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Tlioso who think a woman Isn't trust
ing and clinging enough should take a
novice out skating on the ice.
If the fiddler would do away with the
credit business, the salvation of tho
world could be accomplished. None of
us would dunce If we had to pay him iu
advance.
Every time a woman thinks of own
ing a cow, she begins to build air cas
tles. There is nothing that will do as
much toward nourishing hope in a
woman's breast as owning a cow.
When a man is sick, his greatest trou
ble is that no one comes to see him,
and he gets lonesome. When a woman
gets sick, tile greatest trouble Is that
so many come to see her that they
make her worse.
It Is related of the Princess Alix that
when site was in Wales she put on a
pair of corduroy trousers, a blue flan
nel shirt, an old cloth cap and heavy
miner's boots, and went down in a coal
mine. If this sort of a person falls to
manage a Russia u Czar, it will be rath
er remarkable.
When wo pass a chicken coop In
front of a grocery store, and hear a
rooster crow, in spite of the fact that he
Is as miserable and unfortunate as a
rooster can well be, we wonder what
be is crowing about. Some men are
the same way about bragging; it is In
them, and must come out, whether
there is any occasion for it or not.
Tile career of Mr. William Cool:, ot
Oklahoma, makes gay reading. Thwart
ed in love, lie gathered a band of dare
devils around liliu and took to the
mountains. Thence be descended at
Intervals upon the plain and robbed
trains, banks and government paymas
ters. His "army" grew with bis suc
cess. lie perfected an organization
which levied toll on a great territory.
11 is death was reported a number of
times. Each time it turned out that
it was not William, but the other man
who died. To find this illustrious ca
reer brought to n sudden close by a
commonplace deputy marshal, to read
of William "throwing up bis hands
like a tenderfoot," is painful. It re
calls the unseemly departure hence of
Mr. Kipling's border desperado wlio
perished under the weight of the ter
ror stricken balm. No doubt we shall
hear of William later, arraigned before
the hanging Judge at Fort Smith and
dispatched in a bunch of half breeds
and squaw men. So passes the little
glory of the world.
A British butcher never, never will
be enslaved! lie Ims put on the smock
of war and whetted his knife and
cleaver on the steel. Sir Albert K. Itol
lit, president of the London Chamber
of Commerce, Ims volunteered to lead
him, and the ever-amusing London
Telegraph has called upon the patriotic
Impulse to rise "in the breast of every
meat eater In the kingdom" ngaln.it
the Chicago slaughterer. The way of it
is this: Before tho Cliicagoans seeking
a new Held for conquest invaded Brit
ain the British butcher was accus
tomed to buy his hoof reeking from
the slaughter-house. The beef shrank
when it was liung and to compensate
the butcher he was allowed a rebate.
When the Americans entered they
were forced to accept this custom, al
though by the time their beef arrived
In England it had shrunk as much as
It could shrink. No sooner had they
become firmly intrenched than they :lo
cldod not to allow the reduction; tho
result is a patriotic roar from the Brit)
Ish butcher, an attempt to boycott)
American beef and tho establishment
of great shops for the sale of American
beef exclusively. One cannot turn a
corner in London nowadays without
confronting one of the familiar names
of Swift, Morris or Armour. Tho mad
dening aspect of the situation to the
patriotic English butcher is that lie is
unable to raise the loyalty of the "Brit
ish meat eater." Whatever senthnen
tal notions the British inn;' cling to re
garding colonial advance and tho honor
of the British flag and Its supremacy
011 the sea, they have nou< regarding
the staple bftiiidntions without which
empire Is a shallow dream. They will
not have their beer taxed; they will buy
their beef whore they can buy it cheap
est and best. They flock to tlie Amer
ican shops, and so sure are the Chl
eagoans of their field that at the first
mention of a boycott they announced
that they would not sell beef to any
shop that would not display a sign to
the effect that American hoof was sold
there. The man who sells the host at
the lowest price in any market is tho
man who wins the trade. The Chicago
packers can undersell the world. At
the same time we should not fall to re
cord our haughty defiance to the Brit
ish butcher. We bid him do his worst.
