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THE BURLTNGTON FREE PRESS. 3 t i i i b. 1 1 i BETSEY. A Storj of n Wmnnn'.i I-lto Inn Vermont Town. t r.ttr 11 for the Fno Pi-etsby JlffcFtanoB. Wi kio.l Tl' i c. J t t i j ff J ' I'lD P I'i u' 01' f f . ' ! W In Vermont, bntwesn the towns nne Jericho, n lorg, atcsp hill over tin. .nil connecting Ilio two places ivs is ilia cme wi'.b n majority iit tne i An) the tireen Mountain Mate. , i ; of that ivt;ion rarely laid out jr. hi .il o hid when they could run m' il. Minimi!, ! i, t wiiv up the Own, fiO yards 1! run ', there is tt handsome ipnolouj ' Hi" . i the lelr. It It two stories with ' .y windows, piazzas and bal- t' irt distance beyond, Is n large ... outhouse, t-u''h a hay, w i.-.i I iriiH, wiion snedi and corn Mil' a ore ou the edge of a terrace . . i width. TI.k li'Hiio Is fainted Hum is a Unndsouie lawn betwoou riii'" : mid the blg.iivnv, a broad i ,i e from the road to the -v ,i 'cross the Bant and north sides ,. i,. i a are dense muisus of flovrere, i'i :. eursuco of a liotno lu ft huge .' -h.' a which, owing to Us height ' . a conspicuous feature iu the it-It extends to the en-t and uiinimo.i on which the plcca Is ' i i- from the valloy of Brown 'u.- .alii'? is edUvolasn tlotr, a i i' bicicUh, mid extends away . i I n, i IrU emerald hue?, placii, ma- ',i' is let.! iu the foothills of the i V, ui lins whoso lofty i -' ts bi-"ik i ' I'" astern nky. , 1 1 . i cm the term o - magnificent. . . i t i ' t, one sees U t pires of the i . nr ic-k of J-rlho i oping above . - mi Die luiiil.-crunii d bills; mile i II. t'te steeple of . ' thu maze o" sv . .!.;.( nurd Is Brown rlcho C'cntro img bolghn. lirer laid ... vi iMko Luawi aiu. 10 tuo ' i - - ii . famous Mount msiieUl, pre ' '-.i. e mid grotesque resembln-ico . i .i ! ' a human baiUit, with fura . I ui.ii , the zetiith. Uo wlrirs ouo '. ..'iic scores of ml Irs, the giant is .- ii' iw. The m-.uiitftin it. mf.rvol .ii'ii r-bMftiu llylils an 1 shadows, . i; 'i nvn often veiled in n delicate i' vast siop-s gleaming with ' ,i "den siintigit. Farther oouth, i 1. lE" i ears its sharp i-eak high . m range ns !f a column for tlia jf the sky. To the west a doiseu - .v.i- an caught sjliuipiej of iho i if'!- of l.ukfl Champlaui, and bo i 't. n. hii intrrmmablo aiid eurried .a ut tli Adiroudacks half conqealud in ' flif-ance, It. t i'.h- white farm house, last sum re ii Uts of waving grain, meadows rub grass, npplos and cherry i ...eb bent iindor thoir burdens oi i ,-ii.on fruit, a vegetable garden r i a i every inch of its space, inter-n-bors coveiod with K1TP j!e lighted by tall tuttConrers erm; plants.. -.au''o up the slope of the bill, ie wai u Held of potatoes, in drove by ona day in July, I neu, sbs was bont well toward id Uiuved swift' forward be ns, liur urnis were working v'na' was belli,'; douo 1 coili i t: oivinj; ,j ten ' l i listauoe. or it in ! uer. it femiar. llklSlt ' ' I f-('l ' 'I 'Il"l i 1 lay, a., i . i i . 1 no inng 1 . o! il jihe '.v ei i. i u cm ! I It. j th it worn .11 ..U t c "" I ne.!:ed i.iy ( k a Out 'sum. .. she's no (ierman: "he' e v ty down Iroui tho M . in nUodoiug in tl.j o).cu i"' beau" e s doing her fnr-n wor. a th a Yi uer farm l 'lit' l ' l I I'I.'! , 1 1 ' f ' I. ii . )'. - IVi-iO l i .',.,- i ' ' I a, m i ii : ;!if .' . ,;- i 1. 1 t i."'fnbi ' t nt 'i i .i; i 1. v nan . u l. a- . ' . ei. ,i .ell ' i le n i v . v . u i ' i" ir'ee . hi. ', tf ' ' . il l- in b u i ; 1 1 i- i ' u ' 'i . " i ii , ' . i 1 . o ( ' ' ' L a. 1 ,ip, f.ii 1 ir n it . ! '. ' 1 . - tin ,T one i i -i p. i i . " ' 1' ' 1 - .. - .h I'llg- ' o ' 'f ' ' ' in ; il .i' le i. t i .!.. ii i -old fat i v.- ,i "' . ( r . .' uu.aiud ( i our . . in i u i . '. 1 v . 'Lu. ut ' !: , Lf 1 : i , -i , i ,cru l b, l . ii. t: .ir.i i,o IC - I . I V I , "1- ' -i , .' I ..i i uf . t ii ' v y .i i ' -"i ill . '- e f i .i .' r.i 1 i 'i e i, H . i - -ho ,.. I . ' '- ' ' . " . , ' 1, i.ut ,, n i. mi' . ..' a ii 1 . ;n ii. . ,' ...!. , ' i i cm. . , ' :t i -'in, ji. " I I LI ' i II.. I e ' " 1 l.i; ili "1 l u ' "?' ' ' lUII ' II" I . i ,s i ! ' j l.i.- i ! i L ' w 1 1 ' . . .ire mi mt - . t .,. rn U- -. I .J i . . . ri . i i ' 'l .1 1 t ' I 1 L1H.1 -.1 ' ' i I ' . UW, h' l '( I . . I...S .-,'.' . ,, - . .' i i i ; u. ii l ' .i 1. n ; ,1 i r.i i , . III. ' ' ' t. f'N f ll'j "' ; - i 'a t, l. " 'U l.i .b"t ,t i . L Mil , Hill i i , . .. i e i .ii . "( , ,' ,f, 1 s ' it.ujj . i . . j 1'ium i. ' ','", I I I.I. . i i u N i( " ' i :, .. how. . ... r iiij .in fi.:, ii u 1 1' 'hlo beinn '.I 'widow ttU-,, u . I : n inn anout n nigh, which runs i. . ,ih . i ink w.tll, W v i . .