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ABILENE. T 7" TEXAS
FOUR
3"our yean upoa ttU cbaaged cartA
For qa and you the other side
tTbe Tall of silence drawn between
Oar nozao and where you bow abide.
:2Foor years! No time caa take atfay
Oar loTinjr longing wish to see
Tne sweet smilo at that boylib face
Or hear fond words la leader key.
"STe haTe our work and so we dtay:
Toot Heavenly mission wo know not;
3 can not think whatever it t
Your earthly friends will t torgot.
Our Father leaves for days or years
The little children in oar care;
Sis house is wide with many room!
The Inmates all His kind lore share.
:So when our pcntle brother went
And lert deep sorrow in his ploce
Our Father's love was just as near.
With all its kure consoling grace.
To those who still must dwell on earth
And walk In pathways dtm or bright
'Those still below and those above
Arc not divided in His sight.
. Joanna E. Mills la Woman's Journal.
THE TWO BABES.
& Pathetic
Episode
Travel.
of Ballroad
Profound was hia contempt for the
restriction of grammar but I rather
liked his quaint manner of telling the
.story. Said he:
"It was when me and Silent was
startin' East to havea time an' to sorto
;see if we could round up on the old
.stompin' grounds somebody that re-
membered us."
When he had gotten well started into
the description of the journey he
paused and mentally regarded with
awe the picture that memory conjured
up of the man who habitually eclipsed
the most artistic efforts of the men
who believed that profanity was the
only -phase of the English language
understood by cattle on the range and
who always endeavored to render their
remarks to the bovines intelligible. It
was evident that the conductor swore.
JVIany things had conspired to make
the journey an uncomfortable one. As
there was but one train on that apol-
ogy for a line of railroad which was
little better than two streaks of rust
running across the prarie to nowhere
in particular the fact that there was a
backward trip to be made some time
in the future was the only cause for i
haste- What there was of speed
"seemed mostly a series of jerkees not
calculated to have a-balmy inlluonce
upon the crabby temper of the jerkees
in the old caboose. Uatos.the commer-
cial traveler was cynical and gouty
and perpetual! upon the opposite of
every subject advanced by the narrator
ispeers.
Stretched on the long bench lay
Silent filling the car with clouds of
such villainous smoke that Uates in-
cluded smoking in his list of con-
demnations to which the silent one
replied only by pufling like a miniat-
ure Vesuvius till the conductor con-
signed all smokers to a more awful
depth than that to which fiddlers are
popularly supposed .to be condemned.
5 Besides being luridly profane the
small conductor was crabbed to a most
disagreeable degrco.and the tall brake-
man was insulting to his suporior and
aieglected his duties to watch the ai-
in which Bates and Spoors indulged on
board laid across their lap.
The primary cause of all the clash-
ing among the occupants of the old
caboose was in the corner. There sat
a stoop-shouldered man whoso ague-
yellowed face wore a look of chronic
apology. In h is lap he held two babies
twins seemingly. In spite of the noise
of the car one of the babies had not
uttered a complaining cry during the
trip and had lain with its face covered
and seemed to be sleeping.
But the other baby as if to show
that ho wasnot in sympathy with
the passiveness of his relative
had cried and yelled nearly the
whole way. To be sure now and
then there would come a lull in
the storm of cries but each of these
was followed by an outburst that
almost drowned tho rattle of the ca-
boose and caused tho screams to bring
down upon his unconscious head the
wrath of all in the car but his relatives
and the silent smoker stretched on the
long scat.
Through it all the stepping baby
showed no signs of waking. The apologetic-looking
man had almost ceased
trying to quiet the howlor for all his
awkward efforts had resulted in fail-
ure and limp and discouraged he had
settled back in passive powerless resig-
nation. Whilo the conductor had almost
burneuNblue with sulphurous growls
Bates hack uttered imprecations upon
all crying babies in general and this
ono in particular at which the father
had looked more depressed and apolo-
getic thau ever. x
Spcers. to tho contrary took occa-
sion to express the belief that Bates
had once been just such ababy aud
that therefore ho ought to have a fellow-feeling
for the infant. x .
Bates angrily repudiated the idea.