The American eagle and tho Texas
steer, one and Inseparable, now and
forever. .. i -
WHEN THE SKIES CLEAR OFF.
Tho prospects will bo bright"r,
Tho burdena will bo lighter,
An' the souls of us be whiter
When tho skies clonr off.
With swootor roses springing
Au' swootor birds a'singia',
Au' all tho bolls n-rlngln'
When t ho skies clear oil!
Tho silver—lt'll jingle,
Till your fingers tingle, tingle;
Old frien lb'll meet and mingle
When the skies clear off.
Au' trouble, like a feather.
Will go sailln' out the weather
We'll sing an' danco together
When tho skies clear off!
There's a sign o' light a-comin*;
An' you h.'ar tho wagoa humraln';
You'll bo mnrchin' to the druuiniia*
When the skies clear off.
No mailer what's tho trouble-**
It'll Lroak jest like a bubble,
An' you'll drive In harness double
When tho skies clear off
—Atlanta Constitution.
A MYSTERIOUS CLERK.
N advertisement
following
I tenor appeared in
|l\ one of tho daily jour
nals of n prosperous
am * rapidly growing
American city some
years since:
jSbSSß.\\li\ .'ACCOUNTANT Tho
/! A I IfiRV services of an accom
f pllshed and competent
=£3 person nro dosired by
. l, io advertiser to take
' charge of tho hooks and
Jg v " correspondence of a
flourishing business.
Liberal salary and permanent position is
offered to one with proper credentials. Ad
dress.
A hundrod candidates for this placo
presented themselves at the establish
ment of Mr. Corlis, and among tho
competitors thero carao a modestly
attired person, who inoro than tho
others seemed, at first sight, accepta
ble to the proprietor.
Tho address of this applicant was
quiet and pleasant. Ilis wholo ap
pearance that of an earnest, woll-dis
posed man, who was desirous to get
along in the world.
lie brought with him and prcsontcd
to Mr. Corlis a few brief letters of
t from persons resid
ing eastward, and exhibited a draft
for a limited sum upon n responsible
banking house in the town. His story
was simple and straightforward, and
his manners wero altogether propos
eessing. Ho wrote a fair business
hand, his credentials proved satisfac
tory to tho not over-cautious Mr. Cor
lis, and he was engaged.
Ernest Maywood—for thus tho ap
plicant signed his name—proved a
tq,odel clerk. He must have been somo
thirty yeurs of age wheu ho entered
tho employ of Mr. Corlis. Ho might
havo been fivo years younger, per
haps. Ho reaped tho experience of
forty, at least, for ho was cuuning in
accounts, and his kuowelcdgo of tho
ramilicatious of debt and crodit was
extraordinary.
His varied qualificat ions were quickly
brought into requisition, and his em
ployer very soon came to esteem him
for his accuracy in mercantile mat
ters, us well as for tho evcry-day good
ness of character that marked his con
tinually upright and honest course of
conduct.
Mr. Corlis had a daughter, his only
child, in whom were centered all his
hopes. Tho father thought ho saw in
tho character of his new clerk busi
ness qualities most desirable, and ho
believed him to be a man of integrity
and worth ; and at the end of a twelve
month ho secretly determined upon
bringing about an intimacy between
Ernest and his daughter, with a view
to making liira his partner in trade at
tho fitting moment, and subsequently,
if possible, to uniting his daughter
with him in marriage.
May wood had onco or twice been tho
guest of his employer at dinnor, where
ho had been introduced to tho fair and
agreeublo Miss Ccrlis, and an evening
or two had been passed by him at her
lather's house; but nothing occurred
to offer tho parent any hope that his
employe had been affected in any
wise by his daughter's charms.
Thus tho months passed quietly by,
Maywoou continued on in tho same
plodding, indefatigable,untiring round
of duty, always at his post, ever devo
ted to his master's interests, and more
than satisfying the expectations of the
thriving Mr. Corlis, who was fortunate
indeed in tho selection ho had made
in his now confidential clerk.