-red with piantw tit "' Ue ia a terrncii wb ih Is eov. I n h .l iweia, most of whi'. h urn rare in f iioi; jui.e, uqd riuhness of coloring. . !. i ii mi j at onoa n kitehen and a cou-s-r ut' j , ii mi4 uuupw combination of u '. .u' J ihe iin,;li jtie. . t a'i miatiii i the cheira of this ar- th - it it when It is lighted up by the -j- m ravs of tbo rising suu, as it p:ep ( t si '. ' test of the liiwuiitaiu lne r.i'.'l.d in well as the "t, for qIomi ' pusher lafr.rpi is a large, oarihm cif in whioh thero ruus with musical mur ui is a sireuin o( water from a p.pe Isudlug fi c Lc.i.l ..priug in tbe hill aboe. " i. ' looiiis tire ban ieo'nely furniebed, the nud 'eilings of the various rooms 1, iDSt i emted by tho heads of Abbio, the dn" 'liter of Betsey, u young girl of Ane prer'in.3, who has developed rare abilities in Ir.ndfoupe end tlgura painting. Spec!, j tj ot i.er woik (Utviute the wllo, This yonuR lady ith a touch In her face of that snduess churiu i " j ". - of gviiiiii., ii n sclt tanght uttlst, hua i. tlio "; filil nraoiig Iho ulne clilidriu to wiii.iii tho nh'u.lsr mother hns n birth, l'nnr nro ileal, lieMos the slslei fi-uv tu oiliurs surviv.., but they are watered Keit and West etijnRrid in working out their lorlunos. "Yi'U se" sntd Det ny, niieii a-tte l why none of the chlldton remtii!."d a ho.r.n to asfl't bi-r, "the fnrm Is wot ..i " u 'o SUpporl all of us, the buys :r nil u:i'bi(ion to gl on In M e world, I could n .l . i p nil or men a pint of tuoia hern for .; v .n' 1 l.i to thuir d. r.dvimiHRej I have ! t ii-mu r.ll F,o, and Inks cue of tho form myself, ro .ii 10 give 1iiem all eqUnl liberty, tf tho pio;i erty were dhldtd aniunit thoi'i it won! I have to ba sold, and then lbs children woulu j bo without a horns." Ibis courso was one of siiblunt elf-ui'iiial. For eeral weelis we enjoyed tho splen Uld hospitnliry of Ifetsey'e home, and in tho inoontimu boame familiar with the hoptisu liad llu' vabi.it dctr,i!. of lmr life. film tttvi the olilld of wealthy parent wi,o both dl",i while she was an infant, loavPig hor in the cure of a relative, Hhe reoolved n fairly go'id education, nni nt itu enrly period in her iifo developed a fondttoa for urt and for out-door life, ftbe ai especial ly attBched to linrso;, the wildest of whioh bbn could manage with littio ditlienlty. t'.oou nftjr her marriage hor Inttliaiid be came the owner of en nulinal fatnoun for i l u ugly temper, lie found it impossible to do anything with the brutn. Uno day n n'ghb-if met her old gnutdlan, und with nn expression of tiinrm said: "I'uclo John, Bjts"', b'li nnderts'ien to broalt that Jira horse to the sadile!' ' 'Isthateor well, that's all right, Isn't it?" "Why no! he'll tear bor to pieces!" ''iiuu't you fret," responded the old gen tleman wiltt outlro ealmuoas, "Betsey would ride the devil 1C she oucu gat a hul ter on blm!" She succeeded In taming the etend who becume as donila ai tu.i uvornge of bis species, t-he was married when tevontovit and brought a substantial dower to hor hus band. They purchased tho land that con stitutes the present form, It was then a wilderness of rocks, troo, v.eedH and denso undi-rKroirth; in due time, mid owuit large ly to her activity and excellent Ki'gicstlojs, H l)LC)ne the beautiful place that u is to day. Tho comrcodloua dwelling was her ueHign, uuu was so luorouauijr i-uiii.rucieu that it is still as good ai wtun fcrst biiit. rbo Uvvelope.i n marvellous practi cal ltnowlolgo in iwiiculture, anditii, main ly due to her genius tbnt tho farm is oi.u of tne ui'it productive lu the roginn, Koon aiwr hor marriage tho aed parents of bet bukind came to live with ht.r. Both of ihi'in were mvalida nud required constant ccra diiriui; tho years that they lived. I'pon her full tt.u burden of wailluj on thorn. Aked aa to tho noiaeiesa step nit h which ahe tiabitutiliy moved about, st. aatd : "I leal nd it when George's futhor and motLer ctme .o live with ue. 'thuyoo cupleJ tha lower rooms, und during their loii illness, I bad to step light so u.-; uot to diMmb tbem. " H'bile tnuo caring for the old puof le, at tonJiuH to hr houfcohold dutUs and aulsti lug hor hiif l'uiul in the nianaeiiicnt of tiie farm, children wore born witb great! rapid ity. To ndd to her burden, scarlet fever lircl;o cut among Uer brood, nnd four of them were struck down at the same tlma by tins malignant malady. One of thera re- i var.il, three died nltnost simultaneously, ..i .1 all were buried iu tit? same (ravo. She fiught tue dueao with deserhtion, bi t vii. li.i.i.ij vaiiqiiil.nl, overwhelm ., a itia fright. ul cnlmity, it did not iu-nhbr. Her i!n ',er irasui wai uiir ,,:.&') fati; ; !.- af -r da.-, an 1 .n-;!.t ix'iei ii 'hc. with t'.tej'esj ,,jtj at' I mi ir- uig pa'. id tend. i.,e-r, ho miuiiten; 1 to the s- '.,.-. r': pen. (She U1'U U"d lor the lu-l wr , ; .i 'i.u.d r.t'i, but did nut e.ilow ' th. i.il . ;o u -.4. i.-.-er br. With hor -r,ft, u . . -j nop, tuo mm ed about, u.s L-j-y, . i '.fo i4, im'd woriiitij: u- bu . '. .'. i .tu Ls I iinu-lea h"r h-ui-e- ho: 1 1. n -f ' or sons Isfi home, and : 'ii-.m,-, se'i led on the i .'! ' -i li,3 tIMj bsfnt'O she ftu- . 1 u.ilh 1 '.ii'iie. tliroiiv HIS' bl d u I . v. ie I'ljubuut-i, and thou it was t,'r ii'um hii widow auuouno M I '-" in.e pO'.vjSie 1 of a .t eis rnvo in remote ('Blii-ir- ii... i r i i d 1 1 13 1 . . L- '.' li 'i-uish the j u.-ii. -i.O I,, i v!v:ng ah'iie s fcl uvo, -dl thttn i. 