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_MADISON TIMEs . D',VOTED TO TIE WELFARE OF MAID9ON PARISH. VOL II NO. 2. TALLULAH MADISON PARISH LA. ATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21,1885 ITERIS: 82.00 PEl YEAiR TgE FLIGHT FnOM THse CONVENTS TIHtIobontt TILTO. I ee the starlights quiver ksejewe 14 min tne rivet; The bank is hli.t with a ge; What If 1 I pthe ed;g: I thouzht I know the way y nilght as weliai day; How soon a lover goes astray! The pLace is somewhat lonely I mealn for Just onel only. I bru -ht the boat ashore Anlhour ag' or mnore. Well. I wills t an walt; She fixed the hear at eight; Good angels bring her not latel Tomrorrow'l tonlues that name her Will hardlv dare to blame her; A ily still Is white Through all thedark of oinht. 'I he mt.rning sun shall show The bridet as pure as snow. Whose wedding all the world shall khow. O God! that ! should gain her! Uthat can so detain her? " .yelp!fg cur; thy bark Will fright oer In the dark. What! strlking nine? That's fsat. Is some one walking past? Oh, so thou art come at last! Now. why thy long delaying? Alack! thy beads and prdying? If thou, a saint. doth hope To kneel and kils the Pope. Then I, a sinner. know Where sweeter kises grow Nay. now, just one before we go! Nay. twice, and, by St. Peter. The second was t e sweater!; Quick. now, and in the boat! Good-bye, old tower and moat, May mildew from the sky ] Drop blindness oa the eye I That lurks to watch our going by! Oh. saintly maid. I told thee No convent wall should hold thee, Look., toader oomes the moon; We started not too soon. See' bow we pass that mill. What, is the night so chill? Then I must fold thee closer still. RICK AND THE ROCK. A 3d14 Scheme That Won a aebhelor a meatUal 3igre. "I think you've jumped too quickly to i you conclusion, Helen. She doesn't care a pin's point for me now, though time once was when she did." "And what made her throw you over? I Cnme, you can talk as candidly to me as if I were your mother."' "If I wasn't so sure of your friendship for her I wouldn't dare to," he replied: "for I know you are longing to bring us together again-not merely for my peace I of mind, but for hers, too." "Ah, egotist! How do you know she iove, you yet ?" "I - I don't know it. I want to find out, and you said you'd help me if I came down." "But I didn't tell you to proclaim that I flad to the world r-id I And I yet you told it to the girl herself. When I tried to patch it by saying September it's a wonder you didn't produce my let. ter aj evidence that I had written the 1st of August. No winder you always need assistance in everything. You're too too"- "Imbectle," he suggested meekly. "Yes, tlut's the word I was after-to I help yourself." "And that's why I depend so much on you this week-for a week is all I can take. Get up somenice scheme that will straighten matters between us and I'll give you my blessing." "Pehaw! more than that's needed," repliei, the pratical Helen. "Well, that pearl locket at 'iffany's you want so much-done', isn't it?" and he held out his hand. t S"Yes," she s aid meditatively. "1'1. think of it. But as [ s id before, what broke your engasement off?" "She-she fell in love for the time be ing with -ome one elhe, and-and threw mover for him," mid Dick, in a chok lag voice, as he arose on Mrs. Darey's igesting it was near the dinner hour, and obediently took up the camp.chair and followed her the house. "Both of them pretty well touched that's a good sigo," she mused. "I'm not the match-maker my friends believe stoe to be if I don't bring my Rachael to bher At dinner Rick, by Mrs. Darcy's con- I trivanee, was seated beside Dick, and common politeness was compelled to speak occasionally to him. It was a very pleasant meal, she oauld not help confesseing to herself But after dimmer they were separated. Of course, MYs. Darey had not thought of a scheme I I so son, so Dick was obliged to eurb his , iompatience till the next day. But the ' next day she kept her room with a head- I ache, so it was not till evening that he I got a chance for a few words in private. "How about that seheme, Nell " he 1 asked anxiously. "Oh, I don't know," very careIsesly. "You haven't thrown me over, have 1 you'" he exclaimed in alarm. Mrs. DarLy laughed. "By no mean,. Only I've been think. lag I've sold the produet of my brains for too little -a pear! locket isn't anything to Teak of" "Well make it a pair of bracelets," he replied, in desperation, "if you'll only st youar brains working on that pro "So I will-immediately," with a satis fed air. "One can do much better with b"raelets in view." "It's my impression you intend to eheat me, after all," he said, doubtfully. "To-morrow the bracelets will not be enough, and you'll want a bigger bribe. But I warn you, Helen, that I draw the lie at hImelet." "That's al righbt," with a smile at his srioum tome. "They'e exactly what I wint,sad theyswemto bealiveaed on year wedding day. I'll trt Blek to -l rtah bsk ab iny si. - Roman gold coils in shape of a snake, with diamond eyes and ruby nose." Dick groaned aloud, but did not dare to let a word of disapprobation escape him. "And you'd think it up right away then ?" he said, humbly, "for I haven't time left now." "I'll tell you to-morrow,' she said, graciously, and with that be h id to be content. The morrow came. Tak'ng Dick down to the very place where he had first come upmn them two d:ays before Mrs. Darcy unfolded the interestine scheme. "You remember," she began, impress ively,' that it was on this spot you met her aRain for the first time in all tho-e?'- "Months,'" put in Dii k wearily. "Well m,'nths isn't so bad. I'm a lit tile absent minded this morning and thought it was years. Now, I've selected this spot tfor the reason I've just men tioned, and intend to have her come up on you-reverse matter, for sake of change, you know." "And what will I be doing here?" he asked eagerly. "You'll be lying d'A'n on the sand, waiting for some one to come and roll a piece of rock off your shoulder, which I will take care to roll on so that you won't be able to extricate yourself. She will think it has falle un you from the ledge above. Rill believe you half killed rescue you, bring you out of a taint, do all those little kindnesses one is so ready to do for people they suppose are dead oe dying; and after it is over and you feel suffi ciently rescue.l you can just propose, and everything will'be lovely. Now, that's what I eall a first-rate scheme. I know what your going to say"-for he endeav ored to interrupt her-"you want her to go in bathing and get out of her depth ani you plunge in and rescue her. But that wouldn't di, for the bimple reason that Rick won't go in bathing. And if by chance she ever got into the sea, I'm willing to wager that she'd get out of it quicker than a wet cat; so you are the one who'il lave to be rescued. Now, look around and select the size of rock I'm to put on you." Dick had laughed at first very scepti catlvy, but after a little, for lack of any other scheme occurring to him heagreed to accept this. "Then we'll begin immedlitely. I can fix vyou up nicely and then '11 leave my book a little way off-by those other rocks-send Rick after it, and when you hear her coming just call for help, and she'll come, and her heart will melt at the sight of yout sudering, and you can strike while it's in that cnudition." Dick obediently strttched himself on the sand as she desired, and Mrs. Darcy gently roiled up a fair-sized rock and laid it on hiscmet, having firet torn a little of his shirt and p it a plentiful sprinklin oºf said over him. - Then she toik a small box out ot her pocket, like wise a piece of chaumois. 'Wha'.'s that fir?" lie asked, suspi ciously. "P. w.Jer. to put on your face, ofcour.e. You see I intend to carn my blacelets, and haven', neglected a single, thing. You must be pale, you klnow; a el face is to. healthy a sign :or a man who's been mast:,d by a rock." Dick laushed as she skillfuilv applied the powder, aznd then declar d hams!f "eLJcin to groan the vi ry minute you hear a Ltotstep'. for it's sure to be hers, as all the rest Lt.i;e gone to ca.p meet ing. Give a irii l .rmJan. Dick, just to see I it y-bu do it a I ri n,.." lie gave ",,e. 