Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1889, Page 10

10 Written for Tue Evexmne Stan. HOW TO CHOOSE A PUPPY, Some of the Distinctive Polats of Thoroughbred Dogs. Prick oF GREAT VALUE TO THE amaTEUR BUYER—SOMETHING ABOUT THE History oF DOG BREEDING IN AMERICA—TRE SETTER THE MOST POPULAR HUNTING DOG—HIGH PRICES. To choose a dog, especially a puppy, and to make no mistakes is almost as difficult as to Bame the winning horse before arace, Still there are certain rules that are laid down which will lend a man material aid in his task. I cannot choose a dog for your readera, but I ean give them some points as a guide in the selection and which are generally observed by the judges in dog shows, prominent among which are the Westminster kennel ‘club’s an- nual bench show, given ast Madison Square garden, the Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Rochester, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Providenee, Albany, Troy, Hartford, New Haven, im fact Rearly every city of importance having kennel club under whose auspices dog shows are given. At many of these shows I have been honored with the position of judge. Since the first exhibition of the Westminster kennel club in 1877, which was the fitst show iven by a regular kennel club in this country, e interest in thoroughbred dogs has been constantly growing. Before that time the ma- Jority of dogs were indifferently bred and little or no attention given to pedigrees, but since then we have made strides in the improvement of all breeds of dogs. As public interest has been excited and a feeling of rivalry been aroused between breeders to have the best ENGLISH SETTER. dogs, the foremost kennels of the European breeders have been ransacked for the finest specimens. This interest has not been con- fined to professional breeders, but it has ex- tended to gentlemen of money and leisure with whom the dog is a hobby. The best specimens obtainable by money have been imported from England. Notably among these breeds are the St. Bernards, collies, English setters, Irish setters, beagle hunds and fox terriers. Among the especially neglected breeds is the Gordon setter, owing to the general impression that he is not the equal of either the English or Irish setter in field qualities. This impression is not wholly with- out foundation, as the Gordon has made little or no reputation in the field trials. which are held every fall in several game districts in the east. west and south for the public competition of all breeds of setters and pointers. English setters have receivéd the most attention and are by far the most popular strain. as is evi- dent from the nambers running in the field trials, which far outnumber Irish and Gordons combined. Next to the English setter in favor comes the pointer, while a few tack their colors to the Irish setter. Of the English setters the most popular strain is the wyllen, which origi- nated with Purcell Liewyllen, and was pro- duced by a cross of the Laverack setter on the Duke-Rhebe blood. Duke and Rhebe were the foundation of the Liewyllen kennels, Why Liewyllens are so fashionable is on ac- count of success at the field trials, where they have displayed great brilliancy in the character of their work. Another strain by English set- ters affected by a few isthe Laverack, which originated with Edward Laverack, and has undoubtedly been bred purely, as far as setter blood is concerned, for the past one hundred years. When I say so far as setter blood is concerned I mean that there has been no blood infused into these dogs except that of the set- ter, and though the tabulated pedigrees show that the entire race sprung from four do; there is sufficient evidence to prove that E ward Laverack bred to any setter blood that he thought would improve his dogs. This fact I believe is now generally conceded. The reason ] have dwelt eo long upon the setter is because it is the most popular of all hunting dogs, though the pointer is rapidly coming to the front. Asan example of the high prices paid for dogs by Americans I will mention the rough- coated St. Bernard dog Plinlimmon purchased by J. K. Emmett in England at the actual cost of 5,000. The pointer dog Faust, if I mistake not, was imported by the St. Louis kennel club at a cost of about $1,800. The ter Naso = imported by the Westminster ki nel club at a very large figure, which I believe was never made public. The pointer dog Graphic cost about $1,500. E. H. Moore of Melrose, Mass..I understand, refused $3,000 for his Mastiff Minting, aince dead, at the Westminster kennel club show of 1838. One of the most ex- pensive private kennels in the country was that of AH. Moore ee Tt waa‘ eati- mate; at his cost frou $30, to ‘40,000. In conclusion let me mention lee fact that st a recent show in England $8,000 was re- fused for the Sti Bernard dog Sir Bedevére. 