"Ernest," said his employer to him
ono morning, "I voluntarily increased
your salary, a twelvernontii since, bo
causo you merited it, though you did
not mention the subject yourself. Two
years ago to-day, you commenced ser
vice with me. The balance Rheot ex
hibits a handsome profit upon tho last
year's business, to which result you
have largely contributed, directly and
indirectly. I now propose to offer
you an interest in tho business, and
from this date, if you agree to it, you
shall becotno a partner."
The offer was a liberal one. Tho in- i
como derivable from such a share of J
tho profits would have quintupled!
May wood's earnings. On tho part of
his employer, it was the opening wedge
for his futuro plan of marrying his
daughter well, and to his mind. His
decision—a declination—instantly,
but frankly and kindly given, as
tounded tho generous Mr. Corlis.
May wood said he was content as ho
was ! llis salary was ample, and was
u full equivalent for his humble ser
vices. Ho did not desire it increased.
Ho had no uso for money than his
piaco now yielded him. Ho had no
wish to incur additional responsibili
ties. Ho was happy, and if Mr. Corlis
was satisfied, so was he. And there
the muttor dropped.
May wood continued in the perform*
mo© of hio duties, and Mr. Corlis
quietly awaited another opportunity
to carry out his long-cherished plan in
reference to bis daughter's prospects;
while Miss Corlis lost no fitting occa
sion to second lier parent's views and
wishes.
"Time flics with silent wings." A
twelve-month passes swiftly. Another
year elapsed without making any pe
culiar change in the rotations of the
parties about whom wo have written.
The city where our narration dates
was located upon the river, and upon
its front street were situated the
stores occupied by Mr. Corlis. Nearly
three years had passed since May wood
had been installed there, when a
steamer came down, on its way to Now
Orleans.
A rival boat was in sight, closo be
hind, and it was the custom for these
craft to halt en route at the landing
in front of Mr. Corlis's warehouses, to
take or leave passengers. As the fore
most boat rounded up at the lovee,
her engineer neglected to "blow off*
Ler surplusage of steam, desiring to
retain it for a dash with his competi
tor when he left this halting-place.
The result of this neglect was the ex
plosion of one of the large cylinders,
by which accident a dozen persons on
tho deck wero fearfully scalded.
Tho sound of tho crash immediate
ly drew a crowd upon tho levee, and
shortly afterwards the shrieking suf
ferers wero brought on shore.
Mr. Corlis and May wood wero among
tho first who reached the river's edge.
Body after body—maimed and scathed
tho river's edge. Body after body—
maimed and scathed and blackened—
was borne from tho boat, and May
wood and his employer wero actively
busy in their offices of kindness to
the unfortunate, when tho figure of a
plainly dressed man was brought out,
writhing iu his last agonies, and fear
fully mutilated. Mr. Corlis approached
him as ho came forward in tho hands
of tho tho crew who were removing
him, and May wood followed closely
upon tho steps of his employer. The
fatally injured and dying man opened
his cye3 us tho clerk camo up, gazed
fearfully at him, and shrieking tho
broken syllable, "May—l" expired 1
May wood started back, horror
struck ! For an instant ho was para
lyzed ! That face and voice—that
last glance! Tho clerk was bewild
ered, and rnotionlees as a statue—and
the body was takou to the leveo.
Maywood in tho confusion flod.
Subsequent search for him proved
futilo. Ilodlisappeared inatanter, aud
all efforts to find him, or to learn of
his whereabouts or his fate, wero
alike in vain. After weeks of una
vailing inquiry, the belief of his em
ployer sottlod into no very satisfac
tory channel (though ho feared that
Maywood had either fallen from tho
boat, amid tho terrible confusion, or
that ho must have committed suicide,)
and his plaeo was filled, in tho count
ing-house, whilo tho business of tho
establishment went on as before.
What disposal tho bookkeeper had
made of his surplus earnings, from
timo to time, if he had any, or wheth
er ho had saved any portion of his
pay, was unknown to his late em
ployer. Inquiries wero instituted,
and all tho means at hand likoly to
afford any light upon tho singular and
sudden disappearance wero availed of
—but to no purpose. Maywcod was
gone!
