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\vhen one which is both stylish and
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. F. KnicmxoB ,
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Castoria.
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When Baby was sick , ire gave her Castoria.
When she tvas a , Child , she cried for Castoria ,
When she became Hiss , she clung to Castoria ,
Whensheliad Children , she gave them Castoria
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* Ui ERJEMECICAI. GO. , BUFFALO , ii Y.
Summering On a Farm.
Tm living in the country now , upon a quiet
farm.
Whcro I am frro from the city nolso and eofo
from urban harm ;
And 'stcail of horrid cantaloupes and early
summer meats ,
I feed upon the cool crlep squash and bloodi
red winter beets.
I have a room with slanting roof ; no weari
some design
Upon the wall Is there to greet those tired eyes
of mine.
But honest , coarse , sand-paper walls arc those
about my head.
Ton which 1 rub that fevered spot where
mosquitoes have fed.
No narrow bath-tub have I here to lave my
eclf within ,
But one largo basin on the lloor , a dipper made
of tin.
Oh , how the cooling waters plasii , and o'or my
shoulders flow.
Despite their hukiup through the floor , as
suaging all my woe 1
And , as I'vo said , no city noise doth break up
on the car
Naught save the cooing of the frog , the bleut
of chanticleer.
The crowing of the Durham cow , the lowing
of the hen :
Those are the solo disturbances in this my
rural den.
And oh. the habits that this life , this country
life inspires I
The breakfast gqt at five a. m. ah ! how my
soul n dm ires
To rise at four , and ere the sun has started on
its way.
To don my duds and enter on the duties of the
day I
Instead of working at my desk In hot seer"
sucker coat ,
To seek the fields and toss the hay , to feed the
bounding gout ,
To dine three times a day on pic , washed down
by berry wine.
And when the sun has set at last retiring al
nine.
This Is a noble life to lead ; from care and
strife so free :
It tans the check , the muscles gain , It fills the
soul with glee.
But when next summer comes this way , I feai
I can't afford
To swap the sweat of brow and brawn foi
rural bed and board.
%
Kenry Herbert Harkncss , in Harper's Bazar.
THE THEFT OF H TRESS , .
;
The rivalry between the two young
men was very bitter. Little Billy i
Stedmau , one "of the cleverest sales
men in the great retail store of Square- 1
shell , Shields & Co. , considered him
self every whit the equal of young
Ernest Trevor , the rich broker's son.
who did not work for a living and
wore yellow kid gloves every day of
the year , rain or shine. Nevertheless
"
Mr."Trevor was wont to look down
somewhat on Billy aud would perhaps
not have condescended to notice him
at all if certain circumstances were not
constantly throwing them together.
Miss Millicent Turner , the head
saleswoman in the cloak department
of Squareshell , Shields & Co.'s , was a I
singularly beautiful young woman. ]
Tall and shapely , with big brown eyes
deeply fringed with heavy lashes , tiny
hands and feet and a carriage in which
decision and grace were happily blend
ed , she was a very refreshing object to
look at on a warm day. Her most re
markable , feature , however , was her
hair , which was of a rich bronze tint ,
and curled away up on her head like a
shining pyramid of silk. When she
let it down sometimes for the amuse j
ment of the other girls , it fell almost I
to her knees in a perfumed torrent that
excited both admiration and envy on
every side.
Miss Millicent had many admirers '
and among them we.re numbered both !
Billy and Trevor. The latter had accompanied - I
companied his mother one day when
she had come to look at some cloaks.
He was smitten at once. Notwith
standing his superior station in societ } ' .
the 3'oung man's conduct had been
propriety itself. There was no sug
gestion of frivolity or impudence about
it. He had sought an introduction in
a perfectly legitimate way and from
almost the first day he made her ac
quaintance had been her devoted
slave.
Billy owed his acquaintance with the
charmer to the very practical inter
course of dry , every day business. He
had improved his opportunities and
stood atfthis time very high in her good
graces. They were together a great
deal and it was common rumor about
the store that they had decided to make
a match of it.
The beautiful saleswoman was to a
certain degree impartial in her treat
ment of her two adorers. True , she
tvas more with Billy than with his
rival , and their intercourse was nat-
nrally more familiar. It would have
been very hard for an outsider to pick
out the winner. Both had made dec
laration of love to her and besought
her to put them out of their misery.
