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iUKSDAY.
?M ado It a Jolly
giving-.
iVl li if !! Wliiti wlir
,'t." This Miss White
Jit .ill. bttt lived in a neat
""fill alone. There was not
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r.t iiousc in me village quite as
r:i iters, llie interior was .snrJ-
Never a .stray speck or snipping
-I't li twillll J.MI HVJ I.H IM IS, nrvn ;i
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Irlirlc of dust anywhere: no spider
vcr dared to invade even the moat ob
Avurr nooks and corners. The. smu-
hine never faded her prett furniture,
although now and then it did v nlure
in between the barred shutters to make
:i nice round warm spot for the cat to
bnhk in. lit r eat was very proper,
too. lift seldom went out on a damp
or stormy day, and if he did go Ik; tar
ried a long while by the back door,
near the sera pur. to make -ure that his
feet were thoroughly clean before he
ventured to enter the kitchen.
Th" exterior of her lioni" wi-s equally
neat. Dry leaves never chafed each
other merrily in her door-yard: not
oven a strav goo-v feather had ever
been seen aiming the blade-, of her
1 lender-oil's be!, lawn gra?s. ?di-s
White lejjj gee.--. .She was not care
less of tlie comliKand cushions of life.11
To the latter .-.lie was especially de
vote!. Her geese wore her treasures.
No other geese in the village could
grow Mich feathers a hers; and .-o it
happened thai her beds, her pillows
and her bolsters were marvels of .-oft-ness
and comfort. And. of eour.-c. she
possessed no end of sofa pillows and
chair cushions, not to mention a most
enticing feathery arrangement for her
cat.
Miss While never invited children to
visit her. "Tli"y do upset things so."
she said, "ami are sure to get the
things awry, :.nd to make such general
roufu:n, thai it take at least a week
to get ll.ings right "d again.' The vil
lagers all thought Miss White verv
nice, but rather fussy. Not. one of them
ilrcayied of Hie eistence of a warm,
tender corner in her heart, where a
tleed
kindness was tucked awav.
which wa.s to be brought out and well
paired on bright Thanksghing Day.
On inc corner of tne valle road
there was a big tree. The village car
penter had fastened to it, a good-sized
board, which was used as a sort of bul
letin. All the festivals and fair-, and
school meetings and political meetings
were posted upon it for the bent lit. of
the passi r-.-by. Not far from the tree
there lived a little girl named Nellie
Bird. She was a sweet ch.M. Her life
was like a little song, and she was al
ways trying to do something to put a
Ming into the lives of others. One day
when she was in the eitv a gentleman
nor
littl
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oards. On the cards a vrw was prim
ed which pleased Neliie very much:
nnd he began at once to try to contrive
some place where she could put a card,
where ever .so many people could see
it. All at once she thought of the corner
tree, and resolved to tack it up there,
lint she did not want her left hand to
know what her right hand was about;
and so she had to plan some way by
which she could get the card on the
bulletin, and keep it for a secret of
her own. letting no one know who had
put it there.
There was a time about the middle
of the morning when the village seemed
to be napping. Every one had been
nfter the mail and had returned home
-igain; the factory hands were busy at
their work, the children uere in school;
the mothers were, in the kitchen mak
ing dessert-, not forgetting the turn
overs for the hungry youngsters; the
grandmothers were knitting by the
1i reside, and the streets were deserted.
Nellie did not go to school, so she
chose that quiet hour to perform her
little mission. And with the card in
one hand and a pin in the other she
Tan down to the big tree. She found a
stone which would" answer for a ham
mer, and soon fastened, the card on the
bulletin board.
Miss White went out to walk that
afternoon. She was going down to the
store to buy a half-pound of chipped
beef, and she passed the big tree by the
way. That little card in the middle of
the large board looked so queer that
she stopped to read it. The words she
read made a. great impression upon
her; she could not seem to forget them.
Jill the rest of that day and all the next
day they kept humming in her ears,
and as her ears were large the hum
ming was very loud : "1 expect to pass
through the world but once; any good
thing" that 1 can do or any kindness
that i can show to a human being, or
any wocd I can speak for the good of
others let me do it now. Let me not
neglect or defer it, for I shall not pass
this way again."
It was Thanksgiving week. Miss
"White never invited company to
Thanksgiving dinner. She feared that
oxne of her nice china might get
nicked, and that was too precious: she
could not run the risk. Some kind
neighbor always remembered her, and
hetook her turkey and pumpkin pie
-nuder some one else's vine and fig-tree.
But this year those words on the big
tree haunted her, until she made a fa
mous resolve a resolve which brought
about the jolliest Thanksgiving she
fcad ever known, and which surprised
every one, and most of all Miss White
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There were r.t least a dczen children
employed in the factory, poor, neglect
ed little things, with pinched faces and
hungry eyes. They worked early and
late, and lived in" a row of tumble
down tenements on the outskirts of the
village. Yen early on Wednesday
morning, long before the factorv whis
tle had" sounded, Miss White" might
have been seen trudging along the. road
in the direction of those wretched
homes. Hefore she returned home, all
the facto; y children in the row had
been invited to take dinner with heron
Thursday.
What a busy life she had! Preparing
dinner for a dozen remarkably hungry
young-ters, was to her a formidable un
dertaking. But her heart was in it
and she worked as she never had
worked before. The cat looked on in
astonishment; his hair fairly .stood on
end most of that da'. Hefore the shades
of night had fallen, the kitchen table
rcalh groaned with itsunu-ual burden,
but it was a happy groan. There was
the largest blue platter piled tip, mount
ain high, with frosted doughnuts; there
were half a dozen delicious pies, pump
kin, apple and mince; there were cran
berry tarts by the wholesale, and loaves
of bread enough to supply a whole
army; and in the foreground among
the other goodies, were two monstrous
geese the flowers of her Mock all
die ed and ready for the oven. Yes,
Mis. White, in her zeal to do good, had
even gone.-o far a to sacrifice a couple
of her feathery trea-ures.
