Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1881, Page 12

THT CINICAGO TRIBUNE: —————— SATURDAY, JON 11, 1881—SIXTE WOMAN. A New Vork Marriage Spoiled by the Arrival of the Groony’s Son, Professional Letter-Writing os Ex- plained by a Lady Who Lives by the Art, How a Young Man Sali Adien to Ils Sweetheart While Sho Was Bathing. Washington Bridal Oouples and Obengo Which Is Coming Over Then, the The Peculiar Trials of n Young Lady Who Triod to Become a Bap+ tist Preacher, Palsonous Toilet Articles-—A Fair Samnambu- list—Frederick Tells His Love—Fanti- nlno Noles, Humor, Eto. OLD LETTERS. There, spenk In whispers; fold ino to thy henrt. Dear jove, for I have roamed 4 weary, weuty ways \ Bid my vague terrors with thy ktss depart, Oh, Thave been atong tho dead to-day, And, Uke a pilzrin to gome murtyr'a shrine, awed with the mentories that erovrd in Fearing my voiee | woo the thir of thine; ‘Tell me thou livest, fovest yout muah. Not among graves, but letters, old and dim, Ps Yetlow.and previous, bave I touched tha past, Reverent and prayertul og we chant te hymn Among the aisics where sulnts thelr shadows cast; Rending dear names on faded leaf that here Was worn with foldings tremulous and fond, These srowned In plashing of u tender toar, ur with death's tremble pointing ‘the be- And, love, thoro came a fluttor of white wings— Astir of snowy robes from out the deep Of utter witence, us L raat tho thhigs L atntled to ti are Tleuraed to weeps And binds, whose clusp was magle lang agi. Came soft betore me, tf yearned to press: Mid kisses on thule whiteneas—thon tho, wo, ‘The sting of death, the ehill of nothimgness! One wasafar, where goiden sands made dim The shintyg steps of the poor trickster Time: And on wits lost. Abt biter grief for thin Who seceuBenl big munbyod In tho depths of erime: , Another, Leautifal a3 morning's beam Fiusptng the orlunt, fluid meukly down, Among tho daisies, drowning loVe's glud dreamy, And one sweet saint NOW WETS W Blurry crown. At thus thore stole dallclous odera still From out thore relles of tho chisrned past, Siena from tho lips omnipotent to will Anil win ries tribute to the y death, or chiuge, bad CTS. all thelr bloom had faded, go tuat T py aad Mhouylts to the compelling pow- ers, Of the bright gout t worship tit Ladle. Nay, never doubt mg, tor, by love's diving. And tearful past, Pknow my future thine, GOT THERE IN TIME, Tn New York City dwells an old gentle- man who wil! never again see 60, 2 widower with several children, all young men and women, In the sane street lives a widow lady with butone daughter, only one; but the exeelldncles of that daughter are enough Yor several. Mary Mattlnger was a sweet irl, and she Is now,.thauk Leuven, a sweet wife. Mary has been for several years espectally beloved by Samuel ‘Titus, the seeond son of the old widower mentioned. ‘hey passed through the regular stares of the gentia pas slon, and abouta year ago engaged them selves, and were to have been nurried iin mediately, But, alas! ‘There Js nothing but trouble inthis wleked world, Samuel was interested Ina mining specufation fn Calle fornla, and Intellizence coming to hin of the rascallty of u partner, it became necessary for him to go at once to the Gotden Stateand give some attention to his affairs there, With inany a tear and many aslgh, and with pro testations of everlnsling jldelity and all that sort of thing, the Jovers parted, hoe for the stern realities of life in the mines und she to Weep aud bewall hls absence, It su happened that Saumel had not been gony ore thang week before the oli! gene tleman, his father, called to condole with Mary. Conduling with a very pretty git of iis rather a pleasaut business, and the older found jrout suddenly, le eondoled cessfully, mul called to condole agaln, aud kept ealllng with condolence till he found that calting with condolences became a sortof necessity to him. Jn brief, he found hhiaelf as desperately In tove with the mil as his son Samuel was, uid he determined to possess her at all hazards, ‘The mother favored this turn of things. The son was all well ehough, but Hf the father should merry the girl, sho trusted to Aer skill in the aanagement of men (she bad been inurried twlee) to turn bis infatuation tu neyount, She would declare war azalnst the whole ‘Pitus family, and so warp and twist Une oltt gentleman’ as to seetre to her self all his estate, which was not Ineonaslder- able, She didn care soiuch avout tha estate, but the delight of geting it fn tat way was whut excited fn Jer the delight the hunter feels whon game fs jn sight, And so the mother and the anclent lover worried Uint quar girl Into spas. | She was not permitted to write to Samuel —his letters carefully lufercepted, and the poor ile was inade nearly erazy. SIX nents of this Kind of thing so subdued her that she faatly consented to wed tho father of ber rightful lover, und the tute of the nuptials was fixed for the Isat March Just, What had be come of Samuel tn tho menn- thne? die was ip ie the mines strafehten- Jong out bis atfalrs, and dreaming day and nightot te hampy hone when he should re turn and chine hls dariieg, nod, with enough to tive upon, sit down quietly uid eujoy life, Butone morning he gota lerter framn younger brother, who was very tond of bli, reveal the situation. ‘The brother wrote Samuel thing, even stating the date af the wed- nd wll about lt, Saniuel did what any decpttuin would have done, Ue dropped Als work, he nade wv hasty collection of sugh, thugs as he had to have, and started for home, Hu bid just tine, i there should by no stelnys, to redeh Naw York the evening of the wedding at 7 o’clouk, Hoe was fortunate. ‘The trains ran with commendable speed, and thore were 10 vex: atious breaks, He came by the New York Penta ut at Albany hy Adleeraptiott is brother of his whereabouts, and addad sha Kill the okt nan? 2 ‘The brother got the dispateh at a quarter tot ‘The few guests were all in the house (for reasons the old gentleman desired It 19 be as private as possible), the elurgyman was ready, the bride, pute and wan, was In real: ness to be sacridved, and the father and mother were ng jubllant-ns contd be, Phe son read the dispateh! ‘Tho falling of o bombshell tn the room could not have canned a more dvcided sunsation, “Sum cumlng! KU uel shrluked the old gentle %y und If he stops at that It will hes wnerey,” repiled thasxon. “There are elderly females who have hada hand i this who ' bet hi volver has») for auybody." Vislony of o tall, stalwart man ina red shirt, with w bett full of revelvers, with eyes glaring with rau and a breast swelling with vengeance, rose ln thominits of that wretelent Man util the ett more wretched *mouler, The rumbling of wearrhige was heard out * What shall wo do 2” shrieked the father, # Whit sliall we do ?” sheleked the mother, ‘The gentle Mary wus equul te the eu geley, “"Yhere must be a wedilug to-night, for everything Is urraged fora wedding. Alother, you ust take my places you are dressed as a very old bride should be, ad when Sam comes You WIL De married or on thy way to ft, and we can say that ‘Tins? marrying me allitiistake. ‘Then San can marry me, and all thls horrible bloedshed be saved. bt ds all that cun be dune. [tts that or death 1” ‘She old geutleman Jogked at the girl aud lived to his veageanee, A rae artridges, aud one is enough Men at her mother, A look crossed hts face such as one kes When taking medicine, on his dips, atthe door, and a he step ft on the threshold. | "Phere was nati ta low, With a ssh, followed hy the grhudbhiyg of te the old gentleman took the other, the danahier sit-down auielly, and when Samiel burst into the reom ¢he seeruiay Wns. fitst fin talitng the remark, “who God lint joined together let no nian put astndert? “Wit is this? olncilated Samuel, “ Only this, Sannel,"reptied the delighted Mary; “it's so nice, Your pa has married wy tm, and wo will be married, too, anil etm! thet "then father was not trylng to marry you? © How ritculons!” was Mary's answer, They were married bumedhiely, Samuel xotan tea of the tree state of the case, and was allsposed to vislt condign: punishinent his father’s lead, but when lie looked at the stepmother he relented, “Tle ds ponisted sutticiently now,” hesald to hhuself, “te satlafy Ue most exacting. 