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MANCHESTER, VERMONT,
THE KTiTtRIOCB TOUCH
I a m, rnaeareba throaib aom
old
BaoaacnpU, I raoaally ebaooaj upon
Mlowiof atory. Aod ytt I eaoooi drfl
Bitaly fit tba antborabip, but my auepio
iuoi all poiot in oo direction. Sboold
tby b realiaad afWr Jurtber ioTeali.atioa,
I Ualt baa bo beaiUooy in gtriog bi
Bam. Hra it lb alory, praciaely a it
f(iorJ is. tb nnDOcript. which pr
oily baa never beor aeB tba Hut
' It baa bag beets a tbeoiy of Biin that
lb era u A taloral eiplaaatloa fur (vary oo-
eorroaoe, kowvr oat of tba conra of ot
tore it may aeem to tba euotl obarrvr.
Actioa bdod tbia theory I bat devoted
year to tb ilady ot o eelleii uprtiit
oral urn. Lilll bat beeo publiabed opoo
tb utijcct that I bav out raJ My li
brery ia Slled with oob work ,a 'Owou'
Footfall oo tb Uuoudary of Auotuer
World,' Ualwer' 'Straog Hl-iry,' Dvi'
Great Uarmooia,' Edtuond- 'Spirito!
im,' aod tb writing, of Heduub.irg
From tb weird legend of tb II arts
Mouutaio to Drommood' "Natural Law
ia tb Spiritual World,' there I little with
wbiob ! am not familiar. Aoytbiiirf War
ing area iudireutly upon auperuaturlinia
or the plrit world I of iuteret lo B'.
"Tbe (tody of my tin, fairi.i,gliwU and
golihij i one of rare fasoiuatiori. One
enjoy, aakillfully told ghoul alary, vn
wbeu be laugh, at tbe idea of a Khoat.
Wbo dot-a out rxporienoe a tbrill el iBter
eat upou reading Dickeu' 'T'lirteiutli Ju
ror,' Tbe Signalman,' or liulwer He
llauuted aud tbe Huulera'? liumau oat
are ualarally iuclinu to tbe love of the
marvuloaa aad aaperuatural, aud tbe r-
bearaal of (uob talra ba made oertulu
writer, fatuoua.
"I cuuot aay tbat uy atudy of auper
oaturaliatii b lead to any definite reault.
I have not made aoy remarkable diaoover
iea, but have bad touia experieuot tliut
mytillt)d ma. Amoog them wu oue of
ppanutly inexplicable nature, wbiob it
ia here my purpote to relate.
I remember onoe, tome year ago,
while aeaUJ ia my itady, bending over a
dfak, a hand wa laid upon my tboalder.
It my wife't custom (my late boun
bothered Laura) to rouae me it timet lo
thlt manner, and when I turned to autver
the tummona, it wa with the expectation
of aeeing her behind my obair. Turning
lowly about I answered, 'Coming, Laura.'
To my (inazement the room waa empty
I bad heard no iootfalli, do voiue, but had
man ly felt tbe touch of t band upon my
boulder, geutle, it i true, light, a Lau
ra' touch alwayt ia, hut unmistakable;
bad not been iu a doze, it waa not fancy; I
bad been touched by a band.
"I confeu that upon turning around
aad finding nothing, I wa (tartled. I eat
a uiuiueu u Mwugba, atwtlug tu Utlug tu
occurrence within the range of compre-
benalon. My braio wat clear, every faoal
ty active. Going to tbe door, I opened it
aod called up the hallway iu a low voice
1 'Laura 1'
No aoiwer.
I called tgaiu my voice ecboiug
tranaely. Tbe hour waa late. Laura
wa evidently asleep.
'I resumed my teat at tbe desk but
oould not continue writing. My thought!
were vague aod toattered. The myiteri
out touch upon my aboulder filled me
with strange emotion. What explanation
wa there for it? No human bind bad
toucbod me; bad I felt tha impreat of
tpirit band 7 Ridioulous I I laughed
at tbe idea. Myiteflad, dissatisfied,
closed the deik, put out tbe light and
went up to my bedroom.
'Lighting a lamp tbat flood on tbe bu
reau, I looked at Laura. She lay ia sound
sleep, ber calm, tweet faoe partly averted.
I gently aroused ber, bad ber tit up, ta-
tared niyielf that the waa thoroughly
awake, and then asked:
"Lanra, btve you beeo long asleep ?
