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MADISON TIMES. _
DEVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH.
-- 1. NO.37 TALLULAH MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1884
VOL !. NO. 37 TALLULAH MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 265 Is8T 'rl.: . ..,0 I' Y E;3.+
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u3 Sl AGeDI. or JaWr. bi
.ti
I heard a sound of wailin in the night OI
~ tugwtout the air ion eebl quavers won dl
he warning Inotesth&t told another lht A
peor life had just begun.
II.
Iaw a chil stand by a ja1ld form
witbin whose vea rlife's tide 3 hWnger
And tears poured down in a torrential storm it
O'er features grief-convulsed. a
In. d
Isw a youth whom Innocence had ged.
Whose steps tOward life's lowest depths te
r were etes,
ll daily intodepr darkness led
By bis envlronment.
IV.
I heard a sound of sliding bolts and hbar. B
And saw the clanging doors shut out the
day
And hide from eight the odiSo-eagrav sm it
Of one who lostlis way. T
V. b
Isw the last faint liht of hope forsake
(aoooon. within the deathly vesl b
Of h ers folds he had not strength to tl
go worn was he with tell.
vi. tc
I w a form tWat rfaie ne'er od sdeas, i
obed frn the raseet lmeem with eastly
cloth.
The summnlog up of all whose life was nought p
Through ruas and ud r sloth. b
vii.
I sawhesdded ad rn teib d of Wade, 1
A dervlshdanoe within the market gates, f
Whees they who whirled the shrieking piper
m w a
a ao penT r tes.
-The Current.
h
POISONED BLOSSOMS. b
A Young Girl's Love Ignored and her v
Honor Blasted.
ls Terrible Sight a Yeous Husband Wit.
bossed on his Retura tem a Ngebt oe Fe.
Ikity.-A Letter of Explamataek.
"Some men might be ban$ 6nkgi
deceive and wrong those who never in- a
lured them, but Senor Herique Crespo is j
the vewy o aad he wgq
These words were spoken by Senori a t
Adele Trojuilla, a you:bg and ravishingly o
bqg tul girl, th. Jaugter of a widow
rai " A :;hIetAme t, of t]
Sonoita, in the northeast of Mexico. d
"Do you think he means to be honest t
to you?' asked her mother.
"1 dd. - I livnsht entil*jtH aedse ite
and al!houzh I know he belongs to a q
vent me from worshiping him."
"No," ~ped tLe. mothe ','b~ut .tit
my prevent him from caring tO make a
little unaophisticated country girl, who
has scarcely ever gone beyond the limits i
of her znother'q apron string, his wife.
3luaiedas t* pin, aed Adeij- lering I
you a- earnesty as I do, 1 must tell you
that I have looked with fear and tremb
ling upon this dangereus mtimacy, and I
now, when you t'll lp that be hassak- I
myem g il fobeef your
soft eyes that the groat treasure of your t
young life hal b. n given. I shuddet, C
Adele, when I think of it, for the feehulg
yonu have ch ejej for this man you ,
iw fr another; and
lifeC' t* , whic'a I greatly i
fear he is, the consequences to you, when
S hI., Wken. frqmu. bi* "
dreadful." ~.. ..r d
Adele's only reply to these doubts of n
her md1t ý C1
which c ti Ie,.
DID NOT HARB Hru MOTrSn'nB s FAM.
She coul-4gm
weary look of ear should rest upon her
mther's bdjgT$i I
her seventeenth year, she knew little of c
as she thought ofthe hours when in their a
o that memnory w only exceeded
by the rapturous joy
her being when she .
ed ifature, and her e
That Henrique could be hls3 to her,
had never dreamed; and she couldl not
gether-for did not love make--Shei
she queen of the world and be iie -"
andp-s.nn.apo uther than I.e would
Time pased in its ceaselem course,
rique had visited the huihc[uh
A tele,the whisper had dt
beautiful heires was soon to ed
mother, wstiul qvery ani , sew..
And then "of)lg k oT:
for a momedt the )dyei ~i
warm, ripe 14ps blajaby4 to ,lifi
whitenesn of desit and so rmi;ed.
But in the eyp.onp soft pd mild
A ract , WICJ GlA M,
while .. e outi" r t id the
rigid i were spoken in a hoase on
ed an she ede haie
UL.awf~ he has donethlq, fer
tjra;'tpe hgr . any f, it matersi
bad, and when he ruined and forsook pi
Adele, he did so with as little considera
tion of th,, inevitable consequences to
one or both of them as he would have in a
drinkinga glass of wine. He had met
Adele in her country home, and admir- K
ed hertseh, young beauty, her simplici
ty, innocence and sprightliness, and he P
wsoed, won, and rained the girl. ge
He liked Adele; she amused him. and to
v it was but n.tural, he thought, that he fr
should ho:d the little hand between both ar
othis own, and say a thousand things di
that escaped his memory as soon as ut- K
i teed. ICe did not calcalate upn the ci
Weary for which he was recklessly lay - w
iar the foundation. ordrea n of the hopes T!