1 will leave hin with his misery.” And he went back to California, taking his wife with hin, a very happy nan auple parted fast week, | ‘The: ‘the elder old Indy was aliicted with an incompatibility of temper, : A PROFESSIONAL L PEROWIRITER. A petite lady-in a neat though noticeably plain attire, and carrying an armfalof books, brushed inte analcove fue whieh a reporter seated at Mereantie Library Hall Sut- atternoon, She begwed pardon, and began a hasty retreat, when the newspaper ina remonstrated and urged (lit the recess was common property, She nequlesegl tn this diberal view, and after depositing tho volunes seated hersalf within a few feet of the only other occupant. Atter quickly glanelog over the title-pages of half a dozen ofthe voliines, the lady drew a note-book trom her pocket, remarking that she had a two-hours’ task before her. Wits fractured the vongealud witer, 30 10 speal, anda con- yersation was oper wat are all books on tha subject of writing letters, about whieh there Is n3 much fynonuiee, even in polite elreles, as there Is about deterential elreuiars ur the contents of the Koran, It has been umbudled in works om etiquet and) eure-all books, Uiat contain something of av Ming ancl nothing coms plete or nbsojutely correct .about anything.” “Have you directed special attention to tear “Well, yes, L have, Inasmuch as IF have se- Ieelad It to furnish the wherewlth to keop body and soul together, a problem for which Tfind this following an Intelligent, respecta- ble, and lucid sulution. Jamo professiounl fetter-writar? From her pocket she pro- aluced aud handed fo the reporter a neatly> Juseribed ecard, with Uie name, Axlad Beau- jon, Lette \ ae you lo oT have been here for two yeurs, Provious to thou f was fu Chivagze, Cinelnnatl, New York, Brooklyn, Dubuque, Alllwankee, aad Amunber of suuller towns, ti New York There ace half tt Junin persona’ doing this ft work, but tats elty There is scarcely any vonspetitian.? “Whitt ds the character of patrons? * “They ave of all statlunsot lite, but really ean be divided Into two clusses:. those who exunot write aid Chose are educated, but dee sire to frune their thoughts in language with h they are not capable of clothing Ut, or are pardcutarly anxious to be absolutes ritter, been located in this city very eorreet, both grammatically and rhetorical . yO) urse, one of the first requisits ia to writy an elegant aud yery varied style of, hand. ‘The first iy absolutely necessary, while the great need of the second quality will soon suggest Itself to au one adopting anode of innking a fiving.” tdlevute your thine exclusively to letter-welthing 2” “Yes, When I first began this work, about five years age In Cineinnatl, £ alse ditd inseription work, writing vards, formal Invl- tations, family recards fy Bibles, anu daserip tons fn books, albums, and .siiilar presents. Sinve then LE have found atnple remunera- ton in letter-writing.” “What do you charge for writing an ordi- nary Iebter 7 “Woll, there fs no market priew regulating the sale, and Tinight say that Tehurze from nothing at all for sone work, and up to what you wold consider ao ftabulans pries for more. ‘The class of work you spenk oat is 'g done at but-rock price, of eotrse, for the Usutl customers for this are poor anil unedueated persons, Bor thesy no grent eare {3 reqtired, and I will’ give thom a letter for nothing; or, i thoy are anxious to pay and i@a capable of do- ing sa, eharge them 25 cents, orsome nominal ameunt, You will readily conceive Uint Gis class of customers nre not freay’ ited, though 1 must say that £ have worked hours inthis way with the ut- Most pleasure. Much of t york J do is for Bit itis needless spondunes in these etses igullof the lovely stump, 1 soon courpre- hended the 1 of writing a bold male hand when Demoarked in tis calling, and ee dash off wut acenrately-worded episte or write a nent, sweet tove-letter tia hand that hy expert in the world would pronounee o wana's. “These eters are paid for Tn ace cordance with the ability of the customer, Lhave recelyed ng much as $25 for y letter of this deserlptlon, and usually charge 3 when of nny length, | Between 25 cents anil $2 thy prices range, though, a3 L sald before, Ltreaqently reeelye much: greater sims for work, “What ts your object In talking notes from so any books?" Well, th are all on this subject, and nearly all are ineorrect. in some polnta, am now at work on the manuscript of a book whieh CL propose shall contain ail the excel lenees and none of the glarig mistakes of the: 1 have written several magazine arti- eles on this subject, and sow Intend to come. pily these and other articles auportalning thereto. I hve just returned trom Now York, whore 1 hive been for some weeks diulclug arrangemets for my book.” “You are, LT suppose, the repository of ny secrete”? «“ Yes, 1 have some very queer customers and ex periuigtsy but 1 FN y and am tte sirueted by them, By the way, Loam just meditating oraulaing an epistolary sovler y for ladies and gentlemen, You cnnnot cou- celye how much inornnee there 13 coneern- ing this, and even nhout addressing persons In tis country, | L have spoken with several sol tie subject, and tink it will be a . My ‘Tho work of culling from the books was Wore Druitt and the Interesting conversation ended, A BATINGOM PARTING, "Phare tg always a sadness in parting whieh Is herules; there jy always a sorrow hn saying farewell which consecyates the moment to virtue, “My Native Land, Goad-Night!? was not the lrany of the exiled Hbertine, but he alah of tho despalring poet, Those who have heard “Farewell, My Own,” warbled by an exhausted tenor with tho last "Pinas fore” tronpe of suminer can appreelaty the Ineifable sudness of the thought. . The piet- Uresque story of 9 parting between two young lovers of Clileago has somehow grown to nwhisper, and ty causing a sensation In certain knowlag clreles of thoclty. Several days ago a young niin, who was about “sall- Sng out Into the West" In search of fortune ant fame, found the day of his departure at Hand and a fale young gir) with binek eyes fo be leftbellad, ‘They wore “ sweathearts,” with the approving