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A DEFENSE OF THE SPINSTER
Many Compensations In a Life of
Blnglo Blessedness.
HOWQUEEN VICTORIA PROPOSED.
Bhc ivns Brlof to tlio Point and Albert
Accepted Her Promptly Perfunc
tory Hisses Mrs. Harrison's
Housekeeping.
The Ijlttlo Wife at Home.
H'oman's Exchange ,
The dear httlofito at homo , John ,
With over so much to do ,
Stitches to sat , and babies to pot ,
And so many thoughts of you ;
The beautiful household fairy.
Filling your IIOUBO with litrht ;
Whatever you meet to dny , John ,
Go cheerily homo to-night.
For though you are worn and weary ,
You needn't bo cross or curt ;
Tlioro uro words like- darts to contlo hearts ,
There are looks that wound ana hurt.
Wlthlha Key in the latch at homo , John ,
Drop the trouble out of sight ;
To the Httlo wlfo who Is waiting ,
Go cheerily homo to-night.
Perfunctory Kisses.
Henvon preserve mo , writes Master
Geoffrey in the Boston Globe , from the
perfunctory kiss of two women. There
is something about a kiss of the kind
that is as dismal as the desert of Sa
il arrv. There is not oven QUO oasis in it
to mark the dreary waste. It is worse
than melody measured out with a yard
stick , or poetry doled out by the quart.
There is no inspiration about it ; none
whatever , of any kina. What iv dull ,
sodden affair is the face of a pretty girl
who is kissing the lips of another pretty
glrll How the same pretty face be
comes illuminated with the 11 ro of the
soul when it is kissed by well perhaps
this is getting to bo an over dolicuto
matter , and bomothing ought to bo loft
to the imagination of the reader. However -
over , there is no rhapsody in the kiss
exchanged by two girls , or two women.
It ! H as uninviting as the fields in
winter tlmo.
How QIIOUII Victoria Proposed.
"I wonder how many people know
that Victoria the Good , as it has boon
suggested the quuon of England shall
ho called , when she foil in love had to
do the proposing for horsolfV" said an
Americanized Englishman the other
morning , to a Philadelphia Press re
porter.
' 'I was much interested In reading
recently the account of her betrothal.
It had always been expected that she
nnd her cousin Albert would eventu
ally make iv match of it. When they
\voro both about eighteen years old he
visited England , but did not make
much impression on the newly crowned
queen. Ilowovor , throe years later ho
made up his mind to a "now-or-novor"
game , and with his brother visited her
at Windsor Caatlo. Like more humble
lovorr , ho mis placed in a rather em
barrassing predicament by the non-ar
rival of hit ) luggage , and was thus prevented -
vented from dining with her majesty on
liiH ( Irflt evening an her guost. For flvo
days did Victoria study him , and then
after Aral tolling her advisor , Loid Mel
bourne , what eho had decided to do.sho
Bout for Albert , saying that she desired
to BOO him particularly. Ono account
of the atTalr , certainly valuable for its
brevity , reads as follows : "What the
quoou told him was that she loved him
with her whole heart , and that she do-
lired to bo his wlfo. " She was accepted
without hesitation , us any good-looking
sovereign of twenty might have Tiopod
to have been , unaso they wore married.
Mrs. Harrison's Housokoepinc.
Hero is what a lady , who is a frequent
visitor at the white house , and who
ought to know , Bars about Mrs. Harri
son and the housekeeping : "It is abso
lutely untrue that Mrs. Harrison goes
around with the keys jingling at her
holt and oversees the housekeeping. In
the iirst place , she has not the time ,
and in the second place , the steward at
tends to all such matters , as he has
always done , Whore things wore un
satisfactory , as they wore in a number
of instances where servants had boon
retained so long that they thought they
owned the place , she has suggested that
they bo remedied. I don't see' why , be
cause a man is elected president , that
even in the matter of domestic servants
the whole nation must rise up on mnsso
and dictate to him. Or why , oven if
his linen is not well washed , his dinner
not well cooked , nor his bed well made ,
ho must continue to employ the people
who misdo those things merely because
they are republicans , or democrats or
mugwumps , or because they are blacker
or white. A man's happiness depends
to a great extant on the efficiency of his
servants , and ho ought to have his own
way about thorn. Arthur did it and ho
was comfortable.
The Spinster na She In.
