Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1889, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1889 capable of acquiring either an easy secure seat. On the other hand, there eame every am year from the west and southwest perhaps a How Riding is Thoroughly Taught at | bakers’ dozen of “born horsemen”—boys who West Point. had broken and tamed Texan bronchos or Ken- tucks scions of Lexington. The vary best riders mae xatiox— | are almost always from those regions; the very ae ae carne: Rrasmmarnon— | Gace fren the Mone Raped anions esas ae asic acerags, mind yon, and occasionally the rule WOODEN HOMSES—MAKING 4 RIDER AT HOME | finds a siartling Sxception either way. OM HORSEBACK WITHOUT SADDLE OR STIREUPS. pape Peat: 5 on [Copyrighted 1889.) But having goné through three years of this sort of training, ninety out of every hundred Eeferring once more to the opinion of Mr. | graduates ought to be able to mount any horse LOVE IN A SNOWDRIFT. fhtened color, seemed to assure him of his address. eum of credit ; ‘Platform King’s [tax » Xe evaneattag” is | sence: poy T wonder if Sky of Cie Solivw-teevaders Scene: The Departure of le wonder if aay rw. pers Cross Station. Time: 9:30 a.m. on a certain became with each paler and | ceived the romance working itself out under = his childrei vot £200 | colder, : Spohr. their very-evest “As wo pass On utheeding. en- dull, cold 24th of December. The Scotch Ex- himself. hang Thole fitlow- trae ‘ ia cl wrahgling, growed each one with hie own affairs. how press is getting up steam; great piled-up tracks 3 of; man ing into aj produced’ at last ‘their eto iv jes are a Tookedii on volume—or tread the brink of @ crisis in Seek cate POWDER eg rw fr 2 do we blunder into the middie of a platform. A little crowd ia betfing the book : onary ofa fellow of’ hadi ample | Eatenfe Aa writin to some long erasses LY stall; bawling boys are driving » thriving trhde eed ‘ pence tr OLS ie weet S ‘Cartas Eve] ABSOLUTE PURE rag nto pce a i ry Eiter- tnore of them. "Wot bal want Sle beet is ery Fuad into Clriatnae mora , Alison, i} her craton, ‘ ae 3G Peapont prt mpage ray tage hout | ""Bestt 1 ta bei, dortocted bis vite: iaeapel Geerted odhand cant It is a scientific fact that the ROYAL BAKING Theodore Roosevelt, to which allusion was | chey may enconnter—and they are compelled | som.” “Old ali atinide , “Beef, I'll take my oath of it! They can’t | was conscious always of the invisible shield of} POWDER is absolutely pure. It is undoubtedly the a clone ie while cacts-- | Coming, with coats and wraps, ou « deceive me.” love and tenderness on! between her . wad hevecninn pondered aves it afew mis | ood Goer soeaid ba uite Zi es teat tie: | cluascarridge. 0 ts dreeay cocupied’ by. an | Zs “Ham, Rob, Pm, eertain,” persisted his bet. | and the annoyances of the outer world. Lite| purest and most reliable Baking Powder offered to s = Lo hi ti- | selves to any kind of saddle. ‘There, however, | ancient ccclesiastic, who has reached the ter-half ‘with’ decision, aud the battle Fayed | was no longer the dreary thing it had so lately the public. ‘wise eters giving sttermuse te bis Cun see 15, cas male nelin Med Galak be haseie ote dignity of silken hose; a lady in black, scarcely vy again; while their companions, who hadneither | looked to her, for she seemed to stand Upon P HENRY A. MOTT, M.D., Ph. D., ments. y r a be military seat when in saddle nd as only | past her premiere jeunesse; and s boy of beef an to quarrel en listened with poo ey = gg of Lf future which, yp h ane Chi ‘< “Well,” said he at “ * McCh ‘hich to pract i grim. unger and amusement ei wa ‘and her glowes Lat nited Sta‘ Gov't emis*. Pte ieright apse had pesca would be far shengt ye thefefore, on the | twelve or thirteen, who treats the absent travel- lorth light Oe Pomeroy, aa he watched Alison's Within her ‘as the ‘dull, ‘mean room Became e Ui : tunities for observation, and, although it had | bare back of a horse than on an English-made not occurred to me before, [donot know why, | BUuting saddle, and it is to be hoped that in . the near future an opportunity will be given with his advantages, the West Pointer should | the graduating clase af esclr rac to take Sturm not be the best ‘all around’ rider.” of perhaps three or four lessons with the English Now what are his advantages? saddle and bridle that they may learn the entire i 7 a ‘ference of seatand style requtired—when they ae aay es a Tele dadeed cnker eota | are compelled by fores ofelrcumetences toedopt he has been stripped to the skin end most | that equipment. For all material and profes- searchingly examined by three experienced | sional purposes the army saddle is very well, - Every test thatscience has devised— | but our people are taking up Le stpenvnn et every expedient their professional knowledge Every day finds scores of admirably a can saggest—is resorted to In order to detect | steeds and riders in the park and on the any possible flaw in the physical condition of | !¢vard, and, just as he drops his uniform when the candidate. If accepted, it is prima facie | he leaves the garrison. so should om roms evidence that the young fellow is sound in | Oficers be ready to forget the army le an er's impedimenta to a close scrutiny, and has face, tly grew impatient, with the transformed into an ante-chamber of unknown - = time to_read the name, “Colonel Pomeroy, tion. He fut down the window and looked | felicities. AUCTION SALES Wessex Regt.,” boldly blazoned in white upon as good, ut, then | dent over Alison. phe ag, Mid-day hed qome and gone whens rough | — ees Skene iteau and hat-bo: je €. of ; shor a sledge, drawn by a steady cob, was seen ap- y ALTER B. WILLIAMS & ©0., Auctio SS m, before - : atrala IFT wore to lear yet ioe aoa hing the litle statlou hows, and hailed | W pean ee He came up at last with a quick, command- ¥ asked anxiously. “I want to find out where } by the imprisoned travelers with as mach at — ing tread. A tall, soldierly figure, with close- e we aro, and if nothing can be done to make | rapture as the sail descried by a castaway eed cropped head, and keen eyes looking out from und you more comfortable.’ . from his desert island. It roved to bea thy under dark, straight brows, which, like the * “Oh! pray go if you like. You must not let }'vehicle dispatched from Ladykirk in search of heavy moustachios, were already me be @ burden. ‘And I shall be quite safe. }some missing provision hampers, and its driver gray. The man-servant ped that the; A | Though disagreeable, they are not dangerous,” | had special srders to inquire for tidings of the saluting. rorthy ‘north- with a m glance at the old conple. delayed train, Pomero; tho had just re- His master frowned. aspect, had secur. corners, | " Reassured by hor cl he turned up | turned from one of his relief expeditions, saw compartment, Gough?” making themselves com- | his coat-collar, pulled his deerstalker well over | his opportunity, and rushed out to parley with “No, sir; the train is very full this morning; | fortable for the night journey. Both had dis-| his cars, and lunged into the snow and dark-| the driver. In s minuto or two he came back, ___ AUCTION SALES. to swing his leg as nimbly over the pig-skin Seeker tg ee ee ht | cise aa wir anes weeeieees, Tee Then follows a year of incessant routine, a | West Pointer, if he choose, can far more easily year in which admicable gymnastic and calis-| 40 this: or ride the Texan, the Californian, the thenie training is combined with soldiery | French, or the racing—especially the racing drill. Of course, he has his studies, his regular | Stddle, than can the graduate of any Fg hours for sleep, recreation. recit school of horsemanship step from the saddle o tion, &e., but he caunot shirk his physical | bis boyhood and ride “cross country e It goes on day by day under men McClellan without losing his stirrups. H iat the end of his Cuantes Kixo, Onplain U. 8. A. wing man is erect “HOME MATTERS. first year at the Point as a flagstaff, but springy. active and sinewy as a cat. hen he is in mdition to learn how to \ GGESTIONS OF VALUE TO PRACTICAL HOUSE- ride, and until then he may never have | * Se a bassidden obaans. KERPERS—A NUMBER OF PREVENTIVES AND a einai REMEDIES—LITTLE THINGS WELJ-WORTH RE- The instruction begins in the gymnasium in| ™®"®ERING—RECIPES FOR TOOTHSOME DISHES. the autumn of his second year. He is placed alongside » big *rondrn horse; he is taught how to mount without the aid of made to vault « Gaxvasrzep Inox Rores are not to be com- mended for clotheslines, as they wear the clothes, especially lawns and muslins. Kip Suors Cay Be Kerr Sort and free from cracks by rubbing them once a week with pure ng | glycerine or castor oil. and 2 live horse. | Cusesz Crorm makes the best dusters. A . “he has | ¥ide-meshed kind is sold for the purpose—five ely over | cents a yard—and is soft as silk. then the | Dust raz Watts axp Ceitixas of rooms ex- than a basket of ¢ learned to vault on his wooden steed is marched and intro- | with a square of canton flannel, nap outsi duced to his mount. ‘There in rank sligned | tied around the mop of a long-handled window are some thirty cavalry horses equipped with ets and surcingles. | brush. Siete take the posit Saenatvs Werrep and applied immediately the |, Svmnasiam. | is the best thing im the world for burn. It command of — the — in-| yj i js teal ** -. ts "Snother [ill prevent blistering, and is a magical “pain- ; tin * oung fellows are noiselessly pacing around on the tan bark | To Cteax Stove Prres of soot, &c., put » ' tor explains | piece of zine ona bright fire of coals. “This mid be held and causes a vapor which carries off the soot by decomposition.” Carvers Can Br Cuzaxep and brightened very much by scattering corn meal mixed with arse salt over them, and then sweeping it all off. Mix the salt and meal in equal propor- tions. ‘Tue Errecr or Targstay HaNotxas may be obtained by buying a few yards of Mely-de- errors in hand or elbow him no trouble th riding ma tended to beforehaud—then comes the com-| siened tapestry, and bordering it witha band Secldets Founsster, who has never | of’piain color, some such material as plush or cord of wool or silk. on the English saddle wit d of stirrups aubthe “tue.” bese quate conception B;| Fom Dysezpsta, pour one quart of cold water the seaations awaiting hic, on two tablespoonfuls of unslacked lime; let seus sheen: Sem ink ie. stand a few minutes, bottle and cork, and when ‘The syst ¥ have changed in some re- | Clear it dy for ase; put three tablespoon- pects, but the basis of West Point instruction | f0ls in s cup of milk anddrink any time, usually opp graye poe Tr, with a little powdered borax, which let down into | serves to set the color; wash the linen separate- to develop | ly and quickly, using very little soap; rinse in riding muscles— | tepid water containing a little boiled starch; forty minutes of | hang ont to dry in the shade, and iron when icht or ten weeks to | almost dry. wing trot. Ci-| 4 Teaspooxrvt oF-Borax put in the last Cadets have | water in which clothes are rinsed will whiten them surprisingly. Pound the borax so it will dissolve easily. This is especially good to re- e the yellow that time gives to white gar- ved by tears| ments that have been laid away for two or nor wipe | three yea by the pain| Aprie Creaw.