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u(fverni?' 'l,ii;t," -Tit Nc.irV'
, Until ..(. ,.,,."
fHAms Tf. wm n etiV rvrn.
After all. the difficulties were litie Ban
ff's rkataed lions they did sot tomb
BM. How true it is that "one Inif ..hi
ttmud woe e list bill in ourlhomrbM.''
, I bad pMKticlcd fur myself all manner f
bstacles aad trouble, and was astonished
ta lad bow amoolhly and easilv the dan
glUed by.
From the beginning I Iil found favor
la My mistress' eyes, ami Mrs. ti.-irndt
bad also ei pressed herself in warm term
f approbation. "Mis Kenton was a nice,
proper JWung lady, who gave herself no
airs, and was not altove ber duties; ami
Master Reggie waa already as good a
gobl with brr." T li i ws Mr, (iariiett'
apinloa; aixl as she wit a irreat antliority
la the houarbolij, noon rxperienceil Hie
braeflt of ber good-will.
With tba exception of Hannah, who
gaaerally railed me niiMe" or ' iiuit," 1
waa "Mian Keoton" with Die reit of the
boosehold: erea the tall Imusi-iiiiiiil.
Khuda. who had charge of our rooniH, in
variably addresxed me by that name.
Mrs. Oarnett generally prefaced her re
marks with ".My dear." I found out,, af
terward that she waa the widow.' of sx
merchant cnpUiu. and a little abort- her
position; but Antleroti, the butler, and
Kiinou and t'harlea. the footmen, Hiid
Trarrra, Mrs. Morton's maid, ilnnvi uc
DMted aie by the name of .Mini I Vntnn:
but 1 had very litlla lo do with any of
them J ut a rlvil (rood-morning in I
paurd throunb the ball with llt cliil
ilreo. The menaajjeK to Hie inirery were
always brouilit br Khodii: and though
Mrs. Garaett and Trover sometime chub
in for a few ml utiles' go.-iip I never per
mitted tbs leant familinrily on Travels'
part, and, to do her J tsiice. alie
gave me any cause for offense. She '
superior person, devoted to ber mist
and as she and Andenoti had bfen en
Kaifeil for years, she hud almost the aiaid
ma a iters of a married woman.
I soon became nud to my new dnlics.
and our dally routine w;ls perfect) iiM.
pie; early rising was never a himNliip to
ma I was bio strong and healthy to mind
It In the least, H.tntmh lighted the lire,
that the room should be warm for iht
children, and broui(ht me a i tip or tea.
Al Urol 1 protested nain-t kiicIi nn tin
usual indiilsence, but as linnnah eiUtei
that nurse always bail her cup of tea, 1
submitted to the innovation.
Uressinjt the children was merely play
work to me. with Hannah to us.ist in
emptting and filling (lie baths; When
breakfast waa ovur, anil Joyce and I ltad
cleaned and fed thecntmrics. mid aileudeil
to the flowers. Hannah iot tlie peiaui!iit
laior ready, and we went lulo the ptn k or !
KensitiKtou Uanlens.
Joyce generally paid a vWt to her moth-!
er's dresainn-wnn he f ire lliis, ami on our t
way out bab was luk.'ii iu for a few min
utes In his little Velvet pciisst iiinl hat.
We generally found Men. Morion rending
bur letters while J'ravcrs lirmliu I uul tier
balrai.il arrnngnt It for the day. Shs
used lo look up so brightly when she saw
US, and such a lovely color would come
Into her face at the nighl of ber loy, but
vr ketit him lout;. "Hp iiitick.
Trarers," site would s iy, putting the child
la my arms, "lean hear your masters
footstep on the stairs, ami he will lie
watting for nie." And then she klscd
Iter band tothe children, and tixik up Iter
letters again; but sometimes I cautiht a
Stifled sigh a we went out, n tlionnh the
day's work was distasteful to ber, and site
would willingly have changed places with
me, -
On our return Hie children had lltelr
noonday sleep, and Hannah and t busied
oarselres with our sewing until they woke
lip, and then the nursery dinner was
brought np by Khoda. Hannah always
Waited npon us before she would consent
to take her place.
In the afternoon I sat at my work til
watched the children at I licit' play, or
played With them. When ltci;ic was
tired I nursed him, and in the twilight 1
aung to them or told them stories.
