A. . , "p Hi a II U . :o d . 4 " , 4 . tr i V ' J v. MERLEHRUSADE. T BOSA KAIXHETTE CAREY. ; Author of -Darbira Jlenllunltt Trial,--QmeenW Whim," "The Search for Dailt Lyndhunt." ttxrtn il as lvpi:f hi i sFKWd'f. Snob M odd thing happened few initi ate afterward. I in sittingipjite quiet- ; ly in my eorurr, turning over iu my mind all the argument with which I had a aiUxi Auot Agatha that Hunday after- noon, and watching the pink glow of the fire-light in cou Irani to the whiteness uf ! the.snow oauiile, when the doorbell rant;, ; and almuMt the next moment Uncle Keith , ratue into the room. I suppose be must have overlooked me ' entirely, for he went np to Aunt Agatha and 'at down beside her. "Sweetheart." he said, taking lier hand, and 1 should hardly have recognized Iiih voice, "I have been thinking alxut you all the way home, and what a pleasant ' sight my wife's face would be nlrer my long walk through the enow and" lint here Aunt Agatha must have given blin a warning look, for lie stopped rHlher ab ruptly and said, "llir-ruinph" twice over, and Anot Agatha blushed Just m though he were a girl. I could not help lnugliiug a little to my. S self an I went out of the room to tell Pa tience to bring in the tea. and yet that sentence of Uucle Keith's touched me somehow. Were middle sired people capa ( ble of that sort of love? Hid youth linger so long in them!1 1 had lnl'agiued those two such a staid. matter-offset couole: they liail come together so late iu life Unit one never dreamed of any possible ro mance in such a courtship, and yet he could call Aunt Agatha "sweetheart" In a voire that was not the leant drawling. At that moment one would not have called him so plain and iusigniflraut with that kind look on bis face. I suppoHe he keeps that look for Auut Agatha, tor I remem ber she once told me that she hud never seen such a good lace as i'nele Keith's, "not handsome, Merle vT so thoroughly Patience was toastlil l'itiflliis in her bright little kllchrf ,I"W B ami watched her. 1 ww I partial to Patience; sha was a prclrw looking creature, and I always lhouKhSe a great pity that she was engaged to a journey man boot maker, who aspired to lie a preacher. 1 never could approve of Reu ben Locke, though Annt Agatha sokc well of him: he was such a weak, pale faced young man; and I think a man, to be one, ought to have wim spirit iu him, and not possess only the womanish Virtues. "How Is Heuben, Patience?" I asked, somewhat amiably, Just for ih? pleasure of seeing our little handmaid's dimple!) come Into view, "Keuben'a but poorly, miss," replied Patleuce, as she buttered another smok ing martin, the bint of the pile, "lie was preaching at Whitechapel the other night, and caught a cold and sore throat; his mother says be will not bo at chapel to-night." "I do not approve of street preachiug myself," I remarked, n Utile severely. "Indeed, miss," replied Patience, inno cently, as she prepared to carry in the tea tray, "Keuben always tells me that the apostles were street preachers, and Ken ln Is as clear as (losel In what lie says." Hut here the drawing-room bell broke off Patience's argument, and left me some what worsted. I went to church by my self that evening, and 1 am ashamed to say I beard very Utile of the sermon. I knew Annt Agntha would bo taking ad vantage of my long absence to retail what she termed my preposterous scheme to Uncle Keith, and that I should have the benefit of bis opinloji on my return, and this thought made me restless. I was not wrong in my surmise. Aunt Agatha looked a little pale aud subdued, as though she had been rheddlng a few tears over my delinquencies, but t'ncle Keith was simply tnscrutuble; when lie chose, tils face could present a perfect blank. ''Ilir-rtimpn, my dear, what Is this your aunt tells me, that yon are going to Prince's Gale to-morrow morning to offer your services as nurse in a gentleman' family?" "Yes, Uncle Keith." "Do you mean to tell me seriously that you have really made tip your mind to take tbls step?" "Oh, 1 am quite serloiiR, T assure you." "Your aunt's objections and mine do not count for much, then?" "I should lie sorry to go against your wishes or Aunt Agatha's," I returned, trying to keep cool; but his manner, as usual, aggravated me; it said so plainly, "What a silly child you nre, and yet yon think yourself a womnu!" "but I must do as I thluk right in this matter. I hope to prove to you aud ejeryone else that there Is nothing derogatory In the work I mean to undertake. It Is not what I would (boose, perhaps, but everything else is closed tome:" thinking sorrowfully of my life-long misfortune, as 1 alwavsralled It, and my repressed longings for hospital training. "Perhaps If yon walled something else might tarn up." Hut 1 shook my head at this. "I have waited too long already, T'ncle Keith; idleness soon becomes a habit." "Then If you have made up your mind, itisnselesatotryaiidalter it," returned Uncle Keith, in a slightly ironical tone: aud he actually look np the volume he waa reading in a way that showed he had dismissed the subject. 