The herald., July 13, 1883, Image 3

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POLITICIAN.
i PoHtlc* through IVU
Permition.
3 French.
tt9the
gallant Mid rohu-
n ha,
I. de Montsegur. mty
ieOt ot" Saint .jcjaam ind,
Saone- InferiuHifc.
iJect«d deputy Jb^Fc bru
unexpected toarmr.
antecedents, and id
r|M'-
'8 #K.
hv
0i
-vV im of pAruiiBei tar?
eSs
b:-,^To years. Si£n:.-
v.«.
tftte in the environ s o:
0
1
He commanded a bat-
1
^a tiring the war, 'behaved
,' otmaed at Met* on Jan-
mtf
was in the ambulance
of NV
0
en he received the news
ie Bordeaux assembly.
Covered from hiB wound
te theater of Bordeaux,
of March. At that
i-tr
ffe Wi,
n
\no particular opinions,
v
v
iared the opinions of
ljtj W«BS,
the majority of the
ons
favor of the reetoration
l!i0- !.
«the simple reason that
.a,!*
:i8V
::ihed badly, and the- re
bad beginning,
It*r?'
ed the list of his nol-
the names of two of his
••aS? l5Tiberg
l!l
of lilKht
rchical group. He went
Ittid'
during five v ar.-,
iftice.
gracefully, docilely, anil
voted with his group,
years
Montsegur
v
spent
,-'noney. He
was
8!f U
3 RgbSR
young,
wter
of
his
life and
4f
for­
te a
very stupid use of
ove with
a young
person
urlurette,
and
who rom
•uifXnd little roles
in
the i'al-
)r ar,i: Turlurette wns a
wtqr
black eves her heart
,f"nd
her hand was very
vhieh contains is not all
5
of r»:. contents, and the small
ftonsi is the more money it
teptiis. how, during the coarse
Ire or six hundred thou-
.1 'ti assed from Montsegur's
ny bands
of
Turlurette.
1870 Montsegnr \w«h
.,r.. He had contracted a
j.
a
-t life, and had begun by
I 'at*''**JB
C0n8Cienti°U8ly.
f'
He
his attendance at the
part in person
in
was:
KB.
v
all the
.thusia9tically when he
t3
.athusiastic, and groaned
ia«:'r^8ronP groan- short,
es o: \|J9nty.
His
afternoons
^oontrv.
his
evenings to
C®e was a real contest.
[/,n intend against a radical
te
Tit managed mat
jelared that the form of
3 prvrjost indifferent to him
arezvpt the republic easily,
1 toward monarchy, or i
*i tit inclined toward the
i h. elected by a majority of
i^itimist polled twothous
adidate five hundred,
ed his functions at the
.Turlurettemoreblonde
.",han ever. And s® he
1Im money slip through his
^aniibcy when Lambertin, his
to member and secretary
invuad him to dinner,
•as a delicious brunette,
lump in places where
ing. Her waist meas
a quarter inches her
'fproachable. And so
con?:.. doing the honors to
wea'.'.-' a displayed a little more
(ijt-i: shoulders in this re
.„s
'.It
o u
i!
Bu aa-i
vent to the extrenu lim
that can be shown at a
an
ice
I dinner. Mme. I^am
intelligent woman, and
ire
*'ae was perfectly aware
•elPv,'a of her husband all hiss
isoiB'fire
due to her, Lairn
oaiwi name was Laure. i!
uffw?e nlone, who had made
pal councillor, mayor,
deputy, secretary of the
1
yNow she wished to make
'he way to the ministry
ndl^
JJ 0
the Left Ccntrt-.
•t'lit ras working to increuKe
ir«t itock it with her friends,
took possession of
inner,
an
treated him
marks^y eloquent political dis
tntry was Left Centre!
b07"
Montsegur Left On-
ly b€e' rtin talked with nnu
it pic'"* Her animation addt
in.vtrtatsegur did not listen to
he how He looked at her talk-
wftil
there motionless, lost :n
ot those ideal shoulders
,,-jplloeenances. He had heai
thatwhen he used to be
HAgs of the chamber but
•Xs De Broglie, nor Gam-
!i
,n ,1 in producing upon bin.