Six years, with their round of joys
and sorrows, pains and pleasures,
changes and fortunes, had. passed
away, after tho accident relutdcl, wliou
ono evoniug there halted before tho
door of Mr. Corlis a carriage, from
which alighted a lady and gentleman,
who inquired if tho merchant were at
ftome. They wero shown into tho
drawing-room, and tho cards of "Mr.
and Mrs. Erviue" were scut up. Tho
name was not familiar, cither to Mr.
Corlis or his daughter.
"Ervinc?" said tho father, "Er
vinc? I do not recognize tho name,
daughter."
Mr. Corlis soon after entcrod tho
apartment, followed by his daughter,
and tho Htrangers rose to pay thoir re
spects.
"Mr. Ervinc," said tho merchant,
"I am happy to meet you. But,
really, I do not recollect —"
"No," said tho stranger, "I never
had tho pleasure of meeting you be
fore. This in my wife, however," ho
added, presenting tho modostly-at
tired lady who accompanied Lira.
"She says you will probably recollect
h< r."
Tho lady advanced, offered her hand
to Mr. Corlis and his daughter, and
said: "Purely, Mr. Corlis, you have
not forgotten me?"
"Maywood!" cxclaiinod fathor and
daughter together.
"You ate right," said tho lady,
calmly.
"But how is this?" asked the mer
chant. "When did this chango oc
cur? A woman!"
"Sit dcJwn, my dear sir," said tho
lady, calmly, "and I will at onco un
ravel what must have seemed a most
mysterious proceeding, in your esti
mation ; but which, under the circum
stances, could not be otherwise.
"Nearly twenty years ago I married
a man of whom I know too little, and
who proved himself utterly unworthy
of the confidence and love of her whom
ho grossly deceived, before and after
our union. His habits were dissolute;
he soon became a confirmed inebriate;
our prospectively happy homo shortly
became a scene of continuously riotous
dissipation ; his littlo property, with
my own, was squandered, and, boforo
iivo years had passed, wo were home
less, penniless, friendless.
"When I could no longer bear up
under tho cruel treatment to which I
was subjected, I mudo a final appeal
to him. In his drunken wrath he
forced ma violently away from him,
and in despair I tied from tho sccuo
of my early miseries. 1 adopted my
maiden name of Maywood, procurod
tho letters of credence which you have
seen, and having acquired a knowl
edge of books and accounts in earlier
years assumed the habiliments of tko
rudor sex, behoving that I could thus
better earn a sustenance.
"I came here, entered your service,
saved a few hundred dollars—and you
remomber tho terriblo occurrence
which immediately preceded my dis
appearance?"
"Tlio accident on tho steamer?"
"Yes. We were hurrying about
among tho wounded, as you recollect,
when the figuro of one of tho dying
sufferers approached us."
"Yes, yes, I remember."
"That man was my husband."
There were tears in tho eyes of tho
little coterie who listened to this sin
gular talo of woe.
"I recognized him, and ho balfpro
nouncod tlio namo of Mary, my bap
tismal nurao, as I hurried about amid
the frantio crowd on that fearful oc
casion. Stunned with tho recognition
under such circumstances, bewildered
by tho trying position in which I thus
suddenly found myself placed, and
fearful of tho results of exposure, I
kuew not what to do, or scarcely what
I did.
"Ho did not survivo tho accident,
howovor; and, two hours afterwards,
in homely fomalo attire, I claimed his
unfortunate remains. None recog
nized me in my plain apparol, and
surely nono could suspect that tho
veiled and humble woman who fol
lowed tho corpse to its last resting
place was iu fact tho bookkeeper of
tho well-known Mr. Oorlis.
"I left town forthwith. Through
your kindness and liberality I had
been able to lay by a considerable
sum of money, and I departed for the
West, and, once more among total
strangers, I continued the resumption
of the habiliments and habits of my
sex. With the means at my coin
maud, I continued to live quietly and
respectably, until some two years ago
I met this gentleman, who olforod mo
his hand. lam now Mrs. Ervine, and
this is iny husband, ¥ir."