'Yes, tha wiild,---li dued,you know, as if you could make it I ruder if you wanted tAt.' Then she dl- lrted, and D:ck was left to himself. MUrs. Direv L.id inco:i.-idera.ely placed him in tle lu I dare o. the sun. It was not very warm tlere with a light breeze from the ocean sweeping over hini, but it gave him a kinl, of drowsy feeling after he had lain there awhile, listening breathlessly for Rac'hel's footsteps. Then he b.'gan to wonder what he would say-what form the declaration would take. 'Why, a confused form;" he said to himseli, "for t'll natura.ly be 4 flattereo, and probably she'll be the same, and-and rathersurry for ome, and willsecegt while she is contused, and" with which last word Dick's brain began to get confused itself, and what with all this serious thinking, and the glare ol the sun, which was so uncomnlortable that lie clceed his tvea to shieid them from it, he graauall fell fastt aleep. It eas quite a while before Mrs. Darcy fond Rick. She was nat in her room, 4 and it wa only after a prolonged hunt I through the barn and garden anad the shady .chcrd beyond, that she came upon her and dispatched her her on the errand. Rick proceeded to the desired place, but instead of saundry greon and sighs issuing from the re cmbent figure behind the roeeks, there came the sound ofagentle mnore. Rick started, and then wrent sofly round the corner and peered cautiously at her aeleeping lover. The perspiration eeeping down in tiny streanir upon the powder. gave him a rather unearthly appearance, and Rachel mistook hs nores for those sounds which a person at their last gasp beneath a heapy rock might be apt to give. Exerting all her strnllth, she lifted up the roce with one bhand anad dragged himfom aunderneath with the other, and then, woman-like, fell bintingl beside him. The motion awoke him, and before he could utter a word be was able to realise how matters stood. Tenderly be lifted her up and carried her down tothe ea, where he bathed her face and hands with the dear, cold surf. At length she opened her eyes and looked anxiously at him. "You are not killed? Oh Dick!" shbe msaid, and fell beck senseless in his arms. Dick and Rachel have been married several years, but he has never dared to tell either his cousin or his wife that he fell asleep on that memotsable morning; and looks upon the bracelets as Eimply money thrown away. "For," be argues, "what's the use of any scheme which pates mar to leep at the wrong time? If it badn't been for Bchel' memene of mind L Matlin when se did I'd seerm had a heee th propoe." In frot of the tdm sq ese at Ssekbdds Mmr., th sb a Igg tree, which is the home of three red squirrel±. A little kirl who is employed in the office comes out a number of times a day and knocks on the trunk of the tree, at thesame time making a whirring noise as sq'iirreli de. Instan:ly three squirrels come out of the tree, and, run ning down the trunk, they take the nuts she has in her hand for them, and go uno to a place where the branches divide. Then they sit upon the landing while they crack and eat them. "rrwo of them are very tasme" the told us, "but one is rather wild yet." After the tame ones had teen fed, she poin'ed up to one of the tolpmost boughs where the "wild one" sat, looking down very wistfully. The little- gill kept knock ing with the nut and whirringlike a squir rel. Soon the little creature timidly be gan to come' down from its high tower haltig aad debating every now and then as it came nearer and nearer the uplifted nut. At last it made one quick bound, snatched the nut, and was olff to a place of safety again. 'I he Evangelist. IT CHANGED HER MIND. Various Views of the Situatton to be Taken efeore an Elopement. He looked all around to see if any body was within hearing, and then drop ped his voice to a whisper and said: "Boss, I reckon you kin gin me a leetle informashut. What does a pusson do when he elopes?" "Why, an elopement is when a man and woman or boy and girl run away to gether" "Whar do dey go to:" "Oh, anywhere they decide upon." "Who pays de expenses?" "The man, of course." "How long am dey gone?" "Sometimes a week-sometimes for ever." "Who pays de expenses back?" "The man." "What becomes of de woman's hus band?" "Well, he generally arias himself with a shot-gun, and if he overhauls the couple he shoots seven kinds of day light through the man and forgives his wife and take her homne." "Fo' de Lawd ! Shoots right at ye?" "Yes." "Dean' gin ye no time to run or re vent, an' can't he bought off wid a sil ver watch and $2." "No, sir." "Now ! Say?"' "Well?" "I isn't swine! 