SMADISON TIMES.
D DEoVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH!!
-iV.--NO. 50. TALLULAH, MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 188. TERMS---!.O0 PE YEAR.
4House Hunting. " m
there ac
tol' 1 iay, blf crying. "I really are n t
Btmah longer. We shall have to range"
chebae." "I en
ia ie months," says Jack. "I lg.
dIJm It it we seemed to better our- whlch
I ea't wee that we do. It our "Ap
Sdirty, the parlor is If the hot wa
are not noisy, there i suare to laughln
east door, or a vocalist or Prench I ,
$ street, or a church bell around "Oh,
r something equally objectiona- excelle
re it ls elean and quiet, we are a range
What do ou say to a fatg 'I 4
lat I cry in borror."I saw old w
at at Aunt Mary's. She had a "But
lar which went-well, all day and trimp
; sad the gentleman above her faucet
of comtig home in the small "Did
a double shuffle ia his 'No
ajable with servants. ad and
lestor gets stouck, and the da- hot wi
SO Jek, not a flt. whatever we have b
nver, swr ead come down one of put n.
-- e eseapes on a dark night" water,
e what would you think of a beside
h country" says Jack. Jack '
ase is the eountryL" I cry. "But do "I
mesas tl Could we afford it, Jaekl" thoug
think we might," says Jack, pon- memt
" My salary is to be saised next thoUn
tabe It for all In all·, I doa't be- .4
a small house in a colntry town pig
amh more than our board sad not go
is the city. Only we can't go for every
know, little woman. A small .."c
em servant. Do you thinak you ,ays J
It Inevi
I Oh, Jack L I cried. "It would Thing
To go out of this hot, dirty city them
did hate ad to have a Ittle so the
Is ourselves, where I can potter rp to
sah as I like, sad perhaps a Sower rt r
al bttle bt of a one, Jack. Obl" G,&
atsresth, unable to express the rap becon
g my soul at the idea all th,
obs at me, half laughlng, half sad is go
lrl "Why, Ethel, I had no be i
M kta that about it," he says kind- medil
Sd yes newe tell me that you hate We s
smeah' wonl
ag Ir I say. "I thought you etabl
-a e, .--emd-I don't hate th beds
*I love you, Jack. But you larks
emaisy together!" And again I ..y
al dy heads In speechless and
"Yo
t idseathata od· e brght day, Jk, "ag
"-_L sl s s of absence from the
dest $ tether on a house-buntlng hard
.1 has takes as long to dle e yet
em abode, but we have at length 4
s m town of Mtedsield as the vry Jack
t Is esalthy, it is pretty, the are
d itms nae enough to the
Jack to go in and out every day. just
sa red, ad, of eourse, provided cola
asaJtable house, Medeld seems
plas for us. Jack has provided re
s Of houeses brm several red
we charter a back at the station
"pM or expleration. l a
Owes hew ssate appear to h sort
dsa. Jack has carefully th
tiat we want; a small longs with you
rent not to exced a a
iiest sum. The frst house be
ear hack pauses is a very elabor
stnding la rather extensive are
Sba conservatorles, bay windows, The
Smaner of San ful dees-call
hou
SI whispered. "hbowever low the ,h
, tis will never do for us We
s as *lsely lost nt as two mice e
twc
-a, "Yeu need not trouble our- ant
- w ygd e says. "We will take the and
W list. The agent has evl- 6
a S msta ru." say
s a small, ptlala four-square house,a
" Ha more promin auntil we dIscover eke
agnsn maman Improement
rangerP las, timidly.
as iapsnestas" answered the Do
t17. Ia
" I gas "Is a rage 'a modern
I" meer knew that before." J
beth Jack and the tenant laugh,
ps aptly leave. ho
et house has no closet; the one after Ia
a ellar kitchen far below the level
m5et, damp and musty for want of at
Air. Bc
never eat anything that came out ai
"I cryagesat kil
s ' nlgoro a nd no hone ron
ben found yet a
q what, little womas," rsays I
o shall never get on at tble rats.
we separate. There are two lists
I l tle one, and you the other. Then a
amp a te hoelet e oedeleck and
MI-s over our lunch, How will that t
t verywel,I thi;sk; so •aeed
- emI ed, ad Jack nadI startmoor
s a mse dwellng upon all my sadbp
Sbut atles, at last I foead the b t
whibeh I have een la my dreesa m
envealeat; It 1I, I am convlseed,
place for aus Time ut up as I
door, ad I drive to bhe meeatine j
a heart swelllg with satisfataon. .*
ry deeiod ehope la my liad thatJack k
equslly fortanate; not that I be- T
he ay eacess, hut this boue salts a
ttla I em qutte sure no otherb esa t
and the comparion nad disseon a
the two would be only so mueh time o
yf heart dakb at the sILhtof Jack's c
tees as he coms forward to help ma a
ad I am quites prepared for his brt
Sfoand the very pile to suit isI
have I," I ay faintll ; bt Jack does a
to ear me.I
eeh a home as we deelded upo;
al compt, yet with plety ot ro
st - as wdll n me" I ly.
a tkr oe d bedromes on the
Ip ws," ep IJek. "and aother
heides' , whdch weald mes a
Gm me."