As may well bo imagined, a happy
reunion succeeded this denouement of
the long-timo mystery which had
shrouded the sudden disappearance of
Mr. Corlis's bookkeeper. And the
reader may bo assured that Mr. and
Mrs. Ervino were not only very wol
como in the rich merchant's family,
but that tho newly woddod pair bo
camo tho future fast friends of "May
wood's" former employer and his ex
tended social circle.—Now York News.
A Dog's Intelligence.
G. Rugg Thompson, tho six-year
old sou of Dr. Thompson, of Glens
Falls, is the ownor of a largo St. Ber
nard uamod Nero. Tho animal has a
light-brown coat and weighs about
150 pounds. Nero is an unusually
intelligent dog. He has a great head
for mathomatics and can add, sub
tract, divido and multiply with sur
prising celerity. Let a certain num
ber of persons enter a room. Then
lot half the number depart, and Nero
will notify Lis master by barking bow
many there are loft in tho room.
Should others enter tho room after
Nero has notified liis master of tho
number present, bo will quickly and
accurately indicate tho new number.
Some of tho problems worked out by
this eaiiiuo wonder would provo diffi
cult for a ten-year-old boy to demon
strate. Au interesting example of
Nero's ability as a mathematician is
shown when a series of figures run
ning from one to nine is placed on a
blnckboaid. As each figure is set
down, either in rotation or at ran
dom, tho dog will signify by a bark
the number.
On one occasion Nero entered a ho
tel with tho doctor. A number ol
guests were standing, sitting, or mov
ing about a room. When asked how
many persons wora present, Nero de
liberately walked about until ho found
four mon behind a counter. Then he
sagely trotted back to his master and
announced the correct number, fif
teen. He informed his mister how
many of the number wero sitting and
how many standing.—Troy Times.
The First Patient.
A fow days ago tho littlo son of n
well-known physiciun was entertain
ing a playmate at his father's house.
As children will, they ransacked evory
nook and oorner of tho building.
Their curiosity led them to explore
the recesses of a closet in which the
doctor keeps his instruments and othei
personal effects, among which is 11
complete skeleton. Tho strango boj
was frightened when ho first boheld
the griuuiug remnant of what ouc
had been a humau beiug and started
to run away. Tho doctor's sou, how
ever, had soon the skeleton so often
that he entertained for it only that
feeling of coutoiupt begotten by
familiarity, and in a littlo while suc
ceeded in so allaying tho fears of hin
compunion that tho youngster began
to handle tho thing aud rattle its dry
bones. "Where did your father get
it? ' ho finally asked. "I don't know,"
was tho reply ; "but I guess it was liis
first patient, for lie's had it an awfuJ
long time." —Butto Miner.
Mixed Up the Babies.
Oilbertiau humor has beeu exem
plified by au incideut at Soutbport,
England. Last week births took place
in two families living iu the same
house, lu one ca.so twins arrived and
ono baby in tho other. As a joke tho
throo babies wero placed iu one bed
to make the father of tho twins be
lieve that his wifo had given birth to
triplets. Everything passed off pleas
antly and satisfactorily until tho
"lark" was explained and tho busi
ness of restoring tho infants to their
respective mothers began. Here a
serious difficulty presented itself, foi
tho attendants were unable to say
which was which. The 'identification
has not yet been satisfactorily estab
lished.—Chicago Herald.
THE FASHIONS OF OLD
QUEER CUSTOMS OF OTHER
BELLES AND DANDIES.
Breeches So Burge that They Served
a a Storeroom unci Were Homctimce
Stuffed with Bran —Patehee uu Adorn
menta—Other Enormities.
Sty lea that Were.
If some of tho dandies and beauties
of other days could only return to us in
the flesh and wearing the habiliments
of their age what a sensation they
would create! Imagine a dandy of
the reign of James I. of England walk
ing into your home with breeches large
enough, if extended, to shelter a mod
erate-sized circus; or a fair daughter <f
Eve of the seventeenth century bcam
fi n go n yon
with stars and
half moons
all d a coach
and horses do
on her
"* n * ace * * hese
jj were fashions
// in other days.
