THE PAUPE.R LOVER'S GIFT.
No Ofwnu I. with coItM-i full of pold
An 1 t-lnlr cankeu, Cllitl with preciou r,m
t'.acmt'.y pitta my love'a whit liaxxt to fold.
Upon Iit brow no kI.muiiIiii; dlutWna.
If I IipM kwav o't ell the woplol world.
An-l o-i.vl itaktoriixl wfidth by ritfht dlvinti,
It richest, mrrxt ln-uairr would bo hurled
IHjwd at the fnet of br whom I call mine.
since I own nr cold nor JrweU ran.
No ii"enljr -orb ir rubica royal red
I nierk'y fwiul tli in Uva tit mine intjtit fair
A knot of fad.-d violet. ln.t-aL
Aii'l yet, poor ftow'ra? all withrrrd, dead and torn,
flutter than Roll and geui and ail the mt
I'ts loved tlu-ui. In my solitude forlorn
IiecatiM my love once wore tiirm at her breast.
Chicago Journal.
THE MATCH WENT OUT.
When I was a lad of 17 I was office
boy for Pinkertou's Philadelphia agency
and was jut wild, of course, to bo sent
out on a c?so. Every time the captain
got a new job I would elide up to him
and eay: "Cap'n, you'd better let toe go
out on that. anjh he would answer with
a quizzical grin: "Not this time, Harry.
Wait till tho next cr.
Along in December of that year there
was a great rush of business at our office.
We hvl flft.-cn detectives, all old. experi
enced hands, and they were on the jump
night and day. We could not handle the
business that w;is coming in. and the
t captain was wishing we had some more
rui n. I rememlM-r as well as can be sit
ting in my ( hair by the door and the
captain calling out in fun from his pri
vate office: "I guess we'll liave to let
you take the next case, Harry.
Hardly hud ho said the words when
the door ojtened and a raw old country
man entered. lie proved to le Joe Bay-
lis, a Montgomery county justice of the
jieace, and he wanted the captain to send
A man down with him to attend to a
ghost who was cutting didoes at I'ort
Washington. The captain told him ho
would send a man as i.oon as he hr.d one
at his Ii ih;1. Tlie old fellow left and
I juinpi d to my feet.
Captain, I said, "send moon that
case.
Tho captain loaned back in his chair
and 'ooked at me hard. "See here,
Harry," he said, '"suppose I were to send
you. what would you do?
I outlined an elaborate plan of cam
paign against the ghost. He let mo
finish and then said:
"You'd make a confounded ass of your
self, now, wouldn't you? You'd make
us the laughing stock of tho town. Xow
listen. In tho first place, always bear
thi3 in mind there is no such thing as a
ghost.. If I enl you to Fort Waslu'ng
ton, go there tvith that idea in your
head. There is no such thing as a ghost,
i If you see the ghost and get near enough,
V jump for it. Don't bo afraid, it won't
hurt you; just jump for it. It will turn
out to be a human being no doubt of
tliat. Now, I'll let you go and try yqrjr
hand. Don't make, a fool of yourself. 1
you see the ghost and think you can't
' handle it, lie low and follow it and seo
who it is."
The captain gave mo money and away
t went. I felt pretty brave, for it was
bright daylight then, but there were
limes when. I wished tnysejf well out of,
ibe thing. I got toTort Washington
about 3 clock, and ixifjuircd the way to
the hauuted housefrom the tat ion agent.
I found it on a hill about half a mile
from the town, and looked it over with
interest and apprehension. It was an
old white frame fiunsion standing in
r- jmrv like groui'ds ith plenty of out
Iiournbout it. SoinC,ntrJmen whom
J met told mo that tho ghost C73 in tho
habit of tending oVi the top of the broC'1
tone wall that skirted tho roadway.
There was an outhotMe bo situated that
any ono concealed In it could loyerlopk.
tho whole stretch of wall from .end to
end, and I made up my mind that this
""' was the ilaoo for mo to get into before
the ghost made its appearance. Then J
went lack to the hotel, took my supper
and chatted with the waiters and a fev.
loungers about thoghdst. :' I learned that
it first appeared about three weeks before
my arrival.
A man named McTanish, an ignorant
' farm hand. was the first person to en
counter it. He was coming to the town
one r.i.'-'ii from the grist mill with a sack
5. of meal fin his back and paused for a
minute ia front of tho old house to set
tho be. ' down on n stump and rest hL
fshoi-.hler. lie SeurJ a rosso behind him,
and t::rr.ing r:nmd. aw fataj;dlng pn the
wall a Hguro ! afterward raid was thi
teen feet hi,;' - -''- t. lie did not stop
to oVvnv the lijure very carefully, ,
liMih. but rr.n as hard as he knew how
!ow!i tho roi.d. Next nijht a jiarty of
men aw tht? ghost and they also-ran.
