i '. .?! IS HIRING A SERVANT. HOW A LITTLE WOMAN WAS MADE TO BLUSH. 'Too Much to Kipni't of dip l.irjjn M.ittl anil I'lnallr Tlmjr t'allrit to Comr to i nu Acronmcnt Almni W.ign Coinpro mlie nil a Clilniin in. 01 see, there an onl two in the fiiiiilly Mini It's u very little house, so I thought Wl could get along with just one for awlilk'. unjvvay," explained the little woman, imloinly. 'Vest, ma'am," hum the bin worn- nn, with the air of one accustomed to u ImUer and dependent on a tn.ild, but iio, disposed to be uppish on that ac count. The other blushed anil pulled Iter handkerchief nervously through lier lingers, sas the Han Francisco Examiner. "Wo (lino at fi-IJO." she went on. The big woman looked slightly sur prised. "Early dinner, yea, ma'.ini." was all Blie said, but the little woman wished jslie had made it at least 7. "Yes, early," she said. "Mr. Mr. that is, my husband prefers It. He Is rather old-fashioned in some was." "Yes, ma'am," said the bis woman find the little one felt herself forgiven and pitied. "We breakfast at S and my husband doesn't oome home to lunch, so you would have time to do most of the sweeping," she went on, more easily. "Of course you have hardwood floors," said the bit; woman, curiously. "Well, no. We have hail matt lass put down. We rather like them belter." "Do you hire a man to beat the runs?" "Why, there are not very many Just two, I believe not big ones. It would hardly bo worth while," tnld the little woman apologetically. "Yes, ma'am," In a tone suggestive of Daghestans In the kitchen and Por Blan tapestries In the china closet. "I should expect to have some of tlm washing done at home," the little woman continued. There was a whole French laundry In the surprised lifting of the other's eyebrows as she asked, deferentially: "You mean the flannels and stock ings?" "Yes, nnd well. Jii3t a few other things. The laundries are so hard on otio's lingerie," with a smile that the big woman politely rellected. "Would you expect mo to wait on the door?" she asked. "I think you'd have to, when I was out or anything," said the little woman with Bomo hesitation. "If I were right there I wouldn't mind openinK it ray wolf occasionally. Of course you would have your pvptilng out." "Two evenings and Sunday afternoon is what I've been accustomed to," said tho big woman, quietly. "Yes, certainly. That would suit me perfectly well," the little woman hastily agreed. "Tuesday night we alvas go to our whist club, but wc could arrange about any two other nights, and I'm not even sure we are going to keep up tho whist club." "Would you want much rough work done, washing windows, and that?" asked the big woman, glancing down at lier neatly gloved hands. "Well, tho windows, of course." ad mitted the little woman, "hut not much clsn. We buy our kindling all split up. you know." "Then you don't cook by gas or elec tricity? Is your range a large one?" "Well, it's a cooking stove; No. 6, I lirliovc." "No. C hasn't much room on It, but I don't supposo you'd want more than live courses for dinner when you hadn't company," said tho big woman, con siderately. The little duo gasped Blightly. "Oh, no; not more than four or live," hIio agreed. "My hiihhand sometimes likes to havo Just three. He is fond of almple things." "Yea, ma'am," said tho big woman, with generous compassion. 053 m iow, anoui wages, ventured me little woman, wondering: If salary or remuneration wouldn't be moro ap propriate. "I expected that Is, we planned to pay about $20 a month." 