// After the
// time of Henty
fty/{ f VIII. of En
/ \ J ) I land lils breo
/ 1 H cbes were the
i f i; / H objects of .1
[j youug ■ man's
' £ cbi e f soliei
l.omi now ais i > or i; i - We rciul
finciiam. of "petticoat
breeches" tied above the knee, ribbons
extending up to the pockets, ribbons
hanging all about the waistband and
shirt hanging out from the opened vest
front. We read of breeches "almost
capable of a bushel of wheat" and of
alterations which bad to bo made in
th (■ It r1 t is h ■
House of Com- r/
mous to afford \
a (1 d i tional ae- -tv, •£,l
eouimodatlons Mm** X*\
for the mem- Wmff.. sGV J
hers' seats, it ~?/
is related of a jßSilwi
dandy of tlio w, ' ,
time that oil ris-
lag to eon<'liiili''|pjS{^v£
mony be had
the misfortune farhion of the .
to damage his " patches." i
breeches by a protruding nail in ids'
clialr so that by the time he gained the>
door the escape of bran was so great rnJ
to cause a state of complete collapse.
BreccliCH us a Storehouse.
A law was made "against such as did
so stuff their breeches as to make them
AN ALSATIAN IJELLE.
stand out, says an old
authority, "when a certain prisoner
was accused for wearing such breeches
contrary to law lie began to excuse
himself of the offense and endeavored
by little and little to discharge himself
of that which he did wear with them?
be drew out of his breeches a pair of
sheets, a brush, a glass, a combe and
night caps, with other things of use,
saying, 'Your worships may under
stand that because I have no safer
storehouse these pockets tfo servo me
for a roomc to keep my goods in and
though it be a straight prison yet it is
a store house big enough for them, for
I have many things more yet of value
Within them.' And so Ids discharge
was accepted and well laughed at, and
they commanded him that lie should
not alter the furniture of ills store
house."
A Dundy of
One of our illustrations is of a dandy
of 1040, taken from an old print. He
wears a tall hat, with a bunch of rib
bon on one side, and a feather oil the
other; his face is spotted with "patch
es" and two love locks liang down upon
bis bosom and are tied at the ends with
ribbon. The vest is left partly open,
and the shirt protrudes. Ills breeches
are ornamented at the knees, and his
mi" ' )
MASKS OF TIIE REIGN OF CHARLES 11.
legs are incased in "boot-hose tops."
"The tops of ids boots," says an old
record, "were very large, fringed with
lace and turned down as low as Ida
spurs, which Jingled like the bells of a
monice dancer as he walked."
The patches referred to in the abovo
description were introduced in the sev
enteenth centnrv. nrobablv from Ara
bla, where a hlnck mole Is considered
11 beauty spot. Hence those iu England
to whom nature had denied the boon
of n black mole eudeavored to Imitate
I it by means of black silk and paste.
Our Illustration of this fashion repre
sents a lady of the latter part of the
seventeenth century with a star and
two half moons, a circular mark and n
Coach, coachman uud two horses, with
postillions, upon her face. Patches
were even made a symbol of political
allegiance, Indies favoring the Tories
patching the right side of tho face,
while those who adhered to the Whigs
patched tho left side. After 17(i(i patch
es on tho face were discontinued.
Masks Were the Fashion.
Masks formed another fashionable
decoration for the face, half masks and
whole masks being optionally used. The
masks, when not worn, were suspended
to the side by a string; when used
they were held in position by the
teeth by means of n round band fas
tened on the inside. During the reiga
of Charles 11., of England, few ladies
visited tho theater unmasked.
Hoops, which were an extension of
the "padded or false hip" of the fif
teenth century, did not come into very
general use until toward tho close of
the seventeenth century. A paper of a
little later period speaks of a chair
maker, "one William Jingle, who con
trived a chair six yards and a half in
circumference, with a stool in tho cen
ter of it; said vehicle being so contriv
ed as to receive the passenger l>y Open
ing in two in the middle and closing
Sill WILI.IAM RUSSELL AND A DANDY
or 11)4(1.
when she is seated." The same Jlnglo
"Invented a coach for the reception of
one lady only, who Is to be let In at the
top," and the paper continues, "tho said
conch bus boon tried by a lady's wom
an, in ono of these full petticoats
(hoops) who was let down from n bal
cony aud drawn up again by pulleys to
the great satisfaction of all who beheld
the sight."
