ANGELA. !
A Story For All Lovers end Intend
ln( Lovers to Read.
W. R. OII.UKHT.
I am a poor, paralyzed fellow, who, I
lor many years past has been confined
to a bed or a sofft. For the last six
Cara 1 have occupied a small room,
oking on to one of Hie narrow side
| canals (A Venice, having no one about
, me but a deaf old woman who makes
my bed and attends to my food, and
I here I eke out a poor income of about
$ £'M) pounds a year by making water
f;, color drawings of flowers and fruit
* (they are the cheapest models in Ven
ice) and these I send to a friend in
i London, who sells them to a dealer
for small sums. But, on the whole, I
am happy and content.
It is necessary that J should de
scribe the position of my room l ather
minutely. Its only window is about
five feet above the water of the canal,
and above it the house projects some
six feet and overhangs the wafer, the
projecting portion being supported by
stout piles driven into t lie bed of the
ML canal. This arrangement has the dis
advantage (among others) of solimit
ing my upward view that I am unable
to see more than about ten feet of the
height of ttie house immediately op
posite to me, although by reaching as
far out of the window as my Infirmity
Lk, will permit 1 can see foraconsiderahle
E distance up and down the canal,which
ilfiim n/»t Kfmdt litfiM'M fi'i't ill Width.
But, although \ can see but little of
the material bouse opposite I can see
Its reflection upside down in the canal
and I contrive to take a good deal of
inverted interest in such of its inhabi
tants as show themselves from time
to time (always upside down/ on its
balconies and at itn windows.
When first, I occupied my room,
about six years ago. my attention
was directed to the reflection of a lit
tle girl ol thirteen or so his nearly as
I could judge/, who passed every day
on a balcony just, above the upwatd
range of my limited field of view, mie
iiad a glass of (lowers and a crucifix
on a little table by her side, and as
she sat there in line weather from
early morning until dark, working as
•iduouslv all the time. I concluded
that she earned her living by neddte
work. Hhe was certainly an indus
trious little giri. and as far as l could
judge by her upside down reflection,
neat in her ores* and pretty, Mie
liad an old mother, an invalid, who
on warm days would sit on the bal
cony with her, and it. inte-es:ed me to
see trie little maid wrap tint old lady
in shawls and bring pii!ows for her
chair and a stool lor her feet, and
every now ami again lay down her
work anti kiss ami fondle the old lady
for half a minute, and then take up
her work again.
Time went by, and as the little
maid urew up her reflection grew down,
and at last site was quite a little
woman of, /suppose, sixteen or sev
enteen. I can only work for a couple
of hours or so in the brightest part of
tint day, so i iiad plenty of t ime on
my hands in which to watch her move
ments, and sufficient imagination to
weave a little romance about her, and
to endow her with a beauty which, to
» great, extent, I had to take for
granted, i saw—or fancied tiiat i
could see—thtyt she began to take an
interest in my reflection (which, ot
course, she could see as I could see
her*); and one day, when it appeared
to me that site was looking right at it
—that is to say, when her reflection
..1 * I. . I.C/.I,..
tried the deaperateexperiment of nod
ding to her. and to my intense delight
her reflection nodded in reply. And
so our two reflectioi s became known
to one another.
It did not lake me very long to fall
in love with her, but a long time pass
ed before I could make up my mind to
do more than nod to her every morn
ing, when the old woman moved me
from my bed to the sofa at the win
dow, and again in the evening,
when the little maid left the
balcony for that day. One day, how
ever, when 1 saw her reflection looking
at mine I nodded to her and threw a
flower into the canal. She nodded
1 several times m return, and 1 saw her
draw her mother’a attention to the
accident. Then every morning 1
threw a flower into the water lor
“good morning,” and another in t tie
evening for “good night,’* and I soon
discovered that I had not thrown
them altogether in vain for one day
w she threw a flower to join mine, and
* she laughed and dapped her hands a
the two flowers joined forces and
floated away together. And then
every morning and every ev« niuu site
threw her flower when i threw inme.