1 would advise an amateur when purchasing bet the opinion of some one thoro: fa- with the breed he may want from, otherwise he may find himself im upon by an unscrupulous dealer. For the bene- fit of those who cannot readily get an ¢: opinion I will give a few hints as to the selec- tion of dogs generally. First see that the ie host ay eat athe be in the ot rr most breeds of dogs, M for, and in the larger breeds, St. Bernard and mastiff, great massiveness is desirable. Let us first take the pointer. Like al) bunt ing dogs he should be rather racy in buil showing great activity, with a fair amount bape and good development of muscle, He should have good b room, ribs fairly well ders, loins strong and htiy arched, great liberty of shoulders, all of which tend to in- sure speed and ae ak Above all, attention uld be paid to the legs and feet. The skull should be well de , ‘the eyes a of intelligence and in color, well defined stock below the eyes, muz- sie clean cut and square, without tendency to i Hi Ee? Al price increases Rae oy rar conten cou Se ‘THE EVENING fine in texture. |; In the latter php should be short and some- what harder in texture. = we colors a ad- missible, tawny orange with white markings, and brindle with white markings, The most fashionable color at the present is the solid tawny orange body with white markings, as follows: Blaze in face, collar, ruffles, paws and tip of tail, Some have a preference for the brindle with the same markings. The presence of dew-claws on the legs is favorably regarded by many. Personall: am opposed to them as being of no ible benefit to the dog. It is stmont fan le to find a dog with dew-claws | that stands well on his hind legs, the effect { being to throw the back joints in and turn the feet out. The mastiff comes next in popularity to the St. Bernard and about the same points should { govern his felection. The two recognized | colors are the tawny-lion and brindle. The coat ; should lie close to the body and be slightly | hard incharacter. He should have a blac! mask, email black ears and his face should ve | somewhat wrinkled. POINTER. The collie is the most useful of all dozs to the farmer. In cheosing a collie particular at- | tention ‘must be paid to his coat ashe is ex- posed to all kinds of weather. A collie ac- ‘tually has two coats. The top coat should be long. dense and hard. What is knowr &s the under coat is a short. fur-like hair, which ren- ders the animal almost impervious to wet. In build the collie shoud be rather light. his form | indicating extreme activity. He should have sufficient boue to carry him well. His head should be moderately wide between the ears; the skull quite flat; little or no stock or de- pression below the eyes; muzzle long; ears quite small and carried semi-erect. The pre- | vailing fashionable color is a rich sable with white markings, though many of the older and best specimens are black-and-tan in color. English greyhounds are becoming very popu- lar in the west, where a few years.ago a coursing club was formed in Kansas, the dogs being coursed upon the jack rabbit, This is also be- boming quite a favorite sport in Cali good puppy has the following poin' should should be of fairly good weight. Many page = this ee oe Neeley oe too ig t, especially at the pasterns. The foot sh be try hard and well padded. This is termed the “cat” foot. A somewhat longer foot termed “hare” foot is equally as serviceable provided it be properly constructed. He should be well muscled, especially in the hind quarters. The loins should be wellarched and the th of muscle, more than width. should be looked for. The stifles should be well bent, measurement long from hip to back, to give propelling power. Head and neck long aul clesni are smail, shoulers sloping, chest . ribs moderately well sprung, and he should have no fulness of skull or cheeks. The color is of m0 special moment, although black is the most fashionable. The fox terrier is a small and useful animal and has attained a high place in the fashion- able canine world. The best puppy is strong- boned, has along muzzle, strong jaws, small ears, carried nearly flat to the cheek and point- ing toward the eyes, and small eyes. His coat should be of moderate length and hard, and he should be compactly built, possessing great terrier character. The King Charles and Blenheim spaniels are now the most fashionable pet dogs und have almost entirely supplanted the pugs. The King Charles is black and tan in color and the Blenheim is white with lemon markings. The color marks the chief difference between the breeds. The best puppy has around, full skull and large and prominent eyes. The shorter the muzzle the better. His ears should be long and pendulous, coat and feathers profuse, The coat should be flat and straight, any curl in the coat being decidedly object.onable. The ran- ning parts of these dogs are not of importance, as they are strictly pet dogs and have no work to perform. H. Cray Grover, O.V.8. on —— Above, Yet Below. From Munsey's Weekly. Ising a maid I always see At the opera, when I go there; But I sitin the galiers, And she in the box below there, She's fair as the fairest “day in June,” And I fondly, madly love But I might as well be the man in the moon, 1 am up 80 far above her. She ne'er will know of the love I bear, She would not care if she knew it; So I sadly sit and worship where It coats but a “half” to do it. a COMFORT FOR BRIDES. How to Get Duplicate Wedding Gifts Exchanged to Their Satisfaction. From the New York Tribune. “Six butter knives! four salad spoons! nine cruet stands! three pairs of sugar