I never got quite used to Mr. Morton's
Tfslta they always caused me embarrass
ment His duties at the House occupied
blot so much that lie had rarely time to
do more than kiss the children. Some
times Heggie refused to lx- friendly, and
struck at bia father with his baby bam,
but Mr. Morton only laughed.' ,
"Baby thinks fardie is only a
Joyce observed once, on one of Uieeocca
lona, "bat him is fardie.''
Mr, Morton looked a little grave over
this speech.
"Xerer mind, ray little girl; Hcggie Is
only baby, and will know his father
soon." But I think he wns grieved a little
when baby bkt his naughty little race on
my shoulder, and refused to make friends.
"Oo, go," was ail he condescended to ob
aerve, In answer to his father s blttutllnh
menta. Mrs. Morton seldom came np to the
nursery liulil I was putting the children
to bet), but even then she never stayed
for more than ten minutes. There were
always visitors below, or It was time to
for dinner, or there were letters to
Sle. It was evident that Mr. Mortons
Win bad no sinecure's post. I think no
haid-w-orked seamstress worked harder
than Mrs. Morton in those days.
Mow nod then, when the children were
- aleeptag sweetly In their little cots, and I
WM reading by the Are, or w riting to
Aaat Agatha, or busy about some work
of my own, I would bear the soft swish of
silk dress in the corridor outside, and
then would be Mr. Morton, looking love.
Iter than ever, In evening dress.
"I have Just come to kiss my darlings
HeTte." be would say. "Dinner Is over,
a4 I Mil going to the theatre with some
friends; they are waiting for me now, but
1 hast such a longing to see them that I
onM not resist It."
"Itla bad night for you to go oat," I
- observed once, "ithoda says it is snow
' lug, and yon have a little cough, Travels
Miame ",
"Oh, K is nothing." she replied, qttlokly;
1 lake eoid very enslly." Hut I noticed
Shivered little, and drew her fumit
W'5h ekiser wiiikI her, "How warm
eti eey you look here!" glancing round
. Kittmm, Which cerlainly looked the pic-t-af
aamfort, with the lamp on the big
f'TTt table, and Hannah working beside
fld than she look up my insik and
v a II. It was n copy of Tennyson's
- ? that Ann Agatha ha.1 given me on
t-;at htrtbday. -'fMWMt
hooka. Merle," "be said,
, "Mr. Morton baa n large library,
Ituowhe would lead vou aur. IC
joa will only lie careful of t1P,. raarle,
111 uuder footflMli. has chur.-e of the
room. If you go -ih iu Hie i,i.nii,g,
c mil ,.( ,.f wr.nl
ml give it t.iTiair, I will
supplied."
Villi Vlt.lt .
- j OU Jtl0
"Thmik you: ,,b. thank .,., M Mor
lou!" 1 t i laitued. tnitefullv i..r I ...
! fond i.f reading, and the winter cveiiin s
were lung, mut a lM,k j l-ticr com
pany than Hannah, though she was a nice
girl, anil I never found her in uiv iy. 1
used to talk. to lu-r a we ui at work, to
tfeil.er. Hie was a liltle hy with me at
tir., but after a time her reserve (hawed.
Sue u-as a farmer s d.iegiiter, th, joeng-e-t
b it one of twelve children, ami i,er
Hlotncr was e-i. ir tii, me sue li nt
five siMer- lu service, ami nil (.,,, ISJ well;
but the eldest, M,,lly. stared at hot.is ui
takac.tre of h-r father and brut lien.
I grew - Interested at last in J I :in nali'a
..: . i . .
impir narrative, n w is a new expert
i ii of life fur me. for I had never taken
much notice of any servant but I'.Uieiice
leforc. I liksl hearing aiMiut Wheeler's
Farm, as it w as called, t he old bbu-k-tim-liereil
house, with I he ureal B-ar-tree iu
the court yard aud themosy truuttii out
of which tba little black pigs drank, sad
round which si rutted the big liirkry-cix k
(iobbler, with bis train of wives.
"The court-yard is a pretty siht of a
suiiiiiier's morning," Hannah said once,
grow in;; quite rie.y w itli animal ion, "w lieu
.Molly comes out wil h her apron full of
corn for her chicks. I do love to see them
all coming round her tiirkejs, ami (re-'-e,
and chicks, and fowls, and t iie little ban
tam cock always iu the middle. And
there are the pigeons, tiei, mis-; some of
them will fly on Molly's shoulder, and eat
out of her hand. Ynu should see Luke
throw up the tumblers high in the air.
and watch thetu flutter down aeain on his
arms anil hands, not minding him more
than if lie were a branch of the pjar tree
iiself."