and when the two flowers met she
dapped her hand*, and so did I; but
when they were separated, n* they
sometimes were, owing to one o' them
having met an obstruction which did
not catch the other, site threw up tier
hand* in a pretty affectation of dee
{ifir, which I t tied to imitate In an hue
•*h and unsuccess'ui fashion. Ami
when they were ludely mu down l*y a
passing gondola w hitli happened not
ni!.«>|in-nit> site pretended to t y ai d
I did the saute Tlirli. inpirtty panto
mime, >i>e would point downward to
the sky, to tell me that it w.i» destiny
that caused the shipwreck oiout flow
er*. and I, in |tautontim* not half *u
prill), would try to roMiey to lur
that Uewtmv would be kinder netl
time, and that nerlinini to morrow
our flower* wou'-l be mote fortunate
and eo tire innocent courtship went
on, this day wire showed me her cron
m amt ktsawdlt.and * hereupon I took
t a In tie iih«f cnioi'u wtiKliaiwaye
■ImsI b) me and klseeil that, amt so
•he kn*W that ae were one in t>Igum
Hoe day nu huts maid did not ap
pear on net haieonv, ami for eecwral
day* I saw nothing of lur, and ai
though I threw my tower* a* usual,
no Dower* ram* to keep it company
ll-i**t*r, after a lime the reappeared
dueled M bath and dying often.
and then 1 knew that the poor child's
mother was dead, and as far as I
knew she was alone in the world. The
flowers came no more for many days
nor did she show any sign of recog
nition, hut kept her eyes on her work,
except when she placed her handker
chief’to them. And opposite to her
was the old lady’s chair, and I could
see that from time to time she would
lay down her work and gaze at it, and
then a flood of tears would come to
her relief. But at last one day she
roused herself to nod to me, and then
her flower came. I»ay after day my
flower went forth to join it, and with
varying fortunes the two flowers sail
ed away as of yore.
But the darkest day of all to me
was when a good-looking young gon
dolier, standing right end uppermost
in liis gondola (for I could see him 111
the flesh) worked Ids craft alongside
the house mid stood talking to her aH
she sat on the balcony. They seemed
to speak as old friends—indeed, ns
well as 1 could make out, he held her
by tbe hand during the whole of their
interview, winch lasted quite half an
hour. Eventually lie pushed off, and
left my heart, heavy within me. But I
soon took heart of grace, for as soon
as lie was out of sight the little
maid threw two flowers growing on tin
same stem an allegory of which
I could make nothing, unti' it brokt
upon me that she meant to convey
to me that la-and she were bt other
and sister, and that I had no causi
to be sad. And thereupon I nodded
I to her cheerily, and site nodded to tin
i and laughed aloud, ami I laughed in
return, and went on again as he
fore.
Then eamc a dark and dreary time,
for it bail become necessary that I
should undergo treatment that con
I ntva wn hbtoliitffly to rny oe« »oi
’ many days, and J worried and fretted
to think that the little maid and I
could Me each Other no longer, and
worse still, that she would think that
1 had gone away without even huvitu
hinted to her that I was going. And
J lay awake at night wondering how I
could let her know the truth,and liftv
plans flitted through my brain, al
appearing to he feasible enough al
night, Imt absolutely wild and tin
practicable in the morning, tine day
and it wax a bright day indeed for nn
—the old woman who tended me told
me that a gondolier had inquired
whether the Kuglisli signor had gone
away or hail died; and so I learned thai
the little maid had been anxious aboul
me, and 1 bat she bad sent her brothel
to inquire, and the brother hod nc
doubt taken to iter ttie reason of in j
protracted absence from the window
j From that day. and ever after, dur
ing my three weeks of brdkeeping, «
| flower was found every morning onlhi
l edge of my window, which was withit
easy reach of any one in a boat; and
when at last a day came when 1 could
lie moved 1 took my accustomed plow
on the sofa at the window, and thi
little maid saw me and stood on hei
head, so to speak, and that was ui
eloquent a-any right end up delight
could possibly be. Ho f lic first timi
the gondolier passed by rny win
dow I beckoned to him, am
lie pushed up alongside and toll
me, with many bright smiles, that In
wax glad indeed to see me well again
Then I thanked him and his sister foi
their kind thoughtx about me durinf
my retreat, and I then learned fron
him t hat iifa- name was Angela, am.
tiiat she was the best and puresl
maiden in all Venice, and tiiat any
one might think himself happy indeed
who could call her sister, but tiiat hi
was happier even than her brother
foi he was to be married to her, and
indeed, they were to be married tin
next day.
Thereupon rny heart seemed tc
swell to bursting, and the blood rush
ed through my veins xo that I coulc
hear it and nothing else for a while,
managed at last to stammer fortl
soin- words of awkward congrattiln
tion, and lie lett me singing merrily
after asking permission to bring liii
bride to see me on the morrow ai
they returned from church.