tongs! and eight water pitchers! Was ever agirl so un- fortunate?” exclaimed a perplexed country STAR: WASHINGTON. TERRAPIN, 6RABS AND FROGS. The Season Has Come When They Are to be Offered Up as Victims. DIAMOND-BACKS RAISED AT PRIVATE HATCHERIES FOR THE MARKET—HUNTING THEM WITH Dous AND YIRE—CATCHING CRABS WITH LANTERNS— 4 SIMILAR METHOD APPLIED To FROGS, “The terrapin season is fairly opened now,” said the fish dealer, calling attention to his big front window all acrawl with the tortoises so dear to the epicure. ‘Those there came from the great pound down on Roanoke Island. It is four acres in extent and three-fourths of it is covered with water, the bottom of ‘mud and grass; the remaining acre is of sand, for the turtles to climb up on while the tide ebbs and flows through the inclosure. In this way the natural conditions under which terrapin live are imitated as nearly as possible, and from 3,000 to 6.000 of thom are kept in the pen during most of the year. They are caught in summer, of course, and confined until cold weather comes, with a few bushels of crabs and fish fed to them twice a week to fat- ten upon. There are plenty of such potnds along the Chesapeake, and, us I suppose you know, they mainly supply the market. Owing to the persistence with which the reptiles have been hunted year after year, they are getting xearce along the marshes and estuaries of the | Chesapea! So it has come to be the fashion hem in crawls and even to breed The Roanoke Island pound is kept stocked. to a great extent, with terrapin It is comforting to think that in this age you can ¢xpisin nearly everything on scientific prinefples; that you can go about, as it were, with « pair of compasses, a pocket foot rule or @ retort and measure, divide or’analyze not | be only the wonders of the world, but. with one exception, everything cise. The one exception, as every one will readily believe, is love. What is it? What is the cause of it? To the first question no answer can be given; to thesecond I can only answer from my own experience—a broken leg. No! romantic reader, the writer of this is no lovely lady, who while driving a pair of spirited bay horses wasin terrible danger by the rnauing away of the afore-mentioned ani- mals, and was rescued bya noble stranger. Nor ia the writer 2 noble stranger who was as- sisted when in extremity by the daughter of a hundred earls. No, I am plain William Spence, merchant, Glasgow, aged fifty, and I broke my leg one day last April by slipping upon a piede of orange peel in Gordgn street. It is popularly supposed that every young man falls in love as regularly as every child takes measles. Both suppositions are incor- rect. I did not fall in love till I was fifty, and never had measles, We read a great deal about the joys of con- valescence. Ican see nothing joyful in being shut up for six weeks ina dull house in Bath street. with old Mrs. McGregor to wait ou you, hatched on qe premises, The mamma terra- | pin climbs up on the sand bank when she in ready to lay, scratches « shallow hole, | and deposits from eight to twenty eggs, which she covers up and then goes back to the | water. Lest the gulls, crows and black birds | should scratch the eggs up again and eat them, nets are spread over the nests, The young are | hatched about September 1, but often remain bnried until spring. Sometimes the young ure packed in boxes with straw unt) they get to be a few weeks old and are ready to go into the water. They grow about one inch a year and at the end of six years they are big enough to be ealled ‘counts’ and to ‘sell at the’ bighest market price. Between five and six inches in | length, measuring always by the under shell, they are ‘heifers,’ and, if smaller than that, ‘bulls.’ The females are the de-irable sex in terrapin. The mates sell for a much less price. A terrapin is full grown at ten years of age.” “You are speaking of the diamond-back ter- rapin, I suppose?” ventured Tue Srap re- porter. DIAMOND-BACKS AND “SLIDERS.” “Ofcourse. The diamond-back is the only real terrapin, from the epicure’s point of view, and most of the so-called terrapin tiat you see are fresh-water turtles. There are seven dif- ferent varieties of fresh-water terrapin and the commonest of these is the ‘slider,’ which is found nowhere else than in the streams empty- ing into Chesapeake bay, vhereas the diamond- buck ranges from Nantucket to Texas and South America, The principal diamond-back grounds, however, are Chesapeake bay and the shore of the Carolinas. Some very fine ones come from Egg Harbor, N.J. They live mostly in the salt marshes and estuaries not far from shore and there are all sorts of ways of catch- ing them. One of the most curious methods is practiced near Beaufort and Morehead City, where the hunters set fire to the marsh grass, and the terrapin, being led by the heat to sup- pose that spring is come, crawl out of the mud, where they hibernate in winter, and are caught. Another curious way of capturing them is tried very successfully with dogs. Pointers are used and when the trail of a female terrapin that has crawled out ona bank to lay is struck, the prey is as good as caught. ‘The dogs follow the bank of a stream always, Seines are sometimes stretched across