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_ MADISON TIMES.
S/+ - .-- DaVOTED TO THE WELFABR OF MADISON PARISH.
OL I. NO. 22. TALLULAH MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1884, TERMS: 2.00 PER YEAR.
Au~ ,,.vikrul·1~) brC. i -,.. .. . . . . . .
` M- u IIttle girl nestled
Wlthin hor tiny bed,
AD oi oglesand utilly.
Abe breathes so soft and low.
SQaI to mind a llyt
A woer7 little mortal
Will moon te mended there,.
I Uponfl tawrl avrl . r.1 il 4
I hiss your dtd ess
Smhe
1 o.1ld Tom tosoL -
.' • To IL w my hsear.e
b- b s Tii bd pe ha i o
. Rtt. , e .....K . ,
yes T hule h" Found
Arkansaw Traveler.
in Ltae Rock several days ago,
of the largest audices that sem er
in the state. Old Tom BOl
h . Tr in the d"tof-e de
and who was i, t lq ty during 1
'ofJhn L. sul1SI, atered the
Sho , sexpecting to lmM
ty dne knockln." Be f$ c c
old Tom remakid to some
lMt' sru eatar h 'udiee
l bedi if'ld pike bot him to
repliam th" ges@e leato. ad
to etak that miunst boom
Uess huaAel wouldn't
matoad up in frost o' hia
21,everend Mr. Kesnndy arese and
introduced the lecture.. Old
.biosag a moment ehook his
as Mr. Tle with one of
c, ""gestura s squared him
t1ai hltrn~U threw 'back his
dookt himself, squatted, stoaod onh
1aspseek lbtle on bisdonheis,
the air and then, straight from
i, struck at the audlience
o "nudged" the gentlemar and
- a t t~~ 4d I.
sll, It j was. A steer couldn't s
b T ach a jolt."
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S ean o moved away, and old I
rln a pe who laulad oin
ateao e s hih so r Tam e
"Det bweou d down Sullivan, doo't
.idm't knomw " neuspered the preach- u
Ioro knew nothing of Sullivan. s
put u p mylittle wad on him,.
B it .he . minister.t
percher moved away. and old
atme dateniný &while and laughing ti
st a e .which Mr. Talmage
from a nwpaper and ran y
a credit, turned to a sedate
man, and said: i
,i e Loa n to take offlhis shirt? r
St tome his muscle?" u
Ik erw k *."gme " e
SnendeT ot de-k
f knocks you downr. and if'ou don't a
Anr I thte on t , lo lt."
be o j b.... nbinajion, I
_iId," mid somne "Who mw
MTom did not undersasnd the
Iab thieieelo a~eflt It s l.e .
Wil, paodr, you bJ mn.ci 1, h
rme daly, in his tm d, .,
m enes, bestowed twotl
- anstd ie w as s e m steamor l
etsegh av er. ways;Ip ii
Olller asha a* nd e
. Hl r ~te eet me' ra
I 'I. . .,.
Then there is the bride's ders. Five
to a hundred pounds, and even more,
is spent on a white robe, which is never
'ltewanrds worn.' the-poorer the "high
contractig partiee" are, the more laugh.
ably silly does the custom seem.
Here and there a sensible girl is mar
ried ina sesible gown, the name as that
in which the newly-marr.ed wife will
iPvitmassinacIrs, li4 , ino the
tenderaceaes of the honeymoon.
s s mon as
t the folly which so amusingly ap
p .to spmd the first few hours of ,
'w d i fid e does not end in E and
with a lavish outlay at the weddin
which mar
riages are solemnised might be very
Ytg booalteasd s, lte hpaq
be weddeday
Iaz
rwbo
irles, mat pedoue eosaent to the cere
f the young people belong the arti- t
aM ases, I aya . n ti dlln sre
--#q.'_  --* not 4,
able, forrus reasons, oget  uarried
in the week-day, bease. theymcnnolt
away from their work.
