The herald-advance., April 18, 1890, Image 7

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MILBANK,
Purer ti'-.ni e u i *i wo shmi'
Shoul 1 love o.-cli other belt'
'**. If we iri'j utit!oU.J.
Oould w: jlliU"- t»!l de-ds by uv'.t
E«e tl :'(.•! unit lnnl within,
fl&ftea w.» sill)'! (i OV e till' xill!i'
W-V All the wh we |..u'!i
:'.V|pould v•? knmv the powers »,.r.
't%' To o' -.tlirow ity
iblWfe fti 1 l'uk'i i ll •. i i n
WlUi in .re pat
.. it we Jo c» I-1
Kn
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'And lh' ti or ft- .• I •.,
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s
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".tfT ShOtt. w«* pitj tsc |»ls»n.
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Knov ncnot-i"- ..i *..•
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^3 Is le.
£k elnjr
•5' Alltl
|h! w,
'^y*e
if#
'•Mr.
turbid in !t^ so:in.H%
ri! iHri'tl the tn il
•ottiiti f-'ruin- of
1 vi' i in'li i .t er 1 ci t«
ll'V VI! 0 I'.-'mcI.
St
fSMrylng Fortunos of the
icky Fellow Aliv«.'
Xr. Fr
4abtedl y
live, at'
lat any
append i
»tty mis
fe, and
to about
men
token, n
1 hebep
go any
bo bee
lachooi
tr seine
1
•l'""
iM'WMiJ, L'di.or inn! f'uiii sfaer
:,r
S. D.
IF WE KNEW.
h"t ilr-'w ViK-k 1lf cin*
Thrt r-'T O'inti i a -li ot. i.r's
•HJfc e the i«i 0 1 l.e ii iin i it.
Kno* w.iut s mr IV" v inn ti
•^(Wt n should Aim' it hott '!*,
.nk'.n William T,ef- i:n
ni st mil nek '•••low
•rdin^r to hi* own ideas. Not
hiri^ verv had ever
hut an endless suceession of
jrt unes followed him through
•lade hiin thoroughly liiisisra
inlf tho titne.
child hip toys were always
ronirh rij fault, of hiso*vn. just
ltoenjoy the,m. If he planneil
here, rain or snow ptv\enteil
tie ill or s'oinethintr happened,
ae was alwavi heiiiir puni'ho-1
thT hoys inisih i'ds. an i full
-t*' 'ce in vari..u* w ivs. When
he went for n -'"ivr-, 1 }t.
.ke do.'
•nm the si.l. i' v,. i.-v t.e
f"i!l 'lown H.n i e.:' •. .i
s,-'- on til!
ii ti I il v itevJ ,i i i i
.e '•••ds V. I his
in and n I u«h
e .! ,tInat!• 'i a
nost dis.i'* '*fi tble a!idin'"li
ters invariably fell to his lot
heri'V er he went :in! mt
d. Fran' 'in Willi i.
1 nek f.ii •).ved hiui .• .•
ntiuo. and tu: le i•
n j-nttii-- tine of hit tern- nt-:
Into
youth.
my
»»y. v*
as surt)
tile of
out. V
ie thea1
4Jor oi
)t« to
»rty th
ble pa:
abort,
'er be
Nomina
lost of
is occa
•lef.
Accord
a» aboi
iu#r for'
le unci
ad misf
i emoti
Hins?
it had
ben hi
orwsai' i
no nn
«rry
forfei
As Fr
ho bad
e fail
rake of
rtwn s
aalutr
wle ha
eam a
folate!
nded i
on bis
sertioi
»1\% Wlc is l':-i .t' 1:n W.' i
come into possession of
ie by the ilea Ml of nil ecci-n
lie was perfectly prepared to
•iine even tn this. I!e\u^ of
a I turn of mind, the unhappy
would have torn hi-- hair
heen cropped so c!os"ly
'lean! the provision of the
nele's will, which stipiilat"d
tired terms that he shouhl
"e his tw'iity-foii!-!h birthday
ery jx-nuy of the
Iin William was at:
^t lost, his -atrii»fn\ '. •.r!
of a h^nk t!ie ciowtnn^
ill-luck Miis eondii i.nial
med not only altnc-iive hut
necc-s.i ry.
*lp»
Mdlb
Mid n
'eoty
*tb«
ly Mt
Ould
dikhl i
rwidjr
S»
jr»
fllflten
t'titoai
it
wit
AQk*
ittfA
r. Lo
««W i
lif»d
»l
fl')t»* *!•«••-,
1 ,'e V, itv, siifh
un unlucky fellow for a husband?'
"Lots of 'em," responded his 'ri
"ICeep np y,ur courage .U,,J III' so
molest, We'll fix things. To begin
with: i't voir riches be known an cut
a flash in society."