I tI s tor a aterewna," Isay,
in ony Ave in utes walk from the
a egs Jack; "jest a eonvenient
n -m disteaes from the station, I
"I say; ."bt the Lety who live
es thatI hera g Iadoat
Ad sb Jsack, t tl qots I the
-The street Is heavLy ded with
Sthere me no homes oppaste-n
uo a lal ble with agrove en
M a he s nd i brQ h ousesi
$magp - es with atre
,s as Jack. "9 lashed oat for
*S ah Owg. we pear wen isasse
miWrc
·4 '~~
saervant spend all her time making up open bered
fIre every day! Now mine has furnace-a . autir e
most excellent furnace. The lady who lives meet o0
there now says she has never needed an extra rambles
ftre in the house. I suppose your house has a stone b
ranger" each in
"I suppose so. Pm sure I never thought of of the
asking. But I know it has a large piazza, which I
which will be delightful in Summer." for whi
"A piazza won't cook our dinner nor send The
bot water up to the bathroom," I say, half looks a
laughlng, sad more than half Inclined to cry. "an'
"I suppose there is a bathrooml" ask, si
"Oh, yes," says Jaek, brightening up-"an with t
excellent bathroon; so of course there must be finish t
a range." tier," I
'It doesn't follow," I said gloomingl. effect
"Bome of the bathrooms I have seen had only sigh.
cold water." "Grs
"But there are two faucets," says Jack, good o
triumphantly. "I particularly noticed the very pi
faucets." you us
"Did you tara them or ask about them " colors,
.'No; bat-" We ,
"'heA hew do you kno' that one was for Iierso
bot water I" I asked, sardonically. It may ingly.
have been put there in case a range is ever "To
pat in. Now my bathroom has hot and cold says,
water, and a beautiful large closet for linen see wl
besides. How are the closets in your house, "Ye
Jack t" wante
"I don't know," says Jack, frowning, furthe
thoughtfully. Somehow I can't seem to re- thatJ
' member any. It has beautitut mantel-pieces, parlor
t though." "Is
"We can't keep our clothes in mantel- bay w
Spiees, nor on them, either," I said. "I'm And t
not going to live in a house without closets in ner."
every room." "Al
"U Most likely mine has plenty of closets," not b
Ssays Jack; "only 1 can't remember. Besides, him.
I never did see much good In closets, anyway. "Ti
Things are always getting tucked away in gay, e
ly them and lost. Then you have to buy more, "Bi
Sso that it is a great saving not to have them. says,
r Pll tell you what my house has, though-a pose.
r arst rate vegetable garden." like.'
1" "Who cares for a vegetable garden I" I cry, "T
becoming a little exasperated. "We ean buy ated
all the vegetables we want, and, besides, who "T
Is going to take care of it, if you are going to waite
' be In town al day I don't suppose you pose,
meditate silttlngup at nights to dig and weed. "T
to We shoul have to hie to hire a man, and his wages kitc
would come to more than the price of the veg- '
on etableas. Now my house has beautiful flower Jack
be beds in front, and flowers that stay, roses and Well
Slarkspur and day lilies and such." I thi
I "Mine hsa grape vines and currant bushes it."
and two pear trees," says Jack, triumphantly. "C
"You know you like pears, little woman." Jack
'*Some kinds," I say, dubiously. "I know nicel
be yours are the tough, bitter kind, full of little the
g hard knots. The trees are only in blossom .1
yet, so you couldn't telL" den
"Neither could you for that matter," says Pier
Jack. "I might as well say that all your roses beds
e are wormy, and I dare say they are." "
he "Nosense" I say, peevishly. "You're cry.
Y just determined not to like my bouse. What likel
led color is yoursa" Bi
S "Color" says Jack, looking puzzled. "Well, LI a
reall,-oh, brown, I think; yes, brown, with me
red blinds." saul
on "Red blinds I" I cry, n horror. "Oh Jack! I an
I never could stand red blinds, never in the one
a arrld. They're bet, ad they're dreadful for
lly the eyes, and they're just horrid. How could say
It you pick out a house with red blinds, unless it not
Swas just to spiteme" tell
b "Well, well," said Jack; "a pot of paint ope
at would soon remedy that. Besides, my blinds del
lu are not the sort of red you're thinking of. bur
,4 They're so dark that-maybe you would not san
e- call them red, after alL What color is your list
hose" I
We Gray," I say-"a very dark gra), with dos
e brown blinds just pinked out with red. Not hot
enough to hurt, you know, only just a line or Th
two. And, oh, Jack! the parlor is so pleas- Un
ar anti It has a bay window and two others, up
the and I can make it just lovely." pa
cvi- "My bouse has a beautiful dining-room," ho
says Jack, "large and light and looking to the I
Ssoueth. A dining-room ought to be the most
over cheerful room in the house." lot
"And where is the kitchen r" I ask. he
Jack looks blank. "Really, I don't know.
th Downstairs I think. But it is a good kitchen. l
I asked particularly."
n "Is there a dumb waiter?" I ask, sad again fa
r" Jack looks puzzled. an
ugh "I don't know," he says, slowly. "Do wv
bhouses generally have dunmb waiters in the th
e countryl" be
level "Jackr' I exclaim, Indignantly. "Of course Ia
t of they do, when there is a downstairs kitchen.
Bow could one servant spend her time in ear- at
out rying the meals up and downi Now my
kitchben is on the same foor with the dining- at
ouse room, but separated from It by a ahort pats fo
age, so that the smell of a oking cannot reach yc
rS Thlbe mell eof cooking can't well come into H
lists the dinig-room from a downstairs kitchen," hi
Then says Jack. ol
ad "Yes, it can," I say; "ap the dumb waiter.
I tha It will always be Jaust full of it." I
"Bmt you don't hknow that there is a dumb o
emnd walter," says Jack, Ilagbing. I
a urhen that's worse," I cr. "But I see just
wha iitis. You've made up your mind that tl
dlap we aeM to go and live in your house, whether t
Ste it suite or not, and you don't care a bit that
* minle is ever so much better ln every way,
ad, asml-"
P I "Why EtheL Ethel, what ails youp erales
etlaw Jack, looking at me in simple amasement
sto. I am quite ureI never said anything of the
SJack ind, sad I never saw you like this before."
Ibe- That is quite true, a I very well know. I
0lt struggle a moment agalinst the coanvictlion;
r can the a sudden ood of remorse rushes over
usion me. I can't weUl burst into tears in a hotel
Stim inlog-room, ad I ight valisantly alarinst the
e' choky feeling is my throat and try to wink
Ip m away the salt drops that rise tom, eyes.