The conductor squirmed wrathfully
bout in his revolving chair in the
turret of the caboose. Silent gazed
solemnly through a cloud of smoke at
the howler as if wondering how such
a vast volume of sound could proceed
from so small a body.
At each outburst of wrath from the
passengers the apologetic man looked
more depressed and once he bent and
kissed tho forehead of the sleeping
"baby. .
Well1' began the long brakemari;
I " ' V
He did not finish the sentences The
progress of the old caboose wad sud-
denly checked. It gave a lurch a con-
vulsive sort of a jerk ana: then went
humping and pounding along on the
ties to come to a sudden stop.
Bates and. Steers were tumbled in a
confused heapvanjT tho brakeman was
thrown on topXof them. Tho silent
man was rolled olTirom the seat and
fell with aforce that drovo his pipe
down his7 throat. Thshock did no
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.sltboughlft
roan and
popped his ksftd sgainst the end of the
car.
The bjpkketfi&n. took his feat out of
Bates "abdomen and grinned malicious
lvf the fate that had overtaken the.
conductor.
That worthy had beea thrown half
way out of his revolving' chair and his
head -struck tho window Bill in front
with a sounding crack. Not to tran-
scribe his subsequent remarks too lit
erally let me say that then and there
and without the. slightest ambiguity
the conductor consigned the luck to
everlasting afcd torrid oblivion.
The basket that had reposed on the
desk and containing the luach which
l he had refused to share with the
jaungry hut improvident brakeman
was thrown into the open water butt.
me oonauctors laria remarics were-
drowned by a. roar that eclipsed any
previous effort on the part of the baby.
The silent man examined his pipe
anxiously and finding that it was un-
injured looked vastly relieved. Bates
and Speers untangled themselves.
The brakeman fished the dinner
basket out of the waterbutt
and chuckled at its soaked con-
tents. Again the conductor spoice
disparagingly of the luck. He dragged
several great jack-screws out of the
cuddy of the caboose while the brake-
man chuckled maliciously at the
growls of his chief. Then Bates who
had jumped from tho car to reconnoi-
ter returned with the information that
the caboose had left the track for rea-
sons to him unknown and all .hands
but the apologetic man with tho twin
babies adjourned to the ground.
The brakeman threw himself flat on
the grass and volunteered the informa-
tion that they were stuck for half a
day. The engineer and fireman were
probably of tho same opinion for thoy
had already severed tho engine from
the rest of the train and were pulling
away presumably to replenish the sup-
ply of water in the tender-tank which
was not sufficient for so long a wait.
"No need to stay a quarter of that
time if you fellows will all take hold
and help with these jack-screws.
Come Jim" said tho conductor.
"Not much!" answered the brake-
man. "No jnck for Jim just now I
thank you. Do as you like but I am
going to skirmish for dinner. House
over there by the mound."
Bates expressed a determination to
join him. Speers requested them to
count him in. Silent relithis pipe and
said nothing.
Then the conductor lifted up his
voice and his hands in a maledictory
roar for tho substance of which the
literary-inclined reader is referred to
the third chapter of Job. Ashe rolled
over on the grass .tne brakeman con
fided to Bates that his position in the
emplo3 of the company was in no dan
ger as tho superintendent was his
cousin. While the conductor worked
single-handed at tho jackscrews with
wrathful energy the loungers on the
grass indulged in insulting comments
and tho baby within the car roared if
possible louder than ever.
"Wal" continued the narrator at
this juncture "I don't reckon I over
hcered that conductor's equal. Lan-
guage! An' I've heered Sam Bass an'
Shorty Lawhead. too. He pulled au'
hauled till I 'lowed the next jerk would
unkink his spine an' we laid there an'
grinned an' the baby kept on a-
yellin'. "'Wal' said I 4I don't keerhow
long we stay yere so's that baby's
cried himself pluinb out by the time we
start again. 'Druther stay a year than
to ride with him an' his voice. "
"Me too" said Bates and Jim.
"Silent didn't -open his head. The
conductor had given up exhausted an'
settled back a-puffin'.
'Wal1 said he low an' stern I'm
not &oing to ride with him! You can
just bet on that!'
' 'Going to walk?' asked Bates.