siiles of parents, and he was going West to nite a nest somewhere In which ha would In tine fnatatl her, But the brightest hopes and fondest ex- peetations of the future could not quite dlspol the sorrow of parting, ‘Two or three years, though notitng tn the life work or life happiness of the young people, is a dreary Waste to thove suparnted after dally eos panlonship of years, from’ ehiidhoud to mae turity. And so he was enst duwn, and sho was all red with weeping’ and nervous with omotion, Bitebrave girl, sie would not tet dln see hor sorrow; she would bid bin god. spocd with a bight face and cheering words, And se resolylg, she ered herel€ to sleap the night betore, ‘Phe next morning she arose date, aud, puidleluatli Labs tual call, Lies led to Wake hersctl fresh and bright for hin. But quick on thy heels of her risty, ceoarslais dashed up to the gate, fullowed by a prolonged pullat the bell, and ina wine es more the departing lover was in the par ur, * “TL have just time,” he sald to her mother, breathtesly, “to bit her good-by and cute the trial.” “Butl? erled her mother, aghast, “she ts fn the bath-roum)” “Then let iia shake young we and gh a suy tht the vor mw hands with her through the door, tor 1 have but ten mimites in whieh to get to the depot.” Te was a eritieal moment, bat wi rt full af sympathy for the tw ple, the mothe yes, and, t vay throw the tall and ap stad howert the espeehint young man foto the coon of his adored one. Jt was tho shrine of ino- cones, The white drapery of thé bed, tim bled ke the erest of chopped seas, told of reeent rising. By is side apaly of Uny boots tid a Hitle Hinge mass of colored silk mately: festied to an uncompleted tallet, whieh other jearetesly thrwi artieles aff sacred mystery in femate atdira about the room proved. ‘he elanes of a moment carried Ahly svene to the young mnn's henrt, on sacred ground, inthe nest af purity. faw words: were hastily called through the door by the mothers there was a littl sup. pressed sereaing ind then the door, opening atekly but eantionly, fet ant a dalaty Hide hand, all rosy with the innocent ~ blush which, starting from the heart, went tlirill- lng to every tip, dust the hand, with a alfmpse of a white arm. Seizing it he eov- ered it with Kisses, saying farewell the duenntine: the mother stanting near, Sud- denly, there came a erash, wseream, then dead silence fram below. ‘The youn lover stood dinbfounded to gee ils adored one's nother, practical Wo the core, rish out of the room to the seene of ills: aster deaving bli with the bathroom door ajar and his weeping sweetheurt belli Tt, ahd ber warth hand in his own. | Talk of moments, welmhted with sensation! Not all of a dish bf curly enenmbers ty the remorse Tulstonmeh of a dyspeptic could prodtiee the half of mingled feelings which. tossed: the youn mins heart as tia blanket. Pressing her hands he Kissed it again and agaln, tars murhut how Bard iC was to leave without seehiye her. The ndnutes were flying, not faster than the heart beats of the lover, as the door swone silently und slowly farther and further ajar, “The rosy hand” was fol- Jawed by a gleaming arm, round and white as turtle; then the dhnpled elbow and a shoulder so. soft, so whining tn curve suid color, that the sculptor or painter nilght have stoud before it and sighed its heart out for the weak yanity of his dreams, And on the shoulder, * resting Hke the snowy fringe of a blossom ogalust the blushing cheek of a peach, lay 8 white baud of dinest linen mistlly protonged into a bewllderlyg tracery of exaall lace, vtuider whose Uny diterlieimgs the startled beatiogs of an Tinocent entotion thittered Uke adylng dove le the meshes of a net, And so the revelation came with the irrestat- Jhle flood of those two hearts beating agalust the ob: Above arm and shoulder peeps areh hi fr elosed eves and bralded black: overhaid with wodest red. Then showy neek aud a face like the drift of -snow, lo whiel anather dainty hand clutehed winass of Ince ite trembting confusion, But when Venus went to the Bath and Go- diva rede forth tn the infstof her july, 01 pus and all tie world closed their eyes, And itis best to elose all eyes upon this ww nid artless Bors row e ug rushing together of the Tips, a toment of futtering ina pair of manly aring, and thou, hounding down the statrs Uke adver, the young min darted Into his carringe, and was soon speeding, behind n locomotive, a seoro of niles away from ony inislacurpretation of his ardor. r WASHINGTON BRIDAL COUPLES, Along with the tender buds, and the sweet flowers, and the soft sighing of the south wind eomes the blushiyg bride. Natura Is In her softest mood, and the bridal couple are In the fullest harmony with Nature, It ls beautiful to note these charming correspond: cuces, and observe how the great heart of Nature throbs responsive to that of human- ity, Softly the tender buds tnfuld thelr soft petals, softly the zephyrs blow, soft are the, billowy cloud masses In tho azure sky, and soft Is the eonduct of Chloe and Stephen in the hotel parlors. ‘The hotel people laugh at them, the young married womnn says St Is shameful, the erusty old traveler grunts his Wsnpproval, the stald married woman thinks sadly of the sweat inemory In her own past, and theggay young buchelor utters an ex- presstve yun! yun} while, unconscious of everything and everybody, tho bridal couple keep on being in, harmony with Nature, {t Ign ulee, sweet thing to be in harmony with Natare, and bridal couples seem to have a monopoly of the business. Whether there is a better sample of Nature here fi Washington, or whether the ‘section of Nature that ruics here is more sociable, 1s not known even to the Wenther Bureau, but certain dt is that Chis 1s the paradise to whieh young married Landes tis. “Tt seems to me that the number of bridal coupyes that come here is Increasing ench, your? sald # proml- nent hotel mun yesterday, We have had a great many this year, and at the present dine there are eliht couples in the house,” The prlicipat reason that this elty iy a favorit place for this elnss of peor {is Beets to he that it is.n nlee place to visit, “That It ts the pollt- lea! or soctal centre of the country makes no ditference toa bridal couple. ‘They dov’t see acing tho anything or anybody but themselves; and what fs more, they don't wank fo, No ono ever knew of n° bride or groom writing a bool: of travels, or giving any Ine teresting accounts of what they see bn the few letters they write home. ‘They can’t do it. Sho writes to say that she fy well and happy, and then the saferings and doalngs of dohiocenuptes the next pie or two, leaving ony no brlef margin te sey how splendidly that dress fitted, The seers: and the sights areleft ont in the coli. So the bridal couple come to Washington to see and be with enelt other, and they come here beeause people are expected to do as they please, and generally do Tt, unt Chat ts what tey want toda ‘The ident bridal couple that tits In exaetly with tie nuthorized wut duly approved popitar conceptlun of n bridal eotinly are two people of the opposit sex who sit and hald enh other's hands and gaze fondly Into exch other's eyes Uke two | young calver, Which “lg othe — slinlla af the