Who was Ibis Luke who - always
Coming Into Hannah's talk? I knew he
was not one of the live brothers, for i
was acquainted wit h alt their names. I
:new quite well that Matthew anil Tliom
,s worked on the farm, and that Mark
had goue to the village siiiithy;the t.vins,
Hall and Holt, were still at school, ami
Dan was lame. IVi'lmps Luke was en
gaaed to Molly. I hazarded the question
once. I low Hannah ldti!ifd as she an
swered me!
"Luke Is Luke Armstrong, a neighbor's
sou, but his fat lier is a hard, inlsci iy sort
of a man; for nil he has S-rogin's Mill,
nml tliev do say h is many stockings full
of guineas. His wife is no better than
himself, and his brother Martin bids fair
to be the same. It Is a wretched home
for Luke, ami ever since he was a lad he
has taken kindly to our place. Von sea
father is hearty, and so is Molly; they ilko
to offer the bit otwl sun to tbo-e as need it,
though it is only a bit of bread anil cheese,
or a drop of porridge. I'nthe.r hales a
near man. and lie hales old Armstrong
like Kiikon."
"Is Luke your sKler Molly's sweet
heart?" 1 hazarded, after this. Hannah
covered her face and began to laugh.
"i'lea-e excuse me." she said at last,
when her it in ii-i'iiicii I had a little subsid
ed, "but ll diss sound so droll, .Molly
having it sweetheart I nm .sure she
would never think of Mich a thing. What
would (at her mid the boy do without
ber"
"ISIess me. Hannah!'' I returned, a liltle
Impatiently, "you have live oilier sisters,
you tell me; surely one of lbin could help
Molly, if she needed It; w hy, you might go
home yourself!''
"Oh, but none of us understand the
cows and I he poultry and th bees like
Molly, unless ii is Lydta, and she is dairy
maid up nt the Ifed Kami. They do sny
Mnrltu Arms! rung wants Lydia; but I
hope, In spite of his father's guineas, she
wn! lime nothing lo say to Scroggiu's
Mill or to Mniiin. You sec, inis," went
on llauitah, waxing more coulidcittlnl as
my i uteres t became apparent, "Wheeler's
Kami is not a big place, and n lot of chil
dren soon crowded it out. Mother was a
line mnuager, and taught Molly all Iter
ways, but they could Hut make the attics
bigger, and there was not air enough to
be healthy for four girls, wilh a sloping
roof and a window not much bigger than
your two hands. ,And then the crecer
grew right to the chimneys: and though
folk, nnd especially the squire, Lyddy's
master, said how pretly it w its, nnd called
Wheeler's Farm an ornament to t lie w hole
parish, it choked up the air somehow; and
when Annie took a low fever. Doctor
Price lectured mother dreadfully iiImiiI it.
Hut lather would not have the creeper
taken down, so mother nsiid there were
too many of us at home, ami ssome of us
girls ought to go to service. Squire ilnw
try always wanted Lvdla. and Mrs. Mor
rison, the vicar's wife, look Kmui.i Into
the nur-ery; and Dorcas, she went ns maid
of nil w ork to old Miss I'ow ell; nnd .leu
n i nnd Ll.zie found places down Dorl
cotc wny; but Mrs. (iaruel!, who knew
my father, coaxed him to let me come to
London."
"And you nn; bapiiy licrel" I hazarded;
but as I looked up Irom the cambric, frill
I was hemming, l noticed the girl's head
drooped a littlo.
"Oh, yes, I am hippy ami comfortable
here, miss," she returned, after a mo
ment's hesitation, "for I am fond of chil
dren, and It Is a pleasant, thought that 1
am saving father my keep, and putting
aside a bit of money for a raiuy day; but
there's uo denying that I miss .'he farm,
and Molly, and all the tltiiii creatures.
Jess, the brindled cow, would follow me
all down the Held, nnd tin ust her wet
mouth into my band if 1 called her; and
as lo Hover, Luke's dog" Hut here 1
Interrupted her.
"Ah, to lie sure. How alwuit your old
playfellow, Luke? i suppose jou miss
him, too''
Hannah colored but somehow managed
to evtuU my question; but nfler a week or
two her reserve thawed, and I soon learn
ed how matters Mood between her and
Luke Armstrong.
