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MONIY Wilt, Sl'KST.
V e ar not
only out of debt,
but we have got
flint ahead, and
the question is.
How aia (ro"4f
to Invent It?
Hiram Uraltam,
ittin)t just outside
of the open door to
(joy MlO gtateflll CoOllleSS the
similiter evening, threw tl hi
iiHr a he spoke and awaited his
wife's reply. H wife, buy over hor
owing, did not reply immediately.
"Come," he said, "lot mo have your
Opinion. I'll hot you've made P
your mind what to do with It long
10. You know the saying, 'A man
t nave money and a woman to upend
and he laughed good-naturedly.
Yes, Mrs. Graham had mad up her
liud long ago. The thought of a time
when they should he clear of deht and
Borne of their surplus earnings could he
expondedfor home comforts had helped
her to make over and repair many an
old garment that she was about to
throw away in despair; it had encour
aged her to contend w ith numberless
inconveniences. Hut now the time
had reallycome she felt rat her a strange
reluctance about revealing her
thoughts. She was oppressed with fear
that her long cherished plans might be
dashed to the earth. However, she
commenced bravely enough
"I have thought wo could paint the
house some pretty color, such as silver-gray,
and have shutters put up at
the windows the right shade of green
to harmonise with the color of the
house, the same as the green loaves of
the popular harmonize with the soft
gray oi its trunk, and
"Why, Jennie," exclaimed Mr.
Graham, "There is a good coat of
paint on the house how, and there Is
no color so durable as rod lead in my
estimation."
"And." continued his wife, "I would
"sfve the yard closed in with a neat
picket fence "
"I don't see any useln tearing down
that fence. The rails are as good and
lound as they were twenty years
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"Please don't interrupt me, Hiram.
J would repapor the rooms, get a new
ingrain carpet for the parlor, and mus
lin curtains for the windows."
"Thundoration! What Is the sense
of having curtains If you have shut
ters? Beside, these paper curtains
answer every purpose, as far as I can
oe. The paper on the walls is per
fectly whole. It is true that you have
5 at1ied it considerably, but that
lon't show much. And as for thecar-
pet why, haven't you got a now rag
carnet m t he room nowr-
"Yes; but that would be for the sit
ting-room. And I would have a bay
window made on the south side of the
ittlng-ronm for plants."
"Mr, Graham laughed outright at
this.
Now, Jennie," he said, "Jnevorsaid
anvthinn about it. but I always
thought I was kind of foolish to spend
o much money and time as you do
fussing with llowers out-doors; but
when you come to make flowerbeds of
that heats me!
"Hiram." said Mrs. Graham, "you
asked me for my opinion; now please
don't interrupt me."
"Very well; go ahead."
"I would have a portico built over
where you are sitting, and a wood
house and a large cool pantry, that I
I need so much, on the back of
the kitchen. One part of the
wood-house would be finished off,
where the cook-stove could stand in
warm weat her. It would be so much
ooler for us to eat in the kitchen.
Besides this, there are many little
idornnients, such as pictures, that I
would add afterward.
"Why!" exclaimed Mr. Graham, "it
we were to go into that it Would take
every rent ot the money."
"Well, we earned it
to invest
in
something, didn't we?"
"Yes; but I want to invest my
money in something that will bring
me In some income."
"It would bring us in the best of all
incomes not In dollars, but what is
better far, in joy and happiness. Wfe
would have a fuller and purer mean
ing for us both; it would bring a high
er and better atmosphere In which to
rear our children. Even the humming
bird loves to deck its sweet little nest
with pretty mosses and lichens. Ought
we not to have as much love for home
and its adornings as God's dumb
creatures?"
"I have something more important
to live for than a humming-bird has,"
sai l Mr. Graham, tartly. "I would
rather leave something more substan
tial to mv children such as bonds
mid well-tilled acres, for instance.
will tell you what I have been think
iiiu of," ho said, with an air of one
who felt that the expressing of his
otiinion miixt necessarily bring con
viction of his superior judgement.