7n big woman evidently suppressed a'Hk "ifierally get ?:I0, Just for cooking; no washing or housework," she ex plained. TIm) littlo woman Hushed, hut stood her ground. "I'm afraid I couldn't afford moro i V mull -iv sue niiiriuureu, J' 'Tin other rose. . "I'll Inll vnn " ulin U'llil In llln Innn I H. At. -i An A I ... of one uniformly courteous to Inferiors. "You don't want a flrst-cl.iss cook like me, but a girl for general housework. There's lots who will tako places for ?20, If you don't llvo with any style. I am afraid I wouldn't suit." "I'm sorry." said tho other. "Good morning," answered ths big woman, with a respectful bow. The little woman did not mtorvlow nny moro servants. Hor husband went down nnd hired a Chlnnmnn for her. l'.ilucatlon. Education la not a stttillng or cram ming process, but a drnwing out, a developing of what Is in a person, It 18.R mlBtako to fancy that a laigo edu cation Is only for tho professional man. Why fihould not all persons want a generous education? Hut unless educa tion strengthens manhod It ib fruit less. Man is Intended to do something for tho world. Ho must not bo satis fied with lenvea Bishop N. S. Rullson. eon. THE CLEVER WOMAN Tito KIihN of 'll crnr., Iltl )mIt Oim That Ititrttly 1'um. "I wish I were clever " The woman was charmingly dimpled, wore a Fieneli gown, was the mistiiMS of a luxurious establishment and was dispeiHli'g tea to afternoon rnllen In cups of iricelecs f.tteiue. says the Now' York Herald. 'Women who write." had been the subject on the tapis, and the letnirk was u delicate compliment to the wom an to whom she handed the lea. She was a successful writer successful to the extent of making a good Income as the fruit of unwearied Industry. She hail never known the delights of dia monds or her own carriage, or a box at the opera. She sometimes spent a haul-earned $."i for a drive, but there was neither Itixtity in the cartlage, not swiftness in the steeds, and she was conscious all through the drive that when she went hack to the olllco she would write something about the coun try in the spring or the lloisani of fall foliage and flowers with which the sub urban resident could decorate his houso and table. If she took a $1! seat In the opeta house she rarely lost herself complete ly in the music, as she would have liked to do, because skeletons of para graphs on theater hats and theater manners, on loveis who make love In the stalls as well as on the stage and a thousand other things for the next day's paper llitted thiough her mind. She never bad a Fieneh gown; on the contiary, she walked ten blocks nnd tilmbed seven stoiles to llud a dress maker who would make, though at the same time mar, her one gown for 510. Her modest house was prett and alio was even quite fatuous for her petllei foupeis, at which one sometimes met eminent and always delightful people, but only herself and her one maid knew at what cmt of peisplrlng brow and smutched litigeisand aching hack those dulntv little dishes were evolved. So there was almost icverenco In her tones as she teplled: "My dear, you are the clever woman; you are far more clever than (Jeorge Eliot. The i eally smart woman Is not the one who makes her own dally bread, even though there be a Nessel rode pudding tin own in now and then. It Is she who, without raising her hand, can cause all this luxury to be laid at her pietty saiiu-shod feet. It is like eating a Delmnnlco dinner nnd lamenting that you arc not the chef who cooked It. Not the woman who works hut she who gets all there Is in life without working, Is tho really clover woman. "May there not be two kinds of clev erness?" said the woman who came to make her adleiix. ONLY ONE LOVED HIM. Niiinloiin' Potter-Mother Hail n Trim AfTiTtlon for Mini. Masson states ill his memoirs of Na poleon that the "Littlo Corporal" blt teily regretted that no woman had ever really loved him. Even Mine. Wnlo wska married as soon as Napoleon was sent to St. Helena, proving conclusively that her course of action was prompted by the love of her country, and not for any tenderness that Bhe may have felt for the great general. Nevertheless, If Napoleon was a failure as a "lover and husband," according to Massou he suc ceeded in retaining tho adoration of his foster-mother to the end. The deeprst affection existed between Mammuccia Caterina and her nursling. She -.ame to Paris to see him crowned emperor, and when told by Napoleon to ask him for any favor, begged that she might be Introduced to the pope. Tho old lady so