the gtreams in summer for terrapin to walk into, and traps like lobster pots are baited and placed in the shallows, partly out of water, so that the victims, once Imprisoned, can rise to the surface for breath. But of course most terrapin that are caught are captured with dredges carrying drag nets with iron meshes. Two or three such dredges are thrown over the stern of a vessel as it sails along the channels between the mud fints, and atintervals they are drawn up for inspection, The peg ae is not good to eat in summer, but it feeds plentifully during the warm months, and when cold weather comes it crawis into the mud for a winter’s nap, as fat as butter. If it has been kept in a crawl and supplied with crabs and fish and oysters, with celery to give an added touch of flavor, it is a morsel for the gods, properly cooked.” “And what is the most approved method of cooking terrapin?” HOW TO COOK IT, “There are two styles. According to the Maryland process, the terrapin is thrown alive into tepid water, the skin and claws are re- moved, and, after a second immersion, the under shell is cut away and the gall-bladder and liver are taken out. ‘he animal is then stewed until thoroughly cooked and is after- ward garnished with eggs, cream, butter and spices, some wine being added just before the ish is served. The Philadelphia style is the same, except that the terrapin eggs are added, and in the Quaker city, which is the test terrapin market. this item is considered essen- tial, But no mere recipe can give a notion of the cooking of terrapin, which tests to the utmost the art of the adept in kitchen science,” ‘Are not terrapin sometimes taken at night, with lights?” CATCHING CRABS, “I never heard of such a thing; probably you are thinking of crabs; that is a favorite way of taking them along the Chesapeake. You hold a lantern down close tothe surface of the water as Foe goalong in a boat through the shallows and the crabs are attracted to it in swarms, All you have to do is to dip them out with a hand net, The bulk of the crabs for the bride the other day as she sorted out her wed- | market, however, are captured with ‘trot lines,’ ding gifts on returning from her bridal tour. “Why could they not have consulted together as little and have avoided all these duplicates? | but Anyway, we shall never want for butter knives, | pose. eaisd spoons, cruet stands, sugar tongs or water pitchers for the rest of our natural lives.” as they are called, each one about lon tie half a block and hung between two posts, with bait on at every few feet. The best bait is eels, any kind of meat or fish will serve the pur- Each fisherman tends several such lines, cing over them at short intervals, so that fie bait shall not be eaten off, and with the unsuspecting ;, | raising them gently, Now if this young bride had been a city girl orabe attached, ue slides his hand-net ‘andere she would not have mourned so much over the | neath the gam ordinary incident. She would simply have | Crisfield and Norfolk are the shi e and scoops it in. polis, ints, ippiny written a short note to one of two or three | Whence crabs are sent for thousands o ‘miles in well-known dealers in the — lowing day a neat cab would stop at her door and 6 we! }d woman would call on her. Before the fixed with the bride upon a cash price for and on the fol-| @very direction all over the country. The Chesay e affords the great hunting grounds for @ blue crab of the Atlantic const of America, which is the best crab in the world Soe Saeed se wok _ for eating purposes. The edible crab of her duplicate gifts, or would have agreed to} Europe isa much more massive animal, and exchange them for more useful articles household furniture. So common has this way of doing come that many le now sen gifts a note sayin, of | frequently weighs twelve pounds or more; but w he latter, in point of size, is nowhere slong- side of the great robber crab of the islands in Shine be: | the Indian ocean, which grows to enormous t if they are duplicates | dimensions and lives exclusively upon cocoa- they may be so dealt with. Yet most people | Dts Z would prefer to i something that should be THE ROBBER CRAB'S WATS. unique among the bride's collection, and it is| ‘It opens the nuts by tearing away the husk after having chased for something pretty that does not cost too much, to get a note from the happy couple, ‘thank: youand adding that your album or sofa cus! received. How much better to follow the fash- wedding bride and a keg of whisky for fear of duplication about his gifts. Another advantage which city folk may de- rive from this kind of dealer is the ability to go into his shop and order a big array of glitter- "s frieuds for generosity What the bridegroom who is groody who sdisinran ype the amount uld bring from his “uncle” ma; he discovers the little fraud take of itself till the There rome omnes, parca for a while. next Tuesday, the papal nuncio officiating, as- | ™2.” sisted by Archbishop Satolli, rector of the ec- clesiastical academy ut Rome. The latter will | From the Congregationalist. sailon November 2 for America to represent the pope at the of the new ‘university in ‘Washington, founded Caldwell and her sister. A Naked Man Arrested. For s year