Ono of our illustrations represents
nil Alsatian (French) belle of 1727. The
most singular feature of this beauty Is
the coiffure, which consists of an enor
mous three-cornered edifice of satin,
lace and jewels, stretching out on either
side fur beyond the width of the figure
und standing up In n point in front.
Two of our illustrations, that of Sir
William Itiissell and that of Lord How
ard of Effingham, deal with tho time of
Elizabeth. In the representation of
Sir William Russell tho Immense ruff
worn very generally at that time Is
shown. A railor against the vanities
of those days says: "There Is a certain
liquid matter which they call starch
wherein the devil laid learned them to
wash and dive their ruffs, which being
dry will then stand stiff and Inflexible
about their necks." Imagine a British!
lord of to-day dressed like Lord How
ard of Effingham!
Did Not Say " Hysterical Governess."
A correspondent asks me why 1 havo
called Charlotte Brouto "a hysterical
governess." But when or whore did I
over wrlto such nonsense about "the
Vestal of Haworth"? If I err not, the
accomplished Shirley brought this
charge against me In Good Words. I
read it with amazement, nt Dlngwnll,
and forgot about it. The only article
tlint I ever wrote on Miss Bronte, I
think, was in Good Words. Looking
over it, I see that I did soy she was :i
governess, and expressed the usual re
gret for tho unhappy lives which arc
too often lived in that underpaid and
dltUcult profession.
One catches an echo of many laments
In Miss Bronte's novels; her materials
are Inevitably derived from her experi
ence. But I find nothing about "hys
terical governess." I'eople have called
Jeanne d'Arc "hysterical"; genius and
hysterics have points of contact But
I did not even sny that, as fur as I am
aware, and If I am to bo accused of do
ing so, by Shirley or any ono elso, I
must ask for documentary evidence.
"No other Is genuine." If the thing
can be proved, I shall recant and bum
my fagot; if it cannot be proved, per
haps the myth will bo withdrawn. No
body can remember all tho foolish
things ho may have written, but this
particular folly, I fondly trust. Is be
yond my power.—A. Lang, iu Long
man's Magazine.
Joseph Addison.
lie was a celebrated English writer,
born 111 1G72. His first poem was pub
lished iu 1003. He went to the Con
tinent ill 1000, and ill 1701 published
his best poem, "A Letter from Italy."
He returned to England in 1703. lie
had been In tho diplomatic service on
tho Continent, and on his return had a
good position In society; In 1704 lie oh-'
tulnod a government office, and In 1710
entered Parliament. He wrote for tho
"Tatler," and contributed largely to
the "Spectator," writing most of tho
"Sir Roger do Coverly" articles. Ho
wrote for the "Guardian," and in 1713
brought out his famous play, "Cato."
He wrote little of value after that In
1710 he married the Dowager Countess
of Warwick; in 1717 he became one of
the principal secretaries of state, which
post ho resigned In March, 1718, and
lie died in June, 1719. lie was hurled
In tho Poet's Corner of Westminster
Abbey.
ir the children would stop growing
so fast, tho rest of us wouldn't feel so
old.
January is tho greatest shopping
month of the yoar.
Camphor placed next to furs will
mako their color lighter.
Wodding outfits can 1)0 hired in
New York for so much an hour.
Lillian llussell is said to possess tho
finost collection of turquoises in tho
world.
Among your odd piooes of furnituro (
you must have a carved antique oak
spinning chair.
Of 15,810 girle in tho public schools
of St. Louis 55(17 were dark haired and
10,273 light-haired.
Mrs. llavcmeyer, tho sngar king's
wife, omploys sixty servants and pays
her boss cook SIO,OOO a year.
When my lady shops or goes skat
ing she wears tho heaviest gloves made,
with huge bono buttons aud big clumsy
fingers.
Miss Cora Shecp-in-tlio-Woods, a
Sioux maiden, has, under tho influence
of civilization, become Miss Cora Bell
AVether.
