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can-ful in KlinK unities ami dutii.,io Imvc
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THE KAHN'S DEVIL.
The i Knlin cmne from Bokhara town
To ilauizu, sun ton of renown.
" My lieail Is sick, my hnndn arc weak;
Thy help, o holy man, I seek."
In silence marking for 11 spaces
The Khan's red vyva and purple face.
Thick voice, and loo.-c. uncertain tread,
" Thou hast a devil," Uamza Bald.
" Allch forbid 1" exclaimed the Khan,
" JMd mc of him at once, O man I"
"Nay," Hainza said, " no spell of mine
, Can slay that curbed thln ot thine.
" J;nvo fea."t and wine, jjo forth and drink
Water of healing on the brink
r"Wh re clear and cold from mountain snows,
Tlie Nahrcl Zchen downward Hows.
" Six moons remain, then corne to me:
May -Mlah's pity go uith thee!"
Awe-struck, from feast ami wine, the Khan
Went forth where Nahr el Zchcn ran.
Koots were his food, the desert dust
His bed, the water quenched his thirt,
And when the sixth moon's nclmetar
Curved sharp above the evening etnr,
Ho souxht again the sauton's door,
Not weak and trembling as befoie,
But strong of limb and cl''ar of brain ;
" Heboid," lie said, "the Jiend is slain."
" Nay." Hamza answered, "starved and
, drowned.
The curat one lies in death-like swound.
" But evil breaks the strongest iryves,
And jlns like him have dimmed lives.
" One breaker of tlie juice of grapes
May call him up in living shape.
" When the red wine of Bndik-lmn
Hparklcslor thee, bewaro, O Khan J
"With wati-r quench the lire within,
And drown each day thy devilkin!"
Thenceforward the great Khan shunned the
cup
AsShitan'sown, though oUeied up,
Willi laughing eyes and Jeweled hands,
Jty Vaikand's maids and .Sarmacand's.
And, in the lofty vestibule
Of the medtess of Kutirh Kodul,
The stiulents of the lioly law
A golden-letteied tablet saw,
With these words, bv a cuiinlnir hand,
Graved on it at thu Khan's command:
" In Allah's name to him who ha'h
A duvll, JChau el llamed saith,
" Wisely our I'rophet cursed the vine;
Thu fleml that loves the breath ot wine
" No prayer can May, no mnrabnut
Nor Mcccan dervis can drive out.
"I, Khan el Ilamod, know the charm
Thai robs him of his power to haim.
" Drown him, O Islam's child! the spell
To save thee ties in tank and well!"
J. (J. iriiillier, in Youth's Companion.
IN THE WINTER.
In the winter, clearest Japer
O'er the lonelv valley smiles;
In the winter, birdi with music
Never Hood the woodland aiales.
In the winter, down the hilNido
iSaily coasts the gentler sex;
In the winter, o'er tlie sidewalk
Hangs the ulsterrfuran X.
In the winter, softest Mcy-down
AH the cedar pennons tips;
In the winter, the pedestrian
Ou the coal-hole cover slips.
In the winter, on the window
Keenly shines each irosty gem;
In the winter, fond I.eander
Leaves his girl at -J a. in.
In the winter, to the flpein
('. Augu-tus Minnie takes;
In the winter. UroiKiaiui
Mushes o'er the buckwiieat cakes;
In tho winter, silver sleigh-bells
Jingle sweetly, mile ou mile;
In the winter, doch tin snow-ball
Klevato the silken tile.
Jn the winter, liejjirar sparrows
Kound the gables chirp and prank;
In the winter, doth thu plumber
Put some shekels in the bank.
In the winter, shrill winds whistle
Through the lover's Miuiiuer nook;
In the winter, there are other
Things enough to till a book.
11'. A. Croffut.
(,'EMUS II. rOPKIXS, UKOUEK.
I had been devoting myself too assid-
uously to my work embroidering in
silk and in consequence my eyes began
to fail. And the oculist to whom I ap
plied for advice, assured mo that noth
ing would save my eyes but wearing a
bandage over them for a month at least,
perhaps more, and then using them
with great care in the future. "And
that month, Miss Spraguc," he added,
44 should be spent in some quiet country
house, where you could have perfect
rest."