eynle. ‘Tho phonamenn have long been observable, and philosophers, after invel thought, have come to the conelusion thet the explanation'a€ the phenomenn ty as, Mows: ‘The bride is generally i young me person having fist tett “her heme. She consequently tela strange and lonely, dnstiietively slus puts out her hand, ‘The bride: te brit roots In full spiritual aceord with and as a result le pits out ils ne hams ineot, are grasped, ena, howe’ {3 Ho Jonge couples now, hn the hotel parlors, oecupy two chalys, and at an easy conversational dla- tance, and aire observed to engage hy con versation, | ‘Thelrstehs cannot be heard nero. that ten feet distant, and they donot object to conversing with people, “She does not Liush when anypody happens to ghinee at her, wid he isnot ‘excessively conseqaus of having feet and hands. At the diane table thoy have separate plates, and he docs not food ber WN a spoon. She tata an appetlte: and cats heartily, Attor dinner he leaves her fn the parlor and goes out ond takes 1 aoke, He does not find hee dn tears on bls returb, Lor dous sla sob out an lily shoulder, “Tell ao Jongly while you were gone? Hor dress fa tot erlsp and how like a bank not gud ho does not werr a new sult af clad ‘They dress like other people, and don't gl themselves away, tn faet, there Is a new khut of brital couple going about tho eon ir ‘The lotelieepers like tha new style, They are quiet and well-behaved, wud very much like other guests, hes however, li sist upon the best accommodations, and ex- hibit Indifference to the amount of the OU which delights the hotel people, ‘Ciera is nothing mean about the modern brides groouon his weddlug try. Ily-has, a royal way of ordering things which [3 impressive, He'nets as If ho had an ualiuited account at the bank, Whether this Is the result o€ ma rage Is not, known, ay whether itis Ue gon. Bequence of the round trip railway veket syne tom ix-equally a mnatter of doubt. At any rate, they are not disturbed: by sordlit cares, The hotelkecpors regretfully speak af the near uppronch of the close of the bridal season, «As the warm weather comes on tho coning doves direct thelr fight to Sarutoza aud other Northern resorts, and Washington Is deserted, As an evidence of He lucrense ot this dass of patrons, nearly all the hotels tun Wis city have fitted up a fatge number of Yooms for the espectal necommoduuon of bridal parties, and durkig the season they are all in demand, A WOMAN PREACIIER'S TRIALS, Tho Rev, Mlas Anu Eliza Suitth was born of Methodist parents, and until she reavhed tho age of 14 wadan ardent Methodist. At that period, however, sho began to turn her alicution to the stuly of theology and eccle- slastical history, making use of such pro- found worksas” Appletons’ Cyclopedia” and two rellglous newspupers, one of which was Mothodist and the ether Baptist in in views. For some thue she hoyered on the biluk of several fascinating heresies, the adoption of any one of which would have entitled her to the dellghts of imotal martyrdom, but she dnatly declded to reject tuean all and to cous tnd disappeared with asd siny; can effect un entry into the human sys- Bidiously attacks Its vietlins it cannot bo re tent herself by becoming a Baptist. Accord: ingty she gravely announced to her fathor that her conselenca would be quieted only by fiminersion, and was painfully surprised when that Intelligent oid gentleman told hee togoant be 9 Daptlst to any extent sho tight desire, She bad expected that she would ve perseented, but as that comfort was withheld from her, slie bore up bravely, hoping for better things, : Her noxt religions eecontricty was hor des, termination to become n preacher, She told her father that she hada call to the ministry whielt sho dared not disobey, aud) shrank with horror from him when ho sald that ho “hadiwt heerd nobodya callin’ on her?! Phe Baptist minister tried to persuade hor that she could be useful elsewhere than in the pulpit. Iu hinted that a cortain amount of scholarship was necessary ty aaninister who wished to oxpontnd the Seriptures intetllgent- ly, orto discuss questions of ecclesiastical Nistory or pally. Sho confronted dtm with the fact Uint sho had read the encyclopedia and two relighons newspapers, and” was, she rather guessed, quite ag Bood a scholar ag most of the men who tried to keep women 1 players Then he suggested that a mintster, In order to be able to comfort persons in doubt andafiietion nnd polnt out to inqul- rers the path of duty, shoult have some knowledge of human nature, of the temptne tlons ty which men. asd women are exposed, ane of the ways of the workt; but Miss Sinith replied that w woman's Insight ‘Ento. the Iu min heart wis far clearer than that whieh any man could obtain, and that she Knew the world perfecly well, for she was 1S years old and had twlee spent a week in Balthinore, Arguiuent proved of no avail, ‘The young womnn persisted fn, belng a minister, and, like most of her sex, found menus to have her own way. Sho was licensed to_preach andl in October last becume the ministar of the Elghth-Day Baptist Churelh of Juhosa- phat's Fails, For nearly six months the Rey. Miss Smith pally successful, ‘Nhat iy to. soy, people preach, und sald that she used beantiful language, Young men of her congregation worked slippers for her and uve her “switches”? put up in gilteedxed oxes labeled * For My Pastor.” What was still better, several converts wera mate, 50 that when the first Sunday in April arrived three young men and one colored woman were realy for baptism. Now, the creed ut the Eighth-Day Baptists teaches that baptlam, in order to be valld, inust be administered In a running stream, ‘the closnpuntis Fully Creek was terribly cold in April, and yet It was the only ereek in whieh converts could be baptized, Alisy Smith did not shrink from heriduty. She wud a baptismal robe for herself consisting of n blue fannet gown, with thirty pounds of shot sewed in the rim of the skirt to keep itdown, ‘Under this skirt she wore water: proof garments, ana thus protected, as she supposed, she fearlesly entered the stream, tun, wading out to where It was walst-leep, culled on the colored womun to come and be front of tho engine and narrowly escaped from the very faws of death. Heaving a great sigh of rellef that her darling was frou tmininent perth, the mother return the horse and called up her son. Tle lastily alressed and coutinned: tito senrel fully ate hour, when he nronsed the nelghborood ty assist him. ‘Phe ehurch bell was ring and te entire community turned out AL tttle after midnight tha wanderer was found. Sho had crawled under the barn belonging to Charles Baker, about one-third of a nile from her home, and had nestied beste a Rreat ox-enrt, here she was slumbering 03 peneefully as if she was In her own comfort. able bed, Sho was gently awakened anf taken to her home, SEQUEL TO AN ELOPEMUENT, Some thirly years ago there lived in Brook. felt ono Willian & Printk, who was consid- ered well-to-lo, though blessed with but Ht tle of this world's goods. He had 9 wifo and six children, whom ho endeavored to entre for, and, alded by the earnings of the elder ehililren, the family lived very comfortably. Suddenly, from some unknown