'i 'I 1 1 1 mil 13. . i a i i.i. 1-1, fioiii n .i ... io for tt-e i.:n 'i. ii ,,u iriuy, I ilMit., i. ..i, .. i :h;u to tl.u dij'.nut -hi' l "en more in Hue, una it -i- Joui nay of .1 on a j liji'iuj r be. ul" i J her life . i . curt of miles ir..ii 1.. '1-i.n. iu ; 1 1 attempt t. i.: i ..!, hgui i t was a tllCUS.1 -? I li iitai . : J'ul ii. 1,1.0 ii. '1 tl. ii ' t -r .. ill ot her of ,i ir i'i lends. J Hn i-auituio, -eari'li lov too i'h Uer sou was . :,'.d the opiniOus ea-flu i in ret ci 'O nil 'tl end u ie : .iy p.aie lu . i. i if-of-1 .- v. buried .vllO l! Ul- 1 'i I .1 good i c l.inoo . i ..'i I li ul w . .1. .1 I U" I per -i small i. i. ' i here i i . 1 Li! iu v l.ites th" result of her eltort : i.'i i raucU ut my eoto with a -i.i' tr. It Wa-. a, iuuu dis- runway and trnra any .own, i bieu ni'h no nur neigh -iej, und at iMt reafii)4 a ,i the portion of th country leanju to Mlluniao my soll't. - a'o I. .V little girl wa, u-deu i, -t'jp, whom, theinstant 1 naw, 1 - y jii ujiluhdd. Mio HoUwi af ..... th" reir Willi which a h'.i- o..;e would usually logard u r er 1 toik her up, held her to n, nil ud; "5f.!j are my little , I i.iuH : ariin t you, dji-lm0 't M i -i arms around mj newii aud i lips for u Uiu. " ii r s'-tud-dautjUtor, Me found hter-lu law a plain, intelligent. ,i". I no tvlt Ul ii. i t i Id t La1 f iim' br. Hlllll.erii r he t put up i.Ml d i itel'.iit young woruin. Mhe ruiuaiaod n itU Inr long enough to order a bumUoluo r onuinent iu Hacraniento which wai placed civ er tfce gr'ave of her son, and then, Uer prrlef bouaflnnut itasnaed, shu roturuuil to s7er- L'i lit, Il is cvidnnoe of hor pnwer of observation '. . i h r r. ier.tive memory that eveu at ibis .b.iaii -a of tiuto, she is able to relate the iiiinutoat dotuili of her (oui iiey, ui'ra . j-ecielly of th'i scenery. There is not a liver wbleh she erossetl, not a lake, a moun tain range, a ih-aerr, a geyser, nor n big i ree which she new, whioh sbe was not able to reproduce In her narrations with nil the Udsiity ot a pUoto,-,.-iipb, v u. Tjvo )oai'3 ago her UU'baud was mortally hni t by the o bt turning ol a lnr.so iiiku w'. oh l.e w'i- riling. 1 ' urui; his paiuf.il Ilh.eFs tli fiiHhiiil Beti. y ciir-sd for him overy hour till he vuej lud beside the grave of bis children. Meanwhile all bor sous save noo had gone out in the world in et-arch of fortune. Tho one remained at homo far n year nud work ed the fnrm, und tb -it lie, too, vva seised by the ds!re to try bis wings and tl.iw nway from tbe parent uait. "TUuy wunted we," said Betsey, "to sell ths farm, but llovid It too well and deter mined to keen it In the family, t tried to hire farm bands, but wages were so high that i could not work tbe place esoupt at a lose. 13o t tnn la up my inlnd to worli It inyt'-'lf. I hirsd a boy, and with his Ivdp alono, for the prosent year, I hne enrried on thn fnrm." 1 snw tho fnrm when the cropi vrcra grown and when they xvero roupod, nnd mw no oth'-rs In thi ndjHcsiit region that wrre superior to them in obundnncn of vield or vnrioty. Thoteastt Ior;i;o car- b n in w'u.'h thre wi an Immenw qunut HV of ve4e'-il)bi, a thi fry piece of biirly, n li" d nt corn, enot 'i.ir uf i"'iit'ies, n few iicrus o! onti iv.vl vnl oxpanij of liar bill cf( oi e 1 h .111 d''iie and i leu iiioises. 'llicro imis unt a wood to beso'u i'i tlni !.r dsn or amoni; tho corn, ii'r a thistle utuoui; tin oati, not a potn'o bui . njod nlivu 1 1 'mi Imr l;i :i. S'-trch : ai 1 ovary where In the cru.'. nig ei ip them w.i n fijui'iueno u d to lli'tt nr Hio Moor of her tmutiU'ulutu par lor and IdtfUen. In tho siitfnr so-isou, pho and the ln-1 tap ped tu.i tree-!, p,uthc'reil tlio sap, bnilUid it to I ho siiur home, boded it, and performed everything nocessury fur the tranpruuU'.tion of the .'iieciuii inu iuii a ut the ninple into sugar. V her n;a; hi 'irt hiirdi, like the mijui'itiu thu iita'.o, lies uu a hln.'p hill, bn.'iet', rocky, euL by d.eji r.i vine-, nnd encumbered by faiieu timber, it can readiiy bo seen that the auyar-mtuciiiE was not the loast laboi hiiis oi bur mnny dut,"S. Shu bus n held of c w which nro fumom for tho hIoUiici!9 of their -skius and tho rieh noss aad pl-utilu!r4,s or their mill:, bho has a hennery winch is a marvel iu Uo neat ness and the Industry of lti iuinatei in tho pioditotloh of cgs. rSho feeds the fowls on lood of her owu devising, and has them so trained in good behavior that, although al lowed full liberty dunug d.iyliu'ht, with eiiiplo opportunities to walk through or lly over the Innce into the (ar.!eu In V7hleh the attrueti ms of suratchiug .ire Irrc. i-'iblo t j the average hen, not one, of thorn tv.r veu turss iuto Its preeluet). The hay and nits aro fed to tho slock; tho milk, the eR,jf, a portinn of tho potetoef, soma (it tho calves and tho lncrenso of fowls tiro sold for ensh, and tiiruih a creditable turn total. Tbe income of the farm, under her liiuungenieiit, lias been cunstdeiuhly lar;pr thuu for any other period oi. cipuil loiitu. VIII. Ouo inlaht think tbnt this life of toll, this con-,iaut participation in the drudgery of farm Iifo would have tbe effect to sterlllise tho i-'-nsibllit ies nnd burden the naturo of a fjejujata woman; and yet, in tho caso ot Bjisev, no such result occurs. (She is a warm nduilrcr of tho beautiful, and, al though having lived a't hex life within sight of the marvellous lntid-u-ape of hills, moun tains, fnrestt., the wmdlni; rivers, nnd the oxpansive valley, bho is never sutiidled by tho view. Kuch day she fees a fresh chnrtn In the shirtln-j ii,,bta and t-hadows, in the I'.eecy clnUiN, i.i tho bcowliug storms which pl.iy over tuo slopes nnd croti of hills and i:i iiiitain.