Luckily, just before this mandate was
issued, a young actress for whom I had
embroidered a dress, having made "a
great hit " in the play in which she wore
it, was pleased to declare that half her
success was owing to the pink rosebuds
and blue forget-me-nots that were scat
tered in artistic confusion all over the
white satin (the design was my own)
and in the kindest manner sent me 100
instead of 50, the price agreed upon
for my work. S j I was well able to fol
low the Doctor's advice as to 1213'self,
and to pay Mrs. Bairnsfather for taking:
care of Suinny while I was away. And
I was thinking in what paper or papers
I had better advertise for tho " quiet
.country home," as the Doctor slammed
theistreet door, when Mr.Popkins came
in and said
. But before I tell you what he said I'll
tell you a little more about myself at
that particular time. -
I was an orphan, without kith, except
Mrs. Bairnsfather and Mr. Popkins, and
a young man who boarded with Mrs.
Bairnsfather or kin, but Spinny
Spencer first, then Spenny, then Spin
ny, -my 10-ycar-old brother in the
great city where I lived. My father, a
sea Captain, had been lost at sea when
I was 12 years of age. My mother died
when I was 18. Until that time we had
lived in an old-fashioned cottage in a
pretty village in Connecticut mother
r .?' - :.. . n.. i.:
? receiving a puuiuu uuui mo amp-umi- 1
-Jfers'in whose service my father lost his
life, which, together with the monoy we j
earned with the aid of tho cow and the '
chickens, enabled us to live very com-.'
fortably. But when mother died the
pension died with her, and the cottage
was jet and the cow and chickens were
"SJjMfcitto a young couple who had long
looked, upon them with longing eyes.
And I, with what little money our ef
fects had brought, started with Spinny,
then 6 years old, to seek ray fortune in
busy, noisy New York. I had one
friend there, at least. She had been a
' friend ef my mother, and had paid us
short visits every summer as long as I
could remember, Mrs. Bairnsfather, and
to her house I went. She let lodgings,
somewhat in the English manner, being
an Englishwoman, albeit as her name
indicated her ancestors were Scotch,
and, fortunately, the second-story
back room with a bedstead that
pretended to be a chest of drawers in
the day time and a hall bedroom ad
joining were unoccupied, and in them I
was installed with much kindness by
the motherly landlady. And after a
few weeks I got some baby, caps and
cloaks to embroider (ever since 1 could
use a needle I had been fond of making
sprays and flowers on whatever bits of
silk and satin fell in my way), but the
pay for my work was very poor indeed,
and I had as much as I could do to sup-
Eort myself and Spinny, who had a
ealthy boy's appetito for the four years
before I became acquainted with Mr.
Popkins. "Genius H. Popkins.Grocer."
How I laughed when I first saw his card
in the landlady's card-basket, as though
"Popkins" wasn't absurd enough to pre
face it with "Genius!" "An old bach
elor," 1 said, "I should think so!
Where could a woman be found who
would be willing to change her name,
whatever it was, for "Mrs. Genius H.
Popkins?"
" 'What's in a name?' as Shakespeare
'as it, my dear," said Mrs. Bairnsfather
mildly. " 'E's a good fellow, 'e is, in
deed; 'a3 lodged with my friend, Mrs.
'Ill, for the last three years, and sic
thought every think of 'im. Never
would 'ave parted willingly with 'im if
she 'adn't a died."
"A very sufficient reason for doing
so," I said; "but why, oh! why, don't
he change his name? It is loo ridicu
lous." " Popkins, or no Popkins," insisted
Mrs. Bairnsfather, " 'e's has good has
gold. A little lively I 'ear, but I wish
I 'ad a 'ouse full of them."
" A little lively." He vas. He gave
bachelor parties at least twice a week.
from which peals of laughter ascended
to my room all evening long, and which
always ended with an uproarious .sing
ing of " Auid Lang Synu" at midnight.
At first tnis annoyed me very much,
but after awhile I became so used to it
that I woke up regularly when tho sing
ing began, and joined in the chorus of
course they couldn't hear me and then
went to sleep directly.
" He ain't pretty," said Spinney to
me one day, referring to Mr. Popkins,
" but he's just bully. He giv' me a box
of prunes thismornin' a hull box and
didn't the fellers at school hang 'round
when I brought it out at lunch-time!
Yes, indeed!"