••For," said he, "my Angela ha;
known you for very long—ever smci
she was a child, and she has oftei
spoken to me of the poor Knglishnmi
who was a good Catholic, and wht
lay all day long for years and year
on a sofa at a window, and she hai
said over and over again how dearlj
she wished that she could speak tc
him and comfort him; ami one day
when you threw a ‘lower into thi
canal, she asked me whether sin
j might throw another, ami f told hei
! yes. for lie wo iK! understand that ii
1 meant sympathy with one who was
HOftiy atilii ted."
Anu so 1 learned that it was pity
and not love, except, indeed, sue!
love a> is akin to pity, that prompter
iier to interest herself in my welfare
and there was an end of it all.
For the t wo lloweis that I though'
were on one stem were two Ho wen
1 tied together (but 1 could not tel
j that i, and they were meant to indi
' , ate that she ami the gondolier wen
affianced lovers, ami my express**
pleasure at tins symbol delighted her
lor she took it to ineuii that
reamed in her linpiuuess. And tin
next day the gondolier came with i
: tiam of othvr gondolier*, all decks*
i in their holiday garb, and m hi* gnu
' dola »«t Angela, happy ami blushim
at her happ'ite**. ‘j'neit lie ami *h<
entered the house lu which I dwell
and came into my room mud it »m
•tt mo m lee*), after eomnuy years o
iniersion, to *ee tier with her hea<
above Iter ft* • ami (lieu *he wished Ilk
liappuies* and speedy restoration t«
good health whtvh itnihl never lie)
•mil 1, in broken word* ami withteari
in my syce, gave tier the little cfucill)
j that ha>l stood by my bed nr my ta
hie fur to many year*. Amt Angeli
look it rev«r*n'ly and iishh) Iversel
! rod ki»ed it, and so departed will
tier delighted ttuaband.
A* I tirtul tile song vil the |Ullilt d i*T'
I a* they went then* way Ik* miim dy
| ,ng away in live 4wlsie * w* its
, rtiadviws of th»«owdown vlsial arovuvt
in* I Nil that they to* tin png Ik
I mijom of ilie only love that bn
•vet entered my heatI.
Mrs tHjiet \V»*.|». tl <!*»•*, ett* »l lb
last .tud *• !!«*»■ * la the » vty alatl
j k94t •** Ml (Ijf
A Minuter’* Experience with
Choir*.
Is art a “service V” Does the exert
rise of it in divine worship partake of
the spirit of the inspired counsel]
“Whosoever will l>e chief among vouj
let him l>e vour servant V" This thrust
ing forward of u personality of display
does not look like it. Once our alto
asked me, as I was entering the pulpit,
whether I lunl any object ions to chang
ing the do- ing hymn, for she woh ex
pecting some friends that evening, and
they could not come till late, and she
wanted to sing a solo. And once, at a
week-day funeral, onr tenor crowded
me even to my embarrassment with a
request that ho might lie permitted to
precede the arrival of the train of
mourners with u vocal piece in the
gallery, for he had just heard that two
members of the Music Commit
tee of another congregation
would Is- present, and he wished them
to hear him. as lie desired to secure the
place of conductor there.
“Art’s a service mark!” But does it
take the placo of the rest of the servico
also ?
Tide entire discussion turns at once
ii(Kin the answer to the question wheth
er the choir, the organ, the tune book,
and tin- blower arc fur the sake oflielp
! ing Ood's people worship Him, or
whether the public assemblies of Chris
tians are for the sake of an artistic re
galement of listeners,the personal exhi
bition of musicians, or the advertise
ment of professional soloists who are
competing for it salary.
fu onr travels some of us have seen
the old organ in a remote village of
Germany on the case of w hich are
carved, in the ruggedness of Teutonic
characters, three mottoes; if they could
l.o e<.t.<li.i*/iil f.in flii.tr iiGf.trv iuf.n
English they would do valiant service
in our time /or all the singers and play
ers together. Across the top of the
key-hoard is this; “Thou prayest here
: not for thyself, thou prayest for the con
gregation; so the playing should elevate
i the heart, should Iv simple, earnest and
pure.” Across ulsive the right
hand row of stops is
this: “The organ tone must ever be
adapted to the subject of the song; it is
for thee, therefore, to read the hymn
1 entirely through so as to catch the true
spirit.” Across above the left hand stops
is this; “In order that thy playing shall
1 not bring the singing into confusion, it
becoming that thou listen sometimes,
and as thou hcarest thou wilt lie likelier
to play as (lod's people sing.”—Rev. Dr.