-. Shu is a passionate lover ot flowers. From UK' outside in tl.u time of Mowers the house is seen to be imbedded in the rich colors of In numerable v.'iriotiei of plants, while within, every window Is decorated with rure llorni growths of wonderful beauty and fragranco. She is so lu lov o with her charming home that she rarely leaves it savo on her bum lies'" trips when she carries her murki-table products to the neihborinj villages, blie loies her homo, her horses, hor cows, her cot, her chicheui and between her and each animuto one of thm n mutual mlVct tiou prevail.-!. Wie ldoliiies her children, l-'or her there are no otuer boys so m.iniy, so warm in their filial uatuiei. to well train el, ingeuious nud industrious us lior owu. H i yiiiug daughter Is her niclsl as an i.,-t'.-t iu her domestio cap,ibi'it.t-j und Inn (piuiitle-as a winnaii. iu tlieso oele-f-, she bi.i uply jualiUed by the facts to whioh thry rele'o. . ich is ilotsey. Shn in withal, well in fn nicd ou current mutter; s-ue. sings ac the l!io3 about tbe hoiie.-; uno can ;,!nnt and hni. pot noes and corn;he can drive a mower she cau sow oats and barluv; she ecu raalto hf v, 1 1 1 . ,t iiid most di'lieiiHi-'oC hi cad, and iu naiioM. preserve-!, noiue., mid in nil the otuur le-jiirt.ueiits of urtisno cjoliery she bus no iipcriur scarcely a rival. W ie rises with the t-r.rlieit dawn; .vory moment of th' da.- s.ie is ou tin- in ebnttv, cheer lui, nopeiul, couiideut, and of ttutiuies mng iug sjiuu oid melody of her childhood dav. ITow uud then, lute ut uUht, afttr olher-i have rst-.rtd, she -itJ with bj.teil bend uud s.'en i to bj piuned iu a revoi -e, durms w idtl. lit r face nrii.vjad, her eves huciid ii pi-.thetic oxpres.ion takes possession of her sensitive mouth. It inn y be that nl'o dreams of happy cbiidliiHid, of a tiilure which may take on the I.uea of ti:o night, of thu loroly (.'ate on the otlier side of the continent or of the four who sleep in the neighboring coiiikU-ry, IX. Vo cama away from this delightful home dnr.ug tho last unysof bepteuiber. Autumn, tbo culorist, was just beginuing the task of aununl deoraiibn. it passed over the woo.!;, tone-Jus vegetation r.ith o-iuii,ou bore. -c.irU-t there, uud rod aba ting to the liwncatti hues of the urungo and lemon in Otlier direetiuip. On the ;;reeu urest of ths hills, the artist worked through the uijjhts, aud when morning cnuio, limy gleam-d witb resplendent coronals of inauiiiiid col oi i. i'atches of sober brown citue out Pi tne ravines of tue mountain sides; strips of yellow brijjbteuel the trees in the valley of tV ,uiu.i Bi'owu riv-fir, and cvsrywherj, over heigut and hollow tbero was n splen dor of richest irrlde";enoe. We baJi Bitsey and tho plowing land senpo a reluctant farewell. F, U, AV. i utt rtc. Cut anv solid fish in uuut pisums; iu rautrv be clea-cd of hkin and boue. Jlix u soui-on-in,; of finely elited puivley, powdered luar yiraui, salt u-lld prpp- " si tew this over tho fish; dip every side of the pie 'i in warmed butter, und put ths-n in a ie dish, luavins room lor liijusd to iio' bi-i ivetu. Beat four ot five egis well, nt'ii mix tnct-i with half A pint to ,i pint oi ctpu'u ur jiood milk. Put halved ojnterg nr Mii-duie-. Utwoen tbe piece o I il-h. P iur llu (i-. iiu over, cover wiih a liht piusU, gla.e it hvit with cjjjj an'i bake, Hou-ehold Hints, An efleut uol rrtnedv for sliiiiy and preasy drain pipen ii. ojjiperas d..iuivd and lel't to work KT.idun.lly throiigb tlio pipe. To clean nurbk, tui.x wiii'.Jnjj with com niou soup till tiiiik .is pae. Spreml it hi tho nim ble and leave, it fur a ofitiple of dnvs. When the paste Is dunned oU! the ktiiua will also be teuinvid. If boot bedropped upon tlio enrpet, throw upon it au eoual ijiiantity of suit, and : weep nil up together. Thare will be scan e!y n t race ot soot left. To le'uovo oil stains from felt, tu'tke i.inm ruller's earth ii.to a thick paste, lay it on thioklv, ullow it to dry, nnd then bi'iiiih it with a beril brush. Tu clean windows satisfactorily try the following: Bunt the stUits, both In nud out hide, with .i brash culled a painter' "dutr," wash with a sipoujpi and water ocfiiiuiiiltig a little iiuimoiUa, rlobo and dry with a ioft old Maun cloth, pulUhwIUi a dry, olf.iu fliHuioie leatlier. Tho bright and clean eifect will bu uttouisliingly per-uiu.eut, BRIGHT SHOP GIRLS. THCY ARE INDrpENDEMT AND HAVE A JAUNTY APPEARANCE. They Have I.diir Diivh unit Are Olillsed to Do t'niietutil, Cnrefut