o situated like this
fore, rt to rise eml on y,
to get the.ordeal r b the hour t
appointed for the eulebr~iion of divine
' L sng'back to the money foolishl
t it weddings, ashould be mentione
e oqsetof the oewopu vehiles whirb
Itsi shienble totmiw a mesns of
eon ae to androm the church, or
One: half of these
dh! e W"e i th, thouh, p
r al the brides would o
m. tSýl,_ s event of a s
l,_el of part of i ro
Aý ' ebeasr murser ýmsse. t
A corrmomderntfms the Albany N. Y. r
Journal commanmafe the blowing des- s
qiption of a Virginia watering-place-
Rock Eoaea pril :
I once had the misfortune of tenmpora
ry sojourn at this hesort. The precipices p
and the people were alike extraordinary.
The latter were composed of invalids
who gasd every hae acqpaintance
as the akjpily physician and offered grat
nitous diLiioses of their bwn cases-a
forlorn and endless racy etweoen who
owntl a proprietary interest in the child- I
ten of Belial who devastated the l
premises, and a whole batt*n of min- f
isters laid up for repairs by their gener
om psualbones. The disipaelons were
all about as mild as New England tea- _
drinking, crocheting and croqueting di- o
as et sthe o st tbmptation to linger
nd bid a coy goodight to the stars. o
And so, bhaving an unwelcome amountof *
time on myhands. I fled to the moan- ii
tah~.  myself one bowlder, tl
sandbmi my ~ colummn _against a
another, eommned several hours in a
hic deleatios n of nmy rroundings. l
s toarble command of three lam- a
guag I, am wholyinladlnate to depict E
the rdlt of my diselosmres. Who be.
teayed me into the hands of the Peils. a
tines I know not, but that I was betray- b
ed you would never have doubted could t
you have se me b eeding with more
wounds than ever (mear's body bore,
ad' may wel-drapM gown with more
reats th the .ie asae  ould have P
made siu e-Jnded and slone from that I
time to th'T tl'bad made obeiseance
to the eversin t lh my devet- "
ion the aut m, d to the morl i
and'exchaiiged 'inplinents with the t'
ernatnlettaorais seemsd to be no t
e __t ti l
"Ye, amodlrAtelwPj aaili . Fea c ob
.t -l-,o ne m n the wood
i"_lftmelq awasm toa
do yf Aesd them in ahed drammer. a
don't -s toaIm into the pound
yen pened aqinte LsekpathL my?" q
eaa, the t New hosk , ba* "ih
a fashionable restaurant, he compels the
sherifi to go along. No prisoner has a
right to impose on a sberiffto that ex
tent. The sheriff should be allowel by
law to substitute a deputy when a pris
oner insists on having company in his
solitude at a fashionable restaurant, or
while being whirled through Central
Park behind a fast team.
Ward, however, is a peculiar prisoner
in many other respects. His hilarity
arely desers him, although the more
.he talks the ,pr he ff iin. He isthe
a in a Pre td` rir wdl
n, a pppare ntly to negl of the me,'
aalt . _tIng of his olnsoan, who went
from bad to worse 'until he Iadbed ir
W il Street. When old man Ward e~t
ed on the Grnat family betbr the -firm
was established, he slkilto the Genesl,
in parting: , ,
o W on  OU ust e
2n t ' -i' lb At le it tre/" '
ntnhch file mransm in' the bWghW
ti Ltiqemt swede.' Os Sundhybuts
lrr lardy' ' hear in Balow e al
mated thatbi care of muMt dinos
oID3. t conGsds, kotaained as Mr.:
fifeie o Gen. Grant's nmune, spre
vented Mr. el from payina proper at
tention of is conscience. When not en
gaged in glii the Sheriff a little fresh
air is Wtylish turnont, be is pwsibly en
pgrd In rbeivflg spirital advice of simi
e ýhstatertothe~tbtuctioes given Mr.