She was too tired to go to church on
Thursday morning, but there was more
of thank-giving in her heart than there
had been all the years before when .she
had never failed to be present at the
legtilar service.
of course, the children all came at
the appointed time. And. oh! how
they did eat! 'The gee.-e, the pies and
the doughnuts vani.-hed in a jiffy,"
Mi--s White said, and every one won
dered what a jiffy could be.but nobody
asked, so those, who did not consult
Webster's unabridged have kept on
wondering to this day.
After the dinner had been disposed
of. the merry diners-out were invited
into the parlor, where Mi While re
newed hciM-oulh. recalling tiie games
of 1-iTig ago, and joining in them heart
ily with the children. She even o far
forg-.t her dignity as to take to- p.irt
of old Mammy Tip-ytoe," and act
ually ran through the rooms, followed
by her noisy guests. While they were
in the mid-t of "I'uss in the Comer."
in came the village pastor, who, hear
ing the hubbub, had rushed in to see
what was the matter, shouting as he
came:
" Ih'.-i lliefiun or the moon tuiii!i'cd Into tho
m a.
Or wjuit is tho mutter? ;ir.iy tell unto tne."
Hut he showed his approval of the
sport by joining in the merry games.
So they frolicked and laughed until the
dinner was well diget"d. and then th-y
were ready to do full justice to the
fruit ami nuts which appeared on the
.sC T.'
When, before nightfall, the children
bade their kind hostess "('ood-b(c." it
was with the cheering assurance that
they had never before in all their lives
had such a perfectly splendid time.
The next day Miss White examined
her china critically, but failed to dis
cover a single nick. However. he did
have a game of "spot on the o.irpet"
all by herself, lint she seemed to find
pleasure in that, for as she scrubbed
she sang, and the song told the story
of thai sweet peace "and happiness
which is sure to follow each elfort we
make to do good to those around us.
She seemed to hear echoed the words
she had read so often with indifference, i
but which now were specially sig
nificant: "Inasmuch as yr have done
it unto one of the lea-t of these, ye
have done it unto me.'' Chicago Jn
Iwior. RABBIT-HOUNDS.
I'oals IVrfnr:inMl by a Gallant Anlmnl
Itefiiro Admiring Spectators.
" Rabbit-hounds are scarce, and con
sequently very expensive.'1 said a
liroonu street dog-dealer. "There
is one that hasn't his equal in the city.
Como her.-. Stench, you're wantod.''
Stench came slowfy out of a corner,
lie was a tri-colored dog black and
white, and the white specked out with
ycliow dots. His nose was long and
his tail was thick. Outside of a dog
fancier's establishment it would have
been easy to classify him. Here, however,
he was not a cur. but a rabbit-hound.
"He has one great advantage over
most dogs of his kind," said the
dealer. " He is full of pluck. He will
not allow a stranger to touch me. Just
put your hand on my shoulder and see
what he will do.''
The reporter's hand was placed as
directed, and the dog looked on and
blinked his eyes in an uninterested
manner.
"He seems to have taken a sort of
fancy to you." explained the dealer.
"Would you mind pointing your toe at
him?'
The toe was pointed and the rabbit
hound retreated hastily.
"He thinks I am only joking.'' said
the dealer. "Have you any objection
to go over and kick him? That will
rouse him up. He is a great dog when
he once gets fairly started."
The reporter approached the hound
to spurn him, bu the animal tied,
howling, around the room, and reso
lutely avoided the issue. His tail
seemed to be more frightened than his
head, for, while it started well in tho
rear, its tip was on a level with his chin
before half a circuit had been made.
"He is out of sorts to-day," said his
owner, apologetically; "but I would
not advise you to try his temper too
long. Now. just throw this bone to
him."
The bone, which had been extracted
from a box in the room, was thrown,
and the hound seized it and retired with
it under a bench, where he snarled over
it. and guarded it, and finally tried to
gnaw something off of it.
What do you think of that now?''
asked the dealer admiringly.
The reporter acknowledged that it
was well and boldly done; but as ho had
seen curs of low degree perform similar
feats he declined to pay fifteen dollars
for the rabbit-hound.
There are better rabbit-hounds than
Stench, but the breed is nearly extinct.
Thev are long and low and possess a
remarkable power of worming into
small holes. Though some of" them
weigh eighteen pounds they cau go
into" any Kole where a rabbit has passed
through before them, driving the quar
ry out by another burrow, ube brought
down at close range by the sportsman
like owners of tKe dogs. Sometimes
netting is placed over all the burrows
in the warren except the hole by which
the murderous dog goes in, and the
hound drags the rabbits out one by one
to death; but the ferret does the some
work and does it better, and the rabbit
hound is doomed to speedy extinction
N. T. Sun.
FOE QUE YOUNG KEADEKS.
GRAPES THAT ARE SOUR.
MIsop.)
II happened, one day,
A fox. on ti wuy
To the house of n neighbor, spied
some tnnt of the vine
So lustiou- anO tine
That to pluci it he boldly tried.
Now Key nurd w -mart.
And loicre! os htt henri
The fruit alio.'e him to jritth'.-r;
Hut heijtnely found
The height fr rv. the ground
Would prove an ob-ncltr, ratuer.
roneiudluj; at. hi-i
He d I:hv' to ko pitt
With nil of h. enort- nusapentf
For con-.jiat on
In Ins v-.itt o
He to hii ptolo-ophy went.
"Oh. win should I -li?b
I or ll.o-e irnlj'es ,, hfh.
Which. :rpluckl. I n-uilr would And
JliH-h too .-our. I'm -lire.
For me to win re?
o I'll cettse to trouble my tn.ud."
moiial.
I wonder If w
Do not -one'tlities w
That wh oh wcjmlentlt eovct,
I.sfc She s,T2i es. too h tfh
tor ii- to j.'-i nl'li.
No m.itter Inur inueh e love it.
And. lUe thy fox. Mud
Itel ef for mir :n nd
In prfti-iiduiir timt what we sought
V.'u- not totir lu-ty.
