HUBBAH FOB'THE WHO
PAYS.
There jare men of brai DB : who count their
gains
By the million dollars or more ;
They buy and Bell ; and really do well
On the money of the poor.
They manage to get quite deep in debt '
By various crooked ways ;
And so we say tint the man to-day
IB ttic honcat man that pays.
"When In the town he never tweaks down
Some alley or way back street ;
Vith head erect he will never deflect ,
Bnt boldly each man meet.
He counts the cost before he IB lotrt
In debt's mysterious maze ,
And never buys In manner unwise ,
But calls for his bill , and pays.
There's a certain sir of debonair
In the man who buys for cash ;
He la not afraid of being betrayed
By a Jack-log shyster's dash.
What he says to you ho will certainly do ,
If its cash or thirty days ;
And when he goes out the clerks will shout ,
Hurrah for the man who pays !
[ Dick Steel in Texaa Sittings.
'AN UN-COMMON SENSE
MATCH.
The weather had been very cold even
for January. For days nobody had
stirred out unless compelled by neces
sity , and I've no doubt our dear mother
had long d mat y times for a change
"which would allow her noisy children
to exercise their lungs and muscles out
of doors.
At last the change came. During the
forenoon the 'thermometer ' , indicated a
rising temperature , and about midday
"the old woman up in the sky began
emptying her feather-beds. "
Thick and fast the downy snowflakes
fell , wrapping every tree and shrub in
a , garment of pure white and making
ven'the "stake and rider1' fences , the
log barns and corn-cribs , thing of beauty
which were too truly "joys not to last
forever. "
Hastily we children wore clad in
coats , cloaks , scarfs , mittens , and all
that paraphernalia of outer garments
which loving mothers provide and in
sist on being worn , despite the protests
of the wearers.
At last wo were free and out upon-
the hill near by , where there was grand
sport , sliding , snow-balling and making
snowmen.
The afternoon slipped quickly by ,
the snow ceased falling , and the even-
was settling down clear and cold ,
wnennpon the opposite hilltop there
came in Bight _ a farmer's box "sleigh ,
drawn by a span of bay horses. Hasti
ly we drove our sleds to the foot of our
hill and' reached it just in tims for a
"hitch. " w
The driver of this establishment was
nowise risible.
-The hand which guided the team h
seemed not a hand but a huge wad of af
buckskin and yarn , and it proceeded
from a sort of tower of bed-quilts , blan he
kets , buffalo-robes , comforters , sur
mounted by a head-piece enveloped in
a green and red "Bay State" shawl. cu
There was.a . little crack undoubtedly in
left for the eyes , but no eyes could be
seen by us. CO
Edging around a * very little , but COAi
Ai
probably as much as circumstances
would allow , the roll of dry goods and so
furs inquired if "Yon house was 'Squire be
Black's ? ' ? ' evW
We1 replied affirmatively , and settled ial
down to the enjoyment ot a ride to our
cu
own door , during which we exchanged iuj
whispered speculations as to whom the SCI
be.
stranger might seJ
When the sled stopped a committee dii
of us reported the arrival at the house
while the remainder watched the tying iqi
and blanketing of the horses , and then
formed a voluntary escort. hu
In answer to a muffled rap father kn
opened the door. to
" 'Squire Black , I suppose ? " in
"Yes , sir ; come in. Getting quite shi
< Xld outside , " said father , eying his shimi
guest curiously.
"Well , yes ; we've had a fearful spell an
-o' weather and I've been
- , on the road sta
for the last two days of it. I see you .
don't know me , 'Squire , and I swan , '
my eyes were so full o' frost I hardly fat ,
he
knew but 1 reckon '
yon ; you'll see who
I am when I get this 'toggery off. " mi
From the moment our visitor had
stepped inside.he had been engaged in am
unwrapping one garment after another , jut
si proofs for all the world like peeling the
Mr
tin onion.