" 'Fully to hour,' the replied, looking
at ma wonderingly. 'Hat aoythiug bap
penod, George V
Are you or there i nobody iu the
house but ourselves V I continued.
"Who oould there be, George T Tell
me what hs happened.'
''Seeing my puzzled expresmoo, she
smiled, looked at me quizzically, and kiss
ed me. I 'tit angry with myself for btviug
waked ber, yet glad to have her tweet
companionship.
'Laura,' I began, ooutciout that I wa
bout to make a Very foolish statement, 'I
bare jut bad an experience that I cannot
explain. You know what my view oo tbo
abject of supernatural'
"She interrupted ma wilb alaugb a
pleasaot, girlish laugb tbat did me good.
Taking my band in both ber own, the
taid :
" Oil, George, I really thought it waa
something serious. Wat it only a gbost T
" 'Pray be teriou, Lanrs. While I
aat at my deak, a few moments ago, baud
touched me oo th shoulder, just as you
bare don a buudrad time. Mor ttisn
that, Laura, it wa your touch.'
" 'You laocied it, George.'
" 'I felt tb tooch, Lanra. a surely a
I feel tb pressure of your bsod at this
moment. There wa oo deception; it wa,
oot adeluaioo; a bead touched me. Who
was it T What waa it!
"Lsurs glanced quickly over ber sbool
dor, a nervou peopl sr tpt to do when
alone in tb bona late at night.
" '1 woofer if the bona is haunted V
ah queried, laughingly.
"I went to bed, but not to deep, Tb
ioeideot, trivial as it may stem, aayalefied
aad worried me. It called for aa explana
tion, wbieb I could oot give. There ws
o laoeraliiioo fear to it, my reason rt-
i belled at soy but a tat oral (olulioa to tb
! mystery, ad I xbasted my Ingenuity is
feedoavoriag to reach a ejlolioo. I re
viewed tb occur ratio over aod over
jagaio. Ilia isgpoaaible ber to pictor
aay ieUbs astoaiabmeat, a Leo, touched
Bpoa th aboulder by a uft bsod, I lora
J aad found behind m -nothing I Tb
! a.yttry beeam part of my dream.
I "A few sights after this incident orear-
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20,
I real waa agaia wnwog aw mj oeea. a
-I..II ae ... Mnwina- akwaoeh lb wire!
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' acre at my tide. It bad grows late, but
oot later than it a a my eastom to work
Without footfall, voioe r warniug, tb
toaob earn agaia apok Ik tame shoulder
and la th tame toseaer. I felt it
I ever felt tb touch of a human btnd
Quick a a Baah I Inroad, rising lo my
foot to prevent aoy poasibility of bidin
or eei'ip. Th room wat taipty ; th door
remained closed as I bad left it.
"Did you ever turn fiercely to strike an
enemy back of you, and Bad -nothing 1
a aol frightened; Angel WasJ th pre
Jominaut letting. I wa esuaoiona of be
fog lb victim of shrewd deception.
felt that tbi mysterioat pretence, tb
aamelee and immaterial aomethiog, wa
inimical to m. I waa eager to materialize
it, e-iroer it, anderalaod K. It would
bave delighted m to learn 'that I wa the
viotito of a praotioaj j k,- a, tbat would
bav barred th supernatural.
' 'Laura I I oried, going to the door.
"Iu a few momenta I beard tbe rustle of
br drea on tbe stairway.
" 'What Is it Odorg V h t'ked.si th
liurat eagerly into th room.
" 'Something baa touched ma oo th
abouldt-r again,' I replied. 'What can
be V
" 1 iih I knew,' laid Linra, draaiug
very uear to me, aud looking abuut the
room aitb a myati'llad and frightened ex
presaitiii. 'I'm sure I oau't tee anything
" 'Were you asleep when I called 1
" 'So, I was reading.'
" 'Did you bear (iiything ?'
" 'Not a souud. Sitdowt agaiu, George,
juat a, jou sat when tha hand touched
you I have u idea.'
"Ltura approached me softly, I could
bear her footfalls very (aiully,aud laid her
band just where tbe myateriuut touch bad
come aad even more gently.