And one afternoon, about a week af
ter the box of prunes, my room door
was suddenly thrown open and Spinney
appeared, leading a smiling gentleman
by the hand, and called out (Spinney
always shouted at me as though I were
half a mile away), " Hello! Gertie" (my
name's Gertrude), "here's Mr. Popkins
and he says may I go to the circus!"
" Genius II. Popkins," I thought to
myself, "and what a queer-looking
'Genius' he is."
And ho was. Bed hair which, unlike
any I had ever seen before, curled part
in one direction and part in another;
small, twinkling blue eyes, which al
most disappeared when he laughed
his laugh, D3' the way, began with a loud
guffaw and ended with a low chuckle;
a double chin ; a ruddy complexion and
an extraordinary nose. It wasn't Ro
man, it wasn't straight, it wasn't aqui
line, it wasn't snub; it was simply Mr.
Popkins's nose, and he was short and
stout, and wore a blue flannel suit, and
L couldn't help thinking if ho and his
clothing were well blended what a gorge
ous purple would be tho result.
"Hope I don't intrude," said Mr.
Popkins.
44 Not at all," answered I, " if you
will pardon my going on with my
work." .1 was embroidering a pair of
suspenders which some young lady was
going to give her sweetheart on his
irthday, and which he, no doubt, would
think, and she, no doubt, would allow
him to think, tho work of her own fair
hands.
" Very beautiful work it is," said Mr.
Popkins, " and I should like to have a
pair exactly like them."
And that's tho way my acquaintance
with Mr. Popkins began. And after
that what a kind uncle I thought
him he was always having some pretty
little article of dress embroidered for
"some one of his numerous nieces. And
it was while finishing one of these one
evening Mr. Popkins was taking a cup
of tea with Spinny that the kind heart
ed bachelor said to me, " I have a pro
posal to make to you, Miss Spraguc;
your tea not being the very best sug
gests it to me. Suppose I supply you
with groceries i.i part payment for the
finery you make for me? I'll let you
have them at wholesale prices."
I gladly agreed, and dear me! I was
surprised to liud, at the end of the week,
how much cheaper it was to buy at
wholesale prices. My table, although
every thing was much better than I had
been accustomed to, cost me less than it
ever had cost, aud in consequence I was
enabled to procure many a little deli
cacy for Spinny and myself which I
could not have even dreamed of before.
In fact good luck seemed to havo walk
ed in with Mr. Popkins the first time he
entered my door. It was he who intro
duced the young actress to me who gave
mc the highest price I had ever received
for embroidering a dress. By-the-by,
tho note she sent with the money ended
rather oddly. "As you value sardines
and olives smile sweetly upon eld Pop
kins." 44 Old Popkins." Only five and thirty
after all. What was the young lady
thinking about? And why did she im
agine I valued "sardines and olives?"
I didn't I don't and if I did, in what
way would "smiling sweetly" upon
Mr. Popkins affect " sardines and
olives?"
And now I'll tell you what Mr. Pop
kins said the day he with a good-sized
basket on his arm made his appear
ance just as the Doctor slammed the
street door.
44 Thought you'd have trouble," be
ginning to unpack the basket and lay
the various articles it contained, nam
ing each one as he did so, upon my din-ing-table,
"knew it always stitching
at that confounded Dutch cheese ; hope
you like it embroidery. Shouldn't
havo given you any to do myself, only
was confident if I didn't you'd take it
from a jar of Boston gherkins some
one else. And now the Doctor has or
dered you to go into fancy crackers
the country, and bind over your eyes
a flask of salad oil a bandage for a
month or more that's all."
I burst out laughing. How could I
help it, hearing the odd little man mix
me and the groceries up in such a comi
cal way?
44 My dear Miss Sprague," said he,
gravely, "it is no laughing matter.
What are you going to do?"
44 Obey the Doctor's, orders," said I.
"Isll begin by advertising for the quiet
country home this'very evening."
44 Let me take the advertisement,"
said Mr. Popkins. " I know a newspa
per man deals with me who'll have it
done half price."
44 And then, when I've found it," I
went on, " I'll ask Mrs. Bairnsfather to
take care of Spinny while I am away,
because, dearly as I love him, I can't
take him with me and find perfect rest "
44 I'll look after Spinny," said Mr.
Popkins. " Hem ! I forgot the deviled
tongue, but 1 guess you don't need any,
and" (precipitately) are you ia
want of money? If you are"
44 1 have Dlentv." I interrupted.