T^n. One night at the
^J-! pinner, M. Thiers had
t:-
the virtues and charms
jffitfr? Montsegur had been
lM
n ft' oqueace of Thiers he
T8 of
service^
(ioffi"l!iiinself softly attracted
iftlieKnfre. when Madam Lam
hand8
ing toK'nsieur,
e eloquence
then Thiers
of Mme.
was not
believe
W!i'
:1
me, ours
i had an excellent
•esponfi'- of
dress-
her drees was
a mus-
.0 ]je?*s and precision.
ner"ds
Mont-
complacently
on the
it,!?' the
contours of
a pretty
retty
right centre,
lv esi*"*°uld
In
for "ibed
forni-
vilsof^roup.
Mohtsegur
said
be very
agreeable
Center
,,
group. He
fkihabitueaot
the
in"
t-alon of
«w«he forgot
Turlurette
ry.
Montsegur
went and
among the
to
members
There was a
cry of
il
press! The
nionarcb-
ver to the republic!
'r8 .. gnation
Tb
of
"Montsegur'^
it' :,yere
great. They
pro-
lus^ "treaaon."
ed, "France has advar.ct d,
ince.r
i'f 'f,p insured
his re
-flection
rt'jf p. The
district had ad-
,•(! t::.
.,iftVe rejeoted
Montsegur
rhti^'^ht "Centre it
acclaimed
P]\f!rof
th« Left
Centre, and
Sl^c-ity of seven
ttit'f or
thousand,
of the Saint-
artnand
hat llontMgor,
ad-
5ire«ight,
had
seen the
not what Montsegur had seen
lie returned to the chamber mote deoplv
smitttn and more Left Centre than ev*-f.
He little thought what was in store. If the
district of Saint-Chainand had advanced,
the district of Bargefcn, the constituency
that Limber tin represented, had advanced
more rapidly still, and in order to keep his
-eat Lambertm bid Ween obliged to join the
Kepubhoan Left group.
When the electoral period was over—it
seemed eternal to Slontsegur—his first visit
was made to Madame Lambertin,
and he showed himself very anxious to re
sume their previous friend-hip, but
Madame Lambertin stopped him gently,
and said:
'Mn ami, which group do
And so Lambertin and Montsegur passed
arm in arm, from the Lvft Centre to ttie
Republican Left. This group was more
important. Madame Lambertin was
obliged to double her zeal and ardor she
was admirable she displayed marvelous
activity. Success crowned her efibrts, and
in the course of the first session she
managed to obuin in her new group the
same popularity that she had so valiantly
conqu ered in the old one.
Rut poor Montsegur was a little neglected.
Madame Lambertin had no time to spare
with him. He was conquered she feit
sure of it.
During three years Montsegur remained
under the charm broke his chain, resumed,
and broke it again. He was deeply smit
ten, and very unhappy.
Finally, on the eve of the elections of
l**l, after an explanation—warm on bis
part, cold cn here.- Montsegur went off in
a huff to Saint-Chamand. His electoral
committee there was presided over by a
large manufacturer named iihnquet, who
had lived long enough to have been an ar
dent l'hilippist under Louis Philippe, ar
dent Cavuignacist uhder .v.iignac, ardent
IM napartist under Bonaparte, ardent
Theirist under Thiers, ardent (irevyist the
day of the election of Grevy, and ardent
Gambettist now that it was easy To see that
(iambetta would one day be a sort of em
peror of the republic.
Monsegnr was obliged to assemble his
committee, and give an accouut of his la
bors and his votes during the session that
Lad elapsed.
The committee listened to Montsegur
ci Idlv. The apothecary, Mignonnet, asked
permission to address the meeting. Brin
quart granted the permission, and Mignon
net was very severe on Montsegur: "He
Lad been weak, timid, irresolute he had
not heard the voice of France, an4 yet
France Had spoken
W'jwlj.a io br cteye«J. rurward *oo lid
word!" Thus Mignonnet. Montsegur re
plica that he had gone forward until he was
beginning to feel the need of a little repose
a?d that he thought that the majority of
the nation were of bis opinion. This de
claration produced a disastrous effect. The
apothecary manifested the most violent in
dignation at the idea that repose was pos
sible for France. Brinquart, seeing that
Montsegur was going to plunge deeper in
to the mire, adjourned the meeting brusque
ly, and taking Montsecjur aside, said to
him:
"Vou are on the wrong track. Come
and dine with me to-night. We shall be
alone, and able to talk quietly."