these fond, flattering words were feed- hi
ing. A fen times he visited his "Wild B
Bird," as he was' wont to term her, though to
I nut acknowledging even to himself that hi
. it was expressly to see her that he wet t. in
There was fine fishing, hunting and sip
boating in that vicinity, and he was al- w
ways sure of welcome at the farm house; ,,
beside, it was apeeable in that out of w
D the way plae, to have just a ch a lttle K
companion as AMlete-one who would ul
not faint at the eight of a rabbit, or fear cc
to guile a boat among the socks and w
rapids of the river. ti
A &hd wlitniattered it hethdughl? She B
certainly would not be wild enough to an
believe any of AI
HIS CRAZY ROMANCi n4
about love, maniagA, ee.; and when be
found he came no more, she would proi
r bably forget him. th
ft was his custom at theelubtdrtell the a
story of his country love, and at times
he lgrw eloqent oer the Lurnished, a
e~brewn curl, al k gh* me. of B
At.: 711ud~lp4 pt itsdf~ily
as he recalle I her artless g'yety and the e
fond of wit and merriment with which ni
her heart seemed ever overflowing. a
But suddenly a shaft from the blind L
bpy's bow was aimed at Henrique. I "
' ted q iheedt Me t ats
now for the first time throbbed with a
r pasion he could not control. It was the
handsome brunette, with the raven-black
eyes and gentle voice-the rich, accom
pished, and petite heiress-who had ns
t lt to him the sipremacy of a passion a
at which he was wont to sneer.
Weeks went by-weeks in which lihe
reveled in a n intoxication of his new- W
n oupd ains. And when the even- p
narv4 thst was to see them united w
,n.&o I ds, when the parlors were
ablas with light, when beauty and fash
ion had assembled, and the fair bride tU
s in her sweeping robes of snowy satin,
Hemique Crespo,and bowed response to I
Sthe holy words that bound them to each
y other, none saw g
I sH sa A, au nsc t
)f that peered in through the half-;rmedne
doorway, or saw the wild, glittering eyes tI
t that seemed to fasten upon the young
bride with an earnestnessthat, could she 11
Sql . ¥-dep lbe have hae4 i her c.,
he ve/ he bbserved her ab she
a quitted thatacene of happiness, and went ii
. orth unto achll anc d larkpe It tp
beamb- reinu. " t
A week ofhappiness to Henrique went a
it by, and then.orthse irqt tiue ,e viid II,
a ei to the entreaties of some Menid and
went out to spend the evening with his
old associates. Merrily the hours &w tl
i by, and ere he knew it the clocks cbim- 1(
e. e fort the huear of twelve, Huuriedly b
She arose, and withb Wed ofapolo to
his friends he hastened homeward. I .
A something liks~ alk prktaize, a
A of ill seemed to b dd, n d la. heart. a
d He feared he knew not wh I'. his wife t
were safe, it asalthe asked; but ifa.ug
'~bapwd to hIsetl thuent w
o I lt.h.plakeied .
ir steps he hastened her ro . She.w I
ar there i St b b
over tha i ai
shoulders floated a wreath of late I-odl
.g land blossoms- such blossoms as he hadl w
woven amid the clutteri n .
d woodland dupe. He ar. ne i a
Ly moment, and
A I mIInan pA
sho. through his heart. Could his wie
ti u, Jhr.,i ,dd
Sf not,-. It was addessed to him. He tore
? y !sw tahe
)e ftb:.Yi t a Inwers
you once crowned me, do I now crown
II!Llore mer
a'l stb. You
grve to meT hfe- l_orrowrom which
t-'qiag'jN .el3Jrer is pois
o oned, and e you return, her pure spirit
SAs Henrique turned to chab
ir sprang from a closet, and er .e ecould a
ward offthe blow. ad r blade iec
ltoor If
a ith a P re- t
-engu - a pIc'd~eichg
ad overlooked a rnpged precipice,'Adele ap
oehled it, ad ith a scream that was
diptl*dib i ofa mile the unTor- I
o nherself heailon a
Idw. Her dead body, cut
apd lacerated, was found between the l
.t )k. , and in the bosom of her dressmwas I
a latter givjin the whole l14or af her
_ agzIuarried couple, aed th. poor wo
man as determination to end her life in I
I j'1 ', )P. , fseuVlb.L
Id The ether day j plty_ ponsti ow ;
•t! .Hemy ly,. '*ai;o3L.ols,
-, Thomas Brown, andJ. M.. b, dtove
a. an anenouem was an otar
and alone. Mr. Kelly thoughtb he would.
like to fmraternise with the monuareb of
or the plains and pat him pleasantly on
lw. *t , He aonrdingle Ilped into
49iiimi ile, and
a aa d wtb a with an
* ' t eslie '7rndht heinei
tatiosaly at each other and waited for
he *" Is'ressetmy they came.
m- Mr. Kelly loafed dreamily uptothe bell.
-e ued uiMy pst lawlq wetT and petted
him on the back. The buffalo eved him
- s a imnt er twIithstlI fndit.