amused his holiness with ac counts of her "garcon," as she was wont to call the emperor, that ho forgot in her society the dlfllcultles of the situa tion. Mammuccia Caterina nearly died of grief when she heard of her garcon's downfall. And nothing could bo more forcible than the terms with which she denounced Marie Louise for not follow ing Napoleon Into exile. Mammuccia Caterina, despite hor great age, was preparaing to go and comfort her gar con at St. Helena when she died. Dur ing his prosperity Napoleon heaped favors upon her and her family. To day her descendants bear the title of barons and are received in the best society of Paris. Their family name is Saverias. Not I.lkuly to I'ny tlm Drtit. An ea't ruder, who hnsa alx-year-old boy, was surprised by a somewhat re markable question which the youngster llrcd at him a few evenings ngo. "Papa," he said, "do you think this has been a good winter for leo down in tho bad placo?" Tho father looked at the serious lit tle face and checked the Imptilso to laugh. "My dear boy," he gravely remark ed, "why do you want to know?" " 'Cause," tho youngster replied, " 'cause Johnnie Whlto said that when they cut this winter's Ice down thero he'd pay me that nlckol ho borrowed last week." Cleveland Plain Dealer. I.f Clalut Ion- Brass is not in ado gold by gliding It. Reform by legislation Is a dream. Leg islative (fecrees cannot make men other than they are. Tho need Is to make men, and to mako men brothers. So cial happiness without brotherhood is impossible. Brotherhood is not a prod uct of tho law. It Is a product of love. Rov. S. G. Nelson. OilKlit lo Fetch 'V.Tt, A north Missouri paper hns adopted tho plan of running tho namo of de linquent subscribers ttpsldo down in tho piper whenover It hns occasion to refer to thorn. 13.x. A harsh word to a child may doetroy j) angel. THE RED CLOUD CIUEF. II lt 5l ' r-Witv&Z- L I i I T I I J V '' VA, .1 N3m-5 & w W,.;J..I,.;1,, n i iiyTir1 j.i QUT BU7 jnjo-j .Or., .. -rt? i1"1 GOI l i,ni.' I'.-- a-" - (ASrv Ar m '1&-. : sPtrss X'te&Jp'r r? Kf- rj ,cv '.' AFTER .MANY YEARS. Uy 11. Luqtieer. OW, Miss .Ilnney, t you Is a Ills a want- , In' a story about dem tryln' times In Ole Carollney, an' l's Jes don' tole ye all 1 knowed ober ober agin." And our own colored cook. "Tilda J a c 1; s o n, itnocked the ashes out of her pipe on tho hearth of tho kitchen range, which to us children was a preliminary sign that old "Tilda held in reserve one of her reminis cences of her life on the Old Carter plantation, near tho city of Charleston, and of the civil war. Wo children, my sister and I, used to love to steal down to her especial domain in the gloamlug. and tease for a story of that enchanted land ot (low ers, nnd especially of those battles fought near the Carter place, and of which the old negress was an eye wit ness. Hcnlllng lier pipe, and settling her self In her easy chair, she continued: "I jes' done recolmemberono inoa'i ob dem yarns, but It's erbout how my ole missus hop Decoration Day all by her lone self, an' how she done put posos on one grave fur Ilftecu long years afore sho found out who do poah young fella was." Here old 'Tilda stopped and lighted her pipe, puffed away with a retro spective glance at us two girls, as wo crept closer to this oracle In ebony, and, having stimulated our curiosity, she continued: "Wal, jes' a coiiie o' days after tint s4s f-iL ---j&i XM?il - .',-S'SS . C- ' -- - 'SO SCART I LKT I)H SOPH BILK OVER." ere big fight at Charleston my ole man, Llge Jackson, ho was down back o' do field a ctittln' bresh, an all nt once I seen him drop tho axe, an' start fur do house on o run. An' I was dat scart I let do soap boll over, case I was makln soap out in do yard, an' was bound dat a suako had bit him, or he had got a lick wid do axe fur Llgo wnB de laziest nlggah lnde whole- kentry, an" 1 knowed something had happened whon I seen him git such a move on to him. An', Bhoro enough, when he camo up, all out of breff, I knowed it was time to git scart, an' sayo