" 'Liura !' cried I, tpritging op, 'you
did iu What a fool yon btve made
me I'
Of
" 'George, tha exclaimed, ber great
dark eyes tilling with teart, 'I did no1
do it. I know nothiug abjut it. How
oould you doubt me '
" '1 do not doubt you, little wife, laid
I, rcttiMuriugly; 'but I brfguu to doubt my
telf.'
' I put out the light aud we went up
stairs together, both in rather lombrt
mood. If, after all, it was really a spiri
baud that touched me, wbat did it mean
Did it portend miifortunt of tome kind
death ? Unconsciously I began to grow
morbid opou the tubject. With the
slightest baiis on which to bagio an iu
vestigation I should not hive despaired
Dut wbat was there to investigate f With
out the tid of tight and hearing reason
faltered; the simple set of feeling the
auuub airaiUA aua nnlbing' What OODClQ-
lion could I arrive at but (b.t tha touch
wat tuperuatural.
"Twice upon tbe street I was eousciout
of the tame touch, in broad daylight, when
no deception waa possible. Unable to
fathom the myitery, I waited curiously to
tee what it portended.
"Oue eveuiug, while I was tested at my
desk, Dr. Earle oalled,aa tged gentleman,
in whose cooversition I take great pleas
ure. Seating him comfortably in my eas
iest chair, I excused myself a moment
while completing a letter I bad begun be
fore bit trrival. I bad called Laura, but
the had not yet come down. . Without the
tlightest warning, at hat alwayt been the
case, the tame baud wu placed upon my
boulder. No longer gentle, it gripped
me firmly, at if a strong mm bad grasped
the flesh aud squeezed it Pained, amazed
eager to tee what this now phast of the
mystery meant, I whirled about with arms
exleuded. There wat nothing behind me,
Dr. Earle war. quietly tetted on tbe op
posite tide of tbe room, glancing over the
daily paper.
" 'Uoctor, auij I, conscious that my
faco wat red with shame, 'I tuppote you
thiuk me crazy I'
" 'Urazy, repealed the doolor, eying
me curiously over hit glasses.
"What could I tay ? Wbat explanation
could I make f I determined to tell him
the whole story, hoping to find some par
allel for it iu hit long experience it a pby
ticisu. Drawing my chair olose to him, 1
recited every lucideut couuected with the
mysterious touch tt clearly aud connect
ed ly at I could, lie was interested from
th beginning When I bad finished be
looked oarefully about tb room, silently
regarded me with aa expression humorous
partly puzzling, aod then observed:
" 'Will you pleas take off your ooat T
"I did (O.
"Roll up your sleeve,' be continued.
"I did so, woadering tt tb metuiog of
inch procedure. Was it on of tbe old
geutlemtu't droll oonoeits ? Ha grasped
my shoulder sod squeezed it, drawing
from me a cry of pain.
" 'Night after night,' be ugely remark
id, frowning, yon bave tat by thit acreen.
Cool, moist air bat blown ou your shoul
der for hours at a time. What other re
sult oould hive beeo expected V
" 'Priy, doctor, what it the reault f I
asked, eagerly.
" 'RUeumtlism,' was tb teotetitioot re
ply. " 'Aod th soft, ipirit lik tjuea V
" 'Was merely tb twitching of a mo
ole. Tbe soft, spirit-lik stag has fast
id, tb fir tod gimlet stags oome next
unless you learo wisdom.'
" 'I could bav embraced tb old geo
tltmiu ia my transport. Wilb a gleeful
bop, skip aod a jump I ran to the door.
" 'Lura I Laura I' I Calle-l,
"Tb poor cmatoro cam raooiog down
stair, a if a fl-nd wa after ber.
" 'Wbat baa happened,' ab gasp!.
" 'Doctur Earl has found our ghoet,' I
cried
"WbiraUit r
" 'la bi arm,' answered tb doctor.
'My dear madam, your husband is tb first
mao I sver met tfatt leagued when I told
bim that be bad rbeumUlsm. I hop bt
may ecu tin n tc Isugb.'
" 'letter rheumatism than a ghost ia
--j
" 'Hum 1 I don't know, air. Of tht
Uo, I believ. ghoal. art tb easie.1 die-
p00d Of. ,
" "Our gboel it very effectually laid,'
taid Lsurs, halplng tu oa with my coal
aod smiling at th doctor.
" 'It only illustrate my theory" id
'No to called supernatural occurrence
will bear tb light of Investigation.'