Tii-y '"-"i l tho t;bost made afttr them,
breathing lire and brimstone and acting
in a peculiarly weird and unholy man
ner. Aft;.'r t!iat the house was avoided
at night, but several strong parties of
men, including the selectmen of tho
town, saw the ghost from a respectful
distance. It approached them ui each
case and in each case they took to the if
heels. j
About dusk I ttoIi down to tlo de-
sortea house and it was dxirk when I got
there. IslidaIongthewr.il to tho uf
bouse, crept criutiously in and 6hut tho
loor ngain- Hardly had I shut tho door
when I knew that titt-ru was come other
jx?rson in that outhouse. I felt sure
there was homebody close. by my elbow,
X was trembling like a leaf, but I man.
, i arred to null u nv.U 'i from my tweket and
' r trifit. I hold it tin.. Ir. s!uiwed tno a '
big white mufilcd figure nut two feet
away. Thc:i t!:o match went out.
Was I scared?
Well. now. I should say so. There are
some people who laugh at the idea of a
man's hair standing on end. They say
it is a physical impossibility, but I know
better. 1 could feel my hair rise right
up and lift my hat and my flesh crept.
Cut I had no time to think. I jumped.
I had to jump. I ehut my eyes and
grabbed f r the ghost. I was so fright
ened I seemed to lose consciousness for a
moment, but grabbed something and
held on. When the first shock passed I
felt tho ghost tugging and pulling to get
away from niA It ffsJ
frightened ba I was and It hands wcr
oft and warm.
"Don't hurt me, It said in a terrified
voice, .
I had no voice to reply with. I trai
choking, but I pulled my captive out oik
tho lawto and looked at it in the moon
light. The sheet that had lieen mufilcd
about tho figuro fell to the ground a
pretty girl of 13 was disclosed. I was in
a cold perspiration and shaking as if re
covering from n shock of electricity, but
when 1 saw that 1 had caught a real
genuino flesh and blood girl and no
ghost I began to feel better. and presently
was able to talk. '
Who are you? I asked.
"Jennio Baylis." .
"What? Tho daughter of Joe Baylis?
"Yes, 6ir.n -
"WTiat are you doing this for?
The girl began to cry. She said she
had not meant any harm. ' She and her
sister liad played ghost just to have
some fun. Her sister was usually with
her, but did not come this night, as she
was too busy. She had heard from her
father that a detect! vo was coming to
catch the ghost, but thought lie was not
duo for a day or two, and resolved to
make one last appearance and then give
up the performance till things calmed
down.
" Who aro you? she asked.
"I'm tho detective,' I said.
She looked me over in evident awe and
consternation, tinged with some surprise
on account of my age.
"What are you going to do with me'
' I shall have to expose you."
The girl cried again and begged to be
released and allowed to go home, but
that did not suit me at all. I said she
was my prisoner and as such I must de
liver her up to tho authorities, and after
" good deal of waiting she suggested that
I had better give her up to her own fa
ther. I agreed to that, and picking up
her sheet I held her arm and took her
with me to her father's house, about a
mile distant.
"Don't you know that you might have
been killed by some of those people you
frightened? I asked.
No, sir, I never thought of that.
Every Ixxly who saw me ran away."
When wo got to tho farm house where
Jennie lived it was half past 9 o'clock.
Everybody was in bed and the lights
were all out, but I boldly knocked at the
door. A window opened and a man's
voice said:
"Whoso there?'
"Me."
"Who's mc?"
"The detective."
"You're rather late. Why did you not
wait until to-morrow? Better come
around and seo me in tho morning."
"I want to see you now. . I have the
ghost."
At this the window was closed with a
bang and heard hurried steps on the
stairs. The door opened and old . Baylis
stood in tho doorway. He was draped
in a very long old fashioned white gown
and wprp a tall steeple shaped night cap.
One hand held up a tin candlestick and
the other shaded he hght. A circle of
beard sweeping under Ids chin from ear
to car made him look very comical. Ha
looked at me in astonishment, and when
he saw his daughter and the sheet I
thought, he was going into convulsions.
"You, Jennie?" he asked at length.
Yea, father," 6aid Jennie very humbly.
Old Bay lis sighed and said, "Come in."
Ho sent for the neighbors immediately.