There are a few people who have not
looked into the dictionary especially ,
who know how the term spinster origi
nated. Wo often find it in Shaksporo
and other of the classics , but it used to
define the spinner. This is its specific
moaning. Its general significance is
wider. There was an old practice , in
the years ago no , that a woman should
never bo married until she had spun
herself a sot of body , table and bed
linen. It is not dllucult to see how
easily the term became applicable to all
unmarried women , and finally became a
law term and llxod. It is not the fash
ion among lawyers nowadays to suocify
tno maiden by the terra spinster. Sin
gle woman is the term employed in its
pine ? , and perhaps with more satisfac
tion , because there is something about
the word spinster which is objection
able.
It is associated with acerbity , wrin
kles , moroseness and general dis-
agrooablonces. The term spinster is
decidedly objectionable to nn unmar
ried woman. It occupies a close posi
tion to old maid , which is certainly nni
always resented with acorn , and often
times with indignation. Really , there
its nothing reproachful in the term old
maid , provided , of course , the lady is
well on in years. To call any woman
old when her face is not puckered up
into a lot of wrinkles , when her eyes
are bright , her figure erect and elastic ,
is an unpardonable sin. But the term
fills the bill. Around the word maiden
cluster most of the fancies and recollec
tions of youth. To most people a maid
is a dream of adolescence. Tonpply the
term maid to an elderly spinster would
bo a misapplication , because in the ab
stract a maiden Is to the average mind
a combination of beauty , bhthsomoness ,
buoyancy and youth. Hence , if the term
maid is to bo used in connection with
one well on in years , the adjectival
qualitlcutor old must bo employed to
note the distinction in ago.
It lb unfortunate that there should bo
so great a horror felt on the part of un
married women toward this epithet
old maid , says a writer in the Detroit
Free Press. She has an individuality
of her own , She has a name which is
vital. It is symmetrical. She does not
hide her light under the bushel of mat
rimony. She is not absorbed into an
other's legal existence. In fact , eho has
just as much personality as any mau.
Everything in'this world is based upon
the law of compensation. And in this
fact may bo found the compensation for
the unmarried woman. If she has prop
erty she can do with it ns she pleases
without consulting u man , who possibly
may bo stubborn , or selfish , or moan. If
she has no property , but has to work for
her living , she is not compelled to spend
a portion of it on n hUsband who is too
la/.y to work ; or if ho is able and willing
to work is not able , to support two in
reasonable comfort.
These are compensations which are
not witnout great value. In the mind
of everyone that has < a kindly nature
the unmarried woman of mature years
is clothed in peculiarly bright attri
butes. True , there are some mature
maidens whoso minds are so contorted
that to them the world is turned upside
down and every man , woman and child
is their particular enemy. But
those are the exceptions , and
it has often , been said that the
exceptions prove the rule. Not
long ago a woman killed herself be
cause ; as she confessed in her anto-mor-
tom letter , she had not the courage to
be an old maid. This woman was ono
of the foolish virgins. The old maid
becomes in many cases a hallowed char-
actor. Her pure and kindly face , un
marked by a single solllsh iraprcsssion
is significant of the struggle that has
been carried on within and the final
triumph of spirit over matter. It takes
a great deal of courage to stifle the as
pirations of womanhood , to banish the
dreams of youth and settle down to the
life of self-abnegation and sacrifice
which maidenhood imposes.
The maternal longing is strong in the
breast of every woman. Nature has im
planted it there , She who is without it
is not worthy the name of woman. And
in extinguishing this longing there is
a great burden of sacrifice. But this
has its reward , too. There shines out
of tlio eyes of nearly every
unmarried woman who has reached
the old maid period n light
which speaks of gentleness and perfect
serenity within. There are few old
maids who , if they originally had lov
able characters , are not really beloved
by iv wide circle of friends. She is more
than esteemed. She is loved bv everyone
ono that knows her. And , hotter than
that , every ono is ready and willing to
show her thoseHttlo courtesies and at
tentions which are so prized by all
womankind.
There seems to bo n desire on the part
of every thoughtful member of society
to contribute as much as possible to the
comfort and happiness of the old maid.
There was a time when the woman who
was forced to live a single life was
looked upon with a sort of pity. But
that time has passed away. Spinsterhood -
hood is not now looked upon as discred
itable. How can it bo , when there arose
so many beautiful , charming and lov
able women , not to say heiresses , Who
are included in its ranks ? Some
woman remain old maids from
choice. Some are old maids be
cause they are true to the idols of other
days. Some because they are fearful
of the quicksands of matrimony. Others
hecnubo their ideal has not yet come to
them. The reasons in each ono of the
instances is not only creditable but
honorable.