And not worth the wate
0 our l;tbor. our time fir our thought.
Allic It Isxclr, In titt'itcn l)at.
TOM'S FAIRY.
A Siiu'-IIiiouk' TIi:iii1c-.1vIii', uud Where
It (.tm- Krom.
It was only Aunt Nannie af'er all,
though Tom would have you bcKcwj it
w:w a real fairy with wings of silver
gauze and a wand like the one in his
story book of .Jack and the He install;.
It was only Aunt Nannie, but when
I a ay that 1 say a great deal, and I feel
like going back to cro-s out that word
onhj, for fear it may seem to take from
her power.
If yofi could -ee her you would laugh
at the word power in connection with
her. She was such a little worn. in.
She looi.iil a.- M you could tarry her in
one hind: but indeed one must needs
have, a high baud to carry her. in all
disputed jio.n.,s she carried her-elf so
well that she generally "carried the
day." too.
Well Aunt Nannie was planning a
dinner party tor next day. She had
invited Mr. and Mrs. May-at-home, Mr.
lirowler ami Miss Nobody' s-owu to
Thanksgiving dinner.
She would have out her verv best
china and siiver. her -nowiest cloth.
Iter piettiest crystal and then such a
good dinner as she would pre, -are!
Her mouth fail 1 y wa e:ed as she
thought over the daintier -he wou'd
give I-) the-e less lavored trieuds. Kcr
Aunt Nannie ju-t loed to see people
hippy about her. and her kiudliuc-s
went further Mian that, she loved t-i
make ihem h:ipp by ner own effort
Many a weary nihl her 'rail little
body Knew, from lur.ing given too
much strength in the day to the care of
others.
What a little body she was, to be
sure! .lust a patch of goodness, if I
may call her so, but a patch that
mended man' a torn life and made
whole many a rent in pocket-book or
heart-strings.
SomeboiK laughingly called her "the
little straight up and down woman.''
because her s-oft. black dress clung so
closeh to her slim figure, and it was
not a bad name for her either, for, in
matters of right and wrong, she was
the most decided character I ever
knew.
Well, she was this morning in one
of her happy moods and when the
door opened and Mrs. Williams, her
friend from up town, came in. Aunt
Nannie r.-e to meet her with a bright
welcome.
Mrs. Williams had many things to
tell and to ask.
How much cream did sha use in
Charlotte lu-se for eight persons? did
she clear her wine-jelly w.th eggshells?
was Mis. Troudiit coming to lier din
ner? and di I -he know that the Smiths
bad iir.ited the new doctor to their
ho't.-e? and Klla just home from abroad.
Wouldn't there bo a grand display in
that dinner.
Well, it wasn't for her to criticise, but
he did think if they would care for
tiieir own relations, the lbownwells. it
would look better. They were so poor.
She lbownwells. and s.nce Mr. R's ac
cident at the jnill. he had never been
able to resume his business l.fc
"If they were as near me in the mat
ter of relationship as the are in the
matter of houses, I should feel that I
ought to help them, but they are nothing
to me exiept as far as common human
ity is concerned, even if they do live
next door."
So said Mrs. Williams as she chat
iered on this topic and that, and when
,he rose to go it was with cheery kind
ness in her pretty face aud a hear
overflowing w.th goo! will, so long as
ihat kindness anu good will did nofcost
her any particular etlort. After the
door closed upon her visitor Aunt Nan
nie 5tof;d thoughtful for a few moments
and then began to busy herself once
more about the dinner preparations for
the net day.
But she moved very slowly this time,
and there were two word ringing in
her ears: 'Common humanity!"" Was
it true then that one's next door neigh
bor was no more than that?
Aunt Nauu.e had known these Brown
wells in their happ er days, when the
father was a successful merchant. She
and Mr. Brown well bad often been
thrown together in hospital work and
in their flower mission. The children
at the Brownwell house learned to love
the sweet, pure face of mamma's
friend, aud called her affectionately
"Aunt Nannie." a if to claim some
relationship to one so good and kind
so that Tom was not unknown to her.
as she tood th nking of him among
the rest, this cold morning, and plan
ning how to bring warmth and cheer
into that home of theirs.
Their lives had only drifted apart
somewhat on account cf Mrs. Brown
well's active home Kfe ami her own
failing health, neither being fn.eto join
in the work for the public good as
heretofore.
"Well," said Aunt Nannie, at length,
shaking her pretty head in a decided
way, "It shall fce a real Thanksgit ing
dinner in the Brownwell bouse, even if
this party ge no farther than the soup
course.'1
Now. when that little vrman made
up her mind the-e was an end on it-'
The good she willed toward others was
bound to be carried out. and you might
"depend on it." Therefore ii was that
an hour later found this same frail
little woman stepping into her carr.age.
with a lis: in her hand as long as the
hand which held it. and a basket
stowed away beneath the coachman's
feet, which same basket was destined
to carrv many good things before it
should "cry "Hold! enourfi!" From
batcher to baker, from market to gro
trerv, the carriage rolled,
There was a bl(r turkey, a can of
y?B. a bunch ot crisp celery, soom
, tine apples m;:! the market, a miucc
and last- of all Aunt Nann:e drove to
the f.ori-t's and got a great bunch of
the pretty, bnght chrysanthemum,
ycliow and white, ti make the hole
basket look gav.
Oh. how f-retty and tempting it did
look! Aunt Nannie forg.-t all about
feeling tired m her eager gladness over
t . .". i o
her purchae-.
Th" la-t thing that went into the bas
ket wa-' a card saying merely "Little
Tom'.- Thanksgiving tinner." and then
off went .Tame-, through the gloaming
to deliver the precious t-undle.