To Billv , who had looked very hand
some With his curly brown hair and
pathetic blue eyes as he knelt on the
damp grass at Lincoln Park to make
his avowal , she had said that they were
both too poor to marry ; to Trevorwho
had pleaded with all the impetuosity
of u pampered boy of 20. she had said
very prettily that she could not think
of entering a familv where she was
sure her present occupation and posi
tion in society Avould prevent her re
ceiving a welcome. Both young men ,
however , despite these refusals , con
tinued to call on her. Neither of them
knew that the other had proposed and
been rejected a fi < which was in it
self a high tribute to the fair one's
good sense aud though they general
ly happened to strike separate even
ings for their visits , they occasionally
met in the tastefully decorated littfe
parlor. At such times they would
exchange monosyllable remarks , or
glare at each other like prize-fighters ,
until their pretty hostess , in sheer des
peration and dread of bloodshed , would
turn them both out at once.
But there came an eventful " day
when all the fates seemed to "play di
rectly into Billy's hands. The em
ployes of Sauareshell , Shields & Co.
had a picnic at a pretty grove a couple
of hours ride from town. There was
a broad , swift river , and a boat in
which Miss Millicent sat w.h an an
gular floorwalker , went shooting over
a high dam aud upset. The angular
floorwalker turned his attention to
saving himself and Billy , who by a
special dispensation of his lucky star ,
happened to be standing on the brink
at that point , plunged in like the
plucky fellow he was and fished out
his dripping charmer. She was forced
to take her wonderful hair down , to
let it dry in the breeze , and an hour or
'
two late'r , when the dusk had fallen ,
Billy wrapped the soft tresses all about
hia throat : iiid face to < rive him courage ,
and made nnothcr appeal. Of course
it wns successful ; Miss Milliccnt would
not have boon a. woman otherwise.
"Dear Billy.1' murmured she , strok
ing : his cheek ( that was no less inno
cent ' of down than her own ) with her
soft i hand. "I always loved you the
best any anyway. You saved my lifo
to-day , too" "Billy blushed in the
darkness i ; he had not told her that ho
had walked ashore with her in his
arms ; , the water being only up to his
shoulders < "and I think AVO can bo
happy together , you and I , Billy. "
Somehow or "other Bjjly found a
passage to her mouth through the bil
lows of llowing hair , and the compact
was sealed between them in the old
immortal way.
Very naturally young Mr. Ernest
Trevor ' was perturbed when ho heard
the news. Indeed , that is putting it
too mildly. To tell the truth ho ex-
hibitcll au inclination to go partially
insaue. Ho wrote Miss Millicent let
ters. He sought interviews with her ,
in the course of which ho would al
ternate avowals of his hopeless passion
with threats against the curly-haired
and triumphant Billy's -.life. More
than this , he enlisted the aid of his
parents in his behalf. The latter were
not indifferent to their son's welfare
often the case with fathers and moth
ers and when the desperate youth
swore by all the gods and little lishes
at once'that he would slay himself un
less he could marry this girl , they ,
knowing that ho had a habit of keep
ing .his word , became alarmed. All
expostulations proving unavailing they
reached the conclusion that he must
have his way. They visited Miss Mil
licent. The mother became satisiied
that she would make any man a good
wife , and from that moment she petted
and caressed her ns though she had
, been her own daughter. She made
her presents , took her for carriage
1 drives , to plays and everywhere else
i and lost no opportunity of pleading the
cause of her headstrong boy as only a
mother can.
Billy objected most decidedly to
these goings on and he told Millicent
so. She was not inclined to be un
faithful , but liked her own way and
said she would have it. A week or so
of unpleasantness followed and then
there came an open quarrel. Billy put
his foot squarely down. The recep
tion of Mrs. Trevor's attention must
cease ; so must the visits to her house.
Otherwise the engagement must end.
Miss Millicunt drew herself up proud
ly , though she grew as pale as a lily ,
and professed iudjffojrencj } .
Billy jammed hfs hat doVn over his
eyes and left the house.
Then came the inevitable seqnenee.
Miss Millicent had left the establish
ment of Squareshell , Shields & Co.
shortly after the announcement of her
engagement to Billy. It was at least
three months after that that Billy read
in the "Back Door Chat" column of the
Society Gabbler the announcement of
her approaching marriage to young
Trevor.