"Not to with rbeumatiam,' observed
tbe doolor, dryly. 'It will bear the light
tod it thrive oo bight air. Anybody eao
take it; but few cau get rid ot it.'
"Tbe old gentleman wa right; 1 have
it yet. My opiuion baa undergone a chenga-
Giveo my ohoioe between rheumatism to
a ghoal iu the bouta, I would gladly wel
come th ghost."
Heavy Lessee la Madoia Bat t Us
It is not auittterestiog to stats what
bave bona tbe-bloodieet battle of the last
hundred years, that is, to compute tb
peroeutage ot lot to the numbnri engtg
ed. Within tbe illotled time the Napole
onio batllet come first. Areola wat lb
moat sanguinary itrugele ot the Italiau
oampaign. Ilia forces eogagoj numbered
about 70,000 aud the loss was about 25,
000, or about 33 por oent. At Rivoli
there were 80,000 men eugagod, and th
loa was 40,000, but 20,000 of these oou
sivted of Austrian who surrendered
Napoleon, o tbat tbe resl loss was only
25 per cent.
After 1! juaparle's return from Erfypt be
fought the battle of Marengo. Iu its re
mits this wa, one of the most momentous
eugiigemuutt iu history, but all accounts
agree that it wat the worst planned and
worst fought of all Bouaparte't victories.
There were 60,000 men engaged, aud the
lost was 17,000, or about 28 per oent. At
the battle of Austerlitz, which by many it
considered Napoleon 't most brillian vioto
ry, the French and Austro-Russiao armies
numbered 210,000 men. and the lost wis
40,000, or about 18 per oent. At Jowa-
Auerstadt there were 325,000 men engag
ed, and the loss wis 40,000, or about 12
per cent. At Borodino there were 170,000
meo in battle, aud 80,000 were killed and
wounded, amounting to more than 46 per
oent. At Leipsic there were 500,000 meo
in battle, wbiob lasted three days, and the
loss wat 110,000, or 22 per oent. At Wat
erloo 140,000 men were engaged, aud the
loss wu 40,000, or 28 per cent. Iu the
Crimean war there were 135,000 men at
the battle of Iokermaon, and the casual
ties amounted to 25,000, or 20 per cent,
At Migeuta there were 225,000 men; the
loss waa 11 per cent., or about 25,000. At
Solferiuo there were 350,000, and the lot
was 40,000, or 10 per oeut. At Sjdowa
tbe hostile forces numbered 475,000, and
70,000, or IS per cent., were killed and
wounded. At Grtvalotte there were 450,
000 m in tb oooouotor, of WbOlU &,
000, or about 8 per cent., were killed and
wouuded. At Shilob the armies number
ed 90,000, aud the lost was 30,000, or one-
third. At Fredericksburg there were
180,000, and the loss 20,000, or 11 per
oent. At Antiettm there were 150,030,and
the Ions was 20,000 or ibout 13 per oeut.
At Chickamauga there were 105,000, and
the loss was 30,000 or 29 por oent. At
Chancellorsville there were 150,000, aod
tbe loss was 30,000, or 29 per oent. At
Gettysburg there were 160,000 and the
loss amounted to 67,000, or 39 per cent.
Thus the figures show that Borodino
was the bloodiest battle of modern times
with Gettysburg in the second place.
A Dead lodaetry
"Is there any market for roller skates?'
wat asked ot Mr, Jorry Raymond, who
with hi brother, wis the pioneer of the
business.
"None to speak of," was the reply; "the
bottom bas fallen clean out of it."
"Practically, yes. We contiuue to send
few small orders to Canada, tha West,
and to Australia; with these exceptions
the trade is ti dea I at an Egyptian mum
my."
Has there ben much chauge iu the
price of skates ?"
"You'll laub probably, when I toll you
that tbe skates we sold two or three years
ago for $5 and 86 a pair cau now bt pur
abased for 81.25 aud $140, and yet at
these later figure we can make a fair pro
fit. Ot course, our material doesn't cost
as much at it did tbeo, and in relation to
chit mittor 1 wtut to tell you something
that is q'lite iutoresting, and which very
few people outside tho business know
anything about When we b.)gtu the
mtuufaolare ot tkttet, boxwood, out of
bio a the wheel wore made, wat worth
about 830 a ton. In making the rollers
we experimented with almost everything
that suggested itself, but could discover
othiug tbat served tbe purpose to well
i the material mentioned. Of course an
enormous demmd for it immediately
prtog up.and tbe price alto took a jump
be dealers teemed conscious of the fact
tbtt we oould oot get along without it,
aod io lest thin BO time they bad tent the
price from 8'K) to 8140 a too, and this was
be figure tbat they held it at until the
demand slackened. Rut thit wasn't all.