—Peel and coré six large ap- or fourth | ples, boil them in ~ little water, with two be Longs od ounces 0: raisins and the grated rindof a tradition at the | lemon, till quite soft; when cold, add a her ner, who | of sherry. Lay the mixture in a pie-dish, beat November had | up the whites of three eggs with a little sugar a straddied ©. actually broke | t 4 stif froth, spread it over the apples, and down in his sail ed the instructor | bake in a slow oven. to “Take ime o:f horse?” But these were | Taz Best Way To Wasu,twithout shrinking instances. For the first} or fading, fancy-colored flannel shirts, is to ‘i — ig thee use warm (not hot) water and # teaspoonful of eater enaaes borax. Simply flap the article about in the fo 90 on with the roi.| Weter: do not rub or squeeze it. When the at onres the bite, | ter shows that the sviled parts are clean, rapidly through the wringer and dry aickly before a good fire. din threw J -| Covonep Goons or Axx Kixp should not be leather w ti | put into very hot water,and soda should be Way one of them dit. | ar for them, They should neither be IN EVE Se storched with hot starch, nor ironed with a hot Day after day in - gloomy old riding | iron. After washing, they should be rinsed in as elas- | cold water, in which a good handful of bay salt or little alum has been dissolved. They should not be dried in the sun. then at the | Howry Cnoguerres.—To a cupfal of cold apils to boiled hominy (small grained) add a table- < liowing: Kaise | spoonful of melted butter and stir hard, moist- ut height of the knees. bending | ening, by degrees, with a cupfal of milk, beat- Throw right leg over horse's | ing to a soft light paste. Put ina teaspoonful Throw left leg over | of white sugar, and, lastly. a well-beaten egg. {a te natural posi- | Roll into oval balls with floured hands, dip in head and shoul- | beaten egg. then crackercrumbs and fry in hot Of coarse the natural | Jara. Very good. eo paaion bat ea rig Girl go Tux Frosrixa or Grass to keep out the sun sn be no individual vo- | # done by using the following paints: Sugar of - Unless excused | lead well ground in oil, applied as other paint, scoumt of some tempo-| then pounced, while fresh, with a cotton pility csery member of the} duster. When partially dry, with straight- clas must do bis level best toaccomplish every | edge laid upon the aaah, run along by the sido one of t rribed exercises. ‘Then follow | of it a stick sharpened to the width of the ling others, : mn the left side. | in any figures or squares you choose. nd vault ou checking him. Do ; wade the sume on the right side. tothe ground | | TY Gtase Dismxs axp a on either sade di th vault completely over articles of that ware are Put into a kettle and kim to the other. Vault again into’ seat, | covered entirely with cold water, and the | in all these exercises the reins must never be | Water is allowed to boil quickly for a short | lost. and, if the instructor be very watchful, | time, and ifthe kettle is then removed from sever unduly lightene: the stove and placed in cool spot until the water has become cold, the articles will be s0 toughened in the process that they will not aping of the | break easily. Keep she kettle covered tightly the snafile- | until the water has bad time to cool. and without th d Also. a few les Sranxisa Maccanoons.—Four ounces of al- m Wrestling on monds, half pound of sugar, six yelks of eggs, oy pa half teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, rind of widget T, one orange. Boil sugar first, then add pounded farlongh wh perm mae . ‘ je, | tlmonds and flavoring. Let them simmer gently over a slow fire ten minutes, stirring oc- "| casionally; then add the yelks of the eggs and ate sir util the mass becomes firm; take from the ire; when cool er goon ene SS re; when cool roll between the hands, greas- ing them slightly. Make inte small cakes and Two more years of dril! and instruction fol- | spread on white paper. low, but these are more devoted to cavalry | Mausiwarows.—Dissolve one-half pound of evolutions than to individual teaching. Neyer- | clean gum arabie in one pint of water, strain, theless, there are long wintry months when | then add one-haif d of powdered * drills cannot be conducted on “the Plain,” and | and set over the fire, stitring Continually tetil then it is the cadet is taught the use of the | the sugar is thoroughly dissolved and the mix- peur and revolver. mounted, and the riding | tare has become of the cousistency of honey, hall is the scene for two hours a day, when the | Now add gradually the well-beaten whites ot different classes exercise, ® good deal of | four eggs, stirring all the time until the mix- dashing horsemanship. “Kunning at the | tare loses ite stickiness and does not adhere to heads” is capital training and develops the | the fingers when touched; flavor to taste. nerve and skill of the yor f,{roopers to a high | Turn out in a shallow pan, dust lightly with degree. Leaping the hurdles while cutting at | starch and divide into small squares. tere tech, short poste or the ground| Cxzaw Purrs.