* tbeawsnda tlgiatraag pas
fl~rb ahlmwt~lJ b~~qr qtF. wh albi
pierced Mr. Kelly's leg and ripped off
about six inches of cuticle, together with
a little raw flesh. H
The sccne was instantly chan.gl Mr. H
Kelly str czk for the fence at a Maldt S.
gait, and the ball gathered himself to- H
gether for another chare. In the mean F
I time. Mr. Brown, fearing mis.chief to his
friend, leaped re'klealvy into the arena A
and grabbed the aninmal by the t.il. This a
I distracted the bull's attA ntien from Mr.
Kelly, and gave that gentlenian time to B
climb over the fence. The trouble now
wastogtet Mr. Brown out ofthe dilemma.
t The bull was getting waroiil up, and
had a decidedly belligerent a~l'cet. 3lr.
I Bros n dare n1,t let go of the. aniimil's
tail, because the bull would instantly
have turned the other end toward him,
in which case Mr. Brown felt that the
I situation would be exceedingly awk
ward. So he hun: on to the tail, and T
every time the bull turned .Mr. Brown fe
f would turn to o. Meanwhile, Ro3s, Mr. h
3 Kelly, Mr. Bedson, and old John took
I up reserved seats on the fence, and en
r couraged Mr. Brown to hold on, as it cl
I was only a question of a day or two when
the hall would become tired out. Mr. a
e Brown did not require much encourage
iment, however. lie felt that the neceF
iities of the hour were such that he could
not afford to let go. He asked for help, I
but the audience on the fence only d
mocked him and jeeringly mentioned
that they would call back after lunch P
e and see how he was getting on. Finally d
the now infuriated animal and his tor- p
mentor approached the fence, when Mr.
Brown, to the utter disgust of the ,pee- d
tators, suddenly let go the tali and pwui
ed over the fence like a streak of !itht- U
niag. He was saved, but it, took about
a quarter of an hour and alittleofsome- ti
I thing else to restore him to his normal
condition Manitabo Free Press.
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aittlllatlma In a Indian tribe. g
SSebastian Beck is a plain honest look
ing German, probalHly 50 years of age,
I and lays claim to being considerable of
a linguist aa asable of peaking seven
, languages in addition to Sioux Indian,
which he speqks with great fluen y, ap
parently. During nearly ten years Beck
was a member of the 8 oux tribe." His 1
e story oehow he ran the gauntlet is thua
., "We did not know what fate awaited
us. But we had scarcely arrived at the
· Indian camp than we were given to nn
b Jerstand that we would have to run'th'e
gauntlet. This aonsisted in mrnaing be
tween two lines of beever, ive hundred
t in each line, and taking all' the blows
e that they could give as while we .made
e the run, which was twice up ahl twice
c down the line. The lines were just far
e enough apart to give us room to run, a I
line of guns being placed along en each i
side between as sad the Indians, which
t could not be crossed by either us or the
Indians.
"We were compelled to keep within
this line, and the Indians were not al i
t- lowedto leave their positions in the line
y but could inflict all the punishment pos
Ssible while we were within reach of each I
Sof, them in turn. The Indian, .were 1
armed with sticks, moccasins, an I every
' thing that could be used to trike with
a nature that would inflict pain with
out doing great bodily injury, but hi'f
ly with a kind of cat-o'-nine-tails used
Sby the Indiitne in riding their ponies.
1. '"'Thishi terrible weapon, haviuw a
. large number of strings on the cud of
h of which is a chunk of lead. There
a were a lame naumber o. squaws in the
fines in addition to the braves, who ap
peered to take as strong an interest in
re the patter as the latter. We were strip
d ped naked, with the exceptioL of breech
co ots which were given us. I was plac
ed .lth in the line of twenty-five, the
run being mide oy all together in single
Ale.
e "This was a decided advantage to me,
as I could go as fast as I liked, not hav
h aing to depend upon the speed of others.
n A friendly lndian, the one who had en
r- eouraged me at fist, signaled me, giv
a ing me to understand that I was to run
h ar.t su Ia cold. I did not he.d the
' advice after I got well started, but it
it served nie ntfl I got past the first dos
La en, sl msterted while they were chatting
Samong sheael'ves.
"But the rest of the way I got it 1 tell
you. Iljmmra Ibr dear life, taking the
blows as they came. I could not rerea.
d erlexclaeations of,pain as the whips
e- Ict Hato bmy esb. bat I manalgedt *o keep
ar from dipmracang myself in the 'pindsu of
e- the Indmane, although suffering terriblly
:h at every blwr receiYd."
S "Did many of them miss you?"
as "After the first doren none that I
r- know oL They laid on the blows as hard
12 as they could, but conformed strictly to
ut their law, wah is not to leave treir
e place in the Us to indlet fu-thernbin
s5 ishment. -
or "W nIrachedthe nd of the line
r- tl time I. was covered with bbod
ae a. -or'u.-. winde obeing scascely
'o- a o -ra. We minaged to"iet
in t witeaur live;sot one of'the
t five AiLiu, or giving up. -We
adontted to the membelehip
uinqIrtbe."