'Use changed my mind I Good-day !" Datroit Free Press. CANINES AND FELINES. It is no indi'ation that a cat knows the value of money, simply because it always carries its purrs with it. St. Paul Her ald. When is it that when looking at a cat you commit a State's pris n offence? When you count-her-feet. Chicago Sun. "Twenty years ago." says an exchance, "there were fifty cats wherethereis only one to-day." This gratifying state of affairs sm undoubtedly due to the evolu tion of the modern night editor. Bur lington Free Press. Ten thousand and eight hundred cats were found dead in the streets of New York last 'ear. As each of these cats bad nine liv s, the cat statistics of Goth amt for one year at least, are eminently satisfactory. Louisville Com ier-Journal. Mistress -Jane, I read in the news papers that very much of the candy now made is decidedly bad for the health. You must be very careful that dear little Fido does not get any of the children's candy. Philadelphia Progress. aeUDSwDT UNDEm THE mED. What Two Smart People Thought Was a Pet Deg. tiam V. Harris lives in Forth Worth. Neither he nor his wife are very smart, as will be seen by the following inci dent: Istm night Sam heard a noise un der his bed. "There is somebody ande" the bed," said Sam to his wife. "It's Fido; I guess." "No, I think it's a burglar," replied Sam. "Just reac your hand dos n ad if it is Fido he will tick it" The burglar, for it was one after al1, overheard the conversation, and when Sam reached his hand down the burglar licked it all over affectionately. Ihis was entirely satisfactory, and they both went to sleep, bat when they woke up the next morning there was not much left in the house that was worth carry Ing oft Texas 8iftings. eVWEN AND TAKEN. a. . wrnrrts. Smoth setL the estila heal Oa mreeta fOeornd IThusa rav ed woman sait: "Blibset Its are those we make: Dearer than tihe teo we take That we ive f love's own take. "Well I uha th heart's ulnaet ais eeas n T amm qes a be los edm tesreors arit. "Swet the ofedas seemed, sad yet with the ewneeass eame reses, had asgeem angelS debt. Wes it v laesityo sass Thads th le bet to resieve IBuet its to wh save Life melf the love to save. Ie or sen as own receses." Bridestnow o to thealtsrwlththe hbf bead sasvmo d. Thih mas that whm the buad soms ho.. late he ,wi be hainhdl ws.*h glroe. Phil INEW YoE LIPFE. Sketches From tme Aiserleau ii trorpells. 1.i "" The season for public balls is at its height. The chief French ball of the winter, the Harmonie, was kicked last week. That was a lively night in the city, too. There were the masqueraders and lofty dancers and revelers at the Academy ofMusic, Sullivan and "Paddy" Ryan to amure the thugs and "sports" of the community at Madison Square Gar den, and Wagner's beautiful opera of Lohengrin," splendidly produced at the Metropolitan Opera House. Later in the week the Old Guard rave its ball at the Metropolitan Opera House, and the big ball was brilliant with gay decorations and rich costumer. The stage was set as an old fort in the woods, with two bas tions on either side, and a ith the banner of the old Guard on the outer wall. The French cooks' ball will be given soon, and all the high priced cooks of the city will send fancy examples of their art for exhibition. There is one special differ ence between the French balls and the big balls of "society." At the ones given by society the dresses of the women are decolette from the top, while at the French balls the costumes are mostly decolette from below. M The gas consumers of the city in the early part of the winter thought that th y would be happy in reduc.d bills. for most of the largegas companies