There uro twenty-four women taking
the graduate course at Yalo this year.
Among them is ono from Rudcliffo
College.
The death of Miss Prances Mary j
Buss, at tho ago of sixty-sevon, re
moves ono of the educational piouecrs
of tho day.
Tho Kov. Lydia Sexton, who for
fifty-six years had been a preacher in
Washington Slate, died recently, aged
ninety-live.
Miss Cora Bcuneson, a graduate of
the law school of the Miohigau Univor •
sity, has boon admittod to tho bar in
Massachusetts.
When Sophie Lyons, tho noted shop
lifter, was arrested in St. Louis u much
thambod copy of "Trilby" was found
in her possession.
Mrs. Isabella Boechcr llooker attri
butes her good health in her old ago
to tho fact that sho omploys an electri
cal masseuse at least twice a week.
It is tho privilege of ono of tho no
ble ladies-in-waiting to tho Qucon of
England to oxtraot tho seeds from tho
orango Her Majesty intends to oat. 4
Mrs. Arthur Staanard (John Straugo
Winter) is very superstitious, and
always carries two scraps of gray fur
insido tho fleck of her dross as a talis
man.
Thero is no doubt that big sloevos
aro going out. Tho Pnncoss of Wales
aud tho Dutchess of York have all
thoil gowns mado with very moderate
sleeves.
A colored woman in New Orleans is
about to take her degree in modicino,
and will bo tho first woman to practice
iu that city with a degroo won in
Louisiana.
Mrs. L. E. Castle, of lowa, who is
serving as justice of the peace, was
elected to that position because the
ticket had her initials instead of those
of her husbaed.
The ox-Empress Eugonie, of Franoo,
has recently visited Queen Victoria at
Windsor, and the two ladies wont out
shopping together in tho quaint and t.
drowsy old town.
A woman who wus to play Lady
Macbeth in a Topclia (Kan.) amateur
show refused to go on because sho
couldn't havo big sioovos for her
slcop-walking gown.
"Patti can oat more candy in loss
timo than any human being I have
ever seon," is ono New York woman's
verdict regarding tho sweet tooth
propensities of tho diva.
Tho nppomtment is announced of
Carrie Licbig as a division surgeon of
tho Northern Puoific at Hope, Idaho.
This is tho first woman physician to
bo appointed in tho railway service.
M. E. King, of Churlcstou, Me., has
two youug daughters, aged respec
tively ten and twelve yuurs, who havo
broken a two-year-old colt to wagou
and sloigh without tho aid of any one. f
Miss Ida Lockwood, of Munice, has
lately been commissioned Deputyj
County Recorder in Delaware County,,
Indiana. .She has boon a clork in tho
olliou for olcveu years, and is the first
woman deputy iu that oouuty.
Queen Louise, of Doumark,is ono of
tho oldest European monarch!. Sho
is seventy-seven years of age, but is
quito youthful in appearance. Sho
was a princess of Hesse Cussell and
like Victoria sho has boon a good
mother.
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, D. D., of
Philadelphia, has reeoivod diplomas
for the ministry, law and medicine.
She is Vice-Presidout of tho National
woman buffragists, has an orotund
speuking voice and is ono of tho most
aggressive tulkors of her sex.
Professor Porter's elaborate investi
gation of tho weight of women seems
to show that during oarly girlhood
brunettes weigh a trifle more than
blondes, but that after they havo at- ♦
tainod womanhood thoro is no signifi
cant difference iu their weight.
Ono field in which woman has not
yet attained great prominence is pilot
age. Miss Elizabeth Polhcmns, of
San Diego, Cub, is qualifying herself
to remedy this deficiency. Sho ox*
pects in eight montnsto pass examina
tions admitting her to the company of
ocean pilots of tho harbor of San
Diogo.
Mm. Elizaboth R. Parker, of Phila
delphia, deserves tho thunks of all
women. Sho has invented a trunk
that can bo raised to any desired
height for convenienco in packing
and unpacking, doing away with tho
back-breaking and the kneeling posi
tions necessary in packing ordinary
trunks.