44 Yon have?" with SAtonuhmcnt. 1
44 Yea," and I told him about the but be meant it. And I way, uertte.you
young actress, saying nothing about the J ain't too fond of him, are you? And
last line in her note, of course; and, ' why wouldn't you care to sec Popkms.
much to ray surprise, instead of looking : He's my man, he i. He takes me to
pleased he looked rather glum. ' the Aquarium, and Coney Island, r nd
44 1 was hoping you hadn't," be said all over. Don't you like Popkirw,
at last. J Gertie?"
44 Hoping I hadn't, Mr. Popkins?" ' " I like him very much, Spinny," said
44 Yes; and then," wiping his brow I, with burning cheeks,
with his handkerchief, and speaking' " Well, I'll tell him so," said Spinny,
with still greater haste, " I was going " and p'raps next time he'll come
to ask you to marry me and let me pay " along."
all vour bills in future." After Spinny went away I had an an-
"Oh! Mr.Popkins," I gasped, "I.grycry over Arthur Leroy's impem
am very much obliged to j'ou, indeed, I nent remarks, andfvrgot him, so I could
am, but I couldn't think of such a thing, not have been very much in love with
under any circumstances." him after all.
44 You object to mv hair, perhaps," And then I began to think about Mr.
said be; "I'll shave my head." Popkins. In fact, I could think of noth-
44 No-o-o," said I. ing else. The blinding of my eyes for
Tn mv lmiwh? I'll ncvi-r l.tncrh so lnnt h timo Accrued to have suddenly
again."
"No-o-o."
"To my name? I'll have it changed
by act of Congress."
44 No-o-o."
44 To my nose? I'd look worse with
ont it."
44 No-o-o that is yes I mean no,"
I stammered.
44 There is some one else?"
44 No-o-o."
44 Aud you don't care a fig for me?"
" I regard you as a friend a very
dear friend."
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44 And you couldn't bring yourself to ship with the "newspaper man" was a
think of me as a hugband? Oh, I see m th, and I saw that he saw Wcebrook
you couldn't. Good-bye. I'll supply , before I did, and that to his thoughtful -you
with groceries all the same." And nessand care Towed the many comforts
away lie went, looking so woe-begone j I had found awaiting me. " Why is he
that I, remembering his many kindness-, so ugly?" I asked myself. " It seems
cs to Spinny and myself, felt inclined to . other men have just as absurd names,
drop a tear or two; but I conquered the 1 Low Dutch ' is worse thau 4 Genius II.
feeling and commenced to pack my ' Popkins,' I think, but uo one could be
trunk instead. uglier. Not one handsome feature. If
Most of my answers to Mr. Popkins, ( he only had the lovely, gray eyes of the
I must confess, had not been exactly , husband next door-thosc eyes which
mm ;nr.iti,Unrr ibor.no ..I. ..,.. have descended to the baby I might
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some
body else." There was
a youn" man
nsfitherAr.
boardincr with Mrs. Bairnsfather Ar
thur Leroy by namc-a very handsome
young man straight nose cream-and-rose
complexion fair hair light bine
to be sure, and the lower part of his face
Rnmnwhat hnavwhr, had naiil nirt .
(his forehead was rather narrow,
,,,-.. ,i....i f ntiontmn nn.i if t Tt-o nni
h.va. ucai u. ,.u , H . ...... ..v,
in love with him, I thought I was. And
I had every reason to believe short of
a lormai declaration tnat ue was in
love with mc.
And so, an far as that
goes, there teas "someooay else."
I advertised at least Mr. Popkins
did. I was astonished to see how little
the advertisement cost; and out of some
fifty answers, which one of Mr. Pop
kins's clerks brought me, I selected
that is, Mr. Popkint-. the good-natured
fellow was still as kind as before my
emphatic discouragement of his suit
selected one which was the very place I
was seeking.
And on going to see it I was not dis
appointed. A dear, little cottage, own
ed and occupied by an old German
couple, who spoke just enough English
to enable me to make my wants intelli
gible, at the foot of a high hill covered
with green grass, wild flower and young
trees, with a tiny brook leaping down
the hillside and running gaily through
the finely laid out garden no other
house in sight save the precisely similar
cottage next door far away from an3'
public road. I decided immediately to
look no further.