cause, Priuk. took a funey ten young widow, and the pair veloped, Prink leaving his family of children and wife to the merey of the world, while he enjoyed life with tho widow. Me had been fone some the before lis whorenbouts wero known, and then only by his daughter, to whom lie had written’ a fow letters from Wiltamstown, Mass, Aftern thue the let- ters vonsed, aud nolling further was heard from him until recently, when a strango combination of circumstances revented hig whereabouts, Twenty-tive years have elapsed slice bis disappearanes, aid duct the Inte ter portion of this period Mira, Prink, now 73. years old, hag been divine with ‘a married daughter, Quite recently, however, the cir- cumstances Of tite fully werg such that Mrs, Prink applied for aysistuuee to the Town of Brookileld, where tha daughtor’s funily re- sided,, Aftur n tine We overseors of the poor determined to find =~ out whether Mv” Prink owas alive, and in the course of tha hunt Natiek was visited, On the Assessors books tho name of Willian: S. Rice appenranas a resident taxpayer for nearly twenty-flve years, Mr, C. IL, Grifin, one of the Brookfield overseers, became con- vinced that this was the person wanted, ‘Taklag a team to search out the party, while on the road between Natlek and Feélchville he met the person in question. In answer to A query, he sald that iis name was W. 8, Ilee, and when asked If he was not in yeallty W.8. Priuk, formerty of Brooktield, he was forced to adult the fact. When told by Mr, Gritiin about bis wife In Brookheld, he suid {hat he was por and could do nothmg for her. ‘Thus we find Prink a citizen of Natick of twenty-five years, ving with the widow he eloped with, She hos borne him six children, who have grown up and are mar- red, ‘Tho Town of Natlel is supporting tho wife {1 Brookfield, but the overseers of the poor jie to tnveatiute the matter and find out If they are obliged to support her when baptized. Ayu e Tank Es ihtok Knows to be eitiean $i of Natick, or whether, on tho other han mane pull found fins the seatae Sag mnsidy they wusteara for Mrs. Drink because tho iments, nid.shoe was nearly frozen by the tine yainy of Witla 3. ails Is found on tho the colored woman reached her sie, More- | Nutick register, Mr, Iiee or Prink, as, the ease nny be, has been respected In this viel i, and Is 0 prominent meuber of the Metho- dist Church, over, she was badly frightened, for the eur rent was so strong that itthreatened tosweep: her away. Still, all night hnve been well had not the colored convert shown t great unwillingness to bo dipped. In fact, that backsliding. poor begged to be relunsed, and. to lave her aptisia postponed untll warmer weather. Indignant atsuch couduet, Miss Smith attempted to force her convert under the water, and in so olny lost her fouting smal shriek. She was rescued ina hnlf-drowned condition by & Methodist spectator, and the following week resigned her pulpit, aud, marrying her Methodist rescuer, departed for Minnesota, She Is now convinced Liat women eanyot be eficlent Baptist wltiisters, and tins jumped to the extreme conclusion that fumersion is @ prailce unsuited to ladies, and of doubtful willity even fit warm weather and in the case of strong men, <a POISONOUS, TOILET ANTICLES, Cold lead may become inJurlous to MHfe in more ways than In a-parabols from a gun- barrel, and there Is little doubt that its vie- thas In peace ara pretty nearly ns numerous agin war, It isn subtle and stubborn cne- — FREDERICK TELLS TIS LOVE. *And you really love me dearly?” ho asked, as ho coiled hts arm around her wasp- like system, “And you'll always loyo imo B00? “ Always, Frederlek; ever so." “ And you pledge me to sew but—?"? “sirt? “ You pledge me to so beautify my Ife that It will always bo as lappy o3 now?” “With my last breath, Freduricl,’ “And, darling, you will mend my soc—?? “Your wiint, sir?” “ You will mond my social ways and draw me upward and onward to a better oxist- eneg a "It will bo the vride of my love so to do, Frederick. £ will seetifive all for your complete happliess. E "1 kuow that, sweetheart, But, suppose, in the fullness of thine, some aceldent should happen to—to—say the trou—— ** You forgut yourself, sir. ‘Lo tha what 2? “'To tha trotsscau. Would It defer the hour tlt makes you inine 2" “Never, Fredrick. lam yours, inind and henrt, wid naught ean separate us.” ae Dut what J want to suy Js, that should my 1t— * Begone, sits what do you mean 2? “Henrie, my Ite. I say it my panting bosom should Brow cold In doth, woul your Tove still warn it?” “As the su inelts the Iccborg, Frederick. go would the rays of my atfectlou thrill your heart agin.” “endl you will caro for ne ever, my soul, at f for yous for though L may never have “Enough! Leave me forever.” “But listun hough 1 may never have a shirking disposition, C shat! sometimes, por haps, in the struggle of Ife; forget the plain And Vil remind you of It, Frederick, In tender actions, and muta the duthes of ex- Istence go pleasint of verformunce that to avold then will be pith? tem in inany ways without leaving a mark to {nileate its passage, and when it thus f- moyed with surgical Instruments, ‘Tho Inju- rlous effects of fresh paint nre due to tho lead ont of. which they are mixed, and painters’ colic {3 a dlsortder caused by taking tho minute particles of thaaretal into the lungs and through the pores, Ladies mny escape {ts ambushes of this kind, but they are likely to give It all tho opportunity It desires In other ways, For instance, halr dyes are alleged to contain varying amounts of lead. ‘These colorless preparations, which, the purehnser believes, can restore the original tits to the hair, hold lead In suguition, while the cosmetics fur the face, wiileh go by the igh-sounding names of enatnel, and go forth, yleld the analytiechem- ist larger or smaller precipitates of white and reil lend when praporly treated, ‘The death ofa young Indy of Bulfato from lend-pofson- Ing through the foolish hnblt of resortiig to urtifielal complexion serves to direct public nttentlon to. tha subject again, In this ense tho leaden particles were nbsorbed by tha pores of the skin Inte the system, For eight years tne unhappy elrt had been an invalid, fnd at leneth death velleved her, Bistnuth, antimony, and other minerals aro made se of wore or less Hberally, and all bring about thelr natural vestlis suoner or Inter, diven when the cosmetic is no more dela terlous tn composition thin riee-powder or ‘ chalk, tt ts lijurlous, alice ltchokes the pores of Une face, Eireto matter Is carried from the system through the skin to an extent ‘that would surpylay anybody who had never paid attention tu the subject, and so ty sary by this dormat exeretion thut the losy of one- third uf the breathing surface of tho bedy la suflelent to produce death, But the mare fact that the spptlention of eusmedes Is attended with danger, and often with death, will not prevent thely use by ladies, Physteal debility, tor- ture, and far more serlous complications re~ sulting from their tse, have not prevented the wearlng of tlyht shoes nnd corsets, and never will, und health and comfort are only too giadly, sneritived for beauty and the nd- miration of the foullali, It is