were consolidated and sent around notices of a big reduction in the price of gas per foot. Have the bills been lower? Not vtry much; they have been higher. Wnat has done it? The little demon that lurks in the deceptive gas meter. Consumers, large and small, have seen Ihe figures on the meter dials go up month by month, and the figures on the bill go up at the Fame rate. The com t panies are sly. They reduce the rate and then they put ou extra pressure at the gas works and make the consumers burn enough more gas than formerly to puh the bills up beyond the good old days of high prices. The elopement busines ir going so r in this region that fstber of attractive daulghtenrs are beginning to ask them rsolves whether ere loan they will not be approached by ardent suitoa in the manner portrayed in the cat. Gas O Rudolphy sa of the city surveyor, loy edAddie stiger, dsughter of the pr"i dent of the Ame Water Company. Old 8tiger didn't like the match, became he mid his family was Amercan and be didn't want any foreigner to beeome a member of it. Then be didn't like the ides of Gus andAddie going to the Lied erkrans balls, as they did. One day the old gentleman went oat of town, and when he came hack the next day found his d'uihter gone and with her a grad piano and a lot of furniture and things tht had been willed to herby her m - er. There was a briefnote from Addle asyring that Ihe and Gm as were marmmriad and asking old Stigm to call os them at their new home. He forgave them. I-Z Mr. Vose was a lucky young man who inherited a million dollars. He no sooner got the money than he proceed ed to run through it at a 2:10 gait. He tried all the frivolities and dissipations that New York could afford, and then lie journeyed into France and took up the run attain in P.ti.4. There he found thie Jardin Mabille, the "ladies of the bullet," the laces and innumerable cost ly tllins, and elrn and woman to help him in his t iforts. He scored a great ,l'tcce:s. and the other day turned up in a pl.li"ce court here charged with forgery and o-t;,iuinie mioncv by false ceprestnn ttioc. lls chie! ictiom lias the pro prit or of tl.e big Tcurkish bath estab li-hrent in Lafayet'e place. lIe could Iu' give cp his tiId life alfter his money gave out, and he lived for a cctnside"ralle time in his swindlinz operations. 1W'hen he :ound that tl-ete was no escape fronm crbon bars hei remarkedT: "Well I have I:.d enouch fun, so far to make up for a few yearn in a cell." / A sudden freak seized the police de partment a few nights ago, and twelve "fashionable, high toned" gambling ;lens were raided. The police are taken with such spasms of virtue semi-occasionally. By some mysterious atmospheric or electric phenomenon the gamblers. most of them, knew that tile guardians of the law were coming, and- only two arrests were made. But heaps of costly "lay outs" and gambling implements were seized and carted to police headquarters, where they were stored for their owners to come and claim their propetty. No 3 one came. It is said witllh much show of ,'ason that the raid was made to dis credit old Superintendent Walling. It was done withput his knowledge by or der of the police cotmmissioners. Wall ing had said often that there was not a gambling den open In New York. lie is getting old and thl" i olhtict::ns waInt his place So. it was hinted, the ra'd was made to show that the old man neg lected his duty. The Tobaeeo Wemam. "Five cents worth of snuff." said a lit tle woman as she bent overthecounterol adrug store tits morning and whispered the order in the clerk's car with a mys terious mien. Glancing furtively around to assure herself that there were no wi' neses to the transaction, she added: "It's for ano,ther lady. I never nte the horrid stuff." Packing up a neatly wrapped little l,undle in white paper, s .e placed it to her nose to assunre her self that it was the genuine article, then fiin, down a nickel and hurriedly left the store. "Here, Johnny," said the clerk, turn ing to a boy who was standing behind the prescription case in conversation with a reporter of this paper, "put up some more snuff. All