" .No I'm not But that cursed
baby or rathor his father is. When
the train starts again he's got to stay
behind. We"1!! take tho quiet babj' to
the next station if his father wants
but tho man has got to get there with
tho howler any way ho can bosides rid-
ing on my train.'
'Bates an' Jim an' mo 'lowed we'd
stand by him. Silent didn't sav any
thing.
" 'Yes.' said the conductor 'he'll
have to walk or do tho next best thing.
And he wants to be quick about it to
get clear through before the inoou's
up and the coyotes are out'
"Coyotes you know ain't exactly
dangerous unless thar's a good many
of "em but they're mighty onpicasaut
.and snappy company.
And;' tho
conductor went on 'if
two words talk we'll
ho gives me
mix!'
" 'That's tho talk!' said mo an' Jim
an' Bates. Silent didn't say any thing.
" 'The sooner he starts the better for
him and us too' said tho conductor.
'That's the idea' said . Bates.
Who'll tell him?'
"None of us stirred.
"Til do it' said Silent I wasn'n
bit surprised for I never knowed how
to take Silent any how.
" 'We'll give him a good start and
then turnin and jack tho caboose back
onto the track' said Bates nn' tho rest
of us agreed.
"It wasn't two minutes till Silent an'
th& apologetic-looljing man stood in the
open door of tho'car the howler sorto
heralding theh approach by his yells.
The howler was in Siient's arms an'
the yellowfacod man looked discour-
ageder and depresseder an' more stoop-
shouldered than ever. Before they
could speak tho conductor busted out:
Hero! Why don't you throttle that cub
V -sav? Whv don't he bo as ouiet aa
the other?'
"The other baby's dead!' said Si-
lont solemnly.
Then the apologetic man with tho
dead child in his arms turned-an' went
out of sight back in tho caboose look-
ing more discouraged than over. An'
Silent came but with the howler an'
jined us an' the baby yelled louder
than before.
"I believe that Silent spoke more then
than I ever heored him stfy before at
one time.
" 'Hard tow uv stumps'? said Silent
ggpqge &9 slg9ia1?
$ac5c!mrhkbIioitier.
tsok sisk two months ago m & raksd
Bf&U h could so? sent h?? Ewt
feer father' folks hopln1 h6 th oM
hom&people aa' scsaes -would &dp her.
Too poor to go with her ko stayed on
the claim trying to make s horns of i&
and hoping that the wife a' mother
would come back to him as' the twins
well an1 hearty. Before- ah west she
made him promise that 2 she never
came back an1 any thing happead Ut
either of the babies that she was too
weak to take along with her he'd lay-
it beside her ia the little' yard in the
old home village.1
'Silent went on to tell how the
woman died away from her husband
an1 children.an' had been burled with-
out their ever seeing her again. After
a bit one of the babies had sickened
an1 died an1 the father tried to be true
to his promise. He was poor- didn't
own his claim yet and the sale of his
one mule an1 ole linch-pin wagon
brought only enough to buy a ticket
back to tho ole home village. Not
even enough left to buy a coffin for
the baby an1 ho had nothing to pay
express charges on a coffin with if he'd
had one. They'd had a little bundle
of grub but he'd lost that
"'An1 said Silent thoy hain't had
a bite since last night. Do you won-
der the baby cried?"
"We didn't Didn't even stop to
wonder. Never even looked at each
other but when the engine came back
ten minutes later the driver and fire-
man seed the conductor an1 long
Jim an' Bates an me workin'
like white-heads to jack that
durned ole caboose ' back onto
the track. An' Silent was sittin' by
hold in' tho baby who was howlin
louder than over. An' the conductor
never opened his head not even when
a. jack fell over an' nearly mashed his
foot out of all likeness. When thoy
heerd the story the engineer and fire-
man took hold an1 pretty soon Silent
dried up tho baby's yells by giving it
some of the conductor's dinner which
had dried out a little an' the discour-
aged man tackled the rest
"Pretty soon Silent an' tho conduct-
or sneaked off an' wo heard them a-
hammcrin'. They browsed around on
the prairio awhile goin' in an' out Of
the opposite door of the caboose sev-
eral times. Then when we had worked
ourselves mighty nigh to death we got
her back on the track an' pretty soon
off wo went
"Wal we were a different actin' set
then. Wo all looked at tho dead baby
in the rough littlo coffin that Silent an'
the conductor had hammered out of
the desk. The littlo fellow laid on a
great bed of bright prairio flowers
jest as if he was sleepin'. The other
littlo chap wasstuffin' tho soaked din-
ner down himself an' never a whim-
per out of him.