Now we wdl leave Aunt Nannie, and
follow the ba-keL for it 1 were to tell
von how wearv her jouruevin". alwut take you a few -teps out of the way to
town had made her. how -he had to lie show you a picture of the Saal. the
on her lounge all uet dav instead of brothers' house or the motia-trn Wy.
being at the head of h-.r table as she way back, when the infant I'tutcd
had hoped to b-, it would make vou States was laying ituea-ih tn the cradle,
feel -orrv. and that is not what Tarn imbibing the iiouri-hing milk of pa
tching you this for. but rather, to make triotic enthusism. the 1 tanker had
vou glad. ' erected their buildings for religious
Aunt Nannie was glad glad wav to wor.-hip here,
the bottom of her heart aud so Twill To the every-day religioni-t they seem
tell you onlv what she would have told Hk' a peculiar people, with their broad-
the happy side and leave out tne brimmed black hats. ihM cut of cont
shadow- from my penc 1 sketeh this and with hair long and parted in the
time, though ou may guess the are middle,
there. Dunker or Ttmker come. from (ler-
When James readied the door of the man tutiLcr, which means to dip. It is
Brownwell--. Tom h.uiielf came to open that part of their ritual which ha- given
it. ; them the name of the Herman Bap-
" For Mrs. Brownwell!' said James, . ti-t.
in hi-deep voice, aud. placing the has-, There was a time when the 1 tanker
ket on the door -ill, was olf in a trice. Church w -mall and had but one
leaving Tom half stunned by uch Bishop in this section, but the church
treasure- of -ight and smelt as came to at Kphrata was 0t off from the main
him fr i.i it- contents congregation, or the Cone-toga Church,
".Mamma!" jcreamed Tom. "do a it w a call d in 1S6J. It had then
come and -ee! Here is Thank-gr.ing
sure enough! Vou must h.ive b.'cn pok
ing when 3011 said v.e h ui no hing but
potatoe- for dinner to-monow, or else
the fa.ries have heard tne wi-hing lo-
da, for here is eeier.v and apples, ami cho-en Bi-hop and still presides. The
an i mnce pic and - (lus voice church has a memlr-hip to-da of over
growing louder. iv" turkey and cake , three hundred and fifty, perhaps over
and oh. Mamma. t'"ir,r, too!" J four hundred.
Mr-. Browi:ueH"s h-art wa full.. At noon hist Thursday ltankT-from
there was a big lump in her throat ewry near .section put on tlnir newest
w ich would not be .swallowed as she beavers and their wives and daughter
sw the thoughtful re-ent, mid wlun their caps of -nowy whiten-, and
she d.-eo'.ercd 'In litt.e ciwd. who-e rolled over the dusty highway t the
writ.cg nee led no r.a:ic to tell its au mother me. tiiig-hon-e the new Ita.tk
thor. "he .-ad "ves. Tmii. it our er nieeting-hou-e one mile from Kjdtrn
goo t fai-y. Nobol ! could have ta. The nuuinil love-fd wa to take
known just what would make us all so place- All afternoon the preacher ex
happy." ported and the people praed him! .m-
Air.l Tom never knew anything el-e nnd when evening cine and Uiom who
but that tiia' pie aM turkey came lived fur awav had pr.rtiikeu of the
stra'gnt ironi T:tau:a's throne. Mar-
juric 1' .iiyii'i. 01 .A,yf mid Hume.
DISAGHEEABLE THINGS.
A Itlt or .l.:v l.y "Auiit ."Vturjurli Tn-f
.;it."
Of cour-e nobodv prefers disagreea-'
ble to agrec.ibl-- th'iigs. I never heard '
of any on" who was ilebghteil to .sit in
the ilent-t's ciiai.-; d.d you I never
found it ery pie .-ant to beg pardon
for having done wrong, nor charming
to go a mile or two on of my way on
an err url wh cb was made neee-.arv by
m oira lorgi'tfu.ne-s; nor. I confess,
are '.'.lis .u'.tc as mueh to my taste as
sugar nluuis.
hut, my dears, your Aunt Marjorie
learned .: great while ago that some
times disagreeable things mu-t be done
An 1 the !.i and wisest wav is to do
them at once and bravely. If you
grasp :i nettle firmly, it is much le-s
likely to sting you than if you tak-
hold of it bghtlv aud carele-ly. II
there is a les-on for to-morrow which
you do not like that "old" anthmetti
or tho-e "old" boundaries do not put
olf studying it until ou hav. liirshcd
vour nistorv and p.'eiied into vour bot
.- ' - .
any and colored your map. but tug
r.'-olutely at the hard le on first. I Jet
that out of the way. and then with a
clear con-cience you may attack the
others.
Nobodv admires a coward. If vou
happen to know that there is a cow-
ardly drop o: blood in a- certain boy.
how you despi-e bun! Why. I've
heard tinv children 1:1 the str. et call a
playmate "fraidcat," and point at
mm wiin an air 01 contempt, 3
though that word left nothing more to
be -aid.
But. 1'red. Will. Jenny, what if yon
are aware that you are. "wav down in
your heart, a bit of a coward now and
then? You do not like to own it when
vou make a mistake. Tin re are ccr-
tan -11 aim uigiuue.i people w no
., . - t
'""' ii -- .., .1.1.. iiui-ii j..i,;.
ends you with a message to th .r
hou-es you hesitate and say: "Can
not Tom go.J" You are sonetinies
afra.d to say "No" when you are
urged to do something which is against
the home law or the rule of the school.
You arc the very tiniest bit in the
world a coward.
Trust your Aunt Marjorie. dears
rT' I . --.'11 1 t 1
in.- ii in-tei 00 rt gir. or o.,j. u. .
amount to anyt hmg. mu- be brave.
And when a ilisagiveablc thing faces ;
vou. race 11 ion win aiwav- nnu tna
it was not half -o bad nor so dreadful
as it seemed in the first place. Half
the trouble was in your own fancy.
Harper's ouii'j I'cople.
A JEALOUS WIFE.
Why a Submll.e IIu.1hhiI Irtroj-pl Five
IlnllarV Worth or Ticket. ' ..... ..