He bore his agony in much the same
fashion that other j'oung men do
smoked fifteen cigars a day instead of
six and changed his poker game from
a penny ante to $2 limit.
There came a calm quiet evening
when he felt more than usually senti-
mcntai. It lacked only a few clays of
the wedding. The air was soft and
balmy. The moon shone with chaste
splendor. He thought he would stroll
past the old familiar house , just for the
sake of memories.
He was unconsciously whistling Tos-
ti's "Good-bye , " as ho walked slowly
past the porch where he had set with
his Millicent so few , so very few nights
ago. He started back in amazement
as he came opposite to the little wicket
gate. A tall , white-robed ligure stood
in the shadows just out of the searching
rays of the moon.
"Milliceut , " ho gasped.
A white hand rose in the shadow
and as quckly fell. In an instant he
was at her side.
"Oh , go away , go away , " murmured
the girl , " 3011 must not stay here an
instant. How wicked of you ! Billy ,
please , clear Billy , go away. Whaj
would people say of me if thev saw yott
here ? "
Billy pulled out his watch and looked
afrit. It pointed to 11. "I suppose
the prospective bridegroom has just
gone. " said he.
"JTes , yes , " was the agitated re
sponse.
"Oh , please go away. "
Billy drew a stop nearer and took
her hand. "Not until you have sworn
that you love him better than you do
mehe declared firmly.
The tears came into her big eyes
and in all her life she had neverlooked
so handsome and helpless. "Billy. "
she said brokenly , while a sort of reck
lessness seemed to shine out of her
face. "Oh , Billy , " breaking into a
Avail "why were you so hasty and ill-
tempered ? Ah , you know so well"
she stopped and covered her face with
her hands. Her eyes were raining
tears now.
The boy made a movement as though
to clasu her in his arms. "Xo" she
cried , starting back , "I am not so base
as that. I will not be doubly false.
He , at least , believes in me. Billy ,
dear , for God's sake , jjo. and believe
me when I swear that I shall go to my
grave loving you ! "
The moon smirked down on poor
Billy , as with desperation in his pale
fac he knelt on the dewy sod and
begged her ball that was clear in life ,
by all that Avas sweet , and holy to ily j
with him. He would see to her safety
till morning , he said , and then , hey I
for Milwaukee and a Gretna Green romance - ,
mance , with all the regulation trim- I
mings. i
The weeping maiden was obdurate. !
To her infinite credit be it said , she |
voAved that nothing could induce her J
to betray the absent one. She loved
'
the dcsp'airing youth at her feet , but
he must go.
Billy arose with a strange , unnatural
light in his eyes as though struck Avith
a sudden hope. "One last embrace ,
then , " he gasped with apparent resig
nation.
She Avavercd an instant and then
yielded. The delicate form , delicious
to the eye in its 1'obe of lleecy white
and the wonderful , hair engulphing it
like a cloud , swayed toward him. Their
lips met.
Blush , blush , ye gods for man's
duplicity. The youth had about him
the scissors with" which for years ha
had sliced off yards of flannel foe the
patrons of Messrs. Squarosholl , Shields
& Co. Even as his left arm encircled
the drooping figure his right hand
stele to his waistcoat pocket ; the
gleaming blades of steel Avcro raised
aloft. In an instant there had been
severed from a queenly head a great ,
bulky lock of hair as much ns a man
might hold in one of his hands a fercss
as thick as a man-of-war's cable.
The youth sprang back with hii
silken trophy dangling in his hand.
"What , oh what have you done ? " al
most shrieked the maid , with her
hands to her head.
"Listen. " commanded Billy , in a
cold , confident tone. "You dare not
face your betrothed with that shorn
head and you know it It was u mean
trick. I know , but it was a case of lifo
and death. Milly , I will wait.for you
at 1113' rooms you know whcro they
are and to-morrow we will bo mar
ried. I know you'll bo there. "
Billy's confidence wad not misplaced.
His rooms Avere just round the corner.
He waited on the front steps for her
and in an hour she came. What else
could she have clone ? There Avas no
earthlv " explanation she could have
made. They sat in Billy's little den
all night , holding each other's hands.
At dawn loug before Billy's landlady
had an opportunity to be scandalized
they had vanished. And so the daily
papers had to record another runaway
marriage.
But the many friends of the bride
could never understand why she cut
all her beautiful hair off short. Harold
R. Vynne , in Chicago Evening Journal.
PERSONAL HABITS OF NAPOLEON.