And to Westbrook I moved one lone
ly day. Arthur Leroy kissed my hand
at parting and said he should be deso
late until my return and that very af
ternoon the bandage was placed over
my eyes to remain there until my phy
sician consented to its removal.
44 Perfect rest ! " I certainly had in my
new abode loo perfect for an active
spirit like mine. And had it not been
for the siuging of the birds, the cluck
of the hens, the lowing of the cattle, the
hum of the bees and most of all the peo
ple next door, I should have fled after
two or three da-s back to my room at
Mrs. Bairnsfather's.
The people next door proved to be
excellent company, though we were to
tally unknown to each other.
The two gardens were separated by a
board fence, loosely put together and
overgrown with a luxuriant growth of
morning-glories and passion flowers.
And my favorite retreat in our garden
on the hot July afternoons was a tiny
arbor covered with Ayreshire roses and
honeysuckles, and apparently the favor
ite retreat of the people next door was
a similar arbor in the corner of their
garden and so it came to pass that from
hearing their conversation I didn't ex
actly listen to it at first, but as Mrs.
Cluppins, of Pickwickian memory, re
marked, "it forced itself upon my ear"
I came to think of them as the hap
piest family I had ever heard. There
was a husband, a wife, a grandmother
and a baby, and they were all fondly in
love with each other and constantly
telling each other so.
Therefore, I was much surprised one
day it was about two weeks alter m
arrival at Westbrook, and I'd been
rather homesick for Spinny and disap
pointed that I'd heard nothing from Ar
thur Leroy, and sorry about Mr. Pop
kins I was sitting beneath the roses
and honeysuckles to hear the little wife
next door (I'd quite made up my mind
she was ajittle woman) suddenly burst
out with: "Oh! Low, dear, to think
that once I thought I never could love
you."
44 Because I wasn't handsome and be
cause I had such a queer name, Min
nie," he said with a lrugh.
44 Because I thoughC you were not
handsome. You know, darling, all
girls think of him as blac-eyed, golden
haired, golden-mustached, with com
plexion to match, or raven-haired and
dark-eyed, with complexion to match,
and when I. first knew you you were
neither." -,
44 And I am neither now. Minnie."
44 1 know that, silly, but to me you
have the dearest face in the world, and
Tm t.nvrr.1 k-k iJo... vi
I m so thankful baby looks like you,
She has your own bright auburn hair
and lovely gray eyes. As for the name, 1
'tis runny, awjul funny 4 Mrs. Low
Dutch' but I wouldn't change it for
the most poetical title ever known."
Well, the days passed on, and I was
trying my best to be patient and not
succeeding very well, when on the third
Sunday of my banishment Spinny came
down to see me
" " Popkins wouldn't come." he bgan,
after he'd hugged me 'till I nearly
choked. " Said you wouldn't care to
see him. Sent you a box of candies,
though. May I have all the gum-drops ?
And Leroy's gone away. Ain't coming
back, neither."
44 Gone away?" repeated I.
44 Yes; but don't you care. I didn't
like him much. And I heard him talkin'
about you to another feller 4th of July.
I was a-hidin' 'hind the door, 'cause Bob
Smith was a-goin1 to throw some tor
pedoes at me, and Leroy he comes up
the stoop and says: 4Gertie:s a nice
girl, and a pretty girl, but may be
he'll b btiad. and wao'd want a blind
wife? And don't want a wife any
how, and she' getting too fond of me,
and I'll slop He dida't ay slope.
I l . ....1T nlnaf
made uy mental vision unusually clear
! and I saw "with my mind's eve" many
' things which, perhaps, otherwise I
might never have seen.
I saw the groceries, instead of bcinc
j sold to me at "wholesale prices," had
I been sold at a price set by Mr. Popkins,
j and that price not half their actual value.
I saw that the nieces only existed in tho
, brain of Mr. Popkins, and that the little
dresses, and aprons, and what not for
1 which he had paid me so well, were
stowed away in sonic closet in his apart-
ments. I saw that the boasted fnend-
. . ,
J oul "ere 1 stoppeu mm went uut iu m
I arbor to listen to the talking, laughing
and singing of my unknown friends.