"You know that I have always want-
id that fort v-acre lot ot HouthweU's
that ioins nie on the north. They
v tie ia bard un now and when he
.l.id out thnt I can make a large pay
mentdown. I believe I can get it
niiL'titv reasonable. And when I nt
that paid for I have one of the best
fi mm in the country. Now what do
yuu suy to that?" he asked, triumph
antly.
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laiit hke iu.ite, p'ttl a p'snna rv..
with its tan-e, M.iimwi wm.iowa,
hk bdlefs ryr iu itiaoiit npnn I ha
dtty highway. Iti-t leit waswinally
harivti f gt' ir ininy; ui wans
were tltntry an I tmndormil by pict-
tv of any Him, te nuuiiure was
guilt kws of paint or varnish; with no
works of fit rrat are wormy oi men
fion, Iwith fh wkly (aper, the
It.ble and an almanac. In this at
im.aphrre she nmt hve; here she must
henceforth work on, while mind ami
soul starved. Ih-te, too, she must
rear her children, to see worth and
benutv in nothing that cannot
Ihi represented by gold. What won
der, then, if her eyes and thoughts
wandered, over the waving grain to
where a stately stone house stood on
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Hit eminence. Mie Knew mere wnn
biautv there: the breeses stole into
large airy rooms,through!acocurtains;
there were rich carpets and costly
furniture, and a library that was al
most an tntollix'tuAl feast to look at.
Outside there were pleasant walks and
drives, ami a flower garden filled with
the rarest floral treasures; and than
she sighed softly as she thought to
herself:
"Hut love would not have been
there, and life would have been worth
little to me wit hout that."
"Jennie! Jennie! Oh, here you are,"
and Mr. Graham came out through
the kitchen door and seated himself
upon the edge of a huge log that had
boon hewn out and did duty for eaves
drop and cist ern.
It was not unusual for him to sook
hor; he always did when he came in
and uia not una ner in uie nouse. js
was not a bad habit in the man. His
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life seemed bound up in her; and
although he had the reputation
among his neighbors of being "close"
in bis business transactions, he was
kindhearted and generous, too, in his
way. This morning he had something
of importance to communicate.
"I didn't tell you last evening," he
said, "that I had already had some
talk with Southwell about that land,
lie wouldn't listen to a cent under
two thousand then, and I wouldn't
offer more than fifteen hundred, lie
came over to see me this morning, and
ottered to split the difference. Ain't
that a bargain though? A little bet
ter than spending money for paint
and paper, Jennie! Oh," rising to go,
"I came near forgetting to tell you.
Powers is here. Ho wante to hire out
during harvest. I have hands enough,
but I suppose the more help I have
the better I shall get along, so I told
him to go riuht to work. I don't sup
pose he has been to breakfast yet, his
folks are so slack, so you might send
out a bit for him to eat. Try and
have the lunch ready at half-past f;
you can blow the horn, and I will
send one of the men down for it."
Poor Jennie! it was like the last
straw that broke the camel's back.
Bho struggled hard, but the tears
would come. Mr. Graham turned
back and came instantly to her side
when he saw that she was in trouble.
"What Is the matter, dear?" he
askod, compassionately, while his
large, kind hand glided down her hair
with a soft, caressing touch, "If you
are not feeling well I will slip down
and gee Miranda Powers to help you.
I guess I had better anyway, hadn't
I?"
Mrs, Graham mastered her emotion
with an elTort.
Oh no," she said. "There isn't
anything the matter."
Mr. Graham hesit ated. He was not
satisfied with the explanation.