Brir.qntat was by no means a fool. He
might easily have supplanted Montsegur at
the election, only he felt no desire to leave
his business and go to Paris to potter
amonm the five hundred and fifty sovereigns
of France. He dul not wish to be deputy
himself, but he did not wish Mignonnet to
be deputy either. He wished to spare
Saint-Chamand the disgrace of the election
of the apothecary, who, although a free
thinker WHS an ass.
Montsegur went to dine with the Brin
quarts in the evening. There were five at
table—M. and Madame Briuquaat, M. Lu
cien Iirinquort, lieutenant in the Second
hussars. Mademoiselle Adrienne lirinquart
and Montsegur himself During the din
ner Brinquart addressed long speeches to
Montsegur, impressing upon him the
necessity of advancing in his ideas, of
abandoning the Republican Left as he had
already abandoned the Left Centre. The
future was for the Republican Union the
man of the futuie was Gambetta one
ought always belong to the party of the fu
thre.
But Monsegur did not listen to Brin
quart's panegvricof the Republic in Union
any more tti ui h« had listened on a certain
evening to Madame Lambertine's celebra
tion of the glories of the Left Centre. He
was looking at Adrienne. He had just
been smitten for the third time. Brinquart
went on talking and talking, Montsegur
went on admiring and admiring.
Still Brin [uart's rem irks could not re
main without reply. Montsegur declared
simply that he had res lved not to take
another step toward the Laft. He did not
miuu if he lost hi* seat. Now that he was
installed in the country, he had recovered
the foimer way of living. He was happy to
walk, and drive, and ride about more the
country.
"Do you ride, monsieur?"
This was the first time that Adrienne had
spoken. The phrase seemed delicious to
,Montsegur. He found ner voice warm and
musical.
"Yes, mademoiselle," he replied
"Do you like it?"
"Very much, mademoiselle."
"So do I, passionately. I rido everv
morning with my brother."
Politics were abandoned, and the conver
sation tuvned on dogs, horses, and hunting,
subjects as inexhaustible as polilics.
Montsegur, hive told you, easily fell
i in lovw. It is a great resource in life. In
an instant, as if by magic, the sweet and
I restful vision of this young girl had driven
from Montsegur'smind the disturbing mem
ory of Madame Lambertin. One thing
alone cures love and that thing is love.
The day after the dinner, at seven o'clock
in the morning, Montsegur was in the ead-
rettR on which the chariot of the republic die, and poster! in the woods iust opposite
w.th running. hut yet, reality, that was the gate of Brincjiiurfs park. He remained
there an hour, invisible, but himself seeing
vou
verv distinctly.
intemTlo
join
"Whichgroup? Can yon immagine that
I have ever entertained the thought of
abandoning the Left Centre V"
"Oh, you know!" she replied, "we have
abandoned the Left Centre Edouard has
joined the Ktpublican Left."
"The Republican Left!"
"^es and what Edouurd has
done
you
cannot fail to do—you surely owe him
that."
Madame Lambertin had such a ch«rmin«
ami lrresistable vray of pleading her causes,
that she always won in the end Two
hours after this conversation, Montsegur
went and put his name down among the
members of the Republican Left.
8
he uot
fc
aid on the
previous night: "I ride with my brother
every morning?" And about eight o'clock
Montsegur saw the brother and sister ap
pear. I hey entered the wood. Montsegur
followed them, ami taking a cross-cut, he
joined tbern, as if quite accident.lv, m'tho
bend of an alley, and the three went riding
together in the fine autumn morning.
Whist parries after dinner followed whist
parties, and rides succeeded rides. At the
moment of the meeting of the chambers,
Montsegur had asked for leave of absence
on n':oant of ill kudth. Strange to say,
M. Brinquart had not said another word
about progress, or about joining the Re
publican Union.