As 1-rtiiik 1 in William was nt averse
to this jij-in. he thanked his friend and
went out feeling a trifle better. After
'hi- tic looked iijjon evi'ry yiinntr wo?n:in
'n knew a~ a p^-ihle wife, and tried
uinly to fix up in some fair damsel
wimin hr mi'jlit learn his fate. As
'he jrener.d h-lief w:ls tiint. he had
lready nto his fortune, he soon
''Wattle ,i i-iviirite ev«rvwhem and
':"ar!_v i" hiin-telf in the att'-mpt
usltiv.i' i
U1 (,f
•'is as fjv".'.
Mr. 1. i: li.,-,-
HnnpV fuir
1
IS MAHUIKI) FOH LOVK.
Mr. 1?.•
breath
William !.
'taed. and tijo
cite Hv to his f. •. s„
sciouslv loud vo.ee.
astasia -I'm sin
Un-
.St
1
to
We!1!'
•••tin?
mlidi-n
''pariTe.
tie nan! ..i
trolllm
nder th
itijjles
i! nch.
niipanion had sent Ir.tti
wa'"r, and he w,n
the river ufi»
•toopincr to fill his pall when he nut:
ii'iam and
•rv pretty
in a boat
I'rank Iin
I irooks, a
ng alone in
earnest]
him.
Miss Anastasia
yoiiiij lady, sji
arrl ia!kr»"
1 UliU VV ii U li W 1 iit
He saw Franklin
the young ladv's
pping it, rise ex
vinj-. in an uncoii
•Mi' Hrooks ,\n
1l ive soon
t-
yu
tha' 1 have al'.v..ys be
At this moment,
suitor forgot tin* he was n a boat, .ml.
suddenly losing lih l.. ,i n f»- i mo'
•nto the wat.er.
unfortunate
Mvi lirovdvs screamed, but had
th .i ,%-sonce ,,f mind to retain t,i i
^'t'i-i. n.n the boat, which fortuna'- 1\
lid leu upset,. An instant later Frank
lin William scrambled out of the water,
Ir ppiu and disg!ist.i-l. and was left bv
th" to dry .r\body said they
,v sorry f- him, yenpt Mis,
i whoke^ a l.andkerehief pressed
Co for some t.'i. a.1:
iiinl v crvinw.
*.e ...»xt day Mr. H-. .. ...
and found
1 !•, i le up niy tnin i
i victim of ill*
a .is the only
ov "s seemed toon
hi I held MlVsO
•a i-i i. i
'•alii,
ago,
\n is
.s'&nt t.» i'
have to go aw a\
Tor S'on'-h aly er
Thus it happe
iam an 1 Mr. H"
ing and -crapi
'wo wen'., s at
Hopps industrit
isly
his companion's fal
.•ei"h veung
i t'.d
ever married hut was by no
r\so to matrimony, and had
naint.lined that every real in
iciiun of h'- life resvilte,1,
ly disre"-ard of the S -ript ural
at it is not jrood for man to
lie had been repeatedly
nark that e\ery youii','' man
•y iijxin attuinintr the a^e of
and it. was even rumored
iied having1 a desert espeei
rt. for bachelors, where the
11 until brought to their
ldintr that his nephew had
ained the aire of twenty
i-ver, the ijrenerous uncle
ciied his views and his will
to rive the yr»-.nsrffent Ionian
)f srraee and then died i:i»n
eat hopes for the result.
nklin William had hec.imr
that th'-re was no way of
'une's favors without niatri
ni^lit. his boon companion.
0 Hopps. a disinterested
of slender purse, who was
live in very ditisry. eftti
injfs in order to dress styl
layitain a
ii 'iiher i't •1 r- desperate tlirtaiins. As
young tin ". .v i e scarce at this particu
lar resort, .as at all .tummer re,ur's.
I'rat'.kliu William divl nvt lack for femi
nine society
tnale escort
talking to
polite to
others 1
that'
had
I'ertain
Ws
position
y i e o u i s i n o w n
friends dwelt. ,Mr. Hopps
•anklin William idTusively
-er relati^l his predicament
my luck," he concluded,
'I can't even enjoy a fortune
nor man. Yew, it's just my
:y pood luck I call it," said
stroking his tender rails
a thing any one hut you
I. at. It's not such a mis
marry, is it? Especially if
:n tho bargain."
aot handsome. I'm not intar
1 ruin every thing I touch,"
dn William, woefully. 'Tin
oriah."
u'ro not," expostulated Mr.