'There, she said, "nowdo uo along
to your work, or I Miall be foolish
enough to cry again!" and she looked
very much as it she might,
Hiram Graham hud a faint idea as
to what the matter was, and was very
willing to do as she bade him. Ito
felt considerably annoyed that his
w ife could not see the avantage oi
t he proposed purchase that would so
materially add to their mutual prop
erty. And then he bei;nn to wonder
what she was thinkum so silently
about while she stood looking of! to
ward the distant bill. A little jealousy
crept in with the thought. The owner
oi mat line mansion nan once ucen a
formidable rival of his. There could
have boon no reason for her choice
but the one she so shyly confessed to
him in the soft twiliuht ot a summer
evenina ten years ago.
When he came In to dinner followed
bv his troon of hands, he could not
belo noticlna how flushed and tired
she looked; but she was as cheerful as
ever. The morning cloud had pABsed,
and with the sweet spirit of self-sacri
lice that characterized her, sht had
buried her dead hopes and had taken
up the burden of life again as best she
could.
Hiram Graham was not ignorant of
t his sacrifice, and it touched him keen
Iv: the thought of it troubled him
through the afternoon. He even for
got to estimate what the probable
yield per acre would be as the heavy
sheaves were shoved on ine rear plat
form and lay so near together on the
shorn around. lie could not deny
that his wife had worked as bard as
he durinii tiio years past, and the
economy he had pract iced had been
montly in her domain. He began to
wish lie had treated her wishes a little
more respectfully. Put then he could
not. helo looking over to where that
fort y acre lay. What a choice piece
of land it was! How long he had
wanted it! And now, when it was al
most wil bin his grasp, must he lot it
r,,.? Atwt ven were he to vield to Jen
aie's wishes now, would she not know
tStKVd fwJiwfawMr, at.4
atftnt bis lHUr M-t-!? Aw
dunni lbs siswiieoii tt fhrtufit tUa
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'To a era," ha ttlM tu. as ttst
dn i hil was lai ut lbs fV I I a M,
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ds.'M lr iwnawpia I ha luoitMnj and
l'n uy wtf,"
"AH tvht, sha i!llgid lMma,
was tba nrr,
Harvest was over, and Mr, Ota
hum spoks of Aim- hatymf the pul,
"You had Wtter kp hef 10 help
you," adliwd ,rf lnml.nivl
"No. said Mr. Graham; "when
thera i mw but my own family I ran
do the a oik easy emumh alone I tw
ite ve I like to woik, ' shs addtd, entil
ing. Ml least, I am hsi(tiest alien I
am bny."
"How long baa It lwn since yoit .
im iwfit noma to your miner a tut a
visit?" he asked, abruptly,
Kite years nit lust June, when
I'.llcn was married."
How prompt was the answer! Per
hap she bad count ed the time,
"How would you bka to go out and
seethe folks this fall?"
What a glad light came Into her face,
and then faded, as she said, hesitat
ingly: "How can I po?"
"Never mind about that. You
have earned a playday, and none of
my transactions shall hinder you
front takingone. You had better take
the children with you; the folks will
want to see t hem. We will go to to wn
to-morrow, and you can got what
things you need, and Miranda can
stay and help you get ready. You
want to get off as soon as you can,
for you will like to make a good long
visit while you are about it."
He appeared anxious to hasten her
departure, but Mrs. Graham was too
happy at the thought of seeing the
home of her childhood again to notice
it at the time,
"But what will you do without US
if we make too long a stay?"
"Dou't mind about me. I can keep
Old bachelor's hall," he added, laugh-
ill!.
Two weeks aftor Mrs. Graham had
gone, and Jlirain uranam nau me
ouse all to himsolt.
After the lapse of five weeks he wont
to the station to moot his wife and
children. They had enjoyed the most
delightful visit, and all were well and
happy, and as they drove homeward
there was much to oe toiu, ana many
inquiries to be made. As they neared
the house Mrs. Graham looked sud
denly forward, while her husband
watched her face and rubbed hishands
together In quiet glee. What was that
soft, lustrous gray gleaming out from
among the green leaves? Was she
dreaming? No; It was the house with
ts green shutters ana portico.
"Why, Hiram Graham, wnat nave
you been doing?" sho looked again.