1 was never more ns'onUhed in my life: never had t'ncle Keith so completely baffled me. I had spent the whole tlmeduring which I onght to bare been listening to the ser mon in recapitulating the heads of my arguments In favor of this very scheme; I wonld show Uncle Keith bow clearly and logically I could work out the sub ject, I bad thought out quite an admirable little eaaay on feminine work in the nine teenth century by the time Mr. Wright had finished his discourse. I meant to have cited the C'halloner as on example. Annt Agatha had stayed in the neighbor hood of Oldfleld jiint liefore her marriage, and bad often paid visits at Iuigmead and Glen Cottage. The eldest Miss Cballoner-.Vnn, I think they called ner-wa Just preparing for bar own wedding, and Aunt Agatha often told me what a beautiful girl she waa, and what a flne. Intelligent creature the tetrad sister Knilll seemed, Hhe was en a mil to yonng clergyman at Hadlelgb, 24 there bad been some talk of a double wadding only Nan's fattier I u-law, Mr. iimm . of Longtnead, had beeu rather at the nouou, so rmim waa m " ntil tbe autumn. AUtbe neighborhood of Old Held bad turn ringing witn trie strange t x;.niit of these young ladies. One little fact had leaked ont after snot her. it was said their own cousin. Hir Henry ChaPoncr. of iil bank, had betrsved lite e(-ret. though lie always vowed ills' wife had a bnud, or rather a ton-jne, fa the bimliie-.f but any how, there was a fine nine-days' giwoip over the ma ir. It M-eiurd that s-ome time previously lira. Ciialloner and her three liai'g'iters had sustained severe lossea, and the three girls, iuxtead of Ionian courage, bad put their shoulders to the wheel, aud had act ually set up a dressmaker st lladlelgh, carrying on their business iu a mo"t mas terly fat-hion, nntil the iinexpecte l retnru of their relative. Sir llarrv t'liullouer. Irom Australia, with plenty of money a I bis disposal, broke up the dres-making busfurss, and re instated them at (ilen Cottage. A few of their friends had been much offeuded with (hem, lint as it was under stood that Lady Kitzro- had spoken warm ly of their moral courage aud persev.-r-auee, it had become the fashion to praise them. Aunt Agatha had often quoted them to me, saving she hail never met more ( harming girls,' and adding more tban ouce how thoroughly she re.spected their iiideienileii(e, and of course iu re calling the Challoners I thought 1 should have added my crowning argument. There was so muc h, too, that I longed to say iu favor of my theory The. love of Utile children was very strong with me. 1 had often la-en pained ns 1 walked through the streets at seeing tired chil dren dragged along or shaken angrily by some coarse, uneducated nurse. It had always seemed rather a pitiful Idea to me that children from their infancy should be id hourly contact with rough, menial natures. "Surely," I would say to my self, "the mother's place must be in her nursery; she can find no higher duty than this, to watch over her little ones; even if her position or rank hinder her constant siiiervislou, why need she relegate her maternal duties to uneducated women? Are there nui poor gentlewomen In the World who would gladly undertake such a work from very love, and who would refuse to believe for nne moment they were losing caste Iu discharging oue of the holiest and purest duties in life? "What an advantage to the children," I Imagined myself saying In answer tosome object lou on Uncle Keith's part, never dreaming that all this eloquence would be silenced by inasciillnfl cunning. "What an advantage tn these little creatures to hear Ktigli-h pure and undeflled from their cradles, aud lo lie I rained to habits of refinement and good milliners by mere ly Instinctively following the example be fore their eyes. Children are such copy. Ists, one shudders to think of these Im pressionable little lieings being permitted by their natural guardians to take their earliest lessons from some uneducated person. ' "Women are crying out for work. Un cle Keith," I continued, carrying my war fare Into a fresh quarter; bill, alas! this, with the reit of my eloquence, died a nat ural death on my way home, "There lira too ninny of the ioor tilings In this world, and the female market la overstocked. They ure invading telegraph offices, ami (reading ou the heels of business men, but sheer pride aud stupidity prevent them from trying to open nursery doors. "Unlady like to lie a servant," another Imaginary objection on Uncle Keith's part. "Oh, fy, JUncIo Keith! this from yon, who rend your lliblu and go to church? And yet I remember ti certain passage, "Whosoever will be chief among you let him be your servant,' which has hallowed the very Idea of service ever since. "To serve others seems the very mean ing of womanhood; Iu same sense, a wo man serves all the duys of her life. No. I am not far-fetched and unpractical." Another supposed masculine tirade. "I have thought over the whole thlug most carefully. I am not only working for my selt, but for olher.