I am, I never go on a pleasure
•something doesn't happen,
i time I went, to the heater,
.right on fire and there was a
Miss Simpkins and I were
ie,ro(l. And the last hop I
n't 1 stop on Miss Jones*
walking and tear half the
true," admitted Mr. Hopps,
is tie ad.
•l v knows I'm a forerunner of
said Franklin William, in
'And now I'll lose all the
•lusti nobodv'H havo rue. What
she
•ci n a rt i
timw here. said Mi-,s Wilson, "This is
s'.i"ii acharming place. .Mamn.a proferb
Saratoga, but I like, the great big *ea.
don't you?'" '*_. vis," r.- spond Frank
lin William, whose series were ji,us' do
se-ting him. wh-n thought of w iial
wus to cotne. O.
v .-
I love nati. e continued Miss
Uon. shaking her pretty head, over
which a mass of filmy white lace was
thrown, causing ho -to lwok very charm
ing in the moonlight, "I adore the sea. I
like to sketch it. Sketching is awfuilv
nice, J)
n
fji-hi-m. Hut. the
•vef'Ks ft:. I ,vn tho tliuM lis i
ssed on
•without r-esnlt, although Franklin
1
V i i a i i i
n
ttrf
in r.'i
ttous
Miss Wilson u to
red a cry of alarm
and evidently believed herself alone
with a maniac. lint the unhappv
Krankiin. who knew he had blundered,
did not attempt to approach her. so she
-a at length, rather faintly, "1 don't
understand you, Mr. Lee. Please lot
me tro and find mamma. And 1 can not
listen to '.his, fir- 1 am engaged
alreswi s. Mus turned to pro.
"Sta an instai.-. ried Franklin
William, overcome wun shame. "1 hoL'
.your pardon. I -I assure you it doesn't
make any diffi rence. 1 shouldn't have
done it b-.t I I was forc.-d hi-o It bv
anothe!
At tins incoMi ,.., ,'-n~ib e Mis».
Wilson uirned a nil lied aion the. pith
to the hotel, while the unfortunate
I- ranklin executed a maniacal dance of
desjmir i e,
his oci'i ir i u in t|...
ma'itie
of union In rvs
the most, per i
i-'ranklin Wi
distractedly that
having became a
Ian ll.idy, anl she
her mi•
t'ellow t.
I COii.
s •, an tp'i
**.•- i ti at the n
til any l«»n2» r. 11 -.
"fir* dreadf i.l s' o .,
entv-feur two .• er ',
••Ye*s,'\sai 1 Mr. lloppH,
-. tsvd and put your foot in it
"I went iii all over," an-e.vi
ill! William. W "li Wite-begolie
"And I had only ju-t bewail
what whit 1 want.si. She
what 1 was dm ing at."
"•Wei.!, vim i 'a ii rv he" -r
'*No. I shall atwa\ he a
ridicule in -r eyes now. 1
speak lo her in that way aga.
pose." and lie Invivd a deep
"L
liter
to
'1 s:
here
wiefa Islands or
iforg^t'
w-h.i-ch."
at l-'ran i. ii ii W
•y dint of borrow- i
utitiued to sp nd
.shoro where Mr.
circulated stories
I'ilous weal tii. an I
'ti!Ionian into a
Itut. the very sMP itv of
favor, op'-rated against him. The num
her of forlorn maids was
That's bad."
13 ve.ry th ii
i g'=
ltut
insi.ea i of lieing in" his
so
great. That
he was obliged to accompany a whole
bo\\- ot fair ones in-tead of one nariicu
lar girl wherever he went., and wilhj "r pi',
from iwo to a do/.en continually demaiiil- '.l!
ing his knightly s,-rvics. Franklin"'and
William found himself as far away from
matrimony as ever.
'omi said Mr Mo""-, 'itially, one
moonlight evening. "iiir funds aro
horribly low, and we'll have to leave
here inside of 'wo '.ays Now. what
have you dono?"'
"Nothing,'' said thf:
afier wedded hi 1
yours' 11'.
me when
told
1 11
unhappy seeker
Vou see how it is
llnw can 1 lis'. a girl to marry
there are seven of "em, all
me at once. It. wouldn't he
ask one without asking the
mean it can't be done and
I he end of it. The only girl Fv
five minutes conversation with Hopps: "hut. do make a last, effort.
You have barely a wet
biithday."
alone since we came here, is Mi-s Wil
son. the Chicago grain man's daughter."
"She's just, he oiio you want,'" cried
Mr. Hopps. "you've danced a lot with question oiT and on for two days and
iier and
me
quite awfully swell."
in his small mustache.
"Yes, and by the way, there she goes
now, on the piazza—all uloue, too.
Now's your chance."
"Hut I don't love her."
"That's nothing."