anil Uhedleiit. Their Hours for Wtirti imrt Aiiiicniient. V.iges Are Oiiiorully Stunll, There mo Ihottsntidu of tdinp Klrln In Chl ra.'u, nnd at certain hours of the day tho streets uud the sleum n nil .street car nro Brightened by their fliwritiK preheuro. Tlifi-n otuplojed in ittnt-t of the lnri; retail fUtcs nnmt bent their counters ut, from T'.'U to o'clock in the moruitii;. They pehcri.Uy wulk to and from tin ir work if the illi'. inco in nut too urent. H Is only thu mreit iiicleiiieritordHaprteabio weather that driven them to the enrs. Ordiim-y Muiiiis they cheerfully brnvy aa they bustlti nlotii?, iimnilly in pairs, gleefully cluittlnq iih tln'iii'li in a fi'iii'l were in sight, 'J'hcy know ox.'i'lly how mituy minutes nro ro rpilieil t i ivvh, their ilcstlti.'it inn jtmt on tun", and t'uv iiiually arrive nut a mo ment too lute nor u moment t io socm, Those who walk refculnriy to and from thrir work Uh-nimn a busiiiei(dike yet pruceful ;ait, rcmiily dlstlnifiished from that, of girls who are only occsMonal visit ors iu the bu-iticss portion of tho city. The, pick up certain little truts that, im part to them n slljht.lv mnwulinu air, and they jro trjndin nlomr in n li.unner that tni'jht bo IntcrpiTtcd to mean, "'Wo aro our own lirend winucrs, (mil we feel quite hid"prndcnt of the re-t of the world." Mauy of C'birnii'rt hbop and oflice xlrls rrvila in tl.u -iilutrbs of tlmcity, which ncce.s. it vi a b.ilf Pour's rido rorthemin f.'oin.i; to mill Iroui tic ir wot ';. This time they itmmlly employ in rcad'113 tho nevv-H-papers or tho latest, boo):-. Xuw-boyR on sitlmriinn train- sell nlmnst n many papers to working women as they do to workiti.'nien. It is ttuu that ninnv girls still refuse to rend atiythiiip; but love tales full of moonstruck madiie-s, but it Is r'-apouablu to presume that tho tendency of their tnsto as it whole is upward. It almost provokes a smile to suo somo child of petiMry, who sails wondeiiwnru down in the dark basement of 11 department 'toro, deep In tho pnjres of "The Uiamoud Queen" or "The Baron's Daughter." I'ond op mr. tiieai Kn. The latest stage successes at n always dis cussed by shop t;irln, mnny of whom aro i' jpilir patrons of the thpaterand viuvv tho play with prenter appreciation nnd pleuv urn from cheap gallery wii; s than do their weiilihy and more furtunutc sisters who nt in tho dress circle. Hut occasionally they have an escort, nnd ut such times they occupy tlio bc-t 8eut3 in the house und momentarily forgot that they are uob members of society's Knur Hundred. They are ambitini-.s, and the number that, are ex P"ctinrr to become fatuous as actresses, au thoresses nnd the like is very considerable. As a rule the better oltips of shop girls are neatly if not v.eil dressed. There is hnrdiy a lnshion to be seen on .State street tliat, does nut soon llnd i's refl".t nnd echo in cheaper materials anions: the shop girls. They are keen observers, and quickly noto tho vncarics of f'lslilun and ivdopt thent lor th"irown. M.iny of the -hop ulrls are tho poes-nrs of pretty f ices and good titriws, and when ueut Ij'h'I iivd pre-ent a, plti.isi'io; nppwir.nice. Tiiey trip along on their way to woik i' chr-i". fully 'is thmigh they vvero noiiii; to a picnic or lii.U, and are no more ui. in i"ii- nt' p is-in 4 ud fii rat ion than is a I'r.urie iiveuue iieil". 'J'ney seo nil that 1- T '.:n,' hi about ihein, .iii.l nee nn ufr.iid of I. in looked at. Their self reliant, air i" t le ir proteeti,"!, m.d they do not i-iint if fouie i c'ler It... I cr iinikc-i an uu-ii !o re r.iarU. Po ?i'iy thev may also nvke de fensive rcniiirki if thu street ma-her tie comes too impertinent ur ventures too tii. ir, b-il they 1110 not, ufrili! of him and know how to rebuke his .-ulviru cs. 'illEIR WC!!K AND WAOt At their dilutees th"'-1 re 11 -'tally kept busilv ena:r;'".l, but umi iliy Jit id ti-ie to eh 'it with ','!"h oth"r oe"'isin'i,'ily und dis ciss the fa.-hioiis and the (ircuBarities of tne cu.stiuiii.i's tuut come uud go, Tbey have irunahaif hour to nn hour for Bur beou. Jinny u t hum carry lunch with them, vv lilch th -y can p irtnku of in 11 f"W monirn'.n und have enough of their noon iutcrininsiou remuhiing to permit them to enjoy a walk around the block and note what U ioing on in the street. T he wage- of shop i;irl.s r-inge from three dolluis to eight doilurs per week. Cash fcirl- receivo uu aver.ice of two dollars per week. V, lit 11 cur tare and 01 her lucidiMitula are Liken from the amount n vory little remi ins. Shop gfrk nearly nil re-ldo at in. me, us thuir wages an) insiitlicient to permit of their prying board. Their all day work nt the ore is fiippletnented by a morning and evening round of bouse hold duties ;.t home. In uiu.-t of the largo department stores iv he!l is rung ut lifti en minutes of 6, which is a si,.;'ii:l for lli-m to put their depart ments in ehi.pa und put .iwuv Htucl; dis plujcd for show puipu'es. A second hell is a sigmil to cover up goods, and a third, the 6 o'clock bell, means Unit the day's work is over. Thesi hours are observed m mot establishments the year intnid, ex eeptinrj during two weeks ut. the holiday Benson, when business w douo uutii 'J o'clock in the evening. THK ri.OORWAl.KRH. The (lo'irvvalker is the shop girls' com mou enemy. 