J What an Amcrlran Partner .Saw a, a Setnl-
"My dear." observed Mr. Grap. as Annual rir in irmanr-ourMiion
he came in a little late for supper. "I j on nre-in.uranc.
am sorry that I couldn't get here soon- . It seem. that from time almost
er. but I stopped on the way up to get immemorial certain cities, central
some tickets for the theater." lv located, have permitted at
" You ought to know better than to 1 stated times, generally twice a
waste your money in that way. Mr. year, dealers from all part of
Cirap." , the country to assemble and display
-Ye--, my dear, but I got them for ' thdr wan.; for K. u frorn raan".
Man- Anderson. I , , . , ,. , . . ,
"You did. Lev! You got .some tick- ' "ton- of all kind, and rcpresenta
ets for Mary Anderson? You ought to ' t,ve frora ftr? establishment, in
be ashamed of yourself. Mr. Grap. Here other citie. have their ta!l; toaccora
I am left at home to tvork my hands off modate the jH-opb. the citv allow
while you go out and buy ticket for booth. to be put up in a!3 the -mark-t
Mary Anderson. . . u ' 'quares"-tbe large .-pavs that alwav
-lint, my dean I was gomg to take 5Urrulnd .hr f.naW old "dot;"
j on iosee.u.-r. ,
1
ht- "
.hat:
'
1 oon 1 warn 10 jee ner. anu you
ought to be ashamed to tell me
it's bad enough for vou to go and
theater tickets for her.
Hut. niv darling
"Iok
.1- I At- T' .. T -.n , ,11
MiHr.ji..uuM-.i.Hiii
e tmng. 1. you nien.son that -
vou one tmng. 1: you menuon mai :
the ticket.?
Xo. my dear. I "
"Tlien the best thiagyoa can do i
to put them in the iirw."
Hut. my "
5-vt hsxv. -John Grap. ifj'ou don't
rut tho-.- tickets tb Sre you'll re- i
gret it.
. ., - 1
And John goes and puts the five dol
lar' worth in the stove, mentally re
solving that the philosopher was rigir
when he divide mankind into tw
varieties of fools. .V. 1". Jfkjf and Ez
prcss. In LcMBvifk. a few day ago, a
little girl was so badlv frightened by a
boy wearing a rnasx that she died on
the following day. Lcuucilic Courier
! woman s name to me again you 11 oe u-,nav of wareA n ;hr part Ttn
-orry for it. Ion ncecn : try to ex- u ti; yroc-v and xrocden wsn,.
plain, for 1 won t have it. Man- An- nveiim DO ?rottion. Obc c- tho
1 jierson. ney: 1 supnot-e yoo gave r.er
A OUNKER LOVE-FEAST.
A Strjnsr Orrmony That Took I'Urr Sot
Far from Kphrata, l'.
About on mile northeast of the little
town of phrata. where the lanr from
Palme-lock.- miHcro--e- the old Head-
ng Road, stand- the new Dimker
Met.tin,, HoUsli The old i)unjjt.r ?,.:.
,, ; , , , . , , .
tlenient. around which to-dav cluster
so many memories of the revolutionary
epoch of our Nation's hi-tory. is some
distance away. The people of the town
like to tell um about the latter jdace
they call it the cloi-ter here penk of
it with the greatest veneration and will
only two hundred member-, and I-rael
Mer. who whs the rc-ident mini-ter
at that time, but ha gone to hi- long
r-t. llev. Samuel llarley. -oon att'r
the e.-tabli-hment of the church, was
pioti evening meal in the ba-einui of
the church, people b-gai to lloek into
the roomy edifice and crowded it to
overflowing.
The nuH-ting-hou-e is the largest one
in the county and is one .tory high,
but under its entire length tlil-re i a
roomy ba-cment ditided into . vera!
rooms. Knter at the main door ami at
the other end i t-.e platform. Along
either -ide are at lea-t ten long bench-,
each one being a foot higher than the
other or one in front and running trom
two feet above the lowr tbor up to
twelve feet. They niniiid one of par
ipn t circles and the lower floor the
pit." Un the inclined .seat the im-iiien-e
crowd of wordly peojde uni and
watched the exerci-..
In the center are two row-, of benches
01 ai least iwen.v leei in lengiti. 1 iiev
have high backs and on theiisiial meet"
mg day.- are u-ed as such. To-dav
,.Very fourth one was turned around
and on the backs of tliM. - a wide board
w:ls placed and that made a first-rate
table, and so it wa-all over the church,
At 'J.:',') o'clock Mini-tent Knminger.
of Aninillc; Zook. Ceorge and Chri-t
Bueher. of Lebanon: Kelli-r. Mvers
-- ' - - - - -----..,
Newcomer, of White Oak. and other.
arose in the audience and soon the -cr-vice
began with exliort.it, on ami sing
ing. The four hundred Hunkers took
an active interest in the services. On
the one .side were -eatd the men. on
the oppo-ite .side the women, and in
comnari-on thev were as live U to three
in the latter.-favor. Then there wa.s a
ull in the M-nice and the little tubs
Wl.n. brought out and the feet-wahing
began. Thi occupied at most an hour.
and after it had leen tini-hed tlo- tabic
were surrounded and -oup was handed
around. It was served in little Iwiw!-,
and one feature was seeing four eat out
of the ame bowl. It reminded one of
the story of th" boy who had only a
dime and wanted to treat his girl to ice
cream and ordered "one cream with
- -. .,- ,. .. .-,
two .-i.oons," but this had four -ikkui
Tj,e soup i mad" of Iamb
flesh typ
ical of the I'assover. Then the sj,rni
nient of the Lonl's supper, adminis
tered similar to that of other churehe-.
and after it tin kiss ui charity wa
given. A mini-ter came to a bench
where sat twenty men and he ki--ed
the one nearest him. He in turn kiscd
th" next, and o it wa- given one to the
other until all had given each other
th,u lMMU.(n,.tion. On the Other side of
th.. h(lM. x,v wivw (f the ln5ni.t,.r,
d,!1C()Ill.,,,, ;vs tl., ari. calk,I -were
doing the -atne for the women.