And a nickel lencei Anu ine moss
charming little gate! And a graveled
walk!" and then she could not keep
the glad tears from coming.
'Come, Jennie," said Mr. uranam,
toasingly, although, his own eye
moistened with sympathetic nappi-
noss, don't feel too glad about it. I
may have worse things yet to snow
you. There, how does that suit?" he
asked alter tney nau entered tne
house, pointing to the bay window.
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did not understand sucn tilings, so i
got a workman who did, you see; it
all complete, ready ror the plants,
ndhere, he said, leading the way
through the kitchen and throwing
open the door, "is the wood-house,
and there is a pantry that can't be
beat anywhere. And here is some
thing you didn't mention," he con
tinued, approaching a neat sink In the
kitchen, and laying hold of the
handle of a cistern-pump tnat stood
in one end, up gushed a jet ot soft
water which told of a good cistern
underneath. "Look through the
window and vou will see a covered
drain that carries away all the waste
water. You see I didn't do anything
with these things," he said, after they
had entered the sitting-room, and
glancing deprecatingly at the dingy
colored paper, the dilapidated furni
ture and threadbare carpet, "I
would rather trust that to you. And,
beside, 1 found there was so much
real enjoyment in it that I thought I
would be generous and leave eome of
the pleasure for you. Here Is the
money that is loft, ' he added, present
ing her with a goodly roll of bills.
One pleasant day In autumn an
was commote, and indeed, as jur.
Graham said.it did look like "a bit
of Kdon."
"I do believe, Jennie said, turning
toward her husband, with , a ulad,
bright look on her face, "I do beliove
I am iust the happiest woman m ine
world!"
He drew her gently to him.
"Jenn e." he said, what were you
thinking about that morning 1 found
you churning under the locust tree.
and looking so intently t mat oia
building on the bill?"
Her only answer was a merry
'?". ...
"Did vou ever think so ouiorer
Although he askd the quest Ion
hesitatingly, he looked wistfully into
her fAce for an answer.
"No, you dear, simple darling, and
I Am sure I never snail again j ana,
looking un archly, '1 didn't thenr
Six years had passed away, and one
bright morning in spring air. uranam
entered the house. He had changed
in these years; the slight roughness
which had characterized, him previ
ouslv had worn away; there was in
creased dignity and manliness in his
bearing. His children had also grown
to Ima constant source of parental
pride and delight. So surely do our
inner natures conform to the plan ot
our outward surroundings. He held
up the paper he had in his hand.
"There, said he, addressing his
wife, Is the deed of the Kouthwell
forty, free from incumbrance. If it
had not been for you," he continued,
smiling, "I should have owned It long
ago, and the whole Southwell farm,
too, perhaps. lint I thank God that
I didn't," he added, earnestly. Hlf I
ha4 I would have been so close over
the work-rack by this time that I
never w oukl be able to look up."
WOMAN ANU III.U WORK.
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9li fashion Pmera
Tlia wailing goaa sketched In the
Aral i!htlratton 's nt porcaUln Mua
summer silk, wiih riwttrt and puff of
paler blue and black af ! ha bottom.
IWtwesn flounce and puff runs M
velvet revere h!d by big pearl
buttons. There are mora ravers in
front to give it a snfhciently diotin
1.(1 nnd Ihm tori air, and from
(he nark comes a fall of laca iWp
n outfit and full enough to drown one'
self in. The black velvet Gainsbor
ough hat has blue plumes and blue
bachelors' buttons for trimmings. H'
a pictiiresqus outfit, but one hardly
conductive to strong, onsible or
A SPRING PROMENADE.
wholesome thinking.
The cape of silver gray ladies' cloth
that is drawn with a smart Trench
coat beside it, is a fluted cape of blue
velvet and must smother one' fresh
notions of life, as celery is smothered
when you bleach it, or make all one's
ideas high shouldered.