Charles 8. Robinson in the Century,
Hygiene of (lie Aged.
1 ])r. I.. II. Wutson,in I’op’jktrScienceMonth
ly.
To t hose who have arrived at an ad
vanced age without any form of indi
gestion I would suggest a cup of coffee
’ and apiece of dry toast before rising
in the morning. The reason why this
should be ser 'ed while one is yet in
bed is that very old rumple, even when
perfectly well, are often subject ton,
slight faintness and nervous tremor
before rising, und the exertion neces
sary to dress often leaves them too
faint to eat. It takes but a few mo
ments to prepare it, and, as old peo
ple like to rise early, it is usually an
hour or two before ihe family are pre
pared for the morning meal. A light
luncheon at noon, and dinner not later
than 5 or (1 o’clock. Jf the dinner is
taken at noon, and supper at 0 o'clock,
it w ill be found to suit the habits of
the aged better in one way, as old peo
1 pic love to retire early. In most
count rics, among civilized nations, the
practice of crowding three meals into
! the twelve hours or more of daylight
bus grown to be such a habit that it
n.i niH ii. heresy to miei'est. eat ini’ w hen
hungry, day or night; nevertheless, I
would suggest to the healthy and not
too aged person to forget fhe “bug
bear" of “not eating before retiring,”
which compels many a person—other
wise disposed—to pass ten or twelve
hours with t lie stomach in a collapsed
eondif ion, while during the other twelve
it is constantly distended with food.
I would say to the aged, eat sparingly
and eat frequently. Is?t your food be
light and easily digest ible, but eat wlieif
hungry, whether it be 12 o’clock at
noon or 12 o'clock at night. Aged
people are light sleepers, and often
wake up during the night with an in
tense craving for food, and a good
plan is to have a cup of bouillon and a
cracker on a stand near the bed. The
hroth can lie readily heated by an
alcohol lamp in live minutes. This
simple habit w ill often procure houis
of uninterrupted Simula*' , w hic h would
otherwise tie passed in restless longing
for daylight and hreakfast.
^ • m
The Cood That Results From
Much Rubbing at the Bath.
From u Writer in I net*,
i Tepid water is preferable for every
1 season of the year. Milk baths have
been in favor trout time immemorial
with ladies and noticing is batter than
a daily hot hath of milk. Mine.
Tallien was among the historical
' women who bathed in ntilk, to which
' ! she added cruehed strawberries to
I
give it an agreeable perfume. I have
II also heard ol an old lady ol eighty
1 who retained a gu h»h complexion like
(| cream and loses by a1 ways washing
I j in the juice of crushed etrawheinv*
I i and nothin.' else, lint we can, tor
| Innately, keep nor skins healthy and
fair without i**ortutg lottos* extreme
measures. For the lull length bath,
1 a bag of bran well sullen the waive
' and make toe skin deliciously smooth
ami lair, lint let me here remark that
no hath la peris t in tie results with*
! uo the long and brisk Irniton *1
1 hands or a coarse towel afterward,
Friction nut only stimulates .trvuia
turn, but it make* the iWsb brut and
| polished, like I’a ian marble. It Is
i semi.tin's-, astonishing to ses tbs
: change made m an ugly tkm by It I.'
lion, and anv lady wbu wtehee to
| | posses* a In alt Idol, beaut not bod),
Arm tu tits touch and Ian to ths eya,
with ths elastkltv ol youth sell,.*
longed into age. mu»t glvw willingly nt
| i her elrettglit In the dally task of ruin
' lung the body thuiwughy
ROLLY BRICK'S FRIENDS.
Margaret Eytinge in Good Cheer for March.
There nut the little (log vet, ami that
was the fourth timo Phenie lia<l passed
that way since morning twice going to
and twice mining from school. Lunch
time she hod brought a small bit of
bread mid x mouthful of meat from home
her folks wore poor and could not sparo
more I, and coaxing him, with out
itretched hand and kind words,to como
down the long flight of steps to where
rlie stood on the sidewalk, she had fed
them to him, but lie hud swallowed
them in great haste, and, with agrute
ful wave of his curly tail and a thankful
look in his brown even, hail hurried
back again. It was a dreary place -the
building to which these steps belonged.