he: "Tlldy, tell do missus dar's a sojlcr lyln" down dar back ob de fence, by do run, na' I rccon ho is powfttl bad hurt, 'cneo ho'8 a grownin' an' done seem to sonso notin." "Wal, my missus won't berry olo In dom days, but she was jus' done fading lako a putty posoy, along ob dat dread ful wall, expecting to heah dat do cumiel was killed, an' all do odcr trouble erbout tic nlggaa glttln' free, wld do place half woked an" fust oao nrmy takln' rations and den do oder till it 'pears llko day w.isont much lot'. Wall, I JIb pulled do stick from under dnt soap kittle an' run round to do front porch, whar missus woh slttlu', an' tolo her what Llgu seen. Sho got r- m ml&$j !: iv nA . r. . . "" ' : .. w. 'V :Mm&MiWWM--- '7tlif-rS3Av'3l-N;Wi3: ' i. ,'U . (QiA W'M- Mr- Tl T: n 1 1 11 d JU I ilfliD '-- " Mitji FRIDAY, MAY 22, 18M. "V ' " m -",'- jm m$? rwstl- J W - V- s '' s right up an' made Llge an' ole Mlnkey, de coachman, go and lining dat ponb fellah to de limine She an' me u I'xin' up a bed fur him while dey Is gone. "Hyenliy dey toats him in an' I.ijh him in It. lie was oitten his hade lake, an' missus tend right off fur a doctor, and he foun' he was shot in de side, de ball gain" roun' b de spine, an" he say dat air pooh hoy dun got he death blow, and de doctor recon' he was elder shot while on picket duty or had diopped behind when he dun got hint, while de army marched on an' lef him. Anyway, dar ho was, an' he doant know noUidy tier nothing, an' do doctor say he was patilsed, bo ho couldent even move his pooh lounge. "Wall, missus an' mo missed hi in till we both pretty nigh dun drop In our tracks fur a week. Den at las' he dun went home to glory, ns de sun wii3 Fettin' lako in a sea of tlah. But Jls nfoie he lit caved his Ins' he kluila com'd to his senses, an' kep' a lookln' at missus an' lie try'd bo mighty bard to speak an was dat ills tiessed case he couldn't, de bl? tears roll outen his handsome black eyes an' roll down his cheeks dat was a white a do sheet, an' do sweat lay so cole an' thick on his hands dat his pietty dark cutis looked, like dey wete don got dipped in do rain water barti. "Do Missus tako his ban' an' say " 'Nebber mine, de lovln' Jesus known jes what ye want to say,' an' would help him tor make her ou'slan,' anyway she would dun llud out who his folks war an' write 'em all about how he lit an' died diiin' his duty, or what he thought war ills duty. "Den ho kept looking at his pooh ragged clothes, dat was a hangin' whar he could see 'em, till mijsus takes de hint from Ills appealln' eyes, and goes and hunts through de pockets. She dun found notlilu but a little bible, an' when she bring It to him his cys Jes shine, lake de stats In de night, nn' mlbsus opened It an' a lectin tintype of a putty young thing a lioldlu' a little baby er about a year old drapped out, an' then he looked bo glnd. Missus axed him of tint war his wife un' baby, an' ho nodded yaa. an' den missus say: 'I kin find dem by 'vertlsln In de news papers, nu' I tlnk I dun know what ye want mo to toll dem,' an' den sho see dat he was satisfied, an' ills poor eyes was loosln' delr light. Sho dun took his ban' in hers, an' sang lake an' angel dat pretty hymn about: " 'All my trus' on de Is staid.' "Dar was two or thiee verses, but I dlsremember 'em. Anyway while she was singing do gates ob glory opened and title dat poor boy In. "I2f ho war flghtln' on do wrong shin he dldcnt dun know it. He just did his duty as he had learned It from older hades. So de missus had him laid to res' up in do grovo back of do house, nn' ehery Decoration Diy Hhe dun put poses on dat lone grabe, rain or shine, Kick or well." "Did alio ever advertise?" asked Jennie, wiping tho tears out of her eyes. Deed sho did! an' fur years sho war tryln' to fine dom folks ob hlsen, till It went on fur nigh on tor fifteen years. Do wnh was dun, do nlggars all free, Mnssali Carter loss an arm a flghtln' agin It, an' his only chllo, young Mussa John, war growod up to bo a man, an' llko his ma, ns. putty ns a plcter, and' dat Btnart dat ho run do plantation hla own self. Ho hired do nlggahs to work dat war good fur anything, an' lot do trlllln' ones go, Wal, dor used to be lots of com pany alius a oomln' up from Charles ton, an' ono day In May dar war Miu;sa John's cousin, Miss Llddy Carter, dun como out to de plantation tor mako a visit, an' she brung orlong' a youup f ?' '. ..r V f a Ntoo-frstt u h .? 