Tbe wood companies who use boxwood
I most exclusively iu their business were
brought up with a sudden turn when they
found tb article hi I increased so enor-
momly in price. Tbey couldn't affjrd to
purchase it at such a value, and btd to
nbstitute au inferior wood until it be-
cata cheaper, n completely drained
tbe market, aod at one tiui it looked a if
w would be compelled louse ome kiod
oft tubatltute but aurh ao emergeory
never aroae, from the fact tbat just at tbia
math roller -skating buaiut-ts became
thoroughly psralytjd."
"Are mauy of tl. j -bber stocked up
with skate V
"l'r-s, a great manr of them. I koow a
number of firm who bav from oo toj
fir thousand pairs, with ao immediate
prospect of ever getting rid ot them.'
"Oa th whole, there wa aot a great
deal of money tntl uo tb rikks, was
I here V
II,. Inu A rvMl. I VAItltiraul til S,V.
JSS7.
"llalaatt r'" lo tbiuk of llalitlj troocbo
mailer. Look tor, at ttioaa Ut-grib.
a uera i on. mat mow. iu luiouor
! "'1 S'mvBijai iiiiai
rbich waa tb finest ia
tb world. It cost P-3.CX1Q Id provide tb
aul'iect fur that lillle piotur. All (t
thoa beautiful decoration war iwept
awsy as suddenly at if they bad beeo
picked up by a cyclone and ground iuto
iplintnira. I am not alone ia tbit disas
trous experience; tbar were hundred of
other wbo were served almost at badly at
Tk Bt. Lewroaea aad tk Rte Oreads,
x I cannot get en rn'mff with these fisher-
folks. I alwayt likt to mingle with th
peopl ot the oouutry I am vniling. Iu
my youth I waa told that I should do at
Home, at the Rouiani do, aod 1 usually
try to do to; but should I make th at
tempt here, I would bav to aat unto my.
telf iu codtlab, talk cod flab, eat oodfUb,
smell of ooilfish, tud ting "God Save the
the Qneeu" on the slightest provocation.
So I know I could never b anything but
a tenderfoot here. Now it wa different io
Texm. When I went there, I got "accli
mated before I was in tbe ttate two dayt.
(Joe could conform to hsbiti, customs, aud
surroundings there without tffecting one't
physical oomfort or knocking the hoops ot
one s conscience. I uou I iuiuk i ever
told yon about how I became a Texan in
two miuntua.
Well, this would be about at good a
time as any other to loll it. I would much
rather write about Texas than about this
ragged and hungry looking couutry. I
wiab I was on the back of a mustaug now,
out on the western plains, instead of tit
ling here on this hard rock ou a "foreign
atr.iaJ."
When I first went to Texas I was ac
companied by au obtrusive English accent
and a pair of speckled trousers that iuvit
ed barb criticism. It was tt a place call
ed Columbus that I made my ilcbut at a
tenderfoot. Besides my accent and the os
tentatious trousers, I carried with me a
ry high estimate of myself, aud I con
sidered it to be my duty at a tubject ot
Victoria Dei Gratia, to let the horde"
of Texas barbarians koow that I wat a per'
ton of importance.
At Columbus I wanted to buy a horse, hs
il was my intention to ride from that place
to the Rio Grande, While sitting on the
veranda ot the little wooden hotel, I drop
ped my haughty patrician reserve for a
time and converted with a number of cow
boys, who were stopping at the place. I
did not hesitate to express my contempt
for tbe Texan borees I had teen, I made
faoetiout remarks regarding the ungraoe-
ful manner iu which Texant rode, and I
wat sarcastic in the matter of the Texas
saddle. Iu Texas fools sometimes rush io
where desperadoes fear to tread.