Someone has eaid that every woman ,
whether she bo ugly or beautllul , de
formed or symmetrical , has at seine
time in her Ufa a ohahco to marry. So
ciety should honor the beautiful and
lovable woman , who , rather than throw
herself away upon an unworthy object ,
BO respects herself and BOX that she
prefers the single life. And what praise
is enough for that woman's true heart
whoso mo on her own motion is bereft
of maternal joye and blessings bo-
cause her affections are true to one that
is no more ? In whatever light wo
look at the old maid she appears to
good advantage. Society honors its
spinsters , provided they have the
character to win esteem and confidence.
The old maid is a distinct institution of
society , and it is not so easy to imagine
how society rould lill her place.
Household Arts.
To mend broken china use a cement
made by stirring plaster of paris into
the white of an egg.
If , while house-cleaning , you drop
soot on the carpet , cover it thickly with
salt and it may be swept up without
blackening the carpet.
When the rubber rollers of a wringer
become sticky , as they often do after
wringing flannel , rub with kerosene
and wipe dry , and they will bo nice and
smooth.
Cure should bo taken to remove the
sprouts from the young bulbs which
spring up at the base of callas. This is
especially necessary , if your largo plant
is about to bloom.
Do not water plants too much ; they
are much injured by having their roots
water-soaked. Wait until the plants
show the need of water before giving it.
In cleaning oil-cloths use no soap or
scrubbing-brush , but wash off the dirt
with water and flannel. Then go over
it with milk , and rub with a soft brush
till diy and shining.
Thick brown paper should bo laid un
der carpets if the patent thing is not to
bo had. It saves wear and prevents the
inroads of moths , which , however , will
seldom give trouble if tarred paper is
placed beneath the ends.
If n now broom be immersed in boil
ing water until it is quite cold , then
thoroughly dried in the air , it will bo
far moro pleasant to use and will last
much longer. Frequent moistening of
the broom is conducive to its usefulness
and also saves the carpet.
A correspondent of the Scientific
American gives this ns a "suro death to
buffalo moths. " "Take strips of rod or
blue flannel ( as these colors are particu
larly attractive to them ) , dip in liquid
arsenic , and lay around the edges of
the carpets or wherever the posts are
troublesome. They will soon oat a 'de
sired amount and collapse to the entire
satisfaction of the house , without the
least injury to the carpets. "
In common with many readers , Table
Talk has boon annoyed with the nui
sance of n greasy lamp a lamp through
which the oil Booms to.oxudo. , Now the
remedy for this is very simple. If per
sons would bo careful when they blow
their lights out to turn the wick law
enough for the top of it " to bo below the
edge of the burner"this annoyance
would bo averted. They blow out the
light , never thinking to turn down the
wick , and , as the auction started by the
flame continues for some time after the
light is extinguished , the oil will spread
over the surface of.tho lump.
The Household is asked what
is a cheap , effectual , and harm
less cosmotlo for the face and
hands. The question is easily
answered. Wash tlio face and hands in
very warm water , with plain , good soap ,
and with a haudful of line ground oat
meal rubbed in with the suds. A pound
of oatmeal will cost U cents , u calco of
castile eoup 10 or 15 , and they will lust a
long time. Such a cosmotlo is perfectly
harmless and effectual. It cleanses and
softens wonderfully and loaves a gentle
luster that no other cosmotlo will
give. _
Apollo Is said to bo the first gentleman
Who over struck u lyro. If ho had only
hit him a Httlo harder wo might not have
BO many magnificent liars at the present
time.
HELENA'S ' PRETTY MILLINER ,
How Her Advent Cost Handsome
Al Worrall His Life.
BILL BURR'S COWARDLY THRUST
A Terrible All Around Fight at the
International Which Resulted
In Several IjynchliiRS and a
General Reformation.
Both AVcro After Louise.
"I saw the first hanging in Helena ,
Mont. , the stringing up of Big Jim
Daily , the notorious desperado , by the
Helena regulators as described in the
Sun recently , " said u former Now
Yorker , who was ono of the engineer
corps that made the preliminary survey
of the route for the Northern Pacific
railway , to a reporter , for that
paper , "and I saw the memorable
deadly fracas that followed that execu
tion , and which resulted in the sum
mary cleaning out of the remnants of
Jim Daly's gang , who had continued to
haunt Helena , and wore showing a dis
position to run things again with a high
hand. That bloody affray was indi
rectly caused by a woman , who subse
quently became a social louder in He
lena , and who probably is yet , if she is
living.