"Pretty soon sez Silent to me:
'Speers' sez he 'we'll havG a little
less of a time than we 'lowed to have'
and chucked a bill into the open cofiln.
I did the same an' so did Bates and
Jim and tho conductor. The apologetic
man didn't look so stoopy an' dis-
couraged after that an' tho conductor
didn't use bad language during the
whole trip.
"An' Bates whittled out for the
live baby the durnedest lookin' jumpin'-
jack you ever seed an' Silont didn't
say nothin' but jest laid on his back
an' smoked." Tom P. Morgan in N.
Y. Mercury.
WATER FOR CROPS.
now
to Socura an Abundant Yield of
Grain Every Year.
More and more attention is beino
given to tho need of supplying plenty
of water to growing plants. Tho im-
portance of water is shown by the fact
that plants contain from seventy-eight
to eighty-five and in some instances
as high as ninety-five per cent of
water showing that water is by far
the most important constituent of their
growth. Tho plant during growth is
constantly evaporating water through
its leaves stems and at every pore
.and tho surface soil is giving off
water in vapor all the time. Tho
quantity of water required by agrowing
crop is simply immense. If water
fails to bo supplied tho growth is
checked and finally comes to a stand-
still and then the plants begin to wilt
and dry up. It has been calculated
that tho production of ono pound of
wheat requires tho evaporation of seven
hundred or eight hundred pounds of
water during the growth of thelants.
A German scientist found that tho pro-
duction of two and a fourth pounds of
barley required the evaporation of one
hundred and fifty-five gallons of wa-
ter. Such a consumption of water
would require a rainfall of
about six inches. Two tons of
hay per acre would represent a
rainfall of eleven inches. If tho
rainfall is deficient a full crop will not
bo obtained unless somo means are
provided to artificially supply water.'
JJy providing an artificial supply of
water to be used when needed abund-
ant crops can be secured every year.
In many instances brooks or streams
of water might be turned aside and
conducted along side-hills and used to
supply tho farm crops with water when
needed. Or if there were no brooks
that could be used for the purpose a
well with a windmill and pump could
be used to irrigate six or eight acres.
Ploughman.
The Old Gentleman Knew.
"I wonder what has become of tho
poker?" exclaimed Mrs. Hunter tho
other night
"I don't know hut maybe pa could
tell." put in her youngest
"Why should he know?"
"Because I heard Mr. Flush pay that
pa knew more about poker thaa any
man in town." Drake's Magazine.
An Indiana farmer lately dropped
dead of apoplexy while- feeding his
stock and tho body was guarded by
his dog for twd hours after until tho
arrival of his wife. Several times tho
hogs evinced a desiro to mutilate tho
corpse bat the faithful canine watcher
drove the animals away.
To keep the bedding pure and
wholesome open your beds to air the
first thing in the mt rning.
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&a B&m j-oc the writer's -feaUos
wa afcn&etad h y & ijpecl
Bhick aa oi&aUl was placior ob tke
tack of a baach of letters i& red ik;bj
ssas of a fcwsa ttaap. Theuspeae
ftioarasd: "Ssceived trader ooer a
thepot-offlce Boston Mm. ffrora; -
. to he forwarded ia tfca sssiL"
TheofScialsesmed to take grcaS ds-
light ia placing the tsu-tIe stamp oa
the beck of th eavelcpes. When his
apparently agreeable task was nished
the reporter began to inquire into th
philosophy of the thing.
Wa receive great many letters
unda? cover bogaa the official
"to
be forwarded in the maiL Most of
these letters I suspect are sent by ths
i class of people who indulge in anoay-
Bious communications. Ignorant of
the regulation of the postal service
which requires such letters to be
stamped at the office from which they
are dispatched to the addresses the
senders imagine the recipients can
be deceived by resorting to this
crafty device. To be sure all
who send letters in this way are not
prompted by a malicious purpose. Fre-
quently the sender incloses a note to
the postmaster giving his or her name
and explaining the reason for forward-
ing the letter under cover. Many peo-
ple do it as a joke or for the purpose of
mystifying the receiver."