I don't know what was said at their
meeting, for I was not admitted to it,
biit old Baylis gave me a letter to the
captain and packed me off on the mid
night train. Next morning I reached
tho office early and found all tho men
rresent, waiting for the captain to detail
them!! The men grinned at me and
passed the time of day pleasantly enough.
They all knew where I had been and an
UcipoAfit a wonderful tale of disaster and
defeat, .which .hef ?Fer to laugh
at, although L.was' a favorite wjtty tftero,
having tfone many a piece "of extra jvork
for every man t-lurf o,
"I thought I sent you fo fVrt Wasljr
ington, Harry?" said the captaia.
"Yes, sir."
"Made an ass of yourself, I suppose?"
There's a letter, sir."
Wlule tho captain read the letter the
nen guye4 mo,
"This is a very, nice fetter, Harry
said the captain. Boys, the youngster
captured the ghost." '
"Did he?" said the men.
"Y'es, sir, he did. Tho boy is a credit
to us;" and then the captain read tho let
ter of the selectman out loud. At every
sentence I grew a foot. "
.'Well, now, how dil you do it?' sev
eral inquired. "
I told tho story, and you can be sure. I
did not refrain from giving myself plenty
of credit. My tale was very highly col
ored. When it was concluded Long Jim
Langdon drawled out:
' Harry, tell the honest truth. Was
vou frightened when hat match went
out?' '
"No, of course not!" said I. But I was
frightened two years later when I asked
the ghost to marry me, and thought she
was goiag to sav no. - However, 6he
didn't. Philadelphia Tunis. '
Latter Iay lateratnrr.
Editor Forthoughtly Review You
writo very well, sir,
Poor Author I endeavor ta. . , -"Your
essay is a model of English com
position, but it would interest no ono be
cause nq one knows you.' You aro not a
public character. Kow, here is an anticle
on 'Pure Americanism.' by Congressman
Miko Mullhooly. As he spent most of
hja early years tending bar he had few
educational ad vantages and his spelling
i3 terrible, while his grammar j3 horrify
ing. It is alcoid of ideas. , I you mil
take the article, retain the title and his
signature, but write an entirely ne.
essay of your own on the same subject, J
will erive you half a dollar. Can't afford
to give more than that, because I had tq
pay MuUhoolj $500 to induce him to
write at alL" Philadelphia Record- . .
lelphia
A diamond butterfly poising and flat,
tering on a delicate spring form an
euecuvu piu iw uwa tn ..,
THE DAILY HfeR lo : I'fiATTSMOPT. I NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL
iFV 7 ENGLAND'S GIRLS
m, hiULiWlJO UlhW.
WHAT. OF THE SURPLUSAGE OF
WOMEN IN EASTERN STATES!
fcoiue luterrkting fctutltlc Clvru by a Lady
W'Uo llaa Made m Study of tlie Subject,
bbe TelU What Uecomea of tlie OlrU
Who Io Not Marry.
It has often been asked what becomes
of tho surplus of the, female over the
mule opulation of some of the states,
especially of Massachusetts and Connec
ticut and perhaps of some of the other
"down east" commonwealths. An esti
mable lady by the name of Miss Pebecca
Jones, who herself belongs to that num
ber, and who was a school teacher for
nearly twenty years in a small "New
England town, and who is now visiting
friends in Brooklyn, gave some interest
ing statistics bearing upon this point to
tho writer of this article. Said she:
"I have kept a record of tho girls who
have graduated from tho high school of
my native village, where I have been a
school teacher siuco 1871, what they
have dono and what has become of
them."
She gave tho figures for the classes of
tho years 1871 to 1S70 from eighteen to
eleven years ago and strange figures
for any marrying ana giving in mar
riage community they are. Continuing,
she said:
j THE MAJOHITY ARE SPINSTERS.
j "Tlie average age of the female grad
' uates from a typical New England school
is lietween 10 and 17 years. Hence it
will appear that tho women of whom
this list has been made, ranging today
between 0 and C4 years old, have done
tho greater part of all tho 'settling in
life' that they are likely to do. Out of a
total of nincty-nino graduates there were
twenty-seven marriages, eleven deaths
and 6ixty-nine are still single. Strange
as it may seem, the eleven deaths were
all caused by consumption. There have
been two cases of insanity, both of the
twenty-seven married group. ' Tho larg
est number of children of any is three.
Three of the girls vent to college after
: leaving the high school, all of whom are
married.