En, by his spiritnal adviser, the Right
ered'ather Ducey. There is not.
nmore commedsable in a clergyman
than visiting and consoling those who
like St. Paul, arein bends. As a general
thing, however, the thieves in jail are
not disuhbed much by the pastoral
calls, unleas the thief has salted down
enough money to make it an object. The
presumption is that when Jay Gould is
locked up, the jail will bd bsieged by
archbishops. It always pays to be a big
isappropriator. Heaven itself seems
g emile on the wholesle malefactor.
STORIES 0g FISH AND FIS1INS.
Fish "Commibmoner Blackford says
that ofitbe 1,500,000 mackerel brought to
market this season two-thirds were only
a lby months old.
A party of men digging in the bed of
a dry pond near Americas, Ga, found a
live alligator at the depth of seven feet.
It was eight feet long and was in a tor
pid condition.
After a heavy rain storm recently the
people of Pawtucket were puzzled at
finding in a street puddle more Wan 100
little eels. all alive, and from one to
three inches in length.
The nearest salt water to Floresville,
Texas, is 100 miles away, yet Robert
eLacey says that after the bail storm ot
last Monday he picked up a genuine red
sh, yet alive, which weighed ten.
poumds.
Sprats are so numerous in Scottish
waters this season that millions of them
have been sold for manure. Sixty tons
ofsprats were recently caught in the
alver Tay. They avenged 72,000 fish
to the ton.
Twenty-eight years ago Henry Clark
of Hankinsville, (i., put a catish in his
well, and it has grown from two inches
in length to sixteen. Every year when
the well is cleaned the fish is carefully
caught, and replaced after the cleaning.
The largest bhas ever caught in the
Hudson between New York and Albany.
was taken by Richard Ward of New
Haburg on Thursdy. It weinhed
eight-fou pounds Between Milton.
and Low Point many fine bass have
been taken this season, weighing from
twenty to twenty-six pounds.
While fy fishing for salmon in a smll
river in Devonshire an English angler
played a fih down the river, which is
very nrrow. On bringing the hook "
ithin reach of the gaffa pke and msI
mon were found side by side. The
pike weighed six poundsand the salmon
twenty-one. In rushing down the river
the line had passed under the gills of
the pike and made him an unwilling
-Ulower of the mre active salmon. _
h 1the manag4 to litrin IhM
.Qebile hb d "rentda lr '.
i ·eattly, (the. gs.side ease, as
Mgheh*4, cm4,the kepy
shutters of tlje bu144ag, end
idome follow~, went up stai. al
"You 5ll*Y, mid Iosas the eld.
"tast ibja I. men s hee
W oy areative ori dae
eyqse theo r time as y s asw U,
a- in the windows. Thc oung te
it hey wishito make the ___l__ 1
S the y man is pleasing ts bar.
T-ae leve, th rwidow, he ay know u
his smit is rected. We were anot mo
meet too aon. "
Amaaed atthis. I p l thejarI with
quskios I oand eut thelra th would
net go out odoals except in see eve-1
_ing with a toothim eld wseo named
Coepti, or with their father or
-e store, they must talso the l;I
wench In theinr mnis, ad wait In the -
Sabicde while the erka brspgt the "
Souto thesarb-stms m display-.
Ssthem Idom at the m i otim o ati
heha. It al ne in hl.sumo
r aluone andor on Mate the act
.14 be m r , sard he midht
tk dvanth g. etM. No y mlady
couldwith any sfty, ei aosh mir
evnsooutd a ditaneei ea*r say im-.
mme dx- **
.A mae weebjy takits shewr is aup
lash a*e ne the shain-Usius 1
'ro~be` aimaad. d bdm-p
W ho wouldn't kiss
Ht, couldy e'erresist ber?
If she sbiw be
Some other fellow's sister?
I'm sure that you
Would be o-too
Ut-ter-ly glad too It,
But have a eare
No brother's there.
Or you will senis ree It!