Srst 'Tw r lttle wo.: anil" says Jack, seeing my
eflarte. 'Yo ar just worn out Never
i ot a mi e, d r, I know what it all means. You
are tird and overheated and neIwrus, end I
S oes ghbt anot to have let you do so meh. I have
no doubt at all that your hoae is bettaer than
ipon; mis. Women are always better judges of
r im eo tg thanUu men. The best thing we
sn do i to p sraiht to the agent and take
I a. yer be sa the a g o bhne quietly."
a th bt Jack's ameblity is the lailshing stroke
"Oh, Jeack" I eiy, "I am a mwreth I am
mneb teaghly saamed of myself. I don't be
a ie a I we y houe wll do at all, nd I know that
Feas In jst wha we want. No. What we
sh w will o i to go trlght to your agest ad
t tame yo r hs, I know mine ca't bold a
nth emal. tell"
nt JkL ,We seem to have changed
sides maer sadesly," he says "and net to
tI be much nearer to a settlement. I'll tell you
l what wer' do We have nearly a bhour yd
d ot before th neat a tran pgs. I will tll year
e t m the h kmt to drive n to r house, ad ,
ed with riramithat w wl Cgo oto°l'e. Then
s-nl we san make uP minds, and write to the
o ee sa t f the em we decide upo."
onmal" It will be yor" Ia; but Jack
Sate hh t hris e. . .. . -
ponY 1: w~y bb
bered well. I am careful to pollt out all its
bauties to Jack, the heavy trees which nearly
meet overhead, the saucy little brook which A your
rambles acres the road under the mossy A fp
stone bridge; the pretty cottages standing The
each in its own space of greenery on one side For wt
of the street; the open fields on the other Unti t
which give the impression of air and space, A sum
for which I pine. Witt
The house is reached at last, and Jack And ir
looks up at It without a word. And
"Isn't it a pretty shade of gray, Jack' I y
ask, wistfully. "And those dark shutters,
with their red markings, make such a nle Autun
finish to it. But I know yours is much pret- ToA
tier," I add, with a magnanimity of which the And
effect is, I fear, a little injured by a faint And r
sigh. Perch,
"Gray, is it?' said Jack. "I never was Wint
good on colors, you know, but-well, yes, it's Augd
very pretty. I like the shutters, too. Brown, That
you say they arel I never had any eye for ABut
colors, you know." What
We enter the front door, and the lady, Mr.
Pierson I And her name to be, greets us esm
r "You have came to look at it together," she
says "That is much wiser. One can always
see what the other overlooks." "Pa
"Yes," I say. "I liked it so much that I study,
wanted my husband to see it, too." But what
further I would say is checked by the fact man
that Jack has turned into the open door of the and I
parlor and calls to me. and tl
"Is it not a pretty room, Jack?" I ask. A dinner
bay window and two others, just as I told you. 01
'u And the register is on the floor at this cor
Sner."
"And a grate in case the furnace should "%
not be enough," says Jack, looking about "TI
s, him. on li
"They have never been obliged to use it." I begin
n ray, eagerly.
", "But it ventilates the room, all the same," Y
. says Jack. "The dining-room is back I sup- mi
-a pose. Yes, a ine, light room, just such as I face.
like." she.
, "The kitchen is back of it," I say, "sepa- tion
n ated by a short passage." into
bo "That settles the question of the dumb
to waiter, about which you were anxious, I sup- right
)u pose," says Jack. .0
d. "That was in your house,"l say. 'The sister
es kitchen was doe natairs in that, you know." tiots
- 'Oh-sh, yes, I said so, I believe," says ith
er Jack. "I may have been mistaken, though.
nd Well, little woman, as we both like the house, Al
I think the best thing we can do is to take over
tee It." whet
. "Oh, but we haven't seen your house yet, awai
Jack," I cry, "and I'm sure it is ever so much tenai
ow nicer. The veletable garden, you know, and "\
lie the pear trees and alL" she.
m "Your wife did not see the vegetable gar- the 1
den when she was here before," says Mrs. mig
ye Pierson. "She was satisfied with the fower or s
ae beds."
"Oh, is there a vegetable garden, tool" I L
I'm cry. "Then-But never mind; we are not Hay
tat likely to take the house, so-" I at
But Jack, whose eyes have been twainkling the
el, ia a peculiar way for some time, now surprises the
th me by going off into a roar. Mrs. Pierson pale
laughs, too, as if she has caught the joke; but I "
k! I am simply dazed, and can only look from ples
the one to the other inqulringty. bre
for "I can't-I can't keep it up say longer,"
Eld says Jack, at last. "Ethel, my dear, it was tori
4 it not a deliberate selL How It happened I can't age
tell yet; but this is my house, brown paint,
Lint open gates and all. My dear child, it is too hart
and delightful! Our first quarrel nipped in the eat.
of. bud, our minds moving Instinctively in the
aot same channel, and all that. Let me see your the
For list, tinS
I handed him the list, and running his eve
with down it he says; "Ah, yes, 1 see. 'The Ogilby
Not house,' the same name which Is on my list pl
i or They have given the house to two agents. gor
les. Under the circumstances they ought to tos war
ters up for the commission. Well, Ethel, I sup. the
pose the best thing we can do is to take both frig
.," houses, and be sure of being suited. Really
the it is the best joke I ever heard of." wi
noet Then e goes off into another At of uproar- ope
lons laughter, into which, after a moment's yob
hesitation, I j)o.
sow. "When did you find it out Arst!" I ask at in
he. last. wI
"Not certainly until I saw Mrs. Pierson's wi
gain face," says Jack, regaining his gravity with fat
an effort "We approached it by a different the
"Do way, which threw me off the track. I thought A
the the house looked familiar as we drove up to it, to
but I have seen so many today that I could ho
purse not be quite sure."