At last there stood revealed a young ion
man of four or five and twenty years , a
six-footer with broad shoulders far
- , , face
bronzed by exposure to the weather , me
but a goodly face to look upon , with its spl
rather square jaw , ruddy cheeks , fu'l ' pat
smiling lips , brown hair curling over a roc
broad forehead and blue tab
, eyes , which
answered my fathers questioning look the
by a meny twinkle. tile
In a moment father extended both hoi
hands and grasped the stranger most we
cordially. nly
"You are one of Aunt Anna's boys. " cle
A hearty laugh preceded the reply. J
"I wasn't ufeerd but you'd git it and
right , Squire , give you time enough ; fcyi
I'm the little Joe Tolon you taught for
long division to. " and
We knew Aunt Anna was a former ran
3andlady of father's when he was a ped i
agogue ; -that bhe lived forty or fifty \ VhJ l
miles from us a great distance in those J
days and our interest began to flag nmlS
after mother came in from the kitchen S
and the. conversation was continued and
.about old neighbors of whose existence trill
we had been ignorant. We betook low
ourselves to the kitchen , where mother pro
soon followed. H
Presently , while Joe was caring for but
.his team , father came in , and all un-
raindfn ) of the adage about "little
pitchers , " said , with an air of one who
miidt be circumspect lost his risibilities
would betray him , "Ma , what do you
think Joe has come for ? "
f
"I'm sure I don't know , " replied
mother , composedly stirring auother
handful of meal in the boiling mush
which was to be the piece dc resistance of
our evening meal.
"He has come for a wife. "
"A wife ? I did not know he was ac
quainted around here. "
"He isn't. He wants me to recom
mend him to some girl that is strong.
able and willing to work-knows how
to run a house and [ hesitating a little
"
as he saw the contemptuous "curve on
my rnqther's nose and mouth ] and I've
spoken about Jane. "
"Squire Black ! " said mother empha
sizing her words still further by a dash
of the pudding stick which sent the
mush flying over the stove.
Jane was a farmer's daughter who
worked for us summers and went home
winters to help do up the spanning ,
weaving and the like.
A mutually satisfactory agreement ,
as Jane's services were more needed at
home in the winter than in tlie summer ,
and mother thereby sayed the board
and wages of a girl during the winter
when , the work was not so heavy. More
over , mother often said that Jane put
the work ahead so when she was there
that she could not keep her busy the
year round.
Ah , help was help in those days. Butte
to return to our kitchen. Father had
changed his position , getting a little out
of the way of another charge from the
mush-pot where the beating was going
on vigorously.
After a pause he began again.
"Well , ma , Jane is not bound to
marry Joe unless she wants to. But
perhaps she'll never get another chance
as good. You knovv ' yourself that any
one of Aunt Anna's' boys is bound to
be a good man and a smart oue. "
"None too smart if he thinks to get a
wife in this way , " snapped out mother.
"Let him try , ma , if he wants to ;
let him try. It won't hurt him to have
the conceit taken out of him. "
tlai No reply , but the mush was stirred
as never stirred before. Another pause.
"You know , ma , Jane has been keep
ing company with that trilling Dan
Marcy. ] "
"Why doesn't he marry a girl who
knows him if he wants to get mar-
riP' ? " sourly inquired mother ; but the
pudding ' stick relaxed its vigor slightly
and father ventured a little nearer the
speaker.
"He says the girls up there are all
squaws , a'nd down-by his mother's they
have too high notions. "
"Well , it's a heathenish way of court
ing a wife , " replied mother , "and if he kite
were to come about me that way , if I
were < Jane , I'd empty a bucket of water to
over him. "
"Maybe she will , maybe she will , " h
chuckled father , who probably would a.he
have enjoyed .that termination of the he
affair as well as any. or
"But , ma , you know Jane is terribly sil
homely , and ' *
What further he would have said was
cut short by the entrance of Joe bear
ing , a jar and package.
"Mother sent these to you with her
compliments , Mrs. Black. "
Mother , who knew the flavor of Aunt
Anna's cheese and honey of old , was
somewhat mollified by these presents ,
but she remained rather sulky all the lik
evening ; even when Joe tilled her mi
wood-box , piling the sticks as evenly as an
lath in a bundle , filled the water-pails , th ;
cut the did the the
kindling , milking , bring
ing the pail in as clean , she conde coi
scended to tell him , as she would her
self or but she checked herself aud to
did not say "or Jane. " thi
She would be no party to that" in sai
iquity.