They were not. engaged she would not
allow that for a moment.. Why, what
would father and Molly say If she were lo
promise herself to a young fellow who
ouly earned enough for his own keepf
For Miller Armstrong was that close that
he only allowed his youngest son euough
to buy his clothes, and took all his hard
work In exchange for food and shelter;
while Martin could help himself to as
much money as ha chose, only he was
pretty nearly as miserly as his father.
Molly was always going on at Luke to
leave ScroggirTs Mill ami better himself
among si rangers, and there was some talk
of his coming nearer Ixndoii, ouly he was
so loath to leave the place where he was
born. Well. If she must own It, Lnke and
she bad broken a sixpence between thorn,
nud she bad promised Luke that she
would not listen to soy other young man,
and she bad kept her word, and she was
saving ber monev, because, if Luke ever
made a little Home for ber, she would not
like to go to ft empty banded. All the
girls were saving money. Lydia bad qtiile
a tidy little sum in the savings batik, and
that is what made Martin want ber for a
wife: for though Lydia had saritig'qnali
ties, she was even plainer than Molly,
and uo one expected her to have a sweet
heart. I am not ashamed to confess that Han
nah's artless talk iuteri-sted me greatly.
True, she was only a servant, but the sitn
plicityand reality of her narrative ap
pealed to my sympathy; the very homeli
ness of ber seerli seemed to stamp it more
forcibly on my mind. I seemed to picture
it all; the low -ceiled attic crowded with
girls; the honest farmer ami bis Mrnppiug
sons; hard featured Molly milking her
cow s sud feeding ber poult ry; young Luke
Armstrong and his dog Kover strolling
down to Wheeler's Kami for a peep at his
rosy faced sweetheart. Many an eveuiug
I banished the iosidious nil ranees .of
homesickness by talking to Hannah of her
home, and there were times when I al
most envied the girt her wealth of Louie
atlei tion.
Jt seems to me that we lose a great deal
In life by closing our ears and hearts to
other people's interests; the more we
widen our sympathies, and live in folk's
lives, the deeper will be our growth.
Some girls simply exist: they never sb-;c;-r
to oe otherwise than poor t'-","
plants, autl fail to thrust out new feelers
iu the sunshine.
in ihose quiet evening hours when I
had win k to do for my children, and dare
not indulge myself in writing to Aunt
Agatha, or rending some deeply Interest
ing Issik that Travels had procured for
me that morning, Hannah's innocent rus
tic tnlk seemed to open a new door to my
inner consciousness, to admit me Into a
fresh phase of existence. A sentence I
had rent to Aunt Agalha that Sunday nf
terniHiti often haunted me as I listened:
"Heboid, how green this valley is, also
how bentitiful w il h lilies. 1 have, known
many laboring men that have got good
estates in this Valley of Humiliation;"
and I alino-i held my breath as I remeiu-iH-red
that our Lord had been a laboring
Man.
Hannah never encroached iu any way;
she always tacitly acknowledged the dif
ference in our M il ons, ami never pre
sumed on these cotivei'.-atioiis, but she
let me see that she was fond of me by
rendering in-' all sorts of little services;
and nu my si le I tried to be useful to her.
She was very clever nt work, and I
taught her embroidery. Her handwriting
and reading wep defect ive she had been
rathera dunce at .sch,.(. !. lold me; utid
I helped her to Improve herself on both
these P'rfuts; further thar. lids could not
go.
I shall neror forget my 1intne one even
ing when she came into the nursery and
found me writing a letlr to A uul Agi lis
w ith a dictionary beside me. lor there, was
no trouble to w hich 1 would not put my
self IC I could only avoid paining thoe
loving eyes.
"Why, miss," she exclaimed, 'n " ftM'
toulshed voice, "that is w hat I am obliged
to do when I write to father or Molly!
Molly Is a flue scholar,' and so Is Lydia;
the hardest words never puzzle them."
1 must roufess Hint my face grew hot
as I stammered out my explanation to
I le ii null. 1 felt that from that night I
should lose caste in her eyes, for ouly an
enlightened mind could solve such an
enigma: but I need not have been afraid;
truth la sometimes revealed to babes,
"I would not fret about ft If I wera you,
miss," observed Hunnah, pleasantly; "it
seems to me It is only like St. Paul's thorn
in the flush. .Molly says sometimes, when
father worries about the cal tin or the had
harvest, 'Hint most people have a messen
ger of Sntnn to buffe! them:' that is a
favorite speech of Molly's, We should
not like to be born crooked or lame, ns
She often tells us; but it might be our lot,
for all that, Btitl we should get Into heaven
just as fust. Jt is not how we do it, but
how we feel w hen doln;: it t hat is .Molly's
proverb, and the most of us have our bur
den to carry .some part of the way."