hen. `'I thought your house was so near the d
car- station," I hazard. And Jack replies: ba
r m "So it is. Your driver took you by a round
ning- about way, and besides, there is a short cut
a for foot passengers. The best of all this 14is,
ach you know. tha t it nspires aus with such abso
late confiodence in each other's judgment.
into erseafter, I shall confde my ffstairs to youar
tn," hands with infinite certainty, Ethel, sad you,
of course, will do the same by me."
aer. "Except in the matter of matchlnat colorm," d
I say laughing. "I should hardly like you to
mb select the trimming of a brown dress for me,F
for restance."
jst "Well," syld Jack, "if you trust me in all
that the rest, I think I can safely leave you to a m
ether est your own gowons."-Teldo BIsde
wa The Lnd or Rest.
j Bevoud the valley lyang low,
met Through whleh our feet acme day shall e 0
Sthe Beyond the high hill's purple bae,
, That stretehes far beyond our gae, Is
I 1here is a place most sweet ad b ,
to; Which bhere we call the Land of BReet
over A land with Mils and valleys fair, h
hotel Aad many of our loved are ther
t the So sleatly, and one by one ii
wlnk 'hey went the lonesoee journey o:
All, with white bhands upon their breas
g my Went out Into the LMad ofest.
ever I long that bhppy bour to e,
Yo l oug to know how it will he
end I When frst thee eyes of minae behold
Ihave The land of wbhiceh the prophets told;
u t my inheritane peeed,
Ig of When shl I reach the Ld of lwestl
in blewe e Landl O time ro ol
Not with elaetaa I shall gi
tro ~ at o my lip· a happy
la That it, the day looked for so 1
't b Ha come to thak e ato that Mest,
r that That pacefl Irand, the Lad of t
hat we -B 4 n :i e e
aat aad
b hta s Cliped His 'Feather
S A big bootblack was being looked
Iaup to by the gang around the po to
,i you beosase he had the cholera morbus niane
-or yet times this season, when a small boy
Syemr elbowed his way into the crowd and
said:
toth -0lt you go on! I was stung by
S aseven bumblebees' fell of the bowe,
tt Jk run four slivers into my feet, and was
loeoked urp twias by the tpoile. Cholera
me a srbml Why, the doctor has preacrib'
:Lse edfW gyheh a e Mrj V"W
SS.V * emse ad h: b'lp
LOVE'S CALENDAR. honseke
spousbi
A young year's freshness 10 the air, we hat
A spring-tide color in the wood; -other in
The flowers In spring-time most are fair sor, or
And life in spring-time mOt Is ood; was Pot
For whf!--I will not let you hear "For
Until the summer is a-uear.
A summer all of burning lights .
With crimso roses, piassionl red,
And moonliiht for the hot, white itights, We.
And jasmine flowers, sweet, dew-fed; so bad
Why has each rose a doub'e s~entt tie well
You may divine when It is slput. the silt
Autumn with shnluing yellow sheaves been I
And garnered fruit; and half regret Harper
To watch the dreary falling eave inot
And leaden skies above th"u.n set;
And why e'en autumn can seem 'ar feather
Perchance you'll guess when intet's here.- olier
Winter. in wide, snow-covered ,lalis Ms 11iS
And drlfting sleet and piervlcir ind m:tate a
That chill the hlod within our veins. my pit
But our warm hearts call never find- in the
Ah, little love, you guess, I know.
What warms our hearts In sp te ot snow. had pe
miustel
Jack's Pigeons. held i
- do it! I
"Papa has got a gentleman in his 'Pc
study, and lie is to slay to dinner, and Flo6sv
mamma is in bed with sek headache, know
e and Flossy dont't know w'hat to do; one e
and there isn't a thing in the house for "*Bi
dinner." table.,
"Of course not," said I. sardonically. -
"I mllght have expected it. there
d "'Might have exnected what. Perry?" Atit
it "That evervtthing would happen just tlemue
on this precise day that I selected to papa
begin my story for the Ladies' Mouth- under
, ly Miscellany." to
Mina looked wistfully up into my lil
I face. Have you begun it yet?" said Here
she. "When 1 write a school composi- But
' tion I don't stop to think-I just plunge s ll:e.
ib Into it and say what I am coing to say Cana
right ofW It's a great deal easier." struc
•'Oh!" said I, with geuiue elderly valci
he sisterly scorn. "your school coimposi- on m
tions, indeed! That has nothing to do "F
1L with my story." soot
And I entered the little back porch, era
ke overhung with curly green holp vi.es. a
where Flossy, my second sister, are r
et, awaited me with a perturbed coun- m
ch tenance.
n "What are we to do, Perry?" said of b
she. "Oh! I am so sorry that we ate
r- the last of that cold meat yesterday. It ri
s. might have made a little pie, or a stew, mer.
er or something."
"A few bits of fat and gristle," said f
"I L "A line pie you would have hadl! alt
mot Haven't the boys been fishing to-day? F'
I added, as I sat despair ngly down by Ft
las the kitchen table, with my elbows on
ses the board and my chin rest ng on my Van
on pal inm.
but No. They are up at Curanac falls, COo
eom ilenicking. And they took every bit of Me
read in the house." rea
r" "Exactly," said L "Forout anti ont
was voracity. commend me to your aver- said
kn't age boe s." talk
ll, "Poor dears! They didn't mean any
too harm," said Flossy. "They must 9ii'
the eat." wsi
the I know it, s'ghed I, with a wave of Ihal
rour the hand. "But my disposition is get- ite
ting soured by this sort of thing " ei
eve *"'What sort of thing?" said Flossy. sta
•lb -Company to dinner. Why can't sai
Ist people stay away? Why do they conme
Its- gorging themselves when they aren't
wanted? Do we go praneing nroundl eat
up the country, uninv.ted, to eat our but
5oth friends out of house and home ?"
ally "Oh, Perry, hush!" said Flossy. "He Tot
will hear yon. The study window is alti
oar- open, and you don't know how loud
at's you are speaking." me
"Let him hear!" sputtered I, lower- exc
k at ing my voice a little, nevertheless. "It
willbe a lesson to him. But therel
n's what is the use of rebelling against
with fate ? He is here, and like the rest of a
rent the tribe of comorants, ho must be fed.
ght A quarter of 11! Then there is no time
t It, to be lost. Is there any ham in the f
*old house?" to
"We boiled the scragg end on Mon- mu
r day," said Floesv, "with summer cab- ha
bage and bean soup." rie
ad- No meat of any sort?" I persisted.