The coat with itss supposed to be
of cream cloth shot with gray; it has
a half-adjusted front, fastened with
pearl buttons to a long, straight
cream-colored plastron. The sleeves
are frilled into culls and therearegray
and steel trimmings.
This plaid calling dress pictured is
of cream-colored and brown camel's
TWO SPRING WRAPS.
hair. The skirt has a brown velvet
border and is slashed on each sine and
held by silver buttons. The double
breasted bodice has gathered basques
and a wide belt of velvet. The full
sleeves are gathered into deep cuffs
and the heavy velvet hat is trimmed
with rosv cream ulumes.
The dark blue Henrietta mac is
the plaid's companion is even more
demure in tone, with its sheath skirt
faced with darker silk, Its silk ribbon
at ths waist and its simple sleeve, cuff
and bod ce uraninas.
The fancy for all things uussian nas
brought about the gayest trimmings
of the season in Russian embroidery,
which is old-fashioned cross stitch
done in mediioval coloring of red with
blue or with cream-color, red, and
TOIMTS FOR APRIL.
black, done on cotton fabrics, canvas,
crepe, or batiste. It comes in stripes
two or three inches wide on ecrue
batiste, alternated with insertions of
Russian lace, open-patterned, ana
wrought in the same gay colors. This
is used for full gathered blouses that
are considered decidedly Russian when
lanrted to fasten down on the leitside.
no matter whether they have a yoke
or not. Such a blouse is seen on a
French dress of dark blue crepon, fig
ured in the deen alligator marking.
with four folds of the crepon forming
wide girdle around the blouse. The
sleeves nave crepon for the deep Rus
sian caps to the elbows over close
leaves oi embroidery finished at the
wrist with Russian lace. The bell
tirt t mm rtm bh. wita. rl
hst a ?ot hMrt i-I a hand of lWJ
ml'tl adti !'! rl
nn a h i la
Miu les Mxixa 4 tiu, d
tn.Minll l ands l gay UtSM wit
lrodtt a n th hoof, ara nirt
d to tw wiha with rot ! Mt
have rrn JUl fronts Hu are
shown in KtT, i, wl'de and M k
grounds.
lliiwa a ho at ttnl of Hain sun
may Ilka ths svirt. t-i.it
made en a Wil shap-! Hni!f Tha
outer malarial Is nM slopo-l assy at
ha lop of tha back aeain, Mil Is mr-
angmllnfatl in a jabot down tha
Iss aeam ot Ibebntnii Thr ara al
WaHeait skirts md with a broad
Itipls pleat In t ha la-k. flaring widely
at the foot, and rstwidmgloituvr fhan
the skirt at tha too; tins upper psrt
gradually narrows to a point and U
srrle.1 half war up the l k oi inn
ursAt. and alt ached there under a
bow of ribbon or a passementerie,
ornament, W ider trimmings are te-
Ing tistxl on bell skirts, and new models
have greatsr fulness at the top.
Fair Play for Girls m Stores.
In New York city there Is ft society
the "Consumers' Isvtgno" which
oelares its object to be to Ameliorate
the condition of the women and chil-
ren employed in the ret nil mercan
tile houses of that city, by patronis
ing as far as practicable only such
houses as approach in their rondi-
ions to the "standard of a fair
house," as adopted by the league.
The fair "house" is one in which equal
pay is given for work of equal value,
irrespective of sex; in which wapes are
naid bv the week, and where fines im
posed are paid with a fund for the
oenent oi employes; in which vhb min
imum wages of cash girls are $2 per
week.
Also in a "fair house" the hours
from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M., with three
quarters of an hour for lunch, con-
. . . -a a l l
stitute a working day, ana a nau
holiday is given on one day in each
week during at least two months ot
each summer, and a vacation of not
less than one week is given with pay
during each summer season. Other
conditions of a "fair house" relate to
physical and hygonic conditions, hu
mane and considerate behavior to
ward emnlovees: in such a house chil
dren under 14 years are not employed.