curious to note PAPA AND MAMMA, A writer says: “An enrly Instance which oceurs to me isin the * Begyar’s Opera? (1737), where Polly Peachum, I think it Is, speaks of ler ‘papa,’ ‘Lhe modern change from ‘papa’ and ‘mamma’ to father and mother smoug the upper classes, which began about 90 years ago, svems to have been a reaction agalust a eustom which ad gradually erept In among persons of a lower graded. Ag soul as com: mon people's ehililven bexan to say ‘papa’ aud ‘inamia’ these of n higher class were aturhe to say ‘father? and *wother? “TE was among iby Wigh-Church friends that 1 first notleed this adoption of ‘tuther’ and *mather’ Onu does not sey the connec fon, but such fa the fact. When 1 was young, *papa’ and ‘mum? wore universal anong willeh may be called the wlddly and Upper sunks of society; und to this day ‘hn dies of 1 certain ago? suill use the words, “King George LL, about the year 1763, addressed his mother as tingunig’s go L Had Tf stated in the *Groville Memoirs? But ido not think thot Charles IL, unless he worg speaking In Brench, ever uddressed Henrietta Suria by that endeurine nam tut £ teol tolerably sure that the Lady Elz both never called’ Henry VIL" papas On, the other band, T would “observe that! papa? z by thedeceased husband, would became ad: nunistrator In his. own wrong, and render Minself Hable to answer for tho goods and testute of his predeeessor. The method adopted to avuld this almendty In the sau- atrore, trhnmed with old rose yely i trimmed with beads; t 4 teal a 4 Corsage trimmed with Deacon (ehard Sintth, good, pi eu Y i! a tt Hs want tage ot Asa Avert, of Westminster, Vt, | responsitle for this MTerences in fagae to hisseeond wife, tha whtow of Mu, Peter | wilted by tarrtage are mostly an the Pha Haveloy, wa, Nery” atngilar, fy tho the won Woman fails in tact tu presen xide of the chinnoy in the witow's | the ame! of the hearth, The suty anawee houso was a recess of considerable | oF the repression whith evades an Issue t sia, Across thla a blanket — was | Wore on tha mtrtof tho man t the Wit stretehed In such oa manner ng to) Young women manage thelr lovers, ine we form nsinall inelosure, Into this Mtns, Love. | thelt | skill, to munnge their ‘Nusa Joy pnased with her attendants, who com: | Women make the ellaues In con +4 Grepat| pletely dlsrobed. her, and threw her clothes acatlong ilo the room. She then thrust her hand througt 0 sinall aperture, purposely made in the blanket. ‘The [yottered member was: clasped by Mr. Averitl, and in this position ha wis murtled to tho aude widow on the othor slde of the wouled curtain, He then produced a completa assortment of wedding titre, which was stipped tuto tho recess, The new Mrs, Averill soon after appeared Iu full dress, rendy to recelye the congratie tations of the conipany, and Joined in: thelr festivities. ‘The marriage proved happy 4 the children by thelr former partners Ilved in great harmony, not only with cach other, but with those also who were afterward born to the now pair, A ROYAL WEDDED LIFE. ¥raneis Joseph of Austrian was really fn chureh societles, family 1 i houses, and wherever Juve woman pret Inntes. | Taek of tact mnkes the taditians, inothertn-law, athersli-law live tan ney tuel. to hw fssy and treltuting in matter should bo leftalone, Men tive harmoning, 3 in eluhas women cannot live in clubs with a getting Inte hostile dlylstons,” Hott Actresses’ sales always attract pF attention in ail classes oF Purtsian stl ety, ‘This season Une xrent sale was thator ike Jewels and art collections of | the 4 en . Operett, the ereator of the * Ills fluted and Barbe Bleue.” Sime, Sel r i collected a remarkable casket of gi had the aden of the Belle Melene 2 ant the threa rividres of diamonds that the anit -Hortunse wore in that dle. Kueh himnberat tha catulog correspondat to some event it the netress’ careers her jowels llsont & xreat dea] love, or fancied he was, and for a tine his venir. Healllo thie lewely, Mie, Sehnutdeg wnlon proved a sulllclently hinppy one, ‘The fnrese ailveh. coha edt, woubonnter Ltt Empress had been accustomed to tmblbe | yonissance tapestry, iia bronze y That h fact ox: daily nglags of Bavarlan beer at her dinner, i cept her slxteenth-century collection, will adorn her new dwelling. f der has sold her villa de Boulogno in order heart of Paris, A“ ghost” In Logansport, Ind., frightening some vente » On ee Anily slong the occupants of a ceriain buthting pro. fess to have seen It in all its unearthiinesy Jt assumes the form and appearance ofa woman, nnd is dressed in arabe of snowy whiteness, One night, not long Shuve, white ane of the women was sittlog In her toon, Jooking drenmily through the window at the darkness outside, she was terrified at the sieht of a figure before her. twas dressed in white, and, after remalning tn sight far q moment, it Suddenly faded away and wag seen nowore, Oi another aleht one of the “callers” at the house, while entering by way of the hail, was suddenly confronted by the apirit dressed In white, whtelt threw {ts arms before hin, us le to shut olf hla further progress, After an instant the ap. parition vanished us suddenly as tt had ap peared, leaving the fellow standing in Ultes funazement and confusion, : Whie Mne, ‘shnet in the avenue di Bolg to cdme and tive tn tha To this the Court ollicers at Vienna objected, and herrightto her uattonal beveraxe was only secured by the direct interposition of hier husband, But tho Kinperor's heart was too Jarge for a single affection, and the Em- press hud atenper of her own. It ts sald slic once horsewhipped v gentleman on the raul stafrense of tho linperial altace, Sumrting with his wounds, the chastised ong rushed Into Ue presence of demanded redress, His Mujesty shrugged his shoulders, and bestowed: upon hin the Ordor of the {fon Crown, fifth elass, whoreat Vienna laughed all the more, By und by the august couple entered on that arranement whieh (in ceclestustical matters, be it under stool) isso dear to the Intellect of Dean Stanley,—thoy agreed to differ, and havy re- inulned excellent friends since, ,'Che Empress stilt cherishes with tenderness tho inemory of tho unrly spring of her inurried Ute, Among her trensures ts n jeweled tasket of thu rarest workmanship, which holds o Nttle bouquet of edelwelss, given herby the Emperor during tho perlod of tholr betrothal, E the Emperor nid OURRENYT POETRY. MOTHER'S CLOCK. Ayouth sat on n sofa wide, Within a parlor dim; Tho maid who Hngerad by bis sido ‘Was all tho world to him, What brought that glad ight to his oye. That cndence to his tone? ‘Why burns tho lninp of love so high, Though midnight’s hone hath flown? Tho clock above tho glowing grato s Hag stopperd at balt-past ten; And, long aa that young wan may walt, At will not strike aguin, ‘The artful maldon knows full wall Wrhut makes the clock not go, And why no earthly power can toll ‘The timo for him to go, MARRTED WOM 53 SLAVERY, * “In what respect is the condition of many married woman better than a slave? She works hard year after year, and has a roof over her heed, and she is provided with food; sols the slave, She mustbeg her “master”? for a little pittance with which to buy the clothing for herself aud children, ‘The stave