"Of the unmarried sixty-one, twenty
ono follow a very usual feminine calling
that of schoolma'm! One is at Hamp
ton, Va., teaching the Indians. the other
twenty are in country schools in or near
by their homes. Three set type; one
reads proof; ono is head dressmaker in a
largo establishment in New York city;
four aro dressmakers on their own hook;
one is practicing medicine; three are
music teachers; fifteen aro stitchers and
buttonhole makers in shoo shops, and
the rest are home bodies.
"Just what has brought about such a
preponderance of spinsterhood it is not
altogether easy to say. Some people
have contended that it did not exist, but
statistics prove to the contrary. Such
people have explained the great surplus
of women in New England on the suppor
sition , that most of them are widows,
made so by tho hazardous occupation of
tho men along Uio eastern coast. Wid
ows there are in plenty, but the sixty
one of my records certainly never mar
ried. THE YOCKG MEN LEAVE HO:JE.
"Probably most of them never had an
opportunity to marry. There are few
marriageable young men at the present
time to be found in must of tlie small
New England towns. The serene quiet
of this most lethargic rural section of
the countrj' does not suit the active spirit
of young men of the day. They go away
before they are old enough to marry, and
the chances are that they don't come
back again.
"If they do return they aro impressed
with the lack of money in New England,
outside of the cities, by tho length of
time since the houses have been painted
and the amount of calculation required
before ho can find a place where he can
satisfactorily spend a dollar. They do
not stay long cnnugl) to admire the hardy
thrift that can wring a comfortable sup
port from tho 6tony soil where a New
Yorker would 6tarve, and the girls they
left behind them cannot compare, so
they seem to think, for beauty of dress,
fascinating coquetry or small talk of so
(def y yjf.l the blandishments of the city
gills, who, have j'lsCJiS'bly bovoioe' l
them the standard for admiration. '
"These things considered, it is fortun
ate for the spinster that she is fat learn-.
ing to think it a natural and not alto
gether unpleasant state of ciTairs to be
what che U. They do not look an- un
happy lot, and New England is learning
to be tender of and appreciate tlicia?
Sho docs not call them 'old maids,' and
the fiction of their youth 3. kept up iiij
they die. One may hear of the 'Fisher
girls,' the 'Smith girls,' and so on for
weeks before the truth dawns that the
girls are well past the half century
milestone of life. They never married
and no one was ever cruel enough to
mark out any lino beyond whiclt tfyey
ceased to be young. They are self re
specting and universally respected.
"There are New England towns in
, great numbers, where the best educated
and best bred Yankee girl, of the best
colonial families, can gq into the shod
shop and work there' for years after sh
has ceased to be a girl, save by courtesy',
and still read the classics and move in,
perhaps lead, the most aristocratic society
of the town." New York Mail and Ei:
press.
TTaue of tlie AUiy:itor.
The alligator of the south, like the
buffalo of tho west, is likely soon to ber
come extinct. The slaughter of the alli
gator for its hide, like the Ehiughter of
buffaloes for their hides, has been s
great that it will be only a few years ber
fore the lonely lagoon cf Florida will
liave lost its last survivor. Scientific
American.
A llijj Settlement of Horn;.
Tlie largest horse farm ui the world i?
said to be thirteen miles from Cheyenne,
J .'WyV-Tr; It" includes r 120,000 acres., and
requires 100 piUe pf wjr? fencing to
seep me aninais in oounas. wun wxty
tive men to hok after them. The horses.
young and old, number 0,000. -Virginia
t.-. .
I An-.ni.M-
s'ls come m rre:.l vanVty hi 1.
t;: 1 hero nre nil sr.rt- xm 1 coifdi'io'-.n
of r,f;. but the swell that bitrrt i.n
iitHyr.'pnlhetl.' ami-swl! rnore t'-rtn j::iy
n;!n r i-j l.j who blunder. in th- d:-rk-.
.:n. (:. th wrf ii ju.-;te. ' A (lendLh j-y
i t:i utifiat ural when a swell commit a
lr t i-i- withoiit lenov. in'j it. Nrt many
, evorhigs fcinop a leaiiin;; liht, a i;wc!l.
who i so nfraM f loirrr mvji in tho
, wiw; !rnwin; iihim lit? r.-fti vs to ro
anywhere, venture 1 out into the radiance
of ' M'!M-t circle. He i a handsome
swi ll, l.ig. well groomed, of literary hal
it i. r.snl. were In in't much married. '
would lielong to t'.e rank and Id: of
mashers. At all events, one fair stran
ger present was much overcome by his
many charms and gracefully submitted
to U'ing "mashed" on this particular oc
casion. ,
Everything was progressing favorably.