—One-half pound of butter, E and agility to tent fe “ Pupils of the city schools would care to adven- | tb*ee-fourths pounds prepared flour, six eggs, ture without all the previous instruction; but | ‘¥° cups of warm water. almost every day, for a few moments, saddles | Wm Water; set over the but I believe most of them get out at York,’ for easy a. A gil r-col- ness, the last audible sound ashe closed the | triumphant. Th th was a rude one, in- indicating the occu, f the carriage with’a | ored traveling cap protected the door behind him being: “It was ham, Rob,” | tended for Iaggage, but it would be possible to | 72S Ay 8, JANUARY jerk of bi elbows sae head and ears, and & ilk 2 trom te geod wife, in’ tentative tone by way make Mrs, Lloyd’ fairly comfortable cj , sepia “Ver . ive ; it’s bitter! of reviving the argument. and, as it was now tem ily fine overhead. ancement that these are the productions ¢f col.” Yona saiiianewny esis 7 is Si The snow outside ay knse-dleop, but, tired of | the colonel arrau; ‘the hampers and | MF Amber will be miMicient to attr ere, saiiillieans As the bell sounded, he stepped into the car- | tion of propitiating the deities of slumber was | inaction, Pomeroy waded through it some fifty | themselves aiould travel im ‘company to their WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO, | were in the Tokio exposition, and are without doubt ringe, a figure clad from head ‘to foot in rough | evident, and ere long successful, as the heavy | yards, retracing the may they had come till he | destination, wee ‘Auctioneers. | wonderful euumuples et Sapemorert gray frieze;and, eschewing the neighborhood | breathing of both testified. Their doze was|reached a spot illumined by lanterns and| Oh! and it was a warm welcome that the = EY, Auctioneer, 936 F st. ~~ | ‘The sale of this collection will take place at my new of the old churchman, seated himself opposite | only temporarily torches, where men wore busy shoveling away | chilled and weary wayfarers received upon the fac . | art 22th and Penn. » WEDNES the lady in black, whose thick gossamer travel- roused | the snow. He was pleased to learn that the | threshold of Ladykirk from its hospitable PROPE re SHPRID t DAY, THURSDAY et 5 FRIDAY, JANUARY ax. ing veil revealed little of her features. The lad ‘way was fairly-pasecble from hence to the near- | master and mistress, And it was Mrs. Dram- Vision, De TEENTH, SEVP! and sat close beside her, and it was pretty to see his blocked the lines r north, and speed- | est station, an insignificant one a half. off, | mond-Orr herself who ied Alison upstairs to yee deed of trust to us, recorded in liber boyish devotion to his frail-looking companion, | ily fell asleep again. ignored by express trains, the luxurious guest-chamber, to be refreshed | N°. of ‘the re who seemed full y to be his mother. Yet} Colonel Pomeroy’s fellow-traveler looked up | nearest to Ladykirk for all ‘tha’ e and warmed and petted, while her husband garty secured thersty such was the relationship between them, in dismay. “Ob, you don't think it likely, do} swer he got to his inquiries, Here it might at | hurried off to make provision for the less for- {he rremiaee, om THC : mi ne, ane. Colonel Pomeroy settled himself in his corner | You?” Her purse was but scantily furnished, | least be possible to obtain food and shelter ofa | tunate travelers left behind. aes Ee it USTERS SALE OF IMPROVED, with the deliberate attention to comfort of an | and delay might mean expense, Kind for his less hardy companion, and with| A half-hour later Col, Pomeroy Joined his es 5 Ati RD" BeVeNTit old traveler, exchanged his hat for a deer-| | “I don't know much about it,” he answered | the hope he pressed on. friend in the — looking at least ten years " 1 tae EST. stalker cap, wrapped his ulster cout and car-| kindly. | “It is fifteen years and more since I] The time of his absence seemed a weary | Younger for his lute experience. His host | : ms * Fate | $ me riage rug well over his legs, unfolded his | last er rder, and the greater partof | while to Alison, left with no entertainment but | looked up with a ready sympathy, tthe a a. 2m, we will sel at x Times, aud gave no more thought to his silent | that time has been spent in India. Do you go | the old couple's Yrangling and her own nery-| | “Heally, Pomeroy, who would have thought | the balenor in ome traveling companions, who rarely, very rarely, | much farther?” ous fears, What if her kind escort should | of your having to spend the best part of your ofS er ous gxchanged a word. | Yet the boy sat with wist-| ‘Another two or three hours’ journey. Burn- | wander too far and be lost in the snow! such | Christmas shut up inthat poky litte hole! Ii ful eyes fixed upon his motherand the mother, | side is the name of the station.” things were not uncommon, She had soon | an awfal sell for you!” — patting out a tiny hand, took her son's within | ‘And of mine also. That is convenient.” | worked herself into a state of suppressed| “Not at all, Jack. Indeed—to tell the truth, camplios Sie it and clasped it closely. They were quite free | _ “I am going to spend Christmas and tho New | alarm, prepared for anything; and when at | old fellow—I never enjoyed one more!” One-this from observation. ‘The colonel was absorbed | Year at a place called Ladykirk, last the door was reopened and Pomeroy’s tall | Jack stared at his cousin. Was downright | J12-odtds FURMAN J. SHAD ay of sale. at in Randolph Churchill's latest philippic, the | “What! the Drummond-Orrs?” figure appeared, she could not repress a ory of | Hubert Pomeroy taking to sarcasm! REASURY DEPARTME ecelesiastic was occupied in mentally arranging 5 nd-Orrs, relief. - “Well! tastes differ. of course,” the master | B Tiiore wall bo mold at ju his moves at the next chapter meeting, as the trange! 