"Do people at whose expense this
stamp is used ever object?"
"Quite often A person iri Portland
for instance who sends a letter here
addressed to a friend or perhaps an
enemy in the same city is likely to be
found out when the addressed is put in
possession of the fact that the letter
originated in Portland. In cases of this
character we have received scolding
letters from the victims who invariably
regard tbo use of the stamp as a shame-
ful outrage. I recollect the case of a
doctor in a Massachusetts city who be-
came so enraged at having his letter
stamped in this way that he threat-
ened to havo the postmaster reported
at Washington. A short time ago a
woman in New York City did a good
deal of vehement protesting against the
stamping of her letters. Sho sent a
letter and a postal card to this office
under cover and of courso each of
them was regularly stamped as be-
ing received from New York City. .
They were both addressed to persona
living in tho same street in New
York. The letter being sealed wo
knew nothing of .its contents but the
postal card purported to havo been
written by a man to 'his wife. Ho
wrote his wife that he had just arrived;
at a certain hotel in this city aud this
intelligence was followed by a remark
about some old acquaintance a wom-
anwhom he accidentally met at the
hotel. It was plain that tho purport
of the postal was to create some
trouble between a man and his wife.
In a couple of days a letter of denuncia-
tion was received from a person
who was evidently the sender and
whoso mischief had evidently been
traced home. NotlP- "aomUKlbyb.6'.
discomfituro this woman aftorward in-
closed other letters to a banking house
in this city with a request to drop
them in the post-office. A representa-
tive of tho firm -brought them to the
postmaster's room when the hand-
writing waa readily identified. The
banking house returned thorn to the
sender.
"Another reason for sending letters
in this way i3 that people sometimes
like to make others believe that they
are in places remote from where they
actually are. A man wrote from To-
peka Kas. inclosing six postal cards
addressed to as many young ladies in
Leavenworth. In an "explanatory note
the sender stated that he .was area!-'
dent of Leavenworth wa3 temporarily'
visiting in Topcka and that he wanted
his young lady friends to think he was
in Boston. Tho postal cards boro the
information that ho had ascended
Bunker Hill monument had seen the
old state-house and the old South
church and that he had acquired a
fund of knowledge about Boston the
recital of which would greatly inter-
est his friends on his return to Kan-
sas. It must havo been made pretty
hot for the fellow when ho sprung his
recollections of Bunker Hill on the
girls on his return to Leavenworth.
We have some regular customers. An
individual in Groton Mass. sends
regularly under cover lotters for tho
great and mighty of tho earth. He
rarely addresses a letter to an official
ranking lower than a United States
Senator or a foreign Ambassador. He
is evidently a fellow who gives tips in
diplomacy." Boston. Herald.
4 9
"If you musy marry let common
sense havo a show in de transackshun.
Doan' go off yer feet bekase you meet
a girl who kin sing like a robin smile
like a rose and jump off a street kyar
widout bodderiu' do driver to stop. A
wife will havo much to do besides
singin' an' cultivatin' dimples. Befo'
5ou fall in love wid a gal who looks
too sweet for anythiu in a red plush
sacque kinder figger on how many
sich duds your income would afford
her. Befo' you let a pa'r o' flashin1
eyes an' a cuunin' dimple captivate ye
look aroun' a little an' see if de owner
has got a temper like a wildcat Mar-
riage am a failure simply bekase peo-
ple take each odder unsight an' un
seen." N. . L edger.
In conversation the medium Is
neither to affect silence or eloquence;
not to value our approbation; and to
endeavor to excel us who are of your
company are equal injuries. The
great enemies therefore to good com
pany and those who transgress moat
against the laws of equality which is
the life of it are tbo clown tho wit
and the pedant Sir B. Steele.
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XCis in tho time of trouble when
some ia .whom we may have looked for
consolation and encour&gea&ent regard
us with coldness and others perhaps
treat us with hostility thai the warmth
of the friendly heart and th.e supporS
of the friendly hand acquira. increased
value and demand addigssgl sra&
tudft. Bishop ManS
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Tfes SaspeTO? oi 5"spa la risk.