"True, llaiiiiah, and J will carry mine;"
but as I spoke the tears were lu my eyes,
for though her words were true, the thorn
wns very piercing, and one had lo get used
to the .smart.
(lO 1IB COMl.M KH.)
Ttie Men and Women of Hi axil.
The Flwinoncnsps, sis the people, of
Rio are cnllcil, an.' iu somo wnjs tiolilo
ami well liri'il, in olliets nido and vul
jrar. The uipii liavo a coaron habit of
rudely sluntifjat every lady who passes
jy. si it I a crowd on a si root corner will
neve;' give way to let ladies iass
through. If two or more KraxiliniM
meet on the sidewalk anil slop to talk
they coolly obstruct tho pavement nnd
expect passers-by to tako to the road
way. The tram-cars are not lit for a
lady to ride in the men all Hinokcsind
usually villainous tobacco.
The Ilrazilian women are not pretty,
ami in the presence of gentlemen are
usually shy. At a reception or soiree
the gentlemen gather in knots' and talk
politics at the top of their voices, and
the ladies sit about and talk I know
not what, for if a gentleman comes
near they instantly stop short.
The m'cti of native birth, us a rule,
are low of Mature and Nletider, Uul
there arc ilrazilians of girth and com
manding presence. The ltiazilian wo
men are dark ami not comparable to
our Noi l hern betiiil ies;. They make
goml mothers, though rather iudu;,cnl,
but social Usages allow then) uo lilierly
and their day are monotonous and
without excitement. Their daughters
are taught l'rencli. Music is a natural
gift. They can embroider a liltle, but
Ine world and what goes on it is a
sealed book to them. Unlil they are
married they are never alone in a gen
tleman's company. A voting iiiatt can
not call often ami inaiiilest any particu
lar preference for a young iaily with
out being asked if his iuieiitioiis are
serious. The mother litis scarcely
more liberty than the daughter. Her
Jtlace is al inline, ami, be it said to the
Irazilians' credit the husbands, as a
rule, tire dotno-tie iu their habits.
Their evening are spout al home or al
places of amusement with their wives
and children. Itio Imwiro l.rllcr.
Fhiiii Lands in I bo fulled .Slates
Taking the w hole area of the United
Stales, the farm lands comprise '2H9
acres in every 1,0(10, leaving 711 acre
unoccupied. Of the former quantity
1,'iil acres lire prod net ive. 10.' t wood
land, and Id unproductive, though
partly niscepliblo of iniprovcuiuul.
BEFO OE WAH.
How a Hricbt t onal lv K - p4 Hauif
Swlij to a Dealer.
A little while ago a colored man from
an adjoining county -:un over into
this county, his former home, and met
many old friends. To one he related a
remarkable episode of the dj s ls-fo'
de w all."
lie said that lie was as lough a mu
latto as: the country ever produced,
and bis young master resolved to ' send
bin) dow n the river," as t lie slave ow n
ers Used to express it. One day the
touug master told him to luve the
horses reaiiy, and tliey would depart
early the next morning for Knoxville.
The young master had received in
formation that a certain l.ie buyer
from the cotton lields would visit the
city men! inned in ijiiest of "likely ne
gro men."
The early dawn found Hie young
.inner and his valuable human proier
ty speeding aw ay over the smooth road
Smith. Alter they had goue a .ittlu
way. "I'ich," for that was the cogno
men by w hich the "likely boy" was
known, inquired of his master if lie w as
going to Knoxville to put into execu
tion a. threat he had oil '-ii heard bin)
make lo sell him to a cotton planter.
The master told biin it was his mis
sion. Kich la'came much aflected by
the announcement and shed tears,
lie recalled the hours of their boy
hood, aud dwelt upon the pathetic iu
general. The young master's heart
w as touched, but his resolve was not.
Xight came on, as itahvaysdid whei.
travelers by llio '-Old Wilderness Koad''
gut well into the mountains. A jug
of tine old Hoitl'bon steadied (heir
nerves and brought balmy hleep to the
jesloratioti of their M rained energies.