The Kwell was swelling with content at
his cttniie.-:t. the lady was enjoying a
view of the immaculate splendor of his
shirt front and the erfect lit of the low
! cut moire waistcoat, when refreshments
i were passed, and conversation for a mo
ment gave way to ice cream. Presently
a wicked little macaroon fell from the
lady's plate to the floor. ' The swell gal-
lantly stooped to brush it aside? Not a
bit. lie carefully picked it up and de
posited it on his com win ion's plate.
Al.ick-a-day! How the magnetic cur
rert. which had (lowed so fast and
strong before, chilled in that fiir ItIv'i
breast at this sol.-ci :.. i ::!. v..
preeiated by the author of a book of eti
quette. In her eyes and in the wander
ing eyes of others, this swell's reputation
had gone. To her, at least, ho is no
longer a swell, and if he stays away from
her parties forevermore, she will never
reinstate him in the tipper tier of the,
four hundred. Boston Herald.
A Notable Athlete.
Asa horseman, from beginning to end
of his vigorous life, Washington had no
peer. Like all Virginia boys he took to
the saddle as a duck takes to water.
Once astride his steed, it was all but
impossible to diblodge him. From the
day when as a lad he first rode to hounds
after old Lord Fairfax, of Greenway
Court, across the county named for that
worthy nobleman, he was a skilled and
dashing fox hunter. In the army, when
on horseback, riding down the line,
cheered to the echo by the soldiers, who
believed, with a superstition worthy of
the ancients, that here was a being born
to lead them, he was physically the most
imposing figure present. In person,
Washington showed in maturity the
fruits of the lifetime he had given to
what athletes nowadays call "training."
His habits at all times were those exact
ed of a "crew" or "team" of modern
days before the occasions when those
heroes appear in public to fill with de
spair or exultation the bosoms of their
friends. From the Indians of the Shenan
doah wilderness, among whom he spent
weeks during his first surveying tour, he
learned the swift, elastic tread that dis
tinguished him in walking. His powers
of endurance were worthy of his ex
traordinary physioal strength, though H
must be said he had few illnesses to test
Ids constitution, and, indeed, was rarely
ailing. St. Nicholas for March.
Industrial Insurance.
Industrial insurance brings an indem
nity against Joss by deatl tq those who.
most need it. Among the working
classes a man's labor i3 his only source
of income and gives his life its only value
in an insurable sense to his dependents.
The necessity of providing against loss
by death is greater among the poor thaq
tfjth. those wjQ have wealth, much pr
little, to leave to their families.
The fact has been recognized in Ger
many, where insurance has been made
compulsory. Small sums, reckoned ac
cording to the weekly wage, aro taken
from the pay of the worker by the em
ployer and paid to the government.
These sums provide, for a pick benefit and
an insurance against old age and in
firmity. - In case of illness thirteen weeks
of free medical attendance and a money
allowance equal to one-half tho wages
aro allowed. At death an amount equal
to twenty times the local daily wage o
an ordinary day la bprey a paid, "to hb
survivors! "In "old . age and infirmity a
yearly stipend is paid." The employers
contribute equally to an accident fund,
which provides for total or part disability
or death. The state, the employers and
the employed contribute equally to the
old age and infirm, pension fund.
sick fund i ? maintained 1 by tho "empJoy'is.
Cliicagb' New s.
ficrivel p H' MviUR.
It is ia Paris that tho art of begging
has produced its most remarkable ex
amples of unconscious effrontery. A
wealthy man in that city was told by lm
servants recently that a man was wait
ing in the hall below who. had pe4;t inm
up a let top.
Tho letter contained tho following ap
plication: "Respected Sin Your well knowr.
and exemplary generosity has led me to
hope that you will magnanimously take
pity oil the situatit.".' pf an unfor.tun.ate
widower, y. ho has jocn,' cruelly 'deprived
t.f Lii means of -,:i!t.istence by the. d;ath
of lii. wife. I am. sir. yours i:i distress.
f X' ...I " j ,
SiictvbatlSng Crnrjia'it CoTcrnnr.
The I .-ova ia Atlanta. (Ja.. gave (lover
:r ("ordnn a very sovpj-; : ;iow -lsj:'!i:v :.
h: v."a j-;;1;i- in tlx -ajiit:.l c.:se r.rcrn
; I t v. i:il: r. The governor begged
:rd l.i U'l.t t ft. but the I.o; s ii 1 i:o
:. I;o - i::i 1 t. hi::i. "Wo can't I; t vov
r ; Hvrner A. :: haven't diinosr'
ti.:eo CI yr.u v.-ill l;..ve tt.