80 am I!” His face dis-] “At last! I had begun to imagine all sorts | of the house said, curtly, ERs express rushed on hour after hour through the -“Drummond-Orr is my | of dismal 1” ‘she said, sinking back into | Colone Pomeroy had been pacing the room | i dreary winter landscape. sin.” . . her corner, w! the faint color returned to | with his hands in his pockets—or rather in ‘The colonel put down his paper at last, con-| _-‘Yes?”—demurely—“Mrs, Drammond-Orr is | her cheeks. Jack's pockets, for, of course, no Inggage was Zhao artiches vo thernen sulted his watdh, and rejoiecd that he had run | my cousin.” “Excep' I hope. You knew I| yet forthcoming, and his gray lounging suit Sah The erticien 20 Aisroned of to Te through already nearly four hours of his jour- le drew a long breath, “Is it — She . to my namesake?” was a loan from his host. Now he suddeniy day of sale, ©. 8. FAIRCHILD, Secretary. 1 rou.” ney. “We are nearing York,” he said, half | bad but one relation in the world! Then you turned and faced his cousin. ERY SALE OF VALUABLE TRACT OF aloud. Mother and son exchanged glances, | &re—you must be—” , then, for I want you| “The fact is, Jack, _- ought to e: v rest hich OF | THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. and drew, if possible, even closer tegether, | “Allon ‘Kerr once,” very faintly; ‘Alison | to brave the cold and come with me. There is | plain that it’s ail up with Emmie's matrimonial OLUMEIA, ERONTING ON FINEX BRANCH | — ee Col, Pomeroy intercepted'the look, and began Dee now.” a little country station half a mile off, where at | plans. I'm an engaged man—at last!” ir ‘Court of the “ to feel the languid, half insouciant’ interest in ou don't say so!’ Well! Better late than 1 ere was a long silence, least we shall find a comfortable room, a fire, “ nity cause No. i F VAL CABLE 10, TEPROVER is fellow-travelers which we take in the com-| _ She who had loved and suffered as Alison | and some food. The stationmaster's wife is an | never. T congratulate you with all my heart. * AF | ELE ee cet ee. BE, No. 11 panions of a day. He offered his Times. Kerr felt her heart-beats pulsating wildly with | old acquaintance of mine, and has promised to Perhaps she will be a littie disappointed, poor FED eEeDAy anit yinD DA x Re fi STKRET NORTHWEST. The lady declined it with a smile, “Thank | the after throb of an old pain. No common: | do her-best for you. It gets worse here with | little woman! But that can't be helped. jot at present. Myson and I separate at | place occurred to her wherewith to fill the | every hour, and'I can’t bear to see you look so | Emmie!” as his wife appeared at this moment, 3 Pause. white and cold.” “come and tell Pomeroy how pleased we are ihe voice was sweet and low, and matched | | He leant back in his corner with intent eyes| “Of course I'll do as you think best,” Alison | that he is going to follow our example at last.” Frill with the fragile form. "It struck some note | fixed upon her face, “‘Strange!—and I did not | said faintly, though her heart failed her at the | “That I will, dear!” holding out both hands in the soldier's memory, and sent him into a | know you!” Prospect. to Hubert with the sunniest smile of triamph, reverie as he leaned back with folded arms in| | “‘I knew you at once, You are less changed | _ ‘Very well; then we will make the mx “For Iam sure it can be no one but Ailie. I his corner, Presently he took a letter from his | than I; only graver—sterner—.,” Pomeroy then suieines their plan to their | noticed something was up directly you two pocket and began toreperuseit,for inthe hurry | “Older,” he finished bitterly. “I was never | fellow-travelers, who, for once in fall accord, | came in together. Tell me, am I right?” 24 dovrees cast 85.40 of departure that morning the first reading | oue of fortune’s favorites, Indeed, fate has | declared that nothing should persuade them to | ““Yes—you, alwas ””* Colonel Pomeroy 7 of nowt, thence with, suid. road had been very superficial. Tt was ina woman's | been persistently unkind to me from those old | leave their nt shelter. confesses sarly. ‘orgive me if I've disap- =~ Ly hand, and the pith of it lay in this paragraph: Blithedale days till now, when she has brought | | ‘‘Better to bear the ills we have, eh?” an-| pointed you, but I have been completing a | 2e2¢e ny “Jack and Thope you will turn uptbefere the | about thie meeting,” with a courteous | swered the colonel, laughing. “Well! I think | courtship begun fifteen years ago.” Bort Tie degrees west 104 becnnins. cone | Christmas season is quite over. We have not | little bow, which reminded her of the gallant | it is one of the occasions Shen \nobie ae nd you couldn't have pleased me better. | tainiug $71 acres of land. and in hyonthe | THOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Anse Sates eae eORether since those merry days at | Hubert Pomeroy of other days, “But tell me | content’ is praiseworthy. Come, Mra. Lloyd, | No one could ever resist Alison, and directly I | * re-descrived iand and ind of Semen | oe roe seni --& Tlithedale before poor Alison Kerr's unlucky | of yourself—your husband.” if you are well wrap Ri found she would be with us for Christmas, I | 3 ly. i dwelling | q\HANCERY SALE OF marriage, when you and she were. the life of |. “He died three years ago. I have only my | | He sprang out to assist Alison, but she hesi-| made up my mind you should fall in love with the abeve-dewrited | OY REAL ESTATE O81 the party, You know her spendthrift husband boy. tated a moment before taking the plunge into | each other all over a, Se =e - oO dead.” But more of this anon. When you| “There, at least, you are happy! He isa fine | the pathless snow. Then the