The eague send out papers stating
their object, with a list of oflicers and
conditions of membership. The mem
bers are not bound never to buy at
any other shoos than those prescrib
ed, but, of course, are expected to
keep their eyes open and shun those
houses where the abuses they object
to are perpetrated. The league pun
ishes a "white list," which tney ieoi
convinced pay fair wages, close at
reasonable hours, or if open, pay their
employes for ovtr time.
Th Weloome Quest.
The welcome guest is the girl who,
knowing the hour for breakfast, ap
pears at the table at the proper time,
does not keep others waiting and does
not get in the way of being down half
an hour bofore the hostess appears.
The welcome cuest is the girl who. if
there are not many servants in the
" " .
house, has sufficient energy to take
care of her own room while she is vis
iting, and if there are people whose
duty it is, she makes that duty as
iiiht as possible for them by putting
away her own belongings and so ne
cessitating no extra work. Bhe is the
one who knows now to be pleasant to
very member of the family, and who
yet has tact enough to retire from a
room when some special family mat
ter is under discussion.
Bhe is the one that does not find
children disagreeable or the various
peta of the house hold things to be
dreaded. Bhe is the one who, when
her hostess Is busy, can entertain her
self with a book, a bit of sewing or the
writing of a letter. She Is the one
who, when her friends come to see hor,
does not disarrange the household in
which sho is staving that she may en
tertain them, Hhe is the one who,
having broke the bread and eaten the
salt of hor friend, has set before her
lips a seal of silence, so that, when
she goes from the house, she repeats
not hum but the agreeable things she
has seen. This is the welcome guest
the one to whom we fall out welcome
with the lips and from the heart.
New York Fashion Ilazar.
Mending Woolen Gowns.
Woolen gowns require frequent at
tention; the braid should be replaced
as Boon as it becomes worn, for noth
ing is more untidy than a frayed and
shabby dress binding. The present
foolish fashion of long dresses for all
times and occasions entails much extra-
work, and is, it i to be hoped, a tran
Blent one; for while long dresses ari
graceful in the house, they are, to say
the least, slovenly on the streets; car-
tianly so, if allowed to trail in the
dust and become scavengers. Water
proof and rubber facings save tha
edges in a measure, but soon require
removal; and constant brushing,
is yet another penalty of this freak of
fashion, which probably has not been
set by any "grande dame," but rather
by one of the demimonde, and yet
which is followed by otherwise refined
and fastidious women. Good House
keeping.
Washing Dark Goods.
Colored stockings, as well as othet
dark goods, should have suds es
pecially made for them, and should
not follow white clothes in the same
euds, which would leave them linty
and dull. For this purpose a pure
white soap is best, and the water
should be simply warm never boiling
Or even scalding. Use plenty of water
for rinsing, and it will be better if a
little salt is added, or in the case of
black stockings a spoonful of black
pepper, to brighten and retain the
color. Good Housekeeping -
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h H-a all hot larhvkul by
aait wsy ha hl h I aa ewtptra will
n1y one wagoa tvl and thai I but
a bilml artery hailing In tha nttddle of
h nmatry. Hot hw er fullitw thll
nMat ily Incomplete survey of tshst
msn has tourd thai region ha. and
of what his yet pmy hands hava
drawn from IV will dismiss the pop.
Isr and natural uplelo Ihst Ills
wllileitet worthy of Its preenl fata.
I'nlil lha w hole glolta Is banded with
led rails and yields to the plow, wa
will contlnu.t l rogaiil whatever ra
glott lies lMyotiii our doors as wssla
laml, and to fn.y ihst every line of
latitude has Its own varying ell
mntle characterlstle There Is
an opulent civilization In what wa
once were taught was Mho Great
American Poort " and far up al Kd
monton, on the Pence river, farming;
flourishes desplto the fact that It Is
whore our school Iwoks located a rone
of porpottinl snow. Farther along w
she) I study a country crossed by the
same parallels of latituilo that Uissoct
inhospitnblo Labrador, and wo shall
discover that us groat a difference ex.
isU betwoon the two shores of the
continent on that koho as that which
distinguishes California from Massa
chusotts. Upon the coast of this neg
lectod corner of the world wo shall
see that a climate like that of Kngland
is produced, as England's is, by a
warm current in the soa; in the south
ern half of the Interior we shall dis
cover valleys as Inviting as those ia
our New Kngland; and far north, at
Tort Simpson just below the down
reaching claw of our Alaska, we shall
find such a climate as Halifax enjoys.