Three months passed in this way and
Mentsegur was thinking of sending for his
Aunt aroline from Paris to make the
official offer of marriage, when an event
happened which induced him to manage
matters brusquely, and to sin against the
rules of correctness. It was a very small
event a simple pressing of hands. One
night, when Montsegur was going away,
Adrienne shook hands with him so sweetly,
so caressingly, that he suddenly felt him
self full of impatience and full of hope.
Dupidk three months not a single word had
troubled the complete innocence of their
conversations and y*t, softly drawn tow
ards one another, they had found the means
or expressing tnelr love merely by a press
ing of the hands. There are so manv wavs
of talking love.
Those hand-pressings bad passed
through many phases and many shades of
meaning, tie fir-.t were rapid, uncertain,
hesitating. Then friendship came, and
then a sort of companionship. Then they
shook hands frankly, openly, cordiallv, in
a brotherly manner." But after that, and as
if a fluid had circulated secretly in their
interlaced fingers, both on the same flay had
felt the same confusion and the same em
barrassment. The hand-pressings became
short, nervous, and agitated. The crisis
had been short. Sentiments of sweetness
and tranquility had, at the same time, won
their souls, and the hand-pressings become
long, languid, tender, confiding, trustful,
to such a degree that on that last night
Adrienne's hand remained in the hand of
Montsegur while they exchanged, in a
voice that was by no means shaken by
emotion, some words that were ^aite sig
nificant. Adrienne suddenly blushed.
She must have s:u'd to herself "My
hand! Where is my hand? And how lone
has it been there She disengaged herself
brusquely.
Tfcis was the reason why. the next morn
ing, Montsegnr entered, serious and grave,
the study of Brinquart. He began by this
phrase, which he had long premeditated:
"My dear Monsieur Brinquart, I have a
serious confession to make to you."
His voice trembled. Brinquart looked
at him, and said:
"I know what it is."
"Vou know!"
"Vou are in love with Adrienne, and you
come to ask her hand. Do yon tlink I
have my eyes in my pocket? You are a
charming fellow, you have a nice forune,
we are neighbors, and never has therebeen
the slightest discussion between us is to
bounderies and what not—a fact v«v nuch
to the credit of both of us. In sbrt, I
shall be very happy to call you my
la iv, 'JviU
jooj
YOU
tfat? mv sheBawyon, as
we did not interfere wheu we saw you fall
ing in love with Adrienne, otherwise you
may rest assured that %e shouid not have
authorized all those camlcades and moon
light rides. As to Adrienne, I do not ex
pect to and any obstacle on ner side. I
will confess her the coifeseion is not like
ly to be long. Go and take a walk in tho
park f" half an hour. When you return
yon shall have a definite answer."
Montsegur obedientls walked through the
park. As he approached the chateau, com
ing back, he saw a hundred yards ahead of
him. in the bend of an avenue, a white
dress. It was Adiienne. She had come
to meet him, courageously, alone, and when
she came near him not a word was neces
sary. Adrienne's repiy was her eves, in
her smile, in the artless and frank emotion
of her whole being. She took Montsegur's
arm. They returned slowly toward the
chateau. When two people have too much
to tell each other, the best way to come to a
mutual understanding is to say nothing at
all. However, when they reached the
steps, Adrienne stopped, and, with a little
embarrassment, said:
"Papa has only given his consent on one
condition."
"Oh! whatever condition he likes or you
like!'
"I, for mv part, do not mind. 1 assure
you I do not mind indeed the point is so
perfectly indifferent to me that I do
not quite understand what I am going to
ask you. This is what papa de.sires that
you will again be a candidate for the cham
ber, and that if you are elected you will
join the group of the Republican Union.
Is that tho name?"
"Yes that is it."
"Do you consent?"
"Do I consent? With all my beurt and
I will adore Gambetta, but on the condi
tion that you will allow me to adore you
also."
"Oh, I will allow you that.
And so kne once more secured the re
election of Montsegur. The
Sliall We
ipothccary
presented himself at the polls, but only to
be crushed. Montsegur was reelect
ed.