....-.-' An I tho j;e:!o;v.l htj.-.tlc.l. v.-hi..
.. .. ; i : look hi.. i i. l;;; k c.
;::v- -Pj.isbqrj p,i V-5v-?-
vi-:st ! a:;d u:.-n-il. i::::y I .
i - :i ; I :::j,:ed t-i:: !!.;. f ::ir
7-4 i.::-! t::n. t : rfoci
" : . lii. ::i i;.:t v.e'.l v. i.I
; -.ui:-: r i.:!j ;::
...:.. v-i till v. itii iO.;;ili!:hi
Ll.
3. WJ.
THE WISE SKELETON.
IT SITS IN A WINDOW AND SMILES
AT THE WORLD'3 VANITIES.
t'uiiimrtit or Complaint May
bug' a Little Short ou I lcl aud lllood,
but Long on Done, aud Otherwise a,
Tnie I'bUoftoplier.
"To w hat base uses wo may return,
Horatio," says the gospel of Bacon, ac
cording to Shakesieare.
A man nits in the window of a 6tore
on Wabash avenue, who, if he would
consent to break the silence ho has fallen
into, could utter the Kimo sentiment.
He has experienced all tho depths and
shallows of life and now smiles a peren
nial i.mile at all existence.
Summer melts him into a .smile and
w inter freezes it on him. He is really
the only Chicago "L'Hommo quirit."
The slamming door never seems to jar
his nerves, nor do wind gusts pulf his
joints into rheumatics; the school girl,
pasting, comments on his ugliness in his
presence: the ologue, extractor of great
thoughts from small cavities, 'Kisses,
glances at him and makes a memoran
dum "suggestive of E.ekiel's vision; no
I commentator hitherto hasexplained that
cunpier; 1 may in aide to throw some
li;:hton it:" symjKithy embalmed in jht
fume and guarded by a fierce cane aj-pt-tKichcs
ami discovers, through a glass,
the smi'rv; p'-iW'vior. "AlKnlnti!?
to le exhibited in public." Even a boot
black passes comments on him: "Stuck
on yourself, ain't you? Grin like it. any
way. Need a shine all the same, causo
you ain't oIished in your manners."
WATCHING THE IIUKKYING Tli KONG.
All day the philosopher with nothing
but a smile left on him hears the wisdom
and prattle of all classes.
He still sits in his chair as tho gray
pall of the night falls upon tho city, as
tlie moonlight comes over the lake he
and tho man in the moon smile at each
other, though his is the wiser smile of
the two. The stars come out and wink
at him, but he has peered farther than
their tiny lanterns reveal. He has crossed
the bridge of the milky way and know s
the very keystone of its architecture.
Ho could write an astronomy that would
answer more than preachers can ask.
He has hunted with Orion and found the
end of tho rainbow. Tho rage of a comet
he is indiiferent to.
Still in the gray of the morning he
sits hi tho shop window looking only
into the " street. lie sees the stirring
clerk lift the shades, planning to gobble
the proprietor after awhile; he sees the
proprietor a little later scheming an
under thrust at other proprietors. Soon
after ho sees the incoming tide of hu
manity that i- to fiow twelve hours, then
ebb, surge and beat higher and stronger;
a merciless wave in w hich some are on
top and others go down, and are lost
His ear discerns the groans of the lost
amid the exultings ol the successful
Yet he regards tho little atom of human
ity that is crushed Lit paving .stone lor
another and the nruud victor alike, with
a smile. On the lady who caricatures a
dromedary and suffers her life to be
choked wuhin six inches of her neck to
no a lady, passing o.i her w ay to tell l.u'
dearest friend l!i::t do long haired mu
sician win) refused li play sit tho l.utcr'o
.nusieale is ta play onjv ui hoiv., i.; Lo--towed
tlie samo. lie moves I. is tooth
loss jaws in attempt to mumble "vannas
v anitatum."
Then bo looks back i.ito the t.Iiop w he re
lii' is engaged and v. hero doctor:." ;;:ip
ilies are kept. Tho ,-f a liitio pow-
.er or m bit nf steel, coiiiidouilv t::pcctci
to regulate
the length of hui:;:;:i
hie.
aiii-'s i.;iot!u r i.uiiu
It i.i to him i.:
i.
a Hull i.i Maaiiaoih cuve-iihould t.uddo::! .