Well, the last day of my stay in ce
brook arrived. My eyes had been grow
ing stronger and stronger, and for sev-
cral days I had not worn the bandage in
the house, and now I was to be allowed
to to out with only a "Teen shade to
, ,,",,., ,
shield them from tho sunshine. Into
the garden I flew as soon a? I heard the
welcome news. There surely must be
I peep-hole in that fenc,and I so long-
eu 10 tec tuai nappy iaaiiiy. -1 uuiu i.t
a peep-hole. Down on my knees I went
and peeped. There sat the grand-
mother, knitting in hand. There stood
the young mo her a slender woman,
not as small as 1 had landed her and
much prettier than I with the baby in
her arm3. " Here comes papa," she
w;is saying. And " papa" came. He
was shorter, stouter, had redder hair, a
double chin, queer nose; in short, was
much uglier than Mr. Popkins. Tho
gray eyes were there, to be sure, but
one of them had a cast in it. And the
baby, dear little thing.fui have just such
eyes, cast and all. " Good-bye, Mrs.
Low Dutch," I said under my breath,
as they were all kissing and hugging
each other. " In your case Lovo has
proved a great magician. God bless
you, and your husband, and your babyf
and your baby's grandmamma!"
And three months after returning to
Mrs. Bairnsfather's my cards bore the
inscription, " Genius II. Pipkins,"
minus " Grocer" and plus "Mrs."
Aud two years from that time had a
cottage in Wcebrook, and a garden, and
an arbor, and thought my husband's
face the dearest in the world, and I
wouldn't have changed my name for
the most poetical of titles, and I bad
two babies twins ever so much like
their father, and I should like to have
seen the person who would have dared
to have said the' were not the hand
somest children ever born! Margaret
Eytingc, in Detroit Free Press.
Camels in Arizona.
The Yuma Sentinel a
few days ago
44 A herd of
contained the following:
camels was driven here from Nevada
nearly two yeara ago. Finding no
profitable work for them, their owners
turned them loose along the Gila to the
eastward of Yuma. There they have
been living and breeding, looking fat
and sleek all the time. For a while they
were in danger of extermination.
Wfhenever they put in an appearance
along the wagon road they frightened
mules and hotses beyond control of the
drivers. They soon earned tho ever
lasting hatred of teamsters, some of
whom acquired a habit of shooting
camels on sight. Since, however, the
railroad has been delivering freight at
Adonde, the road along the Gila this
side of that place has been comparative
ly abandoned by teamsters, and the re
maining camels have now a good chance
to show what they can do in the way of
propagation. The waterless desert of
Sonora, south and southeast of Yuma,
is known to possess immense deposits
of salt, sulphur, borax and soda. Its
mountains are also known to carry ex
tensive deposits of metals. To these
camels we look for eventually making
these treasures accessible and available.
No Use to Him.
An old-fashioned citizen of Detroit
who has been having a fireplace put in
his house yesterday called on a 'dealer
in wire goods and said:
44 My wife has been teasing me for a
whole week to call and look at what she
calls a spark arrester for our new fire-"
place. V hat is the darned thing, and
what good is it?"
The dealer brought out one, showed
how it fitted around the grate and as
serted that no fire could reach the car
pel through it.
44 Don't want one; wouldn't take it
as a gift," was the decided reply.
44 hy, what's the matter?"
I f. ".aia"cr onuugu. xi ux hu.uk uu
the lounge and want to throw a quid of
, tnhM fnt thtt nwiv. t4to t
tir.4 i- t t .:!:.
tobacco into the fireplace I've got to get
up and move that blamed thing away or
else let down a window from the top.
Spark arresting be hanged! I put that
fireplace, in for solid comfort!" Detroit
Free Press.
Mrs. Bead says, in Dr. FooWs
Heaiui Monthly for r ebruary, there are
conrtions of the system where there is
more genuine rest in a cup of sage tea
than in anything short of sleep itself.
It should be made as quickly as possi
ble and drank immediately for if it
stands long it becomes bitter with
sugar and mOk for accompaniments.
m
LemonJake. 2 cups sugar, 2 cups
flour, 4 cup of water, whites of 5 eggs
. and yelks of 4, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 of
cream-tartar; bake in jelly-tins, and
spread between the juice and grated
k rind of 1 lemon and yelks of 2 eggs,
I beaten, and sugar enough to stiffen,
j Orange cake may be made in the same
' way 9 substituting orange for the lemon.