-i. I want to open the eyes of my generation, and, like (lie Chal loners, to lend n new crusade against, the mighty sham of conventionality. Under stand mc, Uncle Keith, I do not say to these young gentlewomen, "Put your pride In your pocket, and wheel your per ambulator with the twins, or carry the baby lulo the park before Hie eyes of your aristocratic acquaintance; that would be unnecessary and foolish; you may leave that part to the under-nnrse, who brings your meals and scours your nurseries; I simply say to them, 'If you have no ca pacity for teaching, if Nature has unfitted you for other work, and you are loo proud and conscientious to' livo a dragging, de pendent life under the roof of sunn- over burdened relative, lake tin: charge of some aristocratic nursery. Do not think II be neath your womanhood to fed and wash ami clothe an Iniisnt, or l wnlrh over weak toddling creatures. Yonr work may be humble, but yon will grow to love It. Bud If no one else will put the theory to the test, I, Merle Kenton, will do so, though I must take the plnngo unaided and alone.' " Hut all these, feeliug observations were locked up in my own Inner consciousness, for during the remainder of the evening Uncle Keith simply ignored the subject, and read his book with a pretense of be ing erf(!ctly absorbed In it, though 1 nm certain that his eyes twInkIM mischiev ously whenever he looked Iu my direction, as though ho were quite aware of my Hood of repressed oratory. 1 determined to have It out with Auut Agatha, so I followed her Into her naim, and asked her in a peevish voice what she meant by saying Uucle Keith would be so angry with me, as be had not raised a Ingle objection; and, of course, as hII ence meant consent, 1 should most cer talnly keep my appointment at Prince's (jate. Annt Agatha looked a little distressed as she answered me. "To tell you the truth, Merle, 1 did not quite understand your uncle myself; I exacted a very different reception of my news." "Tell me all about It from the very be ginning," I returned, eagerly. "Patleuce has made such a nice lire, because sho said he was afraid yoit had a cold, and I can just sit by It and brush out my hair while we talk." " "But I am tired and sleepy, child, and after all there la not much to tell," ob jected Auut Agatha; but she was far too good-natured to rcruse, for all that, so he seated herself, dear soul, In the big chair that she had christened Idleness and tried to remember what 1 wished to bear. "I told him everything, Merle; how yonr one little defect hindered you, poor child, from being a nursery governess, or companion, and how, in spite of thli eerlous obstacle, yon were determined to work and be Independent." "Well, and did be ear nothing to all that?" 1 aaked, for I knew in what a feel lug manner Aunt Agatha would have da- ecnoeo my (iinicuicies. "Oh. yes; be said, 'Poor little thing,' la tbe kindest po-wib way. 'aud quite right very prosr.' when I spoke of yonr de sire to wort." "Well" rather Impatiently. He listened very attentively until I read him out the advertisement, but that seemed to upset him, for he buret out laughing, and 1 thought be would never stop. - I was half crying by that time, for you had worried me to death all tbe after noon. Merle, but nothing 1 could say would make him grave for a long time. He said ouee,-What could have pot uch a ihiug lutoher bead?' aud then he laugh ed again as though the idea amused him, and then he rnblted his hands aud mut tered, 'What an original child it is; there is no dellcieucy of brain power, as far as I can see; nho would have dreamed of such a tiling?' and so ou." "Then I may natter myself that Uncle Keith approve (d my scheme?" I observed, stiffly, for 1 wa-. much offended at the idea of his laugh. "Oh. dear, no!" returned Aunt Agatha, in ail alarmed voice, "he expressed hie disapproval very strongly; he said it was all very well in theory, and thut, ou the whole, he agreed with you that the nurs ery was undoubtedly a lady-like sphere, but he was far from sure that your scheme would lie practical, lie foresaw all kind of (lifticullies. and that he diil not cou siiler you at all toe person lor sucu a posi tion " "Why did not Uucle Keith say all this to me himself?" I demanded. "Uecause he said It would only be solv ing the wind to raise the whirlwind. In nu argument he declares women alwayt have the liest of it. because thev ran talk t lie taslest, null never will own they are beaten: In raise objections would only be lo strengthen you more iu your purpose. 