"And she may refuse me.**
"I don't believe it.," said Mr. Tlopps.
seizing his friend by the shoulder and
pushing him forward, "do on. lie
member your birthday and make a des
perate effort."
At the mention of his twenty-fourth
birthday, which had become a sort of
horrible nightmare in his mind. Frank
lin William started after the grain man's
daughter, with grim determination, like
an Indian warrior going to the stake.
She was disappearing around the corner
and he hastened to overtake her.
"May 1 share your promenade. Miss
Wilson?" he inquired, in his most dulcet
tones.
"Why, good evening, Mr. Loo," said
Miss W'ilson. "Certainly, y^u may. I
am looking for minima. Isn't it just too
sweet, for any thirur to-night?" "Yes,"'
said Franklin William, offering l.is arm
and wondering bow bo should begin.
"Vu. it i^"
she thought you seriously contemplated blowing his un-
"Weii. I
t, you think sketching is aw­
fully nice, Mr. Lee?"
Franklin William could stand f..,-. no
longer, lie r-'Sol veil to perform i -k
without further delay, especial 1 v as tht-v
wop,, just entering a little arbor on the
hotel grounds, which was s •elude 1. and
fortunately des 'ited. Ife stop' el and
•lisengHg'-d hi-arm from Miss Wilson's
in order to catv oi:t. the sc1 no eJl'ect
ively. (..'old .thills n.
he could nut sp. ,i
*'W'ny, Mr. I.ee. i" -,
Miss \V i (son in
"Miss Wi ... .. ,.
hapnv suitor "L't ,:,c
my love!"
•vV'our wha'
"My lovel" I.- j-i-p "Tsu' s I -l
want lo marry you. if course v n
have any oh/'ciio'is 1 won't i-.l
hope there is none. *ir I am- .... see
it's important Weii. .. ,v what I
mean, and I like i vveddiu
in a week or so, an
arn
me
i
e
bought
,s his
i a bon 1
•od'.l
feeling.
O till so
ct of
an.v'.ous
he fate
solemtii ', i,'|. •vening,''our ia
is ti 1' wis aintioyihg.fo
include Mr, Hopps in the tnMter, "As
you advised, seiit an offer of njarrfage
yesterday to Mary Baton, that highly
cultivated voting female with the big
nose.. ,H was dire necessity an 11 thought
a ry wo u I be. wi, tlilag to: marry a n y
bi'dv."
"And an
"fler fa' her rnei it uaup (led
with a not tn
had go.uea
1 ra a
it i
rhini
.j1IO!)
Of W
easi.
and
Well
Tim
anii
man.
llesh
tiro i
tasti
usef:
purp
'armor.
i.mi'iut
paced
i"0Ve
siid Franklin William,
resource
tear him
Mr. Hop:
•lined tne un
li.f-ront 'on
lucky one. "H
other taoti? diav
if I want to?: Th -r^'s only
thingsleft-for to now.'
"What's thai
"Either Suicide, or mirry
lady. And I haven't any choice,'*
I a right
to marry
of w. i
ho land-
lh" landlady's inarrie i already
'l,n
ktlmv
-Mr- H»1'P
and
who began to fear for his friend's
"I might mike away with le-r hus
band, you know."said Fran!
witli a ghastly grin.
•a ion.
illiam,
1
P'"°l
"Not vv
it's
'o thorn,
ii tter ac-
"ltl"
w
l'°
qrtainted."
Mr- liop,pe r:: 1:bed his
ti\ely and th.en said, wi'h
ti• :i "The-i! is one chance
must go to Mi l' ooks again
"i won't do r. I'll give up
first."
"Not a bit of it. I feol sum
this time."
"You feed sa
"Yes, but,
you love her."
"You said that made no difference,"
exp.ist ijiat-'d I-'ran'tiin, feebly.
"I may have been w roug," admitted
chin medlta
in a
you
left
'11 wi
very time."
s different.
Hesides,
left, until your
Mr. Franklin William
irgued the
lucky brains out. Hut Mr, Hupps was
Did she?" inquired the victim, twist- pertitiacio'.s, and on the evening of the can not walk against it, while ir thf
third day the victim rang the fru:it door
bell at the home of Miss Anastasia
Brooks.
Hv tho time ho had pacified Miss
Brooks' Scotch torriw. upon whom he
inadvertently trod upon entering the
parlor, the young lady herself came in,
dressed in a distra.-tingly becoming
manner. Miss Iirooks was graceful and
very much at ease. Lr. Leo was nei
ther. While sho tried to carry on the
conversation alone, he turned and
twistod himself in embarrassment until
he managed to strike his eibow against
an elegant crystal vase on the stand
near him, and the delicate triflo fell
shivered to fragments on the ca-pet.