pasta naked man has terrorized the ladies of Upper Roxbury and Shawmont, near by hiding in the thickets and crossing the street or perching on the fence in their presence. He never spoke to or molested them, bat of ere agp had become i Sepa Nand acey Fe ice sae He ia bs tee tioned - Shoe, soot tes ict. “The cbarge was fully” was by far the prettiest of the four | jo, the town over | fiber by fiber and finally breaking through one of the eyeholea by hammering at it with its powerful claw. An opening being made in the shell, the crab extracts contents with a mg and narrow pair of pincers that is evi- dently provided for this purpose. The robber crab accumulates great quantities of the picked folks consider eccentric. It changes nearly as often as a frog when itis young and growing; but, like some men I know, it gets to be asiouch and never has any more nice new clothes after it arrives ata certain age. 8; of frogs, you know that they Spee i figne so Seakity, were 101 or ‘nd ine ana red flannel “in both of those fish “But secret a bait’ said Tux Stan rej SSRs Ly Wy ihe dear cesses and the doctor for your only visitor. For the first three weeks things were just bearable, bat ter that I was perfectly miserable, At last I could stand it no longer, and I said to the doc- tor one day as he was leaving, “You might have pity on me and stay awhile,” He laughed and sat down. We talked away for a little, and I was just getting cheery when 2 message came for him and he had to go. As he went he said: “Have you no friends or relatives who could come and sit with you?” “No,” [said; “I haven't a relative ora friend in the world.” “Well.” and he laughed, “why don’t you get married?” Then he went away, leaving me face to face with a perfectly new idea, Now, lam not one of those men who run abont after every new thing. Pam very cautious in what notions I take ap. Why did I not get married? Well, I could hardly say. Perhaps it was because I had never had time to think of such a thing. As 1 jay there all that day I gravely considered the question; all the savings for and aguinst such a stop passed to and fro before my mind. “A young man married is a young man marred,” I have heard say. Well, perhaps. I could searcel; call myself young. “He that marr: doet well, but he that marryeth not doeth better,” says St. Paul; but on the other hand, ‘it is not good for man to live alone,” and so I went on, But at last I resolved that I would marry—but whom? That was the question. Believe me, I did not know a single lady. I went nowhere, except to charch, and, as I neither could sing, play, recite, nor turn music, I did not frequent any of the semi-religious tea festivals that are s important a branch of church-going nowa- v8. How could I.an unmarried man, become married? I might, of course, speak to the min- ister; he would surely know some likely lady— some one, perhaps, about the church, But then Irememberea a dreadful old maid who sat in the same pew that I did, and who had more than once handed me books in an officious manner, The minister might think her sait- able. No, things must be managed in a differ- enewad: When the doctor came next time he said: “Well, Mr. Spence, have you been thinking of getting marriea?” “Why don’t you get married if you think it such a good thing?” I asked, Instead of laughing, as [ thought he would, he actually looked quite melancholy as he re- plied: “I only wish could, i'd do it tomor- row if I had the money.” “Are you in eurnest?” I asked. “Only too much so. It makes me feel worse, too, to see mo like you who might marry and don't.” “I suppose”—and I hesitated—‘tyou—vou— have no idea of any particular person; you are only talking generally.” “I wish I were,” he said; “that’s the hard part of it. Why she is the dearest, sweetest girl in the world, and I—but what's the good of talking to you about love; you can’t understand the feeling. Let me feel your pulse.” No, I could not understand the feeling, but I was determined that before long I would know all about it. I would fall in love without de- lay. This brought me to the old difficulty, with whom? By this time I was well enough to move about with the help of a crutch, and was ready, 8o to speak, for action. A few days passed and nothing happened. Just when I was desperately thinking of patting my case into the hands of a matrimonial agent, Mrs, McGregor came in and, throwning down a pink book, said in her sourest accents: “Here's a a woman collecting for the Day Nurseries. Ye'll no be gaun to gi’e onything? She says she’ll ca’ the morn for yer answer,” “Providence is kind,” said Ito myself; to Mrs, McGregor I only grunted. One thing was certain, I would see the lady when she came, and who could tell that she might not be my future wife. All afternoon I studied that page of the re- port which said “‘Miss Mary Duncan will call tomorrow.” Next day when Mrs. McGregor brought in my dinner she said, “I'll tell the young woman ye dinna rears o’ the nursery affair.” “You will do nothing of the kind,” I said, ity. “You will kindly show her in ish to see her myself before I decide gay deceiver I was becoming. “I thocht,” and Mra, oypeds et was terrible as she said it, ‘I thocht ye didna approve o’ subscriptions, and mair