Xext morning they were up with
the lark, and all (lav they talked about
the eiidless separation soon to follow,
pausing occasionally to admire the rug
ged scenery and take a drink. The
rabbit hunts by day, the coon hunts by
night, the romps, ihe lights they had,
the flogging they h;ia caught from
"the old man" were all lived over
again.
Another niglit and another day and
their journey had ended. I!ut the raid
on the big jug bad not. They "hit it
puny lively" that "last night on earth
together forever and evermore." They
were comfortably full long before, inid
night. At leat the young master was
full of old liquor ami the slave was full
of pretence. He had dropped tipou a
scheme.
Villi dawn, Uich was up moving
about the city. A shave, cleati clothe,
a cigar, a cane, and many extras were
added. Finally he sought the slave
buyor, and introducing Itiinsels as Mr.
, of Madi-on county, Kentucky,
statetl thai he was in the city with the
"splendid joung nigger" of which he
had written him, and was' now ready
for a trade. The boy was described in
glow ing terms, and ihe price li.vd at
$1,000, w hich the trader said he would
give, provided the description was ac
curate. So the proceeded to the tav
ern and into a littlo back room, where
the young master was found snoring
away on a pallet beside the bed w hero
Kiel" had taken tho precaution to tum
ble him before going out, Jlis beard
of several day's growth, diMy and
soiled attire, unkempt hair, and gen
eral MppearAiiee was anything lint ai
traetiv e.
"Fifteen hundred!'1 grulllv remarked
the old dealer as ho glanced al the pitiful-looking
object. "Fifteen hundred
dollars for that d- A thing! 1 would
not give you a cent more than half
thai much," and he. walked out on tho
street. It is useless to say they didn't
get their prices near enough for a
trade. -
-V I ui nt noon the young tnasler awoke,
not feeling i lie best, in the world. Jin
w as iuiipclled to borrow a shoe horn
to put on his hat, aud there was a
mighty bad taste in his mouth, to say
nm hing of considerable red iu his eye
au-l a feeling of a sort of goneness in
.'enci'al about his stomach. Kich told
dim I li.it he had been out to nua the
iittjcr, and the old fellow wauled to
know tho price, as all depended on
thatthe least he'd take was the ques
tion, and to be in a hurry, as lie, the
buyer, had made about all the pur
chases he wanted, and was ready to
leave town. The young master called
for paper and envelope, and wrote as
follows: .
"Dear Sir: You have seen Ihe boy.
My lowest price is f l.'JUO. lie is worth
every cent of it." The note was duly
conveyed, and was soon returned with
an answer on the back, saying, "We
can't trade."
The following day the well-rested
horses, the happy mulatto, nnd a dis
appointed while man "might have
been seen wending their solitary way
through the woods" towards Kentucky.
Ilifhmoml Clinuis.
Heal Names of Indians.
The Indians have a neat way of iix
ing it. This Kain-in-thc-Face, Spotted
Tail, Maii-Afi'aid-of-his-lIorses, is good
enough to palm oil on the w hiles, but
each Indian has another inline, tile
whiles never hear. First lie is named
a tier his mother's gens or family.
There are only hall a doen each.
Snake, Wolf, Turtle, Hear, Fttgle, and
so on. Vou remember how, in "Tho
Last of the Mohicans," the young Del
aware chief w as found lo have a tor
toise tattooed on his .breast, that gave
his family, lie was a Turtle, just as
the bulk of the Scotch are divided into
a few clans, the Slewa'rls, Campbells
('amerons, McGregors and others. To
the Indian's family name' is. attached
another, bill it would be bad medicine
to havo il spoken outside the family
circle, and give somo of his enemies a
chaucc lo work spells aud hoodoo him.
The Spotted Tail business is it mini do
cliasse, de guerre, or de toot, w hich
pets hitched on in later life. Wnxiitiy
toi J'tJ.ll.
LoiKton's y,tg Tower.
Four hundred plans have already
been received by the committee who
offered prizes for tho best nnd second
best plan for tho uroposcil Wiilkin
Tower the F.nglish F.iflel. It will be
so high that nil that need be done
when fog eomes on will be to enter the
lift nnd in n few' minutes lie up iu I lis
clear blue.
Oft PIERCES
MEOlCAl
OlSCOtflfjy
"ONE FOOT IX THK GRAVE."