4ut "Not a scrap. And the turkeys are .
I Iall out in the pastures, and the fowls th
were eaten up by the minks last
ent. week." e
your "I wish we were Chinese." said I,
you, gavely. as Ponto came in, w:ntgigt
ihis tall. "I would have fricasseed Ct
l dog."
, "Perry, don't be ridiculous." saitd
Flossy.
"1 never felt so little like jesting in
my life,"' said I. "Becausae. Flossy. I 0
am going to immolate the pigeons on
the shrine of hospitality."
"Jack's pigeons!"' gasped Floss.
"The pigeons he gave you as a parting
gift, to carefor ndto tend for him!d d
I Oh. Perry!" al
"Yea. Jlack' pigeoa,.".aid I. toss
ing hback my hair, in a sort of despera- '
tion. They're plump and fat. They'll P
make a very nice pie. Oh, you meed
n'tstare so. Papa always said that c
hospitidty was one of the cardinal vir
tues. And I dare say that I shill kill
little Mina and make her into soup
when there is nothtng else left and the
next detachment of company arrives.
This bold assertion threw us all three
into a fit of giggl ng. which terminat
ed only with the necessity for imumed"
ate exertions. Mina went of to pull
radishes and pick peas. Flossy began
to mix biscuit on the snowy molding p
board, and I went out and comm ssion
ed the little Irish boy who lived at the
foot of the lane to catch and kill the
10 white plgeons that lived in the barn t
loft.
'"They are very gentle," said L
L "You won't hare much trouble."
h5Wg Andl I cried a little munder my sun I
bounet, as 1 returnd, for Jack Willis
had giveo me the little white pigeons I
Seuareely a year ago
"ohed .at he don't deserve half a quarter
tofiec _ a tear,"" cried L dashing the me a
. nine tore out of my eyes when I came up
II boy the lane. "He hasn't written to me
d and for three months! Why should I be men
timeatal about his pigeons!"
Papa was a learned profesor In a
g by half-starved counltry, institution in
howe Cands, which ealled itself -The Pal
Swau liagton Univers tsy"-and hb ecientific
oe wiadam always flooded omr home with
*dapprently the pooter
t we esmft amg a, who bad Meesa
g."- lady, was Is delicate health
- .. - m-ssesI to umegiag &
housekeeping Isblow. s, that all tie re- w ,
spous.bility e:tme on 'Fl.-.s :,Idl 1, and
we had solemnly titerpledtget each sITo .
other never, never to m:.rry a profes- the V
sor, or a sclentilic man, or a man who **i te
was poor. t o
"For we've seen enough of genteel
starvation," said 1. report"
"Quite enough." sad' Flossr. around
Well, after all,. the table lidn't lek yut, tr
so bad when the clock struck 1. A lit- wayt I
tie well-preserved old dam:-k, a few of r t
the silver forks and 'p,,its that had actir
beetn the belle4t of (I:radm:mmal smit s
lHarper, and a bunch of v.vil Jacque- an a:r
minot roses arrangedl in a cloud of sincet 1i
feathery ferns, went for t,. re heem our tueor.
other shiortcominii. ll,"'. ".-coits,
as usual. were perfectioni. and hie hl:ul
m:lde a deiccioui' :ppl i uidin. while ot s
nmy pigeon pie was certainlyi a triumphl and I
in the culinary line.. tiough l . the cook, julge ,
had perlhas no r cuht to make the th s- Of, co
sertion. But 1 felt that I could not of this
muster courage to carve the pie that of A\
held Jack's p geons. *
"No!"' cir e I, hystcrically. "I can't :ItrO"
do it! I can't'!" irst p
"Perry, don't be foolish," pleaded t-inr.
Flossy. vt
"'1 ouldn't eat 'em," said I. "I
know I shlloill burst out crying if any
one else did."
"r 'Butt who is to take the head of the alwuvti
table." said Flossy. "w th mammna?" owei
"You!" cried 1. "1 couldn't sit on hi
there, nor if tile governor-general of half t
"Canada was there with all his staff" droo
And just as the footsteps of the gen
t tlemen were heard emlergng frpm of sal
papa's study I ilew out to the bench nuatic
undder the tile ol a:pihle tree. close be- in tin
a de the well sweep, and began to cry I ably
bitterly. ful o
I Here was moral courage for you. wth
id Here was a tirst-cla-s herio ne.
Bi- But as I cried and -,blbed like the ly co
sill:est school girl in the Dominion of smok
Canada. a sound more definite slowl
than the wind in the :apple boughs .
struck on my ear-the seounit of ad- fali
vancing feet-and a hand fell lightly the c
i- on mly arm.
do "Ferry, my darling g;rl." spoke a into
soothing voice, "what are you crying eject
for? Flossy says it is albout those mis- direc
' erable pigeons. In themselves they smoL
r are noth.ng, but it is because they are that
'n- my gift-- "
I started up with a curious sensation nine
l of being in a dream. But it was no 1
dtreani. it was Jack-the real living and self
t breathing Jack-that stood before me. snot
'Jack!" was all that I could staim
mner. "Oh, Jack, I-I thought you had Own
aid forgotton me!"