; ATerrilc SetThi Wkkfc MwjTettt
Were Lt.
Thti Virginia f Ner.) Knltrp
this: Sam Daria, of the Evening
icU, is taking boxmg w aa
tire nn & bh? muscle aad rvrmt
hnf faittar. Steve GU1U. le
editor of tk EnUrprim, tkougb
weight, U a heavy hitter. Sam
tinn hx lonr been to so train
, as to be able to fet away wit Si
morning or two aro we aw, o
was looking very fierce aad sbo
the swagger 01 an naoiuoeu
His first words were: "i
4 Anv thlnr particular?" ask
"Well, mere oaa aewi
, that's all."
" What! Any of his folks a
tin nn T KaIIam nnL font
. XI1 & LTU4 M M w wm w
any way related to Bob Slade
, 'em's pretty sick this morning.'
"You will be good enough
plain."
44 Certainly. See this!"
clenched and held out what
hi " ri?rht maulev." 4Now, w
motion thu unoer cut!" and
the action to the word he spun
ft I t t . . 1. bm.a (inin ait'
on ms licci, ai mc eauio muio
fixtrfnl blow, which took a
Chinaman in the " brcad-baskc
landed him across the upper sto
I apple-stand.
1 Paying no attention to tho
Chinaman or to the swearin
keener of the stand. Sam said :
. one o 'em. That's what fetch
The firt time I tried it on Bo
at the gymnasium last night, I 1
' tinder the left law and spun hi
like a top. He spatoat a doubl
1 wzis Borrv. uut uc himvu um
nnt it in his vest Docket and
me red-hot. I gathered mvs
fnvo nini ido uitovr tut wim
I taking him a lifter under tho ri
that make him groggy. He
two more back teeth, but
them and came at me liko a t
got back, for I didn't want to h
nist because he was fool enouz
mad. and I savs. said 1 : 4 Wha
matter with your teeth?' Savs h
er mind mv teeth: I was badlvs
once that's all.' With that ho 1
at mc, and I had to defend mys
1 - A M . 1 T I.
mauc it so not. ior me mi 1
sort to tho tinner cut azain
mean to do it, but I took him sqi
uer the point 01 me cuin a mi
mo if a perfect shower 01 1
n't flv out of his moth and hail
the floor in all directions. The
have been two dozen double t
pie teeth, wisdom teeth, tocth
in 'em, and all manner of tcet
went to pickin' 'cm up and trie
uiu lci aiajr aim K''u "'" i;uuu
nvnn. but I rmt out of there.
wnnf. In knock tho fellow to nieces. I
believe another upper cut would have
knocked out his whole jaw-bone.'
44 The only wonder is that you didn't
kill him, Sam!"
44 It is a wonder ! How he stood it with
his teeth knocked out so is more than I
can sec I don't bcliovo ho has three
teeth left in his head," and away Sam
went to hunt up Gillis in order to take
him down to tho gymnasium and intro
duce him to the "upper cut."
Half an hour later wo met Bob Slade.
.who hprrnn to tell about the hi? fun ho
had with Sam Davis the night before, j
Said he: You soo I put up a little j b 1
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UIl OilUl,JU1l HI UUtUULlU Utllt .1 IIIIJU
in his new hobby. I room next to a
dentist shop, so I went in there and bor
rowed a handful of artificial teeth
and "
" You need not proceed," said wo,
44 Sam nas told what followed."
44 Funny, wasn't it?"
44 Yes, and Sam is now in search of
Gillis, confident tbat his 4 upper cut '
will whip all the science in -tho coun
try." 44 No?"
44 Yes!"
How Esparlcro Won Peace for .Spain.
I have perused man an obituary no
tice on Marshal Espartcro, but I have
seen nowhere the real story of the great
achievement of his life, the pacification
of Bergara. The Carlist army had suf
fered great losses but could still havo
held the field for some time; on the
other hand, tho Liberal army, after sev
en years' campaigning, felt truly sick
of the business. Don Carlos had gone
to France for a holiday ; on each side
the leaders had a genuine desire for fol
lowing example. It was under these
circumstances that Espartero had a con
ference with Maroto, the Carlist Gener
al, for the purpose of negotiating a truce.