He nearly won her when he repeated
text promptly and correctly and
knelt reverently at prayers'and she [ t
told ! her father "he was a likely young
man , " but her lips shut close , and she ;
shook her head when she thought of his
But ] before morning the sky cleared ,
ind things were hurried for an early ;
start to Jane's.
; he
During ] the" ride it was arranged that
'atner was to introduce Joe's errand to
( elders , and if they were'willing Joe
night thereafter proceed as he liked. "
So upon our reaching the farm father
indMr. Holton left Joe and the boys to
out the team , and they came up to
house and held a conference with
rs. Holton while Jane was busy build- >
the fire in the best room.
The "best room" of an old-fashioned
arm house was dreary enough. This Jed
< had a bright yarn" carpet , several
plit-bottomed and wooden chairs with ut
atch-work cushions , a low-backed
ocking-chair , a wooden "settee , " a ig
able with the Bible , Baxter's "Call to lie
Unconverted , " an almanac and a
of the Christian Era. A few sil-
louettes and prints from magazines ig
rere ] on the walls ; but , after all , its
iornaments were the scrupulous
leanliness : and its big fire-place.
Jane bustled iu an out on household
hospitable cares intent , being given ets
general consent some opportunity
acquaintance and a chance to see erd
be seen before being told our er-
ind.
You already know what she saw.
hal did Joe&ee ? ' sars
Jane was , as father had said , unde-
iably homely. '
She was tall and'angular. . Her 'feet ring
bands were large. Her hair was a gre <
too red for auburn , and not yel- heai
enough for gold. "Carroty" is the the
roper : description. F ;
Her light complexion was freckled , she
her cheeks would have shamed the for > !
roses. Her eyea were gray ; her nose
had grown very long , and then , as if
wishing to make amends for that mis
hap , had shaped itself into a decided
pug. Her mouth was large and always
smiling , and smiling showed what was
Jane's only beauty a set of as regular
and white tenth as ever came from a
dentist's hands.
Her dress was of blue flannel , every
thread spun and woven by herself.
The hour or two until dinner was
spent in viewing and discussing the
stock , in telling the- scanty news , and
in talking over "Uncle Tom's Cabin , "
which was then appearing'as a serial ,
in all of which Joe took his part sensi
bly and modestly.
At noon we were , summoned to an
excellent and bountiful farm dinner.
It was quite evident that by this time
Jane had been informed of our errand ,
so from perfect unconsciousness she be
came suddenly preoccupied , nervous
and blushing. Joe enjoyed his dinner
and did ample justice to it.
After wo were all done suddenly
there came a break and an awkward
pause in the conversation. Joe .cleared
his'throat , but without other sign of
embarrassment began :
"Miss Holton , I see somebody has
already told you what I've come for ,
and it's right I should tell you some
thing about myself. The Squire here
will tell you about my folks.
"I am 25.years old , have never been
sick in my life , I don't drink whisky ,
sweftr , or chow tobacco.
"I've been raised to work and can
hold up my end with any man. I have
160 acres of land about half cleared.
There's the papers to show for it , and
Squire Black will tell you that they're
all right.
"I've a good log house , log stable
and so on. I own the horses i drove
down here and a yoke of oxen besides.
I.don't owe any man a cent. I shall
have cows and chickens when I've a
wife to take care of 'em. Now , if you
think you can make.up your mind to
marry me I'd like to ask'you a few
questions. "
Jane said * nothing , and Joe , evi
dently taking silence for consent , pro
ceeded :
"Did you cook this dinner ? "
Still Jane was silent , but her mother
answered "yes" for her.
Joe smiled. "Well , " the Squire told
me you were a good cook or I wouldn't
have come out here. "
"Can you make good bread ? "
A faint but rather indignant "yes"
was heard from Jane , as if he had
asked her if she could wash her face or
comb her hair.
"Can you milk andtend to milk , but
ter and cheese ? "
"Yes , "a little louder.