The Xriitrnt Ancpdotrm of the Grout Km-
poror and Famous Goncr.il.
Napoleon , we are told , was dressed
every jnorninjr by the valet in attend
ance. He did not don a single gar
ment himself ; eventually , however , he
was induced to shave himself. It hap
pened in this wise : In 1803 the head
valet , Hambard , pleaded ill-health as
an excuse for not accompanying his
master to Boulogne. "Who is to shave
me ? " asked Napoleon , for Hambard
had regularly discharged this duty.
Hambard suggested Constant , who ,
foreseeing this emergency , had been
diligently taking lessons on humbler
chins and had acquired proliciency.
He had no easy task , for Napoleon ,
while undergoing the operation , would
talk , read tlie m\vspapers , uiul lidjrct in
his chair , sometimes sitting as stiff as a
statue and declining to bend his head
an inch. Great care was necessary to
avoid cutting his face.
Another peculiarity was that he in
sisted on one side being lathered and
shaved before the other was touched.
When Constant got free enough with
him to venture on the step , he urged
on Napoleon the desirability of his
learning to shave , as he himself might
be ill or absent , and Napoleon would
not like to be operated on by a
stranger. Napoleon was with some
difficulty , induced to try the experi
ment , but. of course , he experimented
only on himself , and did not.therefore ,
j acquire professional protlciency. Very
, clumsy at iirst. he gradually became
i tolerably expert. On one point , how
ever , he"was obstinate he persisted in
moving the razor downward instead of
upwaru , and occasional cuts were the
consequence.
While not lifting a iingor to dress
himself , Napoleon dispensed with as
sistance in undressing ; but he flung his
garments all over the room his watch
sometimes missing the table or bed at
which it was aimed and falling broken
on the floor. As to dress he "despised
dandies , never wore rings , and abomi
nated scents , except eau de cologne-
with which he was often rubbed , and
which was his specific for bruises.
When coat-tails becamfc shorter he
stuck to the old fashion until Conatanl
got the tailor to shorten them bj im
perceptible gradations. Ho disliked
tightly fitting clothes , found a new hat
uncomfortable , though lined with silk
and wadding , and stuck to an old one
as loug as possible. He put on every
morning a clean white waistcoat , with
knee-breeches to match he never
wore trousers ; but as he habitually
iviped his pen on his breeches after
\hfee or four washings they were donr
with.
Constant denies , howcvn the com
mon story of his keeping ffVeiff loose in
his waistcoat pocket. D-B ilways used
a , snuff-box and , though L' frequently
'cook a pinch , he simply h-'tld it to hi ?
fiose and then dropped ? H or nearly all
* n the floor. His snu injured the
Oirpet , not his ivaistco ? > Smoking he
aover tried but OHCP. An Oriental
Ambassador had preseb&d him with a
ciiibouk. It was lilled r.nd lit for him-
bv\t he morel } ' opened . * iid shut his lip
instead of drawing. ' rhen at last ho
was induced to draw E&e smoke went
dosvii his throat and fume out at hia
nose. He felt queer "ir an hour , de
claimed against the K bit as lit only for
lazy people , and never touched a pip
aguin.
A. T. Stewart.
The idea that A. T. Stewart began ,
life in New York penniless is so deep
ly rooted in the public mind that it is
doubtful if people will ever compre
hend the true facts. Tory few men
i have as good si chance for a commer
' cial opening as had the great dry-goods
I prince. His entire fortune was placed
in his hands when IIP va.s 20 years of
age , aud he was allowed to do exactly
as he pleased with it. This fortutfe
amounted to considerably over § 20,000.
The first purchase which Stewart made
was in the shape of a. big consignment
of Irish linen in Belfast. A lot of thu
$20.000went , into this primary trans
action , and. aftc-r he had sold the goods
at a little shop on the corner of Broad
way and Chambers street , ho found
that he had nearly doubled his fortune.
BO that a year after he had established
his busines he had nearly $ 0.000 in.
cash and a good credit established.
WiUi such an equipment at 21 j-eai-s
his subsequent success loses something
of its marvelous character , particular
ly when it is remembered that the war
trebled the value of all the big com
mercial houses like that of A. T. Stew
art & Co. A' 1' Sun.
A Pottsville ( Pa. ) man took seventy ,
five pretzels along with him to Eurcu *
to eat on the way.