"Just my luck. Miss Brooks," burst
gong tc," oxcbiimel
Fr:»:il!i-i. g.vally emiudd- ued. '"1 want
Vou to m.irrv me. I must be trained
before rr: id.'iy to ^et that fi-rtune,
and I hav. we. k left, you know! (),
1 assure .. .- iad sporat-.* case," e-m
ci'.ld (I ho wretc'ied V-ifith. ti.'- .1. •-pira
tion str 'ummg down his visa •.
Mi -s lirooss rose indignam '. v "I am
v.t'X in the habit of mat young .• :i
in on'.er to secure ti lortiuios :.•:
the n," she said, coldlj
"O. 1 didn't mean -O. don't be of
fended," he began in alTright, continu
ing dejectedly. "I knew how it would
be, of course. I might hai. .'-ried
scores of girls- that is. not a., them
at one time, of «.« ,-:re, but -1. at a
i 'it hov.- can 1 any
•i 'i. ar» the onlv i can
one
vou de,
.irttiiie
no.i, fmr
"ry near hi
i'.roun I her
"osng
hu'b
11
ss iiritoks
his arms
it that mo-
nappi.
wis v
were
mont Fratiklin Williamdid not consider
himself tne ruont unlu-ky fellow alive,
after all. -Hovb-Tt Hall Wintjlovv, i»
ake's Magazin •.
HABITS OF THE TAPIR.
V Ouccr Anineil Kotuul in ICast Imlia unci
VIIHTIOM.
The East Indian tapir rer."jnhl».s the
boar in form. tlnui'rh stall.ling hi jhur on
his legs, and has at the extremity of his
head, itist ad of a snout, a little mus
cular trunk, which he can elorgate or
shorten at pleasure, and which gives
him some analogy to the elephant, but
which is en i rely desti u to of that linger
like appendage which the latter animal
uses with such d"xt.erity,
About four and a half feet high and
ten foot long, tho body of the tapir is
fat and clumsy, and ends in a large
croup his bony head is (juiki strong,
his eyessmall, his ears long and iVxiblo:
the legs are strong, and terminate, in
the ant( rior extremities in four toes,
and in the istorior in three. Tho tail
is but little developed, in,, .he .skin is
scantily furuisl.e I with silky hair. Tin
head. neck, shoulders, legs and tail are
blac
w i
the i
(j.
4.
Hopps took his wretched frien 1
h• wiiere h" rom iined in privacy for
Mr. Ilo: natural
ym-
It lives s 1 i' i -y, and fr«
rshy placs. w.iero it is fond
n* it walks fast and swims
to id is entirely vegetable,
.-'s of fruits and -•"il.'. roo's as
:iie young s oot of plants
at 1 gentle in disposition, tins
easily tamed: it never attacks
n it avoids carefully. The
e,!oc'ii"d by thi native
and disagreeable to: tki
ll: le is very tough, and is
"VMi hy them „,j. dcrmi'Stit
fabricat o.' iti/fensivo
dry
ts
fit thai Mary
to t!i San i
ib.il Islri'i-.l-. I
n
ioa-ir\
("aim
There are other an
speci -s in u! ler pi."
The Am rican tapir.
is six feet in total I
three a-id a half in height. In general
form ii res -mbles tho hog but the legs
a e a e o n e i n o o i i o n a n
the no-e i- prolonge 1 into n smaii.
movable proboscis, 'i'he fore foot have
four io"s. and the hind o ies three onlv.
The eyes are small and lateral, and
the ears long and drited: tho skin
th."', and covered with scatt 'rinj. sho t,
silk v ha i rs: the tail short and slightly
hairy. The teeth resemble those of a
horse. It is the largest animal of South
Am .-rica, anl is founl in all pa-ts id
that continent, though most abundant
in liana. I!ra/.il anl I'ar.iguav. Ii
shun- tho habitations of mea, an 1 b-ad"
a solitary life in the interior of forests,
in moist, situations, but side,-is for it
abule a p'ac" somewhat elevated am'
dry. By traveling alw.tys the same
rounds, it. ftcms beat n paths which arc,
very con-picnous. It comes
tnnis of the same
fi of th'! wirid.
wh"ii full grown,
i-ngth, and about
uu
only in
the niglir or in rainy wea r, anl ro
Sorts to the marshes. Its ordinary pace
is a sort of trot, but it sometimes gal
lops, though awkwardly, and with the
head down. atid. besides, swims with
facility. In the wild state, it lives on
fruits and young braneh"S of trees, but
w hoi domesticate i. eats ev-'ry kind of
food. Though possessed of greats! -engi h.
it makes use of it only in defence: and
its dispositio i is mill and timid. The
tlesii is dry anil of disagro -a'.do taste
but the skiri is tough, and might, be ap
plied to many useful purposes. -N. Y.