"Can you run a house and do all fa
kinds of house work ? " tr
e cat seemed to have gotten Jan's
'
tongue aga'in , and ray mother , pitying
her embarrassment , replied with-an ex anW
haustive catalogue of Jane's virtues as W
housewife. Then suddenly checking w
herself as one who had said too much Bi
said it in wrong cause , became a'
silent , but the questioning went an : irn
"Can you sew ? " of
ev
"Can you knit ? ' '
"Yes. " of
"Can you spin ? " tic
"Yes. " tin
"Can you weave ? " pr
"Yes. " toi
"As you've got to saying , yes I'd tie
like to go right on and ask you to have co
; but I'll go out and feed my horses , sal
ind you can talk with your folks and ce
he < 'squire and his wife , and give me
< answer to that question when I IS
jome in.
"I { want to say first that if you agree
"
10"marry me I'll try and do the fair
hu3g by you , and expect you to do the
same by me. evi
"You can always have what you can
make from the butter and eggs and pei
lialf the wool for your own spending gei
will be very lonesome , for there So
ivon't be another white woman nearer co
han five miles for a while yet , and the the ,
ivork will be hard , but maybe' not )
iarder than you're used to. If you go rai
ive'll have to go day after to-morrow. his
Flic roads are very rough , and it will doi
ake two maybe three days to travel tw
sixty odd miles. " the
It took Joe a long time to feed his she
earn , and during his absence a ha
leal of talking was done. When he shzi
eturned Mr. Holton stood by the table uni
coking very sober , and there were wo
ears in the eyes of all the women off
vhenhe said : "Joe , Jane has con- aln
iluded she'll chance it with you. She's of >
een a good girl always , and wo hope off
rou'Jl use her well. " eve
"I will , Mr. Holton , so help me ake
, " solemnly answered' Joe , and he adc
talked over to where Jane stood and lips
his arm around her and kissed her. ma
Then there was a general handshak- see
, and arrangements were made for she
wedding next afternoon , after boy
rbich Joe and his .wife were to come the
ack as far as our Louse and the follow- atin
morning start for home. iey
The wedding was an old-fashioned wh .
ountry one , and not long after the
eremony Joe's sleigh was packed with
T
cargo of feather beds , quilts , blan- Cre
, and housekeeping goods of various Am
inds , and a nice'cow ( the pick .of the bed
) tied behind , for Mr. Hdlton
ould not let his daughter go empty- full torj >
arided.
scri
Every second year after thatformany ;
Jane came home for a visit. The new
itervening year she could not come 0
ecauso "the baby was too little to the
, " and the numerous little Tolons fror
up in regular succession , their can
mounting one above another like COUi
rounds" a ladder. ted i
Father regularly asked Jane when is li
made these visits if she had come agit
her divorce. tray
Jane always replied : "Not this time.
I don't see but Joe and I get along a.
well as those who take more time for
their courting. "
And Joe , who was always holding
the baby while Jane "undid" the bigger
ones at the time this question was asked ,
would say approvingly" : "That's so ,
Jane. "
* * * * * * *
"Dear me , " said Jane , as , lean
ing on Dr. Joe Tolon's arm , she
threw back her widow's veil ( she has
worn that nearly ten years now ) , and
wiped her glasses before the "Heart of
the Wilderness , " in the art gallery last
fall "dear mo , Joe , that looks just
like the piece of woods opposite the
door of the old house when your father
brought me home. I've seen the deer
browsing -there many a time. I didn't
think then it would over be a city , but
your father said it would , and now the
cars run over that very spot. It's been
along , long time , Joe , Jbut the last
ten years have been longer than all the
rest. " Detroit Free Press.
Use of Salt.
* The Lancet says that , among the fol
lies of the day , some indiscreet persons
are objecting to the use of salt , and
propose to do without it. Nothing
could be more absurd. Common salt
is the most widely distributed substance
in the body ; it exists in every fluid and
in every solid ; and not omy is it every
where present , but in almost every
part it constitutes the largest portion of
the ash when any tissue is bunned. In
particular , it is a constant constituent
of the blood , and it maintains in it a
proportion that is almost wholly inde
pendent of the quantity that is" con
sumed with the food. The blood will
take up so much and ao more , how
ever much we may take with our food ;
and ; , on the other hand , if none be
given , the bloo-a. parts with its natural
quantity ' slowly and unwillingly. Un
der < ordinary circumstances a , healthy
man : loses daily about twelve grains by
one channel or the other , and if he is to
maintain , his health that quantity must
bim introduced. Common salt is of im
mense importance in the processes min
istering to the nutrition of the body ,
for not only is it the chief salt in the
gastric ! juice , and essential for the form
ation of bile , and may hence be reason
ably regarded as of high value in diges
tion , but it is an important agent
in promoting the processes of diffu
sion , and therefore of absorption. Di
rect experiment has shown that it pro
motes the decomposition of albumen in
the body , acting , probably , by increas
ing the activity of the transmission of
fluids from cell to-cell. Nothing can
demonstrate its value better than the to
fact that if. albumen without salt is introduced - , fc
troduced < into the intestine of an animal
trnt portion of it is absorbed/while it all ispo
quickly disappears'if salt be added. If po
any further evidence were required , it sc
would ( be found in the powerful instinct so
which ] impels animals to obtain salt.