Yor oA t#aM s mu,
Go. do your o' g.
arn .a tasieegar cemater Madie ss
a".. 1 be bl.
:"You know that Sheriddan and in
coin passed ts e city st short time
ago, going weAst shing excurion,
dont' yea? Well," sM te . Pttabrg
Dispatch's informant, "when Phil and
Bob struck PittDburg they boarded the
limited ea the Fort wayne, bound for
the West. 'Nothing happened until the
conductor cane around. Shortly after
entering, the ticket-puncher reached the
quarter of the two traveles and polite
ly aeecoted them with: 'Tickets, please.'
The little bullet-headed, red-faced gen
tlemani, wd sadeiiel to be Mlter 3f cer
emonies, produced his wallet, and hand
ed the conductor an envelope. The con
ductor glanced at the paper he found in
side, and quietly remarked:
"'No luases are taken on this train.'
"'The passes are regular. They are
signed by the president,' replied the lit
tle fellow, growing redder in the fate.
"'I have my orders, and Iam compell
ed to obey them,' calmly replied the
conductor.
"'Perham you don't knew who I am.
I'm Gen. Sheridan'
"'Well, Gen. Sheridan, I must obey
orders. You and your friend must pay
your fare before we reach Rochester, or
I will be compelled.to stop the train and
put you off there.'
"By this time the passengers within
earshot of the trio had become interest
ed, and the word panssed until all knew
that the bearers of the pass were none
other than Getr. Sheridan and Secretary
of War Lincoln. The conductor passed
on through the car and the distinguich
ed dead-heads probably thought every
thing was settled. But for once in his
life Little Phil met s man as stubborn as
he is. In a short O ne the train slacken
ed, and before it came to a dead stop the
conductor re-entered the car, walked up
to Gen. Sheridan, gently tapped him on
the shoulder, and said:
"'Well general, we are at Rochester I'
"Sherdan was taken back, and Lin
col, looked annoyed. The general tried
to argue the case with the conductor,
but that official cut him short with the
curt statenhent:
"'We have no time for aument, gen
eral ;this train is compelled to be on
time. Please pay your fare or leave the
car.'
"By this time Sheridan's face was
crimsoned. He muattered something,
but finally produced his wallet and paid
the fare. After settling he asked the
conductor for his name. The ticket
puncher complied with the request, and
watched the angered warrior make the I
memorandum.
"'I'l report the matter to the prel
dent, sir.'
e'Very well, general,' replied the train
plot, as he gave the signal to go ahead I
and resumned the duties of his office."
"Did Sheridan report the affair? ask
ed the companion of the narrator of the
above incident.
. "Yes, indeed. A few days ago he re- t
ceived a letter fkom President Roberts, I
who returned the money and probably
apologised for the conduetor'a rudenaess.
"And what beame of the conductor?"'
"Oh, he's all right. He'll probably be
promoted."
..he dhave liWek s dwith -se
always that up mgamn theinslve'
a er*lQI spas hoi 4 m qvh a
instaegisers, sbei.i sutedp ies 41
dashes up d tt~,o y e her u. .
ishi arss, aus herpfore .hips c $Ae
rtb. ,*t*1bciqA.th h. te, h ISio
If hee mote ,h e Mbo, which t'he I a
stoles the? d~s'i jysbin a ratv int l t
days hesh irvshb, a priest of the trie,
toelstieb nad the daseof the asg '_
girl, ad beth tribes Jon in the merri
ment. All the bravst men sbtl. their l
wives, buthereM ameome who do se.[
Theirmbeodisa lile diferent. Ofa a
glm, moonlight aight--ead amasulight a
la the t~aesIs far more beautiful than '
here-yemay aseen Arab altUb be
fre the tentofhl rhiHsnm p/ls  a
srinaged iastrument smthin like our
sae the met amuical people in the I
Th n talk poetry, and exstm- i
periastion is asay with them as iti
was with the Bmlds of old. o
Thecourtship only lasts a week or B
two. Ifthe ias obstiaste he ne i
serwha~ ~i sksL to wria aother gi
bghis s1Iad music. aoealmsthe b
hba nup the match, but always
the is the o et rde.t Her re
lo, hpeopek, ber intncts,a
te traditions of her amrelsrs, all teach
bl to be the dsave o her lm d. The  l
power etis ad death n his hands, i,
and ah bos bde his mpin sthe
theamt im et obAdakaes Ithie l
- .with his maThey aasOes a
aeigtoa ~m a sonl, tr hey
leaves her bgmls e the tas h- I
ras. ad alk ea M
amlosP det rae m ehat pesdas
civilized life. Indeed, it is the rarest
thing in the world to hear of conjugal in
fidelity. The women mature at eleven
and twelve, and are old at thirty-five.