Ledger.
THE BREATHING CAVE.
Oiif nfthe MoHt i :\tr ioriliiiary Phenomena
or N:itun'.
In the range of mountains in We'.tvivn
North Carolina, known an tho "Fork
liango," a most sinrul ir phenomenon
exists. It, is the "H: eatuin Cave." In
the summer months a current of ait
comes from it so strongly that a person
winter the rush of air inward is just at
great.
"i he cool air from the cave in summei
is felt sometimes for miles in a direct
line from the viumth of the cave. A'
times a most unpleasant odor is emitted
upon the current from dead aniinah
sucked in and killed by ining in vio
lent contact with the walls. The losf
of catt le and other stock in that section
during the winter months is a'wayi
great, and is accounted for in this way
They range too near the mouth of the
cave, and the current carries them in.
At times, when the change from in
halation to exhalation begins, the air ii
filled with hairs of the various animals
not infrequently small dry bones havt
out Franklin William, standing aghast boen carried for over a mile from tht
and gazing upon the ha?oc he had
wrought. "I'm dreadfully awkward.
Now you think it bad enough to have a
fellow like me blundering around for an
hour or so, and, of course, 1 can't ask vou
to take me for the whole year and all
your life."
Miss Brooks smiled and blu-hed ve«-y
prettily, indeed. "O, y .m ..iven't. as ... .'
anything of that klud yet, Mr. •••,"'
she said, archly.
mouth of tne cave as thoug i shot from
an air-gun The air has been known
to change quit" mi Idonly during exha
lation from cold to unite hut. accom
panied bv a terrible, roaring and gur
glinr. sound.
Many s :i :i*iJin men have visit/., th
pi fe. it too ,• i oio n-'ioti still remain
ii .'-v. ii- i: i.i" resid-nti tsf tha»S'c
n
5
•. tic eruption. S m«'-
th- i~ «v.•.'!!. -a Nasi, 'lie Allicri
FRESH FASHION NOTES.
HoiIh are! s»i .r|,,| uirr* (Viitcrnlugf ill*
t. lit est styles for \V unci.
b"-».ru pi 'tww
i:1 omiia.r
There are many v
black goo-is, wind
this Si.-iVsi III.
The favorite out-d
season are the pit
wit ii or without o
tci ial.
The
H. n
rl
The rest of the holy is of a
dor, and there ia no tnauo on
Tr
it- inhabits I he island of Suma
ii nsula of Malacca, where
m:uun as the elephant and
rmoiits of the
id redingoto.
ipt
Newmarket- ,,i ."V
are very popu'. .i i '.
u
v\o
into the spring.
High coil!ures are
1
r.
vogtlt and they very" r.'ie. i:,
the K npire ,sj ylij},.
i lie silk warp Henriettas in
are handsomer an i more durable
silk dress of double the iviee.
s
l,.er
in -s of
.ibiing
new i '..jtnstie:
i •.!! :,!•, ,.f l. ,»ak and
gi-
.. h.i.t !ii.jum,-ng, or
nlain wear.
Combs parta'.e i, styb-S
worn at af.irun f• ri_ I. or they are like
long hair pin- with fam-v heads. Am
ber. tortoise shell, and silver and gold
ire all used for tho purpose.
here is a new mohair brilliantine in
several gra Ies. which has a silk warp,
•-ind this will be largely worn, and many
jf the st houses art.* making quanti
ties ot traveling drosses and wraps of it
for next season.
•ocaded 11 ri
elegant 1 •.: i
rimmed with
with quilted
s. with Sij iiir-
The e\|i,isre
riefas are le
.'iOaks and wraps, a in
borders of fur, and l^|k
satiu. vr. in some ins'.ii
rol skins.
Wide falling "o of i.-ce or fluted
mil 1 i, are worn on a:' -..rts o! homo
Iresses. though linen collars and cuffs
ire still quite fashionable. High, siai.d
ing collars are more becoming lo many
han the flat collars, and each siio Id
lioose for herself.
loesses for mourn-a '. i ^pi-cially 'or
widows, are extremely plain, and are
iiUrely ..{ /'ape over dead black or
tustorle.ss s i ,. The widow's cap is
ail and flat, and pointed tov.a-rds tho
forehead, tap -ring at the sides, and tho
ring- fasten under the coil of hair at
the back.
A aim tile .1--. s, of td:n-k br^-a'do is
.nadewi .i
u_
_,t. }.. i it, tie* s,de
iniatic nt ln-iii-r a small pointed ap"on,
•omposeil of p.-ndai:! -trands of cut j.'t
Deads. I he bodice in Louis XV, oval
di.ii"-. is liuislied at the sides with
•iij .1' jiocki eces of similar jet
-t..i il-, aad a trimming of jet •InisheB
the front of tlie coat.