Buffaloes will travel for miles to reach
j
"salt-lick ; " and the value of salt in
improving the nutrition and the aspect
horses and cattle is well known to Col
every farmer. The popular notion that
tin use of salt prevents the development lee
worms in the intestine has a founda iy
tion in fact , for salt is fatal to the small iyA
thread-worms , and their
prevents re lo
production by improving the general nis
tone and the char cter of the secre da
tions of the alimentary canal. The in
3onclusion ; , therefore , i.s obvious that ho
salt , being wholesome , and indeed no- If
zessary : , should be taken iu moderate If
quantities . , and that abstention from it ha !
likely i to be injurious. af
the ;
How to Make a Bed.
n
Says the Philadelphia Press "Let ste
jvery bed-maker , as soon as all the
jovera are spread , turn down the up- dif
sheet and all above it , leaving a
jenerous margin below the bolster , me
some people , you know , pull all thu an
jovers straight up to tLo top and lay inn
bolster upon them , so that when me
cd-time comes the bed must be rear- sin
anged at the head. Boys don't like Th
way , and perhaps some other folks mo
lon't , either. It is the custom to pile alk
< big , square pillows on the top of as
bolster , and then put on two pillow Scr
hams , and then , sometimes , or per- lasl
laps ] before the pillow-shams , a sheet- stir
ham. This is setting a trap for the wit
inwary. Only a remarkably careful Soi
oman is equal to the task of getting but
all the 'finery' properly. Why not sla1
.Imost , if not altogether , abolish shams nat
all kinds ? Why not honestly take anc
the big , square pillows and supply of
very bed with a comfortable bolster to deafer
the place Of pillows ? If you like for
dornment , embroider or decorate the i obe
and sheets themselves without any i fac [
lake-believe. ! Silk , lace and the like ! of
eem out of place on a bed , which sph
liould suggest repose' Imagine a big his
with boots on flinging himself into woi
midst of a fairy creation of pink ban
and torchon , "Let beds be what chil
; look like , and let them look like and
.hat they are real resting-places. " arn
i t len
die
The president of the United States wit
Cremation Society says that "over 5,000 and
mericans are pledged to have their andT
odies burned. " The original crema- . T
it
at Washington , Pa , is runing on
time , and § 15,000 have been sub- .
ribed toward the construction of a
one in New York. con
ture
One of the principal ingredients in Wh
happ'ness of childhood is freedom hey
su picion why may it not be ing
unbined with a more extensive inter- * hey
urse with mankind ? A disposition afte
dwell on the bright side of character red
like gold to its possessor ; but to im- is fo
more evil than meets the eye , be- she
affinity for it. her
"
JAPANESE ROYALTY.
Tha DlTinlty That Hedge * Abort a
Mikado.
j
The 3d of November is the birthday
of the present Mikado , and I had the
good fortune to be here in Yukaharaa
on that occasion , it is now esteemed a
rare honor to see the Mikado here , and
the event , unless it occurs on some fes
tival day , creates but little excitement.
