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THE COURIER.
Summer Quting.
. (Continued from Page 3.)
Horn range. A pair of mischievous little
pine equirrela grew familiar with ub,
and at each meal waited impatiently
for our table crumbs, while a number
of magpies with galloping flight and
fretful scoldings, hovered near all day.
It was wonderful how quickly, under
the stimulus. of pure a'.r and out-of-door
life, appetite and strength increased.
Mountains that we at first pronounced
too steep and high to climb were ascend
ed without difficulty later. Each day
brought a change of program. Fishing,
hunting, berrying, mountain climbing,
gathering flowers, taking viers and
lounging in camp in easy chairs and
hammocks were all ours, and we en
joyed them to the fullest. Target
practice with .22 calibre rifles became a
popular amusement, and in thee- con
tests the true aim and steady nerves of
the women won for them many records
which, in comparison with those made
by the -sterner sex, amply ju. tified the
chaffing that followed. The day's en
joyments reached their climax when,
under the ample awning of our dining
room, the evening camp fire was lighted.
Then it was that the day's experiences
were related, stories told, plans for the
murrovr made and jokes indulged in,
while songB and instrumental music
awoke latent echoes in woods and
mountains near and far.
When the time at length arrived for
breaking camp it was with feelings of
sincere regret that we set about prepar.
ations for returning to our city homes.
It was then that we first realized that
all ancoDsciously we bad acquired a
sense of ownership in our beautiful sur
roundings, a feeling that resented, as
unwarranted intrusion, the inevitable
coming of strangers after we had
gone. It was easy to imagine on that
last morning that the music of .the water
was more subdued and filled with minor
strains, that the eyes of our saucy little
squirrels looked regret for our parting,
and that the querulous notes of the mag
pies were changed to protesting fare
wells; and aa we turned our faces home
ward, rested, reinvigorated and happy,
we felt that we were better men and
women for having lived even for so
ahort'a time "near to Nature's heart"
The half-has never been told, but it
isn't woman's fault. Town Topics.
IDEAL, AND REAL..
THE lfAH SHE DREAMS ABOUT.
About thirty years ot age
Six feet taH.
-Very dark.
Very commanding.
Princely bearing.
StyJka.
Flashing white teeth.
Cleanshaven.
Bright.
Wkty.
Intrrtfrtuat.
Athletic.
Native New Yorker.
College graduate.
Money not considered.
THE MAS 8HE MARRIES.
Age, fifty-five.
Undersized. . . .
Slightly gray and inclined to baldness.
Upper teeth fake.
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Mustache and whiskers.
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MARY JOHNSTON.
Nothing is more noticeable in both
"To Have and To Eold" and "Prisoners
of Hope' than the author's love of Na
ture,' which findB expression iu charm
ing descriptions of the Virginia moun
tains among which Bhe spent her child
hood; and it 12 not less noticeable and
is equally refreshing and restful in the'
pictures of the Tidewater section of the
Old Dominion with which s"he is equally
familiar. Buchanan, the little Virginia
town in which Miss Johnston was born,
is situated on the James where it breaks
through the Blue Ridge. The sur
rounding country is a region of moun
tains and valleys, of forests and running
waters, and in her childhood the author
of "To Have and To Hold" was never
bo happy as when rambling up and
down the river, or over the mountain
eides and through the beautiful woods
in which the region abounds. There
were in the family two old and faithful
servants, and with either of these for
guardian Mies Johnston and her bisters
were allowed to roam the country-side
at will. The town itself was so small
that a walk of a mile in any direction
brougnt one into the deep woods or up
on the mountain side. It was an al
most ideal environment for a child fond
of nature as she wae; and the impres
sions of tho3e early days have furnished
most of the beautiful pictures of forest
and mountain and sky in both of her
romances.
Why David B. Hill Wears
A Silk Hat.
There aro probably no two men in
Albany, says The Saturday Evening'
Poet, so nearly alike and bo much un
like as ex Governor David B. Hill and
Governor Theodore Roosevelt. Both
men are fighters, although their meth
ods differ. Both are brave and elo
quent, and each received his office from
a political party with which he in many
respects differed. The two Governors
often meet, and there is usually a little
quiet fun between them when they
come together. Both men hare the gift
of saying sharp things. Not long ago
the New York State newspaper men
gave a banquet at Stanwix Hall, in
Albany, and among the guesta of honor
were the two Governors. Colonel
Roosevelt came first. He wore an eve
ning suit and his famous brown som
brero made famous by the Rough
Riders. It was a combination costume
at once original and picturesque. A
mong the last of the guests to arrive was
Mr. Hill, who was conventionally at
tired, even to his silk hat.
"Ah!" exclaimed Colonel Roosevelt in
bis pecular staccato manner, as he
grasped Mr. Hill's hand, "now we have
with us a real Albany Ewell. Governor
Hill iB the only man here tonight with
a silk hat."
"I've got a slouch bat myself," re
turned Mr. Hill softly, "but I left it at
home. I've given up wearing it sinse
I went out ot the advertising business."
Then dinner was announced and the
remainder of the evening passed pleas
antly. 1
TO THE DEAF. A rich lady, cured
of her Deaf opes and Noises in the Head
by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums,
gave $10,000 to this institute, bo that
deaf people unable to procure the Ear
Drums may have them free. Address
No. 6.6389 A, the Nicholson Institute,
780 Eighth Avenue, New York.
How to Give a Gat Medicine.
A New York gentleman has a very fine
Angora cat, and bo tine a specimen ot
her kind that she is famous in a large
circle of fashionable folk. She is not
rugged in health, yet she cannot be per
suaded to take physic. It has been put
in her milk, it has been mixed with her
meat, it has even been rudely and vio
lently rubbed in her uiouth, hut never
has Bhe been deluded or forced into
swallowing any of it. Last 'week a green
Irish girl appeared among the house
hold servants. She heard about the
failure to treat the cat. "Sure," said
she, "give me the medicine and some
lard and I'll warrant she'll be ating all I
give her." She mixed the powder and
the grease and smeared it on the cat's
sides. Pussy at once licked both sides
clean and swallowed all the physic.
"Faith," said the servant girl, "every
body in Ireland does know how to give
medicine to a cat." Our Dumb Animals.
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General Paesenger Agent Francis of
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Emigration to this state.
This contest is open to all. The let
ters should contain between 200 and
1,000 words, and must reach Mr. Fran
cis at Omaha, by July 1st. 1900.
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