When Montsegur went to put his name
down on the list of the Republican Union,
another deputy was just signing his name
on the register
bertin. __
"Ah!" he cried, wnen he saw Montsegur,
"you are doing as I am, vou are right.
France is advancing we must follow hejr.
Mme. de Mont«£gur IB doubtless at Paris
with you. Vou must bring her to see us.
My wife will be enchanted to make her ac*
qnaintance."
Otter
Know Each
There?
The minister of a fashionable church
once preached a beautiful sermon on
this subject. He drew the picture of
a
very beautiful heaven. We would walk
in sun-lit groves, by the music of water
falls, and gaze outupen the amaranthine
fields. And then, too, "we shall know
each other there," said the minister,
and then added: "There'll be no stran
gers in the new Jerusalem we'll all be
friends."
"Beautiful!" said Dea. Sham,
as
he
trotted down the aisle.
"A
lonely sermon!" said Miss Simp*
kins, as she put her bony hand into the
minister's. She was stopped bv a poor
mechanic, who came up and addressed
the preacher:
"Mr. I am glad we shall know
each other up there."
"Yes," said the minister, "it is one of
the greatest consolations of our relig
ion."
"Well, I'm right glad we shall know
each other. It will be a great change,
though lorI have attended your church
for over four years, and none of the
members of this society have recognized
me y et. "But— we shall know each oth
er there."
TftAUI'I.W FOR THIRTY-SIX YEARS.
The story of Traveller Who Nev« i
to Pay For it I»*al or Ride.
From the New York Sun.
A tramp attracted attention on Broad
street, Newark, recently. His figure was
short and squat, his cheeks plump and ro
sy, and his twinkling grey eyes were keen
and deep-set. He had a white plug hat
that had seen years of hard service, but
ternut coat and trowsers, a grey woolen coat
and stout shoes. As he sauntered past the
well-dressed pedestrians he twirled a stout
cane in his right hand, hummed "The
AV bite Cockade 'in a low voice, and inspec
ted thp goods in the shop windows, '"o a
person J.'ho stopped to question him he
said that he was a native of Rutland, Vt.,
and|was years old. He had been a wan
derer for thirty-six years, having failed in
love and business when be was :SI vears
old. Since that time he has visited every
state in the union. He said that he had
never drank a glass of intoxicating liquor.
"I've been a tramp all these years because
1 like the life," said the old man, "and I
expect to die one. Before the war I found
the south the most hospitable part of the
country. Planters were open-hearted and
generous. They gave me old clothes and
never interfered with me. At one time I
took care of sick folks in New Orleans, and
I left the city with over Slt'U in my pocket.
But I soon got rid of the money on a Mis
sissippi steamboat. The slaves were sim
ple and good-natured, and I never called at
a cabin without getting corncake, bacon,
and shelter. When I began tramping! de
termined never to pay for a meal or a ride,
either on a train or a boat, and 1 have stuck
to it. I ve beat mv way many thousands
of miles in the United States and Canada.
During the war I was camp bummer with
Ihomas, Buell, Grant, and Sherman, but I
neve: enlisted. Tramping was a high life
just after the war, but of late vears
it has been rough. People are afraid
of a tramp because wicked men have out
raged decency. I keep clear of them, al
ways going it alone. No tramps can get
me for a partner. I've bunked in police
stations every city and town of any size.
I hihulelphia and Baltimore are the worst
places for us New York. Boston, and Chi
cago the best. The New England towns
now are bitter against tramps. Nine out
often tramps are thieves and ruffians.
They will lie, steal, and commit terrible
outrages. I never went hungry. I will
work for food any time, but I won't work for
money. They call me 'The Great Ameri
can Tramp,'and I say that Daniel Pratt
ain't no more than a tiamp. I've been
over more ground than he V
and my mother a schoolmarm. I've never
seen them since I left home, thirty-two
vears ago."
How many miles do you estimate you
have travelled without paying your way"
"Well, I'll just figure it up as near as I
can," was the reply, "and I guess it will
astonish you. I've been thirty-six years on
the road. There are days in a year. I
was never sick a day since I began this feie.
Some dajs I've beat my way over 2»'0 mills
in cars. Freight trains are the best racket.