When young they are very beautiful.
They have soft, dark skin, black, flow
ing hair, and soft, languishing eyes.
They are passionate in their loves, but
after marriage all their affection is cen
tered in their husband. If a woman is
found to be untrue to her husband, she
is instantly killed together with her
lover. But this seldom happens. Sev
enr Europeans with the expedition of
which I was a member-g into trouble
on account of naJtMil nmd had to be
sent back home to save them from the
fury of outrgedahbantn.:They are
not given tojetloos and though orp
man may be the hue6snd orhalf A ddi
en wives, they seem to live together is
perfect unlýt . ý,
*emessebs Eaw uI pwp Dme
Boston Journal,
Dizzibody camse home to his bosrdii
house the other night, in an unusually
tangled edsdltion-even for him. He
managed to )et himself into the
and gotto the top of the senad lhiht
of stairs when, whether fromu.siing the
flights double as well as other tbints, or
not thought he had reached his own
landing. He therefore opened the first
door he came to-it happened to be that
of the 'ath-room--and'takfng e his
oost, lay down in the tub in almost full
panoply. His repose was restless, how
ever, and his boots, rattling against the
mental lining of the tub, soon awoke
everybody in the house. Among those
who came to see what was the matter,
was the landlady, who gased at the re
cumbent Dizzibody with great disgust.
"Get up," said this worthy lady, "and
go to your room, you drunken brute!"
"Thish my room," said Dizzibody, with
a placid smile.
"Tisn't, either," retorted the landlady.
"Tell you 'tis" insisted the culprit as
he rattled his boot-heels on the zinc be
tom.
"Guesh I know m' own bed! I'd be
funny, wouldn't 1, 'f I didn't know" m'
own mattreesh," and he shook his head
wisely.
And so they were constrained to leave
him there; but in the morning, as above
recited, he was sent about his business.
The landlady might have forgiven his
intoxication, but the slur on her mat
tresses drove the iron too deeply into
her soul for the salve of pardon to heal
the smart_
Women's feet.
The fashionable foot of woman has
undergone asudden and radical change.
Only a few months ago it was wholly
artificial in shape and a unnatural in
sizeas squeezing could makeit. The
toes were brought to a sharp point and
the apparent heel was directly under
the instep, while the real one projected
behind the high support. You are fa
miliar enough with that kind of pedal
distortion, because it was for several
years in fashion and a majority of finely
dressed women submitted to its tortutes.
It did not permit of natural walking, but
gave rise of necessity, to that mincing
gait which we have almost come to re
gard as characteristic of femininity.
But at the point where further remodel
ing of the foot would, have nearly ap
proached the Chinese kind ofdisligura
tion there came a reaction, and the foot
of the New York belle to-day is set flatly
and squarely on the ground.
The reformation has been produced
by the vogue into which athletic sports
have come with the ordinarily all-too
gentle sex. Pedestrianism has struck
popularity with our city young women,
and lazy ease is for the time in disfavor.