He is allowed 12500000 s. jd&r.fo? &s
hoasehold ptaiant sad id p4vi
fertuno k large and incpa&slag.
Th9 gmpreas of Atwtyii cerriee ft
traveling-basket fitted up so thaS shs
4 is ahld to sake soap oa th cars. &
hs silver sauce-pans with gold haxs-
dles and the Empress declares thai
she -can make in it better broth thas
any chef can concoct
Tho little German Crosra Prince
has a very scant allowance of toys.
The Emperor holds that maaj and cost-
ly toys neither increase a child's hap-
piness cor allow those qualities to be
developed which are brought out when
a child has to turn to its own resourced
for filling up its leisure hours.
A correspondent says that he treats
every man as a rascal until he proves
himself honest and that he finds it
saves him many a dollar. If the mas.
Is honest he will not suffer from being
watohed as you would natch a rascal
and if he is a rascal you will be greatly
ahead by watching him.
They are talking of having omni-
buses in London especially for these
who want to smoke when they ride.
Apparently there is a Yankee in the
scheme for it is said that tho vehicles
vrlll be fitted up with racks of news-
papers and also with drop-a-nickle-in-the-slot
machines that will deliver
cigars cigarettes tobacco and matches.
London has a poor-relief society
that elves as contributions garments
instead of money. Each member is
obliged to contribute two garments
a year. These are disposed of in
various ways by the officers of the so-
ciety. Some are sold at low prices to
the poor; some are given away; and
some are kept In stock and loaned.
Some persistent novel readers in
tho British Museum devoured as many
as twenty volumes a day and occupied
their seats so persistently that the au-
thorities have been compeled to issue
tb.fs rule that novels that have been
first published within the peceeding
five years will not be issued to readers
unless some especial reason can be
given by those requiring them.
Farmers in Southern Australia
who are anxious to find a market in
Er gland for their fruit recently
sh pped a box of oranges to London
an i- asked that it be immediately re-
turned. After making the round trip
the box was opened at Adelaide and
contents found to be in a most encour-
aging state Of preservation. 'Eighty of
the oranges were afterwards exhibited
at a meeting of the Australian Bureau
of Agriculture. V
STYLISH PARASOLS.
Uoveltles Produced for the- ComlBj; Spra&
and! Sasamer Seasons.
The new parasols for spring and
summer are covered faille or armure
silk in plain colors or richly brocaded
or with striped silks plaids or bord-
ered patterns and very dressy para-
sols havo thin gauze silk muslin or
not covers brocaded Jwith tinsel in de-
signs like embroidery. The handles
are of natural woods holly acacia
bamboo cherry or ebpny with curi-
ously twisted hoops or large hooks or
knobs at the end or else they are
quaintly carved and tipped with silver
or gold. Coaching parasols and those
for general use have handles that ex-
tend fourteen inches beyond the edge
of tho silk cover when closed. The
Dlrectoire parasols to bo used with
walking toilettes have much longer
handles like walking-sticks extend-
ing eighteen inches beyond the cover
and these handles are now put to-
gether with a screw joint so that they
may be taken apart and doubled
small enough to go into a very
small trunk. Rich brocades of the
last century in dull colors and. with
metallc designs are appropriate cov-
ers for these parasols when meant for
dress while for morning walks the
striped and bordered silk covers are
used. A novel feature inside the new
Cleopatra parasols ia a ribbon trim-
ming winding around the stretchers
that hold the parasol open as they ra-
diate from tho stick; when the parasol
is closed these ribbons show beyond
the tips and a cluster -of loops Is
formed around the stick giving ajuil
bunchy effect that is considered very
stylish.
Faille parasols of green or of gray
shades are made to correspond with
many of the spring stuffs for dresses.