A feature oT ihe un n .'h coats
and the long routs this seus,,i, is a re
vival of th" Seam below the waist, used
in coacninen's long coats. These cuais
iri1 itiii lo uf fine kersey cloths, medium
wide wale diagonals, and fine faced
•ioths. and are Usually douMe-broaste.l
with high military coll.r-s and a seam
itrectly down the front to meet the
.Toss-ovtu- soalil below the waist.
\mong all the drajied, shirred and
puffed bodices, the plain tight-fitting
•orsage. laced behind, is finding its u
llv
back aga n the front i- fitted a-clo-ely
as can be by a s'am down tie* middle
and bv darts: the lower edge is poin'ed
at t'e out and at the bac. the front
of iiriis usually slightly draped,
fr till- point of the dice, and the
rest si ra ight plaits, alternatoly wide
and narrow, Hotni'.
THE PEGU JAR TRAP.
Wliv the Are So Su •---fal in
(htlcliinit Hut*.
li.it:- may readily be indmmd to jump
or d-op into any receptacle, especially
as it affords them adeij uatocoiicealniout,
and they do this wit hunt one lingering
,-u.spicion of their inability to reach the
iiily existing outlet when the time for
retreat approaches Thus trails on this
principle mav readily be designed, and
are obviously 'preferable to onr rat-traps
where the vermin are numerous This
method was thus explained by our eor
ri'sporid'-nt„ who spoke of the trap as
bein£ "most successfully used in Bur
u:ah. where the rats are a perfect p"st.
This jar irap was set for three nights.
On the fir-1 viccasion I saw seven! v-two
rat.s tnrn"d out On the second night,
only nlii" rats were caught, and on the
third night not one was caught. The
trap was then put awav for some
weeks, when it, was toga ill success
fully us d, but 1 am unable to say to
what extent it then succeeded. The
common I'egu jar I Used was about I1.'
or I feet deep and 14 or lo inches broad,
an 1 a hob.' was punched in the shoulder
just large enough for a rat to enter
Tuere «,i about six or sewn niche-, of
paddy :rice in hn.sk i in the jar, which
was then buried to within about, eight
inches jf the top. The mouth of the
jar was then closed with a board and a
-tone. A quantity of old timber joists
and straw were in the out-house, and no
end of rat-holes everywhere around.
"I ii line to the opinion that my
blue-legged Burmah servant very 'judic
iously' punched the hole with an old
nail and a hammer, for. though it was
by n.i means regular or quite round I jt
seemed at first sight ton small I, it just
admitted a hungry rat. I do not think
the rat.s, after they had eaten all tin
grain, could have gotten through thf
hole, they seemed so tilled out other
wise, with such a lot in the jar. sonif
could have got to the hole and pulk-d
through, I imagine. A moving mass oi
frightened, screaming rats is a bao
taking off for a jump. I admit, but ar
old fellow now and then might have hi'
tire hoi" 1 doubt if he could, however,
have got through." It is important
however, in traps of this kind, to se
that tho in-ido of the vessel is s
smooth as to afford no foothold for tht
-ats, or they will readily escape by
climbing the sides. -London Field
—The serpent was the most subtle oi
all tho boasts of the field, but the artnj
tinder is sutler. Boston Transcript.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
We suppose it. is tho old felino Ln
s:.u of the ii tdle-st-ring that makes it
arch its back and yell when it meets itd
beau. ilhighamton li.'publican.
-—Tippler "Do you know tho reason
I have never met with success in life?"
l'hiinspi aker- "Yes there have been
many bars in your way."
Mamma "Now Cecil, you havo told
a lie." Cecil -"But, mamma, you
told tne I must say yes or no: you didn't
give inr time to make the truth lit!"'
--Wiekars "I am afraid you havo
conception of the wisdom of
Tory
natu
you
natu
press.
also a
out -la
Yi.'kars -"And I am afraid
very little conception of tho
w s .doio." '1'erro Haute Kx-
i. -i i ally, madam, th is
is too much. 1 rati not, stand tho ever
lasting fault-finding of (he coachman.
He savs I have a worse temper ov n
Fliegeiide Blatter.
•. can not a woman boeomo a
... i-i wv»«r. 1 should like to.,
k o v i a y o a y n i a o
judge !. .... madam." ho answered,
"she .s „ii,: of giving her opinion
without pay." I Vim
ore st.
He had asked her the momentous
question with great, warmth. "You
know," he said, after a pause, "that
a soft answer turneth away wrath."