! "My darling-my own Perry!" was eiga
all that he sail. But that wals enough. that
For Jack had the company after all tinu
i -my true lover, Jack-who had re- nin
ceived an appointment to go out to le t
Van Dieman's Land colony as resident
consul and had come directly to tell one
me the news anti ask if I could get letti
ready to marry him and go qut there now
with him. If, indeed! the
r- "I wanted to go to you at onee," in t
said Jack. "but your father kept me fast
my talking until the dinner bell rang. He
st gives his consent. Perry, although lie else
says he don't know wlhat he shall do is e
3of when you are gone. But we are to his
have a sonug salary, pet. and the res- wad
get- idence is a line stone mansion, and we the
can always have either Flossie or Mina
t stay with us, And now let's go back ing
and eat the pigeon pie, darling."
Cte But I was a gre:tt deal too happy to the
nd eat. I made a pretene of nibbling. at ear
the buscuits and dr nking at the milk, jec
but it was quite enough to see Jack de- erC
He your the lpor pigeons. There never
was much surface romance about Jack.
loud although for real. actual worth not a
man ill her majesty's dominions could as
er- excel him.--t'anatlt 'apcrr. is
"It in
tere! Mistaken Hospitality. 411
ainst The writer was once invited to spend tih
it of a week in a fam ly where the extra ex- ;t
timpense of an additional member was a
the frequent subject of discu-sion, greatly de
to her disturbance. "lHave the milk- pr
lron- man leave an extra pint, because we bl;
cab- have company," or "order more ber
ries to-day than usual, and tell the gro- s
e cer we shall want s x pounds of butter cr
e o this week instead of five." were among so
lstihe orders given b" the mistress with et
extreme frankness in the presence of of
id , ler guest, greatly to tile latter's dis
comliture. At evening time it was the '
g custom of husband and wife to discuss tb
expenddtures and make up accounts, H
said and tile excellent habit was not waived, it
as it might have been, till the couple ci
were alone, bat every item was talked
in over; it surprise was expressed at any
one charge the w.fe would kindly ex- o0
lain that one must exIpect company to t
add sometlh.ng to tile extpense. "You c
rsn. are so much at home with us that we b
hin! don't milud you," was frequently said
as a sort of apology for the uncomufort
ably candid conversations that took
pIlace In her presence. But the '-com
ey' pany did not thoroughly enjoy hervisit, d
leed- an;d Lgave herself strict orders never to
a let her own future guests feel that they
irat caued trouble or expense in her house.
I kill True hospitality spares no pains to
make a visitor comfortable' and a little c
sol elf sacriloe to gai that end counts as I
nothing in a truly cordial, warm-heart- a
mninat-- t
in-ow Inasects Breathe.
pull A naturalist, describing the curlous
egan arrangements for breathing furnished
iinginsects, says: '"If we take any moder- i
atth stely large leet, say a wasp or hornet,
I the we can see even with the naked eye,
Sbarn that a series of smalL soot-like marks
run along either side 'of the body.
id L These apparent spots, which are gener
ally eighteen or twenty in number, are,
sun in fact, the apertures through which
Wills air is admitted into the system, and are
geons generally formed in such a manner,
that no etraneous matter can by any
uarter possibility find entrance. Sometimes
m a- they are furnished with a pair of horny
ne p lips, which aesn be opened and closed
to me at the will of the insect; in other cases
be se- they are densely fringed with stitff in
terlacing bristles formnsr a filter,
SIa a which allows air, and air alone, to
on In pass. But the apparatus, of whatever
SPal- character it may be, is also so wonder
tientifo full! perfect in its action that It has
fo with been found impossile to inject the
d the body of a dead insect with evei so sub.
oorer tie a medium as spirits of wine, al
e thogh the subject was first immersed
healhh the Abidad placed beeamtb the in
:;:~,d4aa~~-·i ,
'TWEEN THEIR TEETH. I
ITow lTe¢n - how Their ( haracter by Tn el
the VA ny The -ioke T'heitr ( tars. s .
"I tell you Sovu. ':d V:eaor enzarze i leaV
the otlhr etninu. to a .c '- or 'r L r
rel,ort,"r an: d .nuto frienids, as he pasi-'d master i
artoiu ln ,.i, f.u: . i'i:, 1*i teil The N
ut, ily I xepr llce i thlat thre is no numllteCi
way iV lit inh tt,"r real :t mil. " char- .1!l I
acthr th:iln I," th il i.inun. ri i ch wlit.ll e o ne
smol,'s a c r. " 'li - i. <:lid with The b
ali ar " of uil. in dit'::i Ibe< oke the Ihunters
sincelit o : ], I ,f in .I speculiar I
theuory. A ne
"I have c-',f llv ob-. r\ve I lthe vanr',us at.pine
imodle.s :al nl.lu'es of a gar -uit.lrrs, Aiur
andu I have i',n to :1 plrett'y aCuirate coriiniu
judge of niiit's' th:ir. trs liv ... 1 l.ltilS. week.
Of, cotl'-' thel liuo-t itr'i " '\:iuplel A 11
of this .s to he founil in Illt illuifriilUity izedl
of .tlie a:ixou thati ' p,'e :rt c!a_ so went.
approptlriately stdIled 'toughis.' In the Adl
tislt place lie siiokes,' a: a lrii'e, a gmold th.
Ii'.rr. A ge ntleliiani 'ltou_ ' i r in- i
'1lie'
,t it n Ia th eap >,nioke: he w,uit plre- Ikeno
fer. if red tneed to :l solit:irv nii k'l, to world.
inve.t it iln at sc.hoo!ner of lbel..r. It is Ther
alwa is a roll of fra;irant we I inid it- new
owner usually di .pl,: h- enjioymlllit ice ai
t on lis face. 'Iho tl' es are generally Brit
half clo-c'l, anti frinii indernatl the their
ddroolpinU lids cilic a sihr\\d twinkle anti
of sati-fltlion as hlie iiinhals eah allro- out e;
I ,ni:itic wh il. Th 'it the te.gar is niter orlil
in the front of the unttIih; it is invari- Lor
Y ably stock in at one corner of th:it lhc- ba
ful or lice anid held at an cute 'Ingle titan,
with the ullper jaw. A glol, w!h if rare- At
lI comes train between the lips, the Salt
to slowly eiiittelI tliroii.rli the no.str.ls. no I
i '"The ciga:r is sc.loni remuoved to nual
ly fac litate the ocicais on al expectoration, Th
the cigar hbitig scrwed further back const
a into the angle of mouitlt to allow the alpih
ig ejection of the sal. v;t ill tli opposite "J.
s direct on. Ive'ry time you see a cgar aln
Ssmoked in this f;shioinun . cll aan gamble A
e that the smoker is a "'toutuh," and in the
on nine i.ses oult oif tun Yoll will win. type
no *Tl'hen there is the purse-proud, .