'f&xiTm v mw a&ym&Mm Kh;w$fiPu iA. rtf-Lvm - - 7-r-x wvvi ' .m T2mt ilV- 'PrJk : : a winm -f ' I 1 8 J wrmr w- .uea' I..W.W. .''." M.'V. X'V.t AJa.mi '.' V f M IMS ' iiiiMfitiTvrrr Mu!ii!iii. - Saffc school fi leu'. Nellie Munsoii, an' hhe w.u as putty as a plcter. with eyes as black as de night when de moon don't shine, an' de coler ob her cheeks war like de lines In de gardin. Wal. iimii time as dem young cilt lets had. Day was hoatln' an' llsblu', an' hossback rlilin' ehery day ob der Ihos. Wal. one sweet, putt morning my ole missus say. ills Is Decor.il ton Day; ef ou young ladies want to go wld me to put lloweis on my grabe, I would like yer company. Miss Llddy she Jes' dun st reach herself outen de hummock on de veianda, an' she say: '"Sense me. aunty, I'm awful tired of dat grabe; ober since I was a baby I lecolmeiiiber It." But Miss Nellie she dun jump up an' cay: "Please let me go, I've dun hear how good you war to dat poah sojlcr an' I know iiome day you will git your re ward." So she an' missus walked off In do bright sunshine, de hees war a h n tit mlii' and de birds a slugln. and tie carried a great basklt of poses tie hunney suckle an' loses, an' Jasamlne, an' Miss Nelllo de prettiest llowcr of all In her white fiock and sky blue sash. Miss Llddy she lay dar swingln' In de hammak, and Mnpsa John, after a little, glts up and starts for de grove, too. Den Miss Llddy luffs and sals kinder scornful lake: "Is It Miss Nell or de grabe that takes you out dar ills hot moriilu'?" He jes laugh back at her an' say: "Ob corse It's de gtabe, dat's my ilgeaus duly, e know, 'specially when dar's a lovely young lady In de bar gain." Do ole missus alius like to habe us all come up dar, too. so I war dar Jes' as Mr. John got dar, an', as usual, my missus opened dat sojler's Bible ai' .." ? I 1 WML.5? W! i'"it i i. i ..'. -'S'l - "l HOW WONDERFUL AR13 THY WAYS. OH LORD. was Jus' goln tor road when MIbs Nelllo saw tlo leetlo tluipo. and sho gaho a Icetlo cry lake, an' takln' it from do missus linn' sho bald: "Oh, Mrs, Carter, my ma has got Jes such a picture, an' It liors an' mine when I was a baby." Den she laid her bald down Into missus' lap an' began ter cry, an' she Bobcd out dat her pa was in do wall, an' disappeared, an' day dun tried ehery way to fine out Bomctlng erbout him. Missus axe her what was her pas and mas name, on' sho tolo hor dero names war "Georgo nn' Lucy." An' mssus oponcd de Bible, an' dar was writ on de leaf "From l.ucy to George." Den she took do poah young lady In hor arms, nn' Bald: "How wonderful aro ly way, Oh, Lord!" An", my chile, daro under all dem flowers Bleeps your father, nn' in this peaceful spot. Ho has not been llko a strnngor, or neglected, so now In do Providence ob do good Lord, tin dearest wish ob his heart Is fulfilled. I trus' you will bo comforted. MiiBsa John walked erway wlpln' his eyes, an' olo missus read a comfortln' varso or two outon dat littlo Bible, an' wo tins sang a hymn, unci do decora tion was ober fur dat day, an' missus said to all oh ua: "Let dls yar teach ycr a letson ob faith. Do your duly, no matter how long de way It, or how dnrk do cloubds." Wal, ehU'en, It Is time ye were In yor beds. Its Jes ci bunt true, dls yam. Ebi'iy word Is as line as tie gospll. Yas, Mhq Jltuile. dat aie grabe Is decorated ehery vear when ills da ctunea aroiin', thotith de ole masn and missus Is I In" down betide dnl i tiling snjler hoy, an' H't MI'-h Nellie's grabe now, for alio dim gnu' an tu.iri'd Massa John, an' he Jus' liibt de ground she walks on. De ole missus lubi-d her, too, ami you ought to a seen what caie Mins Nellie