"That's very true," she replied with a
sarcastic tinge in her voice, "but a soft
question doesn't."
Fasior "Mrs. .Tones, have you ever
reflected that in the course of time you,
too, must join the silent majority?" Mr.
Jones-"That's so, l'arsonand I kinder
wish you'd impress on her that sho
might to be p-acticin' for it now." diur
lington Free I'ress.
"No, sir," said the Rhode Island
man, "I am proud losay that you rarely
see a drunken man in our State."
"That's probably true," returned his
friend. "Itut you would if they didn't
miss their wuv home and stagger over
into Massachusetts.''- Mimsey's Weekly.
--At the close of a lengthened and
bitter wrangle between a judge and a
prominent counsel, the former said,
"Well, sir, if you do not, know how to
conduct yourself as a gentleman. I am
sure 1 can't teach you." To which the
barrister tuildly replied, "ThtH, is HO, mj
lord.
Shi on fond of music, Mr.
Sneli'.- li.- 11. I don't know— tell
you the truth, we've had a piano in the
liouse so long that I really don't remem
ber: but I think that is to say, I havu
a faint Impression—I was fond of it a
great many years ago."— Boston Trans
cript
---Anxious mother "1 am afrr.id tdierti
is something wrong with William. HO'M
out. late every night, now.'' Father
"He's all right. You'll probably hear
of iiis engagement shortly." Mother
"I think he would have told mo if that
wits -tho reason." Father --"That's
nothing. Don't, you remember that you
didn't want me to toll, because you said
my mother would blab it all over tow»
in less than twenty-four hours?"
A CHEEKY BOOK-AGENT.
A. C«Mh1u« V m- Tolls II.nv Ho Put IIim Off la
tlx- Mud.
"No one knows, except a conductor,
the ways attempted by some jveoplo tt
deadhead their way on a train," said i
tii kei-puncher, as ho handed back th«
reporter tho remainder of a pass.
The reporter aski-d what made the eon
ilueto: di sucl. an insinuation jusi
•then.
"O. soini people are o.heeky, and will
do their boht I.O boat you. A couduetoi
is expected to have about twice as man
eves mid ears as ordinary people. Ho it
expected ti know personally or in an in
direct way every doad-hv ad between Sc,i
York City and the Cohleii tiate. If a
'particular friend'of the superintendent,
general passenger agent,, and d»r«'c«r.
or even down to Iwad train dispatol er,
comes along the conductor is asked to
pass Mr. So-and-so on account of anotl-oi
Mr. So-and-So. This dead-beat businOsj
becomes a well-worn chestnut in th«
course, of time. One-half of these un
knowns. hut all-important, would bo froo
riders never have any pat-.s. They will
come in. and. with as much assurance
as cheek will warrant, ask to IK? passed.
Then, again, there are others who are
intimately acquainted with the conduc
tor, and, of coui-SM, ask to be dead
headed. We 'never do this kind of busi
ness' don't work in any ease, but then il
is a veritable nuisance which ought to
bo abolished. Why, you would be aston
ished at the methods resorted to by sumo
fellows who are professional 'dead
beads.'
"I remember not long ago striking a
chetky book agent. He boarded the
train, and was dressed in the height of
sty le, silk tile and all It was a dark
rainy night and the mud was fearful.
When I came u, Mr. Book Agent ho went
info hi-s spa."ious pooket-book hislic.k(»t
Seemed to have slipped out. Hh fumbled
•lirough a lot of well-worn papers, blank
receipts, but no ticket could be found.
Finally looking up, he said: 'Just, wait
a moment: I have placed it in my va
lise.' Slowly he opened the big valis«
tilled with circulars, dirty lition and tha
other necessary outfit of a book vender.
I went through the train and came back
to the bewildered agent, who was still
overhauling some back number papers
in search of something be did not have.
'Ticket, please,' I said. 'I have lost it,'
said he, 'and can not find it.' 'Pay your
fare, then,' said I. The truth was ha
was 'busted' and hadn't a cent. His sta
tion was several miles ahead of us, and
as there was no regular stopping placo
between whore ho got on and where ho
expected to get. off he would make his
lost ticket, racket work like a charm.
The conductor, he thought, would not
stop the train to put a 'gentleman' off in
the rain and mud. lie was fooled. Fretty
soon wo came to a water station out in a
big field where the mud was shoe-top
deep. It was raining torrents, and our
unfortunate passenger had no umbrella.
When the train came to a standstill I
requested him to move out. A scone
followed and trouble was threatened.
It was a disgrace he thought to put a
gentleman off in the rain Hut ho went
oft into the dir rata and mud. 11a
was elegantly dressed, and his clothes
must have boen ruined before he fouad
ibedtcr."- Cincinnati Times-Star.