$d self-made bnuiiles nu:ul, who is of with
another class with a distinction of its ed ti
d ow"lle nuually keeps the end of hs A
eM cigar aglow. representing the thought Oy,
fh. that is uppermlost, and at the same hab
all t.ie the most pleasinig in it's owner's
nre mind-v-i, that Ibusiness is ablaze. As hay
to lie talks he rolls it dettly about from inte
tell one a de of his mouth to the other. now wil
et letting off a iloudl of smoke at this side. N
re now at that, :as if bent upon exhibiting was
the complete mastery he has attained ve
in the line of art stic. and, indeed, fan
e tasti smoking. as well as is everything odi
lie else he turns his halds to. When he gre
do is engaged in conversation lie keeps go
to his head slightly askew, wthll one eye
res- watching the smoke of his cigar and N.
*Wl the other upon the person he is speak- tUi
ack ing or listeiiing to.
"' lihen you have the man of genuine
to thought, who is wrapped tip in the B
at earnest contemplation of many sub- tyi
ilk. jects, and whose active mind and en
e- ergetic body are engaged in working dr
e them out. He keeps tile ciiar continu- Isa
t a ally stuck out straight utinder his nose. s
)ald as if acting a part of a linger post to
is mind, eternally pointing straight u
onward. It has once been lit, but not Ii
lmoked beyond two or three puffs, and
end then allowed to go out again. There lii
ex- ;t sticks neglected and unnoticed. 1i
as a "It is never relinquished; the cold S
atly dead ashles renmain on the end like the
nilk- projects and ilopes that have been
9 we blasted. u
ber- ",There is another class whose style
gro- a also rem:lrkalle andl somewhat ludi- tl
tter crous. In fact. I never see a swell or a ,
ong society dandly slokin;ig a cigar or cigar- t
with ette that I don't feel a certain amount d
di of pity for him. iHe :a. :as a rule,
sthe wravpdl uip in the contemplation of
ss the'good form in whicih lie smlokes it.
nts, He is most Ip;rticular :is to tile position
ied, it is allowedl to droop from his super
uple cilionl lip nand the proper angle at
Lke d which tihe ellbow slhouil be bent as he (
ex occasion:ally renmov s his cigar Ibetween
n to the second and th rh liigers of his deli
You cate hand. All this lie can only acquire
Swe by long and careful tra n Ig. Except
it in the h:lndlniE of hIs walking calne
alne thelre is. p.rlhap', no outdoor
com- acomiplaLhmont it.l which t ahe voor4
vsit, dudle can so el'ectually d.splay liii
r to character as in the manner in which he
tthey smokes.
use. t"The absent mindedi man, like the
it t contemnlplative nanil, never has his cigar
its as lt. He ignites thl' end at every cigar
Ort U stand he passes, :uand let it go out again
before hlie reaches the door. He eats
the end of it. and thlinks hie is chewing
instead of smok'nR tbIaaeco and ocea
r sionially ihe st eks the fiery end into his
rl hed mouth by way of ehangte. This has the
effect of auidl.ily recall og his wander
wder- ing thonghlts."
d ye, The High Hat War.
marks St. Paul lady (to her husband returm
od. Ilug from the thleater): "I1 ddn't enjoy
rae the play one bit, those silly things be
h wc h hind us kept talking sio."
d are Husband: '*lihey were talking
mer, about your hat, dear."
by ay "0.O were they? VWhat did they say?
hrmes Those horrid actors talked so loud -
lose couldn't hear anything. Dl they say
cass the teythoughtit it was beeoming? Iid
if in- they make alny rlemarks atbout that
hitter, heliotrope and seallIt feather? )Dd
e, to you hear them say \ hile:lr tle browli
oeder ribbon ilharmomzlld wu.th the hair? (I
i hs they say that it mlust have costl a good
4 t the delj?"
too sub No; ther sail they wished you'd set
ne, l- on the darnel tihing so they coulld seeo
te e whrbt was going oa on the stage.t'-
buuaa Ciq 'limies.
.. . 4 ,. . , . ".; . , ' .:v ";
FACT AND FANCY.
The elats c sandstore belt in Georgia eon
talus di iian:n. d.
It:uhv I. l'arali'e is tha name of the post.
iIastrr at Concordia, Kas.
it'r in Morl-an is the name of a new, At.
master in We t Vi ginla.
The National Wowen'sCbrihtlan Union now
nulllbets 2,0,00I) tlurlllbers.
Miss Kukiz' wetld n~, in Berks County, Pa.,
ennsumted thirteen turkeys.
The Michigan l.ner:es are overrun by work
l:unters ianl swages are :OW.
lThe cotton crop in the northern part of Ala
Iamna and M\is,- sippi is all iLat hetred.
A new undlertaking in thi fruit line is the
s hqpneut of :oridla oratga,' to Europe.
F ur ith. usact pair. of pantabasons were
cosutiiel in a tire at P'ltmuouth, N. II., last
week.
A 1 )nver clervmanl recently character
I ized Ilaying-ardns as "the dvtil's new testa
U ment."
SAdellbert College, Cleveland, li wabbling
I again, and now is goiing to go back on co-edu
cation.
Tlhe' e are said to be more n Illionaires in
B;cenos Altcs than anty other city In the
Sworld.