So dreary that it seemed strange
that even a dog would choose
to linger there, A great,
grey building, dark and funereal in
every stone of its Egyptian architecture ;
with massive doors and iron-barred
windows, it eaxt a gloom ull about it,
a id one looking up ut its strong walls
could not but think with a heart ache
of the many poor wretches who had
been and still were imprisoned within
them, l’lienie lived about a block away
in a little, old, tumble-down wooden
house, in a dirty, crowded street. Her
father won a longshoreman, and worked
hard, oarir and late, to earn enough tr
support Ills family in the humblest way,
and her mother, a cheerful, kind-heart
ed woman, had as much a< she could di;
to look after her five children, nil girls
of whom Phenie, 11 years old was tin
eldest.
Wcll.Phenie's to and from sellool lee
post the Tomlis, that dreadful jdaei
where criminals are kept in cells n<
that they may do no harm to t heir fel
tow-creatures; and one morning it wa
U JIIOI 11111(4 III I'M IJ 'W ill'" »
passed it she saw, its 1 nave already t-dd
von, a little dog sitting at the top of tin
long broad steps. Ho was not a prettj
dog, not at all a pretty dog. In fact In
was rather an ugly dog. He was eov
ered with shaggy,yollotrish-brown hair
half of nneot his ears had been torn oft
very likely in a stre -t fight, ami lie hai
tlie most comical H-shai*ed tail that eve
curb'd o\or a dog's back. Phonic glaucei
at him kindly a* she went by, for sin
was very fond of animals, but did no
givo iim another thought until when
on her way to lunch, she spied him stil
sitting in "thesame place. Then, think
ing lie might he hungry, she won hi:
(log-heart bv bringing him, on her wa;
bock something to cat. Hehool out, In
was there yet. And there lie remuirtei
for four days, reviving gratefully < .el
noon what the child could spare fron
her own not too plentiful meal. Am
Saturday coming, her morning worl
over, i.ho could not rest until ahe ha<
run to the foot of the steps anil lookis
Up to sec if lie was still there. Is*
there lie was, waving his Hag at sigh
of her.
“1 wonder who he belongs to, -I won
derwhy be don’t go away?” she suid t<
herself as she had said many times be
fore. “1 wish I could find out." Are
seeing a policeman whom she bud lorn
known by sight stopping to pat the dot
ushorame down the steps she took eotir
agear.d asked him when lie bad reaches
her sid«, “Do you know that little dog?
"I mode his ucipiaintance a few day
ago,’’ answered the policeman.
“Will yon please, if you've got tirrir
tell mo why he stays here'.”
“His mater’s inside,” said the police
man who was a jolly, good-natured fel
low, and looked as though he’d rathe
be beaten himself than beat anybody els
with the heavy club lie carried.
“His master,” repeated l’honie.
“Yes, his master, Holly Hrick, a boy
little bigger than you. Ho stole a ban
ana nil a mill-woman s srauu ana me
chased him, the poor voting st amp, a
if he’d stole a diamond. And that d»|
up thera run with him, both of ’em go
ing as hard os they could pelt. Ant
when he was caught that dug tried t
fight for him. But it wasn't any use
tho fruit-woman wus determined to sent
him up, said twasn’t the first thing, b
a jugful, he'd stolo from her. And s
they took him in, and that dog's se
there ever since. 'Spcct they'll kie'
him into the Htreet soon’s Holly’s sen
away.”
“Oh I will lie lie sent awuy?” bd
I’henio. “When?"
“In nn hour or two I reckon.”
“Hut suppose the liatiuuu v.omu
don’t come to muko complaint again:
him ?”
“Don’t half think she will,” said th
policeman. “Kite’s over her mud 1>,
this time. Hut lie’ll go ail the uou
'chukc he’s a vagrant.”
“A vagrant?”
“Yes. a vagrant ain’t got any friend
or any home.”
Hack went I’lienie to the little ohi
tunihlc-dowu wooden house to liuve
long earnest talk with her mother, an
to make herself as neat as possible, un
In tore an hour hail passe-1 she mad
one of a throng that tilled the eour
room where a iiuuilu-r of law hreuke
were to be sentenced that morning. Hu
she was not a meuieut t<*i soon. Th
ea»e ha-! been culb-d earlier than th
poh eiuan hud thought it would hi
sud in the prisoner's ihs-k st-ssl a Im
with a bright, dirty fa<a<, and in cloth*
so battered and turn that he looked Ilk
an animated lag bag.
"So friends, the judge whs just sat
n g, as I’heitio, with a great Inutp m to
llireal, alel her lieirt IswilliR as thong
it would fly out of her br**»sl, wulke
bravely Up th- court i'-*-»n* and *1***1 la
fnfe Uaut.