TbecoWboja aohod me what waa tho
best way to ride, aud what kind of horses
did we have in my country. I told them
that I rode with a long stirrup. I related
exploits wherein I figured as winning a
steeplechase across a stiff couutry in the
west of Ireland, and I told of some horses
I bad owned phenomenal horses, with
pedigrees running away back into the
dark ages. Even to tbi day, whenever 1
thiuk of what an tst I demonstrated tny-
telf to be on that oocaeion, I make an ef
fort to blush.
Tbe cowboys teemed to take all I laid
good-naturedly, and they made no com
ment The head cowboy, howevor, look
ed tired, and asked the others to take a
drink. He invited me to join them. When
we arrived at the bar I said I would take
a glass of claret.
"Jim, he ttyt he'll take claret. Maybe
le'd like it ia a silver gnblet.witb a straw
berry or au oyster io it, as he' accustom
1 to In hit ancestral castle at home. Oh,
be't a daisy, 1 tell you. Barkeeper, the
uderfoot'U take tome whiskey tame at
ho rest of us. I reckon that't what he'll
uko."
A still, small voice within me whisper
ed that whiskey wat, under the circum
itaacet, the thing for me to take, ind I
took it.
"Want to buy a horse, yoa lay, eh ?"
"Yet," I replied, "I want a good, steady
jrso."
"Oh, no, you want a bucking broncho,
iiat'i what you wajit."
'Wbat it a bucking broncho f"
'Don't know, eh T"
No."
'Then that's eck ztotly what you want.
Ain't it boys f"
Chorus of boyi "You bet your tweet
le.
The result wss that tbe chief pirate told
me a dismal looking plug, a saddle and a
bridle for 850. When I got ready to
leave, the boyi were all standing around
to tee me oft Saroastio remarks were
td about me being a "steeplechaser
;in 'way back,' " and the crowd wu re
lented lo give me room to spread myself.
got iuto tbe saddle aud wa gathering
p th rciu, whoa tbe wretched parody
uf a horse arose io air, bent bi back lik
a bow, and came Jowa agaia with all bi
four feet iu a buueh nader bis centre of
gravity. I did not at tbat moment seem
to bare any centre of gravity of my owu.
T i' r was a vague idea lu my brains that
l its CI! th ia it diurnal whirl bad slipped
s c .,i.r in ita wild climb around the sun
belktunped it, toe. These thought
were siuiultsoeou with the aensstioo of
being bit with something. I knew iu a
moment tbat it wa wilb the earth oo
which as live, for nothing smaller than
globe 85,000 Bii! in circa mfereuo could
bv give me such col 1, bsrah, ft luung
hA oa the ear. -When
I got to my fet, laming to itio
crowd, I sinl:
"What was it that aoimil -that buckii g
brout h'j-Ji l to me 1" j
lis buck.d you; that't what bdid."i
That waa bucking, was it 7 Well, I'm
Ihsnkful be di lu't troncbo u, or it
might bava goo bard with me. I
I slipped ut into tb yard, and east ay
its ported lxgh.h reot iota lb wtll. 1
bad dropped tome of my self esteem when '
VOLUME XXVII
burked, When I cam la
"Genllimen, tsv tore
Thry termed surprised.
a tia I aaid
, tumg oo .
but tbey took it. Then Jim stepped out,
look my baud, and, leading ma into th
iniddl of th room laid:
"Pardoert. th man that'll git booked
at premiacot as this rbtp bat an' thru ia
plain, United Btltr Unguis; art op tb
driokt an' do It hearty, la no. tenderfoot,
an' the uto that sayt ho ia, it a liar."
At that moment I graduated, I ceased
being k tenderfoot and became a Trxsn,
Keeun to m that i oot at much about
yachting In tbi letter at I might bar
written, but at il i about th regulation
length it must go aa it is. Armed aitha
gnu, I am going to upend I hi, afternoon
bearding th wild goo in bi den.
Japan., Nevada-
Tbe Japanese are great novel reader,
Bakio, on of the moat prohllo writer,
who reavhrd tb zenith of his fame simul
taneously with Bal.te, Is still regarded a
the niodc.1 novelist of all lime, although
the ancient romance ot graceful leotlmeu-
talial of tho past alill Hud tident admir
ers. Nome of tbo stories are as attraeiiv
nd pleasant ll the best inspiratnri of
lioocacio. They are so quaint, such inim
itable mosaics of pro tmi verse, to swc t
and louder, thut ia reading theni on tl
most calcbet the faint fragrance ot the
cherry blossoms or the distant, melntlimii
throb of the lute, touched by the dainty
court ladies of flv centuries sgo. It is
pity that the novelist, of the present car
more for the suffrage of the public than
the tpplause of the artistic world.