There Is talk in B ,ston of estahl thing a
new department to keep the streets clear of
it ice uand aow...
y British land companies are disposing of
e their lands in Kansss. They don't like the
anti-al en lass.
The Natchez cotton compress had turaed
out 1;.274 hl.des upl to tleccitt-,er 1, an extra
rordinary tecord.
º Lord Ilaitington, the El:glish tory leader
c has tordelrel it ieu carpet sweepers from
le (iand ILi is, Mich.
e- A fr, st tire on toei of the mountalns near
Salt Lake lit yI,rroundeld and burned to
death a If k ,1f ;0 sheep.
There are ance Brit h missionary soelieties
now laboring in Afr.ca, with an aggregate an
to nual expenditure of $1,it i'.UO.
*" The best remedy for burns Is now said to
ek conshit in lettiang the citntents of a seltaer
lie siphon trickle over the injured part.
it "Jernmantfakturlolast'.i ,rsjalnulnsmagasln
in snaedish, means in English, "The Iron
Sl Manutacturing Collilpalt'" sale shop."
A social phil.,sophuer foresees the day when
the primary asclal de-k %i 1ll be supplied with
type writers lustead of writing booksl
td, . A driver in Wa-hington, D. C., charged
of with cruelly killing a horse, has been senteUc
its ed to serve six mouths in jail and pay a finea
$12.
he A law has been passed in Waldeck, Germs
lt ny, forbidding the grantinLi of a marriage
license to a person addicted to the liquor
S habit.
Jim Waldron, living near Arcadia, Ill., is
As having a cage :t0 by 4t built on his farm, and
'O iuteuds to eugagln in the busiuess of raislang
ow wild cats.
de . Mrs. Job Jenkins, of Glen Gardner, N. J.4
Swas 100 ears o:d the other day. and received s
ned very acceptable present in the shape of a II0
pension.
Pan- Pastor J. T. Wightman. of a Baltimore Meth.
king odist church, told the junior sisters of blebon'
i ihe gregation last Sunday to learn how to maLk
ceps good bread.
eye A Krlusje Is to be given In New Braunswick,
and N. J., this week at the residence of a local
eak- judge. A Krausje, despite its name, is en
tirely reputable.
nine The St. Nicholas Soclety of New York aet
thave voted to put up in Central Park or the
Bowl;g Green a $.J,O00 bronse staten o a
au b typical Dutchman.
en- Theater or lorgnette reticules grow more
king dressy. It is now the fancy to trim them with
tina- lace and an elalorate mun,gram in gold or
n sihler embroidery.
it to John Edman, an Ohio mIn, Is to stat -
Finnish daily paper at tablaemlI, Mich., Jo
ight ry. It wil be the only daly of the
oin the United States.
and Mrs. Emma P. Ewing writes that she be
'here lieves that 50,01100 women could earn a
living In this country by the manufattre Ma/
cold sale of home made bread.
the Fifty families of Newfotodland flTh
been will be moved next spring to a grop- of the
Queen Charlotte Islands, of the British Ca'
umnbia coast above Vaneouver.
Once for all, let It be distinctly understood
that Boston does not "wear pantsl" It Bee
o a ton wears anything, it wears troser S,1
gar- they are turned up at the bottuom on modl
zoti days.
rl e A frightened deer dashed thnag t
on of main street of Salina. Pa., tihe other day,
Ssa ad although nearly all the snortemos la the
s t town turned out u soon as they saw I, the
deer escaped.
tper- A prize of P70 has been offdtered by the
le at Congregational Sunday beii-el Publishing
ts he Coipain of Boston, for the Iest MS, siW.1
Wee ble for a Sutday school t'ook, In Setig,
dei- biography or Ilstory.
There Is a womanin Jackson, Mls., odeep."
Sly affeeted by tihe loss of her husband, whoM
cP death occurred recentiy, that every day d
c te writes him a loun letter, and wlth her p
itdoor bhands places it on bs grave.
7 is p uo Braln,'sd, lMinn.. Ihas marrieda weletLh
ichlhe hvorced woman for whom hie acted asgeer
a utility man during the summe. s
Sthus becomes one of the richest man in thoe
cir The largest electric light li the
cigcr - world is in a lighthouse at Sidner, A
aagin It has the power of 1Ih.000 candle
e eshe seen at sea fifty miles distant. A i i
ewng largest light. 24,000 candle power, a m .
I occ- Jose, Cal.
io his Audso River boat builder, Ot having
s the the facilities to place the bwiler and mab
ande r- er in the hull of a steam'at he is cons trndt
Ing, has adopted the novel method of hallC
ing the hull around the nschlnerV.rad en
pets to launch the boat arlready aor e.
rttuf. Fourteen years ago a ottl of milk pa
enjoyIn nawell t liwseilror Ky., toceoolfe inate.
the water. TlTeu olther day the well was dean
ge ed out, a.ud under stbout six eet of med we
found the bottle. anl the milk within wa ap.
atal nng p tl as sweet and good a the day it a
put in.
e? O Palsen, who 5 s he has fsbed in tO
lou ICoublnaR:cer for eih stearS, caght eP
AstoriCa Oregon, r.eiently, a fish twelve fee
iyy say, Iooni, which I.e can't class fy. It waa't a
r? )itl turgeo)n, and between the eyes wasa straight
ut that horn, tu.rt.-'n Incies lo g, three ineba lI
7 L) d dIameter at the base, anad alanot as sharp m e
brown needic.
r?. I) dastian Ntuller, a Swiss, reectlly arrlrvd
aoo In New lsavct., a aston'shlun the Yalusee by
a gooj his feats of stren':h. lie is twentyvtrlyl s
'd e old, five feet cithLt inches tall, weighs a •
)idItand a half eI's tlha two hundtred, is magni'
mlid ,eel ently d- elr'ped as 'o muel", and 0
ae"- I break a slx-inch eobble-atone with ose blW
Shis tila t.