Rritlsh Columbia has a length of
eight hundred miles, writes Julian
Ralph in Harpor's Magazine and
averagos four hundred miles in width.
To whoever crosses the country It
sooms the scone of a vast earth dis
turbance, over which mountains ara
scattered without system. In fact;
however, the Cordillera bolt is there
dlvldod Into four ranges, the Rockies
forming the eastern boundary, then
the Gold range, then the Coast range,
and, last of all, that partially sub
merged chain whose upraised parti
form Vancouver and the other moun
talnous islands near the mainland ia
the Pacific. A vast valley flanks the
southwestern side of the Rocky moun
tains, accompanying thorn from where
they leave our Northwestern states ia
a wide straight furrow for a distance
of seven hundred miles.
MERCENARY MOTIVES.
A Youiitr Uentloman Who 1)11 Not Car
to Invest In Iiiflls Coneerm.
"Two or throe days ago," re
marked Dr. T. Hamilton Jlurclt In tha
COurse of a conversation with a New
York Advertiser representative, "1 ro-
4 - At.
celvod a hurry call to a particularly
swell Madison avenuo mansion. The
messenger assured mo that it was a
matter of life and (loath, and that my
immodiate presence was noeded to
avoid the lattor. so, jumping Into a
cab. I flew to the aid of the unknown
sufferer. Arriving at the houso I was
rushed up to a room, which contained
half a doon people gathorod about a
couch, on which lay a small boy wito
protruding eyes and a purplish coun
tenance. I was in'ormod that the
young gentleman nat accidentally
wallowed a penny, wuicn oostinaieiy
Insisted upon sticking squarely In his
throat I hastily unpacked the neces
sary instruments and started la to re
capture the coin.
While everyone present exnimtea
the most intense interest in the opera
tion, the solicitude of the victim' I
younger brother was affecting to a de
gree. With an exproaslon of serious
apprehension and in a voice trembling
with grief, he pile 1 me with question!
upon the possible outcome of the ac
cident. I answered him with word
of encouragement, and finally, amid a
general sigh of relief, drew forth ta
obnoxloui coin.
" 'There,' I exclaimed, patting tn
younger brother on the shoulder,
we've srot It at last'
" 'I'm so glad,' ho responded rHh
a smile. 'It was my cent' "
If n ftatv Her,
"Mr. Sliptongue I have not met
your wife. Is she here this evening?
Mr. Hansomo Yea but just at this
moment she is engaged over thor
at the plana
Mr. Bliptangue (with affected en
thusiasm) Ah. I see. Sho is the
goddess-like beauty who Is playing- an
accompaniment for that mountain of
flesh who Is singing.
Mr. Hansome (stlllly) My wife doei
not play. She sings. N. Y. Weokly.
Ills Symptom.
"Docthor, I am a sick man."
Well! well! Now, as soon as I can
get hold of any symptoms you may
have"
"I brought all I could rake and
scrape, docthor. Sure 'tis only $1.85
but yez are welcome to 'em and my
blossln' wid 'era." Indianapolis Jour
nal. Kconomy,
Mrs. Trotter I hear that all three
ot Mrs Hurlow's children have the
ttoasles.
Mrs. Faster Yes; so I understand.
They're so poor that they have to
econorahe or the doctor by all getting
sick at once. - Judge.
in the Arctio regions a man who wantt a
divorce leaves horns fn anger and does not
return for several daya Ths wilt takes
ths hint and departs.
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