The court it Enropeauized and no longer
the inspiration of poetic conceptions tud
elcgaut wit. Tbo writers ot the present
ester to the prevalent taste for seusationil,
highly-spiced romances, in which it
many of the principal actors at possible
oouiuiit luicide, perform valorous deed
as btudits, run off with the wrong women,
or break hearts by the wholesale. Bunks
of description fill tht market, with illus
trations in keeping with the text Poli
tical novels, just now the fashion, ire of
a distinctly higher clans, "The liesuty of
Women" is one of tho most remarkable In
this connection. The toveulh volume bis
just been handed to tha expectant public,
and up to the end ot the sixth th wan
dering hero bad contracted a violet attach
nieut for five "beautiful" women iu a
many "beautiful" countries. To the for
eign and critical reader this tale Calls to
mind the voyage of Siobad, plus Sterne's
"Sentimental Journey," and a sprinkling
of Ouida iu her most rampant mood. Yet
there is co doubt tbat the author intend
his story to hare a political significance,
in the tense that Japan can flourish neither
intellectually nor physically nnder the
present administration. "The Plum Tree
iu the Suow" is a wuou bolter and more
instructive book. It depicts the condition
of Japan some centuries bouce, and, un
der the guise of a simple narritive of
events, is ttingingly satirical. "The lifo
of a great great Statesman," founded ou
the life of the late Lord Beiconsfield, it
somewhat drier, but far more healthful
and certainly more ennobling ia its ton
dency.
A Curled Darling.
The mother of to day is paying marked
attention to her son, Tho girl has been
left to take care of herself, Yoa don't be
liore this? Look about you and see for
yourself. Iu tho vernacular of the afreet
the mother ot to-day it "mashed" oo her
boy. He supplants bis father' place ia
many respects. He goes off to the water
ing placet with bis mother, while his sis
ter is often sent to some friend or rotation,
The father stays at home that goes with
out saying. The boys are not so expen
sive at tbe teasido, or wherever tba place
may be where bis mother has gone to cover ,
up the crow's-feet. Ho can take care of
himself, and doesn't have to be mixed tip
in the train of mamma's tea gown or even
ing dress. There it a growing impression
that the daughter means more years for
mother. A mother talks about the young
man with apparent pride. When the
daughter begins to cnwl through th
teens the mother is not apt to advertise it
in tending to make boyi effemimte. From
this the dude. A boy wbo growi np as
the darling of bit mtinm won't "gut
there," is a rule. But if thit be a misfor
tune there remains tbe oonsolatJon that tbe
neglected girls, teeing that they must lake
care of themselves, become belter women.
The average boy of the present is puny,
nervous and dyspeptic His tuuiuuia in
dulges him in caramels, cigarettes, sod
late hours. She dotes oa bim. Our girls
ire growing healthier, and are better de
veloped. Tbe boy goet out with bit
mother; the girl it sent to ber music, or
ber books, or the gymnasium. The next
generation of women will be creditable to
the sex. Take a atroll oo the street, go to
the theatre, or go iuto society tnd lock
upon th effemioite specimens ot masculi
nity, then shut your eye and tee if you
cau imagine th result fifty year ahead.
im Q. in
"Baoob.r a 8.111, a."
If you stud a villiao to Albsoy or Wash
ington to represent yon he doe represent
yoo.
Tbe Hi hie i lik a telescope. If a luea
looks through hi toleseopa, then h tee
world beyond; but if he look at bi tele
scope, then lie die oot e aoythiug but
tba.
A wouiao's nature will otver be changed.
Men might spin and chum, aod kuit o,
a- and cook, aud r'x k tb cradle fur
butidrnd g'-aeiatiins au I not t, women.
A'ld weiiiaa will uot l'ec(,ruo tutu by tx
terual occupation. God's OiUiti do
ti'.l
wash out, 8.-I i, dyed in the wool.
Th oil Greeks atd tbat a man bad two
r, aud one mouth tbat be might bsr
twice and speak ooet, and there is a grol
deal ot good etoa io it You will Cud
that if yoa simply bold yvur peace yoa
will pass over nine cut of ta of th prov-
oettiotis of l .'e.
t