Exercise afoot was found to be hardly a
diversion in a high-heeled and narrow
toed shoe, and, therefore , change was
wroughtin a few weeks which physicians
at d e rtormers could net have" fl
Ac oiihirnw r hs bsheel m eah. An
Ae aAg4 andh yt d io
-e hstSkn h em is hp atdt.
dmed stuff long in ase, but ofrhob n
-see ~hatPn,, buFot h~e exlimed re l
ae phoe, ungde of real orimitatienY (oo :
dilee sktih, reddish yellowin color andr
ma-ing the earerlook as thoea sheI
wq· her way tea beas ebll reod. An
,tiIkiLend, rapurous on the sabjet,
declrd thabt en erao natuos had
aismwoed be t!e mt happt c tmin
mut on the part of oar aiionable
"Sethatfont?" he exclaimed, referring
no one that mam rding fom under
h iamobifdlitct withe arin which
we were riding "It ua'texpressionless
lkesbunehoel bones, sinews and skin, I
.ltheverBltof fit long ago
itiitissatthe foot ofa Chinese lady, t
OIr of a mummy dried a thomand yem;;
dei ornt, ji theotS that oUgt to
se on a pretty and Hlive'y girl."
A sdneptible reporter thus deseribes
he bleBl o~a ball he reently attended I
a Vnailai, Compleioan, ueither blonde I
ar brnette, hoverig between the 4
lawn and mnrig ofa ummer" morning;
sree, beside whose arrows Cupid's been
et dartsa e only t tor kilHng froP or y
ms-eyes that drive the very stars of
swm diLaded with envy. Lbashe
mee gloriosly silks. tanm ever ~iaged t
-e lidro Oriaental houri. Hair inj
rich 10,0l00 mbem nmLed, darkly
bright, ne as gomr thresa, but
beug a natwek which mres of me
edine atrsle bawebundpwurihl as
~e r--m wihi that boema Ilish'la
empn. Matchsess in p . Marvel
ously gifted in woman's grand endow
ment-tongue. Tones soft as the softest
warbling of a flute on tropic seas at twi
light. A polar star in every throng to
ward whom all masculine compase I
point with constsnt finger. A magnet
strong enough to turn a whole battalion
topsy-turvy and bring the planet rush
ing from their far-off spheres. Lovelier =
more enchanting creatures never flittd
through the paradise of rEst pd t
dream. Describe her? Were my pen a
quil fro the pj? iouo othq 19iest s er
aph that tarns in gletlmihg glory. amd
dipped in the mfulgt adisnes of the
rainbow's fo ujgin, it .ould e imasi-n
trKos ipictls, wt fain at
ed to .to depict her tar- s
A sa FrPaasao oms.
Argonaut.
A .group of Raymond Excursionists
were sitting in the reception-room of d
the Palace Hotel last Sunday. ' The "ex- s
cauPsi ist ii'not aS an - desul
tooking bird. Itabs esad-.
l; ad ischieyomeude its
coupons tally. But on Supday'the-Ray- t
mend excursionist is as about asjolly ,s "
a moldy tombstone in a dismantled cem- I
etpry. ft eudes the dismal from every c
port, and calls on heaven to approve its
gloom. .
A young lady who was not a tourist,
but who was waiting for some one,sought J
to shake off the spell, and apptached
the piano. A grenadier of a woman, c
vast in circumference and portentous of
aspect, sat near the piano and essayed I
to warn off the musical intruder. But e
what can ward off a young lady who C
plays without being asked? The young
girl smiled and touched (he keys with
a chord or two. The old woman sniffed
and consulted semall dark object at her
side. It looked like a valise, lbt it l
turned outto be a bent, henpecked lit- 1
tle old man. He washer husband, and
had evidently filled that office for some
time. Poor old fellow! He showed every a
year of his slavery, sand she every year a
of her bet a
The little old man timidly ventered tl
a suggestion which met with the favor Il
of the grenadier. They consulted their
little book, found no coupon to tear off e
forthe musical treat, and proceeded t1, a
beam ecstatically. It was to be a free
treat-perhaps a little bout at congrega
tion al singing. The old lady got her n
vocal chords in order, and assumed an
attitude of expectancy. The little old
man get behind her sleeve and made
bimpelf also ready. With this, the young d
lady dashed off the prelude to a opular n
song, but she never reached the end.