Beis nowtrvelinj amoeg theIn
dians Tookig. for his wrile and children,
oe wI hean captured yearsn igo.
pe New p.
A Wem.ma NatMre.
I think I le mverlidmerallui to
ry tvery curma kilW oteing wonmh is
Id I ac·aoro t French place which il
of l sr "one ae oft* fenmledure
on u gly. A. y'omta man has run
to s Uescape a wrmain he has bpen
nd with. leis making love to a
an ffh'Mar e, Wben the defter'ed one hunts
hbe i . Af, a few blster reproaches
en s lm **
, derling, I love you. - You
I hbae never hidden it "rom
Iar 1 me that you love anotherand
y namorve. Tel me frankly you
e. d love me, and I .will leave..you
ll, withea a muarmur."
led "Wel," eYsthe youthj "frankly, I do
i not love you.
Then she proced immediatery t'
tear all his har out, and leave him on
the fleor a battered wreck. San Fran
ki* dco Chrenicle.
SIMPLY SHOCKING.O I
en
His eyes were dim and his cheeks were wan.
His step was feeble and slow. ree
He seemed to be an unhappy mar, yes
Who soon to his grave would go 8101
He had no hair on the top of his head, wi
"Snatched bald" he had been, no doubt: its
From a vigorous frame the strength had tfled. ed
Or rather had been thrashed out,
A few stray hairs, and only a few, dec
Remained where his beard had been: the
He seemed as if he'd been drawn through
A patent thrashing machine. sou
But the fault was hi own, the people said,
He had braved an awful peril: hit
In an hour of infatuation he wed ion
A Georgia electric girl.
-Somervilh Journal. co
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING. hot
Beeswax and salt ill make your rusty
flat irons as ·lean and swooth as glass.
Tie a lump of wax in a rag aLd keep it
for that purpose. When the irons are say
hot nth them, first with the wax rag, 1
and then scour then, with a paper or hat
cloth sprinkled with salt. det
When soaking salt fish before cooking girl
add a little vinegar to thi water; it imn- wiwh
proves the fish. not
Steel knives whk'h are not in general ple
use may be kept from rusting if they are me
dipped in a strong solution of soda; one tail
part water to four of soda; then wipe tht
dry. roll in flannel and keep in a dry dai
place. tht
Fish may Ie scaled much easier by as
dipping into boiling water about a mtin- me
ute. * val
For "greasing" the griddle, cut a wiite we
turnip intohalves and rub the griddle do
with it. It causes no smoke, somell, taste go
or adhesion. and is better than batter or be
grease.
The value of cruard ice : a dressing ta
for burns and scalds, first polT:,rl out by go
Sir.l Jaui. E.rle, is confirmed by Dr. tic
Richr' ,n. The ice, after being redne- th
ed by crushiog or scraping, is mixed cal
,;ith fi'.,d, lard inte a ratte, which is th
placed iu a thin enumbric .bag and laid thi
!tl n the burn. This is -aid to banish pc
all pasl until the mixture has so far' h
inelt"e tihat a fresh lre-win is ncecessary. toq
Flow, rs m,'y be kept very fresh over lot
niLht is they are excluded entirely from be
the 'fir. To do this wet them thorongh- th
ly, pu:t "': a damp box and covcr with
wet raw c'tton or wet newspaper, and em
place, in a cool spot.
liIdk .wk:ii is lliahily turned or
chancd rosmay be sw etened and render- giL
ed ts for utise gain by .irring in a little at
codta. a
Stale buns may be made to taste as pr
nicely as when fresh if they are dipped a
t iomat or so in cfld water, then put in TI
a hot oven for five ortecn minutes. They es
will turn out as light and crisp as when lip
first baked. is
To scour knives easily, mix a small C
quantity of baking soda with your brick- I 1
dust, and see if your knives will not pol- ar
ish better. fo
Kerosene will soften boots or shoes
which have been hardene.l by water, to
and tender them a pliat.le :as new.
SKerosene will make tin tea-kettles as
lrig tt as new. Saturate a woolei, raoe
a:n1 il '.r l it,! i'. It w:11. als- r:: ,','. l
stains from clean varnished furniture.
When one has had a fever and the re
hair is falling efl, take a teacup of sate, is
steelp in a quart of soft water, strain it te
I off into a tight bottle. 8oonie the head c
with the tea freqiftntly, wetting the roots bi
of the hair.
The Selentific Am ric o save if a bot- fa
tie of the oil of penuyroal is left ,Iceork- at
ed in a room at tiht, not a mosquito, or rt
any other blood-sucker will be found co
:l~ero in the morning. Mix potsh with re
powdered meal and thlo'v it into the y
rat-holes ofa celur. and the rts will de- to
part. If a rat or'wouae Gees into your a
.epantry. stuff in its hole a rag 'aturated w
e ith a .,luti tm ,fa4 enne pepper, and at
no rat ,r moo te' will touch the ru f6,r ti
the purpose of otpening a communica
Stion with a d4pot ol supplies.