How often do we bear the alsive said of
some )sir pilgrim o'er life's thorny path.
whi- tottering step, dlid face, unnatural
glitter of the eye and hacking cough, und
its accompanying involuntary pressure of
the liiinil over the lungs, the seat of the
dread disease consumption that causes the
remark I Too frequently, alas! and in the
interests of such unfortunates this is joi
ned, to assure them that their sle)s need
tend no longer to wan Is that narrow rece- ,
tacle that awuits all that is, until life's
aUotteil spa"e is covered from any such
cause, for the scientific researches of I)r. :
K. V. I'ierce. of the invalids' Hotel and
Surgical institute, of Hiiffalo, N. Y., re
sulting in his " tbilden Medical Discovery."
have w-rostcd from Nature a remedy which ;
never fails to cure this scourge of litir race i
(which is really nothing more nor less than i
Scrofula of the Lungs), if taken in time nud
given a fair trial.
For Scrofula in nil its myriad forms, '
whether affecting the lung-tissues or other '
organs or parts. Dr. Pierce's Golden Med- j
ical Discovery is a sovereign remedy, and ;
the 0,11 tttif that is sold by druggists,
under a positive gillliiliitee from its manu-
fTl C stlfl RFtf ARI1 ""en-d by the manufacturers of DR. SAGE'S
V5 "t III I "tWaVisTlM CATARRH REMEDY, lor case of Catarrh in
J fj fj SJBJSBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBJBJ the Head which tlll'V CHIIllOt oum. By its
, m'M, siothiii. and healing properties, Or.
Sg 8 Kcinedy cures the worst cases, no matter of how long standing. 50c.. by druggists.
Hat. Flirtation.
Wearing the hat, squarely on thei
head siguilies "1 love, you madly."
Other styles of using the hat have these
meanings:
Tipping it over the right car My lit
tle brother has the measles.
Pulling it over the eyes You must
not recognize me.
Wearing il over the back of lite head
Ta, ta; aw fully aw ful.
Faking it oil' and brushing it the
wrong way My heart is busted.
Holding it out in the right hand
Lend me a quarter.
Leaving it -with your uncle Have
been to a church fair.
Throwing il to a policeman I love
your sis.tcr.
I'sing it as a fan Come and see my
aunt.
Carrying a brick in it Your cruelly
is killing mo.
Kicking it tip-'slairs Is the old man
around.
Kicking it. down-slairs Where is
your mother?
Kicking it across the street I am en-g.-ttred.
Hanging it on the right elbow Will
call lo-nigltt.
Hanging it on tho left elbow Am
badly left.
Pulling it on the ground and sitting
on it Farewell forever. Halter ami
t'ui'i'kr.
CiiitiI by Tbrcad.
If there is any one in Macon who had
little faith iu hoodoos and charms a few
weeks ago ihat person was Chief
Kenan, says the Icleiirtijth. But at
last all unbelievers arc brought around,
and it appears this was the case wil 1 1
the doughty chief. Some days ago ho
Was snlleiing considerably with neu
ralgia. After Irving every remedy
under Ihe sun he at last came upon a
friend w ho had a recipe, which he was
not caring particularly to reveal to the
chief, but, seeing the ollicial iu deep
trouble, he linally consented to apply
the remedy. Securing a spool of black
,si'k thread, he, cut off several bils. One
he, lied around the neck of tho chief,
another around his waist, another
down the back connecting the one
aroiisid the waist, and a fourth down
his breast, eonneelinir in Ihe same way
the two bands. This completed the
oti t fit.
When llie operation was liuished the
chief, w ith an incredulous smile, asked
w hal came. nexl. "Oh, yon will talk
dillerently in a few minutes," replied
the frieml, with a shake of the head,
iu a minute the ollicial fell a- strange
sensation in the face, and within live
minutes the pain had left him. To say
that lie was amazed would be pulling
il mildly, lie has already given the
cure to a doen sufferers, ami now ho
is al work solving the problem of how
lie w us cured. As yet he has found no
duo who can give Ihe cause of it.