Striped parasols must be striped
around instead of down the breadths
and thoso with wide stripes are pre-
ferred. The ferule at the top Is very
long and is pointed In parasols that
have cane handles. Black parasols
have new designs of moire palm ovals
or large balls on faille grounds. For
mourning are Bhadzlmir parasols with
carved ebony sticks.. For piazzas
and carriage use in midsum-
mer are white and gold bro-
caded silk parasols or pale old-
rose or blue brocades in leaf and
ostrich feather designs or else em-
broidered silk muslin or .net is put
plainly over1 white black gray rose
or empire-green silk of the shade as
the transparent fabric A bow of the
silk or of the ribbon is tied on tho
Vnrtrllo fr full lnrtrtc sm3 at TvrtT r
iiUiiuiu .au. iuu uWi 4u'A as awvrr v
passementerie cord is also added there;
through which the arm is passed to
carry the parasol when U is not hoist-
ed. Sun-umbrellas have a short eight"
inch handle tipped with gol&c? silver
and are covered with black taffeta silk.
For the country are cottefe satteen and
gingham parasols in large figures and
plaids with either short or long han-
dles. Jndia silk is also prettily E;oi5t-
ed for parasol to match the sasuaer
dress with Which it is worn. Szs&ll
turned-over shades for use is ee?hf
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runs.
Sav S&e W& 94 fey Traaue
Let us go to the fisid ith lata; it k.
so dull in th house!" cried tgo&
Nurse had a great deal to do that
day and thought & woula bo quits &
nice; tbiiag to get Kate aad Jack aad
Bess out o! the way.
"Will you take care of than
Kate and not let them spoil
clothes?"
'Oh yes" said Kate who was eight
years old. "Let me put your hat a.
Boss."
"My doll too?"
"Yea; we'll take your dolL and giva
her a swing." i
Bess gave a jump she was glad.
Nurse saw them to the door and then
went back to her work.
"Now" said Jack ..'"ere Is the
swing. My turn first!"
"No; girls first!" said small Bess with
somo pride as she got upon the seat
"You are a puss miss!" cried. 'Jack;
8and I shall climb up ' too."
"Kate too?" said Bess.
Up got Kate and a good swing they
had. You could have heard them laugh
a long way off.
By and by thoy tired of the swing.
and wont on through the cool field till
they came to a stream.
"It looks so clear; I can see tho fish"
said Jack. "I shall catch some."
"But the fish can see you" said Kate.
"I don't mindif thoy do. Please give
mo a pin."
Down sat Jack and with a stick a
bit of twine and a bent pin on which
ho put a bit cf bun he had with him
he tried to catch a fish. Some small
fish ate up his bit of bun. and he saw
them do it but ho did not catch them.
He still sai there while Kate and Bess
wont on to some long grass. Bass lay
down and soon went to sleep. Then
Kate went baok to Jack and threw all
the crumbs they had left lathe stream
for the fieh to'fight for; and a fine fight
they had. '
Nurse came to the door to call them
homo to lunch. She had to raise her
voice but they soon heard her and got
up at once.
"Come and fetch Bess" said Kate
and tioy both ran to tho long grass
where the wco child had lain down to
sleep; but no Bess was there!
"Bess! Boss!" they cried but no voice
was hnnwl in thn fild.Nurse came out now and saw the
white face with which jUate ran here
and there.
"What Is it?" she cried.
"Bes3r was all Kato could' say.
Nurse got white too now.
"Where did you leave her Miss
Kate?" said nurse in a stern voice.
"You said you would take care of her."
"I did" said Kate with a big sob
"but she went to sleep just here and I
thought she was quite safe and came
back to Jack. Oh nurse! what shall
wo do?'
Then John the man who had to cut
tho grass on the lawn came up with
his scytherin his hand.
"What be it all thon?" ho said to
nurso. . V
"The child Miss Bessf-is Icetl"
"Lost!" said tho raaii in a slow
roico; "whore did ye lose her?"
"Ovor there in the grass; sho went
to sleep and Miss Kate left her and
now sho can't bo foundr-poor lamb!"
and tears ran down nurse's face.
"See .here" said John as ho put his
ecy the up on the branch of a tree "I
must go out on tho road a bit If I can
get a lift in a cart mavbe I shall be in
time."
"What for?" cried the nurso and poor
Kjkto at the same time.
; "I seed a tramp come from tho house
not long since and she was just mad
with tho cook who would not give her
more than bread."
You mean she has been and stole
my dear Miss Bess?" said nurse and
.tho man thought she would faint
"I don't know. I'll go down fhe
road at once; these tramps all go one
way. Don't you fret"
Ho put on his coat and west and
was boos out of sight for a maa la &
light coat drove him a his way. Tfeey
had gone half a mile aad John thought
the search woold be ia vain when ho
beard a .child cry on the other side of
tho hedge. It did not taks long to stop
the cart and for Joka to make his way
to the place the cry came from.