those packages E we put up last night are gone already. Hurry! Here's another customer com ing across the street. From the way she stares through the door I judge she wants snuff. Ah, thisis a rushing busi ness!" he continued, aside to the report er, who let fall his under jaw in utter amazement. "Who are your chief pations in this line?" ventured the reporter. "Why, the ladies, of course. We have no male callers for snuffat al. The men chew tobacco instead. Of course no woman buys the snufotf for hereelf. The purehuase is always made for a t eighbor or friend. I have seen women come here with the brown juice dry in the corner's of their mouths. and complain of the dirty stauff, which they said they were ying for another woman. The habit, I understand, is very fascinating, and when once learned is more binding than either chewing tobacco or smoking In its strength to enaslve the will t i proaches the power of narcotics. Lui ville Evening Post. PALISTUT. aNum .. n.3Lnrm Sweet. let me read tat Uttlepal:; Perchaeaoe 'tiste true, as esear. That there writtten many a oherm r drawthe.future's rvel awar. And heldtm y Il Ts requhigiemea t of the Hee rue the lie line, long and deep; Few earosesa o its snowy piin ; Ah, ,eim.weet o ma.. thou we..ep, Alnd saidom knIow the toueh or panl! And her the linae of wealth I see, lat tn a broader line above: t, u olaeS the plm t rve. ndd •idO lb side wttL f ei t s; It newerfoatrs, neer swerv had onl with the life It ends. Anid heteamethom humbler line _ 'Ti that of e whboe loves tee dear. See how It foloweth closee to thne. Yet dareth not approach too near. Lok where the fateful syubet mee! Ouretbat ooejcfnctlo5 means a Less! Oh, haste, fuLL the omen, sweet! A Mormon editor of Salt Lake Cit7 had the following in a recent ismnue of hs : "The unknown woman who was at this place about three months ago by the cars proves to be one of the i of the editor of this paper." A mew eret apeam to have revealed the ah to or til th Il" - I. - to ra Daniel W. t ourLees. ul Re-elected t na r from Indiana. "ti an ý er ilI Ex faPrmsint o the land titgate 8 in d ..i ye r r- ful la sit utI Ex President of the laConfederate States ma F p, :,id -hie has figured for thirty-five p e cot hit are sill buT ble A coy a ny of 'dsoil mars e blp iPalde rophet ofthe re oudan pper gypt, whose force recently captured i nil ope Ti SaId Jsnee: "I hardly ever ridse, For rowded car.s I coan't abids, And carriaes I do despise-b Iamno oaed toexerolse." "I brnag my my lanch," sa Smith selans blI Sai Drown: "I'm toughb: 1 never wear I do not feaI the eold itke those clothes.t And so we all apologihe rwman TI.II.L HINTS TO GIRLS sonsa of tbh Things Ithar Should do tihlbout ('onplaitleag. 'lI irl. ,I.o l. , a, tr ,t ,\'av r thll iag o "f Ie li lda Is,,k ,alid "'l),n'l" lart iit ii.n iteld by an , xcliai;g(e aon'e pl t .t .;:lvice in rtgard to thisai they ht out d dI.. l), Ile l atlt al; a I,, or dinaonal it Let. ter than a roa ia ititaion. Do try to, h :calt'rat.. nut illn! for your own -ak., ibut lori the N.ake I ' our tex; the IIr:c.1lacityv rf lhi it maa . 1,il1l for a('tr..' l'v i ia .:aai l:a I ar_.t:ll" ll :ailnst tilhe equality tof the a x .. I) , he x It it' teoy ilattellr ; tle'r, , i,t yV utl ilt'lur IIe..ns I~-i- to Moitile 'one, proibably ti saft.na otne I- s aIt le t.lwn_ a to bear it. i)o t: w'r outr ie'tt'is uion after thee aie reccivatl and do try to repl, to thlctal with some retltion to their lcntents; a rambling, ill-considerit letter it a satire Ulpon your educati, n. Do, when you talk. keep ) our hands ,till. D9 observe; the Iaculty of olbervation, well cultivated, na :kes practical men and wonlmn. Do attach as much imnqutance to your mind a- to your body. Ijt try to reunember where you put four gloveas and card case; keepthe forn: er mended and the latter filled. Do recollect that your health is more important than your amusement; von can live without one, but you will die e.rly without the other. Do try to be sensible: it is not a partic ular s'gn of superiority to talk like a fool. Do plut your hairpins in so th:at they will stay; it looks slovenly. to