A Hand Kxpcrlllloii
The Lc wist on Jtiuriml says a Mama
constable had a hard experienco the
other day. He went out tiller a gang
of poachers, nnd was not only cor
dially received by them but was in
vited to accompany them on a hunting
vxpedilioii. The reason for so much
cordiality was not apparent until ihe
officer found (hat his lulo companions
had managed lo leave him alone on an
uninhabited island, where they kept
him for I wo days and nights.
facturers, that it will benefit or cure, If
taken in time and given a fair trial, or
money iaid for it will be refunded. En
larged glands, tumors or " bunches," ai
dissiiatsl by iUi use ; old sores or ulcerc
healed ; ' white swellings," hip-joint disease,
and kindred ailments, permanently cured.
It's n itftliriite, not a beverage; a concen
trated vegetable extract, without sugar or
syrup iu its make-up. Don't beget drunk
ards. As teettliar and marvelous in cura
tive proierties as in itR composition. It's
mission is to cinr. not stlliate.
"Uolden Medical Discovery" invigorates
and strengthens the liver and lungs, sharp
ens the nitite. improves digestion, purifies
the blood, cleanses the system, and builds up
lsith Hw.h and strength when reduced bv
" wasting diseases." It leads all other med
icines in aim unit of sales. There's nothing
like it for the diseases for which it is rec
ommended, so don't be foiled into accepting
any sulistitiite. said to lie "just as good."
It's an insult to your intelligence when un
principled dealers try to palm off something
else njsiu vou, ,iurf to mttl.e a liltle heller
itntfll ! An honest dealer supplies what
his customers want, without questioning
their intelligence. Woiimj'h Dispensauy
MnwcAi. AsKiM'iATtox, Proprietors, Buf
falo, N, Y.
Itargaining in Algiers.
You select ycur go, ids with slow de
liberation, pile them together casually
in a liltle heap, eye them askance with
an inquiring glance, and take a con
templative pull or two at the inspiring
weed in solemn silence, says a writer
in the (initlemntCa Magazine. . Mo
hammed Ali responds w ith a puff from
his cigarette in grave concert. Then
you w alk once or twice, up and down
the piazza slowly, and, jerking yout
head with careless ease in the direction
of your selected pile, you inquire, as if
for abstract reasons merely, in an off
hand tone, your Moslem friend's lowest
cash quotation for the lot as it stands.
Two hundred francs is the smallest
price. Mohammed Ali paid far more
than that himself for them. He sells
simply for occupation it would seem.
Look at Ihe work, monsieur. All
graven brass, not mere repousse metal,
or real old chain-stitch, alike on both
sides none of your wretched, common-place,
modern, machine-made em
broidery. You smile incredulously, and remark
with a wise nod that your Moslem
friend must surely be in error. A mis
take of the press. For 200 francs read'
50 francs.
Mohammed Ali assumes tin expres
sive altitude of virtuous indignation
and resumes his tobacco. Fifty francs
for all that lol! Monsieur jests. Ha
shows himself a very poor judge, in
deed, of values.
Half an hour's debate and ten suc
cessive abatements reduce the lot at
last to a fair average price of 70 francs.
Mohammed Ali declares you have rob
bed him of his pro tit, and pockets his
cash with inarticulate grumblings iu
the Arab tongue. Jiext day you see iu
the Rue Kab-Az.oun that you have paid
him at least 8(1 francs too much for
your supposed bargain.
How to Sharpen a Pencil.
"It really makes me tired to see ths
average man sharpen a pencil," said
an old newspaper man in a stationary
store lo a Washington Star reporter.
"He will cut; his lingers, cover' them
with dirt and blacken them wilh lead
dust, aud still will not sharpen the
pencil.
"There is but oue way to sharpen a
lead pencil and that is to grasp it (irm
ly with the point from and not toward
yo;i. Take your knifo in the other hand
and whittle away as though you had
lots of pencils to waste. By following
these directions and turning the pencil
over you will soon have it neatly and
regularly sharpened, and your lingers .
w ill be unsoilcd and you will not need
any court plaster to put on the wounds
because you cannot cut your lingers
when whittling from them.
"This method is the best, whether
the knife is dull or sharp. If the pen
cil is a soft one there is no sense iu
sharpening . the lead. Simply cut
away the wood, anil iu writing turn the
pencil over, thus writing with the sides
of the lend.
"Another disgusting and senseless
habit is in placing the pencil iu the
mouth when writing, litis is a relio
of the days when pencils were as hard
as Hint and before the manufacturers
were able to produce the smooth, soft
pencils that are used lo-day. The con
tinual dampening of the lead will
harden even a good graphite pencil
and make It hard and gritty. It b
limply t, habit, any way, and most
UWU Mt bad ones."
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