1 think." Mulshed Aunt Agatha, iu her softest voice, "that lie hoped yonr plan wonld die a natural death, for he recom mended me to withdraw all opposition." Oh, the cunning of these men! I would not have lielieved all this of Uncle Keith. I was far too angry to talk any mora 10 Aunt. Agatha; 1 only commanded my voice sulllcienlly to say I hat 1 fully intended to keep my appointment the next, day; aud as she only looked at me very sadly aud aid nolhing, I had no excuse for linger ing any longer, so I took up my candle etick and marched Into my own room. It felt cold ami desolate, and as I sat down by the toilet table, such sad eyes looked Into mine from the depths of the mirror, that a curious self-pitying feeling made me prop my chin on my hands and exchange looks of silent sympathy with my Image. My want of beauty never troubled me; It has always been my private conviction that we ought to be thankful if we are tolerably pleasant in other people's eyes; beauty Is too rare a gift to be often repro duced. If people thought me nice-looking I was more than content; perhaps it was surprising that, with such good-looking parents. I was just ordinary and Dothlng else. "Hut never mind. Merle, you have a good figure and talking eyes," as Aunt Agatha once said to me. "I was much plainer at your age, my dear, but my plainness never prevented me from having a linppy life and a good husband." "Well, perhaps I should like a happy life, too, but as for the husband never dream of that, my gooil girl; remember your miserable deficiency iu this enlight ened age. No man In his senses would condone that: put such thoughts resolute ly nwny, and think only of your work in life. Lnlmmrr. cut urn re." i To he continued.) Udlson and the "Pauper." At Orange you can hear numberless lories of Kdison, says tlio Klcrlric Age. Everybody likes him. Olio man, who had lieeu for years in his employ as an experimentalist, told of a visit that a number of capitalists including Jay (oukl, Sidney Dillon, Sam Sloan, and Cyrus Field paid to Kdison at liis laboratory ono (lay, to inspect tlio workings of some induction exeriiiient in devising the scheme for teicgraph m' to moving trains. Kdison came out of his work-room, where he was busy, and shook hands with Mr. Field. At thut instant something popped into his head appropos of the experiment he was at work on. Ho never gives an idea lime to escape hitn. Without a word of excuse to the four magnates he turned on his heel and hurried into his den again. They waited and waited, ami by nnd by, tired out with delay, wended their way down-slaiis. Shortly afterward Edison came out and asked: "Where did those paupers go?" "Down-slairs." 'Did they walkP" "Yes." "That's right. I don't want 'cm to wear the oil off my elevator." Then he stood around for an hour and swup tied stories with the men in the shop, lie is the greatest man living for stor ies, and it is a tradition among his em ployes that they can tell the same story every day for a week and he'll never tire of it, nor in fact show auy sign of ha ing heard it before, A Live Ijcwlston Girl. S'.ie was as gentlo of eye as a soft gazelle, that she was. for this didn't happen this week, although it is by no means ancient history. It was in a shoe storoin Kewiston, anil the gentle maiden w as an acquaintance of the proprietor, and always bought her No. JH there when she encased her dainty feet in anything brand now. ''Hero's something Unit will lil you," said the jocular proprietor, passing out a pair of wool boots lilted with a pair of lum berman's rubbers. "I'll inako you a present of them if you will wear them down to the Post Ollleo and back." 'Wait a minute," said she, and in a "minute" she was arrayed in wool boots and lumberman's rubbers. "Watch mo to tlio post office," and she was gone, "Her feet beneath her pet ticoat like little mice stole in and out as if they feared the light," wrote tbe poet 200 years ago, but lie didn't refer to tlio Lvwiston young lady who did this feut on fool, or lie never would have said it. She was back in less than ten minutes, red-checked and laughing. "There," said she, as she I Missed up the boots. "Do them up. 