It was midnight and the interesting
services had not ended, and :t was at
lea-t two o'clock when it wa linaliy
finished and the people dispersed.
Lancaster Pa.) Intelligencer.
A GERMAN FAIR.
ar.d "Rathhaue." TV night iWor,
ana - iainnaues. 1 ae nigm o:or
t' Pt-'nn ' tne r tne placet
oa.j with workmen putting tip con-
tinaoas s-b?d-. leaving barely rjm for
1 vehicle to cro. TTiere i not th
iMfrtt.. tt.TT,f rt rfati. tT Vaflt in i
'.-" -.....,-. ... ... ... mr-... .-. ,
these, tbev oving -aerelv WAt'r-tigiit
roofr i.ing all ?K-iblr oac- for
f i.,; -11
in ibe part g
pavement piled
' cetvable uten-il. pile. of plate, heap
; of cup-. long rows of onp tun-en,
pitchers, coffee pots. etc.. or huge tub
' on three stout, tegs of -citable height
for wa-hing, thtr- leing the only
,... .-. t,., .,- . r-r... of all
, W T.--... ...V. .-.--. . --... ,
sort and sise, chairs and uea ware. J
The only cover here. i a -ort of gypy j
tent, where, at night, the vender -tal '
a few hour ilep. Under the covered
booths are "dry good. hardwire, '
Inxurie?. hailing from big and little
town with niines,. to my unaccus
tomed fcne. odd sj well a4 unknown,
but certainly presenting tempting ia
daeementi to purchaeri. To th
booths throng in the country n?1
for miles around, ecger to pcc "F fcir
gams or supply tiietrix montiM neei.
To my -urpn-e. the regular hep-keeper
not only do not rebel at tli oper
atioit. but in many ca-w take ad
vantage uf :h r to supply Uwir on a
-tock- A I looVd at tiM crowd
and Hri-k circulation of ut-y. I
thought thtt n the phu ha. worked
as well here fur many ymr. w?
tmght tivtUMTly imitate it. Tiber
would br the lrf-t wwitto-n-aeat fr
merchant aad tnxuofaetarer to rt4
their ftgrnk. xnd Ue fair orgaai::on
would I -ure of drawing pvoplr. and
realising a bad-me income.
During ih tiaiv of the fair here,
twelve il s, the h-tlrte- and place
of nmu-raient drne a nmriiig trad.
(Vrtain localities jiv givra up Jo th
country peopl nemmnxxUtioM, tWir
Ing friii-wfoo- aJmo; til! wp th
street-. au! I tiuue berv n jertuiarity
of cowttrv hole) that I m wownrre
else. A hotel 1- muted after somn
thnvsng village w ubta reactit !
tatiee, and prvhabtr comiticli bv
citizen of that lHn: here the prpk oC
that place tutt up
pla
hui
the h'HM - tnrre or
four hundred rar old. reneralh. A
huge paajy-M-a, lealine u a laby
rintli of stabl-- ami outbuibbag-. goe
direetlv through tne building. ' In
! fact. it is th door to In ho
tel. idc staimve lend to In
quaint ohl room- oerhend, and nr
i. a bu-V -ceite indeed at all hour, dav
and night. A group of very "borT''
men are looking at n farmer hovmg
off ht hor-s, for .-al. riming on aft
er another before their rrittel eye.
then back through the ia-t.p-Wrtj to
givi plar ftr anoth r. Then will drive
up a tann u agon. ftea without -prinjr,
and out will pour two or three tTnra
tiou "coming to th fair " Or a 4.
i-h hor-e will rattle up with a ronntnr
"buck" and hi jolly companion, be
very dloui. if rer. rarttrting any
yomig tlamel. All 1- lif. btttl. -citetiient.
healtlii et)joiteal ami pro
jienty. At nisrht these ho(l. itriu'
fair time, give balls where I donht not
couid'Table grien- enjortnenl cenr,
fur 1 ain told a hotel-kerper. from two
such ball-, g U .ju(Mich protit u pny
hi gear's rent.
A very pitiirejn een i hb t-hl
Ceruiau ctly at j-kIi a fethraf a- thi
fair; the open .iuan nhtaae nithrHrbt
from the boo;b. lh trU detuwlr
parked with an i-agrr. good-iaurl
crowd, noisy with the ffimfiif war
and ehalUng rMVrr. Tn thin t
adld the iuderribabb eh arm 4 a eitv
with houfi three hundred yean old.
pbuvtl in frtrvet where ernkl way
drie on to despentum if in a burry.
r delight you if ou iU-ire u wander.
w omb-ring wiure yu will tin.iH winl
up. I am keeping in boumU whn 1
-ay there is mt a hundred fee nf
tniight tr-t in thi old . it. nnd aa it
ni-rer had the mifort:iti t, It burn'!.
either by ueeide.it or cDf0ior, yu
come ovfty few ioJ on houaoa
l cover! with carving. Iett
of Hrripture. religion or fnntnrlie
-eiilptun. and tin -itiiceuf valu fully
its itnupie iiiieremt. To busr ar
kept in perfect repair, w hile aneb i in
j'.ieeautioii agant lire Uiat the rat of
iiii-ur.uice heif L twenty the nntc on
one thousand dollars! Think of that,
dweller. in wimmIii h n-.e. paiiia
from one dollar on the one. hundred
dollars upwani! I ,.. .dl tin uiider
w rit-rs in America hobong up their
hands with d light at the way tin alil
burgher- here net after a tire. I w
on one of the "sonnr" n ruin of a
tire. I uked how it happened. "W
don't know .:." be replied, "but hth
have him in jail." -Wiiat' "Oh.
ye-; when a fire occur in a more tho
proprietor i put in jail tid it b Uuv
factonly explained " 1 w ni oioju
why it ww that the rate lor h muring
with o low. I wonder how many vote
would be et nllM-iua'irely if 11 eowi- '
tui.oiial Mineitdment were oflVrinl in 1
auv of our Mate, for Mtch a law. G'ar.
Country (JintltM'in.