“I’tcwse, Mr. Judge, ha has ft lend
tw*> friends,' site sanl
The judge looked u%«r hi * 1*
at her "Where are thei - to- a»k**
”t !|W ja set lilt'out *>w lira front »• *-|i
! ihv iiesirnl “He’** little dog. ai
j he s tweu a -alio* there rlif sitne hi
j master a as look wtr. lie was them al
J thrw tgh that awful min tesletrlay al
that dreadful lliilieter slorm da* 1s t -r»
! Ah', Mr, Judge," she went us, gctlm
hratcr ami l ion as sJ*a sj**ke, U di
Urmk >ws i Im >a k a n u I**I t*»»
J r wit a grsit little d-'g I ItUlft (HMuitt l,
! -It* tli* »tl»i»iMHUtl « m# H
MhV U»*i|g h»h IM!
Wti* it*1 aUiaI th** l*tel|fm
p ift him U hti v Atikv/ mill th
rktft). **1**11 th* htf AM* Me It
| in dll Mi Ju kf %m'\i M li at
off. I'm sure, unit so'* my mother, that
mv father'll find him something to do.
We re all girls at our house, so we can t
none of us go to the docks with father,
but he’s al>oy, and he could."
“What do you say, Kollv?” said the ,
judge. “Will you promise to lie a good
bov if I h t you go with this kind friend
of yours ?”
Holly looked shyly at Phenio and
then blurted out: "I never hooked
nothin' but things to eat an’ 1 wont hook
them any more if 1 kin get’em by work
in' fur 'em. Nobody never wanted me
to work reglar 'cause 1 hadn't uo decent
togs.”
“Call in the other friend,” said his
honor. And Phenio, catching the old
cap the boy tossed to her, ran out of the
room with it, and in a moment more the
dog bounded in, flew to his master in a
transport of joy, and covered his face
and hands with dog kisses.
"Good-by,” said the judge, and plac
ing something ill Phonie's hand lie add
ed, "Here's a few dollars some kind gen
I tlemon have given yon. You must bu.v
Holly some clothes with them. And
I now. Holly, mind you turn over a new
I leaf.”
" Yes. sir,” said Holly, and away he
went, followed by many good wishes,
i with his two friends,
lint lruth compels mo to state that us
the trio passed an eating saloon near
! by, Holly being sorely tempted bv the
1 nice things displayed in the window,
said, "Huy, gal, le'.u goin here, you an,
mo an, OIo Hojcr (that was tho until" of
the dog), an' git a bully dinner, to help
mo turii over that new leaf."
Hut Phenio firmly refused, "That
wouldn't be right," she said. “That'd
beturufn.thc wrong way. My mother' 11
give you mnii! dinner, au' this money
is goin’to get you a now suit." And
Holly submitting in silence, they no in
readied the little, old tumble-down
wooden house in the dirty, crowded
15ut tlmt little, old, tumble-down,
wooden house proved to be a good liomc
i for tlm vagrant boy i liomn where be
found love and kindness, and where lit
wav taught that tint poorest life may hr
, brightened and blessed by industry and
honesty. And before long he was earn*
• ing (til or W a week, ami helping hi*
I adopt <1 mother for he was a wonder
i fully handy young chap -with thehard
; est of her work beside.
"Hister l’lienie,” h<* said, "must keep
I on at school. so'iishe kin teach me nights
ai>' ho a reg'lar teacher when she grows
I up.”
’ As for Ole Hojcr, you may he sure he
i bccumo the pet of the whole family, and
1 the butcher around the e irner took such
i a fancy to him that he raved him every
i day tlio very nicest and meatiest bones
i that over butcher gavo a d< g.
; New York Clfrls Aping English
Manners.
> From a latter In the Kan Francisco Argo
naut.
I was very much amused by the
i antics of a would-be English girl and
unquestionably Hritish bull terrier on
; Fit.li Avenue recently. She came out
1 of tlie front door of her house wijh a
| good deal of a swing tall, slim, well
I formed and composed. Her costume
, was of black and white material • I
have a dim sort of n suspicion that it
was eit her silk or rat in—and she wore
small,square toed boots, a jaunty hut,
’ gloves of a tan color and a rather
refined “horsey” look in general. Hhe
carried a riding whip in one hand and
_ clutched a silver chain in the other.