Sa lt wil ncurdle ne;' ,,ilk; hence, in
Spreparinag talk porridge. gravies, etc
the salt should tot be added until the "
a dish is preparedl.
SIlarishorn applied to the stings of o
Spoisonousi insects will allay thte pan and "
stop the~we!liing, or apply tel of sae-ea
Sitras, whfeh is ltter. Be stinu should
1 heatsd hi this way. d
- s *mid His .ame.
A boy who could not have been more
then fliteen yeirs old, walked, or rather g
Sslowly dragge.i himself along the street.
' Although his clothes were old, and al- a
thlongh you could "see his brown haird
I through a tren t in his hat, vet, Without a
d omaent's hea-itation, yonu woutld have
o prononneed. him a little gentleman. a
r Brtvety and kindness of heart, moe
Sthan any otlher traits of the human fam
f ly, ase iflmwinil on the face, as though ,
4 the soti? were' a ctndle and'the counten- t
7 anee a tranepareney. The endleof thisi1
bey's sou hal been lightd and his face
e war esimtful. with the Idow of bravery
Pand kindness.
Crossing thif street, dragging himasel
wearily ainog," unitil he reached a flight
. of stone se~p cimitg down from the,
breaed door~nt a great house, he sat down c
to aest Me had been there bt a tlew
mimutes, when a lege man, in dreusina
to gown and slippers, emerged from the
' door, deceodeda, few steps and said: 1
i- "What aru. i t doing here?"
"I have sto,;e el to rest, sir."
"Is thete no' 'her .,'nace where you can I
SsUlppo s so, mar, but I haven't the
Sastrength to look for places that extend
es the most welcome, for I am paralysed." 1
"Well. I am sorry for you, and all.that
an .but a boy with tlhe seose yos seem to
an posess must know that your sittin_:
ad around on these steps cannot speak very ;
ou well for roy hoase. Where is your
on home?"
"I have none-that is, not now. When
do I was stricken down, the people with
whom I boarded, kept me until my motn
to ey was exhausted, then turned me out.
on 1 was taken to a hospital, where I have
an- dince remaiunedl."
"Yan look like an honest boy. The
Lord knows that hor.est hoys art: scarce and hI
enough. What caused your illness?" c'lar,
"I was first taken with fever, which tie ve
resulted in paralysis. Two months ago "Y
yesterday, I went on a steamboat excur- time,
sion. We had landed near a grove. 'scoape
when sudienlva little child leaped from clamp
its nurse's arms into the river. 1 jump- por he
ed in and seized the child. I succeeded Day,
in holding the litt!e fellow above the clilud
deck until the nurse secured him, but him 1t
the current carried me under, the last
sound I heard being the cry of the moth
er as she seized the child and pressed
him to her bosom. I don't know how
long I was in the water for 1 regained lIon
consciousness on a sand-h3r-" 1 of t
"My (od!" exclaimed the nman. "that
child was mni little iv. ('oe, this lied
house is yonr home." Arkansaw Tray- in net
eler. BHut
Srreptifous Photography. landi
"Clara Belle," writing from Newport ela
says:
There are two things at Newport that Sill
have combined to raise the dreadful ar w
deuce with the equanimity of a certain Fea
girl. One of them is the scent bottle, ecen
which is ever in the hands and at the Tlh
nose of every fashionable soul in the ar, w
place. It is made of cut glass, and Tawt
mounted with gold and jewels until it at
tains an expensiveness .atisfactory to ed lo
the most extravagant millionaire's honue
daughter. It has lengthened rapidly as EvI
the season has advanced Beginning at low b
about six inches, it has extended to the a
more than a foo.t; and the next inno- Iai
vation will probably be to utilise it as a of" wi
walking-cane. We won't know what to advai
do with our hands for a while after it Thi
goes out of fashion, so inseparable has it the k
become. garte
The second of two things is the ama- Ti
tour camera, which is the diveuslen of a skirts
good many tellows, who use it surrepti
Bo:
tiously and villainously. They provide idr
the infernal instrun ent with what they to ris
I call an instantaneous lens, with which Poi
they take a picture like a flash, leaving derni
I the ineative to be developed at leisure. in co
Dan't you catch the idea that nobody Th
r knows when she is safe from being pho- velve
tographed unawares, except when she is for h
r locked in her own room? and I wouldn't Trn
a be surprised to see a camera invented erer
" that would squint through a key-hole. recd
Now, one of the consequences is the Br
entire suppression of pantomimic court- o
ship. What I mean is that the judicious
girl does not permit herself to strike any The
I attitude when hanging on the arm cf a this
sweetheart or conversing with him in a most
s presumable ahaled corner, that would red.
a look badly if reproduced in a picture. At
a There is safety after nightfall, however, Tayl
y except in spots illuminated by electric ne,
light; and so I don't think that flirtation broc
is on the whole subdued in quantity by
II compressing it in hours. Well, the girt La
I began to tell about isn't aflirt anyhow; and
and yet the amateur caught her shame- for n
fully. But she is an earnest, wriggly trim
sort of creaure, with a swivel-joint in fur.