The grenadier rose :warthfully, and a
Greek fire burned behind her spectacles. p
She withered the girl with a glanc grab
bed her lord as if he were a grip-sack, d
and rushed to the door. There she
paused and said, loudly and explicitly, b
to him:
"Ears,this is the hely Sabath Day.
We had ought to be readin' our Bibles,
and I felt it in my bones that that gal e
was going to play tunes. I can't stand
none o' that, even in lCaliforny." d
Tned the Tables.
nBlooinaton Through Mail. i
There is a man in Bloomington, who sa
has an apologetic little laugh, which he e
works off on various occasions, when i
something else would be more appropri- i
ate. There is also a very smart youth, o
who parts his hair in the middle, looks ]
hollow-eyed and pimply, has a girlish O
voice and tends a soda fountain. The
man is very tender on the subject of
laughing, and the smart youth is as ia- ai
pudent as they are generally made. f
The other day, the gentleman stepped a
to the wind dispenasry, and called forr a d
glass of go-up-the-nsgO, anoosalpi*h d
his reques wi ait Mt l 1av I s
tenee.
snmart Alexander. . .:
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It eM 1,8 eau , tab ml
i "Wellt l , ge dsys as ayotng msa hio
mOet raesluea tap; b"Jlea, mistitrn
co:'taou lend l e aId e then ive re t
nen aay aid ecthebny to thive ft td
over. o h
A Cx Paver,. me
hi'bcage HeraMi. Si
" Pl ir," alid a manoatte the ation
aho ws & irmnrbuelawho leek
ed more like a tramp; "please, mister, th
wom'tyoulend mea dime? I live out bl
in the country apiece, and will give it to
rouwhen I come in again. Ye see, I
ecome to town to py m taxes, and
I fnd myselfjust ten cemtsshort. My
brother owns a farem just at the edge of
town, but I halant got time to run over
thereot se my train goas. Give me a.
dime and I'll bring you in the bigust
watermelon grown on my farwhen th
Te ta.tion ti listened to the old
rhap's request, ad fnally paseed over
the dime. But he didn't seem sasisied. F
lie kep watch of the farmer, who hd "
orted o briskly towaud the Cout
lioaue. The station aget watched him.
ie lipped into a asoo The
tekly lollowed. The farmer was just
hpindhs month. ab
"Here, you," cried dgnant agenti ,
"I thought you wanted that dime topay
four taxes." "That's what I did, re.
plied the tromp; "juiotpi the ht in
allmnt. Bln payin' all my taxes thai
way fora many good'~) ears, I wonder whatM
the country is comin' to--it keeps me
poorto pay my taxes. Will you--"
But the station agent had gone e.
1t
'Two men went to a Hastton, Ps.. d
p-i--ti odeetothradihthe editor.. At a
_ aounts they were deg as weln is d
eaoid be epectd, ooAnu the ouvr- s
cewded dlm.1 d the heqital. .
FASHION NOTES.
Lace overgarments, lace dresses, and
lace conitctilons of all kinds are trinmned
with knots, flots, bows, lco)ps. ani cas
cades of satin velvet r bbon.
India silks and turahs should not he
made-p witr-plee- skirts, the full
puffed ant j prfferable
Bostle'are thes bohecof the bette
half of haum t ptU e this unmmner, the
sure meth odf k hig 'tliEX in pfice
nok havrng being dascovetp.t.
The sy'le ofputting a casing as the
b.,tom of t puffed Brah or veiliaev.
skirt, and running a rope therein, is as
pular a it is pretty, sen")it, and eft
ive.
Thb most elegant of all luxurious
detai-toilet cotumes for staurer is of
pale puff pongee, embroidered in tipures,
dts, or sprays in the same color with
silk.