To the other end of the c hain was re
1 luctantly attached a black-muzzled
and supercilious bull-pup, with a bail
eye. His forelegs were bowed, his tail
1 and ears stuck aloft, bis chest was
broad and lie had almost no nose
’’ at all. llis under jaw was held
’ forward and bis mouth bad
f tlio peculiarly insolent look of a
' pup of thorough-bred blood. The girl
* had ail indescribable st arched appear
’ mice, was extremely straight and her
■ manner was haughty. Hhe descended
1 the BtepH withaiiadmirahleeflectfttion
' of carelessness, considering that at
5 least, a score of men were staring at
t her, and turned up Fifth Avenue. At
1 ull events the mantcit vre was not a suc
t cess. 'Flic dog suddenly shot around
in another direction mid wound the
1 tall girl up in his chain. Hhe struck
him’sharply with Iter whip and lie
growled; then she hit him again mid the
i brute started to jump at her, when a
t mun.who was passing,shouted at him
sharply. The girl went at him phuki
x I v again, whipped him into perfunctory
r ohedienee, said, “1 am greatly obliged"
, to the man who had attempted to
rescue her and started up- the avenue.
Keen during the excitement her accent
s w as irreproachably English and she
was altogether as hill blown and com
, plete u specimen of an Ai.gln-innnbu
:v as I have ever seen. The girls here
| have a |H-euliarlv English walk, or olio
1 that passes for English now, and this
i, particular beauty practiced it to per
t lection.
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1 Cholera.
U
„ Cholera has made periodical twelve*
, year visits to otir coaotrv Tii* last
*’ epidemic was in 1*73. Thus wo tune
' something to fe.-.r for next year if m*t
" for this. Tim i'inhulelph's Ifedlcui
New« sals of its appeal iilnw* in l*7il;
"I’liolrra li* t-it ftm I'liKetl Ktstis 1st*
* font it ap|H-are<l in farts Tim* tin re
j were towny «tur. • s ul infection it was
first hr <nght to New Oilcans by » Hro
limn baripie, slut it<'e|e|H- l in lie- i-sw
ul • man employ til m mde sling to r
' cargo a native of l‘i i.suei la who *ei t
to New tlilraii * tor i-aiployiii. nl >, lint
* the Isrgi-i number of canea wi re » >|s il
.. H*t do. it* tl'i*- igh New York I tty on
i lorn in be tot ns* Is, t it III# *1110 a*-' was
t i not d' > > 1*>I« it Until It e |s>i*t I at el'vols
I | of the tM-llhiS I -«ot i-eeit UU|.*,'ktit at
, | I to ir it-stiwl'-u Tbs* <*as shown iii
11,0 llirve •Ust.'M'l oiitl 11-skc at s nWy
I I, Inot,-p*4. Is t llie V t.• ll*, Hi**I*1 . whole
t i Ills till' is of t tie|ft ai. 1, tn ui th iixlut,
I N»«,l. i, and llpatx wore to |- « fcul wt
1'iilkm*, <i. In* kiwr, Yl,un , cut
\ wtksi. flak , *l eit willow Unit'
six to mi* llatssIN the hist iuvsiif
j tt.e .!«»*« st't-s- .red,**
I In ft w#l in f >•» f|(hp«ft m ml
' hfHUHf (e.fll Mllfll slM>» « U
* , I lift N*i«*'«*»*
1
As a Foreigner Sees Us.
"You American*," said Georg* Q.
ray tor, a foreigner, to a gtoup of New
t o: kern, “are the most contradictory
K*t of mortal* on the globe. You slave
tU day and spend all night. You *ub
nit to all sorts of imposture and ex
tortion, yet yon are terrible fighter*
when aroused. Little thing* do not
Mein to fret you a* they do foreigner*,
i'ou are cheerful and courageous in
the facm of hopelecs disaster, yet never
Mein uuduly elated il you make a mill
ion or two. Now, why should such
It people choose to w«nr the darkest
ghd most gloomr looking clothing?”
A bystander veil* urvd the remark
that he didn't sre anything particu
lar'/ sombre about the average
Amttlvan attire.
"You don’t? Hava you ever been
up In tii* \Wf rn Union tower? Weil,
you oil lit to go up there. I made
the asi nt tl« other day, difficult tut
it is, '1 na view In entrancing. Uut
whuti 1 looked down into Hroadway
it mr.de me ehlver. The hurrying
Ci'Cv.'d* Oil the sidewalk* looked like
two unending funeral pi occsslons
moving in opposite direction*. Black,
Ida* It every where. All the red hailed
I' ils must have been up town, for
there wasn't a white horse to be seen.