"For a while after Jim Daily was
hanged there was a peaceful lull in the
town , and it seemed an ominous calm to
the citi/ons. Gradually the gambling
hells , hurdy-gurdies' , and other lawless
establishments became as free as over.
Still there was no trouble , and the regu
lators had come to the conclusion that
things wore going on as well as might
ho expected , when calamity was precipi
tated by an unforsoon circumstance.
The stage from Gallatin drew up in
front of the International hotel ono af
ternoon , and from it alighted a dainty ,
genteelly dressed young woman. She
was clad in black , and an unmis
takable air of mystery surrounded
her. She entered the hotel , ana noth
ing was seen or heard of her by the outside -
side world for a day or BO , when a
modest sign was hung out opposite the
side door of the hotel stating that
'Madame Louiso' was prepared to do
millinery work for the female portion
of Helena. Madame Louise was the
handsome and mysterious arrival by
the Gallatin coach. That was all she
saw fit to make known of her personality
or antecedents , and that was all that
the public over know of her history.
But the men all fell in love with her ,
toughs and all.
The leadership in toughdom , after
the hanging of Jim Dally , Boomed to
have fallen , by natural selection , to the
pare of Bill Burr , ono of Dusly's chief
aids. Bill got a fair load of Helena
tanglefoot on board ono dny , not long
after the pretty milliner had settled in
Helena , and in the course of hlu remarks
ho referred in very warm and confident
terms to the possibilities in the direc
tion of Mme , Louise. Ho was promptly
Informed that ho was wldo of the mark
in his calculations , as it had become an
open secret at the hotel that the milli
ner was already in love with Al Wor
rall. This throw Bill in a terrible rage.
Ho swore that the statement was a lie ,
and made a big wager that he would
corno out ahead In the favor of the
young woman ,
'I'll got all hunk with the milliner , '
/ " * > * * tat
he exclaimed , 'or I'll ' make Al Worrall
crawl I'
"Al Worrll was a handsome young
Philadelphia ! ! , and is remembered yet
as ono of the best amateur athletes that
had over settled in the west. Bill
Burr's bravado and boasting remarks
soon reached the cars of both Mrne.
Louise and Worrall. Thoyamuscd the
lady , but made Al mad. Hothrcatonod ,
in the event of hearing any further re
marks of that kind from Bill Burr or
any of his friends , that ho would.stand
them on their heads.
"Tho next "day was a lively one in
Helena , for it was Saturday , and minors
had come in from all sides to make a
dny of it. Our engineer corps was at
the International , and Saturday after
noon Al Worrall came into the bar
room to see some of the party with
whom ho was acquainted. Al was a
strict teetotaler. While ho was there
Bill Burr walked in with half a dozen
of his toughs , and , striding to the bar ,
called all hands to stop up and drink.
A number of citizens , knowing of the
presence of Worrall in the saloon , nat
urally supposed there would bo a fuss ,
and came in to watch the result. Wor
rall refused to drink , because of his
temperance habits. Bill worked him
self into an ugly fit.
" 'Any ono that won't drink with mo , '
ho shouted , with an oath , 'will weigh
moro than ho does now when I get
througq with him ! '
"Al , seeing that the remark was di
rected for him , turned slowly around ,
and placing a hand on each hip , said
calmly and coolly :
" 'I have hoard enough from you ,
Billl If you raise anv moro fuss in this
room I'll break your head ! "
"Bill stooped down , and placing both
hands out before him in a pleading sort
of way , said :
" 'Don't shoot ! don't shoot ! '
"All the while ho kept coming closer
to Al , as if ho was afraid of him , stoopIng -
Ing low with all the appearance of fear.
Worrall stood still , quietly watching
the ruffian. ITo nor no ono else was
prepared for Bill's ' next act. When ho
got within reaching distance of Wor
rall , quick as a Hash ho whipped a long
murderous knife out of his boot log , and
plunged it into Worrall'a abdomen ,
giving it a vicious turn and twist as it
dashed into his victim's vitals. Worrall
dropped to tlio floor. Bill started to
go out. His friends crowded around
him , and for a terrible moment nobody
spoke a word. Then a young minor
who had boon quietly sitting by ono of
the windowb , coolly rose up , and level
ing a revolver sent a bullet crashing
tin ough Bill Burr's brain. The cow
ardly desperado fell dead in his trucks.
Instantly Bill's companions opened n
fire upon nil who were loft in the room.