When I got stuck in a hard town I sold
pencils until I raised enough money to buy
rum and cigars for the vrakemen, conduct
ors, and engineers. They seldom refuse
such things. Now, taking all things into
account, I think a fair estimate of my daily
travel in all these years would be about
sixteen miles. There are 3t„". days in a year
which would make l'i.l in thirty-sis
years. Now, let us throw off the odd 14
days, in order to keep within bounds.
That leaves days, at sixteen miles u
day, which makes 208,noO miles that I have
travelled on foot and in railroad cars, boats
and wagon,-, without paying a cent in cash.
I'll bet no other man living can
say as much. I never felt bettei
in my life. There is not ar
ache or pain in my body. I'm healthier
than men who keep muffled up and sit by
the fire. In police stations I keep awa}
from the fires in the coldest weather. Coa!
gas is poison. Fresh air is nature's medi
cine for the lungs. Cold water is bettei
than hot tea and c:ff'ee. It don't bring oi
dyspepsia or dysentery. Everything I eat
agrees with me. In the summertime 1
bathe in a river or pond, every day, and it
cold weather I've stripped and washed my
self out of doors. Take cold? No, sir, 1
neveijh id a cough or a chill. Leave your
neck open and free, and you'll never catch
cold, if your feet are dry and warm. I've
made it a point to always have a stout pair
if shoes on my fett with cotton stockings
Von see I've got the thing down to a fine
point. Many young men kill themselves
with liquor after they begin tramping."
"How have you escaped being sent to
jail, and why don't you get in a poor
house?"
"I've spent ten days at a time in seven
jails, but I got sent up on
teen different
purpose to escape usually cold weather. I
I never stole and I never insulted anybody,
and that deputy was Lam- I to going to a poorhouse. 1 would rather
commit suicide. It would be better than
slow death on mush and a pauper's abuse.
No poorhouse for me, I'm off to New
York to-night, and I know how to live
there. This will make the seventh winter
I've struck that town. The men there buy
lead pencils and other trash to get rid of a
fellow, and I've had them throw me a
dime or a quarter. I'm getting too old to
tramp much in the cold, and I mean to
take it easier hereafter. I once asked Gen.
Grant for help. He glared at me as if I
was a snake. Sherman is freer. Horace
Greeley never looked at what he gave me.
Raymond was pretty good. Jim Bennett
is better than bis old dad. Blaine
never gives a tramp a cent. That's what
all the rounders say. I'll try luck in New
York. Good day,and thankee for the cof
fee."
Mr. John B. Goiuh is Buffering fram
a humor which has affected his hands
so that he cannot use a pen. Otherwise
his health is good, and he expects soon
to he rid of the local ailment.
Talk of People.
Tho validity Of the will of Mrs. Kiiza
F. Eddy, of Boston, has been confirmed
and property valued at abotrt |57,000 Is
to be equally divided between
Susan B. Anthony and Lncv Stone
Blackweli for the benefit of thf cause of
woman's advancement. Mrs. Eddy was
the daughter of Francis Jatkson." She
died in 1SS2.
Ex-Governor A. II. Rice of Massachu
setts, has been unf .rtunate in his Jove.
His first wife died early. His wed ling
was appointed with a second ladv.
day
but she died sin»rt 1 v before. Me be
came engaged to a third lady, whom he
married, but she became insane shortly
afterward.
The death is announced of King Omo
ru, one of the petty sovereigns of the
African coast. This monarch was. as
the saving is, very much married. He
had 7CM wives and ninetv-iive children,
seventy-seven of the latter being still
alive. His eldest son and successor is as
polygamous as Ins father wits, having al
ready 112 wives.
At the recent ball at Kensington Pal
ace, where the Marquis and Marque
sad e Sancturce had the honor of re
ceiving the Prince and Princess of
Wales, I he beauty on every side was daz
zling. but, according to The London
World, among the young ladies none
came near Miss Chamberlain in univer
sal admiration.