ay th"o the leait, to see them half dropping out. Do be ready in time for church; if you di not respect yourself sutliciently to be punctual, rest!ect the feelings of other people. I)o get up in time for breakfast. Do av,,id causes of irritation in your family circle; do not reflect that home is the place in which to be adi-agreeable. Do be reticent; thae world at large has nointer st in your prlivate affairs. Do cultivate the habit of listening to others; it il!l emake %on an invaluable memberof society, to say nothing of the advantage it will be to you when you marry; every man likes to talk abort himself; a g~od listener makes a delight ful wile. Do be connteld; "martyrs" are de testable; a cheerful, happy spirit is in fectious; you can carry it albot with you like a suiny atmesthere. Do avoid whis erin. ; it is as had as igglil: g; botl ale to be condemanedl; t hel e is ,no excuse for either one of them; if you have anything to say. say i;l if vyou .mni.-. , If. l4t~l , Ir i (iv.;uU itlit vl'liler; silence is goltlen. Do b truthful; do avoil exag'.eration; if' oa nmean a male say a mile. nota mile ndal a half; if you mean one Fay one, not at dozen. THE LATEIT FOLLY. lcedlang to secure a (Colorlesm Corn. plexlor. ''Blecding is becoming flahionable am,,ne young society swells of both sexes, but it is mostly practiced by young men." raid a society physician yesterday. '"By bleeding persons naturally Iecome a little pale, and this gives them a kind of aristocratic appearance. For instance, if a yourg man has been rej-.cted by the young lady who has upset his reason he can play upon her sympathies by having himself bled,. The loss of blood would make him pale and interesting, and hoe could lounge around home for a few dai s and fend out a report that he was dying of a broken heart. His paleness would show that something was the matter with him, and it might excite the lady's sympathy, if she had that element in her fashionable comnosition. The face coul I not be powdered or painted to re present illnees. The ladies understand this artifice too well, and a great many are adopting the bleeding process. It is not that they wish to convey tlheimpres tion they are dying by inches from grief. They don't do that now, but occasional bleeding makes them naturally pale, and their pretty faces are more easily color ed an consequence. With a white back ground, or rather face, the face is colored without the prelin.inary trouble of wash. ing it with a vhite compound Lefore coloring is put on. The colors stick better, the paint does not show so plai, ly, does not close the pores of the skin so hermetically; a smoother appearance generally. Then, again, it is not the correct thing in fashionabl society to appear too rosy and healthful. It would look s it they followed some occupation for a living. School girls, you know eat pickleas and slate pencils under the lmpremien that it will make them thin by drying up the blood. Bleaching is the latest device in fIshionable society, and is resorted to by both sexes for opposite purposes. Dur* ing the summer ladies are bleached, or niled, under the imprealsion that the re duction of blood prevents an excess of perspiration -and nothing is considered more unfashionable than to perspire. That is why so many ladies look so cool and icy chilling in the red hot months of summer. I do not know that the young men drink salt water ilier being bled like the othercalves that ara bleach ed for the market by cruel butchers, but no doubt salt water will soon become a fashionable craize in connection with the bleed;ng process." N. Y. Times. MY VALUNTINK. W. T. P5TRS. He came one blust.ring, snowy day In February weather: He carrled on his dimpled arm A portmanteau ot leather. He tapped algatnst my window-pane: He samt: "You sly old fellow, Come tell me of that little maid With cur:y head and yellow. "The musicof whose broken speech A happy bome reJetees; Whose prattle is a sweeter sound Than other people's voices ' I look amazed. the saucy boy Looked back at me with laubghter. He said: "My name is Cupid r And your Valentine I'm after."' -St. Nieholas.