particularly for weans.” To this I returned no answer, and she with- drew. Soon after this the doctor called, said I was feverish, and ordered mea soothing powder. sidered this nothing but an insult toa man on the point of falting in love, a man who, even at that moment, was listening eagerly for the sound of the bell. At last the bell rang, and, before I could do more than tremble, in came the prettiest girl I had ever seen. e “You will excuse me,” I stammered, “I can- not walk about much yet.” “Tam sorry you have been ill,” said the sweetest voice in the world. “Sit down, please,” fenced. She did so and then I said, ‘You are collect- ing for the day nursery, I believe.” I had made up my mind thatI would appear not to ap- prove it and then she would explain things. “A most deserving object, Mr. Spence.” Mr. Spence sounded from her lips like « line of poet don't approve of it,” said I, in my most de- cided tones. “Surely,” and O! how she smiled, “you have not read report.” “Well,” said I, ‘why should we take care of other people's babies?” “Ah? you see the mothers have to go out to work and leave the little “What are the fathers about?” I asked sternly. “Some are dead, some are out of work, and ers drink.” “That's just patting ® premium on idleness and drunkenness,and ——” “But,” she interrupted, “Mr. Spence, think of the poor children! and then we don’t really cases she would Then she went away, the with her. Icould scarcely bear to see her go. but the fear of frightening her away for ‘prevented me from on the | spot. I had passed the first er: t fe feria Rp cere the man Sos the face any day. & hi i a 4 a D. C., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1889—TWELVE PAGES. the moment I could not put it any better. heard of any vultabl peomyer™ =e ol iy ie “Not it perhaps you Sener I could, What would her duties inspiration I said: “The first would be to marry me.” “Why, it's a wife you want,” and she posi- tively beamed. Iknow I blushed as I answered. as bashfully as a maiden of seventeen: “Yes, I believe it isa wife I want. Do you know of any one who would take me?” “Oh, Mr. Spence, this is a far more serious undertaking than recommending a com; jon.” “You see. my dear young lady, my present illness has taught me how very solitary a man can be. Iam ina good position to marry, but the fact is, except yourself and my house keeper. I don’t know any one I could marry. I thought, perhaps, vou would help me if you could. Will you?" If you could have seen ber blush! “Iwill do the best I can for you,” she said. Then,after a pause, “I think I do know one who would be willing. At least, I think she would consider the matter.” “The dear girl! I could see it all! It was her- self, of course. How charmin; “What is she—your—your friend, tike?” I asked. “She is rather tall end dark, with bright evex and fresh color.” An admirable description of herself. “That sounds well,” said I, in my most mat- ter-of-fact tones, “but how could I meet her? You see I am not able to go out yet.” “That is a difficulty, certamly, but perhaps coe be got over—in fact she has seen you already.” I knew I was right. : “Ah, she has seen me already! Well, that’s a good deal gained,” cried I “Bat do you hap- pen to know if she is favorably disposed to- ward me?” “Yes, I think'I may say she is.” “Then do you think I might dispense with going to see her just at present?” “I think so.” “What would yo “You might writ: Little wite: “Phere’s just one objection that plan,” said’ I. gravest ton neither her name nor her address,” she replied. related to you?” se me to do next?” her. Write to her. indeed! see to that “I know e I broke in stupidly, I now admit. that’s an additional atiraction, “Then a But tell me her name. “Her name is the same as can,” and she blusiied again. us,” How very plain it all was. “I think, Mr. Spence,” she continued, “you had better write to her, and I will take ‘the letter.” “Will it not surprise her to receive a lettér from an entire stranger containing an offer of marriage?” I was humoring her, you see. “Weil, D'll break the ‘matter tonight and I'll send round for your letter in the morning; that will make everything right.” “Are you sure, Miss Duncan, that—that— you—vour friend does not care for auy one else already?” “Tam quite sure of that,” she replied. Fancy a man of my. age being so fortunate! “I don't think I could write a live letter. I wish you would tell me what to say.” “Mr. Spence, your heart will tell you what to say. I have no experience in letters of that kind, Begin to write and I have no doubt but the words will come. I'll send for it early to- morrow.” Then she went away, leaving mo overcome with astonishment at the diplomacy of woman. Here was a young innocent girl conducting her own first love affair with Machiavelian astute- ness. She had positively entrapped me into a written declaration! Who would have given the pretty creature credit for so much in- genuity? The letter was the next difficulty. After consideration, I resolved to ask Mrs. McGregor to get meacopy of the complete letter writer. Her face when I made the re- Sees was like a thunder cloud in a deep fog. n course of time my want was supplied and I turned at once to two letters relating to love and