kind hostess hastened back to her come John wants you to look at Ravensden, | fellow.” “I'm afraid your boots ate not so thick as | other guest, whom she found toasting herself which is in the market just now. Why don't| ‘Ah! if you only knew what Hubert has been | mine. You must let me help you over the | before a cozy fire, looking very sweet. and shy, | yoary.with it you buy the place and settle near to me!” worst of its” shall neither of us rest till you are mar- “Hubert! My namesake, thon?” ried and as happy as we are. rimson tea-gown of soft silk, | the retention of > And witbout waiting for permission he lifted | which her own wardrobe had furnished. smaetiswioriseumaee know of just | “Yes; I—I always liked’ the name.” Her | her gently in his arms, and so Inden, trudged | Mrs. Drummond-Orr shut the door delib- | Cty. 91 fie option oi the pur haser the woman to suit you. She is a great friend | flush of color went unperceived in the dim | through st the line of waiting car- | erately and joined her cousin at the fireside, melt & Cartes Ne, 10 of mine, and T shall be dreadfully disappointed | light. = ringes to the clearing at the further end. ‘There ei, atile?" she began significantly. street northwest, and at the premises ou the day of if yon don’t fall im love with each other directly | _““Didyou? Yet it was a foolish mistake of | he set her down, congratulating herself that | ‘Well’ Emmic, deat” Then oas Mra, you meet.” mine to fancy, as I did once—that you liked its | the darkness concealed her hot cheeks. Here | Drummond-Orr still looked expectant, He folded up the letter with a sigh, saying to | owner! ell! those days lie so far behind | it was just possible to get on, though the walk- | teagown is most comfortable, and* * *” himself. inwardly: ‘‘No, no. Fool that I am! | us now, that wo can afford to laugh over them | ing was still rough, and, struggling along with | “And Nery becoming, I see, but”—impa- My idiotic constancy stands between me and | together. Did you think my message so very | the help of Pomeroy’s arm, Alison at last tiently—“I did not come up here to talk about z at sort of thing. Emmie is the kindest-| presumptuous? Tell me the truth; it cannot thankfully found herself on the platform of the | tea-gowns. Ailic!”—holding ont her hands eevee i . hearted little woman in the world, but she’ll | matter now, little station. It was an old-fashioned building, | wistfully—“Have you nothing to tell me? rt}! SH never show me any one to banish ‘Ailie Kerr no! But I am not quite sure—" diy- | but its shelter was oh! how welcome, for the | may as well make your confession, as Hubert E STREET NOK from my memory!” And he fell a-musing | ing into the treasure-house of memory, where | Snow was falling again now thick and fast. has done already.” Dc again: a reverie so retrospective and interest | every trivial word and look of Hubert’ Pome. | Mrs. Lloyd htened into cheerfulness | Alison turned suddenly and threw herself | | Bs,viriue of authority in e) ing that it ended only as the train glided slow. | roy’s in other days ley garnered up--“which | again as Col, Pomeroy threw open the door of | into‘her cousin's ovestretched arms, the city af Weakingtone ly ‘across the levels about York, and entered | message you mean? @ smail but comfortable room, which boasted a| | ‘“Then—then—you know that what you once wanes of the busy station with shrill “shrieks and| He smiled, yet with a touch of regret. “ah! | blazing fire; whilst the station-master's wife | wished has come to pass at list! “Anmdoht screams, you have forgotten! Well! It is only natural! | came forward, the very picture of an old woman | mie! he actually loved me. all the time—only The boy took a traveling-bag and a baize- | Among so many adorers, the homage of one | in her well-fitting cap and gown. She had been | Aunt Clara broke faith with him and wever told covered cricket bat from the rack above and | more or less of course made little impression, | still-room maid at the Drummond-Orrs’ in the | me.” turned to his mother. Her veil was thrown | I was thinking of » happy summer which we | days of her youth, and prided herself upon i 3 have her to back now. and disclosed @ pale. wistful face. | spent together fifteen years ago, and of the | never having fost her “geuti r As the train stopped she clasped him in her | last day of my stay at Blithedale, when Ifound | Mrs. Lloyd sat down tpon the first seat she with =o warm | Pie ibe ae om, District of | fot 1 5100 feet arms, whispering: * bye, Hubert! my own = aunt alone. and ventured to tell her of my | Came to, which happened to be the window | caress—“for bringing us together again. Oh! vt L Lith street and place of {ear boy! Write often and tell me every- | hopes. You hada headache and were resting | seat, trying very hard to look brave, whilst | shall Lever forget my Clnistines Sew suoes | aan i and ff thing.” in room, but she undertook to plead my | Pomeroy had paused a moment to pick up the | drift?” z “Good-bye. little mother! If they don’t | cause with you. It was disinterested of her at | cloak which had fallen from her én enterin; make you happy, I'll settle them!” least, for up to that time she had shown me | the room. Mrs. Blair hastily placed a small A parting hug and Hubert sprang down, but | small favor. I sent to you by her a crimson | flagon of brandy upon the table, and proceeded rete oun Does red near ite Caters A — oe oe) — ay battonhole otek have hated toed we wa Fs Or er atentorative, The Two Classes into Which They are quemente. rishte, ; gentleman passing along the platform the sme! roses ever since!