the middle of her back. I guess, so dis- has
' tortive and pliant are her positioussome- At
times. land
She sat on a secluded veranda thIe oth- wais
er day reading a novel, a big mosquito trair
'it her on that wondertuily toggled spin- ain
al column at the point where tihe bodice er's I
e ceased to be velvet and began to he filmy
lase. Please endure to imagine the Lc
I tematien to outdo herself in grotesque the I
d contortion. There was tite mosquito pain
" bite itehilngon her beek; ii her hand fiune
was a aent-bottlt with a cut-glass sar- wori
t- face, exactly adapted to scratching. t good
:- suppose she beat the limberest India- Ti
ir rubber man that ever performed in a to la
d circus by the manner in which she Her
SIreached the bite with the bottle. World mill
e you believe it? A camera was at that flout
i- nstant aimed at her from the shrubbery trim
rt and a few days later she was presented and
11 with a neat photographic picture of her- full
d self at she had appeared on cowiug to hips
,r the scratch. " .acl
C- full
THE r. nTZi'i PARADISE. and
SDoes a girl who elopes with a coach
' man go on a "bridle" trip? Boston Star.
Mare's Island is a good place for our w
, oneholrse Navy tol go. Yonkers Statese- futeo
I maI. port
a- No wonder the coachmen are so -po- was
I lar. All girls like hansom men. Phias
deiphia Call.
Y g men while sowing wild oats
shol be careful not to hbarw the feel. feac
ingsofothers. Pitteburg Chmonicle-Tele- mat
r graph largl
At what age doesa farm usnually be- can
i"- come worthleatI aiquins a correspon- £
r dent. At about mortgage. Burlington sena
a Free Press.
* The sot, taking yet another glasr, isr
,, a illustratlon Of the text, "The spirit nbt
e swillirag,.but thefeaebsh is weak." YoLk-m
er Gaz ette. er.
SAMilwaukee rag-pickeris said to be isj,
h worwh $4ISA000. So much fbrthe buinemi bits
- that is alwas pscking up Lowell C-our- ints
iS lr. oft
C "For mercy's sake, whbaL have you gotb
y on?" "Don't Jer-aeyI"- It is needless o
to waste wordsonsech a pan as this. oft
it A great many men commit suicide Pr
through ambling, and a great many
he w omn stake their lives on the hazrli
Sof the dye. Boston Bldtet. -
a *r soon s Us irr. pro
e The olbrs ofaWest ide medical col- i
1 lege adrertsed for a man of all work .
and a big negro applied. see
"We will want you to look after the
an tires and ewe p up a little," said the doe
tor in charge, "and sometimes it will be l
b e neceeary for yeoa to help ushook up sub- we
td jects out of the vat or pack one away in
." the ice-house." 4i
at "W-which? W'at'1 dat? Boues, am li h
to yeie the medical college where the stud-i
nots are? '
"Yen bthsisisa medical college. Willn
teua right to work?" I
en oYes, b Er ym, boes," mid the
teh man; backing up to the door and keep
on- ing his eye on the proifessor. "Doea ye o
ut. touch me. I'Hlja run downtown after It
vea 'spress wagon to fetch de trunk. Oh. Of
llbe yer,'boss, I'll be ye ." i
[he When hegot to the door he opened it 8
aiMd Iuked out to see if the coast vw:a
clear, and then addressing the adverttier
hie velled:
"Yo can't cotch dis chile. Not dis vyere A ,
time, boss. Golly, but dat was a n:rrer
'scape. Weuldn't vo like to get vo
clamps on me? W'ar's yer bag? W 'ar's
~cr hoodoo? W'ar's de rabbit's foot, eh? l
lay, doctor. De nex' time ycu cotch a
cullud punson jes yo get ver hooks on
him lust." Chicago Hlerald. Huro
ville,
FASHION NOTES.
Bonnet strin, must atIh tl e materi- sink.
:1 of the dress..
lied and turquoise lHue are cn!,ii. and aI
in new flannel suits. tr
Buckles instead of bulttons fasten many fall i
hanldsonwe corsa.es. count
Black laces come with elmbroiderel uon
edges and net to match. strult
Silk plush and fine cloth turban t'tIps li
are worn by small boys. light
Feather thistles appear among other
eccentric novelties in millinery. -larir
The eml,roidered and broche crowns fisher
are works of art tl:is fall. 'I I
Tan is the favorite color for fall gloves,
whether of kid, silk, or lisle thread. to-nit
Demi-trained dresses are again adopt
ed for carriage wear and derni-toilet at I a'
home. point
Evening toilets are worn with high or and v
low tbodices, according to the fancy of look,
the wearer. as til
large loose cloaks easily put on and a ligi
off will be in high favor as the season above
advances.