The fire was returned , and the fusillade
was fast and furious. Two of Bill's '
gang dropped to the floor before they
could roach the door , riddled with balls
from outside and In , A third ono in
hurrying to escape , stumbled over an
old minor , who had remained sitting
tlltou back in his chair against the wall
during the entire affray. The fleeing
desperado made good his escape from
the room , and lumping on his horse ,
started ut full run down the street.
The old minor rose from his chair like
a shot. lie reached behind the door ,
and pulling out an old army rlllo ,
levelled it at the flying mombnr
of the gang , and fired. The desperado
was forty rods away. With the orack
of the old minor's rifle ho throw his
hands in the air , tumbled headlong
from hla horse and never moved again ,
The mountaineer had sent his bullet
plumb between the wretch's shoulders.
In less than three minutes from the
time Bill Burr i&aued his invitation to
the crowd to drink with him , ho and
three of his fling , were done for , and
two of the best citizens of Helena lay
dead on the floor. Other citizens word
badly wounded. An inquest was holdj
the deliberations of which occupied
just five minutes. The verdict wag
such that next morning several moro ol
Bill Burr's friends were hanging bytho ,
nock from trees at different points sur
rounding Helena , none moro than ainilo
away. To the back of each ono wag
pinned , in largo hundwritting , plain
enough for the blindest man to see , this
warning from the regulators :
TO Ait FKIISXUS OP DIM. BUIIli's :
OIT.
"Tho warning was hooded , and that
was the last of Jim Daily's notorious
gang , and the last of the rule of the
desperado in Helena. The leader ot
the regulators who accomplished the
work was the same well-known judga ,
from the cast who had conducted the
hanging of Daily. The mysterious
milliner made a great show of mourn
ing for poor Al 'W'orrall for a time , and
then sot Helena in commotion by mar
rying the regulator judge. That put
her at the top notch of society in the
town , and no ono over bothered himself
thereafter about who she was and whore
she came from , and nobody over know.1' '
The Shower.
James WMtcomb Jllleu.
The landscape , like the awed face of n child ,
Grew curiously blurred a hush ot death
Foil on the fields , and in the darkened wild
The zephyr hold its breath
No wavering glamor-work of light and stiada
Dappled the shivering surface of thi
broolc
The frightened ripples In their amhuacado
Of willows thrilled and shook ,
The sullen day grow datkor , and anon
Dim flashes ot pent anger lit the shy
With rumbling wheels of wrath came rolt
inc on
The storm's artillery.
The cloud ahovo put on its blackout frown
And then , as with n vengeful cry of pain.
The lightning snatched it ripped and Hung
it down
fn raveled shreds of rain-
While I , transfigured by-some wodrous art.
IJowocl with the thirsty lllllcs of the sod-j
My empty soul brimmed over , and my heart
Drenched with the loved of Goal
SINGULARITIES.
A calf with thrco horns is a recent curiosi
ty nt Lenox , Iowa.
From * Hucksport ( Mo. ) It Is reported that
a cat is sitting ou a nest of eggs which a boa
had deserted ,
Lou Allen Sprint , a Daltlmoro child ot
thrco and ono-half years , la iifislst.iie at
chuich entertainments and astonishing pee *
! > ) o by her proficiency on the piano.
The natural gas question must bo getting
serious in Indiana If n farmer cannot go out
on his porcli and light his plpo without , ot- >
ting all out of doors and the water well on
fire , as occurred nuur Nnbicsvlllo u dny or ,
two ago.
ATnouso attracted no Httlo attention In the
window of n Dunbury , Conn , , merchant. The
Httlo follow ran about among the goods , and
climbed up to the top of the largo show-win- *
dow and curtains , caching files , flo has
made tlio window hin nbodo for aovcral
weeks , and keeps the fllos away lu the moat
approved manner ,
A Newfoundland dog In California , which
lost its master , was found no loss thai tbrco
different times tr.vlng to dig open his grave ,
After the last visit , according to the Hnn
Fraucisto Uullctlu , the body , for some rea
son or other , was dUlntorrca and the dog ,
upon snlfting the coflln. took to thb wocils
and thereafter refused all food ,
Twin girls , weighing together only flvo
pounds , eleven ounces , were born In Now
Vnrlc n few days ago. The smaller oao
weighed two pounds , eight ounces. The ut-
tandlng physician , in his report to the l < u *
reau of Vital Statistics , sala that "tho ba
bies v/ero healthy , potseiicd of good lung *
und pleasant lu sppearuuco. "