—It was agreed | which Alison, in spite of her assumed bravery, % Delomsns oF 1M guy Wise uppercaiting. ferutinizingly at him, passed on, paused, re-| betwoes ws thot if Cee wea Gee evening I | had never more needed in her life. Z [ipsariepcicasgen saeco tnferane Owes thira cach, alice cal latent turned and peered into the compartment. should take it as a sign that there was hope for “There!” cried Pomeroy presently, drawing | From the Boston Gazette, red p bearing 6 percent interest from “Oh! there you are; I was looking for yi | me: if not—I promised not to pain you by | forward a chair to the fire and placing her in “Country Cracker” is a term applied by the ee ee nn eee among the second-class passengers,” pressing for any other answer.” 5 is a little improvement, Aud here | inteliigent clase i thet sites. to | sae = ee cesaclgnel, who was Preparing to get out| “Well!” She was listening intently now, her | comes Mrs. Blair with the tea she promised us, | ielligent class in southern communities t and stretch his legs, heard. the remark‘aud ‘its | hands clasped upon her knee, her eyes darken- | How good it looks! Porridge, too! Ideclare [| those more unfortunate people residing in snewer. at ing with a cruel suspicion, Seer Senet, porridge Ho is “And there yon would have found us but for | “The evening eame. "You appeared late, 1 You are exhausted for want of food.” | cities, and, in fact all civilized agencies, my cousin's kindness in franking us, Hubert, | looking tired and ill though ‘you laughed even | _ He brought the tea and waited on Alison as- | Crackers ad divided into two classes, 2a :The come here and make your uncle's acquaint- | more gay than usual with the circle round you, | siduously. while she drank it and ate a little of | ‘ ite foll id “ni ance. I drew near, hardly daring to look. Some | the steaming porridge, well pleased to see her | “POOF white folks” and “niggers.” Though “i'm. So this is Hubert! Nothing of the | flower, as usual, nestled at your throat, but —it Pee, bem e herself, She begged him to | every one fully appreciates the trials with ds about him. Favors you in appearance, | was a spray of jossamine!” follow her example; but it was characteristic | which they are compelled to contend, it is im- I never know!” she cried in unspeal of Pomeroy-—who always thought of others be- | possible to refrain from looking on the humor 4 3 ie taositberts holding | agitation. | “She told me_nothing—nothing! | fore himself—that he first tramped back all the | Poa. or ‘tre echoes ee nade out his hand, though Mr. Lloyd, perhaps, ‘hat wicked treach While I waited, and | way they had come, carrying a can of hot tea, 4 i cae i not intended the remark for a compliment, and despised myself for having fan- | @ cup and a good portion of bread and butter | Northern traveler (known to them as Yankee ay i BE. BL 46 at, “Well, boy, at any rate, I hope you'll be a | What has happened! to the cross-grained old couple who had shared | folks), coming in contact with both classes, 7 3 WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucts. credit to our kindness. If you have any bag-| Engrossed in their reminiscences, neither | their c . everything seems amusing. There isa feeling | > gage. look it up and make the porter take it | bad noticed that the train had slackened speed | “It will give them something fresh to argue | of rivalry between the poor white classand the out to my trap. well known here.” unaccountably for some minutes past. Now | over,” he said, laughing. The fortaer, borne do: He drew himself up with much self-import- | the engine gave a stifled shriek—there wasa| W en he returned a half-hour later, shaking | Prosperous negro. PP asco Petes ance, bestowing a condescending look on the | hissing of steam, a sputtering—a grinding of | himself free of the snow, he found his charge | by fiancial difficulties, spurns all suggestions colonel as he alighted, lit a cigar, and strolled wheels—calling—shouting, and they came toa | already refreshed by the ti Be on and | ee eee ni ne eh oreo away. But when the ecclesiastic appeared his | standstill altogether. warmth, The station-master’s wife had taken | inte t and thrifty whites, with whom the | a1 FOUR OCLOCE F. M. . cribed at manner was changed, “Ah! Mr. ‘Tichacsowa, Colonel Pomeroy. suddenly recalled to the | her upstairs and made her comfortable with a | line of equality is more plainly draw : and being lot four(4)aud the west twelve (2) feet let me help you. Are these your rugs? Cold | present like one aroused from lexing | loan of warm home-made stockings and a pair | | Notwithstanding the fact that in point of | ton (1) ‘inches of lot three (in the helrs uf 4 day fora journey.” eam, lowered the window and. put his head | of huge slippers, putting her own to dry mean- | education these two classes of crackers are on | Davidson's suiiivinign of . h 1g nod to his sister-in-law, he | out to’ inquire what was amiss. ‘Tho rasn of | time, Alison began pouring out, the tea she | the same footing, the whites have not forgot- | Gushin ‘ay to see the dignitary to his car- | cold wind woke the sleepers in time to receive | had kept hot for him. The colonel d | ten the better condition of their forefathers, | shove lots being improved | Sha 1000 L street Hubert’s mother blessed the arch- | the news that in the blindi snow-storm they | Mrs. Blair to make a fresh brew, saying that | 8nd. when not pi Tous, are very gloomy. | in-houscs. - deacon in her heart, as presently her boy came | had run into @ snow-drift. The engine and | hunger would soon drive others to follow their | The negro, on the other THE SAME DAY, at HALF-PAST FOUR flying back for « last word. The colonel, who | many of the foremost carriages were fast em- | example. with his present condition, The traveler, LOCK PM. we will sel! at ablic auction, tn had ‘driven it rather close, returned just in | bedded; their own was buried a third of its| “Or might organize a relief party to dis- | therefore, Is more amused and entertained by : time to witness this second leave-taking be- | height.’ Tho driver, it seemed, had tried to | pen is io suggested, ad ahe hurriod the latter. Hence, we will devote more time to tween mother and son. Perhaps. something | reverse his engine, but before he could do so his ure. the “nigger” than the “poor white folks.” The | | Terms of sale: One-third cash, and sympathetic in the soldier's eye ‘emboldened the snow had put out the fires. + Bat not till you have had a good meal your- | ‘dialect varies according to the race. A tray- | and two years, for the boy, for as the guard came up with his key lling fast; the white flakes pow- | self,” Alison said, decidedly. “The eler this section of country Hubert bent forward and touched the colonels and moustachios, “Not | is lovely: dotry if, I don’t want a monopoly | and inguiring the way of a white native, he ann, saying eagerly, “Ob, sir! take care of my ting on’ to-night, I'm afraid,” he | of all the ings.” willeome up to the buggy, thinking you can mother!” He let himself be persuaded, establishing | have all day to talk, pl one foot on the She glanced up at Pomeroy with a tremulous | The old gentleman from his corner began | himself ona bench near her. with « bow! ef | Wheel, expectorate and address you as follo | ged cust of the defaulting, purchases. smile almost of a “Poor boy! We have | railing against his ill-fortune, then rated his | hot porridge, which not even the pewter spoon | “Wal, Capun. what mout your name be, an’ EDWARD 3 never been separated before.” sleepy partner, declaring it was her fault for | could spoil. ‘The surroundings were not fav- | Wher’ der you live when you're at home? That's He is going to school?” leaving home at all; which accusation she re- | orable to romance, yet one of the pairat least | * PO pert criter you are a driving of. T piven No; to an uncle who is good enough to offer | torted upon him till the couple fell to arguing | could not help thinking how many eventful} ‘lowed your uns is been swopping. How's _ him a home.’ and mutual recrimination. From the neigh- | years passed. sinee fast, thay beoks bread | Craps in your district? Wal, afore the wor we WEEES & CO. Auctioneers, ‘The spoke to yon just now?” 4 together; How many hopes ied died since those Tound beseno ooo! nines is sorter sorry | {lox AND IMPORTANT SALE OF FURNITURE, Vident ler rout ind &C. ated good fortune. became kno heads ther | she sighed involuntarily at what ‘“might| When meeting an old darkey on the road | on ac OF REMOVAL WE WILL, BY ORDER shriek from the engine, the guard it ‘her companion, with his ox cart and bale of cotton (the extent R SACRBON ee our ar gives the signal, and as the train_moves on its | variety of headgear. Pom if th the | of his crop) it ig not unnsnal to be addressed} PUBLIC AUCHION G® MONDAY MORNING, wa Stews cemnee pa call at the window again. i in this yest Fe SOLS, SHE ENTIRE RT OCE OF BOCae somethii Is into ) ii . ~Hyre, yu 2 Pomeroy’s fellow-traveler. % sralled reas. | oo What’ choi RO celosiacle aiach aaenag what'yed et sks Sih HOE MaRS: up, little mother,” cries Hul foc your cotton” | Mt a p ALK SFO “ money for ry io J nly” thinking of those ola | chile, dis uigger won't git nary nickel, "Dis i | 22 uprjcouuting of Malnat f times. It ts stwnys ha ee bak sect She | frine to pay oe rations, it is; I've | and Extension colonet's was quickly suppressed. The ‘would have withdrawn her hand, but ‘he only | bawling dis up here fo Mr. Ed. Elliott's sto’ | ty sublime and the ridiculous are near akin, and the Drumi it ti and gwine to git dat paper whatI gin him las’ train?” inst of cheering his mother, as Hubert in- € » has tended, her boy's curiously chosen consolation | “Yes; my ” 2 Aitson! of eppy |" Ber cent did he charge you in the had the ‘effect of down the last rem me. Ho ! ;mecting. Shall age nants of her composure. had lowered > fort the “He said, bein’ it wuz me, he'd charge il again, yet the colonel oj 25 cents on’de dollar for certicking EST OWN AS | fi THWEST, WASHING. | Go- — eee i. GEORGIA CRACKERS, pny eg io required at. ow he pe complied with in tem fry ifteen years! Come! | country districts far removed from railroads, epee ee Sioa in some newspaper Published in the city of Washing- ton, District, mk t tf Ine. wie de norf, ‘The Land of the Lily and the Rosa, are stripped off and then the cadet, girt with saber ané revolver, perhaps. goes back to first Principles and Yar ack, See acon sees strong points of our school of riding, for the cadet eapected and requived to ae, complish, without the aid of or everything be ean do with them. WITHOUT sTIRRUPS, Indeed. it used to be the practice at the, ‘academy in the old days to compel the students, even after saddles were issued, to “cross the stirrup:” i. e., throw them over the horse’s neck in front of the pommel, and ride without their use for several months. Iti probably still in vogue a8 8 regular of the teaching, bat perhaps, not for sa ldag a times Now, any man who has ridden very much or given much thought to the subject will be ‘apt to admit that such r Open from December until May. ‘Wor ciroulare, etc.. eddrean H a ft as a .