I cannot help contrasting all this with
the seclusion enforced scarcely more
than a decade ago , when no subject
could over hope to look upon his sovereign
eign unless he ministered to him iu the
capacity ofan immediate servant ;
when the very chinaware from which
Mikado ate his meals was destroyed in
order that no mortal might obtain pos
session of it , and use it for his own un
hallowed purpoaes. Japan has receded ,
or rather advanced , a long way from
those days of punctilious etiquette , and
no one ought to be more thankful for
this than the Mikado himself. By this
I do not mean Unit the Mikado mingles
with his people in anything like the
sense that a president of the United
States does ; but he goes and comes in
a superior , isolated way as he pleases ,
and on certain set days of the year ex
hibits himself to the populace under cir
cumstances of special ceremony. Chief
of these , perhaps , is hL own birthday ,
when ho reviews the imperial troops
at Tokio. Then he dons his most mag
nificent robes , surrounds himself with
an unusual display of Japanese royalty ,
and invites the foreign representatives
to be present as his guests. In thus
graciously permitting his subjects to
survey his royal person the Mikado
di not surrender his claim upon the
r < regard of his people. He
simply defers to the quality of royal /
liberty , which prevails among most
civilized nations. lie still expects and
receives a nominal homage that is
almost servile. I suppose Shjntooism
was made to supplant Buddhism as the
state religion , in order to bolster up
imperial authority , among other things ,
sc as to counteract any unfavorable re-
suls ] of this royal exposure. According
toM the philosophy of this religion the
Mikado is of divine ancestry , and , there
fore , cunnot err. It is a significant
fact , however , that the Mikado is as
careful and conservative in his official
conduct as though his authority was
contingent wholly upon the exercise of
worldly wisdom on hirf part. In other
words"though he is still an absolute
Wim
monarch , these sixteen years of his ad-
mmi.stratiou have built up a public sen
timent which he is bound to respect ,
and which none of his predecessors had
, deal with. The while , therefore ,
that , he has the reputation of being .1
liberal , well-disposed sovereign , there
in everything a substratum of
policy and cunning , born of con
sciousness : on his part that there are
some things which he dare not do.
J
Love , Courtship and Marriage
Among the Boving Arabs.
Colonel I > e Kunk In Louisville Courier-JOB rnaL
The girls have little to do with se
lecting their husbands. The men near
always fix that'up among themselves.
. bold wariior sees a girl whom he
loves in another tribe. He rides up at
night , finds out where she is sleeping ,
dashes up to her tent , snatches her up
his arms , puts her before him on the
dorse and sweeps a way like the wind ,
he happens to be caught he is shot.
he IA not , the tribe from which he
ias stolen the girl pays him a visit in
few day.s. The dervish , a priest of
he tribe , joins the hands of the young
man and the girl , and both tribes join
the merriment. All the bravest men
iteal their wives , but there are oome
rvho do not. Their method is a little
lifferent. Of a calm moonlight night
and a moonlight in the tropics is far
nore beautiful tban hero you may see
.Arab sitting before the tent of his
namoratff picking a stringed instru-
nent something like our banjo and
iinging a song of his own composition.
Chis is his courtship. They are the
nest musical people in the world. They
in poetry , and extemporization is
easy < with them as it was with the
calds ' of old. The courtship only
as'ts a week or two. If the girl is ob-
tinato he goes elsewhere and seeks to
in another girl by his songs and music.
Sometimes the father makes the match ,
always the girl is the obedient
lave. Her religion , her people , her
lational instincts , the tradition of her
ncestors , all teach bar to be the slave
her 1 husband. The power of life and
eath is in his hands , and she bows be-
* his opinions with the most implicit
bedience. It is only whim the fair
iced Frank comes , with his glib talk
woman's highest duties and grander
phere , with his winning manner , with
marked respect , so uVtering to a
roman's soul , that she leaves her hus-
and , forsakes the teachings of her
hildhood , gives up home and friends ,
risks death itself to repose in his
rms. They are as fine riders as the
and as fearless. They ride strad-
and can go almost any distance
ithout ! fatigue. They are fine shots ,
don't know what personal fear is.
The woman of these people are mod-
and far more faithful than the
oman of civilized life. Indeed , it is
rarest thing in the orld to hear of
njngal infidelity. Tl. e woman ma-
ireat 11 and 12 and are old at 85.
rrhen young they are very beautifal.
have soft , dark sk n , black , flow-
hair and _ soft lan < uis < hing eyes.
are passionate in t i 5r loves , but
marriage all their j.ffection is cen-
in their husbands. If a woman
found to be untrue t > her husband
is instantly killed , ( together with
lover. But this seldom happens.