dun took ob de ole missus In her his' sickness, fur mouths afote she tin ti went to her leward. and she say ohr and ober ugln "No kind act Is overlooked by de Mas ter; an'. hone, I'm glttln' my pay now for lionoiln' tie dead by a few flowor.i on a lonely grabe upon de day de n:i tlou set apait to 'metuoratu doso dat fell." TWO HOLIDAYS. Ttf l.lltln llflnllnii Mnliitiilni'il lli'tw cpn Mil) MO mill July I. There Is far too little relation main tained between Independent'" Day and Memorial D,i. One Is the natural se quence of the other, and the celebra tion of both should be observed with due solomnlt as well as with comely and hemming rejoicing. A sacred ser vice to begin tho day, a service of thanksgiving, of giaud and npproptlato music, then with thecongtegatlon pour ing out Into the highways and byways of the earth, the spirit of peace and good-will might be nieiged Into a feel ing of Joyoiisuess and a giving way to all foims of bibulous iipnrl and Inno cent amusement. We have In one ot these das honored our forefathers through whose wise and determined ef forts the country was established, and in the other we have remembered thosu who rescued us from danger and saved us for a gteat and glorious future. These dayii are the red-letter days in the American calendar -Impressive be cause they aie reminders of great strug gles, because they made our present condition of existence possible; happy because we know by them, and what they typify, that the spirit of patriot ism, tioir-sacrlllce and the great and all eDinpiehenslve spirit ,ft divinity that was oilglually planted' in the hearts of men has neither been dimmed nor ex tinguished. It has only slumbered and siiiolileied; the living lire Is there, and needs but the bieath ot treason or tho slightest blow from an assaulting hand to hi lug It full-gtown to Its feet, a stal- winl young giant able to cope wlthlany adversary that thteatens the "V" the union of the states. rand AT THE SOLDIERS' CRAVES. f J A I N , GOOD friends, wo gather here, ICach with his grateful offer lug, Tho earliest bios Boms of tho Year, A u d greenest laurels of tho Spring, To deck anew the turf that rests Above our patriot comrades' breasts. II. Roses and lilies, all aro fair, With bays to grace each Boldlcr's grave, But they grow fairer resting there, If, with tho odorous blooms we gave, A love as strong and sanctified, As theirs who for our Union died. III. When on the bnttle Held they fell, It was not In a sordid cause. But in their Country's, loved so well, For her dear Homes and Freedom's laws, And so, at need, their lovo was shown To save her life they gave their own. ft. " jsa O, that was love of precious worth, AiHetl tolovo fliat Is dlvlno! J-'rom Heaven alone It came to Earth, In human hearts to live and shine, Ami (111 them with tho high desires. That light and foster Freedom's fires. V. How well it Is with them who sleep About us hero old friends ot ours! Comrades, for them wo do not weep, But on their graves place May'B aweet flowers, Wliilo bravo "Old Glory" floats abovo, Proud of their deeds proud of their love! VI. And In this Homo of Liberty Her birthplace and iowt sacred spot Hor loving children, happy, frco, Como forth from mansion and from cot, With frngrant blossoms of tho May, To help us keep Mcmoilal Day. VII. And they and theirs in timo will stand Bcsldo our graves and hero relato How we had fought to save tho land, Now giown so powerful and great, That Kings and Czars boyond tho aea. Quake at the namo of Liberty. VIII. Wo know not, Comrades, what'a nhead If for our land waits good or ill, But not till faith In God Is dead, Shall evil trifle with tho will Thnt nerved our brother' arni3 to flHht. And win for Freedom, Truth nod RlghL IX. So how nmong tho memories, Thnt round these graves rcionslvo BtarL Lot us anew tho moment seize, And pledgo again each Union heart Shall be, though helpless elso to do, To Flag and Country always truo! D. Brnlnerd Wllllnmson, In Phila delphia Iurjulror. icaSPif V l 1 , is V i r (