marriage. The following was given asa suitable form in which to make a proposal of marriage: Honored Miss: If you will condescend to do me y own, Mary Dun- “She lives with fhe favor of casting Four tair aud bracht eyes upon these few linen you will see that at your feet T Ixy tay, and heart. have long respectfully you aud now seek to make it known to you. Should your answer be favorable kindly wear a white rose in your bonnet on Sunday. If unfavorable, ‘line to the above address will oblige your devoted LaNK BLANK. That somehow did not take my fancy; it may be I was too fastidious. One thing seemed clear, I must write the letter myself. Up to this time I had always had a great con- tempt for literary men. I looked upon them as gentlemen who lived at home at ease and who earned a fabulous income by a few strokes of the pen, Since I wrote that letter I have changed these opinions. I know what they endure when engaged in literary work. After much toil and tribulation I produced the fol- lowing: 'y Dear Miss Duncan: I hear from » mutual friend ou have already seen me. I understand that by this tine she hws spoken of te to you: that so far simplifies matters. I will uow only say that Lam fifty rears of age, but have frequently for much leas; ihat my ciroumstances aud general health are alike Gay maton} trend bas spoken of you fu high terms and I am willi; sotake bor orane seal aoe I rou have no ol ‘tion to me will yon be my wife? have oe hesitation in sayin Tore gee ae ee wwe ug beaitation in jove you. AM early aus swer will oblige, youre faithfully.” Wruuias Srexor. I thought the allusion to our mutual friend very happy indeed. You can imagine my state of mind till the following morning, when Mrs. McGregor came in with a small pink scented note, ‘Here's a begging letter,” she said. Such is woman and such is her terrible jealousy. With a reverend hand I opened the sscred letter and read: Mr. Spence: Your letter has reached andof cur mutual feuds "You are aot akeewaes 3 pay, iknow well. You candid ‘age, but will doubtioss be ‘pleased to bese a. pleasure. it souzin mie ihe sooner you are rescued from that Mrs. MeGregur, whou! 1 also Bate. Yours affectionately. Dumoax. », 8.—I have loved you secretly for months. 1°! tosee you to arrange matters as 200u as You likes Ue Such was the answer to my letter. In one way vatisfactory enongh; and yet, somehow, it, or rather the tone of it, did not quite please me. For instance, the word “harpy” gave me aslight shock. I could not have it ined auch a word falling from such lips. But w) doesa man knowa woman? I think I would have likeda little shyness, not oe such Bagerness as was displayed in the P.S., any way. Yet what a grumbler I was, Not content Thad got what I wanted! Of course, I bad to answer the letter. I did #0 and was just wondering how to get it con- veyed to its destination, when a messe: from Mise Duncan. Although I felt was® little like Practice, I gave the letter, in which I si my inability to call on her and my hope that she would call on me. By return of post an answer came, saying she would call the following day at 4 o'clock. On the morning of the eventful day, the day that was to realize my brightest hopes and yet resin eae of my aownt psy to — ite- , Lexy a lady on me after- mabout oo “Are ashamed o’ yersel’ at — day after day having & forward hissy coming say, and by no means rt E i lighted beyond measure, Allow me you prep pee 3 ew at ex} a wife. Upon my word, Idon’t know ‘what you ven “Come. now, you are reaping the benefit of our ne; ee Well, can not understand your having known that charming creature for so many Years and not loving ber.” “Tecan understand it. However, I congrat- ulate you, aud may say get married next week, if you like.” And he went, leaving me sur- Prised at the stupidity of other meu. But my hand trembles as I approach the cli- Max of my story. Four o'clock came, and with admirable pune- tuality the bell rang. Mra. McGregor opened as one aud there entered, not — uncan, but a stranger, yet a stranger wi face had something familiar im it “Madam,” said I, bowing, “there must be some mistake,” “None at all,” was the reply, “if you are Mr. Spence.” “That is my name, certainly.” “Then it’s all right,” and she smiled. “Who are you?” I ‘asked, tremblingly, for a terrible possibility flashed over me. The unknown stepped quickly across the room and, throwing her arms around my neck, exclaimed: *William! William! don't you know your own little Mary?” . My own little Mary, indeed! Thus we stood for a few moments, then. as I very gently at- tempted to shake her off. she said, “Don't ex- cite yourself. You are, at least I hope you are, too much of a gentleman to break your word, I have your letters right, and’ my niece, Mary Duncan, mv namesake, is a witness that you wanted me to marry you. +There’s « dear! iss me, and let us have a comfortable chat about the wedding.” The awfal woman kissed me, and pushing me down on a chair, seated herself opposite. iknew too late, [ had proposed to, and been accepted by the wrong woman. Now I recog- nized her—the old maid who satin my pew in church. How that interview ended I know not; I was completely bewildered. This I do know, lam to be married tomorrow, uuless I run away to- night. . single men! Don’t give money to chari- don’t break your legs; and, above all, don’t write offers of marriage. When I think I am oniy fifty, and may live to one hundred, my heart grows faint. Oh, that the world would end tonight.