The stocking with the la".ing above wothi
the knee is intended to make the use of optic
garters unneces ary.
as if
Tufts of ostrich feathers decorate the a noi
skirts and draperies of many elaborate
evening dresses. for it
Bonnets covered with stuff like the a sm
drees and lined with velv-t are destined heart
to rival those of felt. lIl
Pomegranate red, Eton blue, and Al- engal
derney cream are the colors most used towal
in combination in Paris this month. wasa
The Moliere house shoe with a large bent
velvet bow on the instep is the favorite instil
for house wear this season. led t1
Trains are a feature in toilets of high some
ceremony prepared for dinner, evening nerve
reception, and ballroom wear. adve
Bretelles are again worn on bodices: te
they run over the shoulder and down
both back and front to the waist line.
part
What shade of blue is a king's eye? ermi
The shade of blue worn by Parisians the
this fall is dubbed ceil de nrt bleu. It is at th
most frequently combined with ruby "'
red. your
Among the costumes seen at Lord & for
Taylor's opening !ast week the use of the tiou
new lavo relievo or intaglio velvet wan
broches was a striking feature. ing,
Lace is used to excess in millinery, doul
and even forms the entire bonnet even Sc
for midwinter wear in some cases, the but
trimming being feathers and bands of ed a
fur. An odd combination, but fashion shal
has no rules. coal
At a late fashionable wedding in Eng- forl
land the bride wore a petticoat and
waistcoat of gold brocade, b'slice. and
train ot ivory satin nmarveilleux, trimn- swa
mines of Limerick lace. and her moth- wat
er's bridal veil of old Limerick lace. the
e Loose fitting gloves, wrinkled all over W
e the hand in the style of the portraits ion I
painted by Sir Joshn^ Reynolds and the lene
I fancy pictures of tugelica Kauffman, are a so
worn this Scasou. It is not considered to d
I good taste to ;ear a tight-fitting glove. him
The Princess Louise of Wales is soon iy)
to be confirmned in \ hippingham Church. live
Her confirmation dress, of finest white .
mulll is trimmed only with a full-pleated fc
flounce edae4 with tucks and a gathered th
trimming of the muslin round the neck ot
and no embroidery or lace. The long, .s
full overdress is looped very high on the
hips, but falls low over the front and
back of the underskirt. The bodice is som
full gathered in front and pointed back real
and front. the
wha
The Venoe nt the FIture. 1
What shall the pvrmanent fence of the ti
ufuture be? In the eastern and southern Ih
portions of the country, where timber "I
was plentiful, the old Virginia rail fence see?
is yet to be seen; but these, with the old
log cahins, will soon disappear. No pie
I- fences, or very few, are made with this not
material now. The Orage orange has ten
largely taken its place. The countryr
e- can show nnmeroes well-kept hedge
" feneeo-end when well kept they pre- is.
S.sent a beautful appearance. But there et
areserious objections to them. They im
are expensive to keep in repair, and if t
net kept neatly tritumed they are a nui- if
Smance to their owners and to all trasel- p
ers. Another serious objections to them
Sis, they make such safe harbors for risb- b
Sbits. larbe wie is lbeing extensively wa
- introduced and may become the fence o
ofte fnture. Bit many do not like it. be
t because it is daaserous to stock. Can ed
Snot some inventive genius give us a are
Sfence cheaper and better still than any ar
of these, or devise means lq which we
may do without fences altogether?
he Prairie Farmer. bar
DI ---- -' *reae
si jndeedetd* a Dude. can
Texas ('itizenu--"Did you sell that do
property to the stranger who was look
Sing'at it?"
k Texas Real Estate Agent--ell it? No.
Ck That fehller is the wuanst d Iever aid we
hse.
e Did hethink the place would be lone
-be "o; he seemed to like the location ne
b- well enough." 1.
in "Afraid of the ioil, mavbe?''
'ITe didn't mention the 'ile. I n.vwr w
did see such a feller in my life. I'te.
•i htard of dudes, but he beat,- em all." i
d- "WVell, what did he ,lobject to? Why th
didn't he take the place?"
S"Just 'cau.e there hain't no aater
11there." Philuadelphia Call.
Ve Ot West the girls work theuir names
er on their gentlemen friemns, suspenaer. hi
er It is consiuered bad luck to have a iair aI
)h of suspenders crack in the midldle of a
Sgirl's name, while the owner is huging -
it some other girl. Burlington Free Press. el
TIHE I'II.ANToM BEAC'ON.
A My~teriolu Light Over the WVreck of
the Marinef City.
Hktrit Pest.
.\ few years ago the steamer Marine
City, plying letween Dletroit and Lake
Ilnon }torts. c'auht fire just off I larris
ville, and wa- run near shore, when the
passengers were nearly all rescued, after
a stitru~e In the water, and the hull
I sunk.
<ie htad liven at one titi.c a rine craft
and a fa;v rite pa-setger boat. In one ll
my tritn along that shore I chanceed to
fall in c-eotpany with a dweller cf that
country and the i, nversation turnedl
uponll the eniv-erv that followed the de
strueticon oftlhat old craft.
"llavcr you ever heard of the phantoml
light which can Ihe seen at midnight on
the anniversary of the buhning of the
Marine C ity?" asked an intelligent old
fisher:man.