WORKING A WIDOW.
llnw S'le 'u IlifPlrr-! In 4otlHt-li;tir. r
l'r Hiclil.
Some week agj a widow movtid into :
Detroit from a town in th western
part of the State. Sh brought with
her a bull-dog. which showed gatior in
every movement, and it wa not long
bfor every iMitcher aaI aport in the
neighberhood wnnlwl to buy that drfg t
The widow wouldn't ll ai no price. ,
The n.-xt thing to buying the dog wa 1
to get up a tight between him and '
another canin of bloollhirty appitar-
ani'e, but Ui wblow woubln't haar lo 1
thi. J
"I want you to underataad," hn in- '
dignanih rpMeI, "Umt I am a rfut-et-
abb woman nnd-;ivenonciiurapMiint
to Mich thing
Still. th-re were on" or two tn'ri.who
dil not despair. They began to on--pin.
and a a rtilt the led a lighting
dog into a Imm ttftxr th whlow hou
the other d'j.y and one of thoiu paid a ;
call at th 1ku and ahl. '
"In eour we know hoir you feU t
ai.ont thi dog-lighting. We bebt the
ame. but there a woman aero the
aller who own .1 dog which hn bra' !
on.
t, - '
"She enn't be no ladyj wa .hc ra- ; ttj9 u zru6ruJ 4 tai-pr -!--lort:.
, , , , . . j ing food.. rX. ur ni th -
"Exactly, ma am. or -he vooldn t ti OHr owa im-J.. ami wtt
?pcak of you as he doe" I b.'h-Te when we . ajuniaU ..f tn
'p:a!c of
me? Whv, I doa't know
her
"Iu cmine you don.', and ! houkl .
hate to toll you what he ay of you." :
"fint yon mut! If tJiir talking I
atK)tit me I want to know what be ,
av-!"
1
"Bot. rna'am. yoa'Il xcuv tne. to
know ' " i
"Xo. 1 won't! What dw- be ay?'
r.II. thn. bagging ysr paruca.
- maks fun of your rtd hair. ' ,
"be doe?"
"And -h ridicule yocr dre..w
Tb vijienr
And be j-ar? vbj zmrrr 11 ach
ft: on a woman."
"In ue her for jdaad-r! "I- j5
a iawy-'r at oixvl" 4SicIaJaijd tbx wo
man. We've zoi her dtyr a the barn.
-ns.n.m- li". a do fcb- bras' 05. hae
" ---- -
wz. a-aTioK y!?rday that if b-r d
cocid only gt
at yr d; ov -
- r
Hut he tsa! You go ht- a avl
ran! and unj Erato aad take ' 1.
over ter" li b srxa'l whip acy Ma
worn as .dog I'fl dion bisi'
"r.i trf.v. m.3 r.sj. an J i ran za
m- U ec fair pHv. Tb arr'gtn Is
of ie.i a landerfd, ".-lerc nc
should br humbietf . ua ia jW.
foe wbo U do it.
Tce dotr -sra. uxra to the JBro. an4
hr db! no: d'wappoiat Jimckmru-Mu-z
a 3gh: of Uu ji jBKm h wa
drclarrd vicWr, and AK HUfl m
his Iecou ihe
TMOn
"Good- Ta
. t.t ITU
aknnTV 'BBfm- hnnannsnnanrT
She
throttPnte waeia
2 a4nrmnnnT
i
tbe
Br
JnwP11
aJnPr
r wW -f HnV flK nWrr nrww
tr i
JntnTiim vtlnViac hVt UM: -TA,
aha wmm.IMp j
aw i"B r aWnp
janvr . w .
HOME. FARM ANO GAnuSN.
Hour ruddmi;: To on p-al rf
wet milk take on . four tail -poonuL
of Uonr. rlf-n mm! 3a- -to
ta.te -- Px'toH Uttirt.
Fah 1011.1 b4e parl.r now tfmv
-very kintl uf furnitar. anw nwle n
ar two ctnair. ifaL r labW ah&r 1
patent or tyl. -Cnr5 Jr.'
Th near ht rnr-tJly e-jo
xi Ac end.- of ie limarh) r "h t
, pwr' wW thro are tvodet l r
(.4o.te Twn eij of -. m
mp biUf orkd into the hif. m
cap of milk. tw fT- rrat ne-Ml-
wail ump&mtw aaJr)ta.
ewiu to roll - Tt JU-Mux-nntW.
For ordhanrr
vrnwll k- ! nr uW ntnrvomi kftantut
being ont of oruW or br uiiaf
fiUtgo. n Try not bath will o mmii
in Mrv uW .Wt Hill tuttmnth fol
low . r.nl uu ritinc up lit fnittnnt
wiu i-i Tfir nttnea r'ireanu naa
) 1 . K.
r-rrand fi& til
toothacn will t a Uktn of In MIL,
CWng 7Viw.
TW ht eriH In InmWfttttnc
dpni Hom rtain eonlti-t vefcwh
can not be tjtnorrd. and hMl4 r
fnltr eoMi-rvd. ani a writ-. TlnWr
ht. rlr-t. Un cWr W bjwnVri
coml. Ui- litw at wntra th tnnmh
should b uVopprd. third, fh uartr
in which thry art lo b Vft; fouitb.
th food that I U b )1m-I. nML,
tilth, car and ntgmlmrttt U f 1 1 iiif .