'II send them to my father down In Penobscot county. I never lose a chance to help the folks at home," and tlio shoe dealer was as good as his word, and "dad" marvelled at a pair of nice wool boots from lib thoughtful daughter in Lewiston. i HARUS AND JIMMY. Beeserhslda Friendship Hn wro lh r Htaas Trotter and Mrotch Terrier. So sketch of Rarus wouM I com plete without some mention of bis re markable friendship for a do. When tjp horse was iu California a fireman gave to Splan a wiry-liaired Scotch terrier pup. which was then two months old, and weighed, grown, only two pounds, turn gave Jimmy, as the railed, to Dave, tiie groom with the caution not to let hurt him, for on several when full Splan in pup was of Rams, the horse occasions Rarus had bitten doss lh.it ventured into his stall. ISi to this terrier, which is described as jxissessing almost human intelligence, the trotter took a great fancy, which the dog full v re turned. They became fast and in separable friends. ' Xot only," said Mr. Splan. "were they extremely fond of each other, but they showed their affection as plainly as did ever a man for a woman. We never took any pains to teach the dog anything about the horse. Everything the dog knew came to him iiv his own patience. From the lime I'took him to tho stable a pup until I sold Rarus they were never separated an hour. We once left the dog in Die stall while we took the horse lo the blacksmith shop, and when we came back we found that lie had madii havoc with evervthing there was iu there trying lo get out, while the horse, tfuring the entire journey, was uneasy, restlesss nu,i in general acted ns badly as the dog did. "Dave remarked that he thought we had better keep the horse anil dog to gether after that. When Rants went lo tbe track for exercise or to trot a race, the dog would follow Dave around and sit by t he gale at his .side, watching Rarus w ith as much interest as Dave did. When the horse was re turned to stable after the heat and was unchecked, the dog would walk up and climb on his forward legs and kiss him, the horse always bending bis head down to receive the caress. In the stable, after work was over, Jimmy and the horse would often frolic like two boys. If the horse lay down Jimmy would climb on his back, and in that way soou learned to ride him, and whenever I led Rarus out to show him to the public Jimmy invariably knew what it meant, and it enhanced the value of the performance by the manner in which be could get on the horse's back. ! On those occasions the horse was shown the halter, and Jimmy, who learned to distinguish these event.from those in which the sulky was ised, would follow Dave and n tho quarter stretch, and the halt was made in front Id stand, Dave would stoop u a Hush Jimmy would jump , run up to Ins shoulder, leap on the horse's back. Uie would stand, his head icVr aud his tail out stiff be hind, luirkinguriously at the people" Wheij Rarus lyas sold to Mr. Uonuer, Splan i sent Jiinjny with the horse, rightlf judging tliiu. it would be cruel to seiirate them, lint in Mr. lioiiner's there was a biifl-tenicr iu charge, ned.iv when for- some real or ed affront, the small. dog attacked urger one, tho latter Vmk Jimmy io neck, and was fastjUiug him, varus heard his outcries and per- iving that his little friend was in anger and distress, pulled buck on (lie halter till it broke, rushed out of his stall and would have made short work of the bull terrier bad he not been re strained by the grooms. AUaiUte Monthly. Asleep lo a Churchyard. An old man who sleeps by the road dido yonder, and upon whose tomb are the familiar lines beginning "Remem ber nio as you pass by," spent tho greater portion of the hist ten rears of his life by his wife's grave, llo came in the early morning, and afler remov ing any microscopic weed that might Have snowed itself since the previous evening, would light his pipe and sol emnly contemplate tho stones in his vicinity. He went regularly to his meals, 'and as regularly took his after noon nap on the grass by tlio grave side. Shortly before his last visit to the cherished spot he requested me to decipher for him tho dales upon sev eral of the gravestones; aud we con versed about niauy whom wo had known in life and who had passed away. I remarked that tho chtircli yanl was a very pretty place and his face lighted up as ho "rejoined: "Ah. mester, I have always thought that I should like to be buried here, for," looking around, "you see, there's such a splendid view from here." This was uttered in good faith and the old man seemed convinced that neither collin lid nor churchyard clods would obstruct his view. Perhaps they don't! In a few brief weeks he came to bis favorite haunt to stay. "Poor old William." the flowers on your gravo have run wild long ago aud no one seems to re member you as they pass by. (Vium bcrt1 Journal. Made Him Move On. Judge Emery tells a story partly at his own expense aud partly" at the" ex pense of a special policeman, says the Minneapolis Tribune. It was at the time of a street car strike, when people were arrested for refusing to "move on." The judge was walking up Nicol let avenue when the excitement, was tit its heat. When near the Nicollet House he met one or two acquaintances and stopped to talk with them. "Move on," snid a "special," coming up. "All right," said the judge. "Come In here," said he to his companions, as he stepped into a doorway. That did not suit ti i special, and ho "lired" them out. Finding the phico decidedly uncomfortable, the judge left the neighborhood. The next day tho special, was