;lop up and command: "Let tia-ro i.i
Mght."
ur. i:novt:-, the r::.i. vzddi.f.v.x.
lie Mimes' appro v i:;;;lv it ilie iapi.
growth of srji'!ji.o -n'wiine phv.Meia.i
eomes i;i und reolllito "a boaiitii'ul opor
.ii.'ii. I. lit luiforlimati I y tho" puiicn. i.i: i.
iho ead." lie hi;:i;;i If i.i Jiii :;d vej ii i--i.ieiii
1 ibe climax .f i.utiie;.l piv.ctioe,
uii i illustratos what tho ph Vhiei.j;i i.ur;:i
when no iiroiiii.Sv's to "oroij
il -'oV t.M-OUgl'
bliu;il;;;. .
II'.- I.iiw:, too, vl:lc!i ure the I. rend
pi lk is o.i tlie b!u ivo:j fur hades who
want to see l!ic lv lo;-fc.,r but r:o. I.i.; :::ed
ic.no. and which c.ro i.'.'.ea.'ej L. iuui
lato a. return v i..it.
Ami the tlruga oar-ry p:io to the
.i;:uovy w,uvie.
lie. knows whieh !ent:.l punc'icrt hi!
up o.:vi.;.-.i v. :.::.':. . ij pua;;i i u;:;: rii,
a..d the i.ruccii v'ii-' twv-d oaeo Lecouie
i:i.l,;J;i -lii'.'-!"'.
At i.io tirac he uc3 hone:.: old
Dr. 1 iitoaga tremblingly t tuai'.Ie u;:o:i a
discovery that revcr.-4.-j the whole treat
ment t.f a disease and t'ao urmlo radiates
through the very sutures of his -rm.iitm
i'hyricians" bhirieri. do pot j:t the
s,ur.e, imu i;niuy bha. They support
the world. A doctor starts after a man
scon the undertaker follows; then the
k'rist; tho merchant in incurring goods
and tlie dressmaker join the procession,
followed by the preacher. Tho 'aw-yer
bs ings up the fear with a cavalcade of
proi;ato. judges, clerks antl executors,
tAau private school will toon receivotH
addition or two, while society ,v-
furaished diveviUoinerd in a captivating
ri-licl's guileless disjxirtings. And all be
cause of the doctor's pilL
The bony philosopher knows. t,!iai the
doctor i tlie conne'tir.g link in human
ity, y amoved, in the midst of the whirl,
jo the turbulent and the grasping, to (he
idle and frivolous alike, ho has the same
message.
It r as printed 00 years ago across the
water, above the 6kull and crossbonea of
a brother in a Kurcmhurg cathedral, cud
reads;
As jou r.r pom, ko onoo I ;
A- ( (an now, sooq yctl ..UaU t-i
Vrocro (or duiS). fcc J foUow r ve.
Chicago Time.-;.
Ink ttair.s are removed by the imme
diate application f dry salt Ixfoi-e the
i:ik has driotl. When the salt becomes
4 discolored by absorbing the ink. brush it
oil and gpply mon; wet slightly. Con
tinue this till the ink is ell removed.
.. ,
nirli Surruuml Intro of Cllnet
, and Their iVlv.
I often wonder whether It in, after nil,
an evil for French iiitnistiies to bo fchort
livel uiiIchs for tho mini:derti and their
wives.. If they were not often over
thrown tho numbi r of rsons to tasto
tho sweets of office would Ixj s.) mucli
lesi. The constant slnit'ling of tho carJi
and new deals have ulno toe ndviint:.
of preventing the formation of a govern
mental caste, w hich Would bo tho UK fit
unendurably conservative one that ever
existed, and, 1 doubt not, the mot inso
lent ami pulfed up. You have no idea hi
iingland of the magnificence in which
members of I-'rciich cabinets live. They
are housed in palaces, at once handsome,
luxurious and snug a rare combination.
Admirably trained footmen are thrown
in with the pa I rices. lxr!s ch.'iiiilx-i lain
and masters of the ceremonies might
tako lessons in dcKrtmcnt from the re
served, reflect fid and si'lf rohpivting
ushers in black, with bteel chaiiiH round
their necks, who nhow visitors into the
presi-nce of tho minister the (crount
llooror of the niinistress on the lirst floor.