In a quarrel over & dividing line a
Mrs. Buss, Shelbyville, Ind., became so
enraged that she took a whip loaded in
the handle with lead and succeeded in
giving two men first a trustee ami then
a marshal, who came ro arrest her, a very
severe beating. She was finally arrested
and placed under bonds for her appear
ence, as the injuries of the trustee were
such that lie can not appear, against her
for some time.
Miss Dora Kinnes, of Wild Cat, Indi
ana, is the boss shepherdess of the Wa
bash. A few years ago an uncle gave
her an orphaned lamb to raise by hand
which she did successfully, and, becom
ing so much interested in sheep hus
bandry, she procured a mate for the
lamb, and she now sports a fold of 2,s
old sheep and 'X', lambs—til in ail, from
the first starfng pair. Miss Kinnv at
tends to her Mocks altogether herself,
both winter and summer, and now re
ceives quite a handsome little income
from the annual sales of woo! and mut
ton.
A gentleman who has long been boast
ing to his wife of the .l»di.-io:i- chicken
croquets supplied at hisnoontide restau
rant, recently invited her to lunch with
him. When the croquets had been eat
en he triumphantly asked her opinion of
them. "Well,' she said, "vou will nev
er eat veal at home, and'this is all the
croquets this restaurant, contains.''
The completion of Queen Victoria's
sixty-fourth birthday has led fome one
i.".—i
From
this it appears that the Kmneror
of Germany is the oldest, being SO, and
that the King of the Netherlands ranks
next in age, being tit!. Then come the
King of Penmark, aged 5, Queen A io
toria, B4 the King of Wurtetnburg, 00
the Kmperor of Brazil, 57 the King of
Saxony, 5o ths King of Sweden and
Norwav, 54: the Kmperor of Austria 52
the King of the Belgians, 4: the King of
Portugal, 44 the Kin_' of Ron mania, 44
the Sultan of Turkey, 40 the King of
italv, thr Kmperor of Russia, HS the
King''j
1 Bavaria, l'7 tne King of the
Hellenes, the King of Servia, 28, and
the King of Spain,
ChaseXfor a Kiss.
Col.
Spencer appeared in the police
court. New York, to plead for the dis
charge of Airs. Julia Miller. The lady
was not present, but was represented by
a cousin. When Col. Spencer waxed
pathetic she rubbed her eyes vigorously
with a handkerchief. When he com
mented on the injustice done his client
she tossed her 'head haugbtdv and
looked indignant. At its conclusion
Justice Gardener formally discharged
Mrs. Miller.
Then
New York Journal.
"My
Mrs. Miller's cousin
bounded from her chair with a glad
hurrah. She ran up to Col. Spencer and
endeavored to embrace bun, but he
waved her away, saving: "Lets
have no kissing." She then fought her
way through the array ot chairs which
were clustered about the desk, and bore
down on Judge Gardner, lie saw her
coming and endeavored to escape, mak
ing for the large safe that stands the
corner of the examination room, but be
fore he could scale it the lady had iier
arms around him. He glanced allright
edlv over his shoulder, and seemed to
shrink within himself. His agony was
of short duration, for the sombre-draped
lady pressed a kiss on his beard, where
she supposed his mouth was, and then
bounded off to thank some one else.—
How to Live on Ten Hollars a Week.
From Food an 1 Health.
A man with 6H1 a week and another to
support must live at home. If he lives out
he will get inferior food and b-come dis
contented, and those depending o'» him
will have to go short at home He should
spend on lodging, S2 on food for two, So
on coals, light, dress, etc., $3. Pieces of
fried meat are extravagant stews, with veg*
etable, are profitable fish, dressed with
sauce and vegetables, to make meals, is
profitable, so are fish pies good, well*
t'h'kened soups fruit puddings small
puces of roast for Sundays, with accom
panying vegetables and well-selected pud
ding. A small piece of chuck beef roasted
ami well covered during the process with a
Yorkshire pudding, a few parsnips and
some baked potatoes for dessert, soia©
pears stewed. A home made cake uud
little cold meat, with home pickle or cr
for tea or supper these are the couibinas
tions.
soul
is
God's, but
my
heart
is
vours," were the dying words of the
late Charlev Backus, the minstrel, ad
dressed to his young wife.
The Unite3
oditts.
States has 3,574,4^5 Meth«