in court to testify against some prisoners whom, ho had arrested. When he saw the judge upon the bench and recognized him us tho man whom he had ordered lo move on, bis jaw dropped as far as it could had a ten -pound weight been attached to it. The judge paid no attentiou to him, but conducted business as if nothing had happened. - "I didn't know that ho was the Judge," said the special, as ho weut out aide and draw a siirh of relief ivarus out q titen, wheii of grad uowfauiinlfi Oil Ills-imfK from tui; and lhcre hi L'll in THE SEA-SERPENT AGAIN. A sea-serpent, 103 feet long, covered with silvery, shining scales, and having embryo wings on its shoulders, was seen to coil itself up in slippery folds on tbe coast of Florida last month. Three reliable persons saw this creature distinctly. After rolling and twisting its bulky form around on the beach for a few minutes, it slipped oil into the water and disappeared in the east, followed by a path of foam which could be seen for an hour afterwards. Reader, the above is a " yarn." If people would believe tlie following truthful state ment as readily as they swallow sea-serpent stories, it would be tlie means of saving thousands of lives. The statement which we desire to make in the mod emphatic mnnnrr, is, that Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery, if taken in time and given a fair trial, will actually cure consumption of the lungs, which is really scrofulous dis ease of the lungs. If this wonderful medi cine don't do all we recommend, when taken as directed, we will rhoerf ully and promptly return all money paid for it. Can any offer bo more generous or fair 1 No other medi cine possesses sufficient power over that fatal malady Consumption, to warrant Its M'MPTOM OF CATABKM.-llearlachP, obstruction of note, discharges fallinir Into throat, sometimes profuse, waterv, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, tiloKiy and putrid : eyes weak, riniririg in ears, deafness, difficulty of clearimr throat, exMjvtoration of offensive matter: breath offensive; smell and taste impaired, and ifeneral debility. Only a few of these symptoms likely to Is; present at once. Thousands of eases result in consumption, anil P,y Its mild, eoothinif, antiseptic, clesnsinn, and healinif properties. Dr. Sage's Remedy cures the worst cases. This infallible remedy des not, like the poisonous irritating- snuffs, "creams" and strong caustic solutions with which tho public have long been humbugged, simply palliate tor a short time, or drive the dUrate U Uir, lung, as there is danger of doing in the use of such nostrums, but it produce perfect and permanent cures of the worst cases of Chronic Catarrh, as thousands can bstify. "Cold In the Head" is cured with a few applications. Catarrhal Headache is relieved and cured as if by magic. By druggists, li) ecnU, Women of the American Frontier, Many an interesting story can be told of the women who have lived in their lonely homes out of what used to be marked in the old geographies as the great American desert. I was re cently told the experience of a Miss ('lunch, near Callahan, on the Denver, Texas and Tort Worth railroad in this state, writes Will Ferrill in the Kansas City (llolti: She had taken up a land claim, on which she. had lived and builL a rude cabin. Sho had a cow, a horse, pigs, chickens, etc. All these women keep a good saddle horse. They may want 1 3 go to I lie country store, the postoflice, or if sick could star for the nearest neighbor before too ill to ride. Her nearest neighbor was three or more miles away. At first she was nervous about being so far away by herself. She would nail down her window at night. She would then tako a board the length of her room, and placing one end against tho door, propped tho oilier end against tlie, opposite wall. Sho would then lie down lo pleasant slumber and happy dreams with an ax at easy reach. It is possible she had a pistol in the cabin, for the most of the women living alone on their lands keep such weapons for handy use if the same should be needed. II tit after becoming used to the place and seeing that no one molested the women oft the frontier, the locking of her door was suflieierit. She spent ono night, though, of awful horror. A terrible snow storm was sweeping over the great plains and she felt her little cabin rocking to and fro. Hastily lighting the lamp and dress ing she peered out through the window into the darkness of the howling tep pesl. She was lirst starlled by the eyes of a cow up near the window pane. She then made the discovery tjiat a herd of cattle had crowded around her cabin for shelter. The herd grew larger and larger until tlie cabin swayed not by the howling winds, but by the pressure of cattle. Sho walked up and down the floor through tlie long hours of the night, fearing every moment that the storm-driven cattle would turn her