'I h* only relief to the eye was nn oc
cantonal Broadway surface car. It
was the most gloomy spectacle 1 ever
looked down upon, yet 1 knew that
bense,! it the dark exterior there were
waim hearts, active brains and baud*
equally ready to light or work,’*
• Well, v/liat, would you have us do’
Decs* hi bright colors duilng the
winter?” was asked.
1 Not at all. Use common, sense
that is all. Knropean* generally do
not see t he necessity for dark color*
i . t . Lt . ..... .1 „ .l.rLI...
Ill n iiiivii nw nn • iwumm* •*>
huuvy and warm it doesn't matter
about, llis color. You can wear black
Over there it you Ilk- without exciting
remark, But hers, if a man wears a
heavy plaid suit in winter lie is con
temptuously regarded hy a native,
even though his critic may he shiver
ing in hie i hin, l,lack clotliee. Take a
New England town, New Haven for
instance, it you want loses this pro
vincial spirit In an exaggerated form.
A faultlessly dressed New Yorker is an
object of universal admiration, Peo
ple run out of stores to look at him.
A shabbily dressed man, even though
his clothes lit him better thnnthoseof
the average New Haven dude, is
at once and on all sides regarded a#
a sneak thief who ought to be in the
lockup. Butan Englishman or other
foreigner in a plaid suit is an object
of horror. To see the open mouth#,
and uplifted hands one would think
Barnum’s rhinoceios was loose in the
street. I aways put on a black suit
wicn I g to New Haven, for J can
not do business therein any other sort
of clothing."—New York Evening Bun.
A Life-Necessity.
How many people there are who go
through life with their “hinges creak
ing," who every time they move some
how seem to make other people un
easy, How few there are like the con
ductor which tiieChristian l.'nion tells
of below, “always carrying an oil
can." None of us like “oily-gammon”
sort of a man, but the longer we Jive
the more we enjoy the character of
the man who makes things go along
smoothly and without squeaking.
A Fourth avenue car was rumbling
up the avenue; the day was cold, and
the door opened and shut, to admit
and discharge passengers witii un
agonizing groan that rasped the
nerves of every one who heard it. At
Thirty-fourth street a new conductor
jumped on tlie car, and the man who
examines the register opened the
door, which gave a peculiar ag
onizing shriek. The new conductor
p«| his hand in his pocket, took out
a small oil-can and oiled the track on
which trie door Hliiles and the roUern
on which it hung, Haying to the former
conductor, who still stood on the
platform, "I always carry an oil-can:
there are so many things that need
greasing." Was that the reason that,
though a man evidently past middle
life, his cheeks were ruddy and his face
free from lines?
The man who had brought the car
from City Hall shrieking and groaning
on its way w..h thin, worn, and
crushed, apparently by circumstances.
1m there a philosophy of oil-cans?
We rumbled on to the tunnel, teeling
we were under the care of a man
trained to meet emergencies; tune was
short, but the nervous anxiety that
bad made the journey from City
Hall interminable had disappeared,
and we leaned back, saying inwardly.
"Well, we might as well take the next
train." Unconscious teacher, how
often has your comfortable manner
anti hearty voice recalled us to the ne
cessity 01 using an oil-can to modify
the friction of life!
Ilreently three or four earnest
women met at luncheon. The con
versation drifted on to the queetion.
"ttliail love have a hundred eves, or
l>e blind?" Which is the best!
Which is most comfort a tile! The con
clusion was that there must lie a
j diclous blending of eight and blind
ness, a if set ton enough to forgive and
lorgei. At the dose an earnest
! woman, whose every gesture ts an
indication of wisdom and mental
balance, saids **1 sometimes think
' that one must go through life carry
i tug all iiik'lil, if she desire |sig*,"
i Here was another face b anting with
health ami goud cheer, who** phtloeO*
i | by of I he was an oil-c an—deep,
trustful a<lection, bearing %nd for
bearing.
Not N ■cut M Expected.
Tti(OHiA« JMfctT ki.m UN) d toted that
one of hie emsiosn wasnioch opposed
la hts entering the tec tore field end
e<rv in-luted to liellttie bis atuHttse.
ho one night l*r king (anted him to
hi w uiii of l>:i brilliant i|i>> um <wt.
i and el the iu-e asked him sl *l he
i tliought of it. "Waab 1 was the
,'tteei o«g reply, "f mi wam'k bait ae
lent* aa I thought yott'dbe- ' •»Boston
Tismiiyt.
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