muster looks after such wants of his chattel without thelr asking, She has no freedom or Independenee; she dare not buy o single artl- cle nt the store until ahe gets tne consent of the tyrant who the civil law has made her husband, | She ean have no will about even household affairs that her husband) disap- proves of; she tg a sinve in bot body and ilnd during his fife, and at tis death, tf she survives hilin, she cannot, under the unjist and tyrannical laws of nearly all the coun- tries In the world, sell the property which she tins helped to aeeumulate, nor control her own children without ciplosing a law yer ne getting a special permit from tho court THE SAME OLD GAME, Thoy came into a dangerous pince, Where suo might come to haria: He foured sho'd fall, und so ho sate, “Won't you accept my arm?” “Qh, no," she quite demurcly sald, © Untoss, alr, you command; But thon [ think It botter fur: ‘That you accept my bund,” ‘Tholr glancea met, tho heart of cach Was in thd mouth. Oh, bilss!" ‘Those hicarts were qulokly Joined in one, And wolded with a klss. AN UNCOMMON MANIA, Burton, the traveler, tells us that 9 mel- oncholy Duke-of Museovy fell Ht if ho but luoked upon ao woman, and thet another anchorite was selzed with a cold palsy under ‘shullar circumstances, Here ls nense of a lady haying an ayerston to the opposlt sex; Wappeared in the obituary of a newspapor some fifty yenra nxo, “Lately, at Gray’s Alinshouses, Taunton, aged 3, Hannah Murton, # maiden lady. (She vowed several yenrs nage that no he-fellow should over touch her, living or dead. In pursuanea of this resolution bout ten years since she purchaged a comin, inwhich, whenever she ult serious Wess, she tmaedintely depos fled herself, thus securiiy the gratification of hor’ peeuliar gengibitity.” Shere are inany slinilar causes to this iudy’s on record, though they ave manifested In vw more fiin- berfect way. 00D ADVICE. If thon dost bid thy girl farewell, But for one hour though that farowell mayby Press thou her paim, old man; how canst th toll Tow far from theo Fato or caprice may lend her frot, Ero thy noxt Interview. Girls have beet known To linbety tttrn the cornar of alstroot, Aud days pave grown eee LADIES’ PLT DOGS. Ladies who are fond of dogs ay pels, and havo long desired to spend thelr hnsband’s “cigar money ”—for IVs gutting to be quite the thing now to give the wifeinstead of an allowance, the same amount of money that he spends cach mouth for elgars—barring the ones he treats his friends to—and she Is usunlly satisded with the amount—for a pet dog will be interested in knowing the valuo placed upon them by dealers and at which they are sold In the market: Binel-and-tan ferrlers, $10 to $60; Scotch terriers, $15 to $85; Skye terriers, $20 to $405 Italia hounds, £25 to $00; Spitz doys, $15 lo $25; poudles, $15 to $a; English, trish, or native pointers, $2510 $100; English, Irish, or native fleid cookers or waterspanicls, $25 to 80; King Charles spaniels, $35 to $744 Siberlan blood hounds, $25 to $100; English mastitts, 340 to S100; Newfoundland dogs, $25 to. silo: bail ‘To months, and months to Ingging years, Hiefore thoy looked into loving eyes agetn— ‘Thut |g in yours—and wo havo other fears, Dut can’t explain, Therefore, lest sundry whims should como be wee, Or some ‘new mashor—clasp with pressure trua Tho waist of her who gocth forth, and lean And kiss ber toot ‘Yes, And thou nlwaya time to chin Some muste in between the sintio and smirk, collar thou the present, and get In— Got In thy work. (rte wenny BULLDOG AND THE PANTS Acalm, delightful Autumn night— A moon's nyeterious golden Hzbt— Aiden fn her window hight, In robes ot pure and fleecy white. Tho littlo wickot gnto ajar— A lover tripplng from afar, dogs, $Y to $755 terrlurs, $20 to $40; fox With Tul vole I Mbt guitar, hounds, 325 to $5 fi hurrlers and henules, $25 eee ines Mkdia gulag sae to ephord dogs, Scutch, English, and. funtive, $9 to $75, A lute with soft, insidious twang O, how the dotiuy lover sang! A bulldog, with remorseless fang— Antp, a xgeip, a deathly pang. A mnaldon with a startled glance— ‘A shrioking for deliverance A kind of wolrd, hilurions dunce A pair of riven doeskin pants A malden tainting with arigit— ene aR wld chuc! with dellght— A wild, firious Aetna night! TURKISU WOMEN. Tho Turkish woman Is marrlagenblo at the nge of Uyears, and, by ‘Turkish law, at that age, if married, sho is competent to manage her property and «spose af one-third of her fortune, ‘Tho law allows her to abandon her husband's house for just eause, and will protect her In so doing. She eannat be cons polled to Inbor for the support of her hus- pind, On the contrary, ha 1s compelled to atipport her, andit ly m penal offense to In- sult or ill-treat her, Onan necusution of In- Adelity hor outh is acewpted as equatl: with hiy, and collateral proof must be ob- tuined, woukt he nob furnish her with funds she is authorized ta borrow in hls mame, mud even to sell his property, After uiurriuge sho hag the absolute control of ler own property, which he enunot touch, FEMININE NOTES. SMILE ONCE AGAIN. rt j “Ts your daughter at home, Mr Brusk? “Yea, sits and so Is her mother." Callow said he'd *eatl some other duy,” but hemevet ald. It Is stated by eminont naturalists that the very tais come creeping out of the wouplle aud Inugh Hke demons when a woman tries to saw natick of woud, how local is the fashion of using cosmetics, Compared with the mode of a contury ago, when every womnn had recourse to the cos ) the absence of artificial color fy ausilinary. ow, tadles of good taste in. New York and Brooklyn will consent to ap py Q false compteston, Ino Plihdelphia, however, it 1s considered quite a prpper tihng to palit, and oven. very young sid pee gitls are to be met whosu lovely naturalsking ave deeply overlaid with the nest Ingenuous cots of coloring matter, Le may be that Philadelphia preters te bo a Invw to Itself, but. that the descendants of the “drab-catured ? and ‘manna? ate fist being supplanted by: the ot original father? and ‘wothor? Fur ten, or perhaps for twenty, yours lust post children fn the upper and upporemiddie glasses haya, so fur as my obsurvatlun coe taught to say * father? and Smothor’?; nd * papa? and Sinaia,’ which are words of extrumast tendurness ta those of my gene ration, sein now to have sunk into con- tempt as a ‘note! of soctal inferiority,” ‘SQUIRE BRAY'S COURTSIUP. *Saulro Bray, of Caswall, North Carolina, Quakers should makea fushton of Tulsity I was hunting wether wife, but his son Bob, vither singular, to say tho Teast. Ludles, | wild blade, knocked him out of it, In the however, who use cosineties with the iden 4 thit gentlemen ore elther decelyed by them or pleased, labor under an extraordinary mlutake,, A FAIR SOMNAMBULIST, capnelousbrenst-pocket of the 'Squlro’s great cont reposed g piut teklor, well iled, thot he only proposed using on bis wayback From swelng the widow Brown, Now just before ho started Bob etlpped the tiekler vut aud Saitio Lord, of Clinton, Me, n bright Utte | putin its place a small alarm Slope cagorully Indy of 10 yents of age, recently hnd an ex. | wound Wp and setforit p,m. 