—Soottish American, see HOME MA TTERS, SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS FOR PRACTICAL HOUSE- KEEPERS—HINTS FOR THE PANTRY, DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN—TESTED RECIPES WORTH CUTTING OUT AND KEEPING. CLeaNse THE Stxx-Srovr with copperas water. Iv Sassarnas Banx is sprinkled among dried fruit it will keep out the worms, Trx Crgaxep Wiru Parer will shine better than when cleaned with flannel. Ham Snovip se Baomwep Vers Quickty, and just enough to cook through. Yeast Jags Suovtp Be Wasuep 1x CoLp Water and afterward thoroughly scalded. Oricrotus will last longer if one or two layers of wadded carpet lining are laid under them. Tea Leaves ane Goop To Scatrer Over Car- Pets before sweeping, not ouly to freshen the colors, but also to prevent the dust arising. PLenty or Toweis 1x Tux Kircuen is a sav- ing, and six good wipers are none too many. Three each a week and the rinsing after meals is not needed, CRANBERRIES WILL Keer Turover tae Wix- Ter in a firkin of water, but to have them quite fresh the water must be changed several times during the season. Lay 4 Prece or Turck Cayton Fiaxnen un- der your tablecloth. Even coarse napery will look a much better quality with a subcover than if spread directly over the bare table top. Frowers can Be Kert Farsa for some time if a pinch of soda or saltpeter is added to the water. Wilted roseg will regain their fresh- ness if dipped a minute or two in hot water. Tue Exasricrry or Caxz Cuain Bottoms can be restored by washing the cane with soap and water until it is well soaked and then drying thoroughly in the air, after which they will become as tight and frm asuew, if none of the canes are broken. Is Wasuixc Towsters on Gosters that have been used for milk do not plunge them into hot water without first rinsing. as it drives the milk into the glass and cannot be removed. To Crartry Motasses, heat over the fire. pour in one pint of sweet milk to each gallon of molasses. The impurities will rise in scum, which must be taken off before broken by boil- ing. Savixe ix THe Kitcnen tells upon the in- come and makes the bank account heavier, but there is one saving that exceeds even these, it is that the wife and mother save herself. Rice Puppixe Wirsour Eoos,—One cup of rice, well washed; one cup of rich milk, one- half cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, rai- sins if liked; flavor as you like best. Put all sep. Page in & buttered dish or pan, and bake in aslow oven about two anda half hours until the rice is well cooked. To be eaten’ warm or cold with butter or cream; also good with any plain sauce. Is Maxrxe Pits it is seldom one can guess the exact quantity of crust; almost al there is» little over, If this is set away it will prob- ably sour and be thrown out, as it deserves, but made into a few tarts baked with the fire that cooks the pies, it is*well used; besides, how the children’s eyes sparkle, for what child does not like “tarts for tea?” Yeuns 1x CanaMEts.—Make a thick sirup from one pound of cut sugar and one pint of water, beat slightly the yelks of ten eggs, add to the four tab! tuls of the sirup. Cook until @ thick , Stirring constantly, flavor with wine and a little cinnamon, turn dusted with flour. Flour the one tablespoonful of honey, dip the balls in this sirap and drop on ‘waxed paper; when cool wrap in fringed tissue re, P*Pexveruvaxta Jau.—The article in the sweetmeat line most dear to the western Pennsylvania’s heart 1s “‘butter,” as they call it,or marmalade as it becomes east of the mountains. This delicious compound is pre- pared by the thrifty housewives from almost every variety of — Apple, —: juince, grape, , apricot Sibate is tare their Severe to the contents of rows of jars in the well-ordered store rooms of that region, whence they are dispensed with- out stint by the hospitable people to their own families and to the stranger within their gates. Sweet Potato Dotce.—Take six of the finest, whitest, sweet potatoes, peel and slice and leave in cold water while you prepare a sirup by boiling one pound of cut sugar and one pint of weier until it will drop heavily from Pine spoon. the sirap has been cooking se put the potatoes on to boil‘in hot water; when the is ready i il el tee 5, F I E [ RAILROADS. AT YVENNSYLVANIA ROUT! pole A Mik ARO ee ‘ y 4 " LD SCEN! RY. 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Por suierimediate points Philadelphia, to. au.,* ‘s1aits jeave New faces a i. “1200 mgbi. Fan Philadeiplda for Washingt Mi, Thids, “$rAS, *S2u0 Yor Atiautic City 4:00.02. aud 52.00 uooa. ye 2200 wu, musth 4 = 0) Tkxcept Sunday Sunday aud atond pup. ~fotindsy only, ZExcept Aces ava A checked irom hotels aad ubeier on urders jet! a8 Ie IEDMONT ALR LINE. Dehedule inefect I BO a, bao ilie, Charlottesvilbe, Aleaauuria and Lyhci uur, Koanoke, bnstol, Knoxville, Custtanooe and Memphis. Pale man deeper Wasuiugton to Mempu 2Asa4m.—Fast musi daily tor . 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