('eg, is quoted as having hern told
by William llobson of Pensluiw, the
owner of the m imal. The dog was in
the habit of going about in bnnsoin cabs
with I. Is master. One day, after being
lot, be went home by 1 iinself in a
hansom.
"Tho tubman rang for bis fare, nnd,
thinking he hud somehow captured the
runaway, I inquired how and where he
found him. 'Oh, sir,' said cabby, 'I
didn't hail him at nil; he hailed me. I
was standing close by St. .Tames' chnrch
looking out for a fare, when iu jnmps
the dog. I shouts through the winder.
He wouldn't stir. So I gets down and
tries to pull him nut and shows him my
whip, but he sits still and harks ns
much as to say, "(!o on, old mini." As
1 seizes him by the collr.r I rends his
namo and address. My line gentleman
settles himself with his head just n-look- i
ing out, and I drives on till 1 stops lit
this gate. Then out jumps my pi.ssen
ger, a-cleuring tho doors, and walks in '
as though he'd been a regular fare.' " i
The driving iu cabs dog is by no ,
means a rare variety. It is told of Lady l
Ashlinriduuii's collie that, after jumping
into a hamlsi.ui, he so plainly intimates
that be wants his collar read that, as
one cabman said, "Blowed if he didn't
usk me to." Wcstminsti r IJudget,
AS AN ARMY RATION.
m-anM llrletly C(ini.lit.Tiil by an Old Army ;
Vetcrttii,
"Tal.-'i it altogether," said tho old
soldier, "I think I liked bei;ns the best
uf tho uruiy rations. Hard bread, of
course, was essential, und we rxpeeted
to get that anyway, but I am speaking
now of the comparative, luxuries ou the
army bill of fare. I should prefer corned i
beef, if thut issued in the army had been .
uniformly of u desirable qnulity. But
ofteu it was of u hardness nioro like
that, of quartz und of a saltiness past be
lief by those who have never tried it.
"Salt pork well, fat salt pork, even
of the best quality, is not desrablo as a
steady diet of food, and we got morn
alt pirk than any other meat, and it
wus ust always not of tho best. In
fact, an old soldier will ever forget tho
salt ptirk of the army. But his recollec
tions of it will not be surrounded by an
aurora br -calia of delight.
"Not everybody liked beans, but ac
cording to my notion they were the best
of tie army rations, all things consid
ered. If we bad a piece of pork to put
in the kettle, so much the better. But
we bad salt anyway, uud bean soup,
with hard fcrend to break into it, and a
enp of ooffeo made a meal that bad de
cided element of hopefulness iu it
"It is true that sometimes wdien we
had beans day after duy for days together
nme of the men would get tired of
them. But you would grow tired of
ortolans, wouldn't yon, if yon had too
many of tlx-ju?
"I always used to to glud when we
-had beans, aud to this duy I like now
and then a dish of bean soup, and I
uesrer cat it without pleosaut recollec
titaia of tho army. " New York Sun.
A roet'a Chivalry.
The poetry of Longfellow reveals its
author's sensitive, chivalrous spirit, so
thut those familiar with his verses will
read without surprise this story told by
Mrs. Phelps-Wurd iu her "Chapters
FunnaLife:"
Longfellow was reading aloud a poem
one day to Mmo. Modjeska, whose eyea
filled with tears as the reading pro
cceded. "I ahull never forget," observes Mrs.
Pbelps-Ward, "the tone uud manner
with which he turned toward her. 'Oh,'
be cried, 'I meant to give you huppi-
ucss! And I have giveu you puiu. 1
"His accent ou the word'pain was !
like the smurt of a wound. " ' 1
Nerve Strain.
"It must be n good deal of a strain to
ron a trolley car, " said the talkutive
man on the platform.
"You bet it is, " said the motormau.
W'y, when I go ulpng f r two or free
weeks without luiiuiu ou r unybi dy I
pit so nervous I cau't cut nor sleep. "
Cincinnati inquirer. ,
The tMnre IMrlatnr.