cabin over. I hear a similar story from Miss Emily Urown, w ho had located on a ranch. At one time she taught school iu the Leadville public schools. Sho is now chaperoning some New York girls in Kuropc. She felt her cabin rocking iu a storm and supposed that it was the wind, but a herd of cattio had sought shelter there. She tried to scare them away, but the poor, shiver ing brutes refused to go. Miss Brown then took out her pistol and, raising a window, began firing it into tlie air and the cattle fled. Woman realizes that by all the econ omy she can use she can not save enough from a salary to keep her in her old age and she is becoming more of a stcculator. We see it manifested in the west. All honor to tho women of the American frontier, for their couraire and kindly home influence iiave blazed the way for civilization wherein man of himself was weak and helpless. (jcrnmn chemists have discovered In the cocounut a fatty substitute for but ter, and it is being produced in large quantities at Mannheim. Ono factory turns out 6,000 pouuds per day, worth 16 cents per pouud. I ill manufacturers in selling it under such try ing conditions. The '" Golden Medical Dis covery " is not only the most wonderful alterative, or blood-cleanser, known to med ical science, but also possesses superior nutri tive and tonic, or strength-giving, properties which assist the food to digest ana become assimilated, thus building up both strength and flesh. For all cases of Bronchial, Throat and Lung Diseases, accompanied with lin gering coughs, it is absolutely unequaled as a remedy. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blcod, riliort Breath, Consumptive Kight sweats, and kindred affections, it surpasses all other medicines. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors, No. (J03 Main .Street, Buffalo, N. Y. OFFUHXITJ for an incurable case of mmmmm Catarrh in Haad by the proprietors of OR. SAGE'S CATARRH REM COY. end In the irrsve. His Other Self Appeared. She was a great woman's rights wo man. She attended meetings and cor responded with Helva Lock wood and was iu communication with nil the great women's organizations. The so ciety of which she was a prominent member invited a "way up" speaker to lecture on tlie subject. He was, of course, entirely in sympathy with it. lie came. l!e was a good looking man, and the first thing that happened was that the society became sentiment ally interested as individuals. He preached the fullest kind of doctrine of equality of tho sexes. They engaged him again and re-engaged him, aud there was a hot contest as to who should win him. A man of such broad ideas must make a spendid husband. Shu linally got him. Those who got left beanie more rabid against men than before. She was happy for awhile, when sho suddenly remembered the society and felt that she ought to go to one of their meetings. With a glad some smile she suggested it to her hus band. "No," said be, "that was all very well before we were married; but you can't go to any more of those hen con ventions." "Hut, my dear, if we don't go how about your lectures?" "O, I'm different now." "You are, are you? Well, if I don't go, you don't; that's all, I haven't listened to your arguments cm tho equality of the sexes for nothing." So they went. But the society didn't want any more lectures at ifoO apiece. Now she's a sptrit medium aud he works the cabinet trick. San Fran cisco Chronicle. Dude and Conductor. I stumbled over an old-fashioned hair trunk as 1 jumped on the front platform of a crowded horse car iu Morrisania the other afternoon, says the N. Y. Siar. A spruce-looking young dude was using it as a foot-rest, and when the conductor came out to collect fares he told the young man that he wanted an extra fare for carry ing the trunk.- l've paid my fare, and that's all you get from me," said the dude. "All right," snarled the conductor; "then off it goes," and a moment later ho had bundled il off into the roadway. A couple of blocks further on the con ductor, who had beeu glowering at tho dude all the way, said. "I told you I'd throw it off, and I did; see." "What's that to meP" said the young fellow quietly. "It isn't my trunk?" While the conductor was running back after the trunk the dude stepped off the car, aud, with the remark "served him right for thinking I'd own such a looking thing," disappeared iu the gathering gloom. Jute Twine. Hitherto only hemp twine has been employed by the British postoflice in making up bags and parcels, hut ex periments with jute cord having proved successful it lias been decided to ex tend tho use of jute throughout the country. The hemp twine costs from 6 1-2 pence lo 1 shilling per pound, whereas the jute is being purchased at 8 1-2 jH'iice, and it is computed by the change the government will save about 10. 000 annually. V it 5 v si I J - r i i" i , t . . a ep i , to ..a, ,