1IU e-i is cou'-tantly upon them and the depn-tmen'.is they preaidts over, i'luorwalktrs tire said to be men who usually feel tho importance of their position, and the kecunty of their place duponds upon tho number of shop girls tbey detei t in dohi" nonethinit wrong in a given lengta of time Vet lni-Uucea moon record where the ii.it'ir.i! htirshutbs of the floorwalker has b;eu quit" s litenod by tbo putlv siniles of tbe gir!-., and they have) been pel nutted to do much that the rulu of thu e--tah!isUment forbade. A tiui"U" ept r ut tho lour of each store punched the employis' time checks, and 11 uik us it impossible tor thu latter to stuul a moment of tune. The lontt hours of service during which the hhop girls are constantly standing c.iiise some of them to look Loin nud pale, bnt their uuiulitisk.-iblo characteristic as 11 clnssi Is rather of a pleasant thuu a piiuful llle. They are doubtless ios,buriluiied with irksome lives tliau are tho household (IrudgeH vvhoie wurlc is never dtuie, arid wliorie ub-ervntion is 1110-tly conllutd to thu four walls of dingy rooms iu uuattMc live tenement bouses. The thieo or four doilurs a wtik that many of them earn nro 11 welcome help to thosuppoi t of poor mini iie.s, and their preeunt contact with the vTorld may euubie them to see possibilities iu life thill would otherwise not occur to tlioui. There iu no class more de.erving of kindllMt consideration than are the work ing girl. Chicago Herald. Queen Jd.i.gwuiitii of Italy is u woman n? weU ay 11 tjuoeii. fabu Jius, owiug to tho Krciit distii'sii existing iu Home, ordered IhutSGOfcoup tkJkot'i be duily distributed to the poor la her nuijirs, SAVED FROM THE SEA," I'erflevtirnnco rrcvents Old TsYptmia Swal lowing a Khty vrreelieil f!i w. When thf itieelw ru full of atiaw nnd thn nir is bitin;j 1 old f.tid tlu'i wind blows and howls spitefully around the corners of lie destjrled Rtirets In tne se.ip'jrt. city 0 Portland, but a pusslni; thought is prlven to tbnt defolat t.hore which projeetit thi out into the ocean, und whose sturdy rocks peom to Invite combat with tbo monster waves when luslted into a frothy fury by tho merciless wiods. Vet thero wan n sconn enacted thoro Monday uiglit that should Hot be passed Ulinoticed. t tho butflntiiDg of tho night the wind iilevv n ntmicmo wit bout the plain wooden building at the i..(trmlfy of the tupe, and its very doorslll was almost wiudted by tho breakers tbnt tried in vain to rend the nicks. The building is known as tbe Capo IiliKab'jtb Life having station, and Monday niRht, uh darkness cume on nnd tlie lampd in the twin lighte sent forth ruys of warn ing which were eclipsed by t! e f.Uliug snow, the beach jintiol ibitttou"d tiielrcoels tightly beneath their cliins, drew ou their heavy boots, received their Instructions and skirted for the bleak shore, where thy were to walk to and fro all night long lis tening to the grand oborus of old ocean's deep asK, tbo tenor of the fog bell and thu baritone oi Uie whistling buoy, who&a con stant telr'iiri w.i.-., "Le.varul Bewurel Keep ofll Keep oil'!" So these broad chested, bronze faced sea- i men pulro'.ed the beach, while tue windi (Ut their checks aud they resembled snow j men as tho feathery Hakes beut nu'i'iust 1 them. For buveral hours they kept their j lonely vigil, until liually tho outlines of a 1 vessel v ui di-ccriied close by thu ruci.s. Then was tho tiua I', r .ution. As t ei tiro- iuuu jump? fur his pl'if'B on the et"lnc, nn the driver litiutleslns Jiorses to me po'u 1 when tho gnitg at, 1 lio fire station nukes, to th&su men beoame ut once all activity. Ouo trudged across the rocks ami fields to Iho station and uroiincn thu vvatcniuen The men turn ill d iroui their bodr, rubbed ttielr eyes, took in thu t-ituution and weie immediately wide awake. Quickly tiny dotmed thuir oil sk'n.?, Btrnpped their life prejervers about thcr.i, and giillunt Ciptnu I'm tidy gn.-e ordtrs 1 1 man the appirattis. A boat, cmuou, liie lilies, breeches buoy huiI rockets were drnuged a mile ncro.13 the fields, along the bhore in the dnrknosa of a storm through tho snow which was breast high to the men. After hours of tedious vroik tbey rori'ih tho shore near tho ill fated craft. They lienr tho cries for help of the sellers, which bpiii'S them on to Increased alacrity. The endniigeied ve-sel is almost in the jawa ot the mercileas rocks when t ho apparatus is rigged and the. gun 1- ready. Voices becoma inaudible by the roar of the breakers and the howling of tho wind. Nearer ami nearer drifts the vessol help lessly to the id. ks, whiio tho men climb the ligi'ing praying to Uod to save them. iue nppau.iii.s is rciuty, om- one applies t!.ol,.