"I never did; tic,, what is it?"
"('onle oult her on the dck with tne
tc-nilght at twelve o'cltok and you will
.t5'."
I a'ee pted the invitatin,andl at the ap
pointed hour we strolled out on the pier;
and while we were on the way, "There,
l hok," said lie; and sure enonCh, as plain
as the stars that twinkled in the heavens
a light, apparently a lantern, hoveredr
above and around tlhe old wreck.
I colftess I was somewhat startled, andr
rubbed my eye; to make suire it was no
optical illusion. It moved about slowly,
as if rat ied icy smer unseen hand. Was
it not some boatmen moving about? No,
for it % as not so dark nor so far away but
a small Ioat could have Iben 'atrn aid
heard.
I did nct like to give it up, and so we
engaged a boat and rowed up the shore
I toward the light. The crisl,, eveningalr
was as still as if hushed in sleep, and as!
bent to the oams with a vicormus will I
instinctively feathered them and hand
led them as noiselessly as if engaged in
some midnight adventure requiring
K nerve and daring. Somehow the iqve of
adventure does not seem to desert us as
we creep out of our heyhowod and enter
the sedate period of manhood; and the
desire to fathom the untathomable is a
part of most men's nature. The old fish
I erman entered heartily into the spirit of
s the occasion, and ofleted to relieve me
s at the oars.
v You're s good 'un at the oar. but if
your hand is not in you'll lame yosnelf
for it's a good mile up there.
Easing ui a little and pulling up cu
tio y I glanced over mny shoulder to
ward "the light. It seemed to be reced
ing, a kind of ignis fatuns, and again I
doubled'over the oars.
Soon we were at the old snoken hull,
e but the light had disappeared. W. row
f ed around the burnt wreck resting in
u shallow water, and looked down into its
coal- black depths, but could see no cause
for phosphoreicent lights. Then we row
Sd to the shore and examined the banks
--.and and gravel- nothing else; no
swamp or rotten wood, nor stream of
water, near; in fact, nothing that I could
discover that would cause this will-'o
the-wisp.
ur We got into the boat and my comae"s
as ion seemed depressed and inclined to si
o lence, and I saw that he was seised with
: a sort'of susperitition. and so I thought
d to distract his thnughts a little and draw
him out as to his theory regarding the
mystery, and this was it:
'Youi believe that men have souls that
live after death?"
1 "I most certainly do."
"Well, don't ) on believe thatrouls have
k the power to talk to us in one way or an
other?"
' 'I am not sure about that."
l"You've heard offolkadreamingabout
some of their friende bingin danger and
k soon after get word that the danger wa
real, and lpcsibly their friends died In.
the very hour they were dreamed. Now
what wald you cil it?
"Well, I should call it a communice
tion with the spirit world that "I don't
e are to have any thiac to do with until.
' I have done with this world."
cr "Then you are not a spiritualist, I
e see?"
"Not if I kaow mylv haless in the
d sense that all profeeedly Chhtiae 9.
o ple (whether really or professedly Io
is not say) are spirituitssts. to a certain 4x
a tent. But whatabout the light? 'You
are eting onto tbeology; the lhght, what
'1 is it?"
-e "Well, s'r, I'l tell ye what- I think it
e- is. It was said that the Marine C'ity wA
e set on fire iv oht ofthe deck 'hands or
firemen otat of 9 gb e for some reo or
) imaginary wrong, and that he was one of
if the few that was lost, and my opnion is,
i- if tgat is true, that b' is doomed as a
1- panishmentto brint thatlight here evei
m night during the s onth in wihak the
- boat was lost, to light the others that,
lV were tnst safely over the 'dark rlver,' sad
e robly as a wurning to others thatL ay
it be like temptedtomurderorother wick
m edness. Wie can't tell what (nd's ways
a are, but we can see the waiamna li
iY arourd us, and I believe thl is, one of
,e God's beacon lights."
r? ' Well, my friend, there is certainly m
barm in the thought. I am at least -
ready to give it up as a mystery that 1
can't fthom-and here we are at the
at dock again." '
T rr OOLDNT r.
o. -- 4. I
id IWhy a Marriedt Womae Dibesd rer Ma
bead.
e- "Mrs. Jones." said Mrs. Blinkin to her'
next door teighbor, "you have the stub
.on lrnc t lthu.land I ever saw."
• i,,1 ,ion't sty a,.' was the quiet ans
r w,-,. "What's thec matter, n,,w?"
I "Why, he stool. rihllt in frent of my
I) msband to-day and wouldn't bucle,
c thoulgh he a.cked him to do sa."
ter ' It waa't my husband."
"I:ut I know better."
"Well, I nav it asmn't. I've hoown
that nman fr ithity years, atl if he ever
S re-fuiec I tc, l.udge when anybody iuvitsd
n. hitll t.', then he ain't muy hiuslind, that's
iar al l."
ofa V!rs. B. tzt a stang dictonarv to see
ie wltt e. dg. 'awant. .1erchan Trvel-