The funituie of a ministry is all very
handsome and imosiiig in tho ground
door rooms. All this KpU-ndor take.i
away the breath of an nnglishman frehh
to Paris, who has Ih-cd used to the dingi
uess of the Irish ollico. and the plain
brick house at Whitehall in w hich the
(J. O. M. residoil when in odieo. At it
f ,.,'. fil-i-tlv tlu fo.it kiiiLhIii veiiiti-r
i.i tin- deep pile of tho carx-ts. In sum
mer the oak panjtiet floors me beanli--fully
I'olisbcd. niv ing a charming si-iiso
of coolness and dust lessij-ss. Immense
windows of the folding door model
thrown wide open, if tho weather lr
sunny, afford prospects of velvety turf,
old trees, shrubberies and (lowcrticds hi
bright bloom. There is not a ministerial
vsidonce that has not a garden upacious
enough to deserve tho name of a park,
and the atmosphere of i aris is free from
smoke blacks.
The miiiistrcrts lives generally on tho
first floor of the oflieial residence, w hich
isju.st as hpacious and handsome, but
more gay and elegantly cxjuettish, than '
the ground Moor rooms. The hitting
loomsof theoutgoing prime ininistress
the nicest one we have had for an ago
w ere done up for tho Duchess do I'er
signy when she was running her curious
rig under the empire. For her pleasure
the (Jiirde Meuble, which is an infinite
wealth of beautiful furniture, was rilled
of some of its most lovely Mighteenth cen
tury treasures. The duchess w as. on her
father's side, tho granddaughter of Key,
the coojmt's son. On her mother's side
sho stotxl in the same relation to Jacques
Lafitte, of financial celebrity, who came
to Paris w ith worn out hhoea and au
empty ockot, but who won tho heart of
a miserly banker by stooping to pick up
a phi in his courtyard, and so was able
fo, make his way to fortune.
Yet tho duchess was cs dainty as if
her ancestors for centuries had been of tho
due's class. A crumpled rose petal on her
couch would have made her cry out.
She afterw ard had to slave in tho houso
of her second husband in Egypt (Lo
moyne, an Orleans attorney) liko her
great-grandmother. Tho silting rooms,
the use of which Mme. Floouet enjoys.
are do;:o up with rare old brocades and
old pink Sevres and Dresden iorcelains.
Tho bedrooms are ju.-.t as elegant, and
tho dining room is a bijou. All tho year
round ministresses can havowhat (lowers
they please from the state green houses.
How, then, could they help regarding
thenisclvesns sovereign ladies, were their
husbands' tenure of office long? London
Trutlu
nrouytit Home to Ilc-r.
A few evenings since a lady who was
giving a iittlo private party was saying
all manner of severe thiugs about the
proposed lottery. In the midst of her
pous indignation an old ';entlenian, sit
ting on the opposite fcido of the table,
said quietly:
"Madame, did you not onco sell mo
two tickets in a church raffle?"
Tho woman hesitated, and nnallv said:
''Perhaps I did."
''Fancy cake basket, wasn't it?"
Sho colored up. aud, after tin cmbar
rassed cough, said feebly: "I believe so..
"Did tho drawing over como off, and
if so, what was the winning number?"
The lady made a strong effort and said
shy "rid forgotten.
"Tho reason I recalled tho circum
stance, continued the- c!d gentleman
blandly; "was that 1 noticed the cako
basket on the table." And be looked ac
tho aforesaid piece cf silver, in a smiling
way.
There was a dead faience all erouott
the table, for sever::! f tho gue:-.ta ri
me mix red having purchased those eaiao
tickets, and (hey couldn't rcmemVr,
tjther, just when that drawing took
place. Carson (Nov.) Appeal.
A l aiuouu I'ainO-r.
Benjamin West, the fymous.American
painter, was lorn of Quaker parents in
Springfield, Pu.. Oct. 10. 1733. When -a
enpt ne uri .v a picturoof fns baby in the
cradle, and for his first paint ing obtained
his colors from leaves and lerries. Ho
taught himself, and at the ago of 10
painted pictures in Philadelphia and
neighboring villages. It was at this timo
that lie produced hi painting of tho
Death of Socrat-s. In l.Cutho generos
ity of friends enabled West to go to Italy
to pursue his studies. Soon after ho set
tled in England ho obtained the favor of
(Jeorge HI, and in thirty years painted
over 400 pictures. He died in London
on March 10. V-20. Philadelphia Times.
How Long to Stay.
The proper length of time to stay at a
tea has never been defined. Elderly so
ciety women who are past tho rush and
activity of their prime and only go to one
tea in an afternoon, sometimes tettlo
themselves comfortably in an easy chair
and stay two or throe hours chattg
with their friends as they come and g.
p.usy siciety loaders fly into the house,
sip a cup of tea. stay five minutes and
dari out again, only to be driven rapidly
to another place, thus going to three or
four teiia in an afternoon. New York
Sua. I
V.