-it then- 1S a hisiug sound und a luci-eii sijouls liiiutiuu tue siiuvv luueu nil, nov An exclamation of ilLsaipointuiont is heard. Tho doomed vess.l is n hundred jui'ds from tbo shore and the rocket fulls short of its work. Nothing daunted another is thrown, and that, too, shares the fate of its predece.s eors. Again the mm is charged. A hiss ing, whizzing sound as tho rocket is sent into space. It rises iuto tne night, s ais ou ana on and on until tho attraction uf gravity causes it to full, and it falls over a vi'S-ul. The life Hue pert irnis its mission, aud the s 1 . hmt it a.s a divine int jrp. i- Hon ot i'ltiv.ileiici . A hawser is lui iled on board, thebreeriies buoy rigg.'d. and iuuu nfter man ia hanied Ashore. A' the 1'i-r, nian leaves the wreck the vussd is being crunched by the mi rci less rocks. Soon the party is plowing across the fields up to too wai-t- in fno.r, bi-irimed, half fmin, uiiiu.st exhausted. Tho lives of tbe crow were saved. The Id's corps (heroes every one) did their duty lor foi'iy wil'.jiii a inoijtii. Pi.itl.uid K.-j.iesa. The Small ISoy ami tlio readier. It I-n't nhv.iys wise to pi net rate into ihe innv-t fii-UKi-- s of a 1. .y's mind. Be cause, ji i. bee, voii'roi nt to find tbo truth there. P. rliaps this lielpul out a certain teacher tho 'dher day. She was new to the (.flint .! i.lnl I hi, nrloi,- tt-iifhni. lin.So't liml what is known to the profu-sion ns "gov - ernment." lint nerhiin shu had d inert- lion. I he now teacher lutd plenty of gov- ernmeiit " And the ilrnt time elm saw two ! lound iie.'i'ls drawing near to each other I she poun -ed down lilt's n hawk upon t'le twiiiu. '-lii.y, ' siiefc.iil, poiptiiii with long, 1 sttru finger ut the towh;-ud "Buy, w 'int ' were you saying?" Towlmad ebiitud un-1 easily and mid: "I ain't said a word." "Tin n tluit otlier bnj did." shiftine her accusing linger. Other boy (-aid nothiu, but Towhend linatly admitted that ho lu.d , wild simifti.ir-f '"l'-!l reo what it was," ( in-i-;.-d the tculu-r. Toul.eid t-iiil it, wasn't much, ' i tut you sh ill U'l me what il was," ihc bald. New, if T.iwliOiid had been a tnnn he wouhl liuvi lied, and then 1 t here wouldn't have Leon any mural to this story. But he was only a shock headed ten-jenr old bov, and t o ho still wnimpered oiitiliiu ho didn't want to teil, ii.it, i:,s patience tlua'.iy gave out, and l.i-ciil.ititry , us v. ell, for when the te icher uttered u last v ii'-iun 1, "B jy, jou shall tell w hat he .i d to 1011," he sht. ited out, "Well, thru, if you will know, lie said, 'Wbuta horr; i iouking old thing yon wb.'!'" ! And served lier just right, too. Hut she , oug! t to be (liMni-seil for the thing she did, She made that boy stand in the comer,1 The veiy id -a of piini-uing a boy bei -.use , he liuows when a vvniiuu is good ! inking 1 and when alio Isn't! Nov York E.utiius Sun Immlgit-.tioii Iteconls. Tlio iiuTuigrant busiuese has come to be 1 no important ,1 feat tiro in transatlantic , passenger trafEo that it limy not bo unite j tere-tiiig tu give u few llures that show i'. me what of its growth und proportions, aud also the method of bundling the imial- j Krauts. At loast H per cent, of all iuuui-' gratieu to the United Suites conies through 1 tbo port of Now York. Tha board of im- migration was net estaMlshed until 1ST,! Mid pii'vious to that time records weie. rather loosely k(pt. Tbo oiT.eial figuiRH,i however, have been obtained, showing that 1 b-t.vcru ns3and liT l,oi;;'.,5GT imniirratits cuine to thi country. Between Y1 and j 1M13 therti wore 4,0Ci),SHS, a marked falling I otl in the iiouuel av erage occurring duriug the war uf the lebellion; between W7.I und U.Ht, inehisive, J,Oln,t-ol. linmigratiun was he.ivieft in tho yeari IS"-, I'S'juinl lOsUie 1 mures bclun 41,l'HJ, I 4f.5, t.MI and 8 -fe.-JiiT respectively. The gi esN tu-t arrival of imnii';raut.i iu an un day n;n on iM.iyll, 1K17, when nearly Hl.OOO Welti landed at this pnu, Thn resitest number over brought by a single bliip was l.TtlT, by thu Kgypt, .Vutional line, in lei3. 1 John il. (Jould in Stiibuer's. 1 Fully two-thlnls of tha profesidonal crinilnnls of the country biva decorations in India ink tattooed on some part of their bodiis. 1 10 dcooiii ion, t.otto th-s owner, ami someiiinee utu m did luenuiicatwu ,beu he frt wanted fin- u, ctima, THE WAY OUT, rovcrty und Tlno U'tll t :'tvl Oni Witm tlio ,9ilii.or A prpnlnr nrooHya !lv . an cnrneoli and oU-raf fit rt'rraoa recuntly on "JL;irktvt KrooJsiyn iwrl fco Wny Out." Tlio p'EWThtsr firjnu) tbatnllto poit il metb&Sij oi nllrwWifi;; .o-as(.itii tion, fifg-rruliitJon ind tin ck WowYofir and Ur-njiilj'n, olow tb.u ilxil a l(irft in3 tiio fC'Xipwl lie-cd auiug t'tto KsAliing maeaes of o2au'A hstnisrJty to lo-tonud in wrtain dihiiiotdaf thtiso rttlcfj,,yn3tilii jirove nnjiriiUnr;. It sctcmctl no if ilio , sjiealror fiiiied ti rcalizo tuity rla). in vjiidouivtryliy tnio, Uiat ttto ptivui'soxttca cf tho Tf.vcrf.y iitnt VTfsiasIo'ifjsi of crar groat cities is, to bo fotxrul tn iue-Aj'rj bottlo tutil tlio basr .rittr;. Ilvj&iixk xkjx tlotirt oi I'.rtioklyu ato tii.'itln t'lo Itaquut of (ihoerus ('Irjum by tiiotim'lfy Bhatiotv of tho lTPWory m& tli.sl.ilkry, fjo;.T"'l lnla&ionary wori: -wiil furt of xtt-oll lnolisli ttie avanl ileioJotara of tlio hcmins AiDi-sric-i, or vit)vVit tliftff cwi ers from continuing to tmilcl uji tta.11 own fortaitico by tn jdesradaiioa of triir v'e hnvo no dhmosiHtni to deny fbo Ht taI ti-n'ti of tho 'uiovcs-iuo'itfl rftWJir4: It c..ntiot oj too Btioijtt! I'-isi'Ttfjii thu tbo jj'i-ipil of Christ; Is t-n- oni livn whn'ii ixm nnsa hilinatiiiy, Vl,.it wo objei.t io i.