They were old chums of the South
American wars, but since that time thev
had exchanged only cannon balls in ad
dition to more than one fierce procla
mation. When they met in a lonely
farm at night, in the greatest secrecy, it
was fearea by many lest a quarrel, or
even perhaps a personal encounter,
might arise from the occasion. Both
entered a lower room, in which a table
had been disposed with candles, paper,
pens and ink, and then were left alone.
For more than five hours they were
there closeted. What were they doing
all this time? Simply this: On seeing
Espartero, whom he knew well for the
freatest gambler that ever lived.Maroto
ad taken out of his pocket a pack of
cards and challenged bis foe at trasillo.
Espartero had always been lucky. He
won first all the cash of his opponent,
then he won his own terms for the truce,
then, article after article, he won the
entire submission of the Carlist army.
Maroto paid his debt, like a gentleman,
within twenty-four hours-: and so ended
the first Carlist wr. London Truth.
A New TcstiBg Machine.
A testing machine designed by Albert
Emery has been set up at Watertown 1
Arsenal. Its delicacy is such that while
it pulls apart a tire inch bar of iron reg- s
istering a strain of 722,000 pounds, it
breaks a horse-hair and registers a force
of two pounds. It crushed a pine block I
four inches thick and two feet long ia-1
to a board two inches thick; and teen a 1
hen's egg was taken and inclosed in '
I plaster of Paris, with two small hales i
at each end, and the pressure being ap-
plied the contents were forced out of
cnese sum apertures at a Kraut 01 az
pounds, and such is the commaad otct
the action of the machine that the
pressure was stopped in an instant,
and the yelk ceased' to be expelled, the
shell of the egg remaining unbroken.
New Bedford Standard.
mm
Coffee Cake. 1 cup sugar,l cup molas
es,l cup butter, 1 cup strong coffee, 1 tea
spoon cinnantoa, a grated nutmeg, 1 s
cud seeded raisins, two small teaspoons i
soda; stir in flour until the mixture will '
drop from the spoon. This receipt will J
make 2 cakes. 1
Stop t&at cotzliisg; If job do stot It zs&y
kfll yon. A Bottle of Dr. Bail's Coagb Syra?
only costs yoa 35 cents, and Its tfcsely use mxj
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"Has honesty fled out of this coun
try?" asks the New York Tribune.
Not nt all. Mr. Kcid, not at nil. He's
down in Missouri lecturing just now,
but letters addresed to nun at tho
Hutch-Eye oflico will reach him, just
the same as though ho was at home.
Burlington Huwk-Eye.
Tub boy who was getting a little too
large to enjoy the ilattery of nl.i moth
er's sisters, said he had got iyc-oph-ants"
long ago.
Advice to CofiumitlTra. "" "
Tlie crlcbrntcl ilo8tclan. I)r. l'aul Mcmcy.
cr, Klvcs tlie follOHltip ralualilc uirt:rtlou
toiersutm rutTcriin; fcom lunc Hrctlon:
"The patirnl must with ecruiiulou a)ticlrn
UoutncM latlsl upon Lrcathlti frmli, rure
air, nl tiutt rctnembor that the air ot rtui
nx)mU alwnj more or Ictn tal.
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inuJtlj, dlrtjr watrr. A prtjr which ccujilci
a room for hours, brrathlnir tlie Mtnr air,
rnicht b com pared to party of tmtlicr
drinking the water In which thcr bathe TUtt
patient must keep tho window of hi droom
open. Night air la ficuh air wfthoutdajftlzht.
In dooe, crowded room, the patient utlcr.tit:
from lung complaints breathe com umptlio
ly." Hy tikluc thcae precauthaiia and iilns
Dr. Pierce'a (iol-lcn Mcllcal I)icoircry and
Pleant I'lirpaJivc fellcta, fully one-half of
the caace of lunjrcomplaliita would li curcl
In elx month, trr cough and Irritation of
the lunga do not always indicate the preactwre
of consumption, although it mar reault In
that difeanc, and If ronaumpllon haa not al
ready become deerly :atl In the fynirm.
this Is the inoft rfllcfenl roume of treatment
that can be puraurd ouUlle of any InaUtti
Hon that prorldca apccUl facilltlra for the
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