The stamine canvas of Paris and 'Lon
don is kow'wlmJaer a Bisos dt*ns, and
it is alet as much in deaad, for sea
side and mountain wear here. y over
!'Poplin is aglmin in favor, Wkltb 'qi,
Dususeau having made many lmndsosbe
cttumes of this fabric, which is low
ht out in a lighter and more dra
pable form than formerly.
'Pale gray glace mohair askes ai rely
June walking suit.. It *ay be trimmed
with gray blue, or black velveteen, and
worn either for walking, driving, at
church, or for calling.
Watered silk has not gone out ofvogue'
by any meansr though usedmnly inmod
erations as linings, parements, revers,
cuffs, and collars of monlat, light cash
mere, and light all wool saits. -
Wall-pockets of fine colored dilkaI iand
colored paper and covered tastefully
with puflnlgs of Oriental laise and made
more ornate with ruffles of lace and
116ots of ribbon an.4_.Qraya of artificial
flowers.
8panse, Oriental, reach, Eagli h,
and Irish laces in old and new designs
and stitches are used to excess, Cot oply
as trimmings and finishings, but at bn
tire, over garments and costumes for
ladics, misses, and children.
Even very small girls are given dress
es almost covered with lace trirmings
and accessories, including the full gath
ered Moliere waistcoat front of mase,
not to speak of collars, cuffs, wrist ruf
fles, and full flounces of wide lane edg
ing.
The preferred style 'for 'white lain
dresses is a round skirt with taks and
no overskirt, a tucked blouse or full
Mother Hubbard waist belted and a *ig
bow with ends in the back for csph dra
pery.. Thiat style is pretty and iopular
for all kinds ef-plaim~olred wash-goods
dreses
Brocaded velvet gause grenadine,
brocaded and embroided China silk, and
brocaded crapes in the full evening tints
rosee, blue, lilac, cream, and chalk white
are elaborately trin med with white Val
enciennesn and Malines laces, and worn
at June day weddings, receptions, and
dinners.
The Paris correspoandent of Harper's
Buaar sums up the bewildering varieties
in fashions this season thus: "The diver
sity of fabrics, shapes of corsages, dress
es, wrappings, and bonnets appalls ob
servation and defies description." This
is as true in America as in France. It
is indeed difficult to And the hlmitatil0s
of the mystery called fashion this'man
met and define what are the etlines
of its forms.
Black L ee, black uxah, and black
Indian dlks are trimmed to excas with
wide pleatings add athre flounces
and ills of chalk-wb. Valeaied es
fiches, berth.. or barbel, or somaeties
a full gathered waistcoat of pleo i Val
enciennes oraire, wad sw medtW.adt
r ta.i 44y
alot of cheap soap and cut itup .,e
small pic - r ji perFm
6 s ta& e6 t# ha
ppears tod wbham el imad for it, but
be puie l t hIm
-oap he can sell in a ay, oshok
sellmor oe sain ten a w e th. -Ahe
proprieator of the sand cand half
a hour. The bet is gsnerall aa ite a
crowd eomas to his mppwt and he rap.
idly sells out his share te smap, and
bnaiy d~a of the freater at othe
hat thoe fellows are onaderates aud are
playing into each other's lands. Two
od operators an mske tremendous
rb ab skio this pm, and thiy
Saw assepeasS m ua Ta1em.
Chisase Nhri.s.
"bout ninety deathe taking place either
m the stage or immediately behind.
l. modes of death are vado es Cold
teel-4be daer oarthesword--.ceomte
In about twoe-thirds ofthe whle;,tiplve
person die from old ae or decay; seve
are beheaded; five die by poison, includ
ioa the elder Hamlet, whose symeom
are so mta de rseribed by the hot;
wo of d , unles, indeed, es
demona makes a third; two by strngling;
one from a fall; one is drowned; three
dm ,bv snade bite, and one, Homer, the
armorer, ls thumped to death nitl a
sand-bag.
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