-s the icloa vt-blch amy tusuu u l.ol.l that the g'jsisi-l is ;i iitaiitsr oi jti-. :v ing oiilv . Uod ii xs not promii'o to do ior n---anl in feK-t does not do for e-,av-llun that we cnii do for oursflvp?. )f ttw (JhriJtian ppo-;)!ti of this nat.i,Tn tr- siflt in thoir lV'fa-rl ro take jk;t.( iv and u?reiv nuni against tiw g'" cbt evil that nbowndfl In it they rnr.r r- aat,'irei tbat firA will Qover s,tep tti w nboli 'li tln5 inlorjis vitbxut tlieir b nur wffl he pr vc-jt men from r,f 'r-,' in tbo saloons so long us Un'y pro all .-' 1 to stand open. At least Tine-tenths of city irisiiViri v.'orltcris aro tinqualLie-ily ia fiv.r .f prohibition. TntAsomenanuWi.r.in. who fane the prolihim every day, 1:. -.vrt'ii power of Chvif't to clutasc UiO h! j..-i 1.0 1 give vic-y ovor win, but tliey i-novr also, by bitter o.-cpericnex?, i.ho pow r 'f tlio saloci to ilntw men nvr,' y ir . Ciirwt nud lo ilubUviy tuts very a..' . . charactPi-p. Tlio man 'wh.oth.ixikstbft b-osp;l kIiohM be left to do tb" v! ..'1 work of rpfonn, tnmfdod b" T'i- e ;i earnest efforts to remove temp by 1 .1. w r to impTovo the condition"? cut snr-i m. ings in which tbo mng--c-s live, sh ll.I jast petdewu into the p-iynel work I'-rr 1 while, r.nd he villaoon Iram how hwv !v the g0jpel j,, haudicappcl by tie.-ivi r;iltward tondrtirjU8 llnfl emrro.L-'. It will not be leg- beifire micb. n rr-'r". ho is thoroughly in b-snxnt, w jl cr.-r out u full tledgcl prombiaouist iu .-prof himself. Let tbf church put on whola sr.r -1 of Go'l ?he wll need it aa-? go .: ' to "destroy the works of tbe Jff." nvcr' means that bIiq can la'.Tfully '.!" a.'i--mpiish that end. Let tuis bf Cv: in Brooklyn, and light Vr'ill 8toti boji.i poiictratv its darkneea; icc- now -:rii;i . i -y of the sJwyvv of :i.ir . m tuo j death v '"'1 b bron ,ht into a mor ' h" 1 ful conoili a tvoA a U'-ttcv psnr' and thu clmrch tnp will be ilv p.,;. ixvA stronger by tuo roaf?iit. Visi. r. A TfJrief Ifiiir-eraitoe Ijeetui". I Mrs. Cnlvin Van fJorder. fi v.l'vr j of Jason Van Lroru"!-, twenty j --s t r.e, who rr-contly died nest Vi'it'. b'jniTie, H'il!tvati county, ST. Y., :.-.tb. I ak-uhi'lisin, has jnst bruuKht tw 1 1 , t;n!i , i'';r d.ini.-i.L'vs in thig'.iinn!' t;-".w j j each ;i,-ninst 3cin Redly, a boiTd !. - t. -. I und Uiniid Freer, a sa,ju kc.-;-": . .' E'hnil'',n'hetu'.tunlle4fAt the -wit. .'. , I wuii.ii cnased yonj" Van trorilrr'. c. 1. : I vvaK procured. Van Gmtier left li.iv 1 iiIJ anySri to i-''iS.iot nOl.li) 1 in the village of LLlonvillo. T r.cd the pintles uienrioiitsd, v.-nc. U-'i-dor dtauk eix ftlaiiwv cf v-: -l L.it in the afbraoon 1 1 -y ot-Tft- drive home, botii veil intisieiitei. T' jnissoii tuo right r-iod, und pefa'.'r'.i d -iiov.s'i to wani.-r le. surely ' It w.i but r otdd day. Whu f- it . man win lyiri1? in tuo ; -. t tleigh de.gl, and iris uir." .t-n; from drmk, was lyiu( ou the eit. V trorder boro an eicihnt reiTitt"---Uo vv.vs inihi-irioiiH and hi widu' mother' only bupikirt, Pioneer. r.x-riestdeut ; Tie; fol'.o-.vin-; 1 Jlay.s v.-.ii lecurii liinry F, Lamu, ciiiei'i.or ui'.t..' loiters, who Lj.i . tefst'in: j-os oa liitorlcn' 's. I -r iVuui Bj-Prf..i't-u..i 1 '"".ibhi: ' 1 . 01 t. it ' Ji'v rn?.m Shi ot i-.i' .xic.di.'.gttrn 1, t-i 1 IftU' ii.- l,i public unit pnvat 1 1111 ..i.'wt.reil-- o' '., 1. ' t.v ! bus no' dtit-'if. teprt Ited th co:u-e an . ' '. nluui first UtVen, otiajan-i tlon and eriuctm. 't 1 nl, ilmed, by f-dr ti. i'i -1 Ponle, that b ivr v 5.-. .1 vi-pi 111 tho Meeativo luiu '.. in ' ivUTnaurowi - (iFiioinl Slo ranii la Csia.i. A friend cf General Sti nr.-,n s;.i. death contributes tv 'i'ha 'imwj the ' i , f lorwiug cniap nnixitioto: I may mention ; a ckj.:'c-t.-if,l. ? Litu that in his c'lr. at Me-plr 1 ' iiiAVid soii aiier cn tinili; g ip' !-" staff had prodftcd c'l'-nmrjcgao in m li'iuiT. "lie vnli Uk3 awfty ft fn'' ixn prtioa of us, "ha oaid: "let bini f i h iw we live, nrt how we don't live wat'i'. not chnnipofte." A l'-Ttiuout lurry. Zkieii who nro ibruuk luwnvvj go where tbx-y should not. I'hey think they 1;. -w tmre m ilait time tiiUii i.t CJty 0U112. Tuey tidii wulioni saying anydiir.,;, and coiuroino the tiiuo of tboiY) rtio Into hi bo ho iioar the disgmiuaig iemltj of th sidoon. Why don't Ihft oi r.i're of ivm ixnUs tako coro of tLisiv Unishrl icodbi ' Pioneer. Uls Only fnlir.-ittou. If ft lu.-.n li.ni to urtAn i 'irlrdr of n."li- jiV every timo bo Is c&llcst xcpm te t-.Tirts twt linsrntAH with Uta crialitiDrit i-J-Hbr-nt , Urj0 llje (h, j, fl-wrj),j , MW tr-,di.- ,Htl, i.tmJl.v rte.W int:, - v.i!n mip a tlsnnkmU J!f 1V, "Av.nu'i