There eu the grass lay poor Bess.
her wee fat hahds tight rouad her doll's
neck. Her nk frock was goes sai
her good shcee. Sho had' so hat oss'
and cried in a scd way.
Oh. Miss Ssasf1 said John & Jw
Tan and found -her sba1t fret! Ill
toko you home to aura aad Miss Eats!
Come oa my dear!"
The child put her arias wxusd'sfea'a I
neck and laid hoc jm&lL wet ghssjfe oaf
.his rougkeoat
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For Paisoa Weems was rsputos
to
have a very vivid imagination.
used to dfiv about F&lrfsoi Cousif i&
aa old fkshkmed & with
peddling his own books aad othsr
pl&ntailoi to plantation j Whe&f o
succeeded in making a. sa!& he wou&t
whip oujiho &Mi& that always accom
paaied hip and s$asdiagupiah!sgiv
play tho merriest maddest dance su-
sic. Thii negroes who stood gaping
round his gig could bo mora resist
him than the rats could resist tho Piejd
Piper of Hamelin! First they swayed.
then taey jbeat time with foot and hand
and a last broke into a regular corn-
shucking igl When Wems remained
over night at the house of ono of his
patrons lie would volunteer to ?e$&
family pr&yers and at the moment tbo-
last "Anion'' was said would fall o
playing reels and jigs upon his Sddlb.
His sormoins were the oSdesteverheanl
from a Church of England clergyman.
Ho was often at Moua Yeraon ahS
from General and Mrs. Washiagtoe ha
received jmany kindnesses. In the
course off much fireside f gossip during
his wanderings from c& country house
to another Mr. Weems picked up th
anecdotes of Washington's youth which
he has told In his book. Aad if youars
ever so fortunate las to vis.it the Scofciy
Library in. University Pcs New York;
s8k permission to see a copy they hav
there an early edition of this famous -"Life
of George Washington." It was
published in 2814. with an introduction
by 'Light Hors$ Harry Lee."
And now for the foot-races as re-
ported by Parson Weems: Egad! he
ran wonderfully' said my asoiabl aad
aged friend John Fitzhugh Esq. who
knqw Washington welL W had ao-"
body hereabouts that could come near
him. There was a young Lsnghom
Dade of Westmoreland a coafouBdfed
clean-made tight young fellow aad;! s
mighty swift runner too. Bat theb.
he was .no match for George. Lsagyv
Indeed did aot like to give it up &n&
would brag that he sometimes brought
George to a tie. But I believe he was
mistaken for I havo sesc them run to-
gether many a time and George always
beat him' easy enough.' " Mrs. Burton.
Harrison in St Nicholas.
Th. "Hobby Hsirsss.'
She made hec first appearance in so
ciety last summer ia the most exclusive
American watering-piacea. it Wjss
rumored that her wealth was reckoned
hy millions. She occupied with her
mother a palace which had been' built
lor a Russian prince. Sho herself w&a
In the first bloom of youth and posses-
sed of a beautiful face and figare. i
She appeared richly dressed at n
boll and was soon surrounded by ss
well-bred bat curious crowd. Forka
hour she repjied to all -remarks only
by a smile and monosyllables. BuVsS
last she spoke:
"That's tho no$iJ follow Pveseoa
herel" I f
She is knoWn
now as th "aebfay
heiress. Shj i never
has cesnaMeiJto
V understand why her social career cam
to so sudden a close.
Thej Companion does stofe iasulgeihv
social gossip. ' But this true iacideat
will serve to point . kssoa to the to&
or thousands oi girls who. are juetQ&-
1 tsriag the wdcli hoplar to fad frka&L
approvaQhtt love as women.
No beauty no wealth bo Ssfloeece
will atone for vslgsrijy aad Sgaoratjce-
ia i&nguage and ta&a&era. The seats?
will disappear as th ssra go hy t&
wealth oftea Jeiiowsit; batthaoha4m
of highbreodiag of a fisa manner are
mains witk & wossss m leeg as &m
he? breath.
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