'Thd'Squlro elting adventure, Miss Lord Js an netive | Hae sat the tire out and was well on with bls young body, and semethnes tho events of uvercoat, holding the widow's hand ut the waking hours so crowd into her dreams that doar and putelag In ls sweotest Heta for the rst husband, na dear, Just, “Yes, your ft sho comltestrange freaksofsomnambullsin, | was one of my bust friends, and” w vialt Mer father jy dead, and sho lives with her | lls and omy Jost | Hunnah'’s graves, mother and brother ona farm. On tha night | Won't We, lover” Aly yes, for where $n question mother and daughter went to bed | your poor i Hannan” “asked the early, nnd were goon asleep, The young man | widew. A good womans she was soot emmy in suon afterward, and retired to his ehamber over his mother's apartment, About 0:00 Mrs, Lord awoke, She was horritial to find her dauguter gone, ‘The mothor Hstened iy moment, and then heard somo one moving in an adjoining room, She at once preceeded to the spot, and found’ Sadia puttlng on her clothes, and fast usleep, She called her Hane softly, not wishing to rudely awaken the dreamer. ‘Lhe moment her mother spake, the «irl grasped a shawl, and, hut clothed as she was, mn outdoors Ike a aturted deer, Mrs, Lord tried to follow her, and could discern the outlines of hee Mea torn oisteulu toward the raliroud track. It Was thoes for the Pallinan train trom Bane gore ‘The mother could hear Uso shrlil whistlo In the distance. What it her darting should be crushed beneath the cruel wheels? She saw tne moving lantern of one of the sectlon men, atid shouted to him to intercept the fugitive, but he did not hear her, ‘The train came nearer and} nearer, ‘The great headlight of the loeoyiotive throw a dazling path of light adown the track, ‘The girl, ane conacluus of her danger, crossed right in enough, but there's a living one Just as aiveet,” auld the Squire, and he was drawing her to bin fora kiss, when whizz-wlzz-zizzor~ wleaer-hizzer-ting, whirtrerr, thie) bang! the elock went off inside of Lin, “On lawd 1? Serene tho ‘widow, "he's shooting to pleces! 1's Hannaly’s old peanny a plays Iw" huside of him}? “She said shel haunt mol Sho allers told me sol” erled ‘Squire, running in a steap for his home, with both hands pressed to fis breast and tho cluck still striking, ting, tla, Ibe rode ke Old Nick was after hhn, and nover knew the wtueket HL he felt for lily toktor and pulled ‘out dhe litity clock that Bob had bought at auction, ‘The widow belleyes te this duy that old man Bray is a walkie yoleauo, —— A PECULIAR MARNIAGE, In the early history of New Kugtand, bya strange perversion of legal principles, cer- tain people were led to betleve that whoever should marry s witow who was adminis trutrix upon the estate of her deceased hus- binid, and should through her come in pos- sesslon of anything that had been purchased: Queen Victoria's drawing-room fs a dis- wally coremonlous things but the Inst thine It wae held there was a pretty bit of youthe ful brightness visible. Dutween the folding. doors at the end of the gallery peeped and peeped Alexandra's threo small daughters, their sparkling faces and danolng eyes Mitte aveording with the devp court mourning they wore, Mrs. 1. S. Tut, tho ownor of the largest caitle range in the work, has sold one-hale of her herd of 3,00 cattle to her managers, and will sail for Kurope on the 2th. Ter Unmarried men can't appreefate the fey Ings of the fellow whoso wile sends ny : ret something ont’ of the poeket of the dress that’s hauglag up in the closet, t “Da you play the plano?” i rae play the piano, but my sister Mannalt, be is iv Savannah, site plays the plane ay most charlie nrannah.” aveabanand: There was once n girl in Dulutl, Who bad un aversiog to truth. So when her bean Kissed her And ainde ber Hs blister, Sho told folke ane bid u bore tooth, “ Tangy extends from Greeley to dulesbiire, | “You save me tho key of sour hentf, ty let Colo, embracing a country ‘about 100 miles ‘Thon whg do you mike mo knack Wile. She bas mado around liiion siieg | “Oh, that way yesterday, malas He tho death of her husband, the “Cate King? | And last nigut—1 chunged tho Hing at & three years azo, Whenever you seo 8 woman de rand no and beginning to nod her her The Inte Lady Blanche jturphy, the Ton- don Wortd says, did not lope with her ins. band, ‘The funily remanstrated, but the Indy. wis dsterwuinad, and) the Karl ylolded ao for i} Indes p thn to it with uprated 2 finger, t Is aboUp thine for Sonmebuily to ell a tree, a lady as to be present ut his daughter's murrlage., | Small boy -(rushing In front of awl daly Blanche was Hover ava up by the | weartng 8 pitti hice pokesboniets, : funily. She sways remained on the ost | staring her fail in the fee)—" Yor AllaL and sisterly terms with them, but to the tust refused pecnulary, help, Several persons after a concert recantly yor bet, Chariie; 1 told yer it qwarn'tau old won.” Among. the attractions of the elreuses a uns anthered aronud a table in: an uptown New | Paris is that of puttlag wenten (near York restaurant. It was Th delve atnight; | and firing thoy olf, in this suniity Ris the ‘young ladies were of various national | women do damage onough withoy! tes. ‘he lively French girl ordured of eleny soup anda ginss of whic, A frail and beautiful German girl ordered a cold ppiaurauina and a xliss Of Erhinger beer, A. lone English girl asked fur harm ant omelet, with tea, Of the two Amurieurgirls In the party ono ordered an oyster stew and the other had sofie plank ice-ercam with mac argons, 5 Soo toilets of French actrosses in a ree ecut play were 18 follows: ‘Tha Comtesso da Céran (Silly, Lloyd) wore a. dress of Ualtio bine brocade with three fat piaits in front; a plate | louted Into cannons. " rea Wer We know 9 lady who never Wuey ineralen St alts antl all, we Aly i, bors get through with her. This tunel uo way, by the best posted on village any persen In'tows, tied 10 “All there! Clerk (who was Clit ary ve the gusmeter) ds yours f ere meter, madam?) Your wife ( Well, not hke to ‘show Egnurgned — rather damp, Pin afraid Elder sistur—" Well, doar, dd you, May tues ls auels of amber beads and imother-of- trl pleasant thue at the theatre ny i forming fern leaves; corsage trimmed en | Younger dite—"Oh, ib was} aa youl chila with tho samy fern leaves forming & | evfed ull che time.’ dlder slster— point at the buck; train of Baltle damasi if ued with orange sativ, Mine, Paul days mond (ile. Re jehemnbere) wore dress of bata tra damask covered fn front with a pie usiun of Malines lace, bail of silver and NOts of turquoise satin; court mantio of tur quuise damask, limé Pargents pout of pale- ding feathors in the hair. Mile, Martin, ane of the précleuses yadicales, wore an nston- thing shaded pelisse, eolor of wnber and otter skin, and forming a toulllis of lace und pliissée; dress of Louly XY. brocadg, rose Oh, how L wish Ld been there! When a boy walks wiiha he were afraid some one wold kitl iy ils sister, It hy walls 50 iis to nearly erowd her agales she is the sister of sume one else. aaa A Boston eirl thanked a mat whens her his seat fn. a street-car, and be wa her ant proved to be worth peg Wl careulate this He dn the hope of bn ulrls to bug Uitte mure eourteuus.) 3 thous! Besant tho elope te he the fencer