A, y. Tsw
Oar bou--ktitef frin4 1tt !
th follow mjf sefp fur boolnt 4
a fjood utkr Owe t-onW rup of mil'.,
two tab!y nf ul of rr t4 choeo ? '
uuv-iitirtn ot a cup of trag-nf
bK of ihr pr. Ha4 tib- rhocM
and milk together, aM th mrnr
vrk, beaten ugihr i a t-fn
llavor with vanilla, ilah with a 1
1
1
i
.
r
drrrui. anl prrad a n-Hngur of t
white ottr th top. -.V. )r K?mim f
- Th preaenc nf wiK hrnW 1 ir
other rvohtah h r arotn4 yard-
olfodti a An rotttot to ntiaa f
-tt. On of th brt jrrowrr nf Hu
banl aouaoh atriKotci ah marrtm
keeping hi gwruVan frr tmm ruhHI b
umbr wMeh wuah ha cotahi hk '
II fail -ploughed hia raruVna e Lm
that if any lnct had ftm a I mrbar
unlrr rnonl ih rhanee t that It
wmi!4 H eMMMd M th vMMttV ml
wiuu-r nnd 4tryd. 7W Mmti
-1-Vh !hthlinr. Tnfc U-hMl
nh. ant after boiling. pk !' fr frott
th Ihuk. whifh tnat p ur th dr.
wait a little of th wt tht th fih
w a untied in. and tt lam fw g nt.
In th- nteantinar. nni th l!l mi' Am
lih on a mortar and pin4 nn, TJhwi
mix it with tb water trum th hoa
aud xMffb-ient miik or rra -awon
with while pepper. aaJl ad a gmt of
nutmeg. After taalin ahort tbH.
thi will b-m a white hrlfy.
MMM1MI l.rt St.et WltA ft, nW 1
aam. - Kt'hdffe.
Kxrir f41ug h which n Ht
ing anbnal U rnnd fnl Mint h -rt-ingly
tnjur1ui 'lh rau 111 U wwnii
Ui mnel(?-iit-r(r with ti- rayir
ation and the hrart'a nrtWn. anl Iti
aom ea- to indue wrmue-nt fi
ea A hrc f n tnoiMiiMt tr ttt
thoiK-nxwl-lwo-bundrtid utfuud . mf
lleleiitW fed U po (if tw ! iart of
gnnimf f-l and twvnt pouni of hav
d illv. Many hor 4 nl m !
much. ttni-tt tb work U tr I. .rl
Orer-wnierjnj;. eapeclailf dlrvctN aftrr
friMiing, I quit- injur totta a vr
flbifj. I'rmrw Fttrmrr
NATURAL FLSiJVl.
Wn-tltli nti.t Itlrhiow r rin In OMtf
l'rfrrnltw l-o llJM llrrtilftaV
Tb tni "naiurai nWh," m li l
notntnoitJy ujItukkI nad ward fcr
brdera mt bfttahing mtvtJ. hna n
tehnitfnl mjiag. whirh, prhaaw. thn
aiie word" in thir conrnwiMta ngwU
cation do not contain AS hwHl
breed nr taken quit awn nmt oi MM
and eo!iiVot-s and th hWi thy e ary
about, thickly and dply pnea4 whwtM
the Initrher geta hb choir etaln. la mt
mwm likM nS ftVah oi ih animal, hi n.
tat of nntar. than th Bi-t ftrwlt r
(lower that horttctjltnraj afciil h ul
dud f-mbi a erah-nyyhr mt n 4t'g
ra. Hy te;ha;7a- Hg. "tmaumi uvahv"
man thai. -ort of Hah hieh a wU
brei mi 1 ml ran jrr-w np pitum Vu.
a diatugibab! froua th fattv -ar4-ueo
of catu. m-l and nthrr forHna
foL Ittit hr tn terne "wU
may td lrition. a4 rentAJtr
ndinit that we do not tt it to atarnifr
;.,, ai,imfU ,rf ,b,.irV.u
jp
in It appl e-itin at th pranl m
in fit, an an mat new7wrwy of rroilii
d'ttt. hnt to ww nn anialal hrt-1
Ureftlb with lb objt-ct of JHr-iHiPt
tag th herVdiury ttHhni Ua ltfi
of goo!. i-Wul tUh Swell an nnantal
ran of tea lo wonder ann oohjwwy
grt kp W ! !! , al
hio f-wonjilly nnd yial
tiiAtre ilat farii. Trtmwmrf !
:- onlmanr ick. rffnd Ut 1Mb
rU.it tliv - tioi ffcisiT trnUttaund th
.1.. Mt. j..m" W.. tlm 1 fA.. . . , . . . mmlk
I mil" VIJ "- -,-. .-11 . - w", m .1
fnM n r -r, in aNUHar '' a.
,K t-AW w,th rooto n win-t .15 --J
. thi: extrnlhwurj M t
j-,J, tj, rmrr Umek nt tr
i.,itir..-j u ttcwtivml jiir-r-.
Vt
j-Tialof whlU ti- Stash
or. rrAr. pri lh ra.
1 '
aJ. Moa a Uxu Uf n.ay -t.-did
not rate Jio th -m.
tm.
-M?.,
.Vow. tlw reoJl r not mrora. d.
in
the h'rr t-nv-: it i far
al and nv.f- rewHIy gnen Shin amy
tnilif aatsixsd d-h; sui I mrly
txi the grb-v MlmtiM li x jMUufrtatjc
A!l fo-ev-- oj4. Ii aaUimsal Ci
ia the teeosrsJ vrns. s&d hV I uW
jrt of lJ-b m wt U bt a h-r
ireJ ef "-. v v"- dMrh5tt
In it 3"f 1 1 et-it ' ml ;l jfteu
1 true tjttrriif'f. ni a "- uv U
haw -aa a xr --
jjju t-sai ' i. kx
iur srt : 'tr:, , n 1 : '
tM, w.
'
v&-
ZfttklUili wift W bttr drear th
-rkl&r macliia jmc f4 ti grr. !,
ttfini-.t tai ti&k n,ii .inI
rd Jl5 saff asKf-ai:-d and
wfcex !h-a- nsHt in-
t$rUV&irikviiH isort
powerfully insfriy Vtiwdia nprifj A
in; th figa-eV.k4 .& ef ht4
UxrUJurr t-niMjjr&Yvdu It wUJm
hafpriw UM-a rua. ?
rxecavtvt: fat Sn the t&mVf U the jmIw.
will male nr ratrid iajyJit
mmi tW fd T '
tVfewJtkhtlKa a
iv4rtary 4alk.r e. 5h vry W; W m
wm wwt art njp umt w fwl"J
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