The lnrge private dunces given in
New York afford n means of livelihood
to a number of women whoso work dis'S
not appear conspicuously in the result"
as liiiMirtant as it really is. The lists of
many of the hostesses that entertain in
this way are taken charge of by young
women who make n business of sending
out invitations, overlooking lists and
generally superintending the entire dis
tribution of the invitations. This neces
sitates a revision of the names nnd th"
omission of all who happen to be ii"
longer available for social entertain
ments from ono cause or another. Thn
women who attend to work of this kind
relievo the hostess of all further respon
sibility thnn the delivery to her of the
invitations. This is a particular relict
to tho people in society who happi n tn
spend any considerable part of their
time in Kuropennd are unfamiliar with
the changis that take place in New
York. One young woman and her mot h
er have for several years tnaile a very
good living out of work of this kind,
mid there nro n li'ilf (low n or more who
devote their time to it. At many of the
large balls a bn :fe.s ni ver expects tc
know personally all the people she in
vites. Son.e of them play no more im
portant part in her i; i iaintaiiee than a
place on her visit ii g li-i, and, that dis
tinction having once bu n gained, it ir
likely to be secure until something very
serious happi its. One of th" dutiisof
the women who make a busi icss of tliif,
sort of thing is to see that invitations do
not go to i"-i.p!evl:';se friends would be
grii vert by the suggestion of iheir at
tending a ball. New York Sun.
Tho Senator's Striped t'nderivenr.
A western senator, who has nl.iays
been addicted to thn habit of wiaring
striped underwear, bad a narrow escape
recently on that very account. The
striped underwear worn by the distin
guished senator looked for all the world
liko a prisoner's garb, but of course that
aspect of the case did not suggest itself
to the reiiutor. While en route to Wash
ington ou one occasion the fact came to
him in a striking way. It was on a
sleeping cur at night. Tho car pitched
nnd threw bini out of the lowei berth
on to the floor, clad in his striped under
wear.
I The lurch of tho cur startled oilier
folks, too, and two ladies on the opposite
side of the senator stuck their heads (ait
' to see what the commotion was all
1 about. When they saw the senator crawl
i ing under cover iu his striped garb,
thinking he was an escaped convict
they screamed, and pandemonium rc rail
ed. The porter was summoned, where
npr.n the ladies commanded him to re
l move the "convict. "
I It took all tho "s natorial coni'tesv"'
tho senator could rake np to prove , n
alibi, und Ik; was finally able to demon
! stride who lie was, but be has sin ee
abandoned the idea of weurii.g stii d
underwear, having reached the con' i i
sion that plain flannel without str:e s
are much better and far safer. W.i-h-invtou
Post.
Indlr.n ltiiimnitkerft.
All tho Incliuntribesh.nl raimii.-!.' . (,
and some iitc yet left. This is ( f
their methods of operation: A .r o
body of Creek Indians had gather- ;..l
decked out in their best linery. l o
elderly men retired a short distauci : l
seemed to bo mumbling to each i c.
something like prayers or invoeu"1 ..-i.
After some time a fire was made on i .e
bank of tho stream, when the two rai i
makers gave an order, and a young i.ii
plunged into tho river, which was there
very deep. When he came up, he hud a
blue catfish iu his hand, which cue of
the old men took nnd threw into the
fire, tho tribe looking on in pi rtcei si
lence. Then there was more mnm!r;if.;r,
accompanied by vnrinus contortions i.i.df
gesticulations, when the gathering (o-t-persed.
It rained that night. PciTiaos,
on the whole, tho Indian rainmaker is
more generally successful than the civi
lized, one occasionally nppearing ou tiie
frontier in times of drought, tho former
having a shrewder nnd mre expi rienced
forecast of weather probabilities and
putting in his incantations ut tho r:..it
time. New York Tribune.
tltuta In Courtship,
Among the many fuults of tho uine
enth century is often reckoned 1 .... i .
The world, ono says, is full of Ic.-vy
and bustle. Time is outrageously ., ,
yet in the business of courting ie i u o
marvels in patience and leis-..i lm,
when compared to what they m. - m
the middlo ages. They liked t:,. i. n
commence a courtship ly wind i .n.
garded now us the next to the U-t ..i d
in it, "Will yon marry me?" au l tie y
had little use for preliminaries. If t n
gentlewoman was wise ami virusom,
he, of course, knew iiumediat. . :a.t
to say, for she previously huii been in
formed of her suitor's fortune, a.; lie of
her dowry, and a few minutes on'e weio
necessary for the young people io .-o
whether they were mutually ug e -,,.u
or not. Emily titoue in Lip'piueoi r'.i
lli-vivloVd Jlul.lt.
The convict under sentence of s,
coufiueiiieuthad utterly collapse...
heaven's sake," he Legged, "i
havo rest! My conscience will i
me sleep unless unless, i (.ni
to the chaplain's sermon!"
Remembering tjmr , jmil jj,.,.,. .
T
no
l i
;.ir
vt tun cnurcn, they were d i
grant his request.
Habit, it i;u;st be remembeii
times more f .., :-fut i ven than
New York I'm .
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